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The Proposal	By : Sexybvirgo Category: +S to Z > Vampire Knight Views: 4566 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter Seventeen
Zero's eyes narrowed as Kaito's eyes touched upon him once again. He squirmed in his seat as he tracked the teacher's movements. Contrary to his words the hunter had yet to take the initiative in making contact with him since the first day he'd come to teach. And Zero was too wary of the hunter's reception to approach him. The end result was that he was twitchy and on edge. And he wasn't the only one walking on their nerves. Kaname was more short tempered than usual, pouncing on him the minute they came in from class and patrol and making love to him until the wee hours of morning. It was if he felt that he needed to pour all that he was into the ex-human, watching Zero as pensively as Zero watched Kaito. They were all stepping light around the others and it was almost as if they were three countries involved in a cold war.
So he was tired and edgy, having declined to join the night class. In fact he flat out refused to. It was one of the rare times that he won an argument between he and his mate. He didn't even entertain the notion. He didn't want to be surrounded by vampires any more than he already was. It was nerve wracking to have his hunter senses clanging and screaming when he happened upon a room that was occupied already; he didn't need to experience it while he was trying to get an education. The only vampire that didn't set of his inner alarms was Kaname. Go figure; all of his hunters sensibilities were null and void around the biggest, baddest vampire of all. Such was his luck.
He sighed, slumped down further in his chair and rubbed at his forehead wearily where he felt a headache coming on. He'd yet to confront Kaname about his issues. And there was clearly an issue. Kaname watched him as pensively as he watched Kaito. He was highly reluctant to fully merge with the pureblood and take what he needed. Because he was so mindful of his own privacy he was really touchy about disturbing others. So bad Kaname didn't seem to agree with his opinion on the subject. The pureblood used any excuse to slip into his head at odd moments. It was disconcerting to say the least. But what was more worrisome was that he was getting more and more comfortable with the pureblood rifling through his mental processes. The vampire was slowly but surely, well not slowly but definitely surely, integrating himself into every aspect of Zero's life.
"Headache Kiryuu? Maybe you should visit the infirmary."
The smooth, deep voice jerked him out of his private thoughts. Lilac eyes shot to the side and up to find Kaito standing beside his desk with a stack of papers in his hands. There was no change in his scholarly demeanor and as always that faint contempt lingered in his ebony eyes. Before Zero could react properly, Kaito slipped the top paper onto his desk and moved on to the next. Zero blinked. Had he been spacing out so much that he'd missed the other hunter's approach?
Arghh!!!
Irritated beyond measure at this point, Zero flipped the paper over, not really paying attention to it. Even with lack of sleep and missing classes, he didn't do too bad. The glaringly obvious yellow sticky caught his attention immediately. The words were written in bold, black slashes. Meet me. Saturday at The Golden Dragon Cafe. 1pm.
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He was more sleepy than anything else as he lulled in the corner booth of the small cafe, waiting for Kaito to show up. He'd reluctantly untangled himself from Kaname's clutches, leaving the bed discreetly and made his way here after showering and dressing. The cafe was bright and teeming with customers. For all of the busy warmth he was still cold though. It seemed that lately he was only warm when he was in Kaname's presence. It was the reason for the charcoal gray trench he now wore. In eye-watering contrast he was dressed in somber colors, having taken little care with his appearance. The black t-shirt and jeans set off the paleness of his hair and skin and drew the waitress' attention. She twittered with her co worker before sidling her way to his table to take his order.
"It's fine." He informed her shortly. "I'm waiting for someone. We'll order together." He purposefully kept his eyes slightly off centered so she could not really catch his attention. His eyes fell on the clock over her shoulder. "He should be here soon. But thank you."
It was a clear dismissal in the most polite way that he could make it and luckily the girl accepted it graciously. She bowed low. "Just let me know when you are ready and I will take care of anything you need."
No doubt she'd come running back the moment she spied Kaito. Who was now five minutes late.
"Oh."
He heard the waitress' comment just as he felt the hunter's presence come through the door. His svelte form was encased in a three piece suit as usual and Zero almost shouted at him that they weren't in school now. It was so dark a brown that it bordered on black. His black hair was casually brushed and allowed to fall in waves around his face, so that his attractive aquiline features were shown to their best advantage. The waitress was quite besides herself he noted absently as Kaito spoke to her briefly before making his way to the booth that Zero had procured. He shrugged off his coat, leaving him in a white button down shirt that only enhanced his coloring. He wasn't as pale as Zero but just as striking. He was brimming with an energy that Zero wished that he felt. He hoped that the meeting wouldn't last too long. All he wanted was to head back to the moon dorm and lose himself in the giant bed waiting for him. The warm, opulent bed where'd left his mate.
He slapped himself mentally when he realized where his thoughts had roamed. He couldn't survive a few hours without the pureblood? Something must have shown in his eyes because Kaito abandoned the elaborate show of his arrival and slipped into the booth quickly. Just as Zero had predicted the waitress wasn't far behind him, interrupting any starting conversation they would have had.
"Would you like something to drink?" Her voice was slightly breathless as she once again asked if she could take their order.
Kaito waved aimlessly. "I'll have black tea." He inclined his head to Zero. "You?"
"Oolong." Zero responded shortly.
Kaito waited until she was gone before speaking, studying Zero the entire while. "Sorry to drag you out of bed. But I prefer to meet at the top of the day."
Now it was Zero's turn to wave. "Don't think anything of it." He was familiar with hunters habits. "How is the teaching job?" His voice was slightly sarcastic. Kaito was the last person he would envision in a teaching position. No, he belonged on stage somewhere with his drastic and flashy ways and brash attitude. Against his will he began to compare the hunter to Kaname. Kaname-on the outside-was sedate, following rules, except when it suited him; Kaito flaunted convention anyway, just because he had an urge to stand out among the crowd and had a very real problem with authority. The perfect underling for Toga. The thought that he was the same was lost on him as he allowed his attention to focus on Kaito.
Kaito frowned slightly. "I must admit, it's not something I would want to do for the rest of my given life, but as a temporary assignment it suits me just fine." His eyes sharpened, the slight anger that Zero had detected since his arrival burning there. "And you are trying to change the subject before it's even broached." He paused as the waitress returned with their drinks, bestowing a gregarious smile on her that caused her to blush and rush away from the table without asking if they needed anything else. He tsked. "We separate for a few years and I find you a vampire and mated to the big bad." He doctored his tea, waiting for Zero's reaction.
Zero looked away, red scoring his cheeks. "You don't know the half of it." He muttered. "Is that what you called me here to talk about?"
Kaito stirred his tea. "Well, it really is a strange development, seeing as what bloodline you hail from."
"Believe me, if things had gone the way I wanted, the circumstances and the results wouldn't be the same."
Kaito laughed and blew gently on the tea. "I just bet. So what's it like being chained to Kuran Kaname. A pureblood."
Zero was stalled by the contempt that suddenly lit his dark eyes again. It hit him suddenly that Kaito was not disgusted by his situation but disgusted by who he was in the situation with. He relaxed a little more as the lightbulb went off in his head. It took something of the stiffness out of his bones. He should have known given the hunter's background. Since deciding to kill his brother with his own bare hands, or hunter weapon be as it may, it made sense.
"It's better than I expected, unless you add all his night class servants that hang on his every word. They wouldn't mind skewering me the first chance they got." He felt the heat assail his cheeks once again. "And I sleep with a pureblood beside me every night. As hunter how do you think it is?"
His face was serious, his thoughts a little dark. He'd gotten used to living with Kaname, settling in a comfortable routine and now that he was sitting here talking to a free hunter it jarred him that he'd accepted it so easily; had been chained before the first declaration of war to determine territories. He was suddenly, in equal measures, embarrassed and mortified.
Kaito watched the play of emotions across his face, his own features softening. "So it really is true. Your bound to Kuran hook, line and sinker." His face became totally blank. "Well, I always did say that you are too soft hearted. What happened?"
Zero's mouth opened and everything that'd happened in the ensuing months spurted out like a leaky faucet. It felt good to confide in someone for the first time. Hell it felt good to talk to someone who had nothing to do with Kaname. He told the story from the beginning, starting with his insane thirst, to the end with him made a prisoner by said thirst. "And from the first time that I drunk from him, the bond was established." He finished quietly. "Though I can't really blame everything on him. A blood pact can't be established without some type of mutual feeling from either side."
The other hunter grimaced. "Harsh." His jovial mien slipped to reveal the deadliness underneath and Zero was reminded that Kaito was a formidable hunter with as bad a disposition as Toga had. "And there is really no way to break it?"
"Death." Zero snorted. "For both parties."
"Well, that can definitely be taken care of. Though to have one less hunter would be troublesome. Oh I can't kill him?" He asked innocently observing the outraged expression in Zero's lilac eyes. "Funny if I had to explain the look that you are wearing right now, it would be someone offended that his lover had just been threatened. It's obvious that what you are feeling goes beyond the simple explained situation." He seemed to weigh his next words carefully before proceeding. "Are you in love with him?"
Zero's mouth opened to refute the claim and the adamant denial caught in his throat. The explosion of feelings that erupted within him almost sent him crashing off the seat. Was he in love with the pureblood? Could the pounding of his heart when he was around Kaname be called love? Was the craving he had to be wrapped within his arms described as love?; the warmth that could only be dispelled by Kaname. Could that be called love? Was the irrevocable draw he felt whenever he was around the vampire king love? Even though he'd read it in that infernal book and had Ichijo tell him it had never crossed his mind that he would actually feel anything genuine for the vampire. Memories floated through his floored mind; Waking up beside the pureblood, sleeping next to him, going out of his way to sooth Kaname's anger, letting the pureblood into his thoughts and life so easily. Was this love?
"I never really thought about it." He managed lamely and the excuse sounded terrible even to his own ears even though it was true.
Kaito, however, had seen the emotions flittering across his face and wasn't convinced. Looking at the beautiful blushing, flabbergasted silver haired, lilac eyed hunter, Kaito felt the usual anger begin to burn again. He obviously didn't know what he was playing with. That was always the most dangerous situation to be in . "So you read this book that said that there had to be true feelings on both sides and you just overlooked it?"
"Well, I was busy getting bonded by the pureblood king of the vampires. Do you blame me?" Zero snapped.
"No! I expect you to behave as any other hunter would!!!" Kaito snapped back.
"And what would you have me do then?" Zero's voice was deceptively calm when he asked this question. "Kill myself to sacrifice myself and my mate to a cause? You must have never been in love before! If you had ever been then you would know that you would never give up the one that you connect with!" He didn't even notice that he was no longer denying the fact.
"So it's better to have an arrogant, lawless vampire walking around?"
Though the table separated the two, they still chomped at the bits of their control, each leaned in towards other. Their surroundings were completely forgotten in the hubbub. Neither one of them saw the waitress's glance at them in concern or the other patrons throwing them uneasy looks. They were too caught up in their argument.
"Just what in the hell do you think that Kaname's going to do? Are you all so antiquated that the thought of vampires living peacefully alongside humans is impossible?" Zero spat, standing to reach the money in his pockets. He huffed harshly as he threw money on the table. "I've had enough of this conversation."
He ignored Kaito's protests as well as the waitress as he stomped out of the building. The sunshine damn near blinded him, but he didn't stop. With Kaito's words and his own thoughts ringing through his head, he began to head back to the school. His destination had changed however in the light of certain shed light of his situation. He didn't think he could go back to the moon dorms and sleep; not with all that was raging through his mind. He made a beeline for the stables and Lily's comforting company.
But Lily failed to have the usual effect on him. The only thought that ran through his mind as he relaxed in hay and tried desperately to find the normal balance of his world was:
Me? In love with Kaname?
One thought tumbled over the other as he tried to sort through his feelings. At the forefront was his willingness to get caught by the pureblood. He hadn't complained overmuch when Kaname had dragged him to his bed and spent the nights establishing his hold over the hunter. Nor had he complained as he slept in a demesne full of vampires. Looking over his behavior now was it that farfetched to call it love?
He sat with his back to Lily's stable, not even registering the passing time as the sun moved lower in the sky as he studied his own actions and the mannerisms and behaviors of love.
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OMG that chapter was like pulling teeth!! I just didn't know where I wanted it to go…..LOL, this chapter sucked but I need Kaito later on so……
…….Thank you for reading!!!!!!
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