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Chapter Eighteen
Kaito watched Zero's retreating figure as the ex-human stalked out of the cafe. For a brief moment he was outlined in sunshine, its rays gilding his silver hair with golden light. Then there was nothing but an empty threshold once again. He curbed the impulse to go after him, knowing that it would absolutely do no good at the moment with the touchy prefect riled. The stricken look that Zero had worn was telling enough; astonishment, followed swiftly by stunned realization and blushing cheeks. A rare sight to see. But he'd shown it to Kaito in a moment of weakness.
Over an immoral pureblood.
It pissed Kaito off to no end.
He breathed deeply as he forced himself to stay seated and continued on with his tea. He couldn't afford to misstep with the hunter, but truly this wasn't how he expected his reunion with Zero to go. He shook his head in disgust. What had he expected? A lot, he acknowledged to himself silently. He'd fully expected for the hunter to be disgruntled with his lot and ready to find a way to break the pact. But that clearly wasn't the case. Leave it up to Zero to take the sugar out of his coffee.
When he'd first heard the rumors of the blood pact between Zero and the pureblood, he'd thought that it was just that. Rumors. He'd shrugged it off as such and accepted Cross' offer with no hesitation, eager to meet up with his old training mate. He'd been ready to get away from headquarters and happy for change of scenery anyhow. He'd been fully ready to catch up with and reconnect with him. But this…….… This was beyond imagining for him. Mated to the same thing that had slaughtered his parents? And feeling something that was clearly not hate. He'd spent the last week observing Zero as he taught. He was as brusque as everyone made him out to be, but he exuded an air of….…Contentment, his scent completely saturated with the pureblood's. And that he had to acknowledge that Kuran wore the same cloak of contentment made him sick. As did the satisfied smirk that seemed to always grace the vampire's face as he walked past Kaito's desk. It often tempted him to just shoot the pureblood on sight. It seemed blasphemous that a vampire was thriving off of a hunter.
He frowned over his tea, berating himself for his almost loss of control. It definitely wouldn't solve anything. Before coming to the school he'd searched the library for any information on blood pacts that the hunters had, which was very little no surprise there. It hadn't made him happy. Every book he'd read on the subject insisted that breaking the bond would only result in death or madness. Zero being the young vampire that he was, death was a surety so that wasn't a road that Kaito wanted to take. He wanted the silver haired hunter alive and coherent. But he was so firmly entrenched in the pureblood Kaito wasn't seeing any other option to set him free. So what was he willing to see? Zero dead or happily bonded to the pureblood?
Thoroughly irritated now, he waved the waitress over for the check. He wanted the pact broken and Zero free. It seemed he was wishing for the impossible.

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Yuki folded the last of her laundry and exhaled as she looked out of the window to the shadowed landscape. The sun was going down slowly it's dying rays splashing the vista with random fiery color. She was bored but it was a peaceful boredom. It had been the perfect day to idle at the beach or at a park and all she'd done was lug clothes from her room to the washer and then to the drier. Involuntarily her thoughts turned to Zero and Kaname and a small, rueful smile brightened her face momentarily. The truth of where Kaname's affections laid had set her back and made her heart ache but she would endure it for Zero. It was plenty funny to watch Zero flounder in the depths of Kaname's emotions, to watch him blush whenever the pureblood was around, batting away casual, caressing hands his cheeks as red as cherries.
It was surprising. She'd thought she would hate seeing them together, seeing the deep bond between the two. But it was more entertaining to watch Zero try and fight the feelings he had, to fight against the current of Kaname's feelings. She was convinced that Kaname was in love with the touchy hunter. Why else put up with that attitude? She'd seen the affection for the silver haired hunter over dinner, watching as Kaname could barely keep himself from touching the ex-hunter even when they were in the presence of others. She found it downright amusing. Unconsciously, whenever she was with the two, she let her eyes follow those lovely, unguarded movements, jealous that it wasn't her skin that those lovely, graceful fingers stroked, jealous that it wasn't her eyes caught up in that affectionate gaze. And that idiot prefect otherwise known as her adopted brother didn't have the knowledge to recognize the vampire's feelings. She knew, as she watched him navigate his own sentiment towards Kaname that he was completely oblivious.
She touched her chest where the ache lived permanently now, lessened only by Ichijo's presence. Her thoughts turned as a vision of the blonde vampire crossed her mind. He'd taken a considerable endeavor to cheer her up basically. He was amazingly funny able to take her mind off her current predicament. She felt different when he was around, her ability to smile and laugh miraculously restored. Not to mention the midnight trysts that had become their midnight 'snack'. She chuckled. She'd become addicted to the late night hours that she spent with Ichijo, sometimes spying on Zero and Kaname, other times talking late into the night about inconsequential matters. Either way he made sure she was soothed, the seemingly permanent ache easing when he made her laugh with witty euphemisms or taught her to view her world with new eyes. It was fast endearing her to the noble.
She guessed in lieu of that she should be able to finally speak with Kaname more than just in casual passing. With Zero it was easier to adapt, after all they shared a close relationship borne of both being under Cross' guardianship and spending so much time together it was easier to settle back into their familiar camaraderie even if it was somewhat awkward now it was get better with the passing of time. Kuran Kaname, the long time recipient of her affections was an enormous difference. For so long he'd stood as an ever shining dream she'd always hoped to attain even knowing that he would need someone like Zero and the not the clumsy, apprehensive being that she was. It didn't hurt any less that she'd been correct in that assumption.
Damn.
She flopped on her bed wholly engaged in her private thoughts. Though by the looks of it Zero was having a harder time adapting to the new state of affairs not to mention having Ichiru and now a fellow hunter on campus. He was noticeably ill at ease when he did manage to make it to class, half the time watching his twin like a hawk and the other half studying his fellow hunter as if he were a curious anomaly that he needed to sort out. She could only imagine how he felt as he was as closed mouth as ever if not substantially more so now. If he became any worse he would end up becoming a mime. And Kaname was the cherry on the sundae. Anyone could tell he was the insufferable, overbearing type. Exactly the type that was designed to rub Zero's fur the wrong way. She snickered quietly at the thought and felt a little guilty at the small sliver of relief that she didn't have to deal with that.
The doorbell rung, startling her from her reverie. She bounced out the bed and down the stairs in time to see her 'father' open the door to the new ethics teacher who, though he was wearing a slight smile, still seemed vexed to her.
Cross greeted the hunter cum ethics teacher with his usual bright enthusiasm his eyes sparkling. "Takamiya-san! So glad that you could make it!"
Kaito nodded politely to both of them in greeting. "Thank you for inviting me Cross-san."
"Oh don't be so formal!" Cross exclaimed stepping back to let Kaito advance before taking his coat. "Don't just stand there, come in, welcome to our home. You can have tea while I start dinner."
Kaito grimaced at the word tea. "Actually I'll take something stronger if it's available."
"Only the best sake in Japan!"
Their voices trailed off as they moved deeper into the house. Yuki opted to return to her room rather than joining them. She really had no aptitude in the kitchen so her presence would only get in the way and she couldn't imagine what she and the hunter would have in common to discuss besides school and she was so not talking about that on a Sunday evening. Tomorrow was near enough for her. She would just find something in her room to engage her interest. She finally settled down to read a book that she'd had for months. Half and hour later, the bell rung once more interrupting her. She didn't budge this time resolving to let Cross answer it. But two rather familiar auras pulled her back to the first level. One finely etched raised in surprise at the sight of Ichijo and Kaname standing in the foyer. Just what the hell was Cross up to?
"Kaname-sama! Ichijo-kun! Welcome. Let me take your coats!" Her voice sounded high and jumpy even to herself. Their dual presences worked on her oddly, the act in her chest trying to intensify and abate at the same time. It struck her as they stood side by side what a handsome contrast they made. Ichijo only a few inches shorter than Kaname, his cool blonde handsomeness set off by Kaname's sultry, dark good looks, like a portrait study of light and dark variations.
"Thank you." Kaname replied. His mahogany eyes were warm as they touched upon her. Embarrassingly she felt her cheeks reddening. She turned her smile on Ichijo grabbing his coat, turning in the direction of the closet. She didn't fail to notice the way Cross' eyes glinted with secret merriment and she again wondered what he was up. She deduced from Ichijo's presence that her adopted father wasn't' unaware of their burgeoning relationship. But then again she'd never assumed that Cross was as oblivious as everyone believed him to be. She wrinkled her nose at him in response.
"Was there anyone else you invited?" She inquired almost casually. Her father was definitely up to something.
"Oh, we are just waiting for Zero." Cross stated innocently.
That gave her pause. She was smart enough to recognize an explosive situation when it stared her in the face and waved. She hung the coats in the closet and followed the trio into the dining room. Kaito's face assumed a mask of impassivity but, the undercurrents rocked with his ire. Kaname's reaction was no less discreet or intense. Yuki could almost taste the mutual dislike in the air. Once again she questioned Cross' motives with drawing all them here. She was beginning to think that he thrived on drama.
"Thank you all for coming. I wanted to celebrate Kaito-san's appointment with dinner." Cross announced. "Dinner is almost ready. We are just waiting for Zero."
At the prefect's name, Kaito's widened but just a bit. If she hadn't been studying everyone's reactions she would have missed. She bet that Kaname didn't. She smiled at Ichijo, her conspirator. She'd been bored. The evening was starting to look up.
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Zero, preoccupied with his very chaotic thoughts, navigated the way to Cross' domain absently. He'd spent the rest of the day sequestered in the stables letting himself be calmed by Lily's company. He'd felt Kaname awaken, suffered through a brief internal moment when his mate, predictably, checked up on him. He was thankful that the pureblood has seemed a little distracted. In light of his recognized feelings he was happy that the pureblood's attention wasn't too fixed on him at the moment, though it was never far away. Once he'd confirmed Zero's location and well being he'd been satisfied, not even bothering to go through Zero's memories of the day which he did usually. It made him wonder what thoughts his mate was so lost in that his thoughts weren't' centered on him as they'd been for the last six weeks.
As if on cue, Kaname tapped into their external link, opening their private world between them. Cross' dining room provided the backdrop though he wasn't surprised at the pureblood's location. He could feel him clearly through the bond.
Where are you?
Kaname's lack of greeting was further evidence of his pre occupation. Zero wondered vaguely what was going on.
On my way.
Oh. Kaname was nonplussed as if he'd expected the hunter to skip the dinner that Cross had invited them to yesterday.
That alone raised Zero's hackles. Why would Kaname be uncertain about that? He knew that Zero considered Cross' residence as a safe haven. Unfortunately the pureblood didn't eye the room, keeping Zero's attention solely on him. Big surprise. Unconsciously, he reached out through the inner link, not even really aware that he was actually doing it, to observe the room around the pureblood. He sensed more than saw Kaname's startled reaction to this. Heck, it even surprised him. But it got him what he wanted and he was able to see the dining room where Kaname sat.
Cross, Yuki, Ichijo and……Kaito.
The latter's presence understandably set him on edge, when it was the hunter's revelation that had caused him to take shelter and evaluate his connection with Kaname. Abruptly all he wanted to do was head back to the Moon dorm and catch up the sleep that he'd missed. Whoa! That irked him; that in complete comfort he contemplated comfortably the idea of sleeping in a demesne full of vampires.
Such was evidence of how far he'd fallen in consideration of his bond with Kaname.
He thrust the thought away and doggedly continued his trek to Cross'. It didn't matter. Any of it. In light of his identified feelings it was inconsequential. Nothing could top the fact that he was in love with the pureblood. Deeply, fully in love. Just the thought of being without Kaname had caused his heart to seize and breathing to become difficult. He fully admitted, to himself, that the pureblood's existence was totally necessary to his peace of mind. Further proof that he'd fallen to far under Kaname's seductive spell. He didn't know how he would conscience being in another hunter's presence with this revelation in his soul.
He couldn't, wouldn't leave Kaname. For better or worse those were just the facts. Once he permitted himself to accept that, his day had become loads better. And now he had to face another hunter with that truth in his mind, body and soul. Sensing his wayward thoughts, Kaname immediately took the opportunity to scroll through the day's memories, his possessive instincts very much in the fore. When he ran across Kaito and the coffee shop, his anger reached out to chill Zero's bones. He felt his mate turn his head towards the hunter and immediately his protective instincts were very much in the fore. In his possessive anger he'd obviously overlooked Zero's private contemplations of love. Zero was relieved.
Kaname. His mental voice held clear warning. It was nothing but a catchup between friends.

It doesn't seem to me that you did much catching up, Kaname mused, his attitude towards the dark hunter taking a sinister turn. He kept his eyes on the dark haired hunter, sensing what his mate didn't want to acknowledge. The hunter stared back at him letting the animosity to shine clearly in the depths of his sienna eyes in plain notice.

Was this why you woke and left so early, Kaname growled, if I had known you would have never left the bed.
From personal experience, Zero knew this was true. He blushed. Ichijo's words were true. He couldn't deny the pureblood any thing right now, especially sexual relations. All Kaname had to do was think it and Zero's body responded eagerly, melting at the mere thought of the purebloods hands on him. It seemed that Kaname held all the cards where he was concerned.
Zero. Kaname's attention was back on him, his mental voice gentle as he caught a whiff of Zero's anxiety. His attention turned to the front of the house as he felt his hunter nearing. He was glad, it took his thoughts off of killing the dark hunter for his sheer audacity. He was tempted to reach across the table and teach him a well deserved lesson. Instead he focused on Zero's approaching, letting it pacify his thoughts of sheer violence against the other hunter. He rose in anticipation, "Zero," his only explanation to the other inhabitants of the table.… But he knew he needed to get out of the room before he did something that couldn't' be reversed. He met the ex-human vampire at the door, yanking it open before Zero could even considering putting his own hand on the door knob.
Zero found himself in the house and backed against the front door before his senses could decipher his mates movements. Kaname leaned over him, hands planted solidly besides his head, his tempting mouth only centimeters from Zero's. His body responded to his mate before his mind had time to protest. Unwillingly, his eyes traced over Kaname's form in an abbreviated form of the safety check even though he knew his pureblood was unharmed and whole before him.

What the hell?
He didn't have any controls over his actions and suspected it wouldn't get any better event with the passage of time. It didn't' help that Kaname's own regard was moving over him the same way, intensely studying the hunter's willowy form. The simple fact that he couldn't keep his own gaze from roving over the pureblood in return galled him. It was a compulsion that he had to obey, his eyes drawn back to his mate against his will. Kaname wore black jeans and a button down shirt to match. His hair weaved in his face tempting Zero to push the ultra soft strands out of the way so his lilac eyes could roam unchecked over the beautiful surface. He was caught up in the feeling, he senses swirling as he stared up at Kaname. With his mate so close to him Zero couldn't stop his hand from reaching up to stroke the pureblood's features in warm affection. His fingers swept across the proud brow before he even registered his own movements, cinching in Kaname's hair to pull his head down so that Zero could brush his lips across his. Kaname leaned into the caress, lips a tingling burn against Zero's as the pureblood's taste washed over his perception.
It felt too right to ignore and he allowed himself to be swept away without any second thoughts to the other inhabitants occupying the dining room. Kaname's familiar taste flooded his pleasure receptors as his mouth clung to his, igniting the steady burning fire that always hovered just beneath his skin. Kaname caught the light, breathless moan with is mouth reveling in Zero's taste. He slid his tongue gently against the hunter's effortlessly, cajoling it to join in the voluptuary excursion of pleasure in loving persuasion as his hands began an explanatory trail over Zero's hips.
Kaname moaned, everyone else in the house forgotten straightaway as the sweet taste of Zero invaded his mouth and his hands clenched over the fabric of Zero's denim jeans molding Zero's body to his own, delighting in the long, graceful curves of the ex-human's body against his. He wanted to abandon Cross' dinner and carry his hunter back to his bed and away from any distractions besides himself and his lovemaking. He discarded that thought knowing his mate would be too conscious of anyone's reactions to allow this with no struggle. Especially since Yuki was present also.
So Kaname assuaged his need with a fierce yet tender assault of the his hunters mouth, tongue twining with his in gentle nudges. As he was accustomed to, his hunter was panting and breathless in no time flat, his hands trying pull Kaname away from him in protest.
"Dinner." Zero gasped desperately disconnecting their mouths by turning his head aside. "We have to go back to dinner."
"I don't care about dinner!" Kaname rasped, following and nipping Zero's bottom lip to draw a small bead of blood that he licked away. Just that small amount was enough to break his control as the candied flavor of Zeros' blood slid across his tastebuds. "The only one who would dare protest would be that hunter." Kaname murmured against his mouth betraying his jealousy.
"Does it matter?" Zero asked all his efforts placed in not responding to Kaname's sensual tongue play though it was obvious in the pounding of his heart and pulse that he'd failed admirably. "We have to get back."
Reluctantly, hearing the pleading note in his mate's voice, Kaname released his mouth, forcing himself to step back away from his hunter. "As you wish." His voice was heavy with regret at the foiled attempt at seduction. He pulled away but kept Zero close as he maneuvered them back into the dining room. He didn't' miss the flinch in Kaito's eyes as he entered with Zero stationed securely against his body an arm around his waist. He enjoyed it though. He wanted to prove unequivocally to the coal headed hunter that the one he wanted was his and that no escape as imminent.
"Hello." Zero greeted the guests careful to keep is eyes away from Kaito. He had no desire for the hunter to affirm the desire he'd been helpless to circumvent. He could feel the hunters eyes on him as he seated himself beside Kaname. Instead he concentrated on every one else's reactions as they'd had time to come to terms with the bonding. Frustration rose inexplicably inside him twinning with the slight shame he felt that his fellow hunter would see him so weak in the vampire's company though it couldn't be helped. Finally, not able to do anything else he forced himself to meet Kaito's eyes despairing at the disgust that layered his gaze.
Already he could tell dinner was going to be long, drawn out bone of contention.

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I'm considering the next few chapters as the 'Calm before the storm' hope you didn't find it too, too boring *We are getting to the good parts! Promise*
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