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Rated M: Sexual Themes

Chapter Five:

"To be more than a thought and less of a word"

"What the fuck did you do to Yuuki, Kuran?"

Zero shouted as he pushed Ichijo out of his way and pointed the Bloody Rose at the pure-blood. Despite his anger, his voice was eerily calm and his grip on the trigger firm.

Completely unfazed Kaname moved from the shadows of his bedroom and into the moonlight. He barely regarded the silver-haired boy as he gazed out the window.

"Kiryu, did Headmaster Kaien never teach you to knock?" He remarked just as calmly back before he finally turned around.

"Answer the damn question vampire!"

"How dare you point that thing at Kaname-sama. Put the gun down Kiryu!" Ichijo shouted from across the room.

"I think you've forgotten who you are, and to whom you are speaking to, vermin" Kaname spat at him as he was suddenly in front of the boy. Zero's precious gun was out of his hands and flung disregarded in mere seconds. Just as easily as his gun was flung through the air, so was Zero as his back hit the wall and Kaname's firm fingers gripped his throat.

Kaname leaned in until his lips were practically on his ear as he whispered through clenched teeth,

"If Yuuki didn't love you as much as she does, I'd kill you."

Zero easily scrambled out of his deathly grip but found himself kneeling on the floor before the pure-blood king.

"Why ever did you think you had the right to claim what is, and always will be mine?" Kaname shouted for the first time. His hand trembled slightly as he forced Zero into a kneeled position.

"She doesn't love you,"

Zero shouted from the ground, his whole face was being ground further and further into the hardwood by Kaname's tight grip. Why the fuck can't I move my body?!

"And you think she loves you Kiryu? She pities you."

His laugh was sarcastic and his eyes gleamed with anger right as he slapped Zero square in his face.

"You know Kiryu, I've been holding back on punishing you for far too long. You prance among the day class humans as if you were one of them. You were never one of them. Your barely one of us. Open your eyes, foolish child and see how sensitive Yuuki is to your pathetic weak existence. She doesn't love you. She lets you drink her blood because your dangerous, and you know it. She gave you her innocence. Her innocence, of all things!"

Kaname leans down and grips Zero's hair, forcing him to look at him.

"She doesn't owe that to you too Kiryu, and you definitely don't deserve it. You don't deserve her. You are not fit to be her lover. You have no right to say you love her. She may have run to you in comfort, she may lay in your bed and you may pleasure her under the cloak of night, but she will never be yours. You cannot protect her from the demons in her life. You are the demon. I can't take back what you've done. I cannot purity her from your vile desires. But I will watch with satisfaction when she proclaims her love for me, and casts you aside to repent your sins like the low life that you are. Go tend to my bride Kiryu, as she is in need for your assistance. It won't be long now, before she returns to me. It is in your best interest that you remember that."

The strange force that kept Zero pinned to the ground lifts and Kaname effortlessly pushed him out of the confines of his bedroom.

"Dammit man!" Zero growled as he punched a hole in the wall.

"Stay the fuck away from me," He shouted at the night class as they watched him walk back to the day class dormitory, their red eyes gleaming in the moonlight like fireflies. He was angry—consumed with frustration and hatred for what he had become and who he could never be for Yuuki. He hated that Kaname was right. He was no good for her…that he knew it. Even still he refused to lose her to Kuran— anyone but him. She may not deserve me but hell, he definitely doesn't deserve her. That corrupt, arrogant, bloodsucking bastard isn't as innocent as he comes off either.

"In all honesty, Yuuki's too good for any of us," Zero huffed as he pushed his bedroom door open stripped out of his uniform, replacing it with baggier clothing. But for Kaname to be that riled up, he must have really had a sucky night…

As Zero joined Yuuki in bed, he couldn't resist running his fingers through her soft strawberry scented hair. How do I prove to you that I deserve you, Yuuki? His gaze traveled over her face, mapping out her features for the umpteenth time. He was always watching her, even when she thought he wasn't. Always on the sidelines, acting as her protector even when she didn't need him. She was stronger than she looked, and he'd always loved that about her. Beneath her sugar and spice exterior was a girl cast in gilded bronze. She demanded the attention of others around her without even trying, and he was no exception from her irresistible appeal.

Finally, his lilac eyes landed on her plush pink lips. Oh God how those lips stirred a desire within him that he never knew he could feel. It scared him a little, the things he wanted to do to her…the ways he wanted to fill her and hear her honeyed moans till everyone knew to whom she belonged. He had claimed her yes, but she had not claimed him, and until she did he would respect that his rival had every right to her affection as he did. He would not sway her decision, though his inner demons wanted him to.

Her sweet vanilla scent was coaxing him to sleep and he didn't resist her when she curled up against his chest. As tempting as it was to wake her up and pleasure her until all her sorrows melted away he quickly dampened his traitorous arousal and settled with a chaste kiss on her forehead. Her sweet scent tempted him, her warm touch ached him, her soft snores melted away his resolve and he turned away completely sexually frustrated by the position he'd found himself in.

"Jesus I don't think my hands are gonna cut it anymore after this," He mumbled to himself after making a mental note to ask Yuuki about what happened earlier in the night before he allowed sleep to take him.

Author's Note: It's been a long time. I ain't sorry. *kisses* Review, don't review. You can do whatever you like.