Hi everyone. OK this is my 2nd Vampire Knight Fanfic and I hope you enjoy it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Knight or the song LOVE by Joss Stone they all belong to the rightful owners sadly. Which isn't me. And I make no money from this either.
The Talent ShowChapter 1: My blood for you.
It was two weeks before the winter break and the students at Cross Academy were getting restless. The exams were finished and now all they cared about was the holidays. After all nothing exciting was going to happen in school. There were no dances or charity events or anything planned. At least as far as anyone knew. Little did they know that Chairman Cross was sitting in his study plotting away and as usual his idea concerned both the normal day class students and the not-so-normal vampires of the night class.
Yuki Cross, the Chairman's adopted daughter was becoming suspicious. She had expected the chairman to at least have done some sort of event before the end of the year but when she had told Zero about this he had just said that it was a miracle that she shouldn't complain about, and she could not argue for at that moment a rare smile had graced his lips and all she could do was smile back. She decided against asking Kaname what he thought because she was starting to feel awkward around him, even more so than usual and for a few weeks now she knew the reason why.
At the end of her prefect's duties Yuki decided to have a much needed shower. She was feeling pissed at Zero because he had ditched about a half an hour ago and she had been forced to watch the grounds by herself. She walked into the building and stormed down the hallway roughly pushing the door to the bathroom open without noticing the towel that happened to be on the handle. She looked up as she walked in and did a double take, as she noticed Zero leaning over the sink in a partial state of undress. She could feel the blush rise in her cheeks but she ignored it as she noticed that something was wrong with Zero. She took in is hunched over figure and his laboured breathing and when he turned to face her she saw the bloodlust in his eyes. All anger for him vanished.
"Oh Zero," she said, "Why didn't you tell me you were this thirsty?"
Zero looked away. He hadn't wanted her to find him like this. He hated her seeing this side of him, hated that she knew he was a monster. But what he hated more was that she didn't care, that she let him drink from her regardless of her safety. No that wasn't right. He loved that she didn't care about his vampire side and still saw him for who he was. Hell, he loved everything about her but it frustrated him to no end that she kept putting herself in danger.
"Yuki … I can't," Zero said.
"Can't or won't?" Yuki asked with an edge to her voice. This was getting annoying, she knew Zero was incapable of hurting her but of course he didn't realize that. They both knew how this was going to end; he would drink and she would like it, not that he knew she liked it. It was a rather embarrassing thing to admit after all. Yuki walked towards him and unbuttoned the top two buttons of her shirt. She then slid the collar away from her neck to reveal the enticingly soft and pale skin beneath. "Drink," she commanded. Zero gulped. His eyes became a deeper shade of crimson and he walked forward. As he neared Yuki his steps faltered. This is wrong! He thought. Yuuki wanted to roll her eyes but couldn't when she saw the pain and guilt flit through Zero's. "It's okay Zero, I want you to drink and isn't it better that you drink now when you have more self control?" Zero opened his mouth to argue but found that he couldn't, not when what she was saying was perfectly logical. If he drank now he was less likely to hurt her or anyone else. Inwardly he winced as new stabs of thirst pierced him. Yuki took a step closer to him and he pulled her into his arms. He nudged her hair out of the way and placed his lips on her pulse. His tongue gently traced a line up to her jaw then back down to her pulse. Yuki's breath hitched and she entwined her hands in Zero's hair pulling him closer to her. She felt Zero's elongated fangs brush her neck before sinking in. She let out a small gasp as the slight pain turned into unimaginable pleasure. Yuki tried to pull Zero closer and while still holding her head in one hand his other slid round her waist crushing her hips to his. Yuki barely suppressed a moan and the ex-human also seemed to find it rather hard to keep him his emotions in check if the way he gently slid his fangs out of her neck and unbuttoned a third button of her shirt to catch a stray drop of blood that was pretty low on Yuki's chest meant anything. Things might have gone further than this if it wasn't for a knock on the bathroom door that caused both Yuki and Zero to jump back in shock.
"Yuki is that you in there?" called the chairman, "I have something to tell you and Zero but I can't seem to find the boy anywhere." Yuki looked worriedly at Zero her face flushed despite the recent blood loss. Zero gestured for her to say something his face equally red.
"Yes Father, I'll be out in a minute and I'm not sure where Zero is," said Yuki before her hands flew over her mouth and she looked at Zero, somehow even redder than she was before. She couldn't believe she'd let slip the F word and in front of Zero too but the hunter just looked like he was trying very hard not to laugh.
"Okay Yuki-chan meet me in my office please," said the chairman sounding decidedly happy. As soon as his footsteps died away Yuki let out a breath she hadn't known she was holding.
"So I guess we should go see what the chairman wants then," said Zero.
"Okay," Yuki replied blushing and looking down at her feet. That blood drinking session had been rather eventful and quite embarrassing. There was an awkward pause before Yuki walked to the door.
"Yuki," Zero said, "Thank you."
Yuki let her hand slide from the door and turned to him looking confused. "For what?" she asked.
"For allowing me to drink your blood."
Yuki smiled at him, "It's a pleasure, always. Now come on the chairman's waiting."
"You mean Father?" Zero teased.
"Shut up." She said and stuck her tongue out at him. Zero grinned and they continued down the hallway to the chairman's office talking about nothing important but enjoying each other's company all the same.