Hey guys! :D Here's the next chapter. I hope Aido isn't going through too many personalities too quickly in this chapter, because though I know he shows all these traits I was worried I wrote him through them a little bit too quickly so he looks, like, tri-polar xD. Lemme know what you think anyway. Thank you for the reviews, they make me want to keep writing ^ ^.

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- Belle *heart*

When I left the Headmaster's building I had barely gotten back to where the class building was so I could begin my walk home when I noticed something. The Night Class was making their approach to the Day Class building.

I checked my watch and cursed mentally. I had been delayed enough by my visit to the Headmaster's office that the Night Class had had time to come all the way here.

I could see the bridge toward the Sun Dorm quite a distance away. I groaned, not wanting to wait until the Night Class went inside to start making my way there.

I ran around behind the Headmaster's building to avoid being seen. I peeked around the corner and saw the Night Class walking along the path. The path I had to run to get to the bridge would put me extremely close to them at one point, so I strategized how I would go about this.

Deciding on a plan that I thought would work, I moved from around the Headmaster's building and walked quickly in a jagged line toward the bridge.

"Akatsuki, did you hear something?" A cool female voice asked sharply.

I stopped breathing and dropped to my knees.

"…No." Came the rumbling reply.

I stopped myself before I sighed with relief. I crawled a few more feet silently before I stopped. I was at the edge of my cover. I knew I had to wait for them pass further before I would be safe to move again. I started to breathe lightly through my nose. I stopped suddenly, realizing I couldn't hear the vampire walking anymore.

This is bad! My mind screamed. Move!

Before I could move a muscle, a pair of arms wrapped around my stomach without warning and hoisted me up to my feet.

"It's Kisa-chan!" Aido said happily, holding on to me.

"I told you I heard something." The girl who'd spoken earlier said.

I looked up to see who it was. It was Ruka Souen, standing next to Akatsuki Kain.

"So you did." Kain said lowly to her, looking at me.

I blushed, trying to struggle out of Aido's arms. I was attracting attention.

"Look who it was in the bushes, everyone!" Aido said loudly.

"Why are you doing this to me?" I hissed.

He ignored me as more Night Class students gathered around us.

"Hello, Kisa-chan!" Aido said, obviously still fresh from just-flirting-with-Day-Class-girls joy. I nearly growled.

"Get off of me."

"What were you doing crawling around in the bushes? Spying on us, perhaps?"

"As if!"

"As if what?"

"As if I would ever want to spy on you…" I stopped myself before I said "vampires".

"Aido, let Matari-san go." An icy voice said. "The rest of you, get to class."

Most of the vampires scurried away like frightened children into the school building, and it wasn't long before I knew why.

Aido released me and stood beside me. "Kaname-sama."

He stepped into my line of sight. I flinched, moving behind Aido's elbow. He looked down at me, but didn't question me. "It would be best to let Matari-san get home before night falls. You know it's not safe for her outside…" He nearly smiled, peeking around Aido's arm at me. He turned and waved over his shoulder. "Don't be long, Aido."

I turned to leave but Aido stopped me, all his joking manner gone. "Seriously, why were you crawling around in the bushes?"

I looked away. "I was going home."

"Why were you late?"

"Yuki and Zero escorted me to a… meeting I had with the Headmaster."

Aido took a sharp intake of breath. "What did he want?"

"Nothing important." I said. "It was strange, really. Yuki and Zero escorted me there as if it were really important or something and then when I actually got there it was as if he didn't want anything at all."

Aido pondered this for a moment before asking another question. "What was wrong with using the path on your way home?"

"I didn't want to be seen."

Aido took a minute to think again. "Why not?"

"I don't like vampires. I would prefer to avoid them altogether."

He looked almost sad. "We won't hurt you."

I chose not to bring up my argument that would prove that statement to be a lie.

He spoke again. "Kaname-sama has been looking for a spell for your memory, too."

We both fell silent for a minute. I broke it. "That doesn't surprise me."

Aido sighed. "Go on home, Matari-san. I'll see you tomorrow." He added with a wink.

"How much longer are you going to torment me?"

"How much longer are you going to make me torment you?"

"You don't have to torment me!" I yelled. "Just leave me alone!"

"As soon as you do what I've asked."

"No!" I said, scrunching my eyes shut and clenching my fists. "Rei's my friend!"

Aido was quiet for a moment, and when I opened my eyes I was staring into his, and his suddenly turned dangerous.

"Well," he said darkly, taking a step toward me. "There is one other thing you can do."

I couldn't think of what, but I knew to be scared. I took a step back. "What?" I asked softly.

He stepped in and put his left hand on my waist and his right on the side of my neck.

"Offer me the one thing you have that can tempt me more than anything else."

My mind put the pieces together. "No!" I squeaked, trying to push away.

His eyes clouded red with bloodlust. "Too late." He murmured, and before I knew it his lips were on my neck. My cheeks burned as suddenly I felt his tongue dart out slightly and graze the skin where my shoulder and neck connected. Without warning I felt his fangs pierce me, and I clenched the front of his uniform in my hands and gasped in pain. He gently sucked at the skin, taking only a small amount of blood from me. He licked the skin where he'd bitten so it would close right away. He took one hand off of me to wipe his mouth and I shoved him away from me, breathing heavily.

"That was barely a taste," he said. "But it's enough that I'll leave you alone for 2 days."

I grasped my neck where he'd bitten me. "How could you?" I whispered.

He looked at me, his eyes now back to their regular turquoise, and winked. "If you want to disobey me it's going to cost you."

I felt the water well up in my eyes and I blinked it away angrily, holding my neck where the spot ached under my fingers.

"Besides," he said casually. "If I had taken any more the Night Class would have noticed, and gotten rowdy." He smiled. "Enjoy your 48 hours of freedom from me, Kisa-chan. I'll see you later." He said my name in a tone to mock me.

I barely mustered up enough strength to glare at him before he turned his back and walked toward the school building.

As soon as he was in and the door closed, I dropped to my knees on the pavement pathway, tears spilling over and falling fast. I put my face in my hands and sobbed openly, as what remained of the sun set behind me on the horizon.

And once the world around me was completely dark, it started to rain.