Forbidden Love

chapter 8

"...get out.."

They couldn't hear him, as his voice was nearly inaudible.

"Zero?" It was Yuki.

He looked at her. "Get him out of here."

"What?"

They didn't understand why he was getting aggressive.

"Get the fuck out of my room!!"

He shoved off of the bed and fell against the wall. Kaname tried to move towards him, to help steady him, but Zero screamed again. He slid down the wall and sat in the corner of the room, looking dangerously like a caged animal.

"Kaname, you'd better go."

He said nothing. He simply turned and walked gracefully from the room. Zero stayed in the corner, watching carefully until the door closed behind the elegant pureblood.

"Zero," Yuki sat in front of him, "will you get back in bed please?"

He shook his head. She sighed and turned to look at the headmaster. He shrugged, not sure of how to deal with the angry teen.

"Just leave. This has nothing to do with you. I don't want you to be here, I need to figure this out alone."

"Zero, who the hell are you kidding?! You are in no condition to be alone. I'm not leaving you."

Zero let out an exasperated groan. "Yuki please? I don't want you to see me like this."

She glared, and he knew it was a lost cause. She wasn't going anywhere and he was going to have to get used to it, whether he liked it or not.

"Now, Zero, don't make me get all mother hen on you."

Knowing exactly what she meant, he dragged himself to the bed and sat on the edge. She walked over to him and pushed his shoulders back, making him lay down. He closed his eyes to the inevitable fussing and fell asleep again.

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Kaname was walking along the top edge of the wall. He was barefoot and had removed his heavy suit jacket, letting the slight breeze run through the thin black material. The stones were cold and sharp against the soft pads of his feet.

"Why was he so mad?" He stopped and looked up into the cloudy sky. The moon wasn't even shining through the clouds, not a star was to be seen. The sky was an empty confusing mess, much like the contents of Kaname's mind. He heard a distant rumble, seeing the coming storm. He stayed where he stood, waiting for the rain to come and wash away the false feelings that he had.

Within a few moments, a sheet of rain was raging towards him. As the rain slowly soaked into his hair and clothes, he simply looked into the sky. His chocolate hair was plastered to his face. The rain began to come down harder, but still he stayed, standing barefoot on the wall.

"Kaname? What on earth are you doing?"

The vampire snapped out of his reverie and looked to the ground to see the headmaster staring up at him.

"Enjoying the storm."

"Come down here, Kaname."

The vampire sighed and sat before jumping lithely to the ground. Headmaster Cross was holding Kaname's shoes and jacket.

"Let's get you inside."

The look he gave Kaname said that there would be no argument that would get him to leave the pureblood alone. They walked in silence towards the Moon Dormitory, the lightning crashing once again.

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Yuki sat in the chair beside Zero. He looked awful. Bruises covered his torso, arms, face and neck. He was sleeping fitfully on the bed, tossing and mumbling something she couldn't understand. She was skimming a magazine, not really paying attention to the words, wishing that Zero would wake up and tell her what had happened.

As the sun rose on the grounds of Cross Academy, Zero cried out for someone who wasn't there.