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Warning: There will be male x male content in this fanfiction. Kaname x Zero (KaZe) in particular. If that bothers you, then please do click the back button or just close out of the tab.

That time when I was eight. I hadn't realized there is such thing as evil vampires. I found them to be as beautiful as the angels in the heavens I used to believe in. That was until that day when the nurse at our elementary school had dropped below Level-E. Something not really a vampire but a monster. Something I never thought I would see in my lifetime despite being in a family of hunters. At least this is what I thought when I was only eight. Wow, I was really naive, wasn't I. It wasn't exactly a question I asked myself. The answer was very much obvious. I was naive. Ichiru and I... we held onto this believe that all doctors and nurses were truly good people. That they wouldn't hurt anyone they legitimately try to save with all their might. Even if they happen to be vampires. Just like the nice nurse at our school... That woman...she changed into a feral, ravenous monster I didn't even recognize. This is what a vampire is? No, that is a vampire, a low level vampire to be exact. One who's hunger had taken so much control over them to the point it's consumed who they were. Essentially, they were like those who don't have souls and are only driven by pure instinct. Still I tried to defend her and when I did, Yagari-sensei had lost his eye. All because of our naivety and innocent beliefs of doctors and vampires...

When I returned to him after he had told me to run, I profusely apologized, averting my lilac eyes from his partially bandaged face. He didn't say much other than a few words on the lines of "Don't worry about it." Kind of like he didn't mind getting hurt. I decided to give myself a bit of a permission to look at him fully in his face as he started speaking to me seriously. Of course, he was blunt and I was used to that even as he said me and my brother were idiots. I can admit that. He also told me that vampires were evil deplorable creatures who only see humans as food.

"Master, why do vampires hurt humans?"

"Because they are pitiful beings who live only by instinct. That is why we hunt them. Vampire hunters like the Kiryu family, your family, and myself exist for that very purpose." Yagari-sensei glanced up at me with his good left eye with seriousness in his expression. I had almost looked away from his face, knowing I was the one who caused him to get hurt. It's my fault... Still he didn't seem to mind as he set his hand on my shoulder before speaking to me again.

"Do you understand now, Zero? Vampires can only ever be our enemy..."

Yes, he was right... And I knew it too. The woman who attacked him was beautiful but she was also Level-E... I tried to defend her when she changed into a horrifying, savage monster before us. Because of my foolishness, Yagari-sensei lost his right eye because of he was protecting me and my younger twin. All because we children held a belief that all doctors and nurses were truly good people. That they wouldn't hurt anyone. Even if they were vampires... Our naivety has caused our teacher to lose his eye. I felt guilty for even returning to him even after sensei told me and Ichiru to run. I came back to know this and to thank him for trying to protect us.

He told me... "Vampires can only be our enemy."

…...

He is right about that.

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Present Day.

Screaming girls... Loud, exuberant, and expectant girls. This is rather annoying. My ears ring from their shrieks as I and Yuki rush to push them back from the still closed gates. The same gates which serves as some sort of barrier between the Day Class and Night Class students. At the same time, the Day Class girls push forward in hopes of overwhelming us. I threaten them with a glare, not too fierce but it is enough to make them cower and simmer down a little. Sometimes I really wish Headmaster Cross would get more people on the Disciplinary Committee to assist me and Yuki. Trying to ward back over three hundred girls is truly a hassle.

Just as soon the sun sets behind the trees, the doors separating our two worlds begins to open. The shrieking around me only proceeds to grow louder, to my dismay. My mood only worsens when I sense them before I can see them. The Night Class. Fantastic. I will have to deal with babysitting these vampires. Tonight will be an uneventful night yet again even if something occasionally happens on one of these nights. I resist letting out a sigh as Kaname walks past me and goes over to Yuki who is still trying to keep these girls away from the Night Class. I swear I saw a flicker of irritation in her eye when they screamed Kaname's name. To this day, I can never understand why Yuki liked Kaname as much as she does. There's nothing admirable about him. At least I think so. She clearly doesn't understand that he is a vampire whose only desire in life is to drink blood from humans. Mindless beasts. But my words go through her head as if they don't matter. It's frustrating. If I have to, I will drill it into her head constantly until she finally gets it.

Kaname said something endearing to Yuki that caused me to roll my eyes in exasperation. I can't believe she's falling for that vampire's words. The rest of the Night Class seems to be leering over the two of them and I figure it was time to remind Kuran that class will be starting for his kind soon. I walk over to him and Yuki in a few short strides and pried his hand (a little forcefully) off of her head.

"Classes are about to start, Kuran. You don't want to be late." I reminded him coolly. He just chuckled which only heightened my irritation towards him.

"How scary," he said, sounding sarcastic before his tone turned gentle. It's obvious to me he's speaking to only Yuki. "I'll see you later, Miss Disciplinary Committee."

"Ah... Yes, Kaname." Yuki murmured, tripping over her words as her face turned a rose-colored shade.

Kaname turned on his heel then joined his vampire classmates on walking towards the building for their evening classes. Yuki and I had to struggle to hold off the still screeching girls from tackling us to get to the vampires. I spot one of the girls with a camera and I glare at her.

"Hey you! No pictures!" I shout at her.

"But it's just one photo! I want to take one of Aido-sama!" she begged, squeaking minutely at the harshness of my voice.

"Taking photos are against the rules. Don't make me tell you again." That did it. She reluctantly put her camera away then began to retreat to the dorms with the rest of the girls, thankfully. I let out a sigh of relief before turning to Yuki. I needed to talk to her too.

"You know, having such affection for Kuran is completely unethical." She glared at me but I just kept going. "As someone who is supposed to keep the rest of the Day Class from knowing, you're doing a poor job in keeping your own feelings in check."

"I know what you're going to say, Zero. You're going to say "He is different from us." or "He's a vampire." I know all of that." She sighed, her blush wouldn't leave her cheeks as we went to the building the Night Class are attending classes inside of. "But I can't stop liking him. It's impossible. Just like you can't stop hating him for what he is."

I glare at her for that comment. She can't seriously compare my hatred for vampires with her love for them. I have my reasons for hating them. Purebloods especially. She should know that already.

"Sorry." she said quickly when she noticed the look in my eyes, looking guilty.

"Whatever. Let's just get this night over with so we can sleep." And hopefully the vampires will finish class sooner than usual. I'm not feeling good and I don't want to end up biting Yuki again. Or I will never escape Kaname's glare for a while each time his dark crimson eyes rests on her neck. The same neck that I bite into when my cravings become unbearable and is covered with an obvious bandage the next day. I try not to breathe through my nose, to keep Yuki's scent from affecting me too much, as I scan the campus grounds with careful eyes. Hopefully Yuki is doing the same and she won't be distracted again tonight.

We end up on top of one of the buildings facing the one where the Night Class is attending their evening classes and we have a good view of them as usual. Just in case something goes wrong, we can just jump down and quickly put an order to things. It's too soon to say if things will go wrong or not. I guess it is a wait-and-see type of thing. Either way, I'm confident I will do what is necessary to restore order...with or without using my Bloody Rose.

The rest of the night goes on and I sense Yuki is staring at only one spot after hearing her longing sighs. She does this every time yet I have to remind her what her job is.

"Yuki." I began, not looking at her.

"I-I'm just making sure the Night Class is behaving as they should!" she stated in a defensive tone.

"Sure." I'm irritated. She shouldn't be staring at him so much. It's like he has completely dazzled her. Yuki should know better than to fall for someone like him.

"Zero...I know you don't like him but he's not a bad person." I resisted to scoff at that. "You already know he's the one who saved me from a bad vampire, right?"

I say nothing but only nod.

"So even if every vampire in the world is bad to you, Kaname isn't one of them. I am grateful he proved that he isn't scary when he saved me back then." She smiled ruefully as she recalled those old memories of hers.

Yes, she's told me this story a couple of times before. Honestly, I think it's incredulous but at the same time, it's a wonder she's even developed such strong feelings for Kaname. And how she's not afraid of vampires at all. I am curious if she is masking her fear with undying love for the one who saved her. I shake my head at this. Not even Yuki is that blind to the negative qualities of vampires. Though I shouldn't be one to talk. Not at all.

"Just because he has done one good deed doesn't mean he's a good person, Yuki." I told her.

"But you don't know that either." She retorts as I look at her as if she said something completely moronic.

I realize quickly I am never going to win this argument. So I just drop the conversation there. Her love for Kaname (and probably all vampires) and my disdain for him are on two different wavelengths. She still thinks they are good even though there were times she has encountered bad ones. Even Aido bit her once. Yuki is really a good person. Naive but still a good person with a gentle soul. Maybe if I hadn't been attacked by a vampire five years ago, I wouldn't have such a strong hatred of them. And I would probably still think they're like us humans, but with fangs. However, I won't be thinking that anytime soon. Not when I'm like those beasts too. I really hate them...and myself.

During our watch, I glance into the classroom at the Night Class. They are behaving normally, like humans. I guess that is expected considering the Day Class thinks they are human too. My eyes shifted minutely over to Kaname. Poised as ever as he pays attention to the lesson with a bored expression on his face. I can see why the vast majority of the Day Class girls fall over themselves over him. He is quite good looking to say the least. Though I will never admit that to Yuki or anyone. Especially to Kaname. I bet that compliment goes straight to his head and he doesn't want to admit it. I tear my eyes away from his face and make sure the other Night Class students are behaving properly.

While I scan the campus again, I feel an unbearable cramp in my stomach. I'm going to be sick. So I dash off the rooftop then make my way down two flights of stairs to leave the building. Yuki is calling out to me, saying I need to come back. I don't listen to her while I try to keep the nausea from building up further. Running isn't really helping with the nausea either. I barely make it to the bathroom at the Headmaster's residence and grab either side of the toilet. I emptied whatever was in my stomach into the toilet.

No, it wasn't the vampires that made me sick. These damn blood tablets are to blame. I'm trying to deal with taking them despite the fact they are making me sick. I'm just desperate to not drink Yuki's blood so often. My hunger is growing...no doubt about it. How long am I going to be able to keep a hold on it from getting worse?

I finished emptying my stomach then flushed the toilet and sat down beside it, leaning my head against the wall. I ache all over a little. It's normal for it to hurt after I'm that violently sick. Every time I take those blood tablets.

While I try to recuperate myself, I hear a knock against the door of the bathroom. I immediately sense who it is on the other side of it. Shit.

"Kiryu, may I come in?" Kaname asks.

"No. Leave now." I say, my voice sounding weaker than I had intended to be. I really hate being sick. Hoping he would leave, I don't say anything else. However...

The door opens and I am glaring up at him as he enters the bathroom. I bet he finds this sight pathetic.

"You don't look well." he says, sounding indifferent.

"Thanks for stating the obvious, Kuran." I retort. "You are supposed to be in class."

He ignores what I had said to him. "I don't know how you will protect Yuki while you're so weak."

"Shut up. If you're so worried, why don't you protect her yourself? You know you want to."

I notice Kaname chuckling lightly as I glare at him fiercely. "You're the only one who gives me that defiant look. At least I know you're not a total weakling. But it also pisses me off."

He fishes in his pockets and takes out a small casing that fit in the palm of his hand then tossed it to me. I caught it easily, which kind of surprised me. Guess being sick moments earlier didn't make my reflexes any slower. I glance at the case and opened it before my eyes narrowed. What the fuck. Blood tablets. More blood tablets and more chances to be sick. Is he trying to kill me?

"Take those, Kiryu. And throw the ones already in possession away." he commanded. This was too strange. Why is he asking this of me?

"Why should I take these? You know blood tablets don't do anything but make me sick."

"The blood tablets I've given you will not make you sick. You will be able to go about your day as you done before." he stated casually. "Take one tonight and you'll feel better."

"I rather not." I don't really believe him. He might be trying to kill me faster because I'm a regular vampire who is teetering on the edge of insanity and blood. Kaname moves closer to me and examines my features. I can't find it in myself to move away considering how little space I have anyway.

"Stay sick if you want. I don't particularly care but I know you want to stop drinking Yuki's blood. I need for you to stop that too. For someone who hates vampires, you drink more blood than the rest of us."

"It's...not like I had a choice in the matter." This is not the first time he has touched on the fact I can't control my thirst in a negative way. Feeling pissed, I am just itching to shoot him in the thigh for that comment. Even if it's true, I rather not hear it from him of all people. Goddamn vampire.

"If you don't like the fact you desire blood often, why not drink mine? It'll help with the cravings." He offered, I could feel my throat burning slightly from the thirst along with it being slightly irritated from vomiting minutes ago.

"No. I rather drink bleach." I reply coldly. Then I glanced at the tablets that were given to me then thought for a moment. Maybe I can take these but not because he told me so moments ago. I just don't want to drink his blood. I rather not drink any vampire's blood. I honestly would rather starve or go into madness.

Kaname chuckles slightly then reaches into my pocket to take the other blood tablets. He flushes them down the toilet then turns to me. "Now that you don't have the other blood tablets, you can take those. I don't intend to harm you for now, Kiryu. So take them."

With that, Kaname leaves the bathroom and I'm staring after him dumbfounded. Part of me has no idea what just happened yet I do. I wonder what special attribute these blood tablets have since he's so adamant I take them instead of the regular blood tablets. My curiosity is really getting the best of me as I try to figure out what are Kaname's motives for me. Other from protecting Yuki. It probably is that but for some reason there is something more to this. He wants me to be at my top form for a reason. I doubt he is worried for my safety and impending insanity.

Shaking the thoughts he may be worried for me, I glance at the blood tablets again before taking one of them and eating it. I still felt a little queasy but it soon went away a minute after I took the tablet. I guess I can go back to patrolling the campus with Yuki. She's probably worried about me about now. Maybe I can tell her tomorrow. I am tired. I'll deal with her questions to why I left my post yet again tomorrow. Tonight, I want to avoid it so I head back to the Boys' dorm. The sky is growing more cloudy and I figure it is going to rain soon or tomorrow. I don't mind. Rain is relaxing. I may sleep more comfortably then.

After slipping into my dorm room quietly, I change out of my uniform and crawl into bed, letting the confused emotions from earlier go away for the time being. Kaname was acting strange tonight but that thought went away too as sleep pulled me under its comfortable embrace.

Author's Note: Hello! If any of you stumble upon this fanfiction after reading another one of mine titled 'Our Secret', I decided to do a bit of a continuation of it. Well, it kind of starts from the beginning. Like before Kaname and Zero's romance even begins. I do hope you all like it. I do apologize if it starts off slow. The prologue is obviously an excerpt from canon events but it will divert from that pretty soon.

I won't be able to update often because I have like four other fanfiction projects to do. One of them is almost done, thankfully. :) Plus, I am stuck on mobile until I have internet at my house so updating often will be difficult. When I do update, I will update on my AO3 first because it's slightly easier to do so and I am more active on there than I am on here.