I felt so safe, so secure, so warm in Kaname's arms. He was taking me to my room to help clean me up. We hadn't said a word to each other since he put me in his arms. Thought, it wasn't awkward. It was a comfortable silence that no one wanted to break.
When we arrived at my room, Kaname opened the door slightly with his foot and the rest with his shoulder. I snuggled closer into his chest.
He looked around the room for something. What was he looking for? I realized it was the bathroom when he walked towards a dark room that was hard to see what was inside. When I had first unpacked my things, I had thought I had no bathroom, since I didn't in the Tsukiku mansion.
He walked in and searched for the light switch as h set me down in a chair next to the sink. He turned on the light and looked back at me with a small smile.
"I'm going to get you extra cloths, okay?" I nodded at him with a small smile of my own. He walked out of the room, slightly closing the door behind him. I looked around the room, trying to notice any differences in my vision. I noticed that my field of vision was a bit wider, like I still had two eyes only one of them was... better. I could focus more easily, I guess, and everything looked much, much more sharper.
I actually quite like this new eye.
The bathroom I was currently sitting in had a sink and and extra space on the counters. There's a door that leads to a toilet across the sink. It wasn't a small or big space in the middle, just kind of medium. Further into the room, there was a shower that could fit three people and a big bath that might fit two. I'm starting to think this room wasn't made for a child.
Kaname came back with a small, light green nightgown. He started to fill the bath and test the temperature, while I just sat there and watched him. The whole time, he held a smile.
"Is the water alright?" I got up from the chair and stuck my hand in it. I slowly nodded. "Would be alright if I bathed you?" I looked back at him, a little surprised.
"Are you... alright with it?" He chuckled.
I grumbled at him. "What's so funny?"
"It's just, you're so cute when you blush." I I grumbled again. "I used to always bath Yuuki…" His smile dropped and his eyes looked downcast. "Back at the Kuran mansion." Maybe I misunderstood, maybe it wasn't acting.
I went over to pat his head. I smiled at him, wide and bright, just like I did when I first 'met' him. "It's okay, Kana-chan." He looked back at me.
"Thank you." He moved closer and wrapped his arms around me. We stayed like that for a while until he spoke up. "Do you want me to help you undress?" I shook my head and took my clothes off. He helped me into the shower and grabbed the shower thing. I don't really know much about these things. Oh! It's a shower head!
He took the shower head and got my hair wet. It was cold, but after a bit, it started to feel warm. He grabbed a bar of soap from somewhere and washed my body. That was my favorite soap, it smelled like roses.
After he washed my body, he took the shower head and rinsed all the soap off.
"This may hurt a little." I just nodded my head. He lifted the small pieces of hair that were barely covering the now burnt eyelids. It didn't really hurt, it was just warm. I was so lost in thought, it took me a while to notice anything until he turned off the shower head and put it in its rightful place, the holding thingy.
"Yume, may I look at your eye?" I was wondering which one, but I nodded and he started to look at the burnt eyelids. His eyes looked down after a few minutes. His hair was cover his eyes.
"What's wrong, Kana-chan?"
"You're burns... they won't heal." Is that what he's worried about? I smiled at him.
"I don't mind, really. I can just grow out my hair so it covers it, if it's really that much of a bother."
"It's not a bother. But, I don't want the other vampires to take it as a weakness." That's true. The council was made up of a bunch of idiots. It's all lust for power.
"I don't mind. I have Kana-chan to protect me." I beamed at him and hugged him, even if I got him wet. I looked up to see him smiling as he hugged me.
"We should wash your hair." I climbed into the bath and grabbed the shampoo bottle. He took it from me and started to wash my hair. Eventually, he got to the conditioner and rinsed all of the soap out of my hair. He helped me out of the bathtub and pulled the plug. He helped me dress into the nightgown and grabbed a brush.
"Thank you... for helping me. Well, more like washing me." He chuckled.
"It's fun washing you. It's like washing my own little sister."
"I can be your little sister."
He looked up, as if in thought. "But not all siblings are friends. We should just be friends." I looked up to. I don't know why it was a natural instinct to look up. I knew why he said that. He wasn't saying it, but he was talking about Rido. Of course there's other people, but right now we're being specific. Even if it wasn't really important.
After a few minutes, he started t brush my hair as I looked in a mirror. I was looking at my eye and eyelids. I wonder why my eye chose to be black? Whenever vampires are hungry or use their powers, or just 'cause they want to, their eyes turn red, so does that mean my eye will be just red instead of black, or something else?
And was Kaname right? Will it ever heal?
"Your hair is so soft, like silk." I looked at him in the mirror.
"That's what Takuma said." He looked at me through the mirror, but he didn't stop using the brush. My hair was already free of knots, and it's in order, so I don't know why he keeps brushing. "What does silk feel like?"
He looked a bit surprised, but only for a split second. I'm glad, that around me, at least sometimes he shows how he feels through his expressions. "Well, it feels... soft."
"Soft how?" He looked a little lost. He gave me no answer. I just gave up and sighed.
After he was done brushing my hair, he helped me into bed.
"Well, good night, Yume." He stroked my head and started to walk away until I grabbed his wrist. I'm sure I was blushing like hell.
"Um... can you please... um... stay with me tonight?" His eyes were wide for a second until his face slowly formed the most beautiful smile, ever.
"Sure." He nodded. He got under the covers and I stuffed my head into his chest as his arm wrapped around my head, I held his hand with mine that wasn't sandwiched in between us. "Goodnight, Yume." For once, it didn't take long for me to sleep. I fell asleep, warm and safe, happy and comfortable
Dream
I opened my eyes to see myself standing on the edge of the clock and Nini in the middle (as usual). "Hi, Nini."
She didn't say anything.
"Nini?"
She looked up at me, and before I knew it, she was on top of my face.
I gasped. "Ni... ni?"
She spoke. "What are you doing? I told you to cut out your damn eyeball, not go chat up Kuran Kaname?" I was scared, but I realized that it's still a dream. I gathered my courage and tried to talk.
"A-Are you still thinking about t-the whole loneliness thing? I don't need you if I have Kaname." She laughed, a laughter that I absolutely hate.
"Kaname won't like you once he reads that letter. He'll go and make sure Ichiou has no custody of him, he'll go and live in the Kuran mansion. He'll hate you. And then you'll realize you HAVE only me." She gripped my head.
I started to cry. "N-No he won't."
"Oh? Then why are you so scared of him finding out?"
"I don't know..." She chuckled.
"You're scared of him finding out that you have to kill a human for food." I do. "You're scared because he likes humans. Much, much more than vampires." That's true.
"You're scared that he'll leave you for Yuuki because she's human now."
"I am!"
"I am..." She was right. And after that, I'll be all alone. I'll have to hear Nini's voice of 'comfort', I'll have to live with being hated by other vampires because I'm a weak pureblood who can't continue the line, who's supposed to just watch as everything played out. I'm immortal, and I can't reproduce, so what do I do? Just kill? I don't want to.
I don't want to...
"But you'll have to." I shook my head furiously, throwing off Nini.
"I don't want to! That means I won't!" I collapsed to the ground, hitting the glass with my weak fist, as if it will help me.
"How about this, I can he make sure Kaname doesn't find out."
I looked up at her. What does she want?
"What?"
She sat up to her original position. "Listen closely..."
I sat up in bed p, rubbing my eyes from just waking up. I yawned and looked over next to me. Kaname wasn't there. I looked to the other side of me, seeing it was already 18:00. I guess he already woke up.
...
This silence...
I hate it.
I pulled back the covers and got out of bed quickly.
I'm not up for today.
I was going back to my room after 'afternoon' tea with Ichiou. I hadn't seen Kaname since last night. I wonder where he is? Well, I guess I was the who was avoiding him.
Kaname... I still hope he's alright.
Before this, I hadn't come to breakfast or dinner, so they forced me to come have tea. Why are they so worried if I'm supposed to be a disgrace? I sighed. Well, just because I can't reproduce purebloods doesn't mean I can't give 'em blood. Again, idiots. They're always the leader figures.
I made it to my room and opened the door. I was ready for a nap, even if I had slept in. I rubbed my eye and closed the door, with my eyes slightly closed, until I heard a voice.
"Yume?" I gasped, my eyes widening. Why was he here? Of all people why is Kaname here?
"K-Ka... Kaname? What are you doing here?" I was surprised until I looked into his hands, and found my answer.
He had read the letter!
So, new chapter! I know it's short, but I'm uploading 5 after anyways, so... yeah. And I'm working on one chapter of the Shizuka, OC one, but only one chapter, and then if people like it, I'll continue it. Also, I know that the way I write might not fit Kaname's personality so it might not seem like him. I'm not perfect, or Matsuri if you haven't noticed, so pleased don't hate me for that. And, I might write D. Gray-Man Fanfiction. But there's no reason to ruin the masterpiece that is D. Gray-Man! I think I said that somewhere but I don't remember where. Oh well! And I really need to stop 'talking' so much about other anime. Sorry. That's how otakus work.
Well... is it good?
I do NOT own Vampire Knight, only my OCs Tsukiku Julia, Suzaku and Yume/Nini.