.More Than You Know- A Vampire Knight FanFiction by Clue-sama.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything legally affiliated with Matsuri Hino's Vampire Knight and am not making money with these fanworks.

Author's Notes: Hallo, hallo... I hope you enjoy this update and forgive the shortness...! D: It was late and a school night! X3 I really should change the title of the story 'cause it makes no sense anymore... Unless I could just have it mean when/where it all began... Hm.

Warnings: Angsty, confused ex-human and a forever (at least in this one!) devious pureblood. Squinty yaoi that seems... real ^^

Summary: It was inevitable, he knew, but even so, he wanted to resist. And yet, it was all so undeniable as well.

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He tore his eyes away from her big, concerned brown ones and offered a slight wave over his shoulder as he left her at the door of her room for tonight.

Don't look at me like that, Yuuki. Like you pity me...

Zero knew that she could tell- she could see right through his front. He was thirsty and it was not getting any easier to hide nor control. His eyes would flash crimson whenever he thought about it or let his guard down too much. However, he tried so hard not to sate his hunger with her blood. She never really complained, but he knew that he hurt her when he sank his aching fangs into her soft, tender... warm...

"Uh..." he moaned, running a chilled hand through his long-ish silver hair. Stop thinking about it... He knew his eyes were glowing now... If the increased pain in his chest was any indication.

The prefect forced a gulp down his dry throat and walked clumsily towards his own dorm. It wasn't this bad a moment ago... Suddenly, his hunter senses set alarms off in his brain and he swung around to see a tall figure, clad in white standing on the path where he just came from some distance away. After a sharp jolt of agony in his chest, Zero let out a low snarl, unable to say anything at the moment. Kaname... His blood smelled so good- even through that porcelain skin. Especially after a few weeks of not having it. After that one time at the tree, both vampires exchanged nothing more than fleeting glances with shallow meanings.

The hightened senses of a starving vampire picked out the staccato of the pureblood's powerful heartbeat and the ever-so-slight line of veins inside of his body. Zero was sure that he would have been able to resist it anyway because he managed to make his head turn away as if he were going to continue on his way, but when the stronger scent of fresh, spilt blood reached him, his body reacted rather painfully. The monster inside of him thrashed against the mental cage the hunter had attempted to hold it in with and Zero groaned, his fangs elongating greedily as he sank down to his knees. His legs tensed in an attempt to make him rise and go towards Kaname- towards the food source.

"Kiryuu... Or rather... Zero."

Kaname lowered his hand from his neck where he had absently scratched so shallow that the blood wasn't even noticable to the naked eye. That's how hungry Zero was and the pureblood knew it. Well... At least the boy had a mind enough to leave Yuuki alone this time.

Zero thrust his fingers into the dirt below him and bowed his head, trying to ignore the brunette who was coming closer. Zero clenched his teeth together, the tips of his canines stabbing his lower lip making the bitter taste of his own blood run over his tongue. Why did Kaname torture him so...?!

A harsh hand shoved the silver-haired vampire suddenly and he bit out a short cry as he fell onto his back, his arms abducted away from his torso- his legs away from each other. He had a short view of the dark sky above him, dotted with happy stars looking down at him, before he was gazing up at Kaname. The pureblood stood above him and observed him for a moment before saying softly, "Zero, why did you wait this long?"

Zero didn't say anything, but his eyes were locked onto that neck that he'd ravaged only a few times before. He only needed to drink from it once to know that he wanted it now.

Kaname knelt next to the other, half-aware that he didn't want his white uniform to touch the dirt path, and he said, "You won't take from Yuuki, of course, but..."

He paused to avoid being interrupted while Zero lunged up at him, his mouth poised to tear into Kaname's neck. Although, the ex-human never made it because the pureblood caught Zero by the neck and held him fast in his half-sitting position. Russet eyes narrowed slightly in admonisment, but as Zero's own expression turned pained, Kaname said, still gentle, "I am here for you to take from. I won't allow you to run around here, slowly going mad."

A quick flicker of anguish passed through the completely red, once soft violet eyes, as the normal Zero realized how he was acting. He had just freaking jumped up like an... an animal... He closed his eyes and felt Kaname's grip loosen. It hadn't been suffocating to begin with, but it was enough to hold him, and now it was just up around his throat. Zero turned his head slightly and opened his eyes once more to look at the soft brown of the ground. Kaname could see that his eyes were still carmine, but oddly enough, they weren't vicious or psychotic. They were rather... vulnerable. The pureblood kept his fingers around the other's throat while the soft, broken words came out.

"You still don't make any sense to me..."

Kaname felt like he was looking at a defeated wolf as the younger vampire sat before him, looking so wild- covered in dust and his eyes swirling like the blood the boy so craved was in his very irises- and yet, so sad. Zero's muscles were slack right now, but on some level, Kaname still knew that the hunter could react any moment now.

"Do I have to make sense?"

"You call me by my name because you want to... Do you feed me for that same reason?" came Zero's whisper. It sounded as if he couldn't care one way or another, but his fingers scraped into fists in the dirt again, telling another story. "Or is it pity?" Like Yuuki... Like everyone...

The long, cool fingers around the ex-human's neck like a collar slipped to one side, curling around the back of his neck giving Zero a different, strange feeling. The collar turned to... a comforting hand and Zero's eyes widened slightly as the prefect brought them up to look at Kaname. The pureblood's face was gentle like his hand and his voice was made to match.

"I don't pity you, Zero, because I know you would not accept it. But if I can give you relief from your suffering then allow me to do so. You do not deserve such pain."

An age-old urge to start crying came over Zero, but he held it back with practiced ease and only his tightened tone revealed his emotion.

"I... don't...?"

Kaname looked mildly amused by the innocent utterance and the red stare that begged its owner to be coddled. He had never seen the prideful hunter seek such reassurance and for a somewhat pondered-over reason, the brunette was glad that it was he who Zero revealed it to.

"No," he told the prefect. He pulled Zero closer, using his other arm as well so that he was now holding the other vampire in his arms. Using his one hand, Kaname pressed the silver head to his neck. "Now drink."

Uncontrollable shivers overtook Zero and he fought his tears down... Not even Yuuki had told him that before... No one ever told him that he didn't deserve this. He tried to keep his chin up and believe that he really didn't do anything to have this happen to him, but Zero always honestly thougt that he did. He did nothing but take from everyone and has earned the right to such misery. But now... Kaname was here, holding him and offering himself again, and telling the hunter that the pureblood wished to take Zero's pain away and that it was unwarrented.

Zero made to exhale, but it came out shaky as his eyes burned. He didn't even care that it was Kaname right now- he was so... happy... He brought his arms up around the lean frame and lavished the other's neck for lubrication and from an instinctual urge to show his gratitude. He faintly noticed the pureblood's shudder and the way his hands tightened around him. Sinking his still aroused fangs into the flesh gingerly, eliciting a twitch from the donor, he kind of hoped that this wouldn't come back to bite him. Kaname could just be doing his duty as a pureblood who was advocating peaceful times at Cross Academy, but his words were like cool waters over Zero's mental burns and the hunter couldn't help it. He felt like... he felt like...

"Kaname..." he breathed as he finished, pressing his lips to the healing wounds. The heady blood was making him a little dizzy- he hadn't had so much in so long... "I... Stay with me..."

Just as the brunette tensed at the words, moving to pull Zero away to look at him, said hunter went limp, passing out. Kaname kept him from falling to the ground again, but his eyes were still locked on Zero's relaxed, blood-dotted face as if he were awake. Kaname had noticed his weird, growing feelings for the hunter a little while ago, but he never really prepared himself for this. Of course, he knew that the other was probably out of his mind just now, but still... he said it... so...

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Author's Notes: Ah, Bad Touch strikes again... ^-^; Luckily, it was towards the end, as you can see, so no one got... 'hurt.'