Chapter 2 ~~ Zero's Confusion

That whole day Zero struggled to stay awake in class. However, history was not helping at all, and Yuuki was too far away to keep him awake with her constant stream of babble and never ending warnings that if he didn't pay attention he'd have to take remedial lessons. To him, though, class was boring and pointless when there were so many bigger problems than school at the moment.

"Like the fact that I'm an ex-human vampire slowly devolving to Level E; and that I can't keep down blood tablets; and that Yuuki's blood is only a short-term solution to a long-term, worsening problem that will only keep me alive and sane a little longer…." Zero was thinking, almost oblivious to the class going on around him, and propped his head up with his hands. Soon he was dozing off. He fell asleep right as the teacher launched into talking about some guy named Vlad Something who killed a bunch of people by impaling them…

- :[ -

In his dream zero found himself on a packed dirt path. Along both sides of said path were tall spikes with what looked like severed heads on top.

"Greeeeeeat. Now I have to dream history class too? How boring," he sighed. He followed the path to a gated mansion with huge wooden doors. "let me guess, in there is gonna be Vlad the Impaler and I'm gonna get impaled and die and wake up in class?" when he reached the doors he took one huge brass knocker and banged it against the door harshly a few times thinking, "might as well see where this thing goes."

What zero assumed to be a butler answered the door. Zero immediately noticed that this guy looked exactly like one of the stuck up aristocrats in the night class, Shiki Senri. "The master has been awaiting your arrival," the butler said, stepping aside so Zero could enter. Zero wandered into the opulent foyer.

"The master will receive you in his drawing room. Right this way sir," the Senri look-alike said leading Zero down a nearby hall.

The room they ended up in was much smaller than the entrance, but still fairly large. The minimal furniture and lack of décor only added to the illusion of roominess. A grand piano stood against the furthest soft grey wall, a vase of fresh roses standing atop it. Two Victorian style couches the same color as the wall, except for small gold embellishments, sat facing each other in the middle of the room. As Zero drew closer he noticed a small coffee table between them that had an in progress chess game on top. Zero disregarded it as just a random detail his dreaming brain had thought up.

"You can sit sir, the master will join you shortly. Tea will be served in just a few mo—," butler/Shiki was cut off by a deep, smooth, yet strangely familiar voice saying, "no, I shall join my guest now, after all it'd be rude to keep him waiting."

Zero gasped as the voice's owner stepped into view. It was Kaname Kuran as Vlad the Impaler. He was wearing an inky black suit with a long, equally dark, fur cape. And he couldn't help but notice that the darkness complimented that pale porcelain skin very well, and made the subtle hi-lights in his deep brown hair more visible. Internally freaked Zero asked himself," Did I just check out Kuran?! THE HELL?!"

"Oh and you can skip the tea today," he heard Vlad/Kaname say, bringing him out of his reverie. He looked up to see the vampire smiling in his direction. "Yes, master Vlad," butler-Senri replied before leaving the room and closing the door behind him.

Zero eyed the man in front of him. He wasn't buying the calm politeness for one second. "So I guess now's when I get impaled?"

"You could say that…" that was the only answer zero got besides the wolfish smile spreading across Kaname's lips

Zero watched as Vladame (as he was referring to him in his head now) stalked towards him and placed a hand on his cheek. Zero only stood there, not quite understanding what was happening or even how he felt about it. Just as he was about to ask what the hell was going on Kaname brought his lips down onto Zero's in a bruising kiss. Their tongues were soon exploring each other's mouths, their tongues locked in a heated dance. This only served to confuse zero even more than he was before. He was being kissed (KISSED!) by his worst enemy. And to make matters worse he was liking it. "Probably a little more than I should based on how tight my pants suddenly feel."

Dream Kaname backed zero up until they reached the couch and they collapsed on top of it, still kissing each other greedily. Finally Zero gave up trying to analyze and just let himself enjoy his dream. He reached up and unbuttoned Kaname's shirt and ran his fingers over the newly exposed skin.

Suddenly, Kaname broke their kiss leaving a thin string of saliva between their lips, and grabbed the bulge in the silver haired boy's pants. "Tsk, Tsk Zero. You're so horny; look how hard you already are, you could kill a deer with this thing," Kaname whispered huskily.

"Sh—Shut up!" Zero panted, unable to come up with anything more articulate to say with the heavy cloud of lust clouding his brain at the moment.

Things escalated quickly and soon Zero was being fucked hard on the couch. "not exactly what I was thinking when I asked if you were gonna 'impale' me." Zero let a little bit of his annoyance slip into his voice. "oh, Zero you know you're enjoying getting impaled this way much more than what you assumed I was going to do," Vladame teased, biting Zero's ear.

"y—you son of a bitch. You don't know what I'm thinking. And why the HELL am I on bottom again?!"

"well this is your dream, you tell me.." this had Zero thinking and ultra-confused all over again. "do I want to be bottom subconsciously? For that matter do I want Kuran?" Zero didn't think it had been possible, but his already messed up feelings had become even more muddled than they had been before the couch sex. … that moment was when Zero started hearing his voice being called over a great distance, and it was really muffled…

- :[ -

"zero! Zero wake up! We have to go keep the day class girls from the night class students, we're going to be late! WAKE UP!"

Zero awoke to Yuuki shaking him violently and yelling in his face. Then Zero realized two things simultaneously: 1) that the classroom was almost empty meaning he had slept through the rest of his classes of the day. And 2) he was sweaty and very red from his dream. Before Yuuki could notice #2 Zero scurried out the door and outside to the relative coolness of the late afternoon air.

Yuuki quickly caught up and noticed that he was beet red, shaky, and trying to reign in his emotions and control his body. "if it was another nightmare, you can take tonight off to relax," she suggested trying to be helpful.

"and leave you alone to deal with all those crazy fan girls? Not happening. They never listen to you if I'm not around."

Yuuki thought there was more to this than Zero wanting to do their job, but she bit her tongue to refrain from asking anything. She didn't want to embarrass her friend.

They quickly made their way over to the Moon Dorm's path to the school's entrance and took up their positions keeping the already huge crowd of girls in check. Not long after, when the last few rays of golden sunlight began disappearing, the night class came into view. This sent the girls into and absolutely insane frenzy.

" I wonder if they would still all do this if they knew their beloved night class as comprised entirely of bloodsucking vampires," Zero wondered to himself as he put one particularly crazy girl back into place.

Then he heard it: the sexy sonorous voice of Kaname Kuran. "looks like you have your hands full tonight, Kiryuu. Are you sure you can handle it," the dark haired vampire inquired teasingly. Upon hearing Kaname's voice zero blushed unintentionally. "N—no. I can handle idiots. I put up with you don't I?" Zero delivered his quick comeback without looking at Kaname.

"Ouch," Kaname replied with mock pain. "I'm not sure I can come back from that one," the sarcasm dripping in his voice, but he was smiling all the same. Then he turned to Yuuki.

"thank you, Yuuki for keeping us safe on our way into school again. Keep up the good work." He smiled wider at her and gave her a quick embrace.

That was what made Zero snap. Even though this is the type of thing that happened every day for some reason today it struck a nerve. Before he realized what he was doing Zero began telling at Kaname. "Why do you only ever think of her, huh? It's always her! Do you not appreciate what I do?! All the work I do to keep you snobs from getting attacked by these crazy people?! You're Such An ASSHOLE Kuran!" Zero turned a deep red and tried to hide it with his silver hair.

"Zero, I-," Kaname started.

"NO! Just Shut Up! Forget It Dick!" With that Zero ran away, heading for the stables, since horses had always comforted him. "what the HELL was that," Zero internally questioned himself while running. "don't tell me I like him! I Can't like him. He's a vampire for crying out loud! Not to mention the fact that he's a guy! I could have sworn I was straight! And if I am gay why couldn't I have like a cute girly boy? No I get stuck being all fucking confused about a big, insensitive, asshole vampire!"

By then he had reached the stables and was in the large foaling stall with his favorite mare, White Lily, seeking her calm affection. "at least I can count on one thing in my life to stay constant," he crooned to the horse, feeding her an apple. "without you Lily I'd be so messed up. Let's go for a ride, girl, I need to clear my head."

Lily neighed in response, seeming to understand Zero's words. He untied her and slowly led her outside. He jumped on her back, not bothering to saddle her up. They took off to ride around the vast grounds of Cross Academy. Zero angled then towards a heavily wooded area they had ridden in frequently, all the while thinking…