Me: So guys, I'll be heading to Missouri and I won't update until after the following week cause I don't get back to Louisiana on Monday at 3 A.M. So yeah…Sorry guys…I rove you?

Aidou: LIES.

Me: To make up for it, MORE SHIKI AND LESS AIDOU SCREEN TIME.

Aidou: THAT'S NOT FAIR.

Me: YES IT IS!

Aidou: NO IT'S NOT!

Me: ZERO, STOP THIS MONSTROSITY!

Zero: No.

Me: SHIKI!

Shiki: Vampire Knight belongs to Matsuri Hino. Now excuse me, I must go and fight. -_-

Chapter Five:

Fools In Love

"Good job today Shiki, Rima! The photo shoot was a success!" Their manager exclaimed, beaming at them with happiness. They nodded un-interestedly, mood darkening at the bright sunny atmosphere shining through the glass-paned windows. Vampires weren't used to staying out in the morning. Shiki exchanged a bland look with Rima, wondering why their human manager couldn't get the hint and drop them back off at the academy. "Ah! Waitress, two large strawberry parfaits over here please!"

"Coming up!" The waitress replied, never looking back.

The manager smiled, "Yes, anyway. The reason I wanted to take you to this place is to reward you for all of the hard work you have done! Eat up okay? It's all on me!" Shiki and Rima exchanged blank, irritated stares until two large cup with strawberry parfaits in it. The manager smiled and gave the wad of bills to the waitress. "Here you go."

Yakama, the waitress, shook her head furiously, blushing. "It's on the house! I-If it's okay…Can I please get an autograph from Rima-sama?" Her face was bright red, and the pen and paper in her hands were shaking furiously.

The manager's eyebrows shot up to her hairline. "You want Rima's autograph? Not Shiki's? Are you serious?"

"Yeah. What's your point?"

"Are you a lesbian?"

Yakama placed her hands on her hips, glaring at her. "So what if I am? Got a problem with it?"

"N-No! It's just…." The manager massaged the side of her forehead. "Never mind. Rima, just give her your autograph as a thank you."

Rima signed the paper, pinching her lips together when Yakama began squealing. "Here."

"THANK YOU RIMA-SAMA! I LOVE YOU!" Yakama had tears flowing down her eyes, sniffing.

"Hn."

There was a crash coming from the entrance and Yakama face palmed. Cursing under her breath, she marched over to the doors and pulled it open. "I already told you, you stupid dick! It's PUSH when you're coming in, and PULL when you're going out. "

"BABY PLEASE. I just rammed my face into the glass, the least you could do is kiss me and make it better!" Miki snapped, rubbing her red nose thoroughly. Stepping into the girlie store, she made stomped over to the table behind Shiki and Rima; sitting down, she threw her feet up on the table nonchalantly. "I want to order a latte; can you tell them to write the word Bat Shit and send it Shiki-san?" She jabbed a thumb at the red head staring blankly at the wall, scooping up the parfait and shoving it in his mouth promptly. Miki's thumb hit the back of his head. "Thanks. For me, I just want an espresso."

"You're not joking right?"

"Nope."

Shiki craned his neck around and stared at her. "Why do I deserve something like that?"

"Because you know, you can turn into a bat. Oh, and because I consider you shit for doing the you-know-what to me."

Yakama furrowed her eyebrows, "He-who-must-not-be-named?"

"I'm not talking about Voldemort! Now go get my stuff!"

Shiki nodded, "So you remembered?"

"I do, asshole!"

He held up a hand, "Please, refrain from using profanity around my presence. It's very unattractive, and I feel that it reduces my IQ."

Miki's lips curled upwards, "Nugget porn."

"I made my point clear."

"Shiki. Don't bother with her," Rima stated, barely turning around.

"YEAH SHIKI-SAN! LISTEN TO RIMA-SAMA!"

Miki stood up and grabbed Yakama by the waist, heaving her up and chucking her in the back kitchen. She whipped her fake blonde head back over to Shiki, glaring at his dry expression. "DAMN IT SHIKI! YOU LISTEN TO ME, AND YOU LISTEN TO ME GOOD. IF YOU PULL A STUNT LIKE THAT EVER AGAIN, I'M GONNA POST YOUR NUDES ON THE INTERNET."

The manager gasped, "You have that?"

Miki scoffed and rolled her eyes, "DUH. I have it for blackmail!"

"Shiki! Listen to her! She could ruin your reputation!"

Shiki sighed. "Yes manager."

"Now apologize to me!" Miki exclaimed, folding her arms across her chest.

"Why?"

"...Seriously dude? You're going to ask me why? I feel like jamming that parfait down up your nostrils just because you asked me that."

Yakama stepped back in with a latte, on the top was a few kanjis formed to say, "BAT SHIT." She set it down in front Shiki. "This is from the crazy girl behind you." Taking two steps to the right, she placed an espresso down. "Here's your espresso you irrational prostitute."

Miki gasped. "BITCH. I ORDERED MILK CHOCOLATE!" She picked up the cup and threw it on the ground.

"…."

"I'm joking. I ordered an espresso. Now go get me it," she giggled.

"DAMN IT MIKI! YOU DO THIS TO ME EVERY TIME YOU COME HERE!" Yakama screeched, grabbing Miki by the collar and shaking her back and forth.

Shiki stared at the latte and picked it up.

"Shiki, you don't actually plan on drinking that, do you?" Rima asked, raising her eyebrows curiously.

"Hn." He drank it quietly and then set it down on the ground. "Manager, I think it's time for you to drive us back to the academy. Ichijou-san messaged me thirty minutes ago."

"S-Sure. This place is getting rowdy anyway." Standing up, they shuffled their way out of the café.

"Manager, you're supposed to pull the door to go out, " Rima stated.

"I-I knew that!" Quickly they left, Shiki sparing one last glance at Miki with a small smirk.

Miki shrieked, "DAMN IT ALL AI! JUST GET ME MY ESPRESSO!"

"THAT WAS YOUR ESPRESSO! WHY DON'T YOU JUST LICK IT OFF FROM THE GROUND SINCE YOU THREW IT THERE?"

"THAT'S GROSS DUDE!"

"YOU'RE GROSS!"

"Okay."

"Fine."

"….Can I seriously get a new espresso?"

Yakama exhaled and face palmed. "You're paying double the price."

"I'm perfectly A-okay with that." The waitress went to the back and then came out with a new drink, setting it down on the table. "Thanks Ai."

"Humph. Do it one more time and I'll have the manager never allow you to come back in here."

"Ha-ha. That's hilarious," Miki retorted. She leaned back in the chair, observing the other customers out of sheer boredom. That couple looks like they're about to break up. That group of guys are just waiting for a hot, single girl to come in so they can hit on her. The adult buy himself is just organizing paperwork. The woman is reading her magazine, trying to look busy when she's just sulking because she's old and single. This, is how Watanabe Miki spends her weekend/weekdays after (or during) school if Yakama was working at the café.

Normally, she would have gone to visit her normal parents; after all, their store was right next door to the dance studio she took classes from. If her mother wasn't so damn fucked-up, and her dad wasn't such a cheap bastard she would visit them often. The only thing she really came back was to get some ingredients to cook a delicious gourmet and hand it to Yakama for the smaller girl to make. [Call Miki a heartless teenager, but you would do the same if you had her parents. What would you do if you came home to see your parents dressed as clowns, singing opera?]

Yakama clocked out of work and changed her uniform, wearing a short denim jumpsuit and boots. "Come on, let's go back to the academy before they write us up for being out too late."

Miki waved her away, "You can go back first. I need a few hours to think."

"Porn?"

She gave a wry smile, "Yeah. Porn."

"All right. I'll see you later then hoe."

"Bye bye!"

The tan female slumped in the chair, running her hands through her dry locks roughly before groaning. "Damn it, I'm gonna punch that Shiki bastard—acting all nonchalant over erasing my memories and not giving a single fuck. That's supposed to be my job. Stupid cunt." She grunted and threw a wad of bills no the table. "I'll just punch him in his titty the next time I see his face." As she was about to exit, the sight of Yuuki rushing out of the store caught her eyes. "….I should follow her! But if I follow her she would call me a stalker and try hitting me, and everything would be cliché…." In the end, Miki ran after Yuuki crying hysterically, "BABY COME BACK! YOU CAN BLAME IT AAALLL ON MEEEE!"

Yuuki stopped running and glanced back, "M-Miki-chan!"

"That is a me name! Mario~," she chirped in odd Japanese, saluting Yuuki nazi-style.

"W-What are you doing out here?"

"Shouldn't I be asking you that?"

"B-B-But it's a weekday! And I'm out running an errand for the chairman!"

"Yes, and I skipped class today to go support my friend at work! It's a win-win situation, hm?" They were beginning to walk and Miki took note of Yuuki's eyes darting around frantically and her twitchy mood. "Seriously man, what's wrong? You can tell me anything." Her hands were placed firmly on Yuuki's shoulders. "Anything. Even your little crush on Number-five-o."

"You mean Zero right?"

"No, I meant Twent—" Miki's ears twitched and she jumped to the side when Yuuki whipped Artemis out, guarding herself from the—"WHO THE FUCK DOES THIS SON OF A BITCH THINK HE IS? WITH HIS DAMN FANGS AND HIS GAY OUTFIT." She marched up to the vampire, stamping her heel down on his feet harshly. "DON'T TOUCH HER ASSHOLE."

The vampire's nose twitched and his eyes reverted back to dark brown. "Your blood smells terrible!"

"Excusez moi?"

"Your blood!" He repeated. "It smells terrible!"

"Wait a minute! Why does my blood smells terrible but hers doesn't?"

He shrugged, "Maybe you're a were—" The Level E vampire emitted a scream, flying back when Artemis came in contact with him square in the face.

"Don't space out," Zero snapped.

Yuuki gave a sheepish smile, "Sorry, they were both just kind of…you know…talking."

Sparks came out from Artemis and struck Zero's hand. Zero scowled, "It seems that it doesn't like me holding it to some extent."

"Then let it go sexy," Miki retorted. As the Level E vampire clutched his face, the sports girl turned back to face him. "Now you listen here bitch, and you listen to me good! What were you planning to say to me before this sexy piece of hunk attacked you? That I'm a weredog? A werecat? A werefox? A werepanda? I KNOW. A WEREVOLDEMORT! OR A WERE-THE-BOY-WHO-LIVED! Get it? Did you get the pun?" Everything except werewolf popped up into her head. "Dang monkey's bottom."

"Watanabe."

"Yeah?"

"Shut up."

"Okay bab—OH SHIT!" A sword sliced the through the vampire from between the body, and dust exploded everywhere in the vicinity. Miki gasped and choked, "Ewwww! I think I got dust in my fucking throat! Tastes like…Actually, his dust tastes like sweet and sour chicken. Is that weird?"

Zero face palmed, and Yuuki began laughing sheepishly. "Ichijou-senpai! Shiki-senpai!"

"Oh….Hey Bat Shit. Hey Ichisole-senpai," Miki waved.

Ichijou sheathed his word, smiling. "Hello."

Shiki's eyes darted towards Miki and back to Ichijou. "You didn't really need me here…" He yawned, rubbing his eyes.

"Why did you both do such a thing?" Yuuki asked, frowning.

Ichijou smiled again, "If it bothers you, come to the Moon Dorm tonight. We can take our time talking about why I finished off that Level E."

"You're not fucking around are you?"

"Nope!"

"Okay. Meet you tonight then broski!"

Zero glared at her, "Who said you can come?"

"Try and stop me, and I'll make sure to send a video of you laughing to everyone."

"I don't laugh."

"That's the best part of it."

He scowled. "You better not or I'll hit you."

"If you hit me, a girl, I'll shove my foot up your ass."

"Is that a threat?"

"No sir. An empty warning."

"You guys! Just calm down!" Yuuki exclaimed, separating them.

"Asshat!"

"Idiot."

Miki arrived with Yakama by her side (after explaining the events). Zero looked displeased, but ushered them to go ahead because Miki would be able to fend off the vampires with her idiotic personality; signaling that he wanted private time to talk to Yuuki about something urgent. Excusing the both of them, they went ahead without them. "Hey, you have anything to eat? I'm kinda of hungry."

"I have a granola bar?" Yakama replied.

"That will do!"

Yakama fished through her jeans and threw one at her. "Eat it while it's hot!"

"It's warm."

"Eat it!" Shrugging, Miki tore through the wrapper and ate the granola bar slowly. Walking at a slow pace, both of them fell into a comfortable silence until Aidou and Kain jumped out, scaring Yakama. "HIIEEEE!" she screeched, tripping over her feet (more like Miki shoving her foot on the other's girl's back to steady her healthy meal from falling. Yakama blinked, dark brown eyes clashing with a pair of light orange. "A-A-Ah. K-Kain-san," she said, flustered.

He nodded and helped her back up, "Sorry about that. Hanabusa wanted to surprise the both of you."

"Akatsuki!" Aidou whined. Kain shrugged, gazing at Yakama's small frame. Awkwardly, he rubbed the back of his neck and turned away, shoving his hands in his pocket roughly. Aidou grinned cheekily and nudged his cousin in the ribs, and then pivoted his body to face athlete. "I'm surprised you were there to witness the Level E dying. To think that you accidentally swallowed some of his remains."

"Hey you little shit. That stuff exploded everywhere!" Miki snapped irately.

"Uh huh." He clicked his tongue, furrowing his eyebrows. "By the way…what are you wearing?"

Miki glanced down at her wardrobe. Black tights and dark-blue print hooded sweater dress, with a black beanie. "Swag?"

"No. No swag you illiterate fool."

"Come on Aidou! Don't you think I look cute?" She spun around, and gave a fake giggle.

"….Don't do that again."

"But why?"

"It looks funny," Aidou snorted.

"SAY THAT AGAIN YOU TWAT!" Miki roared, tackling him. They rolled around on the ground wrestling each other until Aidou managed to flip their positions—both of them breathing heavily. Her gray eyes grew round at the warm breath hitting her neck. "Aidou."

He narrowed his eyes at her, "What?"

"I just realized how hot you are because I think I felt my ovaries explode!"

Aidou jumped away from her, "That's disgusting!"

She nodded and pushed herself off the ground. Anything to get away from you and stop making me feel weird. "Ah. Hey, you two finally finished with your emotional speech?" Yuuki blushed and Zero scowled again. "Too blunt?"

"A little," Yuuki replied curtly.

They directed their gaze to Yakama twiddling her fingers shyly and Kain standing like a robot. Miki rolled her eyes and picked up the rest of the fallen granola. "Right! Well let's get going! I want to know what the hell is going on. So Aidou, go guide us you bastard."

"We have to do it anyway. The vice dorm president asked us to," Kain sighed, leading the way.

Aidou looked repulsed, "Did you just picked up that granola bar from the ground? Are you planning to still eat it?"

"Do you turn into a bat?"

"No."

"Then that means I'm still eating this delicious snack." They were getting closer to the designated place and Miki's mouth was chewing on the treat faster with the increase of vampires staring at them. A vampire couple sucking on each other's blood caught her eyes and she began choking furiously. Swallowing it, Miki started laughing hysterically—slapping Aidou in the back.

"Ow! Stop hitting me!" Aidou exclaimed.

"S-Sorry!" Miki grinned, throwing her head back in delight. "You vampires are just hilarious."

Peering over Kain's shoulders, everyone had a bead of sweat rolling down the side of their forehead. Ichijou clapped his hands together and then held his arms out in the open. "Welcome you guys! Tonight is my birthday party! I want you to enjoy yourself!"

"I-I didn't come here to visit you!" Yuuki commented. "I wanted to ask you something about today."

"Screw that, let's eat!" Miki shouted, picking up a tray and loading it with food.

"That's the spirit Miki-chan!" Ichijou agreed.

Yakama's palm ran down her face and she dragged the girl away when the "serious" people began discussing the earlier events. "You know, I have a feeling that we should be listening to them but I can't bring myself to care about it," the shorter female sighed. "But is it just me or is Kain-senpai hot?"

Miki swallowed the drumstick and stared. "Ai….are you…are you going heterosexual on me?"

"S-Shut up!"

Her eyes teared up. "YOU'RE GOING HETEROSEXUAL ON ME!" She threw the food aside and tackled her, rubbing her face into Yakama's pants. "PLEASE DON'T THIS TO ME! I WON'T EVER HAVE A LESBIAN FRIEND EVER AGAIN!"

"Hey! Miki! Stop! You're embarrassing me!" Yakama exclaimed in a hushed whisper.

"All right!" Miki bounced up and grabbed her by the wrist. Dragging her over to Kain, she shoved her into the tall man's chest. "Put your banana in her donut hole."

Kain's and Yakama's eyes grew wide and his jaw dropped. "What?"

Humming in pleasure, she skipped back over to the table of food and discovered Shiki sucking Ichijou's blood. "Uhh….You guys aren't…Umm…you know…Gay right?" It was weird because it was only a minute ago that she was talking about not having a gay friend. And then this sight shows up...She might actually acquire a new homosexual friend after all.

Shiki lifted his head and licked the remaining blood off his lips. "Pardon?"

"Sorry. Homosexual if you guys feel offended!" She corrected.

Ichijou chuckled, "We're not. This is considered normal in Vampire Society."

"Wait a minute, being a homosexual is considered normal to you guys?"

"Well, no, not really—"

"RACISM."

"But—"

"Can I have that cake?"

"Ichijou-san, it's best to just leave her alone," Shiki intervened, before the blonde vampire could start crying in exasperation.

"Y-Yeah." Ichijou handed her a plate of cake. "Enjoy."

"Thanks Ichijou."

He gasped, "You remembered my name?"

"Ichijou Takuma. You're the guy I gave my Fairy Tail collection too," she replied, toying with the cake.

"Wow! So you do remember my name!"

"Yeah! Ai wouldn't stop kicking me in the crotch if I kept saying it wrong."

"Huh?"

"That was my exact reaction when she told me."

"Oh, okay! Well I'll be right back! I need to talk to my other guests! You just...Just stay here please." Ichijou scurried away from her hastily.

She waved, "See ya." Miki's began picking at the cake before eating it. "This tastes like garbage."

Shiki averted his eyes over to her, "Are you not used to high class food?"

"This is high class?"

"Yes. The ingredients are imported from different countries too."

"Poor vampires. You guys have been depraved from knowing what good food really is."

"On the contrary, I think that you're the one who don't know what good food is."

"Bat shit please!"

"My name is Shiki."

"You're demoted to Bat Shit for erasing my memories."

"I was told to," Shiki grunted.

Miki lifted her eyes from the (now) empty plate and glared at him. "You didn't have to follow your orders."

"Kaname-sama is a pureblood. I have to obey him no matter what."

Throwing away her trash, she stood next to him. Slowly, she forced out the words, "Did you wanted to do it?"

"Erase your memories? Honestly, I didn't care at that time," Shiki replied flatly. He caught her form stiffening in anger and continued, "If I knew you were going to throw a fit about it, I would have told Kaname-sama to tell someone else to do it. You're really troublesome, throwing a fit over something so trivial."

"Trivial?"

"Yes, trivial. You lost your memories, but you regained it. Must you really hold a grudge over it?"

"YOU—YOU—…UGH!" Miki stomped her foot on the ground. "Don't…Don't fucking do this to me! Don't you twist your words and use it against me you asshole!" Shiki blinked, taking a step back when she thrust a finger in his face rudely. "I trusted you that day and you ruined it! I became friends with you and you—you manipulated me and my feelings!"

Shiki ran a hand through his maroon-colored hair, exhaustedly. "We only interacted with each other that single day in a few hours. How can you possibly trust me so easily and befriend me quickly? And what feelings?" He furrowed his eyebrows in concentration, studying her confused expression. Miki was biting the bottom of her lip, glaring at the floor, trying to rack through her brains for an answer. Slowly, he dawdled out, "Are you infatuated with me?"

Her jaw dropped, "Have you lost your mind?"

He shrugged. "It was just a speculation. So are you?"

She gave an empty laugh, "I don't know bruh. I've never been infatuated in my life unless you count the times I commented on how attractive someone could be."

"Watanabe-san."

Miki tilted her head up, "Yeah?"

A warm smile appeared on Shiki's face, "You're really odd."

Catching the rare show of emotion from him, her face heated up and she pouted, "And you're a sparkling bastard."

"How cruel."

"YEAH? TOO BAD. HEY AI. LET'S GO HOME." Yakama glanced over from the conversation she was having with Kain and gave her a middle finger, before returning to it with a cheerful beam. "Che! Stupid heterosexual. Hey, tell that orange guy to return her when this party is done. I'm leaving." Gathering up a plate full of food, Miki huffed and walked out on the party.

The maroon-haired vampire swirled the red colored liquid in his glass cup emotionlessly. Not peering up, he asked, "Aidou-san, how long have you been listening?"

Grumpily, Aidou snatched a plate of cake off the table. "Don't get too involved with her Shiki."

Shiki lifted his head up and inclined his head, "I can say the same to you."

"It's none of your business!"

"Hn."

Why do I even care about that stupid human anyway?

From afar, Miki sneezed and threw the plate up, gasping when it dropped on the floor. "MY FOOD!" Running back to the party, she pushed Aidou aside and grabbed a plate, filling it back up. "Whew! My dinner for today is acquired!"

"Someone, just kill me now."

"Gladly, Aidou-san."

Me: Reviews are appreciated botches. :D