Chapter 6:

"Yuri, you should get ready for the dance," Yuki lectures me.

"I'm not going to dance, so what's the point?" I ask. She gives me a look that is hard to describe.

"Just get ready, maybe Aido will ask you to dance." I scowl at her. "What? You guys are both falling for each other." She runs out of my room. She's lucky she did or else something bad would've happened.

I haul myself off of my bed. I think I'll just work the dance. I put on a blouse I borrowed from Yuki and dress pants. I'm not much of a dress/skirt person. I walk out of my room to a blinding flash.

"What the- What are you doing?" I ask the headmaster, who was waiting for me to walk out.

"I wanted a picture of one of my beautiful daughters," he says defensively.

"Yeah right..." I push past him to see Zero and Ichiru dressed up. "Aw! You two look so adorable!" I squeal. Zero looks at me with little amusement.

"Really!" Ichiru asks eagerly. I nod. I offer an arm to each of them and they link theirs in mine, and Yumi and Yuki link arms on their other sides. We walk over to the hall where the dance is being held at.

Headmaster zooms past us.

"I should have been there ten minutes ago!" he shouts. I start laughing along with Yuki, Yumi and Ichiru. Zero lets a small smile slip onto his lips and I am fortunate enough to witness it.

"What?" he asks when he noticed me looking at him. I must've had a goofy grin on my face.

"Nothing," I respond. I look ahead and see the Headmaster running to get to the hall. He trips on a rock and falls on his face. I try to hide my smile. I think this could actually be a good night.

We walk in and break apart from each other.

"Okay! I have the list! Gather around!" Everyone walks in towards him. "Yumi and Takuma, you are together!" Takuma smiles, Yumi blushes, Ichijo's fangirls glare at Yumi. "Yuki and Zero!" They walk towards each other. Aw! They really would be a cute couple. "Seiren and Kaname." I look for them, but they aren't here. "Ruka and Akatsuki. Rima and Senri" now, these are great pairings. But I doubt they will dance together. "Yori and Ichiru."

"Whose Yori?" Ichiru shouts. Yori timidly raises her hand. Ichiru runs over and takes her by the hand. "Yay! We're together!" he says like a little kid. Everyone is paired up, just like they should be.

"...and Yuri and Hanabusa." WHAT? I didn't put this. Who did? Was it...Ichiru? He was in the room after I left. I'm so mad now. I'm going to kill that-

"Lady Yuri," Aido bows, holding out a hand. I look to see everyone else dancing with their partners. I guess I really am Cupid tonight!

"I don't want to dance. How about we just talk?" He smiles.

"Okay." We walk over to a table and sit down to talk about random stuff, like the classes mixing, blood tablets (which I haven't ever needed to take), Kaname, the other vampires, and my siblings.

I look up to see a lot of people staring at us. A lot of girls look mad; I'm guessing they're his fangirls. But others are looking at us in amusement.

I stand up and leave without saying where I'm going. I'm going to fall for him, I can't do that! I need to stay away from him. If that fails, I must find his faults. And he has a lot of them.

I stand outside, feeling the cool, crisp autumn air hit my skin, and I sigh.

"Hey.." Yumi says. I scream and jump up about a foot.

"You almost gave me a heart attack!" I yell at her.

"Sorry, but I saw you walk out, and I wanted to know if you were okay..."

"Yeah, I'm going home." I rub my bare arms, which are getting numb from the cool air.

"Did Aido say something to you?" she asks.

"No, I'm just tired, okay?" I start running back to my room. I'm running so fast that I don't notice a bunch of people around me. If I did, I definitely wouldn't be where I am now...