A/N: I've decided to have a vote, yay or nay on me canceling my one-shot collections. I feel I cannot update them enough anymore, and I want to see what you guys think. Remember, if I keep them going, then I might not update for months at a time.

Disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Knight and I make zero profit from this.

"Ruka?" Akatsuki shook his head as he tried to get her attention. "Ruka."

Ruka was staring into the bathroom mirror, her face worried, her eyes zoned out. She was frozen, but when Akatsuki said her name a fourth time, she whirled on him. "Am I ugly, Akatsuki?"

"You're beautiful, Ruka." Akatsuki hugged her tightly. "Whoever told you that you were ugly is stupid and blind. You're the most beautiful girl I've ever seen."

"Then why doesn't Lord Kaname want me?" Ruka hid her face in Akatsuki's shirt, not quite crying, but close. "It's got to be something. Am I ugly? Am I rude? Am I too tomboyish? Am I too mean? What is it? There's something wrong with me, there's got to be, he hates me. He only used me to scare Yuuki. Why am I so offensive to him?"

"You're not offensive to him." The orange haired boy raked his hand through his hair. "It's just that... he's in love with Yuuki. You need to accept that. Besides, there are other people that love you more than he ever could."

"Like who? Everyone here hates me except Rima." Ruka wrapped her arms around Akatsuki's neck for support. "Aidou hates me, Senri doesn't like me, and Takuma doesn't even like me. And you know how whore-y Takuma is when it comes to people."

"Nobody hates you." Akatsuki wrapped an arm around her waist. "Sometimes they dislike you for being so Lord Kaname obsessed, but no one hates you. I..." He leaned down, pressing his forehead to hers. "Love you, for one."

"No." Ruka tore out of his grip, running for her room. "I don't believe you! You're just trying to make me feel better. Shut up, Akatsuki, I don't want to hear your lies!"

Akatsuki stood there, staring into the bathroom mirror. Heart broken, he had no clue what to do.

Three days passed. No one knew what to say to Akatsuki, and no one could talk to Ruka. Ruka barely left her room, and when she did she looked like something that the cat had dragged in.

It was that third night that the routine was turned on it's head. Ruka showered, and then turned up in Akatsuki's room, fully dressed and looking like someone had kicked her puppy.

"Sorry." She whispered, unable to say anything else at first. "Sorry, Akatsuki. I'm sorry."

Akatsuki didn't move towards her, but he didn't back up either. He didn't know what to say to the girl that had broken his heart, the same girl that he had been so close to since infanthood.

"I just... I didn't mean to hurt you... I just... why?" Ruka stumbled over her words like she never had.

Akatsuki smiled slightly, though it was sad. "Because you're beautiful without trying, because you're sweet though you hide it, because you care about everyone in your odd little ways, because you're not perfect but I see you perfectly, and because what's not to love?"

"I don't want to give up on Lord Kaname... because... what if he changes his mind and wants me?" Ruka bit her lip, causing blood to trickle down her chin. "I don't want to be the one who messed up by giving up too soon."

"Ruka." Akatsuki whispered, his voice pained and not just from the blood dripping off her face. "I promise to make you so happy that if Lord Kaname ever wanted you, you wouldn't go to him."

Ruka eyed him for honesty, and then stepped forward into his arms. Because really, who could reject a promise like that?

A/:N So anyway, yes or no should I cancel my one shot collections?