The Story of an Unusual Pureblood Vampire

Chapter Three: A Hunter's Feelings

Snow's P.O.V.

The handsome blonde, Takuma, and I walked to the Headmaster's office in silence until we were most of the way there. I could no longer take the deafening silence, so I broke it.

"Thank you so much for coming with me. I know Hana worries for me because of mother... But I also want him to enjoy his time here... And I know he misses his cousin, he use to talk about him all the time. Then he just... stopped. I think it hurt him to not see him anymore..." I trailed off from my rant.

Walking next to me, Takuma started laughing.

I looked at him in confusion. "What's so funny?"

"Well, for one thing, you are adorable when you rant-" I blushed at that "-And I think he probably felt annoying always talking about Akatsuki. Your mother always told Hanabusa he never knew how to be quiet about Akatsuki. Hanabusa always looked up to him, though Akatsuki often picked on him," said Takuma.

I smiled, and wondered to myself what kind of way Hana felt toward Akatsuki. It didn't seem to be the cousin type of feelings... but what did I know?

I looked at him then back to where we were walking and saw the office door. Takuma saw it too. He closed the remaining distance between him and the door, then knocked lightly.

After hearing a voice from within say "Come in", he turned the doorknob and pushed the door open.

"Snow~!" came a sing-sing voice from inside the room. "And... is that Ichijou with you? Where is Hanabusa?"

"I sent him off to spend time with his cousin. So Takuma-kun agreed to walk me here... How... have you been, Uncle Kaien?" I grinned.

He skipped to me in a way only he did. Since he and Uncle Toga had officially started dating, he acted more like himself. He wore his hair down, rather than pulled back in a hair tie. It made him look much more attractive. Which is why mother told me a ton of Day Class girls had gained sudden crushes on him.

He wrapped his arms around me and gave me a tight hug. Of course I hugged him back. How could I not?

"I've been well. And you?" He paused. "You have grown up so much. Since I last saw you... You were equal to ten then, I believe."

"Yeah. I was. That was a while ago. I missed you all." I smiled. "And I wanted to smack Kaito when I saw him earlier... He suddenly stopped visiting me... And I... really missed him... I was depressed for a while..."

Takuma's P.O.V.

I heard the tone in her voice. It was more than just the care for a friend... It was love. At first I thought brotherly love, but... as I saw her sadness covering her face... I knew I was wrong. She really loved him. Perhaps she didn't realize it... But either way. I know it hurt me. I sighed on the inside. I couldn't help it. I just met her today... but I liked her already.

I stared at the floor to make sure I wasn't intruding on this conversation. It was really none of my business who she felt for.

"Yeah, he was here a while ago. Screaming bloody murder at Toga and I, because we didn't inform him of your arrival. He seemed flustered. Had you called him by that nickname he dreads?" Kaien Cross asked.

Her giggle was as beautiful as wind chimes. "Yes, of course I did. That's what I always call him."

"So I called you here to simply see how your first night of class was. So? How was it?" The Headmaster questioned.

"It was what I'd expect. Wonderful. I had a good time and there was a lot of stuff I already knew," Evelyn answered.

"Of course. With that brilliant mind of yours, I would expect nothing less from you."

I decided to stay out of it and waited outside so they could talk.

As I waited outside, I kept thinking to myself 'There's no way she can like me, she loves him.' And I'd immediately think 'She could still like me. I hope she does.'

A few minutes later, I saw someone walking toward the office.

At first the shadows in the halls made it difficult to tell who it was. However, as he drew closer I realized I knew the form.

It was him. Kaito... I sighed to myself. What was he doing here?

He never said a word to me, just came up beside me and knocked on the door.

Kaien opened it. "Kaito! What a pleasant surprise!"

Kaito glared at Kaien. "Is Snow here? I didn't see her at the crossover."

"Yes, I called her in to see how her first night of classes had gone. Did you want to see her?" Headmaster Cross asked him.

Kaito glanced at me out of the corner of his eye, then looked back at Kaien Cross.

"Actually, I was hoping her guard dog and this one would let up. At least long enough so I could walk her back to the Moon Dormitory."

At "this one", he nodded at me. For the third time I sighed inwardly. I figured I should probably give them some time to catch up. However, I wasn't sure if I should trust him. Especially since Hanabusa was expecting me to come back with Snow.

After a minute of thinking this through, it also dawned on me that I probably didn't trust him because I was jealous. I could tell how she felt for him, and I was afraid this alone time with Kaito would remind her how she felt.

"I'll go and you can walk her back," I found myself saying. I thought, 'It's really her choice who's she's with.' I finally noticed that I hadn't heard Snow say anything in a bit so I looked over at her. She was staring at the floor and seemed a bit sad.

Snow's P.O.V.

As I heard what Takuma said, I felt like he was doing this as a way to give me privacy with Kaito. I felt a little ashamed, because it made me realize that Takuma must know I was in love with Kaito. And, therefore, thinks I couldn't possibly like him. Or perhaps I was wrong and he didn't like me.

I was quite a bit sad that Takuma wanted to leave me, though. But I would let him keep his pride.

I looked up at Kaito and placed a big grin on my face.

"Okay, Kaito-chan. You can walk me back," I smiled more.

Kaito walked out of the room to wait. I walked up to Uncle Kaien and gave him one last big hug before I left him for the night.

"Thank you for worrying about me. I love you, Uncle." I smiled as I hugged him.

"If anything goes wrong or you need anything, just let me know, Snow. Alright?" Uncle asked in response.

I nodded and walked over to Takuma. "And thank you very much for walking me here to give Hana time with his cousin. I really appreciate it... I'll see you back at the dorms...?" I asked. "Maybe we can study the homework together?" I smiled slightly at him. I needed any excuse I could get to spend time with him.

He nodded. "I would be absolutely happy to study with you. I will see you when you get there." He said, then he excused himself and left.

"Goodbye, Uncle." I said and left with Kaito.

For about five minutes, we walked in silence. I didn't really know the way back to the dorms yet, but I knew we must be taking the long way around. I was about to strike up a conversation when we entered a clearing with a fountain in the middle.

Kaito walked over to the fountain and looked back at me. "Do you mind if we sit and talk for a bit?" He asked in a sort of bored tone. I could not tell what was on his mind, but something must be bothering him.

"Of course," I nodded as I sat down on the edge of the fountain. He sat next to me. "What do you want to talk about...?"

He sighed looking at his hands, now resting in his lap. "Well... I want to talk about... The reason I stopped visiting."

I felt my heart begin to race. I thought for sure that he had stopped visiting because he hated what I was, and I did not want to here him say that.

Kaito's POV

As soon as the words left my mouth, I saw the change in Snow's demeanor. Her beautiful face became cloaked in a blank expression that only purebloods could pull off. I could tell she was uncomfortable and I could guess why.

I had suddenly stopped visiting without any rhyme or reason that she knew of. She must have assumed that I hated her at that point, which of course could never be true.

"Snow, I can see in your eyes that you are uncomfortable... I can only imagine the horrible things that must have run through your mind when I no longer came to visit you and your parents..." I said softly and paused.

She looked down and began to play with the end of her skirt. "Kaito... You really don't have to explain this to me... I forgave you a while ago... So please, don't worry. I don't-"

She was rambling, a nervous habit she got from her mother.

I interrupted her. "Snow. Please. I have been struggling with this for a while. The guilt has been eating away at my mind. I don't just want to tell you. I need to tell you. Otherwise, I feel like I will explode. I can't hold it in anymore."

She sighed and nodded, but she still did not look up from the bottom of her skirt.

"Snow... There were quite a few reasons that I stopped visiting. The first one is that the society began giving me a lot more assignments, and in truth... I was kind of using that as an excuse to hide the real reason..."

I stopped and took a deep breath. I couldn't believe I was finally going to tell her this.

"Snow... The other reason, is that when you began to get older, I could see that you were growing into a beautiful young woman... And I was getting these strange feelings that I could not explain. I had never felt them before... The feelings I am speaking of... are love. I fell in love with you, Snow..."

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