Soo...another story updated in one night, WOW.

And I said "Red Petals" would be updated first.

Right.

I'M SORRY *runs away crying*

"Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction."

~ Erich Fromm

[Avaritia]

Oh, how he wished he could rip him away from her, have him all for himself, to share with no one.

He wanted the King to only have eyes for him, but knew it would be impossible. Zero was, after all, only a pawn in Kaname's game; he'd never been considered a human to begin with, only an object.

The King belonged with the Queen. Zero was just the Knight who sacrificed himself for the well-being of both and never got recognized for his efforts—and why would he?

It was his job to die for them.

Nothing more, nothing less.

His lavender eyes would follow Kaname wherever he went, memorizing every action, every graceful movement, committing everything to memory. He knew he was acting like a stalker, but it wasn't as if Zero could just go up to the Pureblood and openly declare, "Hey, guess what! I've been obsessed with you for the past, like, four years now. Can I have you all for myself?"

If he were to do that, Kaname would most likely rip his limbs apart and shred his body to tiny, little bite-size pieces.

So the hunter forced himself to be content with just observing the victim of his attention, simply ignoring Yuuki even existed when she was around the brunet vampire.

Zero wasn't happy, however. He wanted more, more, more. He wanted to be able to talk to Kaname without having his head bitten off by his followers, able to smile at him without being given weird or disgusted looks, able to at least walk in the same direction as the vampire without being looked down upon by him or Ruka, or Aidou.

He wanted to be able to express himself freely and not suffer any consequences. He wanted Kaname to actually see Zero and treat him as more than just a pawn.

And yes, maybe Zero's greediness was too much, and maybe he was asking for the impossible, but was it wrong for him to want to be treated like he actually meant something to anyone?

[Avaritia_Greed]