2 years late, but oh well. XD
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Yuuki looked back at the gates that led to the Moon Dorm, and waved sadly at Kaname. With a regretful sigh, she turned to head back to the Sun Dorm.
As she’d somewhat expected, Aidou had met them at the gate with some made-up excuse that needed the Dorm leader’s attention, and had watched, stared really, impatiently as she and Kaname had awkwardly parted ways. The Pure Blood had promised her privacy would be assured - and if Aidou was in any way involved, it certainly wouldn’t be.
Still, she wasn’t as heartbroken as she’d expected to be. In fact, she was irritated… and a bit thoughtful. Looking up at the stars, she remembered a pair of hurt, haunted lavender eyes, and sighed to herself as her dress ruffled and swept behind her as she walked in the faint night breeze. She had some mending to do.
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Zero leaned forward to rest his head against the warmed tile, pushing his wet bangs from his eyes with one hand and absently turning the steaming shower off with the other. The pounding water ceased, followed only by the faintest trickles that still slid down the tile walls in lonely, abandoned rivulets. Mist and condensation surrounded him, but he knew all would dissipate within a short time, leaving the room clear.
It wouldn’t stop. It was burned into his retinas, and would never go away.
He’d seen them. He’d seen with his own eyes the woman he loved walk hand-in-hand with her lover to his residence, the Moon Dorm.
Zero had nearly chased them down in order to stop them as they approached the gatehouse. Half-rage, half-fear, his instinct to just tear them apart from each other had been so strong he was sure he felt it resonate within the tattoo on his throat, the burning that warned him his emotions were boiling over. He was about to lose completely control, and he couldn’t stop them. It had made him so angry, and sick, he’d turned away and stormed all the way back to his room before they passed through that last checkpoint before officially being on Moon Dorm ground… but he’d still been too restless to sleep, the images of what they were probably doing tormenting him internally. He couldn’t bring himself to watch her pass through that last door.
And what had he done, earlier that evening, what had he been thinking? After so long, he’d finally tried to explain himself to her. Admittedly, not very well, but he’d been completely blind-sided by the regal vampire’s blatant courting of his best friend.
No, Zero chided himself. That wasn’t it entirely. Even if he’d known for months or years, as he’d been expecting of Yuuki’s relationship with Kaname Kuran, he would never have been prepared to confess to her. It was desperation, plain and simple and selfish, that had driven him to behave so improperly that night with her after the play. And now it had backfired on him and he’d lost her to that-that-that… that Pure Blood.
The young man opened his eyes and stared at nothing.
He hadn’t been able to stay with Headmaster Cross. The fury had been overwhelming… he’d even been afraid for a few moments he’d take his anxiety out on his foster-parent. That was the final straw that had driven him out, to seek her again.
But now, he wasn’t sure he could face going back to his own room, alone, to brood again. Physically and emotionally, he was worn out, but his head just wouldn’t stop flashing images of that evening through his mind, of Yuuki in her beautiful dress at the theatre, with the better part of her body vulnerably exposed in the private box with that despicable creature who loomed over her, of her honest, teasing expression afterwards as she naively spoke of his ‘potential’ girlfriend’s qualities, of her rapturous face as she’d endure her first experiences with someone who wasn’t him…
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Overdramatic and overdescriptive? re-work, re-read, edit, repeat. XD
Yuuki looked back at the gates that led to the Moon Dorm, and waved sadly at Kaname. With a regretful sigh, she turned to head back to the Sun Dorm.
As she’d somewhat expected, Aidou had met them at the gate with some made-up excuse that needed the Dorm leader’s attention, and had watched, stared really, impatiently as she and Kaname had awkwardly parted ways. The Pure Blood had promised her privacy would be assured - and if Aidou was in any way involved, it certainly wouldn’t be.
Still, she wasn’t as heartbroken as she’d expected to be. In fact, she was irritated… and a bit thoughtful. Looking up at the stars, she remembered a pair of hurt, haunted lavender eyes, and sighed to herself as her dress ruffled and swept behind her as she walked in the faint night breeze. She had some mending to do.
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Zero leaned forward to rest his head against the warmed tile, pushing his wet bangs from his eyes with one hand and absently turning the steaming shower off with the other. The pounding water ceased, followed only by the faintest trickles that still slid down the tile walls in lonely, abandoned rivulets. Mist and condensation surrounded him, but he knew all would dissipate within a short time, leaving the room clear.
It wouldn’t stop. It was burned into his retinas, and would never go away.
He’d seen them. He’d seen with his own eyes the woman he loved walk hand-in-hand with her lover to his residence, the Moon Dorm.
Zero had nearly chased them down in order to stop them as they approached the gatehouse. Half-rage, half-fear, his instinct to just tear them apart from each other had been so strong he was sure he felt it resonate within the tattoo on his throat, the burning that warned him his emotions were boiling over. He was about to lose completely control, and he couldn’t stop them. It had made him so angry, and sick, he’d turned away and stormed all the way back to his room before they passed through that last checkpoint before officially being on Moon Dorm ground… but he’d still been too restless to sleep, the images of what they were probably doing tormenting him internally. He couldn’t bring himself to watch her pass through that last door.
And what had he done, earlier that evening, what had he been thinking? After so long, he’d finally tried to explain himself to her. Admittedly, not very well, but he’d been completely blind-sided by the regal vampire’s blatant courting of his best friend.
No, Zero chided himself. That wasn’t it entirely. Even if he’d known for months or years, as he’d been expecting of Yuuki’s relationship with Kaname Kuran, he would never have been prepared to confess to her. It was desperation, plain and simple and selfish, that had driven him to behave so improperly that night with her after the play. And now it had backfired on him and he’d lost her to that-that-that… that Pure Blood.
The young man opened his eyes and stared at nothing.
He hadn’t been able to stay with Headmaster Cross. The fury had been overwhelming… he’d even been afraid for a few moments he’d take his anxiety out on his foster-parent. That was the final straw that had driven him out, to seek her again.
But now, he wasn’t sure he could face going back to his own room, alone, to brood again. Physically and emotionally, he was worn out, but his head just wouldn’t stop flashing images of that evening through his mind, of Yuuki in her beautiful dress at the theatre, with the better part of her body vulnerably exposed in the private box with that despicable creature who loomed over her, of her honest, teasing expression afterwards as she naively spoke of his ‘potential’ girlfriend’s qualities, of her rapturous face as she’d endure her first experiences with someone who wasn’t him…
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Overdramatic and overdescriptive? re-work, re-read, edit, repeat. XD