Chapter 5

"The argument"

AU: Another edit finished. Just adding to the word count and fixing some past mistakes. If you find more, please let me know.


The walk to the classroom was tense. That may also be a bit of an understatement. Aidou was at the back of the group with his head hanging down in shame. I would feel bad if it was anyone but him.

When we entered the classroom, everyone was still quiet as they chose their seats. I found mine towards the back and on the left side of the room. Opposite of the windows. I wanted to be as far away from everyone as I could.

Soon enough Shishou walked through the door. "Oi, what's everyone so quiet about? Not that I don't enjoy the silence..." Ahh, well, I'm not gonna be the one to say this is my fault. He could react two ways, think it's a hoot or get pissed and say that I should have known better. However, Kuran, being the ever-thoughtful ass he is, decided to speak first.

"Two of our students had a bit of an argument at the gate. However, it was settled quickly enough."

Don't ask. Don't ask. Don't ask...

"Which students?"

Fuck...

"Kiryuu-kun and Aidou"

"No shit... Zero, stupid apprentice, care to elaborate?"

"Uuh, Aidou assumed that I was the one to do something..." I really didn't want to get into this right now.

"Do what?" He asked, a little reluctantly.

"He thought I got all his fangirls to not show up..." I wanted to sound formal or mature but it definitely didn't come out that way, I sounded more unsure than anything else.

Looking over at Aidou, he was snickering in his seat. He must have caught the "stupid apprentice" that Shishou threw at me.

"What a lame thing to dispute over. Well? What happened next?"

"He and I bickered then Kuran stepped in between, before anything could happen..." I relayed what happened as bluntly as I could while also adding a quick "...and slapped Aidou."

"Pfft! Ha! Really? Well, I wish I was there now. Tell me more about it after class."

"Yes Shishou."

Whew. I escaped his wrath with the added helping of Aidou's misfortune.

"Anyway, Zero, I expect you to be the best student here, just as you were when you were younger." I nodded my answer. This shouldn't be too bad if Shishou is here with me. I just need to pay attention to him and not the others in the class.

This proved to be harder than I thought. A few minutes into the lesson, some of the class started talking, eating, and moving around. This wasn't allowed in the day class. We had to sit and pay attention. Class was for learning, not socialising.

I feel like that's all Vampires ever do…

First period seemed to go on forever but it had finally finished. There were no bells at this time of night since the day class dorms were close enough to hear them and there was only one class for the vamps.

I stayed behind like Shishou asked and told him in detail what happened at the gate.

"You did do it, didn't you?" He asked.

"Of course I did, but it's rude to just assume, even if he's correct."

Shishou chuckled. He seemed to enjoy it, that's good.

"Hey, do me a favour, will you?" He asked all of a sudden.

"Anything" I replied. But what came next was something I didn't expect.

"Try not to make them hate you. You live with them now. You need to be, as much as I hate to say it, nice to them."

I was a little caught off guard but I understood why he said it. He didn't want me to spend the rest of my school life with people who hated me, though I feel like even if I'm 'nice' to them, there is gonna be quite a few who still hate me.

"I will if they will." I said defiantly. I know he's looking out for me, but I don't want to make friends with the night class and I'm sure they don't want to make friends with me.

He flashed an annoyed face towards me but it didn't seem to make a difference because he nodded and walked out of the room before me.

The walk back to the moon dorms was long but it felt like it went too quickly. I mustn't have been paying as much attention as I should have. This is when I felt the presence of two vampires nearby, but not with the others inside the dorm. I stopped walking as they got closer. They came from my right, Aidou and Kain.

"So, you are friends with the hunter who teaches us? I thought they would've kicked you out of the association, all things considered." Aidou mocked, looking at me like I was some kind of freak show.

What a pompous prick.

"I'm not his friend." I replied in monotone like normal.

"So then, they did kick you out?"

"No." I said sternly as a turned to walk past them. I had hoped they would take the hint and leave me the hell alone.

"Just leave it be Aidou" I heard Kain speak.

"No! That bastard humiliated me! So, he deserves what's coming to him!" As I heard him say this, I could feel the air get colder.

Whoops, he's actually mad now. This isn't good, if we fought here then Kuran would definitely notice. Well, I never thought I'd do this but alas, I must.

"Aidou, before you go all 'Ice queen' on me, let me just say one thing"

"Eh? Say what?!"

"It was me, obviously. But it's not like I scared them away for no good reason. They caught me on my way back and were acting like fools towards me. Naturally that would set me off. And honestly, I think if they did come to the class changeover then you'd still be mad because they wouldn't all be gawking at you like normal."

"What do you mean by that?!" He yelled.

"Well, those girls who I saw earlier seemed quite interested that I'd moved classes."

"You? They'd look at you? Ha! Don't be stupid Kiryuu! Why would they gawk at you?!"

"All I know is that those girls are gross. I swear they'd molest someone if we'd let them..." I suppressed a shiver from just thinking about it.

"Awe, Kiryuu is scared of some cute little girls?" He teased me and started to laugh. It was more of a girly giggle then actual laughter though. I glared at him and walked back over to them. Kain looked worried that I'd do something. He probably should be.

I leaned in and by now he had stopped giggling to himself.

"I would tread lightly if I were you Aidou-senpai. Cross never took my gun."

He took a step back and gaped.

"Hey, Kiryuu, leave him be. He's just an idiot who doesn't think before he says anything..." mumbled Kain. I glared further before turning away to go back to my room. "Tsk. Keep that one in line and I won't have to take Bloody Rose out."

I walked away before they could say anything else. I was in a bad mood now and just wanted to get away from everyone. I went inside and up to my room, put my class things away, changed, grabbed my current read, and decided to, once again, go visit my favourite person in the academy. Lily.

She always greeted me when I showed up, no matter what state I was in. The other horses always cowered when I walked in.

I moved to Lily's stall and gave her a pat, she neighed slightly and pushed her head further into my hand. She can be so pushy sometimes. But at least I know she will never betray me.

I entered her stall and sat with her on the hay. Soon enough I was deep into my book.