A/N I don't own Vampire Knight nor do I make any profit from it

Chapter 32 – A Side Story

I always knew that I would return to him.

I would not have torn out my own heart to create the vampire hunter weapons if I didn't think so. But I had done my duty: became his lover and bore his children. But then, I needed to take my own life; I needed to do this duty to save humanity and stop the purebloods from turning humans into our own kind.

It filled me with regret when I had to leave my one and only lover, the man myself and my untamed nature would submit to. I am unsure when I fell for him but when I did, I fell hard and fast.

When I first met Kaname, he was a nameless wandered, exiled from his village because he was not aging like the rest of humans. The anger I felt when I heard this was explosive. I hated humans for their ignorance and fear of something they hadn't attempted to know of. They called him a monster for this reason.

But then, I named him Kaname. That was the name of my home town, where I was born of human parents. However, I had to leave my village once my parents died for the exact same reason Kaname was evicted from his and it was then that I changed my name to Naomi. I cannot remember the previous aliases I had given myself.

About ten years before I died, myself and Kaname sat under a tree under the light of the full moon. It was unusually clear night and the stars were sparkling like pretty diamonds. We sat a few inches away from each other and I had gathered my knees against my chest, resting my chin on my knees.

"Kaname," I whispered after a long silence, "I've never really talked to you properly and I am not sure that I know you personally."

"It's not as if you have shared your inner most secrets with me," he responded quietly. I nodded in agreement.

"Were your parents human," I asked. Kaname nodded.

"Yes, but they were ashamed of what I was and tried to hide me from the other villagers," Kaname whispered, "I have never really been accepted."

"Do you have any children," I asked and he looked up at me and stared back at him, "Have you ever had a mate during your long life? Another one of our kind perhaps?"

"No," Kaname answered, "You and your group are the first of our kind whom I have come across."

"I see," I answered, "I have had no children either but I have had lovers."

"What about you and your family," Kaname asked, "Did they accept you?"

I smiled softly, "Yes, my parents did accept and they loved me as any parent could love a child. They even gave me their blood in dishes, knowing that if I bit them, they would end up as vampires as they had seen the carnage caused by the vampires yet they didn't show any fear towards me."

Kaname looked at me with sad eyes, "I wish I had it as easy as you."

I gazed at him for a while before placing a hand on his shoulder, "I'm sorry…I shouldn't have said anything."

"It's not like you to say sorry," Kaname replied, referring to my fiery nature. I smiled softly.

"I can let my guard down when I am like this," I replied. I shuffled closer to him and rested my head on his shoulder. My hood hid my reddening cheeks as we sat, bathed in ethereal moonlight. I could feel Kaname tense a little but I couldn't bring myself to pull away.

"Naomi," he whispered, "What are you doing?"

I didn't answer and I pulled away, "Nothing," I replied, my
shaggy blond bangs hiding my grey blue eyes, "Don't mind me."

I stood up, "We should get back to the others…they'll be wondering where we are."

Suddenly, I felt a hand on my wrist and I turned around, "Don't leave," Kaname said in an unreadable tone, "Sit back down with me."

I stared at him for a moment before I complied and sat back down, "Kaname, what is it?"

Kaname's eyes closed for a second and then turned his head to gaze at her, "What would you say to being my lover," he asked out of the blue. I stared at him, unable to process what he had just said, "You seem shocked by this question."

"Well, yes," I replied, "It's not every day that you get asked to be someone's lover."

"No, it isn't," Kaname replied, "But would you ever consider it? We're both lonely…I can tell that you want somebody who cares for you."

I frowned, my tough front returning, "What are you talking about, Kaname? I am not lonely! I don't need anyone and I don't need you!"

I was about to stand up but Kaname held me down and leaned forward, "That won't work on me now. Stop putting up that front. Show me the side of you who isn't abrasive and rude…your vulnerable side."

I glared at him before he pinned me to the grassy ground, "I don't have a vulnerable side."

Kaname raised an eyebrow, "No?"

"No," I whispered as he lowered himself so that his nose touched mine, holding my gaze. We gazed at each other and soon found that we were both lost in each other's gazes. Soon, his eyes fluttered closed as he leaned down further and his lips made contact with mine. I stiffened and tried to wriggle out of his grip. However, Kaname was undeterred and his lips caressed mine. It was the most tender of touches like butterfly wings.

"Kaname," I whispered against his lips, "What does this mean?"

"Isn't it obvious," he asked, his lips not leaving mine. I nodded slightly and wrapped my arms around his neck and our kiss became more intense and passionate. I had had many lovers before Kaname but none had treated me with such tenderness and kissed me with such an intensity as this. He was the only one I could truly let my guard down with.

"Naomi, I love you."

"….and I, you…"

But ten years later, our dream would end and Kaname would go into a lonely despair. Now, 10,000 years later, I live my life as Elizabeth Watson, a girl who was born a human, bitten by Rido Kuran (who was one of my own descendants) and then awakened to my true pureblood self by my lover…

….Kaname Kuran

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