Matsuri Hino © Vampire Knight

Pairing: Kaname/Zero

[ Alternate Universe ]

A Sweet Taste of Love

[ Chapter 4: Realizations and a Rival (?) ]

Bolting out of the restaurant, Kaname found himself running to the direction where he saw Zero went off. After seconds of looking around as he made a round around the place, finally, he spotted the silver haired lad standing by the pedestrian lane, seemingly waiting for something.

"Kiryuu-kun..." Kaname called out calmly yet loudly.

Hearing the brunette's voice, Zero jolted a bit in surprise. Damn. And he didn't really feel like talking to anyone too right now. Heaving a sigh, a frown cast down his face. In a cold yet bitter tone, he answered back, "What do you want?"

Sensing the bitterness and pain in Zero's voice, Kaname found himself unable to look at the lilac eyed lad. Due to this, looking at the road instead of the person in front of him, he began to blurt out the things he had just come to realize, "The person that you like is Yuuki, isn't she? And... the reason why you decided to quit is her sudden engagement with Hanabusa-kun, am I wrong?"

The brother of the woman he still– sadly –loves got it all figured out. And as pissed as he is at this, he found himself honestly confirming the assumptions of the chocolatier.

"You're right. You're right about everything. I... I experienced a lot of bullshit but not as much bullshit as Yuuki experienced and yet between the two of us, she was more cheerful– she was a lot brighter. And I wanted to do nothing more but to protect that brightness. I did everything– I even went to France, damn it." he began to mutter.

"But in the end, I... it was all for nothing. I... she still didn't choose me. I returned from France only to find out that she and that son of a bitch are already together. Worse– engaged. I didn't know what to do and truth be told... I still don't know what to fucking do."

Finishing his piece, an awkward silence had erupted between the two. And before anyone could do anything about it, Kaname found himself making a confession of his own.

"I have fallen in love your chocolates..." he began, "And, I believe that the chocolates that a chocolatier make tell a lot about the chocolatier..."

"So I guess it won't be much of a surprise if one day I'll fall in love with you too. But that is only if you will allow me to try."

There was a pause. Then suddenly, "Kiryuu Zero-kun, will you allow me to return the sweetness my sister has taken away from you unintentionally?"

"Is it okay to fall in love with you?"

Is it okay to fall in love with you?

What in the name of his favorite manga is this retard of a good-looking man saying?

For a moment, Zero's brain has been wiped blank and rendered dysfunctional. He didn't feel anything fluffy like how those protagonists in shoujo manga said it would feel to be confessed or proposed at, but one thing is for sure...

"ARE YOU MAKING FUN OF ME, YOU SON OF A BITCH!?"

Yelling so, Zero caught himself charging a punch at Kaname.

A black 2014 BMW Z4 parked itself in front of where Zero was standing. Since the top of the car was already down, the driver need not put down any windows. Instead, he just turned to Zero, was about to call him when, "Ze–"

Punch

Kaname was down on the floor with a chapped and bleeding lower lip.

On another note, the ash brown haired driver– the driver of the BMW –blinked. He had a stoic expression on, but boy is confusion evident in his face.

"Did I miss something?" he thought out loud.

Hearing his voice, Zero's attention was immediately caught. Seeing that it was the one he has been waiting for all this time, he got in the car. In a tone that would scare the shit of anyone– even just a little, he ordered, "Drive. Now."

Without any questions, the chocolate eyed stud shrugged and did as he was told. As they got on the road, the driver finally decided to drop the question, "Mind telling me what happened?"

Zero snorted, "Someone was asking to be punched."

"What about you, mind telling me what took you so long, Takamiya?" he shot back.

Takamiya Kaito

Just a friend of Zero or a future rival for Kaname?

[ End of Chapter 4 ]

Author's Note: End of chapter 4 because I like short chapters. LOL. And yes, that's quite right, [2113]. Kaname will be comforting Zero– but that is if Zero wants to be comforted by Kaname (I find Kaito hotter, and Zero might just be feeling the same way as I do, ya know) LOL. And again, yes, another right, [Kai Hoshizuki]. That's exactly what had happened. And LOL. Thank you, [Skylar18].

[ Thank you for reviewing, 2113, Kai Hoshizuki and Skylar18. ]

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