To Rain Blood
Author Ambercat999
So yeah I do have more planned for this story I just kind of put off writing this for as long as I possibly could… Please don't be mad at me!
Takara woke up in a in a cold sweat expecting to find herself stuck in a cold unforgiving grasp of Pyrrhus forever to be stuck in a cage atop of a pedestal like some sort of sick trophy. So when she instead found herself carefully tucked into an infirmary bed with a cool cloth resting upon her forehead she was pretty surprised; so surprised in fact that she shot straight up before paling visibly and slouching forward from using the energy she didn't have to get up. The next thing she knew there was a hand on her shoulder. As she was gently pushed back onto the bed she took the chance to examine her surroundings for the first time since gaining consciousness. In the bed across from her Zero sat leaning against the backboard bandages wrapped around his bare chest no doubt hiding the bruises he got from being slammed against the tree by Pyrrhus. She found the chairman sitting on the bed directly to her right carefully looking her over as if looking for and missed bruises or cuts. Finally she looked to her left where she found Aidou slayed somewhat carelessly splayed out on the bed a small stream of drool starting from the corner of his mouth ran down his cheek and under his chin as he slept off overexerting himself. The hand that had helped her to lie back down was attached to Kaname who stood in between her bed and Aidou's. Upon realizing that she wasn't going to go back to sleep any time soon Kaname retracted his arm and walked around her bed to sit next to the Chairman. Cross cleared his throat clearly uncomfortable before finally asking the question that had undoubtedly been nagging at both him and Kaname since she and the boys had been found passed out in the woods.
"Takara I'm sorry for having to ask this while you are still recovering from must have been a very stressful event but we have to know what happened back in the woods."
She sighed and mentally prepared herself for what was about to be revealed. "10 years ago I was given shelter from a man named Pyrrhus. He seemed nice and over time I let my guard down around him. One day I became carless and accidently revealed to him that I wasn't exactly human. I was afraid that he would reject me or maybe even hurt me for being different but instead he seemed interested in what I could do. I was extremely happy at first; it was the first time in my entire life that someone outside of my family had accepted me for who I was completely. However soon he started to act weird, he always wanted to know where I was and even went as far as to keep me from going places by giving me chores in order to keep me inside. Over time he grew worse and worse until finally I wasn't allowed to leave the house at all. I couldn't take not being able to be free and so in the middle of the night I decided that I was going to run away. And that seemed to work for a while I had almost let myself forget about him and settle into my new life when he showed up seemingly out of nowhere and demanded I go home with him. I refused and as a result my friends died trying to help me. This happened every so often and always ended in one of my loved ones dyeing for my sake. Eventually I gave up on creating relationships and kept to myself never staying in one place for more than a month. I came to Cross Academy in hopes to throw him off my scent for a while allowing me to get farther away from him. However while I was here I made friends for the first time in a long time," as she mentioned making friends she let her eyes sweep over Zero and Aidou's forms, "and couldn't find it in myself to leave. As a result Pyrrhus ended up finding me and used the school as a threat in order to get me to go with him. I would have to if Zero and Aidou hadn't stopped me. They are the reason I'm still here and I'm the reason that they are hurt."
She looked down after delivering her confession feeling that she didn't deserve the privilege of making eye contact while the two men decided what to do with her. However before she had time to wallow in her depression she was almost tackled off the bed by a teary eyed Cross.
"YOU POOR CHILD, YOU'VE THROUGH SO MUCH! DON'T YOU WORRY YOUR UNCLE CROSS WILL MAKE SURE THAT MEAN MAN WILL NEVER GET TO YOU EVER AGAIN!"
Kaname simply shook his head at the chairman's dramatic display of affection before looking her in the eyes and nodded, effectively letting her know that he would also help protect her before walking out of the infirmary. They were released from the infirmary the next day with explicit orders to take it easy, or at least Aidou and Takara were released, Zero was kicked out by the nurse because his complaining was driving the poor woman insane.
As they walked back to their respective dorms Aidou pulled her off to the side and asked her if they could talk privately for a second. She agreed before nodding to Zero letting him know that she would meet up with him later. Aidou waited until the silver haired prefect was out of sight before wrapping his arms around Takara's smaller frame and drag her into the strongest embrace he could manage. He buried his nose into the top of her head as he pushed her head into his shoulder as if he wanted to absorb her into himself. He mumbled something incoherent and she pulled back just enough to look him in the eyes.
"What did you say?"
"Don't you ever do that to me again do you understand! God you have to be one of the dumbest girls I have ever met. How could you just give up without asking for help, I understand that you were worried that Pyrrhus would hurt us if we tried to help you but did you honestly think that such a big looser could ever hurt me. I'm much to cool to ever be hurt by someone as low as that, and Zero is too much of a dick to actually die and leave me in peace."
Even as he made the joke Aidou had tears silently running down his face. He had come way too close to losing Takara in the woods that day and it made him realize just how much he had come to depend on her for companionship. Takara didn't know what to say, it had never occurred to her just how much it would hurt Zero or Aidou if or when she disappeared forever. She just shook her head before burying her head back in to his shoulder trying to convey the emotions she felt in response to his exclamation.
"Takara," She looked up at him again, "will you please be my girlfriend? I can't bare the idea of losing you ever again, even to another man…"
She sat there stunned, never had she dared to consider that a man would be attracted to her enough to want her as a girlfriend. Finally realizing that she hadn't given him a response she looked him in the eye with a tentative smile and small nod. Almost instantly Aidou let out a loud whoop and kissed her square on the lips leaving her stunned before planting another more delicate kiss on her forehead. He then grabbed her hand and began leading her back to the dorms.
What the new couple didn't know was that Zero had been watching the entire exchange. He walked back to the sun dorms with a deep scowl as he pondered what he had seen. For some reason he wanted to rip Aidou's head off when he kissed Takara, well more so than usually anyway. But he was confused because the only time he felt this way was when he saw Yuki with Kaname and that was because he was jealous of the damn vampire for holding more of the girl he loved than him. Did that mean that he loved Takara too? No, that was impossible his heart belonged exclusively to Yuki. Shaking his head at the confusing thoughts he entered his dorm and swiftly ascended the stairs to his room where he flopped onto his bed in a undignified manner for a much needed nap.
Well there it is the new chapter… Sorry it took so long for me to post. Now I would like to take a quick second to thank FireChild24, ballet022, klspun, and Alliana2312 for favoriting (is that even a word?), reviewing, or adding my story to their story alerts, it means a lot.