Bloody Petals

Chapter 25

Zero sighed, his silver hair glinting beautifully under the moonlight. "May I ask... what this is all about?" He scowled at the noble Night Class vampires surrounding him in the forest, far from the Moon Dorm.

"I'm sorry for this rough treatment, Zero-kun." Takuma bowed to him, earning some looks of confusion from the other Night Class students. Only Shiki seemed to have understood as he too bowed a little, not being used to doing it to his rival yet.

Ruka wanted to comment on the humble approach by the two lovers but Aido was much too impatient for anything else right now.

"We want to know how you really feel for Kaname-sama, Kiryuu." He asked as he crossed his arms over his chest. Zero arched an eyebrow at him, slowly getting where the conversation was heading.

"And we don't want any wishy-washy kind of answer." Kain voiced next. "We need a full, clarified, and sure answer, Kiryuu."

Zero did his best to hide his blush. He actually wanted to laugh at them and tell to their faces that he and Kaname were already past that stage a long time ago. But he didn't want to shock them, especially since they were doing everything for their leader. It was so sweet of them to do something like that for Kaname. Also, he didn't think he could just plainly voice out his feelings in public like that. It took him such a long time before he could voice it to Kaname quietly.

"Why do you want to know?" He asked a question of his own instead. His scowl was firmly in place.

Takuma was the one who spoke this time. "We know it might anger Kaname if we were to tell you this. But he loves you, Zero-kun." His eyes were showing nothing but sincerity. "He wants nothing more than to be with you. And if you somehow feel the same way, even a little bit, please give him a chance to show his feelings to you."

Zero and Kaname were already lovers by now, but the words that came out of Takuma's mouth still very much embarrassed him. But it was a nice feeling this time.

"Kiryuu, please be our Leader's–" Aido was about to bow down when he suddenly stopped, suddenly feeling dread at the approaching presence.

"Please be our Leader's what, Aido?" A ringing voice echoed all throughout the premise and all of them immediately stiffened, faces paling to varying degrees. Kaname showed himself not too far from them then, looking quite amused. Zero scowled at him for messing with the Night Class like that. He knew very much what Aido was about to say, that pervert.

"I-I... meant, um, Kaname-sama... I..." Aido could feel his whole body trembling. It was considered sacrilege to get themselves mixed up in a pureblood's private life. Moreover, the decision-making of that certain pureblood's would-be mate.

"I apologize, Kaname." Takuma bowed. "We kind of told Zero-kun... about your feelings for him." He knew there was no way out of this one. The only thing to do to dissipate a little of Kaname's anger was be honest as much as possible. To their surprise, however, Kaname let out a small chuckle.

"And?" The brunette pureblood asked, much to his subordinates' surprise. "What did he say?" His eyes then darted to Zero's scowling expression just as the latter did his best to stay immobile, probably wishing that he's non-existent at the moment.

"He hasn't told us yet." Ruka was the one who answered, still afraid of punishment.

"If he doesn't want to talk, there's no way you should be forcing him." Kaname answered as he smirked to himself. Zero clearly saw that action and scowled even more, blushing up to the tips of his ears. "Now, apologize."

Aido mumbled something to himself about failure and punishment before all of them bowed deeply and apologized to the hunter. They all left the premise quietly, all thinking of the would-be punishment that they would surely receive.