Chapter I-

Author's Note: I'm glad you decided to read! I'm not one to pry for reviews, but I would greatly appreciate your comments and constructive criticism. This is my first fanfiction, but feel free to be as brutally honest as you want.

Disclaimer: Vampire Knight belongs to Matsuri Hino. Also included are elements from the Phantom of the Opera, which belongs to Gaston Leroux and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Please do not sue, I don't have anything majorly valuable anywho. ._.

*Sayori's 'POV'* (I write in third person, so POV may not be the accurate term, but whatever.)

Sayori sighed as she saw so many of her peers ogle over the impossibly beautiful males of the night class. Their naivety disgusted her slightly, and she hung back from the rest of the girls, concerned for her dear friend Yuki. Yuki already suffered enough light bullying at the hands of these jealous girls, though it could be worse if Zero wasn't with her.

"Eeeee! Idol-sempai! Do that wink again!" A gaggle of fan-girls squealed loudly. Yori frowned and instead headed to the library to clear her mind. She didn't understand why her fellow Day Class students were so infatuated with the Night Class. All they had was beauty and wealth, and she was certain their real personalities weren't as jovial as they portrayed. Something about the night class always made her anxious, but she wasn't about to pry.

She sighed, allowing her inner musings to be pushed away with that single breath.

"Is something wrong?" A smooth voice asked her. She turned around quickly and relaxed when she saw that it was Alexei Smirnov, a reserved Russian transfer student who spent nearly all of his free time in the Sun Dorm library. She had struck up a conversation with him when school started about a month ago, and found him very interesting to talk to. He had an unusual Russian accent. Obviously, this made those same fan-girls smother him during his first week of school. Eventually he had put a stop to their obsession of him, though Yori had little idea of how he was able to accomplish such a feat.

"It's nothing, Alexei-kun," Yori answered politely.

Alexei frowned and sat next to her. "It does not entirely seem that way, Sayori-san." He always rose his pitch when using honourifics in an endearing way as if he wasn't sure how to use them. That was probably true. "One does not sigh so heavily over nothing."

Yori frowned at his uncanny ability to see right through her.

"It is about the annoying girls outside, yes?" he continued.

Yori nodded. "Maybe I shouldn't have left... Yuki is out there in the middle of it. I hope Zero can keep her safe from them."

"As I am sure he will. It is clear that Kiryu-san is very protective of Yuki Cross-san," assured Alexei.

Yori smiled. "Yeah... what are you doing here?"

Alexei gestured to the return cart for the library books. It was almost empty, only about five book remained. "I was helping out here. I find it pleasantly quiet in the library."

"I see what you mean. I should probably get going." Yori stood up and bowed respectfully to Alexei. He did the same.

"Good-bye, Sayori-san," he said quietly. She nodded and left the library. She was happy to see that Yuki had successfully gotten all of the squealing girls back to the Sun Dorms. She observed the Night Class going into the school building briefly before heading onward to her and Yuki's room. She was planning to study for a history test the next day in peaceful silence while Yuki did her rounds with Zero. She didn't notice an ice-blue gaze watching her before she turned the corner, out of view.

*Aido's 'POV'*

He breathed a sigh of relief. The calm and stoic human girl hadn't seen him stare at her. Oh gosh, he really did sound like a stalker when it was worded that way... He didn't even know why he was so interested in the girl. Perhaps it was because of how she hadn't even given him a second glance before, how she never gave him the attention these other shallow girls did. By goodness, the only boy (other than that Kiryu kid) she spent time with was that Russian fellow. Sure, he was good-looking for a human, but Aido looked so much better! Geez, he sounded quite conceited... he didn't care though.

"Aido!" A voice interrupted him from his thoughts. He looked up and found that he was lagging behind the rest of the group. He hurriedly ran to catch up with his fellow vampires.

"What were you thinking about?" Ichijo, the one who'd interrupted him, asked.

"Oh, nothing, Takuma-chan," he said as he put on a smile. "Just that lackey of Yuki's who doesn't join in with her lovely classmates to share the love."

"Sayori Wakaba-san?"

Aido blinked. How did Ichijo know her name?

"Um... yeah?"

"She intrigues me also. But... it doesn't matter. C'mon, let's get to class."

Aido just nodded and let the vice president lead him to the classroom. He would find out more about that girl, he was sure of it. She was interesting, indeed...