Bloody Petals

Chapter 5

Zero went back to the Sun Dorm feeling so exhausted and drained. He had never felt that weak in his entire life. He entered from the main door, which was not locked, and saw that everything was dark. Or at least, everything should have been so damn dark but his eyes were seeing everything as if the living room was lit with a dimmer light than normal. He immediately went to the kitchen and walked to the fridge. He opened the fridge and drank as much water as his stomach could carry. Of course, he was not so stupid as to think that the thirst would be satiated because of that, but at least he wouldn't have to think of weird things. Like breaking into someone else's room perhaps, or waking Cross up. He walked upstairs and was about to open the doorknob when he felt that there was someone inside his room. A pureblood..!

He immediately opened his door and found his room dark and empty. And the scent of blue roses was so dominant it was almost dampening his senses. The window was still open and the white curtain was gently fluttering because of the wind. He knew there was a presence of pureblood here earlier but it was now gone. His first thought was the female vampire named Shizuka Hiou. His eyes immediately darted towards the drawer where his Bloody Rose was kept. According to the school law, students were not allowed to carry firearms and other such things so he couldn't carry his gun inside the school grounds during class hours. He walked swiftly towards the drawer and was about to get the gun when to his shock, it wasn't there. His mind immediately went blank in panic, when he heard a voice from behind him.

"Don't worry. I didn't steal it." That cool and cold voice was starting to get familiar to him by now. Zero knew who the person was even before he turned around and glared with all his might. That was the only thing he could do for now because he was basically defenseless.

"Give it back to me." He voiced calmly but with force. The pureblood with chocolate brown eyes only looked deadlier, if it weren't for the fact that he was smiling.

"I merely wish to speak with you." Kaname said casually as he leaned on the wall just beside the window. "And it would be troublesome if you started shooting at me without hearing anything yet."

"Don't joke with me. What do you want, vampire?!" Zero bared his fangs as felt his blood boiling with so much anger because of the annoying situation. He didn't like it when he's in front of a strong enemy and he was not in control of the situation.

Kaname looked surprised for a while. No one had visibly bared their fangs in front of him before. The vampires who were lower to him were much too respectful and submissive to do that and the Level D and Es were much too afraid to do that either. The sight of a hunter baring his fangs at him was something that made his insides shiver in a delightful way. "I only want to say something. It won't be long."

"I don't want to hear anything from you!" Zero growled. "Get out of my room, vampire!!"

"You're quite rude for a mere Level D, vampire." Kaname talked back, momentarily forgetting what he was really in the room for. His eyes widened when he saw Zero moved swiftly to attack him. But since he was exceptionally gentle and kind tonight, he let it slide and merely dodged. If it were some other time when he was really irritated, he would've immediately killed Zero for even snarling at him. Basically, it was because of Cross's request that he told his fellow vampires to get away from Zero. The older hunter knew that Zero's blood smelled so unbelievably delicious as a hunter and he continued to carry that same scent even as a Level D. Cross knew that the vampires would get excited at the scent of the young hunter's blood and only Kaname could give them orders that they would definitely obey.

"Don't call me vampire! I'm not one of you!" Zero snarled again as he caught nothing but air. The vampire was once again behind him and he didn't like it so he immediately turned around to face the brunette. He didn't like it that Kaname was somehow invading his privacy just because he was a pureblood and he even hated it when the vampire thought that Zero would obey him just because the hunter was now part of their detestable race.