Disclaimer: WOHOOO!! It's not aching so much anymore!! Wheeeee!!
(innerself: That's because it's already the fourth day, stupid. The three day pain period is over…T.T)
Oh. Kay. …
…But I know Kaname's pain period is just beginning. Muwahahahaha!!
(innerself: Aren't you supposed to say something in this section…?)
Oh. RIGHT. Me. Vampire Knight? No own.
(innerself: Couldn't have said it better myself…T.T)
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"Uh…Kaname…?"
"…"
"I'm really, really sorry-"
Kaname Kuran held up a hand. It was that 'save it' stance.
Ichijou didn't like it one bit, but he took it as sign to stop babbling apologies. Kaname was never one for them.
When they were younger and had the chance to play in the vast backyard of Ichijou manor, the blonde accidentally pushed Kaname to the ground. He started spouting apologies like a neurotic bunny but the other had none of it. Kaname made him shut up by pulling the (taller) kid down by his collar and whispering dangerously, "If you don't shut up, I am going to forget I've forgiven you MINUTES ago and kick you-HARD."
Well, Kaname wasn't much of a blackmailer then, but hey, it was the threat that counted.
"…Are you alright? How did the appointment go?"
The brunette blinked, silently deliberating if he should talk or not.
Well, it didn't hurt THAT much but…it still felt uncomfortable.
…And kinda achy. Yeah, just a bit.
"I'm fine."
A relieved sigh. "Oh. That's great, then… And the dentist…?"
Kaname looked at Ichijou incredulously, who returned his look just as evenly.
"…He's still alive, if that's what you mean."
The blonde nodded, satisfied.
…
"So…do you plan on going to class any time soon?"
Kaname huffed silently, "After THAT little accident, I think I should lie low for a while."
Ichijou chuckled, "Lie low? You? And how does the Kaname Kuran plan on doing that? By wearing a paper bag on his head?"
The brunette rolled his eyes.
"Well, we both now you can't seriously 'lie low' around these parts, Kaname. Your…uh…Well, you're already too much of a give-away."
…
Kaname draped a hand over his eyes. Lying down on his couch like that…it was the ultimate sign of laziness. But only Kaname could make laziness looks so…ultimately seductive. "You should go now, Ichijou. The Night Class would be needing your watchful guidance."
"Ah, like what I've been doing these past few years? And there's no need to hurry. Shiki's watching them for me."
Reddish-brown orbs looked at him, "Shiki, you say…? Since when does Shiki do anything voluntarily? Especially helping out like that-"
Ichijou pouted slightly, "He's not that bad! Shiki's a really nice guy-"
Kaname rolled a bit so now he was resting on his side, smirking openly at the other, "Don't you mean 'Senri-kun' (1)…?"
The blonde turned an adorable shade of pink before turning away, "I hope you get a good rest, Kaname. You need it. So much so that your mind is now playing tricks on you. See you later."
The door clicked shut.
Kaname laughed a bit and turned so that he was facing the ceiling again. Ichijou really wasn't that good at hiding secrets…
He gave another small laugh before he rested a finger on his cheek.
-Hm…it didn't hurt that much…-
--poke!—
"OW!"
-Oh crap. Here comes the pain…-
-Maybe he shouldn't have poked it that hard…-
"…owww…"
-Dammit. He didn't even poke it that much!! Just once!! And now, wave after wave of pain was coursing through his…mouth? Cheek?? GAH! The pain was already overwhelming his head!!-
Kaname turned to his side, facing the back of the couch. He curled himself up in a 'sleeping kitty' position. It was all purely on instinct, since he used to sleep like this before.
He tentatively put a hand to press against his cheek, seeing as the pain had faded…all too quickly, it may seem…
"Ow!!"
Oh. There it was. Pain.
Pain.
Painnnnnn…
It got worse too, when Kaname accidentally bit down on his own teeth (you know, the normal bite position). The aching was like a flash of lightning that ran through the rows of his teeth.
He sat up, rubbing his cheek tenderly. He should have to be more careful from now on… (-wub, wub…-) (A/N: Aww! He's adorable!! …And his cheeks are flushed too…)
But it seemed the throbbing sensation was the least of his worries…
…because Kaname was hungry now.
…really hungry.
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(Night Class)
No one was paying attention in class today.
And they all have a very good reason not to.
Whispers pass through the vampire students' lips like simple air does when they breathe. They weren't malicious talks, of course, but simple musings on what had happened to their dorm leader.
And in the field of 'Kaname-ism', no other people were as well-versed as Aido and Ruka.
Ruka had little to say of the matter. She only noted that Kaname-sama must be tired and overworked from a meeting. Possibly another campaign for the pacifism. They all had better follow Kaname's example, Ruka said. When one student dared ask "We should hit our head on the gate…?", the pale-haired teen flashed a glare that was so venomous it froze the smart-mouthed vampire on his seat.
Aido, on the other hand, was still marveling at what happened. He was not happy about Kaname getting hurt, of course, but he was one of the few that duly noted something specifically important (well, to a crazed fan yes).
"Akatsukiii… he was the most adorable shade of pink…"
Kain sighed. He'd been listening to his cousin ramble on and on about Kaname's face for an hour now and he's practically memorized every line.
"We should have our room re-painted that color, ne, Akatsukiiii…??"
"…Hanabusa…"
"I'm sorry I'm late. Kaname wouldn't be coming today. He is…busy."
Everyone turned to look at Ichijou, who was indeed late. The teacher nodded at him dismissively and told him to take his seat, which, for today, was beside Shiki.
As soon as the blonde took his seat, he noticed the sudden hush coming over the others. They were all looking at him curiously. Finally, Ruka's voice floated over them, voicing out most of the Night Class' queries.
"How is Kaname-sama, Ichijou?"
The blonde blinked and flashed that megawatt smile, "He's fine, Ruka. It seems…the meeting took a lot out of him, but he's resting as we speak."
Most of the vampires gave a satisfactory 'ah' at the stated 'reason'. They heard Ruka mumble something like 'I told you so' before the class settled into reasonable silence like always.
Shiki looked at his seat mate and quietly noted, "You smile weird when you lie, Ichijou."
The hand holding out a pen fumbled and the writing implement landed with a 'clack!' on the floor below. The sleepy brunette took it and gave it back to its befuddled owner.
"W-What did you say??"
Beautiful but half-lidded glassy light blue eyes (2) looked back at him.
Ichijou swallowed a lump that was forming in his throat. Shiki always knew how to spot him lying. It was so…strange. Maybe it's because they've spent so many moments together, being room mates and all that-
-Don't you mean…Senri-kun?-
The blonde twitched. WHY was he remembering Kaname's taunt NOW, of all times??
"Ara, Ichijou…You're going to break that pen in half if you keep holding it like that. Here, let me help…"
Shiki put his hand over Ichijou's own. The grip on the poor pen loosened considerably…but Shiki still wasn't letting go…
"Uh…Shiki…it's…ok…You can let go now-"
"…No."
Ichijou blinked, "Eh?"
Oh darn! Shiki just HAD to flash that winning model smile at Ichijou!! Nooooooo…
And indeed, Senri Shiki smiled at the blonde (though it was duly noted it seemed more like a smirk).
"I like holding your hand like this…" A whisper, "…Takuma-kun."
Inwardly, Ichijou's mental state crumbled into dust and what looked like a chibi version of him (his conscience, actually… :P) was yelling it's cute little chibi-head off…
-WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!-
(Moon Dorms…Kitchen)
Kaname stared at the inside of the refrigerator. It seemed that it was pretty well-stocked, which was good because he was particularly starving right now.
Psh, not for human blood.
Right now, he needed something a bit less substantial and easier to get at hand.
…He grabbed an apple.
Casually seating himself in front of the ref, he glanced at the nearby window which gave an interesting and a medium-length view of the 'woods' outside (A/N: the kitchen was on the first floor). Tonight, the moon was full, giving the outdoors an eerie glow.
The brunette sighed. It was moments like these that make him glad he could excuse himself from class for whatever reason.
The others were missing out on a beautiful moon…
-bite!-
A twitch.
…
"OW!"
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(Outside)
Zero yawned openly. He would never admit it to Yuuki, but he was getting tried from all this patrolling. However, he couldn't let the girl patrol on her own. She gets into all sorts of sticky situations. It was almost like she was a magnet for trouble, or something…
"Kzzzt! Brown Bunny to Broody Puppy! Do you read me, Broody Puppy?"
The silver-haired teen twitched and grabbed hold of what looked like a walkie-talkie. He held it up to his face, "…Can't we just use our REAL names, Yuuki? This is stupid-"
"Kzzzt! No it isn't!! I think it's cute!! Brown Bunny to Broody Puppy, any accidents so far? Over."
Zero sighed now. He really shouldn't have agreed to this idea in the first place. It was downright childish.
"No. No accidents in the west part of the garden so far…"
"Kzzzzt! ZE-RO!! Use the codenames!!"
"No. I don't want to."
"Kzzzt! Ze-roooo…"
"…"
Zero looked at the small device. He sighed for the second time. If he didn't play along with this…well, he really didn't feel like fighting with Yuuki right now, especially after the Chairman found out about the whole 'smile' thing and was bent on getting as much 'updates' as possible from the Kiryuu…
"Kzzzt. Broody Puppy to Brown Bunny. West side all clear. Over."
Zero heard a squeal from the other line, followed by Yuuki's ever-cheerful voice.
"Waiii!! That was soooo cute, Zero!! Uh, this is Brown Bunny to Broody Puppy. I'll go finish up here in the East side. You go clear up the South. See you later!! Over."
The lilac-eyed teen trudged his feet to the south end of the school. Sometimes, Yuuki was just too weird…
He looked up and saw a light coming from the Moon Dorms. It was near the south side, so he wouldn't actually be guarding anything off-course.
Zero got into the bushes, since it was probably the only way to properly…uh…'check'. Yeah, that's it. Check—
-Check, my foot. You're spying, that's what you're doing…-
-Oh, hello little voice in my head. Long time no see.-
-Hi. Miss me?-
-Miss-…? Ugh, greaaaaaat…I am SO going insane…-
-Heh. Learn to live with it, bud- Oh LOOKY!! KANAME IN THE SHOWER!!-
-Where??-
-Wahaha! You fell for that, didn't ya? …So you wanna see him in a shower?-
-WHAT?? NO. I WANT TO SEE HIM DEAD.-
-Hm, well, you know what they say—Hate is just a line away from LOVE.-
-Grr. Just shut up will you??-
-Oh looky!! It's Kaname in an adorable pained pose, staring at an open refrigerator!!-
-Hah! I'm NOT falling for that again!!-
-Baka. It's true. Look over there-
Zero, on cue with…the little voices inside his head…looked at the direction of the lighted glass window. Inside, he did see the Night Class dorm president staring at the open ref. He was holding his cheek and had an adorable look of …longing on his face.
The silver-haired teen crept in closer to listen in on anything, if anything WAS being said.
…THAT, or Kaname just looked too adorable to pass up.
Before Zero could correct himself on that past thought, he heard the brunette speak.
"(sigh!) …I really wanted to eat that apple… but it was being so mean to me…"
Zero's eyes widened. Did…Did Kaname KURAN just say an apple was being mean to him?? And in an adorable kiddish voice??
Ok, so maybe NOT in an adorable kiddish voice…but it would've been cuter if he did…
"I guess I'll just have to eat this pudding…"
Zero peeked again and saw Kaname slumped over the kitchen table, poking the dessert maliciously.
"Who knew I will have to endure the same suffering I handed out a long time ago?"
The teen in hiding smirked. Kuran was being a total drama queen, and he had a front row seat to watching it all happen.
"If only it wasn't aching that badly…" Kaname rubbed his cheek again and sighed.
'WHAT was aching badly?' Zero blinked. It must have been some device of great magnitude to have managed in hurting THE Kaname Kuran. He should find out what it was, at all costs. Who knows, this might just be a breakthrough for all-
"Kzzztt!! Brown Bunny to Broody Puppy!! Do you read me?? Over."
Zero practically jumped when the walkie-talkie buzzed to life. And with Yuuki's high pitched and loud voice too. …This wasn't good…at ALL. He had to make a run for it-
-The windows opened with a 'whoosh!'…
"Zero…? What are you doing here?"
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Le third chapterrr, le finis!!
Wahaha!! That was some wonky French…
NOTES: (1)- Ok, mini-Japanese honorifics lesson here!! Usually, only people who are extremely close to each other can call each other by their first names. And the '-kun' part kinda denotes being lovers… fufufufu… Ok, so maybe I just made that part up, but HEY, it's cute, ne?
(2)- Does anyone really know what Shiki's eye color is?? I had to browse through random pics for this info. If anyone could tell me his real eye color, it will be much appreciated! :D
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