Author Note: I lied. I don't have anywhere near the time need to get started on my new fiction project (I know, there's a long string of failed ones so far) so I started to feel bad about ending Fixed. So here's another one-shot for all my faithful Fixed readers who don't like that I ended that. This is Kain's point of view again.
Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Knight and I make no profit from this.
"Ruka, what happened?" I brushed back her hair, surveying her black eye. "Don't tell me you ran into a door, because I know you're not that stupid."
"Aidou and I got into a fight." Ruka flinched away from my touch as I tried to judge the depth of the bruise. "Ow, Akatsuki, that hurts."
"I'm sorry. And what did you say to him?" I reached into the freezer and then shoved some ice into a bag, holding it against her eye.
"Why do you always suspect that I start it every time?" Ruka tried to back up away from the ice, but I put my free hand on her back to stop her.
"Because you throw the first verbal strike every time, and Hanabusa throws the first punch, every time." I held the ice to her eye, checking on it every once in a while. "It's going to take a little while to go away, he got you pretty good."
"I told him that he was an asshole and no girl could ever truly love him." Ruka stared me down with her good eye. "He is an asshole and you know it, so don't try to argue."
"I really should defend him, but I don't feel up to it." I sighed. "And I'm more worried about you. Any other injuries I should know about?"
"I think I have a patch of frostbite on my right arm." She pulled her sleeve up slightly to show me a handprint mark that did indeed look like frostbite.
"Right. Hold this on your eye." I handed off the bag of ice to her and slowly started to warm the mark on her arm. "You know, you've been crankier with Hanabusa lately. PMS?"
"No." Ruka looked away, anywhere but at my eyes. "I just haven't felt up to putting up with him. He pisses me off so much lately. He thinks he's all that and that he could have any girl he wants. He just makes me mad."
"The lady doth protest too much." I stated and she glared at me. "You're hiding something, Ruka. What is it? You know you can tell me."
"Love discussions just piss me off lately." She closed her eye and sighed. "I guess I'm just lonely. Lord Kaname doesn't want me... there's not really anyone else I've had my eye on. I'm just lonely. Do you ever get lonely, Akatsuki?"
"All the time." I moved my hand off of her arm and surveyed the mark. It had faded mostly. "Let me see your eye."
Ruka slowly pulled the ice away from her eye. It had faded from the blackish-purple of a deep bruise to a pastel lavender, almost gone.
"It'll be gone before class." I gently moved her hand with the ice back up to her eye. "Keep the ice on it for now, just to help it heal faster."
"Why haven't you gone after any girls romantically?" Ruka asked, looking up at me with her good eye. "Are you gay?"
Far from it. "No. I just have my eye one girl specifically and I'm... waiting for her to notice me." I realized I was still holding her arm and quickly let go.
"What are you waiting for? You should just go up to her and grab her – like this!" She dropped her hand from her eye, grabbed me and kissed me hard.
I pretty much just stood there in shock until she pulled away. When I had control over my voice again, I asked, "You knew all along didn't you?"
"Are you kidding?" Ruka smirked. "You're obvious. I've known ever since we were kids. I've been waiting for my opportunity since we were 9." She threw the bag of ice on the counter and pranced out.
"Girls." I sighed and shook my head, but I couldn't help smiling. She waited that long for a kiss?
Author Note: I don't know exactly when I thought of this one, it was when Aidou got in trouble and had to hold the buckets of water? Anyone know what I mean? And Ruka yelled at him and he said he would kill her? Ah, well, anyway, what do you think? I love reviews and PMs about my stories, and of course, thank you for reading.