Blood Ties (Vampire Knight Fanfiction)

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As I looked outside the window of our very own room, I could hear the wind singing while the tree branches tapped lightly at the glass.  I glanced at Rido who sat down elegantly in his sofa chair.  One leg crossed over the other leg, his book was open and his finger trailed the words. Not too far from him was mama's painting.

My lips stretched across my face.  Every night we should be in this room, just the three of us.

But sometimes, I felt like I wanted more.

I averted my attention to the glass, my hand pressed against the cool surface.  I leaned my forehead against it, my breath fogged the cool window pane.  Such a little thing, the fogging of the glass, fascinated me because the air I exhaled was warm.  Almost human.

It was strange.  Very weird.  We looked like them.  Dressed like them.  Acted like them... the humans.  But we would never consider ourselves to such inferior beings.

Everything was ironic really.

Rido said it was about disguising ourselves to fit in a society that was overrun by them.  They didn't know our existence and if they did, we hunted them, killed them and every single person they loved or came into contact with them.

The vampire self- the part that was dominant, accepted his explanation.

The other part- a small part that remembered being human thought it was vile.

Nonetheless, like all other things, I blinked my eyes and welcomed it. Information in this world was my power. Not feelings. 

According to Uncle Ejin, purebloods were not allowed to feel, at least not openly.  We had to be wary over whom to trust.  Kin was our closest and safest to love.  But in father's case, his family betrayed us.  And they in return viewed him picking mama and me as backstabbing them.

My hand closed into a fist and I lightly tapped the window, or I thought I did.  Instantly, a web of lines formed where my hand was and a crack disturbed the silence.

Rido lifted his head, his mismatched eyes falling to the noise.  I watched, then blinked my eyes -the ones that mirrored his- to cover my astonishment.  I was still a little girl but to have that much power... could it be possible?

He didn't shout.  He never had to.

No, his heterochromia eyes flickered to me, a small smile twisting on his handsome face -not one of his cruel ones, but his soft one.

Then I felt it, the air brushed around me like butterfly wings. My eyes drifted shut.  Rido's presence surrounded me.  The gentleness.  The feelings of safeness and love filled me and then it vanished.  I opened my eyes to see him go back to reading.  I turned my head to the window to see the glass looked brand new.  Again, I blinked.  My fingers slightly touched the glass where the damage had been earlier.

I heard a thump.  I glanced at Rido.  His colorful eyes glittered as he carelessly tossed the book onto the couch.  "Were you thinking of something unpleasant my sweet Kyyra?"

I could shake my head.  It sounded tempting but father had a way he could read my expressions better than anyone else.

So I settled with glimpsing the window and hearing how the wind kept on singing outside while the tree branches danced around.  The night was truly beautiful.

"Why don't we go outside?"  My childish voice broke the quietness.

He lifted a dark eyebrow.  "You mean why don't you go outside?"

I nodded my head.

"For safety reasons."

"But aren't we purebloods?"