Vampire Knight: Zero's Love

The Shocking Truth

   We talk the night away and fall asleep in eachothers arms. I hope this can last forever, it has too...but I want to make sure that I dont lose him too. He probably feels the same after losing everyone he loved and being betrayed by the one he loved the most.... Thinking about this makes my heart ache and my head hurt. I wake up and carefully move, making sure not to wake him up and check my clock. Its 2 o'clock in the morning. I lay back down with my head in his chest and my body pressed against his, our hands are holding eachothers. I can feel his warm body against mine and I feel safe again. It's as if all my worries and pain is gone when im with him. His light breathing is calming and I fall sleep to the sound of his heart beat.  I hear a calming voice slightly in my head, it sounds like Zero. I cant fully make out what its saying until it gets gradually louder and louder. "Hey, can you hear me? You need to wake up, we're going to be late." i hear the voice say. I grab onto what feels like a shirt on top of me, with my eyes closed still i reply,"Just 10 more minutes, please?" I feel something soft and warm kiss me. I open my eyes and see Zero on top of me with his forehead on top of mine. "You know that I would, but we can't be anymore late then we already are." He says with his charming smile. "Mmm... How late are we?" i say waking myself with another kiss. "45 minutes." he says between our kiss.I look up at him,"Are we really that late?" I say starting to rush. "Yeah. So go get ready or else we will not be able to leave as early," He said with one last kiss and moved onto the bed right next to me. "aw, okay." I get up and rush to take a shower, then I get ready and go to put on my necklace. I cant find the clip to the back so i can hook it, My finger keeps slipping off of it. Zero comes up behind me in the mirror and takes the necklace from me. "Here, I'll help you." He gets the necklace and puts it around my neck, I lift my hair up and he hooks the necklace in place. I close my eyes as he kisses my neck and pauses. "Is something wrong?" I say to him and he stays still, pressing his lips back onto my neck. I can feel his breath wash over my neck. His breath is shaky and speeds up a little. "Zero?" I say quietly. "I-im fine... Lets get going." he moves away from me and I fix my hair and get my scythe making sure it wont fall out of its holster.

    We walk hand in hand as we go to class. We let go of eachothers hand and we go into the classroom. The teachers back is turned and we sit in our seats.  I look over at Zero, who has his head down in his arms, and wonder what happened earlier. He looks over at me and I pretend like im writing stuff down. "I dont want to hurt you..." he says in a low voice that only i can  hear. "What do you mean?" i say in the same low of voice as him. He turns away and goes back to resting. Its time for us to go for our disciplinary committee job and we get up and leave. We walk over to the gate and He leans against it. "...I really hate vampires..." he says in a low voice as he looks over at the stables. "Would you ever love something like that?... A blood-sucking killer...? Who is probably like the ones who killed our families..." I look over at him. "I cant let you be hurt by another one of them... I want to protect you." He said and looked over at me. "I know you do. And I want to protect you too." I say to him in a promising manner. "Protect me from what? Myself?" he said as he looks up at the dorms. "If thats what it takes then yes. I want to protect you like you do for me." "Thats impossible..." he says quickly as a responce. "And why is that?" i say felling a little frustrated that he just brushed me off."Because I dont need you to protect me." he says raising his voice a little. Those words burn a scar into my head, playing over and over like a broken record. 'I dont need you to protect me, I dont need you.' played its way into my head. "And why not?" i can hear the sorrow in my voice as I try to hide it."Because I just dont okay? You wouldnt understand. Its complicated." he said still not looking at me. "I wouldn't Understand? I just dont? I dont need you to? Whats gotten into you? Cant you see that I want to help you? Cant you see that I care for yo-" he cuts me off by saying,"I never asked you to." I go silent and tears fill up my eyes. I start to feel my warm tears run down my face. He looks over at me as im wiping away my tears. He Goes to hug my but I turn away from him.  "im sorry thats not what I-" I take a few steps away from him,"Dont....I know what you ment...so You dont have to say anything to cheer me up cause its clear that you dont feel that same way." I say and I run off crying. "Wait! Please,come back!" he says but im already out of his reach.I run into the part of the school by the night class that looks like a woods. I cant see with my teary eyes and I  fall onto the ground."Why doesnt he understand..." i say crying to myself.  I finish my crying and get up, dust myself off and go back to the gate. 'I just have to finish this... then I can go home and sleep...' I thought to myself. I get back and see Zero leaning against the gate with his head down. Its already time for the girls to come. But no one does. Its night now and no one has entered or left. "Imma go....Goodnight zero...." I say and turn away. He grabs my wrist and i stop." I'll walk you..." he says in a quiet voice. "Im okay...I know my way." i say and start walking. He holds my hand and walks with me. Its comforting and calms me so i just walk with him and we hold hands to my dorm. I unlock my door and he stops at my doorway. "I really didnt mean what i said earlier...Its just that its killing me... I should go before it gets worse." "Before what gets worse?Zero?" I hold his hand and hug him. His breath speeds up again and I can hear his heart race. He pulls in a shaky breath and says," I need to go... please i dont want to hurt you." "I hug him tight and say,"Its okay... I forgive you just...Please... dont go." "You dont get it...I have to go because i dont want to hurt you." "I dont care if you do! I love you just the way you are, even if anything happened i would help you through and love you the same, no matter how you treated me!" he turns around and takes me inside my room. "You want to know why I've been acting different today? You want to know what ive been dealing with? You want to help me?" he said in a sad frustrated voice. "Yes" I say in a low voice. "Then fine. Ill show you." He pulls me close to him and Kisses me then makes his way to my neck. he lets out a shaky breath and I fell something sharp peirce my skin. I hear the sound of my blood being drank.I gasp a little but then I pull on his shirt a little and our bodies get even closer. He stops and licks my neck. "I...Im a vampire....Thats why I cant be with you..I dont want to hurt you.." He says with his eyes a bright red. "wait a second... Your eyes were red when we first met... So does this mean..." i say lost in thought. "Yeah... Im evil and you deserve way better... I cant protect you from myself.. Ive tried so hard...Im so sorry. If..If we are together then all im going to do is hurt you" His eyes fill with tears and i kiss him. Even though its shocking to find out that the one I love was attacked and ended up turning into one of them..., I didnt care. I love him to much to care and im not going to lose him just because he's one of them. "Then dont. I love you no matter what you are Zero. So please... stay by my side.Your only going to hurt me more If your not with me. I love you and I dont care if your a vampire..." I put both of my hands on his face and kiss him, His red eyes glowing with shock. " No matter what happens, I will always love you." I say before I close my eyes and kiss him one last time.  He kisses me and takes my hand in his as its pressed to his face. He closes his eyes and says,"Okay...I love you no matter what happens. I will protect you with my life, for you are my life now. Promise me one thing....Please." I nod and say,"Anything." He smiles sadly and says,"Promise me that you wont be afraid of me....and that no matter what, you will always be by my side." I promise him and he kisses me. We lay on  the bed with him sitting on my waist. The moonlight washes over our bodies and I can see his beautiful bright red eyes glow. He looks at my neck and runs his fingers over the place where he bit me. "Your so fragile...I didnt want to hurt you...I didnt want you to see this side of me...The one I hate the most." His eyes fill up with tears. "Zero...please dont say that... I love you. No matter what, please remember that." I say to him with a smile. "But i left marks on you...How can you forgive something that did such a horrible thing to you-" He said with a pained voice."its my mark to show that im yours and yours only. Besides, I think it makes us closer." he let in a shocking breath that sounded more like a low gasp. "How?" he said surprised. "Because I know more about you. Plus its like a promise sealed between us." We both laugh and spend the night talking until we fall asleep.

       Its Morning now and I wake up to find him still sleep. I carefully get up and go into the bathroom. I wash my face and see the mark. I slowly rise my 2 fingers up onto it and let them slowly move over it. A flash of pain hits me when i turn my neck. I try not to let in a pained gasp. I rub my neck and then i dry off my face and get ready. I change in my room and look at my necklace. "Your beautiful" I hear Zero say and to my surprise hes right behind me. "Huh? weren't you just asleep?" I say to him shocked. He smiles and kisses my neck,"Its a gift and a curse." he says in a joking manner. we both laugh. "go get ready, we are gonna be late." I say to him and he nods."Dont leave without me." he says with a smile and goes to take a shower. I lay down and hear a knock at the door. I get up, cover my neck and answer it. A man with black hair and a blue eye stands there, with a black leather like eyepatch covering his left eye, which is actually his right because we are facing eachother."C-can I help you?" i say nervously because his cold icy stare has no sign of this ending well. "Yeah... im looking for a Zero Kiryu, He has training today..." "Oh.. okay. would you like to-" "No, if you see him tell him my message okay? I know that you guys are friends. well see ya." He turns around and walks off. 'Friends'  Why does that bug me so much....He looks like the guy that was friends with my father... Toga Yagori, yeah i think that was his name.I walk back inside my room and finally close the door and then i walk over to my bed and fall onto it. a  seconds later i feel zero sitting on my lower back, with his breath in my ear,"Are you alright?" he says in a calming voice. "Yeah...Oh yeah some guy with an eyepatch came by telling me to tell you that you have training today..."  "Ugh....Okay. I should get going then." he gets up and grabs his gun and puts it in his pocket. "Wait.' i say making sure he doesnt leave. I dont want him to leave yet...Everything is confusing me and that man...He's a vampire hunter but so is zero. If that guy knows he will probably hurt Zero...I cant let that happen. In a rush up my neck sends a pain. "Are you alright?" he says rushing over to me. "Please...stay with me zero." I say and sit up ignoring the pain."Does it hurt? you should rest."  " N-no im fine. just please dont  go." he looks at me and kisses me,"I have to." he said in his sweet voice. I try to make him stay but nothing works and hes going to leave. I dont want him to get hurt, i already know that guy is a vampire hunter... He was friends with my dad."Bite me...drink some of my blood...Please." i beg him.He turns around and walks toward me. He kisses me and says,"Why?" "Because its the only way i can get you to stay." i say starting to cry. "Its not the only way, but I have no choice. ill be back soon." "I dont want you to leave...That man...He was friends with my dad and hes a vampire hunter. He could hurt you...please" "Its okay, I'll be okay. Dont worry, i'll be back soon.  Theres probably just a level E that i have to deal with." "Promise me you will be okay." i say wiping away my tears. "I promise, Promise me you wont get hurt." "I promise" i tell him sadly. He kisses my lips passionately. "Good bye my love..." he says with a sad smile. "Goodbye..." I say to him and watch him leave. I sit on my bed and then I start to get ready for my disciplinary job. "He'll be okay...He has to be. "