A/N: I'm so sorry. I disappeared again, for like, what, a month? I don't plan these, I swear. I'm going to try to update everything tonight, but things are... crazy right now, and I make no promises. And I have fiction work to do (People have been asking me "Why aren't you writing?" the whole time I've been gone, that's how bad it's been). Anyway, on to the disclaimer.

Disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Knight. I make absolutely no profit from this.

The scream vibrated in 10-year-old Kain's ears. He shot from his room down the hall, panicked. He was the only one who could ever take care of her, ever. Though her parents doted in public, they ignored her at home.

Ruka.

Kain tried her door before he realized it was jammed as usual. He half tackled it as her screams continued, only managing to get the door to give in on the third try.

The almond-haired girl writhed in her bed, in the throes of a nightmare. Her blankets were tangled around her, some even wrapped around her throat, cutting off her air just enough to make the nightmare 100 times worse.

Kain shut the door, hoping that this time Aidou wouldn't wake up, that he could calm his best friend – and crush – before anyone woke up, before the sun went down.

Before his heart broke at her screams.

"Shh, Ruka," He repeated those two words over and over as he untangled the blankets from her and smoothed her sweat-soaked hair away from her face. Ruka's eyes opened and she sobbed quietly into Kain's pajama shirt.

"Don't tell, Akatsuki, don't ever tell." Ruka whispered. That one sentence was never so much as whispered in public, even though no one else could've had a clue what it meant.

"Never." Kain promised. "I'll never tell."

"It was an accident." Ruka murmured, though she didn't have to convince Kain. Kain knew she never would've hurt anyone, not like this anyway.

"I know." Kain held Ruka close. "You don't have to prove that to me or anyone else."

The reports said the kid drowned, but they didn't know the half of it. Ruka's mind control had gone sour with anger and then the boy had drowned. No one ever suspected cute little Ruka though, after all, she was a perfect lady, right?

"Don't tell, Akatsuki." Ruka had begun to fall asleep, still cuddled up to Kain. "Don't ever tell."

"I won't ever tell." Kain whispered and he meant it. Ruka's pain made his heart break, and he wouldn't ever let anyone worsen that pain for her.

Kain stayed there, holding Ruka until the sun went down and her alarm went off.

But he didn't want to make that pain any worse for her, no matter how much pain she caused him by loving Kaname.

So he never told.

A/N: It's short, and I'm sorry. I didn't really have an idea going in so it didn't turn out well. Thank you for reading. Anyway, drop me a review if you want, I have work to do.