Nearly 2 years later
Yeah. Nearly.
One year has past since I had met Kaname, but not much has happened. Well, not much as in 'nothing out of the ordinary'. Nini has been quite active, and I hate it. I've taken a habit to sleeping in the same bed as Kaname.
Actually, I almost always have to sleep close to him. Ever since my left eye had been destroyed, I have been emotionally sensitive with Nini, and almost always gave into her taunting. I woke up by jerking my body up from bed, or wherever my I was resting, and my cheeks turned into my own personal Nachi Falls, but that was at the first few months.
Luckily, after that stage, the only thing that happened was my eyes opened as far as they could and few tears escaped as I gasped for air. I'm still at that stage.
"Hime-sama?" My train of thought had ended as Takuma called my... 'name'. I was currently in the garden with Takuma and Kaname. We had just finished lunch with Ichiou and Takuma was reading manga and talking to Kaname and me about manga, at the same time.
"Ah, yes?" He looked up from his manga and his emerald eyes trained on my one black eye. Kaname was looking at me as well.
"You spaced out. I had to call you more than once." Really? I didn't know I could be out of it. Or, at least, that out of it. Most of that just happened in books and anime.
"Oh, sorry. I guess I do that." Wait, that was stupid answer. 'I guess I do that'? I just did it, of course I- ... Never mind.
"Um... I was going to ask if you wanted to read the new manga I got." New manga? I wonder what it is! Maybe I can read it with Kaname and he'll actually be interested instead of having an annoyed look.
I nodded. I could still 'feel' Kaname looking at me. "Sure! What's it about?"
He smiled widely, as usual. "You'll have to read to find out." I looked over to see Kaname looking in the opposite direction now, at a rose bush. All the roses were smooth and unbruised, of course, except one. It was wilted, it's once beautiful red petals and calming sent are now replaced by an unmistakable brown color that was spread to the middle. If the flower was touched, it most certainly would break. Every beauty has to die.
In my opinion, it wasn't black or grey that meant 'death', but the brown on the wilted rose. It seems to happen to everything. Like when Kaname was awakened, his skin was that same, exact color.
"Ne, Kaname, would you read it with me? The manga." Takuma handed me the book, but I kept my gaze on Kaname. He looked back at me, his mask as thick as ever.
But I could see through it.
He nodded. "Yume, we should go back inside. It looks like it might rain, and it's getting colder." I smiled
"Okay." I gathered the 5 volumes of manga that Takuma handed me and sat up.
"Aw, leaving already?"
"Yes. Me and Kaname are going to read manga, right?" I looked over at Kaname, who was watching us as I sat up and pushed in the metal chair to the small table. We were under a patio. It had several small tables and one big table near the right side, or 'right' from my angle.
"Ever since Kaname came to live here, you both have almost never left each other's side." His smile wavered. "I wonder what happened." It was silent for a moment, until I walked up to Takuma and enveloped him in my arms. "Yume?" I smiled at him and patted his head as I pulled away.
"I just get along with him well." I looked back at Kaname and saw him smiling. It was small, but it was true.
"Well, go ahead and tell me what you think of the manga." He waved at us as we departed for my room.
I opened the door to my room and heard Nini humming some weird tune. She's been doing that for a while, and I don't think it's a song I've heard before. I just ignored her as we walked in.
Kaname spoke. "Nini, stop humming, it's annoying."
Why should I listen to you, thief? He sighed heavily. You stole my precious girl from me, so I'll do the exact opposite of what you say. Humph.
Wow. No wonder she's so childish, she's me. I think it took a bit to long for me to figure it out.
"Nini, if you say that you want to be the only person there for her, take away all her loneliness, why do you hurt her so much?" He balled his fists up. A few weeks into our 'blood bond' (Well, not really since I didn't drink his blood. Much less any blood), Kaname had started tearing up Nini, mostly just wripping her arms and head off. But after that, she talked to me only in my head when I was awake, and not the bunny, so we ended up fixing her every time. She's got sloppy stitches on every limb she has now.
Kaname thinks it has something to do with how everyone knows that tearing someone's head off kills them, so if something we create that isn't real has something like their head torn off, we're used to thinking that they're dead, so we would hear their voices in our heads. Well, our voices in our heads.
But for some reason, Kaname can't hear that. He also thinks that's because when I first created Nini, I put her into a stuffed rabbit, something everyone could see. But using his powers to tap into my mind along with blood to strengthen that, he can know what I'm feeling, and because I'm projecting Nini's voice outward at everyone, like yelling, instead of having a voice in my head. Anyone can hear it if I had a sort of bond with them, like Kaname.
He says that because Kaname is a pureblood, like me, that strengthens the bond even more, but because I'm so different from a normal pureblood, to hear Nini, you have to be a pureblood. Kaname's really good and spot on with theories.
No wonder he's a scientist, er, whatever he is.
That's her problem, not mine. She can't even control her emotions, and if she can't, that's where I come into the picture. If she cries, I'm mad. If she's mad, I'm more mad. Everything she does affects what I do.
He scoffed. "You may be a part of Yume, but that doesn't mean I'll give you the same respect I give her. Everyone has what other people would call a bad side, she just happened copy and paste that part of her onto her stuffed bunny."
I grabbed his sleeve with my free hand. "Kaname, can we not argue? Please, let's just read..." I looked down at the books in my hand. In big words read Tokyo Ghoul. "Tokyo Ghoul." His mouth was slightly agape, but it closed into a small smile and he nodded.
I smiled brightly at him. I looked over at Nini after I set the manga down on my bed. "Nini, you get to go the special place."
Eh?
"The bathroom!" I picked her up and felt like she was struggling, almost.
Oi! Oi! I don't wanna go in the bathroom! I wanna keep to talking to the little bastard over there!
"Too bad!" I threw her at the shower wall and quickly closed the door.
I leaned my back on the door and sighed lightly. After my little break, I looked over at Kaname who had picked up volume 1 of Tokyo Ghoul.
"So, should we start reading?" I smiled and nodded.
"Yeah!"
After about an hour of reading 5 volumes and talking about it, I got a little nervous. It was about ghouls who were kind of like vampires, but they ate human flesh. Anyone in my position would feel the same way if you were reading a book about almost cannibalism with your bestestestest friend who was the only person who knew about you being an almost cannibal. And yes, he is my bestestestest friend!
After we finished, Kaname spoke up. "Yume, this manga gives me idea."
I looked up at him. Currently, Kaname was lying on his back while I rested my head on his stomach, twirling my hair around my finger.
"What kind of an idea?" Kaname, what do up you have up your sleeve?
He put his right hand on my head and started to pet me. Hmmm, maybe my hair really is that soft.
"I had an idea about what you would eat in the… near future." He stopped petting. It was a sort of sensitive subject. He kept saying that he would never call it my eating problem because it's no problem for him. But I would argue back with, 'it's a problem if I bite your head off!'.
"In Takuma's manga, the white haired man from Anteiku took Kaneki with him to get the human flesh." I'm starting to see where this is going. "They found the flesh from suicide victims. So... do you think we could do something like that... when the time comes?" He looked over at me worriedly.
I have to admit, it's a pretty good idea. But the problem is that those kind of things aren't really anywhere around here. Where we live, I mean.
"But, the location is a problem." I mumbled.
He smiled, probably relieved that I hadn't gotten mad at him or something. Why would I?
He nodded. "That may be so, but with a little research, I'm sure we can find a good place." I nodded, smiling widely. He had a questioning look. "What is it?"
I laughed. "Well, you should tell Takuma-kun that, for once, you liked on of his manga."
He chuckled. "I guess I will." I stopped my small laughs and everything was quiet for a few minutes. It was a comfortable silence, not an awkward silence you wish to break and then say something stupid to make it even more awkward.
"Ah, Yume, I forgot to tell you, me and Takuma are going to visit my friends, Aido Hanabusa and Kain Akatsuki. Would you like to come with us?" Why wouldn't I?!
I mean, I get to possibly make new friends and I would never want to be left alone here, some people might say Ichiou is here, but that's just another reason to leave.
I nodded my head vigorously before sitting up and catching Kaname in fierce hug. "Of course I would!" He was stunned for a moment, but hugged me shortly after that half a millisecond shock.
"Good. We leave at 01:30, it is a 30 minute drive."
"Yume." A small groan belonging to a six year old could be heard throughout the black car. "Yume."
"Nini, shut up." I turned my head to the opposite side.
"Yume, I most definitely am not Nini. And we are close to the Aido Mansion." I opened my eyes, giving up. More because I don't think I can talk to people if I'm half asleep. I moaned and sat up straight.
"Ah, I'm glad you're awake now, Yume." I groaned and put my head on Kaname's shoulder.
"Yume, don't fall asleep." He lightly scolded.
"I won't, I promise." I just realized something. "Kaname, Kaname! Guess what?!" He looked down at me.
"What is it?" I beamed at him, almost fully awake now.
"I got really good sleep! Nini, wasn't there, and it was really peaceful."
He smiled at me. "That's good. Maybe she's giving up." Maybe. Probably not, though.
The car stopped. I looked out the window to see a mansion the size of Ichiou's, but it had a bit more flowers in the front of mansion. It made look a bit more like a home instead of a place to unsuccessfully plan how to get a pureblood's blood.
I really hate those people.
The chauffeur called out to us. "Kaname, Hime-sama, we have arrived."
Takuma answered the man politely as he opened the door for him.
"Thank you." Kanme and I got out of door on the opposite side of the car when the chauffeur opened it. For some reason, Takuma likes sitting in the front seat with the chauffeur. He's been doing it in the 1 year I've known him. Almost 2 years, apparently. It's what Kaname told me after we got into the car.
Now that I'm actually walking up to the mansion, I'm kind of nervous. In my whole life, I haven't met very many people. I can actually count them. Let's see, Julia, Suzaku, Ichiou, Takuma, Kaname, and some people might put Nini somewhere in there, as well. That's in order, and that makes it... 1... 2... 3... 5... potentially 6. I count weird in my head.
But, anyways, in the end, I only trust two of those people. And 1 of them is someone that I've known almost my whole life, sort of. I'm not very sociable, so that doesn't help.
I just hope it goes well.
My thoughts were ended when I heard a door open. "Kaname-sama, Takuma-kun, please, do come in. Luka, Rima, Senri, Hanabusa and Akatsuki are in the garden." She had a violet dress and long blonde hair. She looked over at nearby woman with glasses, a black dress and pearl necklace. I wonder if it's real pearls.
Kaname spoke to her as we walked inside. "Thank you, Mei." She smiled as her long, blonde curls fell over her shoulder. She had really pretty eyes. It reminds me of ice that froze over a pond in the freezing winters. Then leaves get stuck in the ice, their stem sticking up in the ice. Well, now I'm just getting off track.
"And may I ask who this is?" She looked over at me curiously.
I bowed my head. "Hello, miss. My name is Yume." Her eyes widened slightly, her small smile dropping.
"Oh, Hime-sama. I... didn't notice... Do you live with Ichiou?" I nodded my head. I really hate that title, 'Hime-sama'. Everyone else either is called by their last of first name. Why can't I be called at least 'Yume-sama'? I wouldn't even mind if they called me 'Yume-san' or 'Yume-chan'.
"Ah, Momoyama-san, please bring our guests to the garden." A butler closed the door behind us.
Momoyama nodded her head and turned to us. "Please, come right this way." She turned around and we followed as she walked deeper into the mansion.
My grip tightened as I held Kaname's hand in mine. We had just entered the door going into the garden, and I was already sweating. It wasn't even 30 seconds ago that I had entered into the Aido's home.
Momoyama spoke from behind us. "The children are just up ahead. Would you like the maids to bring tea?"
Takuma shook his head and spoke. "Thank you, no." Momoyama nodded her head and left.
As we started to walk down the stone pathway, I shook Kaname's hand. He looked down at me.
"What is it?"
I hesitated slightly. "What are... What are these people like?"
He smiled and looked back ahead. "They are people I trust, and I hope you will come to trust them, as well."
After a few seconds, we stopped at a big, oak tree. There were 5 children around mine and Kaname's age. A boy with blonde hair and icy eyes like Mei's had another boy on his right side with wild fiery orange/red hair and burning eyes. The blonde one must be Aido Hanabusa.
On Aido's left side was a girl with sandy hair and eyes. Across from them were a boy and girl eating what looked like pocky.
The girl had a lighter shade of orange hair than the boy next to Aido. She had light pale blue eyes that didn't look quite like Aido's. Her orange reminded me of... Uh... oranges. The boy had red/purple hair and the same shade of eyes as the girl.
They all seem familiar, but I don't recall ever meeting them.
"Hello, Rima, Luka-chan. Aido, Akatsuki, Senri-kun." Oh, I recognize them. From Kaname's memories, I remember hearing those names. His most trusted friends. Though, I didn't really recognize them when Mei said their names.
Oh well.
Takuma tried to push me from behind Kaname, but I didn't budge. He sighed. "Hime-sama, please come and meet our friends." I peeked from behind Kaname, squeezing his hand with mine.
Kaname started to gesture with his hand. "I believe you know about them, would you like to introduce yourself?"
Yeah! Finally more chapters. I'm uploading one more chapter shortly after this. Sorry there isn't more after the longer wait. m(_ _)m Is that how you do the emoji? Anyways, I would have at least one more chapter, but I accidentally deleted it half way through. I am starting to REALLY hate that delete button in notes. Why is it at the TOP of the page? DAMNIT!
Ahem, sorry. And, question, anyone else really like JTHM? Er, yeah. I started watching Invader Zim again, and a few things reminded me of it. I don't know how Vasquez ever made a children's show. So, hope you enjoyed, more author notes in next chapter, and blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
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Any positive or negative criticism is welcome. Just... don't do... (sigh), hopefully you get it by now. If you don't, I don't know why you skipped all the other chapters.
I do NOT own Vampire Knight. Only the words on this page and my OCs,Tsukiku Julia, Suzaku, and Yume/Nini.