H: Hey!~ I'm back! Wheeew. so this is gonna be my second time writing a fan fiction chapter all by myself. Mitsuki-chi is not here again coz she's busy in Makati. That's a city pretty far from where I am. Her brother's there, hospitalized. But I think she's here in our city again. Anyway... hope you guys enjoy this chapter. And thanks for the reviews!~ Without further ado... chapter 4!!

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Hana x Yori ff story

Chapter 4: Conditions

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'Okay, STOP, REWIND AND PLAY!!''

He told himself as he tried to grasp what happened a few minutes earlier.

"Please be my boyfriend for a few months." She said in a gentle but firm voice. Her brown eyes didn't waver as she looked at him.

"What?!" He uttered as his blue eyes widened with shock and surprise.

"I said, please be my boyfriend."

'STOP!' He halted the scene flashing on the back of his mind like he was watching a movie. He sighed with trounce. She asked him to be her boyfriend. Damn it… How weird and unexpected. And there he was earlier, thinking about erasing her memories and now… this?! How unlucky could he get? One bad luck after another… was there no end to his bad streak?

'Unfortunately not.' He told himself and looked at her.

"Are you serious about what you just said, Miss Wakaba?" He uttered and raised his brow. He was not the kind of guy who would think twice but then this was a different matter. This was Yuuki's friend and dorm mate in front of him. Not to mention, the girl he almost bitten. Plus, she was not just some regular pathetic human who idolized him. Somehow, she had a different breed unlike normal humans… well for him that is. He didn't know why he thought of her like that. But then he figured this was because she was close to Yuuki, who happens to be the apple of the eye of the pureblood, which he adored and respected. He convinced himself that there was no other reason besides that.

"Yes, I am dead serious about what I have just said Aidou-sempai. And please don't call me Miss Wakaba, it makes me feel old. You can call me Yori if you like." She muttered and looked at him.

Hanabusa noticed that her face had somehow lightened up. He suspected that it was because she had noticed that he wasn't going to harass her. Not that he would try.

"I see… well, about that. Why do you want me to be you know… your boyfriend?" He couldn't help ask her the reason behind her bold proposal.

"Well…" Before Yori could answer, they heard noises coming closer to them. She was slowly worried that the prefects would see her, not that she was scared of Zero or Yuuki but still her record was on the line. She didn't want Yuuki to think she was starting to be a juvenile law breaker. So she looked at Hanabusa and whispered, "I have to go." She was about to turn around when Hanabusa grabbed her hand.

"Tomorrow, I'll come to your room while Cross is out. I'll knock on your window." He uttered softly and let her go. "Until then." He bid her farewell and walked towards the building. Slowly, the darkness enveloped him and he was gone.

Yori shook her head and stopped thinking about Hanabusa's last sentence. "Until then?" He repeated and softly sighed. Then as she heard the noises rustling closer to her, she decided to go back to the Sun Dorm before she gets caught by either her best friend or Zero.

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The following night, Yori waited for Hanabusa. She wasn't eager but she still, she slightly anticipated his presence. She looked at Yuuki who was fixing herself in front of the mirror.

"So, Yori-chan… I'll be going then." Yuuki cheerfully remarked to Yori with a huge grin on her face.

Yori returned the smile and happily uttered, "Okay. Take care then Yuuki-chan… please don't over exert yourself." She remarked.

"I won't, don't worry! Besides, Zero is there to help me." She happily uttered and assured Yori of her safety.

"I hope so." Yori commented half-heartedly. Somehow, she can't help distrust her best friend's partner. It was as if, there was something different about Zero. But then, he wasn't the only one whom she found different. In fact, she found too many people in Cross Academy… too different. Like there was something else within the other students, especially the Night Class. She couldn't pinpoint how exactly she finds them different. She had no absolute reason or proof. But she was sure of her intuition about them, as well as Zero.

Yuuki smiled like an angel and mouthed, "Don't worry kay? Goodnight Yori-chan. I hope I won't wake you up when I come back later." She clasped her hands together in front of her chest like she was praying. She closed one eye and slightly tilted her head. She was apologizing for the disturbance she always do when she comes back from prefect duties.

"Don't worry. I don't mind, plus… I know how hard it must be to do those rounds by two people. Not to mention staying awake for almost half of the night. It's as if you guys are insomniac or vampires."

Yuuki was slightly taken back at Yori's words. But then she figured that it was a joke so she dryly laughed. "Yeah, anyway… See you later Yori-chan." She waved and walked out of the room.

Yori was left there thinking about Yuuki's reaction. She wondered why Yuuki and Hanabusa seemed to have the same reaction whenever she mentioned 'vampire.' She wondered if it was tabooed word for the prefects as well as the Night Class. It was a pretty weird coincidence that two people had responded almost the same to the word.

Before Yori could fully grasp the reason behind those two incidents, she heard light knocks coming outside through the window. She slowly stood up from her bed and placed a mark on the book she was reading before closing it. Then she walked towards the window and saw a familiar figure. She opened the window so Hanabusa could enter. Afterwards, she walked away so he could come inside.

"Does Cross take that long before she starts patrolling?" He asked her as soon as he walked inside the room. His eyes lingered on the small room. Were all human rooms this small? This was even smaller than his bathroom.

"Good evening to you too…" Yori coldly greeted him. She practically ignored his remark earlier.

It was only then that Hanabusa realized that he had forgotten his manners. But before he could reply to her greeting she continued on talking.

"No, it usually doesn't but then I was worried about her. I feel like there's something gonna happen today." She remarked and walked towards her bed where her books laid.

"No kidding, with Kiryu around…" Hanabusa replied and continued roaming his gaze around the room. He found the place neat and clean. Hell, it was even cleaner than his room.

"What do you mean by that?" Yori couldn't help asked him what he meant by his sentence.

"Nothing. Anyway, what were you saying yesterday?" he changed the topic and saw that Yori was standing near her bed now. He looked at the piles of books on her bed and stared at each of the titles. He figured that most of the books that she was reading were literature and fictional stories or novels.

Yori picked her books off the bed and neatly placed it on the desk. Then she stood near Hanabusa and uttered, "Don't misunderstand. I don't admire or like you, Aidou-sempai." She frankly whipped at him. Then she added, "I'm just in need of your help and service. It seems like you're the only one I can trust… here."

Hanabusa couldn't grasp what he was going to feel. He wanted to be proud that she trusted out of so many men in here but then he couldn't help wonder why she wanted help at the same time.

"Why? What's your problem?"

She looked at him and said, "Well… you see. My mother is planning to get me a man in my life, whether I like it or not."

"Well… what's wrong with that?"

"What's wrong with it is that I don't want one."

"You don't?"

"Yes."

"Then what do you need me for?"

Yori sighed and answered his query, "I want you to act like my boyfriend, just enough to prove to my mother that I don't need her help in finding a guy."

"But didn't you just said that you—"

"Yes, that is true. I don't want a man that my mother matched me up. You see, she makes me go to these dates and arrangements. I get to be paired with some guy I don't even know. And then she expects me to be well… a couple with the date she set me up." She paused and sighed.

He could see how much problem she had to go through as she explained.

"So, I thought that maybe she would stop the match making if I have a boyfriend."

"That's where I come in?"

"Yes. You're going to act and pretend to be my boyfriend. But then… it will only be temporary. After a few dates and get together, we can separate from one another like nothing happened."

"So… we don't need to become boyfriend-girlfriend here?" He meant Cross Academy by 'here'.

"Yes, there's no need. Plus, I don't need unwelcomed glares and death threats from your fans." She remarked.

"Of course. Well then, sure I'll help. Only if, you won't tell anyone that I did help you and we are acting as 'fake lovers'. Also, you have to forget ever meeting me in the bar, got it?"

"Sure. I'll abide by your conditions, Aidou-sempai. Please rest assured that I will keep the end of my bargain as long as you keep yours." She stared at his aquamarine eyes and waited for his reply.

"Okay then." He smirked and extended his hand.

Yori stared at it and then looked at Hanabusa's face. Afterwards, she stretched out her hands and clasps her own to his.

"So this is a deal then?" Yori asked and eyed at Hanabusa.

"Yeah." Hanabusa added and shook hands with her. Then he felt how warm her hand was. It somehow sizzled his the coldness in his hand. He looked at her cinnamon eyes and saw no emotions on it. He wondered if she was always like this. Cold, Reserved, Calm and Quiet. Not that he had known her that long.

Yori coughed a little and said, "Um… can I have my hand back now, if you don't mind?"

That was when Hanabusa noticed that he had been dazing off while holding her hand and staring at her face. Then he let go of her hand and looked away. He decided to stroll inside the room and looked around.

"Well then… anything you want to ask me, Aidou-sempai?" Her voice interrupted his examination of the room.

He glanced at her and shook his head. "No nothing. By the way, when do we start this little charade of yours?"

Yori shook her head and replied, "This Saturday. My mother wants me to go home this weekend and do something."

"Okay then… I'll borrow Akatsuki's car and we'll use it to go to your parent's house." Hanabusa uttered and put his hands on his pockets. "Meet me up in the entrance gate around 10 am. I should be ready by then."

"Okay… although I was hoping we could just commute."

Hanabusa's eyes widened a little. He would commute with her? Um… no way, that was out of the question. Commuting would mean getting on a crowded transportation device with so many human people. It also means he would get tired because of that. Plus, commuting also means that he would be exposed to sunlight.

"No. We would be going there by Akatsuki's red sports car." He uttered firmly.

"But—"

"No buts. I won't commute, no matter how much you tell me and ask me to."

"Why?"

'Because I have reasons that I cannot tell you.' He wanted to tell her that but then he couldn't utter it.

"Just because I told you so."

Yori's brown eyes squinted as she looked at Hanabusa. "You're being childish."

"I am not. I'm only giving you a better and comfortable option. Besides, I'm claustrophobic." He lied about his phobia. He was absolutely not afraid of close rooms or crowded places in a small place. He just wanted to have a concrete reason.

Yori couldn't believe what Hanabusa just said. "Do you even know what claustrophobic means?"

Pierce. That remark stabbed him. Does this girl honesty think that his brain only comprises of air? "Of course I do. I told you I was a genius right?"

Yori shook her head and smiled. Even though she was smiling, Hanabusa knew she still didn't believe that he was a genius. Women…

"Look, I don't care if you believe that I'm a genius or not. But I'm serious about my phobia."

"Okay."

"Okay?"

"Okay, I believe you." She uttered with an expressionless face.

He couldn't help be amazed at how much her face and expressions could change so easily. Unlike him who had to control himself to be able to think straight, the girl in front of him seemed like an expert on having patience. He wondered why that happened though. Was he really childish as she say so he couldn't easily control himself? No, that would be crazy. He had self control… well most of the time… especially if Kaname was there. But no, 'she' had self control all the time, as if it was so easy like breathing air to her.

"You do?" he couldn't believe how he easily fooled her and make her believe what he just said.

"Yes, I do. Now… if you don't have anything else to do in here, I suggest you go back to class before Yuuki gets back."

"Are you throwing me out?" He raised a brow on her when she suggested that thought.

"No." She seriously looked at him and added, "I just don't want to get caught by the prefects nor another student."

"Right…" He uttered briefly and walked towards the window. Then before he jumped out of the window, he took one last glance at Yori. He saw that she was getting on her bed.

"What?" She asked him when he was staring at her.

"Nothing. I was just wondering if you're going to sleep this early."

She nodded and replied, "Yes. Unlike you who have class in the night, we have classes in the morning."

"Right." He whispered and was about to jump through the window when stopped. He glanced at Yori again and added, "Well good night then."

Yori nodded. "Same to you, Aidou-sempai."

"See you on Saturday then." With those words, he jumped and disappeared.

"yeah. See you." Yori whispered to herself and tilted her head to the side. She sighed and leaned her head on the pillow. Was she really going to make Hanabusa Aidou her fake boyfriend? Somehow, it seemed like a bad idea. She sighed and closed her eyes. She thought about her decision and about Hanabusa as sleep took her in.

H: So there ya have it!! Chapter 4. hmmm... the next chapter is Yori introducing Aidou to her family. LOL! Wonder what's gonna happen in the Wakaba household? And what will happen? hehe, anyway... hope you like this chapter. LOL!!~ hmm... well then. please review!!~ ^-^