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The sleepy hunter woke up the next day, early morning, by Allen calling him. The American business associate was extremely furious from the lack of contact from his partner; he ended up giving him a painfully long lecture along with heaps of work. Now, late evening of the same day, Zero was driving at full speed towards the Association Headquarters residence building.
he screamed his lungs out talking to himself inside the empty car, "That bully, where in the world do you find a freaking company president swamped with things like end of the year budget check, book management and employees evaluation. I remember clearly having an accountant for that shit as well as the HR department to fire whoever slacks and recruit whoever qualify. But NO! I have to go through their work again because Mister Paranoid does not trust their judgement. Oh! Let's just not mention revising the new contracts to be signed and check proposals for subcontractors, those are among my duties, but did he have to shove all the load on me just because I have been out of action for couple of days. Damnit!" huffed and cursed the hunter "And now I barely had time to swing by Ichiru's place to apologize before I go catch up with Kaien who is already in the freaking association's housing and after that I have to fix those paperwork and look over the same freaking stuff I did but for the school this time. Is this some kind of divine retribution or something? Shit!" Whined Zero before pulling in front of the housing and getting inside towards his adoptive father's apartment.
Three hours later, an ex-human with a bad case of migraine entered Cross's house at the academy. Without bothering to turn on the lights or remove his coat, Zero flopped on the nearby couch and let out a huge sigh. His talk with Kaien took forever since the guy would not stop apologizing and explaining things over and over again. "I feel so drained"
Just when he was contemplating the idea of ditching the leftover work and go to sleep, the doorbell rang.
Opening the door after hanging his coat, Zero found Aido on his doorstep holding what looked like a suitcase for some medical supplies.
"Yeo! What's up?" inquired the drowsy hunter,
"Welcome back, you told me this morning that you would be coming today and I have been going back and forth checking if you arrived. You could have at least given me a specific time; this stuff is a pain to carry." Complained the blond haired vampire.
Zero raised an eyebrow because he completely forgot that he even talked to Aido today, he looked at the luggage and asked, "What is that anyway?"
It was now Aido's turn to raise both eyebrows in surprise before furrowing them "Did you even concentrate on what I was telling you, it is time for your routine checkup Zero! I came to take blood samples today and you will have to come tomorrow for CT scan and the other tests in the laboratory."
Zero face palmed himself for forgetting about it. It is something they have been doing regularly for the past five years or so. He sighed then looked at his guest before talking in an apologetic tone "Sorry Hanabusa! The past couple of days have been like a roller coaster, and I just came back completely drained. I do not think it is a good idea to do the checkup with me in this state. Even though you warned me about this before, I am sorry; I have been a mess and could not take proper care of my body for it to be in a stable state for the tests. Can we do it in a couple of days, I would have calmed down by then."
Aido let out an exasperated sigh "I suspected as much when Ichiru told me about what happed that night. I thought you were okay when you talked to me on the phone, but I guess you were distracted even then. Okay, we will deal with it three days from now. And do not try to run away." Finished the blond pointing a warning finger at his friend.
Zero gave him a weak smile and saw him off before he closed the door and went directly to bed not bothering with anything else.
The next day started with Zero waking up earlier than usual and working on what is left of the work that Allen dumped on him. Once done, he grabbed his coffee and headed to the chairman's office in the main building to start another day battling with the paperwork. All the way to the office, the silverette felt like something was nagging at the back of his head but cannot seem to remember what it was; he brushed it off as nothing important and went on with his day.
As soon as he started to concentrate on his work, an overly active brunette came barging in his office. "Good morning Zero! How are you doing today, dear brother?"
The man sitting behind the office continued going through his documents scribbling here and there, completely ignoring his guest.
Yuki puffed her cheeks while putting her hands on her hips. "Zero, come on! If you are angry with me for hiding the truth about Yagari-sensei, I will kneel and apologize. Don't ignore me please; do you want to make your little sister miserable on a happy day?"
Zero threw the papers on the desk, crossed his arm and scowled at his sister:" Yuki, I am not going to tire myself getting angry with every single person who hid the truth form me, so you can forget about it, it is not a big deal anymore. Besides, I know that is not the reason for you coming now when you are supposed to be sleeping. So, out with it, it is creepy when you try acting cute to get something from me."
"You jerk!" hissed the brown-haired woman
"Thanks for the compliment" Zero replied.
"Grr… haah… Anyways, which one do you like best! This shade of pink or this one, I have been through fifteen shades and narrowed down to these two, I just cannot decide." Whined the brunette.
"Seriously Yuki? You are asking me to choose between two shades. Well… here is what I think; they look the same to me. What are they for anyways?"
"Painting for the baby's room"
"Oh great! Of all the things I have been asked to do, this has to be the most hilarious task; choosing the color of the baby's room… Wait… baby's room?" Zeros' eyes widened and he unclasped his folded hands "It's a girl?"
"Yes, we are expecting a baby girl!" beamed Yuki "and guess what, since we have been arguing for too long about the name, Kaname-onii-sama and I decided that her favorite uncle will be the one to choose the name from the list we prepared. You will do it won't you? Please say yes! Please! Please! Pretty please…"
"Alright! All right! Got it! Do not get started with that annoying nagging of yours! I just need to choose a name from the list, right. Here… give it to me and I will decide on it when I am done with work, I will tell you about it tonight. Okay?"
Yuki run around the desk and gave Zero a peck on the cheek with an "I love you, bro" and then ran out of the office after placing the list in front of the stunned hunter. The hunter threw his head backward bumping it on the back of his seat, and then covered his face with both hands "Oh God! What have I done?" He kept one hand on his face and the other reached out to the piece of paper Yuki left. The paper was literally vibrating form how his hand was shaking. Zero let out a dry laugh "What the heck is this, there is at least fifty names written here. Is she trying to kill me?" he threw the paper on the desk again and looked aimlessly around him and then to the ceiling,
"what the heck have you done Kiryuu Zero, just because you were desperate does not mean you had to seduce you sister's husband for fuck's sake!" a voice inside his head reprimanded him again and again.
The hunter pushed the incident with Kaname to the back of his head previously only for it to trigger again, when Yuki blurted his name. At that moment, Zero felt like someone poured ice-cold water on him as realization of his sin dawned on him. "Even if I did not care about her as much as I did in the past. It is still bad no matter how you look at it, and that bastard just took advantage of it and enjoyed himself all night long playing with my body… No! It is of no use putting all the blame on him, I have my share in it too… I seriously lose my cool whenever he is around even though I hate him so much… Damnit! Why did I have to realize this late in the game, how should I face her from now on… Hello Yuki! The favorite uncle that you just begged to bestow the name of your daughter actually seduced your husband into sleeping with him, surprise!.. Like hell, I would say that…
Fuck it! I will just consider as one of my flings and I will soon forget about it. No matter how awesome it was." Zero paused his thinking looking out of the window and then started whining and making a crying face by himself "GAAAH! Damnit! Why did it have to be like that! Why was it that good! No, it is precisely because he is too good that I should never seek him again. Besides, it is not as if I slept with the same person twice before. Why should I do otherwise now, especially with my freaking sister's husband?
Moreover, that euphoria I reached repeatedly that night is too dangerous; I cannot allow myself that much pleasure or my body would get addicted… That is it… I will just forget about it and play dumb if he ever hints to it. If push comes to shove, I will refuse him flat out."
Once he came to his final decision, the hunter resumed his work as if nothing happened. Afterwards, he chose the name "Ai" for his soon-to-be niece, it had a nice ring to it and reminded him of the hopeless crush Yuki had for Kaname during the ten years since he saved her. Lucky for him, Zero did not stumble upon the pureblood all day.
Later that night, when Zero was getting the ingredient out of the fridge, he sensed the aura of a pureblood and froze. "Please don't come here! Please don't come here". A minute later the doorbell rang, "Damnit!" Zero opened the door with the paper Yuki gave him in hand. There stood the last person he wanted to see today, Kuran Kaname.
"Good evening, Zero" greeted Kaname with a smug look on his face.
Zero scowled at the insinuation of being called using his first name "this is going to be a pain" and then answered the greeting "Good evening, KURAN! And that's Kiryuu for you, don't you dare mistake it again"
"Ouch! Already regretting it, aren't we?" smirked the pureblood
"I don't know what you are talking about! I guess you came here to collect the paper for Yuki who is busy teaching, right? Here, I already circled the name I liked."
"'Ai', huh? Yuki is going to throw a tantrum because we ganged up against her" Kaname chuckled and looked at the confused face of the hunter before explaining "I was the one who suggested this name, it kind of reminded me of the affection and love she used to try hiding when still human."
Zero's mouth went slack from the surprise. Not only did Kaname think of the same name as him but it was for the same reason as well. The hunter flustered before he stuttered his next words "Well… You will have to deal with her tantrum and I will not be checking for another name, it was already a headache going through the seventy-two names both of you collected. How did you manage to think of so many anyways?"
Kaname pondered for a minute before answering, "It collected throughout the whole year, we never settled down on one. That is why we had to get your help since the due date is close."
"Well… Thank you for the extra headache! Now, if you will excuse me. Good night Kuran" Zero commented hurriedly before closing the door in the face of the pureblood as he was about to say something. He rested his back against the door and sighed, "Safe".
"I thought I clearly told that I will not allow you to pretend forgetting about it later"
"Wuaaah! What the fuck are you doing! Shit!" The hunter jumped and screamed at the pureblood materialized in front of him inside the house "there will never be enough doors to keep this bastard away because of his teleportation"
"Oh! I am sorry, did not mean to startle you," Kaname answered in an amused tone as he got closer trapping him against the door, enjoying his flustered state.
"So, as I was saying, you are not allowed to pretend to forget about what happened between us like the incident before, you were neither drunk nor drugged. It is useless to deny it," added the brunet with a smooth voice as he placed his palms by the doorframe on either side of Zero's head.
Zero gritted his teeth and hissed at the arrogant pureblood while looking away "I am not pretending to forget as much as I wish to actually forget it. No! To be honest, I wish such a thing never had to happen in the first place"
"Oh! Really?" exclaimed the pureblood "And may I know the reason for that… Could it be that you did not enjoy it as much as I did?" Zero blushed and Kaname smirk widened "Of course that is not the case; you were moaning, writhing and rubbing against me like a kitten in heat… hmm? Was it the aftermath that upset you? Nah, Zero, tell me?" Kaname dragged the last part as he leaned closer and whispered it in Zero's ear, sending shiver down his spine since he used the same aroused voice.
Zero pushed the pureblood back full force, face red with anger and frustration, and started speaking in a menacing tone "Just stop your blabbering already, bastard! So what if we had a night together, so what if you were a fucking god in bed, so what if I was moaning like a bitch. You think you own me now? Stop kidding yourself, who do you think you are? All right! I am not going to pretend to forget about it, okay? However, there won't be a next time either? No matter how good it was, I do not sleep with the same guy twice. So get off your high horse already. We had a great night and that's it, no more." Zero paused to catch his breath "And yeah, you were right about the aftermath. Sex with you is quite inconvenient. Because you went at it like a fucking bull, I had to rest for the next twenty-four hours to recover from that shit. Therefore, no thank you, I do not want to go through that again. Get out!"
Zero finished as he turned around to open the door for the pureblood only to have his arm pulled and back slammed against the wall "What the fumphmmm" Kaname grabbed his chin and forced a deep kiss as soon as Zero opened his mouth to protest. "This piece of shit…" Zero's hand flailed in all direction trying to balance himself from the sudden tug, and then started pushing on the pureblood's shoulder and screaming into the kiss to let go. The irony was that his screams sounded like moans that fueled Kaname's desire.
Starting to feel irritated with the hands pushing against him, Kaname grabbed a slender wrist wrenching it behind Zero's back forcefully, the other hand let go of his chin and swiftly grabbed a bunch of hair to pull the silver head back and deepen the kiss. "Fuck, I can't move, too strong… damnit… Ahnn". Zero started feeling dizzy from lack of oxygen, the hot muscle continued to explore every corner of his mouth, sliding against his teeth and relentlessly tasting him regardless of his muffled protest. The helpless silverette tried to breathe through his nose harder to keep his sanity, but his captor had quickly learned his right switches.
Moments later, which felt like hours for Zero, heat engulfed his body and his legs gave out to the intense sensation. Kaname let go of him so that he crumbled on the floor, panting hard and tinted pink. Kaname crouched down in front of him and reached out a hand to caress his cheek only for Zero to slap it away weakly. Kaname ignored the action and reached the hand again, faster this time to cup his cheek and get him to look into his eyes. Satisfied with the dark lust he found in amethyst orb, "Don't you think it would be a shame to make it the last time. You don't find such a good chemistry so often, and it will only get better with time." Kaname talked in a soft tone laced with a hint of desire.
Zero looked at him, still trying to catch his breath, scowling before his expression changed to that of pain and guilt. He whispered "Yuki… Ai…" and looked away from scrutinizing wine eyes, which widened for a second. Kaname chuckled while shaking his head and leaned over to tease the hunter some more. However, the doorbell rang suddenly startling both of them.
In a moment of distraction, Zero jumped and opened the door before Kaname could trap him again. "Tsk…" the pureblood clicked his tongue in irritation as he heard the voice of the visitor and decided to disappear into thin air before they come in.
"Hello Kiryuu-kun! Sorry if I came at a bad time. I bumped into Aido-san and he told me that you arrived. I wanted to check on you and apologize for causing such a mess… You know… by talking too much…" The blue haired bulky man known as Gin stuttered as he spoke to the silverette before looking at him properly
"Are you okay! You look …. Flushed? Do you have a fever…" inquired the concerned teacher as he reached a hand to touch Zero's forehead. The hunter grabbed his hand with his slightly shaking one, "No! I am fine you do not have to worry. Also, I should thank you instead of you apologizing to me…. Well… lets say you saved the situation on many levels" answered the hunter with a gentle smile to show his gratitude before pulling the man inside the house. "Especially the one just now" thought Zero.
"Come in, I was about to make dinner, I will make some for you as a thank you." Announced the hunter when relief washed over his as he turned to find the brunet gone.
"You don't have to do such a thing, Kiryuu-kun!..." answered the confused teacher as he was pulled and pushed to take a seat on the kitchen table.
"I insist… It is thanks to you that I came to learn about few things that I was oblivious about, the most important one being the condition of my mentor… Just so you know, I was a wreck the past few days because of it, that is true! It will take some time for it to sink it, but I think it is better than staying ignorant." Zero was rambling while cutting the ingredients he took out of the fridge earlier.
Gin gave a relieved smile before inquiring, "So, did you manage to have a good talk with him"
The hunter paused his movement and looked back at the sitting man with a wistful smile "I think all I managed to do is look pathetic while he did all the talk."
Gin felt like punching himself for causing such a sad expression to show on the silverette face, "I am sorry about that. Nevertheless, it is fine you know! Anyone in your position would be rendered speechless from such shocking news… it will take some time, but make sure you go back and have a good talk. I am sure you would want to spend as much time as possible with him regardless of anything. "light grey eyes followed the silverette anxiously as he moved around in the kitchen before the reply came.
"Em… I guess" nodded Zero, he was about to change the heavy subject, but was interrupted by the buzzing of his cellphone in his pocket. He unlocked the device and opened the text message "I will come to your room early morning, look forward to it. Kaname" the peeved hunter immediately deleted the message and was about the throw the phone away when it suddenly started ringing and vibrating, making jump in surprise. Zero was ready to blow his top regardless of the presence of his guest if it was Kaname calling. However, his eyes widened as the subject of their conversation appeared to be the one to call, Yagari Toga.
Zero looked at Gin in surprise before looking back at the phone to answer it and started pacing around the kitchen, making Gin as anxious as he was.
"Hel… Hello, Master!" stuttered the hunter
"You took you sweet time answering the call, brat!" huffed an annoyed Yagari over the line
"Sorry, I was busy. How are you! I…" Zero started talking hesitantly as he did not know how to broach the subject of his health without getting all sissy and emotional again.
"Zero!... listen… Actually, I called because I had some news to tell you… by the way, where are you now?" Toga inquired before proceeding with his talks
Zero felt his stomach flip at the mention of the word news, "Oh God! Please do not tell me it is something bad; please do not tell me he does not have much longer… I do not have enough time as it is already. God!". Gin noticed the tremor of the hunter's figure while watching him from the back, and started to worry.
"I am at the academy. You know, chairman duties and stuff, it is Monday after all." Answered Zero with slightly shaky voice.
"Good! Good!" repeated Yagari "All right! Back to the news," Zero bit his lips and braced himself by shutting his eyes closed "The truth is, Ku… No, the doctor overseeing my health came to me two days ago with a suggestion… He knows this other physician, a specialist when it comes to lung cancers especially terminal stages… Ehem… after looking at my records, this specialist stated that if I undergo the new cure he personally implemented… I… I would have ten percent chances of survival…" Yagari paused to hear Zero's reaction, but was greeted with silence "Zero?... Zero? Are you still on the line?"
Meanwhile, amethyst eyes were wide and mouth gapping open looking at nothing in particular. "Cure? Survival? Chances? Specialist?" Zero's brain became overloaded, as he could not grasp the meaning of what he was hearing, that his master might not be dying anytime soon. A slight shake of his shoulder snapped him back to reality when he looked up to find Gin behind him, looking extremely worried.
Without bothering to shrug off the hands resting on him, he got back to his call with a breathy anxious voice.
"Yes, Sensei, I am still here! … Um… So, you are saying that there is a chance to… you know… remove the…" Zero cursed inwardly at his inability to say the word
"The cancer, yes Zero! There is a chance to remove it, although small, but yeah. There is a chance I can be cured completely. Although it does not guarantee that, I will be able to get back to action as I used to be, but it would allow me to have few more years to live instead of counting down the weeks… "Yagari was abruptly stopped by the unexpectedly upbeat voice of his disciple piercing his ear; he kept the phone away and listening with a happy smile "YOU WILL DO IT RIGHT! You are going to go through with this treatment right. No! You have to do it! Even one percent chance is worth it! Tell me you will do it! MASTER!" by this time Zero was clutching the device with both hands sticking it more to his ear as if fearing he would miss a single sound of his master's voice, his body trembled from the mix of emotions of anticipation and hope that he had to lean back on Gin's chest for support.
Yagari let out a breathy chuckle before answering "Calm down, brat! You do not even need to tell me. I will do it. You are the first person to know, and I called to tell you that the treatment would be in a hospital in Germany. Therefore, I will be going abroad for that duration, for real this time, I swear it! You had better come see me off before I leave, idiot. You answer?"
"Yes! Yes, of course!" came a strangled answer from the silverette.
"All right! Since you are the first to know, I will leave the task of telling the others to you. It is too much of a headache to talk on the phone for too long. Deal with it for me, please!"
"Okay, with pleasure. Good night, Master!" Zero hanged up and stared blankly at the phone. After following his every move and reaction, Gin wrapped his arms around Zero's shoulder and rested his chin on top of the silver head before talking "So, Zero! Are you going to stay dazed for too long or will you finally grace my presence by telling me the good news that made you all giddy with excitement."
Zero pulled back to reality hearing and feeling Gin talking on top of his head, he shuffled a bit for the bigger man to let go of him, which Gin did promptly. Zero turned around to face him, started reiterating his conversation with Yagari, and then flashed a childlike smile scratching his head after announcing the news of his travel. Gin swallowed loudly as he felt his heart thrum in his chest at the sight of the blissfully laughing hunter. He smiled back, trying not to miss a single gesture to etch it deep in his memory "That's awesome! Lucky for me to hear such good news firsthand. So? When will his flight be?"
Gin's question earned him a dumbfounded look from the silverette who instantly went into panic mode grabbing his bangs and cursing "Shit! Shit! I was too happy that I completely forgot to ask. Damn! He said he is tired so will be probably sleeping now, and I have to call everyone. They will ask me and it will sound just stupid to say I do not know. Agh! Oh right, dinner! Sorry Gin, you will have to wait… Let's see" Zero was talking as fast as he was pacing until Gin jumped and stopped him, cupped his face to get him to focus on what he was saying "Hey! Hey! Zero, Relax! Breathe… yes, that's right! Now you will go pick that phone and call whoever has to know. From what you told me, it seems Yagari-san just made up his mind about the whole thing, so I assume that he still did not set the departure date because there will be some paperwork for his visa and discharge from the hospital to deal with. Okay? I will take care of the dinner so go do your thing."
"yeah you're right!" Zero nodded, finally calm "I will call the others. Oh! Gin, you don't have to trouble with dinner, I will get to it soon, it won't take me long to call."
Gin grinned and pointed to Zero's hands "You think you will be able to hold a knife with those shaking hands. Don't worry, my cooking will be edible."
Zero was about to protest but gave up as Gin made his way to the counter and started cutting and cooking.
Final note, I want to rant and explain the slight delay, first I do beta work for other authors and I am a student, so, I have all rights to praise myself for my update speed despite my crazy schedule. But this chapter seriously killed me, I wrote and rewrote it multiple times, not satisfied with it each time. I finally finished it and it became an uber giant twenty something pages. So here is the first edited and revised part, the second one will come shortly after. Some reader were worried I would not update anymore, I will tell you some good news. My muse kind of worked backwards for the past few days. As a result, I actually have the final chapters done and a clear idea where this story is going. So there is no way in hell I would drop it. I am still surprised that this baby is growing bigger than I expected, I meant for it to be two or three chapters long, but I guess my muse thought otherwise (That sadistic little …)
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