Eighth story in my series of short stories with various VK characters. Independent from the previous seven. :D

#: 07
Title: "Prey."
Characters: Kaname, Aidou and ??

Disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Knight, this is a fanfic written for fun and for love of the series. I'm not making any money with it.
Warnings: Spoilers for the Vampire Knight novel.

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"Kaname-sama…" Aidou approached the pureblood's desk, and bowed his head deeply.

Kaname was sitting on the large leather chair behind the desk, and had his back to him, his gaze lost in the night sky showing through the tall windows of his office.

He allowed the chair to spin a half circle back and eyed Aidou in silence, knowing well what he wanted, but waiting to hear him say it, to see how he would word it.

Aidou had prepared what he wanted to tell the pureblood, he was sure of his words, he was a genius after all, but… now that the moment had came, he wasn't sure of how to begin, so he just tugged the hand of the human girl he'd brought all the way there, and lifted his palm, guiding her forward in an old-fashioned manner. Aidou kneeled onto one knee, bowing his head to Kaname again and pulling the girl down with him so she would kneel as well, choosing silence and an evident traditional gesture rather than an awkward explanation.

The girl hesitated a tidbit, unsure of how to act, surveying the surroundings and the ornate room a bit nervously as she wondered what would come next.

Aidou was still holding her hand in his and raised it towards Kaname. A traditional gesture among vampires, an offering of prey to one's lord, especially to a pureblood.

The human girl raised her eyes, met Kaname's reddened glare gleaming darkly in the dimly lit room, and looked away quickly, suppressing a shudder of surprise.

"You bring her to me, for me to feed on her blood, fully knowing I swore long ago I would never take human prey? What makes you think I would accept this dubious gift you offer me?!"

There was a hint of barely veiled anger in Kaname's voice. His position over that matter had been well known for years. He was at the forefront of the pacific coexistence movement, and had more than enough reasons to refuse human prey. Even if many things had changed over the recent years, even if they were no longer all as idealistic as they were one day, his values were still unchanged.

Aidou cringed, fearing that reaction. Kaname knew his motives, but it was still a delicate subject.

No arguments of logic could win in a case like that, so Aidou did what his heart dictated to him instead of his mind. He got up suddenly and bridged the distance between them, putting his hands on the pureblood's desk and leaning closer to Kaname, pleading earnestly. "Please, Kaname-sama, please… I know that I could never wish to have the right to demand anything of you, but… I beg of you. Take her. I can't do it, you know it. You are the only one. You… you know how I feel… how I felt back then, when Fuuka…" He hesitated and his voice died down, but there was no going back, and he met the pureblood's eyes with the full intensity of his gaze as he whispered "I don't ever want to feel that pain again, Kaname-sama… Hate me forever if you must, for my impudence in daring to ask you for your blood… but please, please take her."

There were tears in Aidou's eyes, and Kaname's heart softened instantly at the sight. Whatever his values may say, whatever promises he had made to himself, he couldn't help but feel a deep pang of pain in his heart at the intense anguish in the aura of his dear friend.

There were many reasons why he didn't want to do this, one of them being that he considered that his blood, every single drop of it, belonged entirely to Yuuki, and he didn't want to give any to anyone else if he could avoid it. But did he really have the right to refuse, when he knew well he was the only one who could do this for Aidou?

Sighing deeply, the pureblood got up and circled around the desk, his gaze lost looking past them while he finally made up his mind.

Aidou was stiff as a board, waiting to see what Kaname would do, and he felt a maelstrom of emotions invade his body at the realization that Kaname had accepted; an inevitable tiny pang of jealousy lost in the recesses of instinctive reactions, but filling his whole heart was an immense gratitude. No words would ever be enough for him to express how thankful he felt to Kaname, as he saw the pureblood offer the human girl a hand before pulling her up.

Kaname and the girl looked at each other for a little, the pureblood smiling reassuringly and holding her gaze as if he politely asked permission before moving, and the girl responding with a shy little smile of acknowledgement, moving closer to him indicating that she knew what she was there for, and what he was about to do to her.

Then, Yori pulled aside her short hair to offer him her neck, and Kaname sank his fangs into it, sealing her fate and making her a creature of the night.

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Do not read this blurb if you don't want to be fully spoiled for the VK novel (the Aidou story in the first one):

Fuuka was a character in the first VK novel, a Day Class girl who becomes an ex-human vampire due to being bitten by a random pureblood after she almost died in an accident elsewhere, and who is in love for Kaname (who doesn't has any feelings for her, of course), and then, for Aidou as they get to know each other.
Aidou had to kill her as she was falling to level E. He felt so miserable he swore he would never have anything to do with ex-humans again. (That way, no more pain like that…)

In this fic, unrelated to the novel plot other than for the brief mention of Fuuka, Aidou fell in love for Yori at last, so he is in a difficult situation… She's human, and her life will be but a quick spring followed by an early winter coming much too fast, compared to his life expectancy. And if she was just turned, she would be ex-human and fall to level E eventually. So their love is doomed… unless Kaname turned her and gave her his blood, since then she would be a normal level C vampire and have a normal life with Aidou without level E issues.
Which is why Aidou and Yori came to Kaname, asking him to take her, and, of course, to also give her his blood, which he does, for Aidou.
So, happy end. XD lol

Sorry if it was a bit confusing, it might be weird if you haven't read the novel. Also, I wanted the beginning to be a bit strange, where you're not sure if Aidou really did bring a girl as prey for Kaname or what, until he mentions his feelings, and we eventually find out it's Yori. :)

In the VK manga, Aidou and Yori don't have anything going on (as of now anyway XD), they just finally met up closer and talked a few times and that's it, but people have been shipping them together for a while due to scans of the novel being spread around the internet and western fans who saw those without the story, thinking Fuuka was Yori, because both have light short hair. :X
But there seems to be some chemistry between Aidou and Yori , from the times they met, so they could totally work as a pairing. X3