Zero X Reader Vampire Knight

8 - Suspension

Your POV

I was woken up on the second day of my suspension by somebody gently poking my cheek.

"Hey...Hey..." They repeated, tapping my face over and over again. I swung my hand upwards, eyes still closed, hitting whoever was trying to wake me. They yelped quietly and the poking stopped, I opened my eyes to see a lavender pair staring back at me, a playful smile on his lips.

"Zero..." I groaned. 

"Why? Just why?" I questioned, unimpressed.

"Jeez, I thought maybe we could do something today? Together? Seeing as you're suspended, I thought maybe I'd just skip class and come see you. We don't really have anything else to do except for patrol, and I definitely don't think either of us should be around Kaname or Yuki anytime soon." Zero said.

"Oh, okay. I mean yeah, sure, I'd like that." I gave him a sheepish smile. 

"Great. Let's go." Zero got up suddenly and headed for the door, I gave him a blank look and blinked a couple of times. He gazed back at me, confused, and I gestured to my pyjamas and saw a look of realisation on his face, his lips slightly parted.

"I'll meet you by the dorm gates in half an hour?" He suggested, and I nodded in return. He left and quietly closed the door behind him, and I got up to start getting ready for the day.

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I quickly walked up to Zero who was leaning his head against the gate, his back facing me, and softly spoke in hopes I wouldn't make him jump as he seemed pretty zoned out.

"Hey, Zero." I said, and he jumped anyway, turning around and looking at me mildly irritated. 

"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." I apologised, and his eyes softened as he muttered:

"Don't worry, you didn't." He stuffed his hands into his pockets and turned, beginning to walk down the path leading to the lake and continued:

"Come on, let's go." I hurried to his side and walked next to him, a somewhat awkward silence. I think Zero could tell I wasn't my usual, confident, badass self after my suspension. And I didn't feel like myself either, I still felt...afraid, I guess? Like I was still a child running home through the snow. Hopefully spending time with Zero today would help me forget about everything. We walked together in an comfortable silence for a little while when I realised we were walking past the lake. I watched the still water before breaking the silence.

"Zero? Where are we going?" 

"Just a little further, (Y/n). This way." He said. Well that didn't really answer my question. The trees seemed to suddenly get darker as we walked further into the depths of the woods. Then we reached an even darker building, hidden away from the academy. It seemed so far from the main building that I couldn't even see it above the trees.

"Huh? Zero, where are we?" I asked, puzzled.

"Hm? Oh, this is the old night class building. They used to use this before the academy fully and officially opened, when there was a lot less students. Right at the very start." Zero explained. I nodded, listening, staring up at the stained glass windows full of colour. The pink and yellow and blue reflecting in my (e/c) eyes. 

"Huh, ironic." I said in observation, and continued:

"Stained glass windows, like in churches, but on a building that used to be for monsters. For unholy beasts." Zero glanced over to me in almost disbelief at my choice of words, but inside I knew he understood. He understood what it was like to have your life ripped apart by them. By her. There was a sadness in his lavender eyes as if he knew exactly what I was thinking. Zero gently grabbed my hand, leading me up to the large, wooden door. It was mostly dark in there as vines covered the windows and walls, nobody had been here in years. But there was something beautiful about this derelict building. Though the walls and furniture were held in place by vines, the vines had red roses scattered across them, creating a carpet of green and red around the velvet chaise and dark wooden table in the center of the room. I walked over to the chaise, sprawling myself onto the velvet dramatically, earning a puzzled look from Zero.

"Oh Yuki, I know I'm thousands of years old and an a beast of the night and you're a sixteen year old mortal, but be mine for eternity~" I imitated Kuran as dramatically as I could, with a calm voice and waving my hand before placing it on my forehead and shutting my eyes. I opened one eye to see Zero's amused smile. I giggled and asked:

"What? Can't you see that leech sitting in this, acting like he's king?" Zero chuckled in response and nodded.

"Well you look like a queen sitting there." He retorted, still smiling. I blushed a little and smiled back.

"How did all of these roses grow in here anyway?" I asked, he shrugged. I got up from the chaise and walked over to one of the grey, concrete walls that were covered in the beautiful red flowers, Zero following behind me. I leaned forward a little and attempted to pick one of the alluring roses. I wasn't sure why, and I knew I probably shouldn't have as the vines were tougher than any other plant I'd ever seen, but I was drawn to the blood red petals. As I tried to pick the rose in front of me, a thorn scraped my index finger, causing it to bleed. I looked over at the silver haired boy, our eyes glimmering red together. But the atmosphere wasn't tense or full of fear or anything. Zero stepped towards me, our faces inches away from each other, and gazed deeply into my once (e/c) eyes. He gently lifted my hand up to his lips and licked up the blood dripping down my finger.

I didn't understand the situation here now. We were in a somewhat intimate position. But Zero didn't have feelings for me, he had feelings for someone else - for Yuki. I guess he never really said he didn't have feelings for me, and perhaps his feelings for Yuki changed after she lied and got me suspended. Oh I don't know, this is all so confusing. But I forget all of that when I look into those eyes, red or lavender. 

Suddenly, Zero's lips collided with mine, the taste of my own blood still on his lips. I didn't hesitate before kissing back, this is what I wanted. My fangs extended at the taste of my blood and cut his lip a little, and then I could taste his blood too. Zero pulled away, still gazing deeply into my eyes and wrapping his hands around the lower part of my arms. He carefully pulled me towards the chaise, sitting us both down very closely to each other, a comforting silence between us. Neither of us spoke, yet we seemed to understand each other more than ever in those moments.

Zero brushed my (h/c) hair away from my neck:

"May I?" he asked, his eyes flickering between my neck and my (e/c) eyes. I nodded, trusting the vampire next to me. Zero leaned into my neck, pausing for a moment before sinking his fangs into me. I gasped quietly at the stinging sensation, but it wasn't painful. There was something soothing about it being Zero, with his strong arms now wrapped around my body. I didn't feel afraid at all. I loosened his red tie and leaned in too. He still wore his uniform even though he skipped class. He always did. I bit into his pale neck, drinking his blood to satisfy my own thirst. I felt sort of hypnotised by Zero's scent and the smell of his blood, though I know I'll be disgusted with myself later for allowing myself to act like one of those monsters.

(Question: What do you guys think Zero smells like?)

The minutes we spent sat in each others arms, drinking each others' blood, felt like hours. And if it wasn't for the fact that we could drain each other dry, I would've loved to stay there like that for hours. And for now, I didn't feel guilty for drinking blood and allowing myself to act like a vampire. And I don't think Zero did either. We shared one more blood filled kiss before our eyes turned back to their original colours. Zero cleared his throat and got up, giving me a hand to get up too.

"We'd better get back and clean up before class is over so that nobody sees us." He uttered, wiping his mouth with his blazer sleeve. We left the building and silently parted ways on the bridge we previously met at. Did all of that seriously just happen? I wonder how Zero feels...

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1500 words! 

Been a long time, I know, but summer's coming! And that means more time to hopefully update haha ^_^' 

Also, I wanted to start the next chapter as well before releasing this one so that there wouldn't be like a two year gap between the chapters again. I'm not sure when the next chapter will be out, I haven't written much of it yet. 

I'm also currently still writing a different Zero x reader, I've got like four and a half chapters (and they're all like 2000 words!) of that ready but I'm hoping to publish that one all at once or when it's nearly finished so that there's not much waiting between chapters.

Take this chapter as an apology for my laziness! I hope you guys like it!

- MJ