Chapter 9: Valentine's Day
The next day, I wake up to find a single red rose lying on the pillow where Kaname normally sleeps and a note attached to the stem. As I picked up the rose gently, I looked at the note which read: "To my dearest little one, I would like to be the first to tell you "Happy Valentine's Day" and I hope you like the little surprise I left you. However, this single rose won't be the only gift you will be receiving from me on this day, I assure you so until later on tonight you enjoy yourself and always remember that no matter how many gifts you receive today from the Day Class today, I will always be your first. Love, Kaname Kuran"
Once I was done reading the note over one more time, I got myself dressed and headed downstairs with the red rose tucked gently into my hair. As soon as I was downstairs, the other males of the Night Class, besides Kaname, gathered around me and gave me many expensive yet beautiful gifts from jewelry to silk dresses.
Meanwhile, Kaname watched as everyone in the class handed me a gift of some sort but he wasn't worried after all no matter how many gifts his little one received today, he was her first and that was enough for him. Before long, it was time for the Night Class to receive their gifts from the Night Class and I was surprised to find a long line of Day students at my stations and the first in the line were surprisingly Yuki and Zero.
"Hello Yuki, Zero," I greeted with a smile. "Hey Beverly," both Yuki and Zero replied at the same time. "How you guys doing?" I asked as I walked closer to my station. "Fine, You?" Yuki replies/asks curiously. "Good," I replied simply. Once that was said, both Zero and Yuki handed me their gifts which were a friendship bracelet from Yuki and a silver rose from Zero. "Thank you, Yuki, Zero," I said with smile. "You're welcome, Beverly," the guardians replied at the same.
A few hours later, the gift giving ceremony was over with me have the most gifts out of all the Night students. "Man, Bev, you sure got a lot of gifts didn't you?" Aido comments as I placed each gift onto the table in my room. "I sure did but to be honest with you, Aido, I wasn't expecting to get this much at all," I replied while organizing my gifts. "Really?" the blonde asks surprised. "Really," I replied with a smile. Aido just shrugs as he begins to leave the room but before hearing me say, "Happy Valentine's Day, Aido."
"Heh, Happy Valentine's Day, Beverly," Aido replies as he closes the door behind him. Once he was completely gone, I walked over to the balcony and while looking up at the stars, I reflected on the gifts that I received today but the one that I thought about the most were the two different roses that I received from Zero and Kaname.
At that moment, Ruka walked in with wrapped box in her arms. "From President Kuran, I presume," I commented as I walked back into the room. "Yes," Ruka replies as she hands me the box. As I looked at the box in my arms, I noticed that it was covered with deep red roses of every shape and size. "President Kuran certainly like deep red roses, doesn't he?" I commented softly to myself.
With that said, I opened the box to find another white laced dress but this time the design was inspired by the rose for all around the dress were vines and roses of every shape and size just like on the wrapper. "Would like some help getting dressed, Beverly?" Ruka asked already knowing my answer. "Yes I would," I replied with a smile. With that, Ruka dressed me in the white dress along with white short-heeled shoes, a white necklace that wrapped around my neck, and a white rose hair-clip that was placed gently into my hair.
After I was completely dressed in my outfit, Ruka escorted me downstairs where Ichijio stood waiting for me at the bottom step. "I'm getting the idea that this is President Kuran's second Valentine's Day gift to me," I commented as I took Ichijio's arm. "It certainly is," Ichijio replies as he walks me out of the dormitory and towards what looked like an abandoned building.
As we got closer to the building, I began to feel a little nervous about what awaited for me inside. "No need to be nervous Beverly after all President Kuran ordered me to protect you no matter what," Ichijio says as he gives my hand a reassuring squeeze. "If you say so, Ichijio," I reply with a small smile.
A few seconds later, we arrived at two large doors and once we were there, Ichijio let go of my arm and said, "Your prince waits for you inside, princess." At first I didn't understand what Ichijio was saying until I began to realize that he was referring to me and Kaname and before I could say "Thank you" to Ichijio, he was already gone.