The Manipulation of Ice

Aido Hanabusa had the misfortune to be a teasing person by nature. Normally, it served him well, lightening tense situations and providing hours of amusement (Yuki-san was so easy to rile). But when he was completely serious, often times people assumed he was just waiting to spring a joke on them.

It made confessing his feelings extremely difficult.

"This isn't funny. Grow up, little boy." Immediately after the rejection, Aido silently cursed fate for making him like the 'cool type.' Not Kain's 'cool,' better labeled 'thoughtfully dreamy but socially apathetic.' No, that'd make things simple (after all, he'd lived with that 'cool type' for years. He could twist that type around his finger). And God forbid things be simple for the genius. His 'cool type' was actually 'arctic cold, so bundle up warm, moron.' Everything was icy; icy heart, icy eyes, icy hair. And the chilliest damn aura in existence.

"Look, Kiriyu, this isn't a joke. Nobody's going to jump out from behind a tree and yell, "Gotcha!" I. Like. You. I realize my feelings are only caused by endorphins sent in response to your pheromones, but-"

"Spare me." Kiriyu's frigid tone implied the conversation was over, even before he turned around and began walking away.

Frozen bastard.

But, Aido mused, appreciating the way the moonlight made Kiriyu's hair gleam, sometimes it was just as fun to thaw ice as it was to freeze water. And even if the hunter couldn't thaw, didn't Aido control ice?

Possibly sensing Aido's sudden determination (it was practically coming out in waves), Kiriyu stopped, and shivered. The noble smiled triumphantly as his target began surreptitiously checking the ground for ice, hoping to discover why he suddenly felt that much colder.

The poor prefect didn't stand a chance.

Disclaimer: I do not own and make no profit off Vampire Knight.

Yen, sorry. That whole idea I bounced off you? Fizzled midway through. This was what I could salvage once I realized the angst-ink was not going to flow from my pen. You get... cuteness.