Chapter 3 ~~ The Plan
"NO! Just Shut Up! Forget it Dick!" zero yelled in Kaname's face before running away as fast as he could.
Kaname just stood there, arm outstretched in the direction Zero had gone. A hush fell over the crowd. Trying to save face, and not further embarrass himself of Zero, Kaname said loudly, "Looks like Zero is a bit testy tonight. he must not have slept well; I apologize for his outburst ladies." Immediately they started screaming again, and Kaname resumed walking in the direction the rest of the night class had gone.
He entered the school to find Hanabusa Aido waiting for him just inside. "great more drama for me to deal with," he sighed inwardly. The small blonde aristocrat looked up at Kaname, eyes blazing, and said angrily, "how dare he talk to you like that Kaname-sama?! You should have pulverized him right there in front of everyone for disrespecting you!"
Hanabusa it's fine. Ignore Kiryuu for now; you are to continue to keep your distance from him along with the others.
"but Kaname-Sama you can't let him get away with ta-,"
"I said DROP IT!" Kaname let some of his power accidentally leak into his words and a window on the wall behind him shattered. "now go to class before I get angry Hanabusa. I can hear Yuuki coming up the path, most likely to speak to me and I do not want her to see me beating you into submission."
Aido wanted to say more, but he respected his superior's wishes. He apologized, bowed, and left as he was told. A few moments later Yuuki came in the front door, quickly spotting Kaname by the left stairwell of the huge entrance hall.
Rather forlornly Kaname spoke, "Did you see that? He was so…Angry at me. I believe he really does hate me."
"Kaname, you're insane. I can tell he really likes you!" Yuuki walked over to stand beside her friend and rested her hand on his shoulder.
"how so? He was yelling at me and then bolted away from me like I had the plague." Kaname slumped down onto a bench that ran along the inside curve of the stairwell.
"he was jealous that you were hugging me. I could tell by this look in his eyes. It looked to me like he was upset you weren't being kind to him as well. Plus, he was blushing like crazy from the second he heard you talking. I think he's really starting to fall for you."
"do you really think so?" Kaname perked up a bit with hope.
"I do. Now the question is how to get you two together. I'm sure Zero's feeling really conflicted, but if you told him how you feel he would know one way or the other. So, we need to find a way for you two to be alone together." They both fell silent, wracking their brains for ideas. "I could come along the next time you two are running errands for Cross," suggested Kaname.
"I don't think Zero would let me go off on my own because he'd think I would get lost. And he'd only be suspicious if you stay with him instead of going with me."
"true… maybe we could set up a dinner reservation, and you are a no show?"
"He wouldn't stay if he found out I wasn't coming. But I like the dinner idea…. *light bulb ding*
I just came up with a perfect plan!" Yuuki was practically vibrating with excitement.
"do tell Yuuki," Kaname asked, intrigued.
"okay, so basically I'm going to invite Zero to have dinner with me. I won't tell him you're coming until you're about to come over. And since it's me he won't leave if I ask him really sweet not to. Then when you show up we relax and eat and talk. Then I'll have someone call about an hour into whatever we're doing. Then I can make up an excuse to leave. I'll say I'm coming back soon and ask you both not to leave. After I go, to break the awkward silence-."
Yuuki was cut off by Kaname's question, "awkward silence?"
"Come On. Are you trying to tell me there won't be a long awkward pause after I leave while you and Zero try to come up with things to say to each other?"
"alright, I see your point. Continue."
"so, to break the awkward silence you can tell zero how you feel. Then, hopefully, he'll feel the same way and the night ends with you two as happy as Aido on St. Chocolate's day."
Kaname took a moment to think it over. He looked up to meet Yuuki's eyes, and exclaimed excitedly, "Yuuki, You are a Genius! A true mastermind!"
"thank you Kaname-Sama, I said I'd do anything to help you didn't I?
"this is going above and beyond. Yuuki this is going to work for sure. Since it will technically Friday morning in a few hours what do you say we enact this plan Saturday night? That gives you time to get him to agree and me time to arrange for what we'll eat."
"sounds good to me Kaname. How about you come over around 10 so that you don't have to wake up really early and have time to get ready." Yuuki tried to stifle a large yawn, but Kaname was very observant.
"we can hammer out all of the details later. Go on to bed, I'm sure you are tired."
"okay Kaname, but you should go to class, Toga will be angry if you're late again."
"you let me worry about that," Kaname started walking Yuuki walking toward the door. "and thank you. Thank you so much for supporting me so completely and for being willing to help me with Zero. I love you my little Yuuki."
Embracing Kaname, Yuuki replied, "I love you too Kaname. Ever since you saved me all those years ago you've been like a brother to me. Zero's a brother to me too and I want both of you to be happy. "
Not for the first time Kaname wished he could just unseal Yuuki. To give her back all of her memories. To have her remember that they were really brother and sister. To let her have all of the memories of good times spent together and with their parents before the bad times had happened, forcing their mother to give up her life to seal away Yuuki's vampire genes. He reminded himself that he couldn't yet. Not until they had gotten rid of Rido for good.
Yuuki stepped away and out the door. She started down the sun path, in the direction of the day class' dorms. Kaname knew she would take a path that branched off of that one a little ways down. It was a shortcut to the headmaster's quarters that she had found soon after she started attending class at the academy. Kaname silently thanked his old friend Kaien Cross for taking her in after their parents had died. He had raised her very well. "Be safe!" he called after her, watching as she stopped, turned around, waved at him, and then continued on her way. Kaname watched her until she was out of sight, his love for his baby sister showing plainly instead of his usual poker face.
He shut the door and began wandering in the general direction of his classroom, not really wanting to go to history. They were learning about Vlad the Impaler and it was incredibly boring to Kaname. Kaname was so lost in thought that he didn't realize he had ended up at the far end of the hall, next to a large window. Looking out, he saw a whit mare with a silver haired guy riding bareback toward the woods. "That must be Zero, no other students would be out this late and Yuuki often finds him with that horse skipping class," he said speaking to no one in particular. He watched as the silver-white streaks disappeared from sight. Kaname let out a small sigh, "I really need Saturday to go well."
Kaname turned away from the window and mentally shook himself. "I need to get to class before they send some poor soul to look for me." He walked briskly back up the hall to his classroom; setting his face to that of its normal, expressionless serenity.