Chapter 5 ~~ Getting Ready
-Kaname-
Kaname woke up earlier than he normally would that Saturday. By seven o'clock that night he had showered and changed his outfit at least twenty times. First he looked to dressy, then too casual, then to dressy again. He eventually settled on a pair of black slacks and an ivory button-up shirt'; only after he had pulled out every item of clothing he owned, of course.
His nerves were seriously getting to him. "How am I supposed to tell Zero I love him? Does he even feel the same way about me?" the usually calm, cool and collected pureblood found himself second guessing his choices and doubting his every move for the first time in his long life. It was driving him crazy, to the point where he almost backed out of going through with he and Yuuki's plan altogether. He decided to practice what he would say aloud while he searched for a pair of shoes in his, now disastrous, room.
"'Zero, about yesterday, I'm sorry. I do appreciate you. In fact, I do more than appreciate you. I can't stop thinking about you. I love you; and I was wondering if you felt the same?' …No, no. too soft hearted. I need to keep my dignity should he not return my feelings.
Kaname decided to get his mind off of the confession and focus on the actual dinner; thinking he would just say whatever he came up with in the moment. He was still undecided about what he would actually have them eat. He, himself never ate much food. "What was it Yuuki made me eat on her eleventh birthday?" He remembered that it had been very greasy and covered in melted cheese. He remembered that she had stuffed it down his throat after saying it was her and Zero's favorite thing to eat. "P- something… Pizza! That's what it was called," he recalled, feeling triumphant.
He decided to get both flavors Zero and Yuuki liked; he would only eat one or two pieces. Yuuki's favorite was plain cheese, and she had told him Zero's was pepperoni and pineapple. He navigated his way to his nightstand and pulled out his smartphone. Quickly finding a place that would deliver to the school he placed an order for two medium pizzas for 9:50.
Kaname decided to tidy up in order to kill time and find his elusive shoes. By the time he finished it was around 8:30 and he had donned a pair of his black dress shoes. He called Yuuki to let her know that he had ordered some pizza, and she informed him she had rented a movie to keep with the casual theme.
"Everything is falling into place Kaname, now I have to go. I told Zero to take a shower, but I need to make sure he actually went to do that instead of going back to sleep." They both disconnected and Kaname went downstairs to wait for the heart-attack-in-a-box pizza to arrive.
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-Zero-
God Yuuki was annoying. First she had dragged him out of the horse stables and back to the house. Then she had made him do all of the work assigned in class that day. When he finally finished she had ordered him to take a shower. "She is so lucky it's her ordering me around. Anyone else would've gotten shot in the face with Bloody Rose if the talked to me like that."
He stepped into the shower that was currently making a steamy swamp out of the bathroom. He let out a yelp when the hot water scalded his skin. "Dammit Yuuki! You turned it up way too high again! You tryin' to kill me?!"
"Sorry, Zero. Just turn it down a little bit or you'll make it too cold," Yuuki called from downstairs somewhere.
"Yea, yea. Whatever," he called back turning the knob. He got into the, now freezing, shower. "DAMMIT!"
Yuuki came bustling into the room muttering, "He never listens does he? Kaname has his hands full with this one."
"What was that?" Zero asked, quickly wrapping a towel around his lower half.
"Nothing, just saying that you need to hurry it up because dinner is at 10 and you need to be dressed by then."
"Calm down Yuuki. I'll be cleaned up and downstairs in an hour tops. Why the rush?"
"It's that…. And don't get mad, but….. I invited Kaname to come eat with us tonight."
"What the Hell Yuuki? I absolutely do Not feel like sitting through a meal with that guy." Zero turned a bit pink, not really meaning what he said, his heart beating a bit faster than normal at the prospect of seeing Kaname.
"I thought the two of you needed to make up after Thursday night." Yuuki looked up at zero with her most adorable face saying, "Please? Just stay with us to watch a movie? For me?"
" UGH, Fine. Now can I just take my shower, you said I need to hurry right?"
"YAY! Thank you Zero, you won't regret it! And yes, you need to get clean fast. It's almost eight already. I'm going to go put on some normal clothes, this uniform is really annoying after a day of school." Yuuki then left and went back downstairs.
Zero stepped into the shower and quickly washed up. He was very excited to see a certain brunette vampire in a few hours. He took about an hour to decide what to wear. Eventually, he decided on a dark pair of worn jeans and a Kuroshitsuji t-shirt he had recently bought, trying to look casual.
He finally made it downstairs at 9:00 and immediately noticed the absence of a certain eccentric headmaster. "Yuuki, where's cross? Shouldn't he be here telling me to smile more or something like that?"
"Oh, he had papers to look at. He's still at the school. I just got back from running him some tea," Yuuki replied, walking into the living room with Zero.
"Whatever. What movie did you get? Because if I have to sit through another boy-meets-girl gooey love movie again I'm seriously going to throttle you," Zero said, gesturing towards the redbox case on the coffee table.
"Don't worry. It's supposed to be a comedy. I think it's called 'Grown Ups' or something like that."
"I've seen commercials for it before. It looks like it should be pretty good. What time is it? I'm Starving!"
"Nearly ten. Kaname should be here with the food soon, relax."
"He better be. Or he is going to have to answer to me," zero intoned, a hint of a challenge in his voice.
*knock knock knock*
"There, that'll be him. Don't get your boxers in a bunch," Yuuki teased before opening the door.
And thus the plan entered the first phase…