Author Note: Oh, the odd things I think of when I can't sleep. This was intended to put posted this morning, early, but I ended up falling asleep before I could get up and write it. This is Shiki's point of view.

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

I was in hell.

"Over here!" Ichijou called as we ran towards the smell of vampire blood. I heard him gasp, and then mumble her name, "Rima..."

Rima and I hadn't seen each other since we were 17, hadn't had much contact since then either, since things hadn't ended well between us. But there she was, lying bloody and broken on the floor of the abandoned building.

"Rima!" I knelt down beside her, afraid to move her. Her eyes shifted to me, but they were glazed over, she was dying, and if we didn't act fast, she would die.

"Shiki, no." Rima whispered through clumsy lips, she knew what I was planning.

"Don't move ok?" I pressed my wrist to her fangs.

"No!" Rima tried to pull away from the blood dripping into her mouth.

"Rima, shut up and do it." I pressed my wrist harder onto her fangs, and finally she gave in and drank. Ichijou stood off to the side, waiting for when he was needed.

After several minutes, Rima removed her fangs from my wrist and then shot me a glare that could kill the worst of them.

"I hate you." She hissed, but her wounds were already healing.

"I know you do." I pulled my wrist back and nodded at Ichijou, who scooped Rima up.

"Takuma..." Rima whispered and cuddled close to him. I felt a pinch of jealousy in my chest, but I knew both that her love for Ichijou was platonic, and my fault.

Rima caught me looking at her and shot me another burn-in-hell glare.

We ended up at my house, and Takuma tucked Rima into a guest bed, muttered something and ran out, leaving us alone.

"I hate you." Rima whimpered, seemingly afraid of me now that we were alone.

"I know you do." I leaned down and kissed her forehead. "But I could never hate you."

She whimpered again and I wondered why I bothered telling her when it only hurt her more.

"You were scared, Shiki, I get that." Rima sat up, in defensive mode though it made her flinch in pain. "You were scared of Rido hurting me again, I understand that, ok? But we could've worked it out. I wasn't scared, I was hurt when you dumped me." She lay back down and on her side, facing away from me.

"Who attacked you?" I asked, since I didn't want to continue our previous conversation.

"Some level E, I killed it. Talk to me, Shiki, make it make sense to me." She risked a glance at me and we locked eyes. "I hate you." Rima added in a small voice that would've been better suited for a nervous I love you.

"I know." I swallowed the lump in my throat. "I'm sorry."

There was silence for a moment.

"No." Rima shook her head hard, her bloodied pigtails flopping all over. "I still hate you, Shiki."

I sighed and moved away from her. "You don't have to rub it in, Rima, I know exactly how much you hate me. "

"No!" Rima growled, a low, frustrated noise. "Damn it, get over here." When I reluctantly moved closer, she grabbed me and kissed me.

Suddenly we were rolling around in the bed, kissing and holding each other, tangled in the sheets.

In a short break between kisses, Rima whispered, "I love you, you idiot. It's hard to say now... but..." And then she leaned in again and we were kissing and it was heaven.

Author Note: This would've been up sooner, but it was storming horribly and I had to get off the computer. As usual, I love every read, review and PM!