Note: This is the third story in my collection of one-shots that include unlikely encounters between characters. I do hope "Regular Class Mates" was enjoyable and I hope this one is as well.
Vampire Knight: Collective Friendships
One Shot – Black Queen
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The moon dormitory's library. The most reliable place for a person to really experience their answers.
A short timid-looking and frail young girl wandered into the library. The female shut the doors behind herself and walked toward a small table in the middle of the room. She stroked her grayish-purple hair over her shoulder, took a book and looked over it with her light-tinted lavender eyes.
She whispered to herself. "Where's the section in medicine."
The small statured girl kept calm, flipping the pages of the textbook. She forced the book's cover shut and groaned. "How do those night class students know where to look for information with such a barren direction booklet?"
In her own white uniform, she stepped passed the shelves that weren't holding Takuma's light novels and manga and the tall shelves that almost looked ancient.
"Kuran Kaname-sama?" She questioned the far off strands of reddish brown hair. She noticed the male sitting at a chess table with a book opened in his hand.
She gingerly passed the last shelf and stepped toward him, bowing with her hands settled against her knees.
Kaname grinned at the benevolent girl from the seat. "Kurenai Maria." He noted, closing the book in his hand and putting it to the side of the table. "What brings you here?"
Maria's face turned a bright red. She responded honestly, "I was just looking around. Takuma-kun was kind enough to escort me here."
Kaname locked his fingers together. He continued to look at her, resting his chin on his right hand.
"Oh, urm.. is there something wrong?" She hesitated. "I don't mean to disturb you."
He shook his head in assurance. "No, all is well, Maria-chan."
Maria felt the library's empty silence with the pure blood staring a very puzzling gaze toward her. Feeling unpleasant, she found another object of conversation. "Um... it was quite unfortunate... the last time I arrived here." She tried to swallow down her words. The topic seemed more awkward than the momentary silence.
Kaname stared at her as if in deep thought.
She widened her eyes in surprise. "Shizuka-sama's passing." She tipped her head to her side in question. "Y-you must already know?"
He nodded. "Yes"
Maria's eyes shifted from him to the far off clock at the edge of her sight. "I came here due to Shizuka-sama's absence."
"I just wanted to tell you." She paused as if waiting for him to say something. "I-I'll leave you now."
Maria stepped away from Kaname in a daze. A sour sweet smell passed by her nose with its subtle hint of iron in the mist. She turned with tantalizing eyes near the inviting scarlet color.
"That women." Kaname huffed in anger.
His right hand, she noticed. Kaname was rubbing his thumb against his wounded index finger. He glanced at her through his left eye.
"Isn't that right?"
She questioned. "What? I'm sorry?"
"She promised you her blood, but you never received it." He appeared irritated and groaned.
Maria grew tense, forcing her eyes to the floor. "Yes."
He was surely in his own sense of mind for a while, in his silence.
She glanced up at him before looking back down at the carpet. "K-Kaname-sama, I don't want to bother you about this." She covered her nose.
The pure-blood with soundless footsteps stood up and walked towards her. He placed his right hand on her head, slightly patting it.
She stared up at him, her eyes following him back to his seat.
"Maria-chan." He sighed. "Please sit."
She became hesitant and peered over to the chair across from him.
'Is this really alright?'
She uncovered her nose and took her place at the chess table.
"A born illness isn't something easily cured." He stared at the chess board engraved in the table. "You know..."
Maria felt her hands begin to tremble.
He continued, "The only cure..."
"Kaname-sama...!" She neglected interrupting him.
He wondered, "Hm?"
"Let me play chess with you!" Maria cried, tears filling her fearful eyes. She rushed to wipe them away and shut them without saying anything else.
Kaname was silent. He stared at the trembling Maria and sighed. Kaname stood up to reach for her wrist. It tensed up at his touch.
He knelt down at the side of her chair. "Excuse me."
He lifted her up in his arms. His left arm held her back up and his right acted as her leg rest. He set her onto the chess table facing his chair.
"Maria-san, we're in a library." He whispered, placing his index finger over his mouth.
She charged for the blood left on it.
Kaname set his free hand on the table. He chuckled, pulling her closer to his shoulder with his other hand. He heard her gasp and felt her heart beat.
"It's alright." He confirmed, "This blood... was also meant for you."
Maria settled an arm around his neck. She got closer, slowly cleaning his neck with her tongue. Maria pierced his skin with her fangs.
Kaname tightened his grip on her uniform shirt at the pain.
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Collective Friendships
One Shot - Black Queen - End
To be continued...
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After Thoughts: Thanks for Reading!
[1] Maria-chan is sooo kawaii in this chapter! Well, I think she is. She's entirely too nice with Kaname.. jk and Kaname seems to be nice back in the end... or maybe he might have been messing with her from the beginning. . I feel like I'd want to cry a little. Maria-chan is happy! ^-^
[2] Ichiru and Maria would probably be my favorite pair to write for, but I just wouldn't find the time to really write anything truly serious for them. They both have the illness thing in common and so I would think they would get along well for that, but it doesn't seem to turn out that way. Sadly.
[3] Kaname-sama seemed to have sympathized with Maria-chan. I hope this is believable for those who don't really like him. I love all the characters. There really isn't any reason to say that he forced anyone to do anything and hate him over something like being mean when he's not... oops getting my thoughts out of track now. Anyway, I'm a Zeki and Yume fan. Whats wrong with that?
[4] It took me sometime to figure out how I would put these two together, but with their backgrounds it became not so hard. I only hope that this chapter doesn't disappoint, but I love it.
[5] I apologize for the late post on this chapter. I really had a hard time writing the dialogue and I didn't have much time to sit down and work on it. The next chapter I will do my best on as well.
As Fruits Basket's Ricchan would say in my place: "I'm sorry! I'm sorry I didn't post this story in time and failed in the event that people would have liked to read this! I'm sorry for my selfishness! I apologize to the whole world!" or something of that nature... ^-^
Zero/Adio next, look for it and thanks again!