I do not own Vampire Knight, or any of its characters, but I do own Ayame Cross/Kuran.
~Ayame's POV~
'I wonder how much chocolate I will get tomorrow.' I think to myself as I walk to halls of the Headmaster's house to the bathroom. 'Hopefully enough that I can still enjoy plenty after Headmaster steal the usual amount'.
I walk the rest of the journey quietly humming not to wake up any of my family, 'at least I beat Yuki so I will still have hot water.' I think as I near the bathroom, toiletries in hand.
Just I am about to open the door I hear muffled coughs and groans of pain coming from the bathroom causing my hand to freeze. Silently I move my head to peak through the small opened portion of the door, and I watch sadly as my older brother coughs up another blood tablet while hunched over the sink,
I move my hand to cover my mouth and shake my head sadly, 'poor Zero', I think to myself, 'I wish I could help ease your pain my darling brother' I think as I wipe the fallen tears from my cheeks.
I take a deep breath and fan my flushed cheeks as I prepare myself, I knock on the door, and shout "Hurry up with the grooming Ze-Kun, the rest of us need to shower too. I know you don't have my naturally outstanding beauty, but I still need a little grooming as well" and finish with a teasing smirk,
The coughing and groans of pain stop immediately, and Zero opens the bathroom door the rest of the way with a frown, before replacing it with a thoughtful look, "you know it still amazes me how you overly engrossed ego has not caused the earth to fall out of orbit" he finished while rubbing his imaginary beard thoughtfully,
Causing me to beam internally, 'that's my Onii-chan' I thought to myself. however on the outside I frown and glare viscously at the silver haired boy, and stomp my foot in childish indignation, "now you can talk all you want, but you and I both know that you would not last a day on this earth without my beautifully charming presence everyday",
The moment I finish the sentence I realized my error, and watched mournfully as Zero's face lost it teasing gleam and turned cold and withdrawn, "I did for the last 3 years, I don't see how any more time would change that" Zero hissed coldly
I looked at my feet sadly, "Zero you don't know the whole story, and I did not leave by choice. If I thought for a minuet that staying here would have been the better choice than I would have. Please don't be mad at me…" I pleaded,
Zero's face softened a fraction, before he leaned on the door frame and asked, "Then what is the whole story, I think I deserve to know the truth. Don't you?"
Unable to look my brother in the eye and lie to him, I settled for staring at my feet, "we have a meeting with the Headmaster before class, and I want to shower before Yuki wakes up…" I said completely ignoring his question,
Zero sighed in frustration before he pushed himself off the door frame and walked back to his room, without saying a word to me. My eyes drilled holes into his back, silently willing him to forgive as he walked father and farther away from me, "I'm sorry Onii-chan, please forgive me but it was for the best…"
~Third person POV~
~Headmaster Office~
Ayame leaned against the wall across from the Headmaster's office as she waited for her siblings to join her for the prefect meeting, staring ahead blankly as she recalled her earlier encounter with her favorite brother,
Ayame continued to stare at the door, unaware that both of her sibling had arrived and were observing her curiously, that was until Zero grew annoyed and said, "you going to stare at the door all day? ' cause I have place to go, people to see." Startling Ayame from her trance,
Ayame turned her head and glared angrily at Zero, as she placed a hand on her chest while trying to calm the frantic beating of her heart, "did you have to scare the crap out of me? Or could you try to make noise when you walk?!" she said before walking to the Headmaster's door and pushing it open,
"My wonderful children!" Headmaster cried as the door opened, then jumped over the desk attempting to glomp the poor teenagers. Zero growled at him, before grabbing the two girls and jumping back to safety. Causing The Headmaster fell on his face, "... Ouch..." He cried, crocodile tears streaming down his face, as his adopted children rolled their eyes at his theatrics,
Ayame growled in irritation and stomped over to the crying mess she called a father and yanked him off the floor by the collar of his shirt, "listen to me you idiot! If you do not begin this stupid meeting in the next minuet, I will beat you to a bloody pulp! Do you understand?" she hissed shaking him violently with every word, before releasing his collar causing him to once again, fall to the ground,
The Headmaster crawled around his desk and to his seat while grumbling unintelligible things about his 'mean daughter', Kaien finally got to his desk before he heaved a dramatic sigh and spoke seriously, "tomorrow is St. Chocolate's day."
Ayame rolled her eyes and muttered, "Thanks for stating the obvious, Headmaster." Causing Yuki to elbow her in the ribs,
The Headmaster continued as if he had not hear his adopted daughter's sarcastic remark, "The truth about the night class could easily be revealed in all this frenzy. I need you to be more alert than usual. Is that understood guardians?" he said.
Ayame nodded in acceptance and agreement; well aware of how the girls are hyperactive over this event and just do not seem to get the fact that they are not supposed to be this obsessed over a bunch of pretty boys,
Yuki nodded as well, "Yes Headmaster." she said.
Zero looked away and said, "I don't see why you just don't ban this stupid event."
Kaien frowned at the male prefect, "Zero, if I were to do that there would be a riot." He answered, "This allows students to let out a little steam. Of course, the Day Class is going to faun over the Night Class all of the vampires are incredibly accomplished and beautiful people. As our allies then they're a great resource to us." The Headmaster rambled on,
Ayame frowned at the Headmaster and looked at Zero, who seemed to give him an angry look,
"I think that look means, 'how dare you compliment them in front of me!'" Yuki stated, "He's not happy." Ayame finished,
"Yah…got it," the Headmaster said dismissively getting up and looking out the window,
Ayame sighed, before turning to her adopted brother, "just Calm down Zero. The Headmaster did not mean it like that just forgive his idiocy." She said petting his hair.
"I know all too well that vampires have been the enemies of humans for many centuries, but there are vampires out there that want to peacefully co-exist and I'm proud to educate the children of such vampires. Your generation can build the bridge that can connect the two species." Headmaster said looking out the window, "Zero look, I know it's difficult, but someday you will come to understand my philosophy." Kaien finish looking directly into Zero's eyes,
Zero maintained eye contact, "I doubt it, not unless you can make the past disappear." He replied scornfully.
"They are nothing but beasts in human form who drink the blood of living humans." His adopted Father stated, "That's your view?" he asked,
Ayame looked at Zero who was looking at the ground aware of his internal battle. He hated them with every piece of his soul but he was becoming one no matter how much he tried to resist the transformation it wasn't helping much. It was just torturing him in the inside and making him hate himself,
"Um… I…uh, um." Yuki said and then brought out a card, "Father here!" she said holding it out her father, "I have an early St. Chocolate's day gift for you.", before she turned to Zero, "And you Zero, my annual gift to you." She said giving him one too,
Zero took the gift from Yuki with a frown, "You realize you've given me the same gift since grade school." He said after looking at it. Ayame attempted to hold in a laugh and looked at the floor.
"Oh shut it!" she said pulling both of her siblings outside, "Come on! Class is about to start."
~Ayame's POV~
As we walked back to class, I disappeared to my own world where I thinking about the day when Zero joined our little dysfunctional family. A vampire killed his parents. He was so… fragile and he seemed to not want to talk to anyone. He had that look in his eyes that look of emptiness.
"Ayame! Yuki! I'm home!" yelled my new 'father'.
Yuki and I turned off the television and walked to meet him at the front door, but next to him was a small boy a little older than Yuki and I, in a large brown coat on him, "This is Zero Kiryu. We will be taking care of him from now on. Ayame, Yuki, his family was killed by a bad vampire." He says sadly,
I look back at Zero sadly, but this time observing him closely; he was quite the handsome child, but the thing about him that caught my attention was his silver hair that shone differently as the light hit it at different angles. And his eye's, they were violet, so pretty, but so cold, as if all of the life had been sucked out of them, yet they still were captivatingly, haughtily beautiful. While I was in my own world observing the strangely beautiful boy before me, the Headmaster explained what happened to the silver haired boys family and asked Yuki and I to make more comfortable as he went back to the police station to finalize a few thing.
They boy looked so broken and empty that I immediately felt the need to comfort him, the first step was getting rid of my loving yet tactless sister, "Yuki, why don't you find him some close and fix the spare room while I clean him up?" I asked finally breaking eye contact with Zero.
Yuki frowned, looking hesitant, "Are you sure, I could help. If you want?"
I flashed her a reassuring smile, "I'm sure. I'll clean him up, and you dress him up" I answered nodding,
"Ok, I'll bring the clothes to the bathroom when I find some." She answered before leaving to complete her task,
I took a deep breath before turning back to Zero, a gentle smile stretching across my face, "Hi Zero, I'm Ayame. And, I am going to help you clean up. Ok?" I asked as I reached for his hand slowly,
Zero made no move to answer me; he just stared at me blankly, taking his silence as a yes, I smiled again and lead him to the bathroom,
I turned on the water and found a good temperature before I turned to Zero, "Ok, Zero I ran the water. Can I take off your jacket?" again he made no move to respond,
I approached him slowly as if he were a wounded animal, and took off the jacket to reveal his naked chest, the left side of which was covered in blood. I looked all over his chest checking for any wound, but found none so I assumed that the blood was not his,
I looked into his hollow eyes sympathetically, just I opened my mouth to speak I hear a gasp, causing both our heads to snap to the door where Yuki stood, her hands covering her mouth, her eyes wide with horror, and a pile of clothes I assume she brought for Zero at her feet,
"Yuki…" I said, causing her eyes to lock with mine, "why don't you go get a drink and calm down? I will handle everything else. Ok? You can sleep in my bed tonight, just wait for me there." I say slowly not to startle either of the other kids in the room with me,
Yuki simply stares in my eyes for a few seconds before she nods slowly and leaves the room on shaky legs. I sigh deeply before I grab a small towel from under the sink, "Zero? Do you want me to clean you up? Or would you rather do it yourself?" I ask,
Once again, he does not answer so I take his hand, lead him closer to the tub, and dip the towel into the water, before I begin to clean him slowly, carefully observing for any wounds. I was just about finished, and had it not been for the deafening silence in the house I probably would not have heard it, "thank you…" he whispered sadly,
My hands froze and my eyes locked onto his, where I could still see emptiness with a hint of gratitude, I continued to stare into his eyes as a beaming smile grew on my face, "you're welcome. Welcome to the family, Zero."
I look back on that memory and smile. By the time I come back to earth, we are in class and the Sensei was in the middle of a history lesson that I have already been taught. I roll my eyes and sigh miserably, before I look around the class, my eyes finally rest on my siblings who are sound asleep, causing me to smile. I inspect my brother for a while, still handsome as ever, and even with his attitude has the girls reeling, before I smile and thank the heavens for giving my Zero as a brother. Shrugging, I decide to join my sibling and rest my head comfortably on Zero arm, causing him to shift unconsciously, making more room for my head, smiling I drift in to a peacefully dreamless nap.
A.N.: Sorry it took so long, and thanks for the reviews. Only three people have gotten the right answer on who Ayame's crush is. If you haven't gotten it don't worry, I plan to reveal in a few more chapters. I say a few but I may just reveal it in the next chapter, however I may not. Wait and see I guess. Thanks for reading and I am already working on the next chapter.