Vampire Knight (Kaname Kuran X OC X Senri)

Special Chapter 7.5

Fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by being aware of danger, a feeling of being afraid.

For their kind, it also becomes an apparent state of feeling respect and wonder for something very powerful as proven by the different classes of vampires. The Level C fear the Level B, the Aristocrats, as every class even from the depths of Level D and Level E fear the Level A which are the Purebloods. The immense power carried by the purest lineage of vampires is an entity of wonder and one to be respected if one has a deep regard for one's own life.

Shiki Senri had felt fear before, as any other living being has.

As a very young child, he feared his granduncle and his mother. The man named Shiki Sayatohi hides the darkest smiles and the most ominous of eyes like that of a snake's, making Senri feel as if the fear is taking the form of a serpent constricting him. The woman named Shiki Midori has the capability to engulf him in a tender embrace in one moment and drain his life force ruthlessly in the next, sending Senri in a state of confusion that he has learned to also fear. The alien presence, or lack thereof, of his unnamed father terrified him for the mere fact that he knows not who he truly is...or perhaps, it was the fact the mere mention of him can inflict conflicted torment upon the woman whom delivered him into the world.

He was frightened at the times when he got into trouble, still not quite mastering the arts of acting as if nothing could affect him. As a young boy who was still learning how to truly fend for himself in the cruel grasp of vampire aristocracy, his mask was still incomplete.

However, when he finally sealed off the emotions that once chained him, Senri never felt more suffocated yet more unhinged at the same time.

It was always one thing and the other, learning how to be on both sides of the same coin in order to adapt.

"Then, there is onii-sama..."

It was only upon the arrival of his dearest half-sister, Aiyora, that Senri found what it means to be truly free.

"He visits me frequently. If he can make time for me, why can't you?"

Now, it is also because of Aiyora that he has come to know true fear once again...

"Oh, Senri-chan, I have to go now! Kaname onii-sama is here."

...all because of one certain Pureblood who can never seem to decide what he really wants.

"I promise to call you once he is gone. Take care until then. Bye!"

Senri had never felt such crippling fear ever in his entire vampire lifetime.

Unpleasant thoughts rapidly flowed through his mind: a nagging frustration to see the borderline infidelity that Kaname is committing against Aiyora over some human child, the suspected lies of the same Pureblood regarding his frequent absences, the memory of that night when Kaname mercilessly drank from Ruka...

Suddenly, Ruka's place was taken by Aiyora as their images overlapped as a result of Senri's panicking mind.

The Pureblood went to see Aiyora.

Just as the panic sunk, overwhelming wrath invaded his senses and Senri started seeing red as he crushed the phone receiver in his hand.

All because one single question followed his previous conclusion:

"Could it be this time, to quench his thirst for that human, he is intending to devour Aiyora?"

As he rushed to get dressed and frantically came down the stairs, Senri had never cursed a name more venomously than he had one Kuran Kaname. He paid no heed to his peers whom called out his name and wondered where he was rushing off to. He ignored the startled inquiries of Ichijou Takuma and the extremely curious glance of Touya Rima. As he sprinted towards the sealed gates of the Moon Dorms, Senri bit into his thumb and created a blood whip to flawlessly swing himself over the tall obstacle. A rushed written excuse letter drifted onto the lap of the shocked Gatekeeper whom had never expected such reckless behavior from the Shiki heir.