Chapter 5-Zero's Interlude!
Please don't hurt me. I know I haven't updated in a while. It's been a busy week and I finally got part of this done. There's still more to come on Zero's side of the story, but this part was longer than the other ones, so I decided to cut it.
Title: Why Me? [Ichijou's Story]
Author: Batman
Pairings: Throughout: Slight KanamexIchijou, ShikixIchijou, impl. KanamexYuuki
In this chapter: KanamexZero
Genre:Romance/Angst (on Zero's part)
Rating: PG-13 for language and seductiveness
Word Count: 1,694
Summary: All Ichijou wanted to do was read the new manga he got, but instead, he overheard Kaname and Yuuki fighting, so now he's stuck to look after Kaname, only to have the pureblood do something completely unexpected.
Chapter 5-Seduction
[Zero’s Interlude]
Zero was surprised the vampire behind him hadn’t caught up with him by now. The vice-president of the Moon Dorm was probably the oddest vampire of the Night Class he had ever met just because of how un-vampire like he was. But each of them had that same alluring quality. He wondered what it was that Kaname wanted with Yuuki. Whatever it was, it couldn’t have been anything good.
He had seen Yuuki exit out of the Moon Dorm, tears running down her face. Had he upset her? Zero wanted to march in there himself to ask what had happened, but didn’t want Yuuki to be in harm’s way if his presence were to cause anger from the vampires.
Now though, Zero needed to know what had happened. Yuuki never cried around Kaname-at least that Zero had noticed-because she was either overjoyed and speechless at the same time, sometimes scared, but never really upset. Reaching the doors, Zero allowed himself in, preparing himself to face any vampire who crossed his path.
At first, he didn’t see any, but that meant nothing. They usually appeared suddenly. Keeping his guard on, Zero moved quickly toward the staircase. He was about halfway up when he heard a voice from below him.
“What’s he doing here?”
Zero made the mistake of turning, only to find two red-haired vampires regarding him suspiciously.
The one he was sure was called Shiki spoke, “That’s weird. We usually see the other prefect here.”
Zero didn’t like the fact that he had been stopped mid-stride, so he pulled the end of his gun out from his jacket, making it clearly visible for the others. As expected, they noticed the movement and Shiki brought his hands up as he said, “easy, prefect.”
Before Zero could say or do anything, a loud sound came from the door and he saw to his horror that the vice president had caught up to him. Upon seeing the two red-haired vampires, Ichijou paused before glancing up Zero. Shit, Zero thought as he secured the weapon and bounded up the stairs to escape the scene. He reached the top of the stairs and disappeared down the hallway to the left. He had to find Kaname. Behind him, he could hear very light footsteps, but they were enough for him to realize that he was being followed. Turning, he collided with Ichijou who had been moving so fast that they both fell down, Ichijou on top of Zero.
“Zero, please!” Ichijou cried, gripping the prefect’s jacket.
“Get off me!” Zero shouted back, attempting to push the blond off of him.
“You can’t see Kaname right now.” The blond explained, pushing him down further.
“What do you mean?” Zero questioned, trying to move.
“He’s not…feeling well.” Ichijou was a terrible liar.
“Bullshit.” Zero muttered. “If he weren’t feeling well, why did he send you to get Yuuki then?”
“Because Yuuki is…the only one who can make him better?” Ichijou sounded confused as he said this.
Zero narrowed his eyes at this clichéd excuse and promptly shoved the blond off of him. Once up, the silver-haired vampire pulled out his gun and aimed it at the blond’s head. As Ichijou glanced up at him, Zero asked tightly, “Where is Kuran?”
Getting up slowly, Ichijou regarded him with tense eyes and Zero simply brought the gun up harder so it was stapled to the vice president’s head. Ichijou sighed as he started walking down the hallway. Zero followed, still keeping his weapon aimed at the vampire in front of him.
Zero glanced around briefly at the hall only to find that he disliked it more than he thought. Everything looked so royal and aristocratic. He hated the Moon Dorm almost out of envy at them having lavish furniture and detailed structures that made his bedroom look like a second-rate closet. He hardly noticed when Ichijou halted in front of him, but he caught himself before running into the blond. They were in front of a set of polished wooden double doors. No doubt the dorm president would get the best room in the entire building.
Before knocking, Ichijou turned to face the Bloody Rose still aimed at his head. Smiling in his euphoric way that Zero hated intensely, the vice president said, “you can lower your weapon now. I don’t think Kaname would be thrilled if he saw you pointing that thing at him.”
Zero hesitated before finally replacing the gun reluctantly. Ichijou turned and knocked on the large doors. A soft voice answered and Zero balled his fists at his sides as he heard the voice of his enemy. Ichijou opened the door minimally, only allowing himself to look inside. Zero couldn’t be sure, but he thought he saw the pale face of the vampire grow even whiter. Ichijou was attempting to talk to Kaname from the little sliver in the door, but Zero thought the blond was just being absurd in this fashion as he pushed him out of the way and opened the door wide.
After a single step inside the room, Zero halted, his voice lost as he was about to confront the dorm president. The scene before him was…unusual to say the least. Kaname sat very calmly on a four-poster bed, his hands tied above his head to one of the posts. His legs were open, knees protruding upward, almost in an inviting fashion. Zero observed that the way Kaname was restrained seemed almost provocative and sexy interestingly enough.
Kaname’s expression hardened when he saw Zero walk in the room instead of Yuuki who he was expecting. Zero watched as the pureblood slickly moved his eyes behind him.
“Takuma, why is he here?”
“I’m so sorry, Kaname,” Ichijou started, “I was heading for the headmaster’s office when I ran into him-I tried to stop him!”
“Obviously you failed.” Kaname observed, eyeing the silver-haired vampire with an ambiguous expression.
“Please, hear me out, Kaname…”
Zero had started to drift from the conversation almost unknowingly until he found that his attention was focused on the exposed pale skin of Kaname’s chest. Also, the way his shirt wrinkled up at the shoulders captured his attention. Why does he have to be so beautiful? Zero wondered.
He must have been staring because right then, Kaname spoke. “Tell me, Kiryu, are you speechless because you have a sore throat or because you’re lost for words?”
Zero gawked at him, but shut his mouth quickly, realizing with embarrassment that it had fallen open. He then glanced to his right where he was sure the blond vampire was, but he wasn’t there. Turning around wildly, Zero saw no sign of him.
“Ichijou left.” Kaname said, answering Zero’s puzzled expression. “I assured him that you wouldn’t be stupid enough to try to kill me.”
Zero glared at him, at least he intended to, but the man in front of him was so beautiful that he had a hard time keeping up the expression. He had never really noticed Kaname’s beauty all that much, because he had never been tied up and exposed so provocatively.
Kaname’s mouth curved up slightly as he continued, “Actually, I was hoping you’d come by. Yuuki and I fought earlier…ironically about you, and I became angry with her because she seems to think that you’re…special or could never do anything wrong. Ever.”
Zero’s pulse sped up at the mention of Yuuki. It seemed that almost every conversation he’s ever had with Kaname involved Yuuki. I wonder why…
“But she is mistaken.” Kaname said. Zero looked up abruptly at the vampire. “Even the great Kiryu Zero has been at fault.”
In an instant, Zero found himself over by the bed, unmistakenably pointing his Bloody Rose at Kaname’s temple.
The vampire on the bed smirked at him as he said, “see, you point this weapon at my head even though we both know that you wouldn’t pull the trigger. But it is you who is at fault for taking it out to begin with.”
“Stop patronizing me!” Zero yelled, his finger pressing against the trigger lightly.
But Kaname turned his head, so he was facing the silver-haired boy. He then asked very calmly, “Are you going to end my life…Zero?”
Zero’s eyes widened at the casual address Kaname gave him. But that wasn’t the only thing that got to him. He saw for the first time that night the pureblood’s chocolate brown eyes smile warmly up at him, meeting his eyes the way he never thought they would ever meet. His hand released the gun and it fell, dangling outside of his jacket. Zero didn’t bother to put it away.
Kaname grinned toothlessly at him and Zero gulped, breathing rapidly. He was so close to him. And what was worse was that Kaname kept sliding his leg up and down the bed, eyes focusing on the prefect. Zero was certain the vampire was doing this seductive behavior on purpose, but the action was too captivating for the silver-haired boy to just look away.
Dammit! He thought, realizing that he had fallen for the pureblood’s trap. Hesitantly, Zero made to sit down on the edge of the bed. Kaname moved ever so slightly and Zero just kept staring at the tied up man.
After a moment’s silence, Kaname spoke again, “I’m surprised you’ve come this far already and haven’t spilt a single drop of my blood.”
Zero kept silent.
“And yet…” Kaname looked warmly at Zero, “in a way, I’m not surprised.”
Zero could feel his pulse rapidly increasing and Kaname must have sensed it.
“I can hear it.” He commented. “Your pulse moves as if in anticipation for something.”
Anticipation, yes. Zero thought, his mind officially corrupted by the intoxicating vampire. He hardly realized his mouth had fallen open and the gradually turning vampire stupidly closed it. Why am I ogling over him? He’s just another vampire, my enemy.
Then, the tied up vampire grinned at him as he said lightly, “You and I both want something, Zero. The question remains as to what though.”
Without thinking, Zero blurted out, “I want Yuuki to stop seeing you.”
A/N: So, yeah, I know it took forever to get this part up. I'm not completely satisfied with it, but that's what I get for getting distracted. Since I'm not terribly busy this week, the next part should be up sooner. Please don't hurt me for the abrupt ending...^^;
Previous Chapters
Title: Why Me? [Ichijou's Story]
Author: Batman
Pairings: Throughout: Slight KanamexIchijou, ShikixIchijou, impl. KanamexYuuki
In this chapter: KanamexZero
Genre:Romance/Angst (on Zero's part)
Rating: PG-13 for language and seductiveness
Word Count: 1,694
Summary: All Ichijou wanted to do was read the new manga he got, but instead, he overheard Kaname and Yuuki fighting, so now he's stuck to look after Kaname, only to have the pureblood do something completely unexpected.
Chapter 5-Seduction
[Zero’s Interlude]
Zero was surprised the vampire behind him hadn’t caught up with him by now. The vice-president of the Moon Dorm was probably the oddest vampire of the Night Class he had ever met just because of how un-vampire like he was. But each of them had that same alluring quality. He wondered what it was that Kaname wanted with Yuuki. Whatever it was, it couldn’t have been anything good.
He had seen Yuuki exit out of the Moon Dorm, tears running down her face. Had he upset her? Zero wanted to march in there himself to ask what had happened, but didn’t want Yuuki to be in harm’s way if his presence were to cause anger from the vampires.
Now though, Zero needed to know what had happened. Yuuki never cried around Kaname-at least that Zero had noticed-because she was either overjoyed and speechless at the same time, sometimes scared, but never really upset. Reaching the doors, Zero allowed himself in, preparing himself to face any vampire who crossed his path.
At first, he didn’t see any, but that meant nothing. They usually appeared suddenly. Keeping his guard on, Zero moved quickly toward the staircase. He was about halfway up when he heard a voice from below him.
“What’s he doing here?”
Zero made the mistake of turning, only to find two red-haired vampires regarding him suspiciously.
The one he was sure was called Shiki spoke, “That’s weird. We usually see the other prefect here.”
Zero didn’t like the fact that he had been stopped mid-stride, so he pulled the end of his gun out from his jacket, making it clearly visible for the others. As expected, they noticed the movement and Shiki brought his hands up as he said, “easy, prefect.”
Before Zero could say or do anything, a loud sound came from the door and he saw to his horror that the vice president had caught up to him. Upon seeing the two red-haired vampires, Ichijou paused before glancing up Zero. Shit, Zero thought as he secured the weapon and bounded up the stairs to escape the scene. He reached the top of the stairs and disappeared down the hallway to the left. He had to find Kaname. Behind him, he could hear very light footsteps, but they were enough for him to realize that he was being followed. Turning, he collided with Ichijou who had been moving so fast that they both fell down, Ichijou on top of Zero.
“Zero, please!” Ichijou cried, gripping the prefect’s jacket.
“Get off me!” Zero shouted back, attempting to push the blond off of him.
“You can’t see Kaname right now.” The blond explained, pushing him down further.
“What do you mean?” Zero questioned, trying to move.
“He’s not…feeling well.” Ichijou was a terrible liar.
“Bullshit.” Zero muttered. “If he weren’t feeling well, why did he send you to get Yuuki then?”
“Because Yuuki is…the only one who can make him better?” Ichijou sounded confused as he said this.
Zero narrowed his eyes at this clichéd excuse and promptly shoved the blond off of him. Once up, the silver-haired vampire pulled out his gun and aimed it at the blond’s head. As Ichijou glanced up at him, Zero asked tightly, “Where is Kuran?”
Getting up slowly, Ichijou regarded him with tense eyes and Zero simply brought the gun up harder so it was stapled to the vice president’s head. Ichijou sighed as he started walking down the hallway. Zero followed, still keeping his weapon aimed at the vampire in front of him.
Zero glanced around briefly at the hall only to find that he disliked it more than he thought. Everything looked so royal and aristocratic. He hated the Moon Dorm almost out of envy at them having lavish furniture and detailed structures that made his bedroom look like a second-rate closet. He hardly noticed when Ichijou halted in front of him, but he caught himself before running into the blond. They were in front of a set of polished wooden double doors. No doubt the dorm president would get the best room in the entire building.
Before knocking, Ichijou turned to face the Bloody Rose still aimed at his head. Smiling in his euphoric way that Zero hated intensely, the vice president said, “you can lower your weapon now. I don’t think Kaname would be thrilled if he saw you pointing that thing at him.”
Zero hesitated before finally replacing the gun reluctantly. Ichijou turned and knocked on the large doors. A soft voice answered and Zero balled his fists at his sides as he heard the voice of his enemy. Ichijou opened the door minimally, only allowing himself to look inside. Zero couldn’t be sure, but he thought he saw the pale face of the vampire grow even whiter. Ichijou was attempting to talk to Kaname from the little sliver in the door, but Zero thought the blond was just being absurd in this fashion as he pushed him out of the way and opened the door wide.
After a single step inside the room, Zero halted, his voice lost as he was about to confront the dorm president. The scene before him was…unusual to say the least. Kaname sat very calmly on a four-poster bed, his hands tied above his head to one of the posts. His legs were open, knees protruding upward, almost in an inviting fashion. Zero observed that the way Kaname was restrained seemed almost provocative and sexy interestingly enough.
Kaname’s expression hardened when he saw Zero walk in the room instead of Yuuki who he was expecting. Zero watched as the pureblood slickly moved his eyes behind him.
“Takuma, why is he here?”
“I’m so sorry, Kaname,” Ichijou started, “I was heading for the headmaster’s office when I ran into him-I tried to stop him!”
“Obviously you failed.” Kaname observed, eyeing the silver-haired vampire with an ambiguous expression.
“Please, hear me out, Kaname…”
Zero had started to drift from the conversation almost unknowingly until he found that his attention was focused on the exposed pale skin of Kaname’s chest. Also, the way his shirt wrinkled up at the shoulders captured his attention. Why does he have to be so beautiful? Zero wondered.
He must have been staring because right then, Kaname spoke. “Tell me, Kiryu, are you speechless because you have a sore throat or because you’re lost for words?”
Zero gawked at him, but shut his mouth quickly, realizing with embarrassment that it had fallen open. He then glanced to his right where he was sure the blond vampire was, but he wasn’t there. Turning around wildly, Zero saw no sign of him.
“Ichijou left.” Kaname said, answering Zero’s puzzled expression. “I assured him that you wouldn’t be stupid enough to try to kill me.”
Zero glared at him, at least he intended to, but the man in front of him was so beautiful that he had a hard time keeping up the expression. He had never really noticed Kaname’s beauty all that much, because he had never been tied up and exposed so provocatively.
Kaname’s mouth curved up slightly as he continued, “Actually, I was hoping you’d come by. Yuuki and I fought earlier…ironically about you, and I became angry with her because she seems to think that you’re…special or could never do anything wrong. Ever.”
Zero’s pulse sped up at the mention of Yuuki. It seemed that almost every conversation he’s ever had with Kaname involved Yuuki. I wonder why…
“But she is mistaken.” Kaname said. Zero looked up abruptly at the vampire. “Even the great Kiryu Zero has been at fault.”
In an instant, Zero found himself over by the bed, unmistakenably pointing his Bloody Rose at Kaname’s temple.
The vampire on the bed smirked at him as he said, “see, you point this weapon at my head even though we both know that you wouldn’t pull the trigger. But it is you who is at fault for taking it out to begin with.”
“Stop patronizing me!” Zero yelled, his finger pressing against the trigger lightly.
But Kaname turned his head, so he was facing the silver-haired boy. He then asked very calmly, “Are you going to end my life…Zero?”
Zero’s eyes widened at the casual address Kaname gave him. But that wasn’t the only thing that got to him. He saw for the first time that night the pureblood’s chocolate brown eyes smile warmly up at him, meeting his eyes the way he never thought they would ever meet. His hand released the gun and it fell, dangling outside of his jacket. Zero didn’t bother to put it away.
Kaname grinned toothlessly at him and Zero gulped, breathing rapidly. He was so close to him. And what was worse was that Kaname kept sliding his leg up and down the bed, eyes focusing on the prefect. Zero was certain the vampire was doing this seductive behavior on purpose, but the action was too captivating for the silver-haired boy to just look away.
Dammit! He thought, realizing that he had fallen for the pureblood’s trap. Hesitantly, Zero made to sit down on the edge of the bed. Kaname moved ever so slightly and Zero just kept staring at the tied up man.
After a moment’s silence, Kaname spoke again, “I’m surprised you’ve come this far already and haven’t spilt a single drop of my blood.”
Zero kept silent.
“And yet…” Kaname looked warmly at Zero, “in a way, I’m not surprised.”
Zero could feel his pulse rapidly increasing and Kaname must have sensed it.
“I can hear it.” He commented. “Your pulse moves as if in anticipation for something.”
Anticipation, yes. Zero thought, his mind officially corrupted by the intoxicating vampire. He hardly realized his mouth had fallen open and the gradually turning vampire stupidly closed it. Why am I ogling over him? He’s just another vampire, my enemy.
Then, the tied up vampire grinned at him as he said lightly, “You and I both want something, Zero. The question remains as to what though.”
Without thinking, Zero blurted out, “I want Yuuki to stop seeing you.”
A/N: So, yeah, I know it took forever to get this part up. I'm not completely satisfied with it, but that's what I get for getting distracted. Since I'm not terribly busy this week, the next part should be up sooner. Please don't hurt me for the abrupt ending...^^;
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