Love is Like A River

Chapter 2: The Hurtful Past

*Warning: I'd advice only the Mature to read*

Chapter 2: The Hurtful Past

My vision was blurred with tears as I walked the streets back home. I might've not seen them, but I knew strangers were staring at me, nevertheless, my mind wasn't on them, it was on the images that flooded through my head. Memories from my past, memories that I suppressed for so long, the painful and happy times I'll never get back. My heart ached so much as I walked through the front door. The tears have slowed down by now but the pain increased. I carried myself to my room and slid into bed. My chest felt heavy, my mind felt numb, and my heart.... felt everything. With those feelings consuming me, I drifted off to sleep.

~Zero's Dream~

"Zero, I love you", The silky voice I love so much said to me. I've heard him say it numerous times but no matter what, I never get used to it. "You're so adorable when you blush like that"

"Shut up, and I love you, too", I whispered. Kaname smiled at me happily.

"That makes me so happy", he said pulling me into a tight hug. We were at the night dorms in his private room.

"Kaname, how long do you think this will last", I said into his chest. My thoughts had wandered to the darkness, the fright of losing Kaname.

"How long will what last?", he asked confused.

"Us!", I said pushing him away quickly with annoyance. He knew exactly what I was asking. " How long will this we have last"

"Forever", Kaname said pulling back closer to him. Backward, he walked me to the couch before sitting me down on his lap. "until we die"

"I wish." I said in a sad tone. "but I'm a hunter and you're a Vampire, and not no ordinary one, a pureblood. Our love isn't only forbidden but a si... "

"That's not true, Zero", Kaname said angrily." Our love is proof humans and Vampires can get along. That change is possible. It's not a sin because some old geezers said so"

" No, it's not...it's because our parents, grandparents, and ancestors before us said so. Kaname, you're right about us being an example of what you're trying to create, in the vampire community, but in the hunter world, I'm not that important. I might as well disappear from the face of the earth",

"That's not funny, Zero", he said in a serious tone. He seemed so pained by what I'd said. "Don't ever say that. I don't know what I would do if you left me here, alone."

"Calm down, I want just up and leave you. It was just a thought", I said reassuringly.

"A thought I never want you to say nor think again", Kaname said sternly.

"...", I wrapped my hands around his neck."I promise I won't up and leave you no matter what. I mean how could I, I'm so in love with you death couldn't even take me away from you."

" I feel the same way, so when you say things like that it really scares me, Zero. I can't picture you out of my life or me out of yours. I belong to you and you to me."

"We belong together", I added before kissing him. "I'm sorry, Kaname"

"Zero, I love you so much that it hurts to think of myself without you", Kaname said.

"But what about Yuuki", I whispered, hating the way her presence affected me, even when she's not here. This sweet moment I'm alone with Kaname, she can still make it bitter.

"I...I think if I had to choose between you and Yuuki it would be...", he paused and leaned his head onto my chest. "I think it would be...you."

I froze.