~A Vampire Knight Side Story Part III~

Disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Knight or any of its characters ^.~

~Yaiba Surudoi's pov~
When I got out of the shower, Toga was gone, but so was the book. Damn, I had pages bookmarked. I'd never hear the end of this. A quick assessment of the room showed that he left his shirt and boots on the floor, obviously intentional. The bastard was running around in the hallways half naked in the middle of the night reading an erotic book. There was no way he was reading it peacefully in his room. If there was any way to annoy me, Toga would do it.

Strong and cold demeanor my ass. Yeah, he could be professional when he needed to and scare the hell out of the youngsters, but the guy was cocky and playful when he was off duty. At least, in front of me and Kai he was. I kicked a boot across the room out of spite and then dropped onto the bed, not bothering to get a pillow or bury under covers before drifting to sleep...

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The first thing I noticed when I awoke was something warm was around me and there was a shocked looking headmaster in mid-spring in my doorway. Things clicked fast as I started to wake up. An arm draped around my waist, an unlocked door, and the time on the clock reading 7:50. The answer was obvious even before I turned my head around to touch noses with a sleeping one-eyed vampire hunter.

The only crucial thing I missed was the breeze on my bare arms and legs. My eyes widened as I sat up as best I could. This only led to being the worst possible thing I could've done in this situation. So many things happened at once: (1) The towel wrapped around me slid down to my waist (2) A blushing Kai quickly turned around as I brought an arm up to cover my breasts and (3) Toga decided that this exact moment should be the time he wake up.

"Sorry for disturbing the both of you, but you're late for your class Toga," Kai said in a higher register than usual and started to walk away.
"Wait! No, it's completely not what you think!" I yelled to stop him, hearing a mumbled 'unfortunately' from the vampire hunter beside me starting to get up, but still deciding to keep his arm wrapped firmly around my waist.

"Uh, well, after you're fully dressed and after both of your classes, you can come talk to me in my office," I didn't know what the big deal was. These guys had 'accidentally' seen me naked a multitude of times while we were traveling, so why get shy now?
"You smell amazing. Ten more minutes?" Toga had leaned over, buried his face in my hair for a moment, and then dropped back down on the bed, taking me with him.

"No, definitely not," I replied, fighting the blush that finally started making its way up to my cheeks. I hit him with the arm that wasn't occupied and his grip around my waist only tightened.
"It's just ten minutes,"
"Yeah, and if we were still hunting, those ten minutes would've gotten us killed already. Now stop being lazy and get off me," Internally, I was fighting the reactions of his touch. One side of me wanted him to roll on top of me and have his way with me, one wanted me to get on top of him and have my way with him, and a very miniscule part of me told me I needed to get as far away from him as possible.

Self control was a very hard thing to accomplish. Maybe if I let go just this once, my completely inappropriate, very surprising, and very overwhelming desire for him would finally recede.
"In this ten minutes, you have to swear on every fiber of your vampire hunter being, to forget all about it. I'll do the same," Instead of pulling against his arm, I pushed in, sweeping my leg over his side to get on top and straddle him.

The towel still remained around my lower half, and the tiny voice inside my head told me to keep it that way. Other than that, the rest of me gave the go ahead. I leaned down and pushed my lips against his, breathing in something that smelled like a mix of chestnuts and blackberries to drown out the ever present cigarette smell.
"The door's wide open," he mumbled, surprising me that he even cared.
"Everyone's in class right now. Screw it," I drug my tongue along his lower lip, begging to see if he tasted like how he smelled.

Hands grabbed my arms and pushed me away, having me fall to the side again. Toga quickly got up, took his clothes and boots, and left. I stayed where I was, wondering what exactly happened. I'd been rejected. I'd been rejected by the guy who'd never rejected anyone until now. My eyes burned, so I closed them and brought my hands up to cover my face. I wasn't going to cry. Vampire hunters never cried. At least the good ones didn't.

It was so very typical. To be rejected by the only two men I'd ever truly known. There was only one explanation as well: I was not, and never would be, attractive. Sure, I may have had the looks, but looks only went so far. Apparently, my personality just didn't cut it. Maybe I was still the spoiled little rich kid at heart, or maybe my vampire hunter training just made me too cold. What other explanation was there? Kaien was still mourning over that pureblood vampire at the time, but what excuse did Toga have?

I did what any good vampire hunter would do, and made myself forget. I got up, happy to feel that I hadn't shed any tears, and got dressed for class. That was the one thing I was definitely not in the mood for. A bunch of angsty teenagers thinking the world was going to end because such and such broke up with them. Well I wasn't a teenager anymore, and I sure as hell wasn't going to act like one. I sifted through one of my suitcases for my good pack of cigarettes and lit one up as I tugged my long jacket on over my clothes. I put my hair up like usual and locked the door behind me as I left.

When I reached the classroom, there were only ten minutes until it was my class. I walked in, smiled at Toga respectfully, and took another drag on the cigarette before I put it out and lit up a new one. This really was a bad habit, but if I was going to die young anyway, it didn't matter. I sat down and listened to the last few minutes of his lecture. He was pretty good at the job and I had to give him credit for that, but how he pulled it off still eluded me. The bell rang, Toga left, the students left, and I had five minutes to pull myself together. But hey, that's what good vampire hunters did…