Chapter 9
The pair moved their lips in a gentle sync and soon Yuki found her mouth to be filled with the tongue of her childhood from Zero. His tongue worked in such sweet ways, ways that she remembered to have pleasured her so gentle, and he slowly gripped onto the uniform that had been draped over the girl and shoved it to the side. Yuki gasped into the kiss when she felt Kaname's cover fall to the ground and she was completely exposed, left in the lace gown she was so desperately trying to cover up before. The vampire boy abruptly ended the kiss and pulled back a bit, examining the girl's body and then looking back to eye level with her. "I refuse to smell him when I'm with you," he said in a firm tone. "I want you to be covered in me."
They continued to exchange blissful and love filled kisses outside of the gates of Cross Academy, which was currently housing the homecoming ball that all the students looked forward to year after year. After they had finally broken their body apart and her heart began to beat at a normal pace, Yuki smiled up at her dear friend and said, "Let's go inside. We still have a job to do remember." Zero was frustrated but simply chuckled at the response to his passionate gift of affection, shrugging his shoulders and grunting, "Alright, alright."
The eyes of what seemed to be every student was glued onto Yuki Cross and Zero Kiryu as they stepped into the ballroom hand and hand. Yuki was dressed in her fine black dress and Zero with his flower pinned uniform, a quirky couple that just seemed to work. Perhaps it was the way that her hand fit perfectly in his, or the goofy smile across the boy's face that no one in the room had ever seen before. "I can't believe it," he heard a girl to his left gush to her date as they walked through the crowd, "Wasn't Yuki here with Kaname Kuran?" Yuki could feel her blood pumping fiercely through her veins, not from the present thirst she felt but rather in reaction to all of the comments that dug at her as she strode through the swarm of people on the arm of Zero. She was only snapped at out her trance when she felt a slight squeeze on her fingers and heard Zero say through his teeth, "It will be alright." His voice was so soft that only she could hear, and the words were enough to make her smile an equally goofy smile.
"This looks good," he said blankly. The two had stopped in the dead center of the ballroom and Yuki turned to him confused, releasing his grasp and watching as his lavender eyes scanned the people who surrounded them. He looked back down to her and finally said with a smile, "We can keep an eye out while having a dance ourselves, yes?" The request was something that Yuki had never expected to hear come from Zero's mouth, but she was learning to expect the unexpected when it came to him. Perhaps he wanted to show her off, or maybe he just wanted to feel closer to her again. Whichever the reason, Yuki took his hand again and allowed the man to guide her into a sweet embrace. The couple slowly began to dance.
The scent of him overwhelmed Yuki's nostrils as she rested her head slowly to his shoulder and allowed her body to rock back and forth in his firm grip. Even as a mysterious creature of the dark, she managed to trip over her own feet left and right, and was only able to keep up when Zero paused and slowly lifted her feet onto his. Her white flats scuffed up his uniform shoes but the boy could care less, for he continued to dance through the ballroom with his beloved Yuki in his arms. "You're quite the dancer, Zero!" She said happily as they strode among the various couples surrounding them. Even the night students had stopped to stare for a moment when the unlikely pair strode past them. "And you're quite the beauty tonight," Zero said gently. Their eyes had connected for a split moment before Yuki nuzzled her face against his neck. At first, he felt his heart stop. He couldn't even comprehend the fact that she would want to drink from him now. "Yuki?" He asked huskily. The girl simply lapped her tongue across the thin skin of her throat and instead of biting, she planted a single kiss onto him. She claimed him. Though the moment was enough to cause him to stop dancing, Zero slowly started up again but at a slower pace. His face gently nuzzled into her long hair and he hummed to himself, dancing to his own music with her rather than the sounds that filled the ballroom.
"I had you going there, didn't I?" Yuki gushed as she rested the tip of her nose to Zero's, giggling as he locked eyes with her and then ruffling his hair between her fingers. They had only stopped dancing because of a silly fight that had broken out among a few of the girls over who would have the next dance with Hanabusa, and then the two gracefully returned to their place on the sidelines to monitor the action more closely. Zero shrugged her off and could feel the corners of his mouth wanting to lift, but he refused to smile. "How immature," the white haired man said stiffly. He stared out among the crowd and could feel the saucer eyes glued onto him. He finally turned to face the girl and couldn't help but crack a smile when he saw her pouting lips, which she returned almost immediately. "In all seriousness though," she said quickly, "you're such a good dancer! You'll have to teach me."
The night dragged on for hours and though her feet were aching, Yuki refused to leave the ballroom until every single student had left first. Only her and Zero were left to pick up some of the scraps before the cleaning crew returned in the morning, but somehow Yuki always managed to make it a good time. "Another earring over here!" The girl cried out as she ran up barefoot to the vampire, showing him now the third pairless earring she had found in the women's restroom. "Maybe this one is a real diamond, do you think?" She peeked down at her palms, which were cuffed around the jewelry, and smiled. It was like watching a kid in a candy store. "I didn't think you were interested in such things," Zero said as he swept the leftover streamers into his the dustpan in his right hand. Yuki slowly bent down beside him and shoved her hands practically in his face, forcing him to look closer. "I could care less," she said with a smile, "It's just nice to think of the stories behind it. Homecoming is a big deal! One of these earrings could belong to someone's great great great grandmother." She continued to babble on and though Zero could care less, he was just happy to hear her speaking to him again.
Once the work had been finished, the clock overhead just struck one o'clock in the morning. Yuki was sleepy eyed and though Zero was tired as well, he would never allow her to see that. "Come on," he said, "I'll walk you home." Yuki peered up at him as they strode through the entrance way, the look in her eyes pleading for him to reconsider, and he reassured her that it would be alright. He wasn't afraid of Kaname, not him or his blood sucker minions. "Fine," Yuki said, "but you better behave yourself."
The walk to the night class mansion type building seemed to zip by faster than it ever had before for Zero. They had talked the entire way and when the house came into view, he felt the girl's grip loosening on his hand as if she wanted to let go. He refused to give up her grip. "A night that I actually don't want to end. How strange," Zero said under his breath as they began walking up the front steps. Yuki stopped to say, "I think this is far enough," but Zero continued until they were standing face to face right in front of the doorway. "Don't worry," he said. Their eyes connected and though he expected her eyes to soften, they were fear stricken instead. "I understand," he said in a low voice. "You don't want me around when he is here. And Yuki, that hurts more than anything that I can't be with you always." The tension between them began to ease and Zero took the opportunity to steal a kiss from her gentle lips. As he drew back, he said, "But there is no one else I rather be hurt by than you. If I have to hurt for the rest of my life, so be it." Little did he know, Yuki's ears weren't the only ones that the sweet words had fallen on.