A/N: Quick recap if you guys don't read my other one-shot collections. You can now send in a theme for a one-shot and I'll write it, as long as it's not filthy, sexual, or over-the-top lengthy. I don't want to have to close these one-shot collections down when I have another dry spell. I also have a poll for my next VK story, who will my next story be based on, and Rukain is in the running. I'm not writing it until I have at least three votes. And yes, I love writing about Ruka and Akatsuki as kids.

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

Some things are everlasting.

"Don't tell." Ten-year-old Ruka whispered when she fell off her roller blades and broke her leg. Akatsuki had responded with a silent nod and checked to make sure the bone was in place as it healed. Ruka wasn't supposed to be roller-blading anyway; her Mother had told her that ladies don't do that. It was their secret.

"Don't tell." Was the repeated command a year later, when Ruka came home sobbing from a breakup with a boy her Mother had said she couldn't date. Akatsuki had held her until she settled down, and it was their secret.

"Don't tell." Was used the last time, when they had first come to Cross Academy and Kaname had bitten her. She had whispered it to Akatsuki right before she passed out, as he carried her to her bed.

Then, as Ruka sat on Akatsuki's bed as he came in from class at Cross academy, she asked, "Why didn't you tell?"

Akatsuki found himself standing there, slack-jawed and staring at her. The only reasoning he could come up with was that she had a fever, she had stayed home from class because she was "sick", something Akatsuki had doubted. Now he wasn't so sure because she had never questioned his secret keeping before.

"Come on Akatsuki, you must have a reason." Ruka blinked up at him, wide, almond eyes filled with confusion. "Why would you keep all those secrets for me?"

Akatsuki was still trying to figure out how to make his tongue work in the correct sequence to say something. "Because I love you." Was what came out of his mouth, despite that he had been trying to lie.

"Hm. Love." Ruka mused, and now Akatsuki could see the faint pink tinge to her cheeks, she did have a fever. "Love is a fickle thing... My mother loved me, now she hates me. I love Rima but she can be so hotheaded. I loved Lord Kaname but that's over now..."

Akatsuki blinked. "You don't love Lord Kaname anymore?" That was news to him.

"Saw him kissing Yuki Cross out the window." Ruka shrugged, but she was crawling under the covers on his bed. "Can I sleep with you?"

Akatsuki felt a blush come over his face, but he knew she was just feverish and being careless with her words. He nodded and crawled in next to her.

Ruka crawled up close to him, and Akatsuki wasn't sure what she was trying to say. If her love for Lord Kaname was over, was he next?

And if love was fickle, who was after him?

The day was quiet, and Ruka slept like a baby, but Akatsuki didn't. What sleep he managed was shattered by nightmares of Takuma, Senri, and even Zero taking Ruka away from him. He couldn't take it; he was so close!

When nightfall came, he kissed her gently, and she woke with a start.

As he pulled away, he whispered, "I can teach you that love is everlasting."

Ruka looked at him for what seemed like forever, and then she pulled him back down for another kiss.

Their love would certainly be everlasting.

A/N: I love this one so much more than my Of Sunburns and Pocky add... anyway, drop a theme if you want, thank you for reading, the poll is up, what did you think?