In my hand was a glass, the ruby liquid swishing about in it as I drank from it. The soft moonlight reflected in the cracks in the glass. I could hear Zero hungrily drinking blood from my neck. I sighed and stared at a photograph sitting on the window ledge of my dorm room.

It was taken shortly after I arrived at the Kiryu house. The first family picture that I remember having. I remembered it vividly. But the first time I entered the Kiryu house was stronger. It was my beginning. The first time I entered the house, I hid behind the dress of the caring woman who found me. My hands clutched and clung to the material of her pants since I was scared to let go. I peered from behind her to look at the two boys in front of me. Exactly the same yet different.

To me, they were the same in appearance but different in personality. Like each only had half the emotions of one being. Zero had a gentle side covered by a mask of anger and Ichiru had a jealous side hidden by a gentle face. In the beginning Zero was jealous that I stayed with his mother, as if I had stolen her from him. However, Ichiru was the one that I grew closer to. He was gentler than Zero, even when he knew at times it was fake, covering up his feelings of anger, jealousy and hate. However, he was never jealous of me capturing his mother's attention. He understood what it was like being lonely and why I desired the company. I took care of Ichiru while Zero was taking lessons and my paperwork to adopt me was still being done.

But that past was gone.

I took another sip, the liquid covering my mouth and throat, cooling the rawness that I had. I sat there, thinking about today's series of events.

Half an hour ago~

I was sitting in the corner of my room with the window open. I had been sitting here all day and even skipped classes thinking about the Chairman's and Takashi's proposal. It was risky and I was scared to be alone with Takashi. As I was eating some snacks, I breeze came in and on the wind was the scent of Yuki's blood. Fearful of having the Night Class attacking any more students or sucking Yuki dry, I took out Hogo and jumped from my dorm window and went to search for the source. Finally, I stood in front of the Guest room's bathroom. Yuki's scent was gone and weakening but the smell of blood was still strong. I pushed the door open and found Zero, his face covered with the remnants of Yuki's blood

20 minutes ago~

'You will not drink blood from Yuki.' I said angrily at him, dragging him away from the shower stall I found him in. I backed him into a wall and glared at him. 'She's a Human. She only has a set amount of blood. And she can't replace the blood like we can.' He turned his head away, avoiding my eyes.

I turned his head to focus and sighed. 'Since you don't see me as family,' I felt him cringe under my hands, 'then as a friend, I beg you not to drink any more blood from Yuki.' I looked down and shut my eyes.

'I don't want to see the day where Yuki is on the ground dead because her blood was drained!'

I knew that this really hurt him but if he doesn't stop now, that will be the reality. I looked back up to his face and saw it shocked. 'So, if you can't take blood tablets and you're hungry, you can drink my blood.' I pulled the pack of blood tablets from my pocket and showed it to Zero. 'I can regain the blood that I lose.'

He stared at them and I watched as his violet eyes turning a blood red. I grabbed his shoulders and shook him and watched as his eyes returned to their original colour. I looked around. I had led him to a corridor within the school building. Not a good place to be, especially since the Night Class students are allowed to leave their classroom.

I grabbed his hand and started to take him to my dorm, the only place that I feel it can be safe. As we ran, I caught Kaname looking at me and I looked away. In his eyes, I could see them saying: 'See? Zero will soon be out of control. I knew in my mind that I had to do this. Not only for Zero, but for Yuki as well. I can't have her, one of my best friends, dead because of a rabid Zero. The image of her drained body burned into my mind.

That brought me to where I was now, drinking the musky blood from the glass I was drinking. As I drank in silence, I knew my heart didn't want to do this as I remembered the words of caution that the Chairman told me in secret.

'Be careful, Tsuki. This process may strengthen your control over your vampire side. But it can also do the reverse. There is a chance that this could bring you closer to becoming Level E.'

But out of the corner of my eye, I watched Zero drinking my blood. He would become Level E before me. This is the chance I had to take.