The Wilting Flower (A Vampire Knight Fanfiction)

20th Day of Sickness

"It's so strange that Autumn is so beautiful,

Yet everything is dying."

~ Wood Ford

20th day of sickness. (40 days left.)

Students began getting the ballroom ready for the evening's events. The spring ball was being held, and Yuki didn't want to miss it. This would be the last chance she had to go to a ball. Kaname-sempai very generously sent her a dress like the first ball, but she sadly declined to wear it. She and Yori had already decided on a dress and Yuki wanted something womanly for her last ball. She really wanted to wow people, and Yori being the understanding, kind person she is, helped put money forth for her dress.

Sunset closed in and the pair started getting ready in their room. Yori decided on a peach dress to compliment her eyes, with pearl earrings. Yuki gasped and let Yori know how wonderful she looked many times.

Yori practically pushed Yuki into her dress when she saw that she was still in her uniform. "Okay, Okay. I'll put it on-"

Yuki's words were interrupted by a knock on the door. "Who is it?", Yori asked.

"It's Zero. There's a package for your friend, Yuki. I'll leave it here. Tch. Next time, get someone else to be your delivery boy." The girls could practically hear Zero puff as his footsteps sounded back down the hallway. Yori chuckled softly before getting up from the bed she was sitting on.

"I'll get the package. You get dressed, okay?" Yori opened the door quietly and left the room. For a moment Yuki had stared at her friend, idly, as she exited their room. Her movements flowed like wind with an elegance that she didn't even have to try have. Gentleness ran through Yori's very being, and even all of the boys in the class agreed that she was very pretty. Sometimes she seemed emotionless, and stone-like, but she wasn't clumsy and dumb like Yuki was. And if she was stone, she was a statue of colored glass, filtering the sun's rays and scattering a rainbow onto the ground.

Getting back to the task at hand, Yuki tried to reach the zipper in the back of her dress and comically tried very hard to do by herself. She fell down with a big thump, but got up quickly. She finally managed to zip it up, as Yori re-entered the room. Yuki let out a contented breath as the box fell from Yori's hands. Yuki turned around and looked to see what the noise was, to see her best friend with her hand over mouth in utter shock.

"Yori? What's wrong?" Yuki ran over to her friend, afraid for her safety.

"Yuki... You look so beautiful.", Yori's eyes built up with tears. Yuki's expression relaxed into a gentle one.

"Yori...I....Thank you, but what is-"

Yori started to sob silently. After a few moments,she wrapped her slender arms around Yuki's form. "This shouldn't be your last dance, Yuki! This shouldn't be the last dress you'll ever decide to wear.... This shouldn't be the last time that I'll get to go dress shopping with you. You don't deserve this! Oh god..." Yuki's were wide as saucers as she remained frozen in her roommate's arms. Yori has never broken down like this in front of Yuki, yet here she was, trembling in her arms.

"Y-Yori....I-I....I'm okay. I'm living everyday like it's my last. I've had a good life and I still have a month and a half left." Yuki swallowed back her tears and tried to be strong for her friend. She softly pushed her back and looked into her eyes with a smile. "Let's not waste the time we have left together, and go make the boys blush." Yuki winked before walking over to her bed. Upon it laid the sash that a prefect wears around their arm with the academy insignia. She sighed before she hesitantly pulled it onto her arm, but Yori intervened.