Author Note: I decided I had an idea for this, since I actually had the idea for two days before I decided to write it. It's really short, sorry.
Disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Knight; otherwise Ruka and Kain would be together already. I make no profit from this.
Everything about the new house scared me. It was strange and foreign, even just a floorboard creaking made me jump a good two feet in the air.
Akatsuki and I were newly married, and we had just moved into the new house.
As we crawled into bed that first day in the new house, I pressed up tight against Akatsuki, shaking at the mere sound of the wind whipping around the house.
"It's not that scary being here, is it?" Akatsuki murmured in my ear, but held me and stroked my hair all the same.
"It's not scary. It's just kind of weird." I protested, but then something creaked. I squeaked and pressed up tighter against my husband, hugging him around the neck tightly.
"Ruka, it's ok to be scared, how many times have I told you that?" He kissed my cheek, then my temple, and then my forehead. "I'm not like your mother, I'm not going to reprimand you for feeling something. I love you."
"I know, sorry." I let go of his neck and held onto his pajama shirt in an attempt not to strangle him by accident. "It's just a bad habit I have to break."
"I'll be here for you, no matter what." Akatsuki held me closer. "You know I love you, Ruka, why are you always so scared?"
"Just the way I was raised..." I leaned my face against his chest, reveling in the smell of him and his blood. "When I was little my mother told me I needed to fear my husband because I was to be seen and not heard... that I was meant to be basically arm candy and a baby maker..."
"That's not what you are to me." Akatsuki punctuated this when he kissed me, a slow, gentle, patient kiss that I could feel all the way down to my toes.
When he finally pulled away, he rolled onto his back and pulled my head onto his chest. "Ruka, I promise nothing will get you. You're always safe as long as you're with me."
"I love you, Akatsuki." I murmured as I started to fall asleep. I kissed his chest lightly.
"I love you too." Akatsuki's hand was in my hair and I could smell his blood and hear his heartbeat. I was lulled to sleep by that very heartbeat.
And that is how I got used to the new house.
Author Note: Definitely not the best one I ever wrote, but it was one I had to write. What do you think? I love reviews and thank you so much for reading!