Vampire Knight (Kaname Kuran X OC X Senri)

Chapter 39

"...However, if you're interested there is a way to save him. In exchange I want you to do something, that only you can accomplish. ...So tell me are you interested?"

With Maria's words constantly playing in her mind like some form of recording, it was getting harder and harder for Yuuki to focus on anything.

Tonight she was by herself patrolling the grounds. Zero didn't show up. But that's fine, there was barely anyone out. The ball is tomorrow. So all girls are busy preparing for it.

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Once her duty finished, Yuuki took a trip to the boys dorm. All day she has been aching to see the silverette... to see if he was alright.

For the longest time she stood outside his door before finally knocking. But when no response was made, she felt courageous enough to go in and check.

The knob was twisted and slowly the door was pushed open. Yuuki was greeted by the empty room, with no clue of Zero's whereabouts.

Carefully she stepped in and roamed a little before finally facing the sink where her eyes noted a case of blood-tablets. As the realization settled in, a dull ache erupted in Yuuki's heart...

This is the room where Zero suffers all by himself.

Automatically a hand reaches up to her neck.

Now... I have a chance to save him. But in order to do that, I must...

Suddenly she had a flashback of Aiyora's memory. The particular one where she assured Yuuki how she preferred the latter as her brother's mate.

"If my brother is to indeed pick a human mate, I would not have any other but you."

Immediately guilt surged into her heart. The fact that she allowed the thought to cross her mind, the fact that even tried to consider such options...

Never has Yuuki felt so low about herself.

How could I think of something like that?

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Next afternoon in the moon dormitory:

"What do you think?!"

Takuma asked with great enthusiasm as he proudly showed off the pinkish white, ruffled, high-low dress to the younger Kuran. Which was basically the purchase he made from a nearby boutique this morning.

The girl in question was in the middle of a spa session. Currently laying down with mask on her face and cucumbers covering her eyelids, while one maid was polishing her toe nails and another one was massaging beauty oil onto her hair.

Admittedly irritated, the pureblood removed the round cucumber slice from one eye to have a look at what was being shown.

"Is this dress for Yuuki-sempai to wear to the ball...?"

Aiyora put the cucumber back on her eyelid. She didn't have to look at the dress twice and torture herself. One time was more than enough! Goodness gracious— the amount of ruffle it has all around sleeve, shoulder, sides everywhere. It will make the person wearing look like walking-talking candy floss!

"Good guess!" Takuma said sheepishly and proceeded to ask. "But tell me how did you figure it was for Yuuki-chan?"

"Because no one in their right mind would dare buy me a dress as ugly as that. I would not only rip the dress apart, but also disfigure the person who gave it to me."