Chapter 9
I fell into the newly clean, very fluffy armchair with a sigh. Kaname chuckled as he cleaned the dust off the couch.
"Don't tell me you're tired already." He commented, turning his amused eyes toward me. "We've still got the basement to do."
"It's the basement; it can wait. We're not going to use it anyway." I responded. Kaname smiled at me.
"Good point." He finished cleaning the couch off. I nodded in his direction and stretched. A plop let me know that Kaname had sit down. I opened my eyes and looked at him.
"Poor dust bunnies." I mumbled. Kaname smiled.
"Still caught up on the dust bunnies?"
"Still believe you're doing them a favor? What if they had little dust bunny babies?" Kaname laughed loudly. I smiled at my own silliness.
"Yeah, they're all in the basement." He smiled as I laid my head back against the chair with a loud plop.
"Oh god! Careful, Kaname, they may want revenge."
"Hey, you helped too." He motioned to me with a flick of his wrist. "You're an accomplice in this."
"Nah, I'll tell them it was all your idea." I smiled at him. "I'll play the innocent card, ya know, I'll start by telling them that you were just to damn irresistible and you seduced me into doing your bidding." He laughed once again and ran his hand through his hair.
"And what makes you think that they'll believe you?" He questioned, leaning toward me.
"Please. I'm a master at deceit." I smiled wider. He raised an eyebrow. "Okay, so just because you haven't seen me in action doesn't mean I don't know how to deceive someone!"
He held his hands up with a smile and said: "Never said you weren't."
"Yeah but you thought it!" I pouted. He laughed.
"Ah you know me to well, my dear." We laughed together. I couldn't stop the comment from slipping from my lips:
"You know, I could get used to the carefree Kaname."
"Well you have something to do with it." He said, his eyes boring into mine.
"Really? Was that why you were always so serious?" I tilted my head to the side. "Were you ever playful with anyone?"
"Ichijo." Kaname said. I looked at him in shock.
"For some reason, I could see that," I chewed my bottom lip and decided to add, "He's an amazing guy. Always cheerful." Kaname looked at me and raised a dark eyebrow. I smiled. "What?"
"Again, you're talking about other guys." I couldn't stop the memory from coming into my mind.
"Hey, if Kaname-sama were Zero.." I had started; a slight blush still touching my cheeks from Kaname's closeness.
"Hmm, Yuki," he started then moved his hand from my cheek and covered my lips with his finger. "I didn't think that the day would come where you would talk about other guys." At some point, he had slide his finger away from my now open lips and onto my chin. "How unfair."
"Awe, jealous, again?" I smiled. Suddenly he was in front of me. Little pieces of dust were floating up from the couch. "Awe, you scared some more dust bunnies," I mumbled before flicking my eyes up to his. He placed his hands on the arms of the chair and leaned in close to me. His face was inches from mine.
"Maybe a little," He said with a strong and confident tone.
"Mm. Adorable." I mumbled. He smiled and leaned closer.
"You'd think so wouldn't you?" He teased, before kissing my lips gently. I smiled as he pulled away.
"I don't think, I know." I said, "To think, little me making the big bad Pureblood king jealous just by mentioning the Vice's name." I pecked his lips and pulled away. "Kinda amusing." I slid out of the chair and away from his grasp. He looked at me shocked. "You did say we had more dust babies to put out of their misery right?" I smirked at him. He glared.
"Tease." He mumbled. I smiled.
"You know it. I've made you wait 10 years," I shrugged and smiled, "I figure you've got a little more patience to spare." Kaname shook his head.
"Don't test me." He said, once more he was in front of me. He leaned down and whispered into my ear. "I might just surprise you," my mouth hung open lightly as I caught the implication and slight promise that his tone held; then as if adding to my shock, he nibbled lightly on my ear lobe causing a blush to touch my face. He smirked and kissed my forehead before disappearing into the basement. I closed my mouth as an evil idea sunk it's way into my head.
'How about I show him what a tease really is? Hmm..' I thought evilly. I placed my hand on the door frame and leaned in the door a little.
"I'm leaving you to deal with the dust babies alone!" I yelled down the stairs. "I'm going to see if the shower still works…and if we still have towels," I murmured, I heard a crash from down the stairs. I flicked the light on to see Kaname standing beside a knocked over, beaten couch. I smirked. "You okay down there?"
"Fine. Fine." He called up. "One of the dust babies got vicious." I laughed.
"More like tipped the couch. Must have been a strong dust baby." I smiled down at him. "Well, just holler if you need anything." With those words, I turned and headed toward the stairs. A picture in the hall stopped me. My mother, Juuri, had her arms around a younger Kaname-maybe ten year old-and my father, Haraku, stood behind her with me on his shoulders. I smiled and touched their faces lightly then turned and headed up toward the bathroom.