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Rated M: Sexual Themes

"Keep me safe; Keep me sane; Keep me wild"

Chapter Eight

Flashback

"Are you sure this is what you want to do Kaname?" Ichijo asked as he eyed her. Yuuki was sleeping gracefully in Kaname's bed, not much to anyone's surprise, and both he and the pureblood were anxiously waiting for her to open her eyes.

"I'm not sure I understand exactly what you are referring to, Takuma."

Kaname was standing in the moonlight, glancing absently outside the window as he usually did. He seemed calm— eerily calm considering what they walked into just a few hours earlier. Ichijo could only hope this wasn't the calm before the storm.

"You know you can confide in me, Kaname."

Ichijo walked over to the loveseat that faced Kaname's bed and took a seat. Kaname didn't reply so he continued,

"I want to understand your reasoning, sincerely I do. Is it wise to have Kiryu walk among us? He will not be acknowledged as one of our kind." Kaname leaned lazily against the window after he turned around to face one of the very few people he considered his friend.

"What do you suppose I do, Takuma?" Ichijo signed.

"I know how much you care for Yuuki; we all do. And I know I speak for everyone when I say that we would not dare defy you, or intentionally go against your desires…however, I do believe the best thing would be the leave Kiryu within the day class. Surely it would confuse and no less trouble her to have to face the truth."

Kaname racked his fingers through his long hair and closed his eyes. Ichijo watched him bring his hand up and rub his temple. It was a rare occurrence to actually witness Kaname be visually stressed. He felt honored that Kaname still considered him trustworthy to let his guard down.

"I cannot allow him to harm her any further. I understand that there may be a high chance that she may hate me for separating them. It is a risk of utmost priority." He let his glowing red eyes meet his friend, allowing him the chance to witness the pain in his voice as he whispered utterly defeated,

"I love her Takuma…I refuse to lose her regardless of if she hates me after I put him through trial or not." He walked over to the bed and sat by her side. She unconsciously curled closer to his touch as he ran his warm fingers through her hair.

"I will not betray her…"

The way he said it made Ichijo feel as if he were trying to comfort himself, as if he wasn't confident that he had not already betrayed her. Ichijo could only hope that Yuuki would not take Kaname's decision as negatively as it seemed. She had already rejected him once this week and despite how well Kaname was taking it, he wasn't sure how much longer the pureblood could continue to feign indifference. The clock was always ticking, but even his patience was wearing thin. Could she really be so blind to the fact that Kaname was helplessly in love with her? He couldn't fathom that that might simply be the case here.

"You are our king. You don't have to put him through trial. Your word is law." Kaname shock his head no.

"As I am well aware, Takuma. I want her to really understand the gravity of his sin. If this does not enlighten him on how serious the crime of drinking her blood was, I will be forced to resort to more effective ways." His tone turned very dark but his face remained completely passive. Kaname let his finger trail down the side of her face to her lips, where his touch lingered, before they grazed the two pink puncture marks on her neck. When he leaned forward to kiss it he felt gentle hands weave themselves around his torso. He motioned for Ichijo to leave them before he met her tearful brown eyes.

"Kaname-sama" She uttered quietly through her sniffles. She didn't bother wipe her tears away, and they flowed freely down her face. She was studying him with those curious, beautiful eyes that he adored, so he took the time to study her as well. The white in her eyes were slightly pink in hue, her cheeks were flushed and her thick black lashes were damp and clumped together. Somehow it made her seem more innocent and pure than he already knew her to be and he could feel his heart literally quicken its once steady pace. She had her bottom lip trapped between her straight white teeth and he had to resist the urge to lick her plump lips. The mere sight of her was enticing him and he could feel his fangs quiver from anticipation. He bit back the moan climbing up the back of his throat. There were wet streaks on her cheeks where her tears trailed and he wanted nothing more than to kiss all her troubles away.

"Don't cry Yuuki," He mumbled sweetly as he lovingly caressed her cheek. She knew he was only trying to reassure her, but regardless, her heart would not succumb to his comfort. Being in his arms, tangled in those sheets that smelled overwhelmingly like him, made her heart ache. She had dreamed of the night of her birthday when they were talking in the field together. Every time she would finally find the courage to tell him that she loved him, that she had already chosen him from the beginning, he would disappear and she found herself reliving the horrifying experience of desperately chasing after him over and over again. She wasn't expecting to wake up in his arms below him—yet her heart rejoiced when she did.

"I'm so sorry. I know that you hate Zero for the things that we've done together but I wish you wouldn't. I don't have any regrets for giving myself to him. Zero is not just my friend but he's family and I will always do whatever I can to help him. He is not always the easiest person to be around but he has a good heart."

There was an undeniable fire in her eyes that consumed him and made him hesitate on stressing his disapproval of their actions. In that moment, he realized that Yuuki was not a little helpless girl anymore. She was becoming her own woman who could make her own decisions without the need to justify them to him. He had to remind himself that if the love he valued so highly for her were true, then he would respect her choices regarding who she gave her affections to.

"I know I don't deserve to love you but I do. I think I've always loved you long before I even knew what love was. I've been struggling with my feelings for you both for a long time because I always believed that it was not right to love the both of you. But now I have come to terms that this is what it's going to be. That it's ok to love Zero, just as its ok to love you too." She reached her hand up to push his long bangs out of his eyes.

"K-Kaname!" She cried out when he gripped her tightly in a hug. His head was nuzzled perfectly in the junction where her neck met her shoulder and the tingling of his hot breathes hitting her bare skin was causing that familiar tingling sensation to bubble forth from between her thighs. Her whole face turned red. It was embarrassing that such a simple action could make her dizzy.

"You don't know how long I've waited for you to tell me you love me, Yuuki" His voice was so soft she couldn't believe her ears didn't have to strain to hear him. It was not often that she got to see him be emotional and she was glad he allowed himself to be that way around her for once.

"I-I've been meaning to ask why you disappeared that night. When did you realize that you feel in love with me?" She questioned nervously. She had always assumed that he loved her the way a father would love his child. That he saw her as a child, one to comfort and protect.; that it was just his duty to do so and that was why he lingered by her side. She'd always felt guilty that her own weaknesses and insecurities were the reason he would act the way he did around her. It was clear that her previous thoughts were entirely wrong.

"I didn't fall in love with you, Yuuki. I walked into love with you, eyes wide open, chin held high, choosing wholeheartedly to take every step along the way. Fate and destiny are intertwined and I believe that we are fated to be together. That we are fated to make the choices that we make and we'd always choose to do them anyway. And I'd choose you, in a thousand lifetimes, in a thousand worlds, in every reality I find myself reborn into— I will find you and I will choose you. In a perfect world, I would simply love you. In this imperfect world, I worship you. And I am not ashamed. With you, it is all the same. In all these years, nothing has changed. It has always been you, Yuuki." He confessed,

"Why did you disappear that night…" She repeated and waited patiently as he contemplated her question.

"…because loving you comes in waves. That night… I was downing."

She gasped at the depth of love in his red-brown eyes. And the way he looked at her was so intense, his big glowing red eyes probing into her, as if he approved of everything she held inside. She felt as if a force was pulling her body closer and closer to him very time she was around him and yet she couldn't quite put her finger on it. But she gave into the feeling as her lips collided with his and was utterly consumed by the strength of his passion. His moans vibrated in her mouth and the sensations traveled everywhere they could reach, as is he were in her bloodstream, pumping her body with ecstasy. His hands were everywhere, exploring all of her and she tentatively followed his lead. And when he pulled away from her, reduced to a panting mess, with his hair disheveled and his self-control abandoned, she realized he was the most beautiful creature to have ever walked this earth, and there was nothing more that she longed for than to walk right beside him as his equal.

"And you shall" He confirmed, his voice a deep husky rumble. Her eyes widened when she realized that she had actually spoken her thoughts aloud. He admired her the way a blind man admired the sun for the very first time—She brought him color. She gave him light. She felt his warm lips trail over her neck. She knew what he wanted. And for once she didn't feel nervous...she didn't feel obligated. It felt right. So she leaned her neck further left, exposing more of her fair skin to his delight. He lapped longingly at her skin, his hands trembled as they held her face still. She could hear his heartbreak roaring from her acceptance. She merely smiled at her own.

"Just say the words Yuuki. Say the words and I'm all yours" He breathed hotly in her ear. He smothered her with kisses along her neck and she could feel the delicious sting of his fangs as they scrapped her heated flesh.

"I'm all yours" She moaned when he pressed closer into her small frame. The warmth radiating off his body was draining her of her energy and her body was overwhelmed with pleasure when she felt a bulge dig into her thighs. She blushed when she realized what it was and why it was affecting her the way it did. Then suddenly her whole body shock violently and her eyes rolled into the back of her head as the most amazing sensation erupted through her body the moment his fangs sank in her neck. It was not like anything she had every felt before. She felt as if their minds had morphed together. As if he had become one with her and she had become one with him and the lines that could have separated the two dissolved away with each gulp he took.

"Kaname!" She cried as she orgasmed right beneath him. She somehow brought her hands up to caress his face as he continued to drink from her, his moans of pure pleasure deafening her. He was bucking steadily into her body and she weaved her hand down to cup him through his pants. He choked out her name in a strangled cry as he tore his fangs from her. Instantly she found herself pinned down, and she found that she liked the sight of the hot and needy vampire above her. His eyes were squeezed shut tightly, his head thrown back slightly, his face calm as he allowed his body to succumb to the bliss her touch gave him.

"Oh, God Yuuki," He rasped as he miserably tried to reign back in his traitorous arousal and his deflating self-control.

And then she realized it; finally, she could put her finger on what it was. It was him. He made her feel as if she would fall into the greatest depths. Or crumble into a million tiny pieces. Or melt to molten liquid. Or burst up in flames.

Without a doubt— This love of his would drive her insane.

They were together at last.

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