Yuuki Cross sat in class finding it extremely hard to concentrate on any one thing in particular. Her Guardian duties were getting tougher by the day. Finding out that Zero was a vampire surely didn't make things easier either. Yuuki was worried about him. She sighed as she let her head thump against her desk softly. The wood of the desk felt cool against her forehead. Yuuki felt that she could just lay like this forever or at least until the end of the day's classes.

"Yuuki, is there something wrong?" her best friend Sayori asked with a quizzical look on her face. Sayori had been concerned about Yuuki lately. She wasn't acting like she normally did. They had been best friends for a long time now and Yori knew when something was up with her. Yuuki rolled her head to look over at her friend and smiled weakly.

"I'm alright. I'm just tired." Yuuki replied with a half truth.

"I bet you are! You didn't come to bed until about 3:00 in the morning. Where were you last night?"

"Prefect duties ran late again. There was alot of things that needed to be taken care of." Yuuki lied, being very convincing. Yuuki had really been donating blood to Zero again last night. It was taking up a good bit of her energy but she refused to allow him to fall to a Level E. She just couldn't let that happen to him after all they had been through together. Yuuki rolled her head back down on the desk and drifted into sleep.

*RING* Yuuki jerked awake at the sound of the final class bell. "Oh no," she thought to herself. "I'm going to be late for my prefect duties again. I hope Zero can fend off those crazy fan girls until I get there." Yuuki got to the gate just as the Night Class students were arriving.

"It's about time that you get here," said Zero as he warded off some of the girls.

"I'm so sorry I was late. I fell asleep in class again." she told him as she turned to the rest of the Day Class students. "That's enough! Back away from the gate!" Yuuki shouted as she tried to push the crazed girls away from the members of the Night Class. As she fought to hold the girls off Yuuki saw Kaname. He smiled at her as he told her hello. She just turned her head dramatically away from him. It was obvious that she was still angry. She had been upset with him ever since he started to treat Zero badly. She decided that it didn't matter how much she cared about Kaname, she cared about Zero too and she wouldn't tolerate Kaname treating Zero like that. Yuuki continued to pull the girls back as the y screamed with glee at the sight of the Night Class. She could hear them yelling out the different Night Class students' names as she fought with them. Finally, Yuuki and Zero were able to get the Day Class students to their respective dorm rooms. It took alot of effort but they had gone.

"I need to get some rest." Yuuki said turning to Zero as they got the last girl in her room. Zero nodded at her.

"You've been looking really tired lately."

"Ugh, but I can't go back to my room. There's no way I'll ever get any rest with Yori. I know she has to study for the upcomming exams and all. She'll be up most of the night studying."

"How about you rest in my room? I have to stay and guard the night class so my room will be empty for most of the night." Yuuki nodded sleepily as she started off toward Zero's dorm room.

Zero stood and watched Yuuki walk away from him until he could no longer see her back. He cared about her deeply. Since he had started taking blood from Yuuki they had become much closer. They had spent a lot of time together before all of this vampire stuff started because of their Guardian duties but recently they had become inseparable. Yuuki had even stopped talking about Kaname. Zero thought that odd since she use to spend every waking moment thinking about Kaname. Zero walked off to Cross Academy's vast courtyard to start the night patrol. There were always a few girls who would sneak out after curfew to catch a glimpse or picture of the Night Class students. The Day Class students were obsessed with the Night Class. Zero could never understand why. Those damned vampires weren't to be trusted. Zero kept an ever vigilant eye out for any Day Class students who managed to stray from their dorm rooms. When he found them he sternly escorted them back to their rooms hoping that they would stay there. He walked back to the courtyard and leaned against a tree. The night air was a tad bit chilled and the sky was clear. There were stars as far as the eye could see. Zero lifted his head to gaze at them for a moment. He wondered how life would have been had he met Yuuki under different circumstances. How life would have turned out had his family not been murdered and had he not been bitten.

It had been an uneventful night for the most part. There weren't too many girls that had snuck out of their rooms. The Night Class students had been suprisingly well behaved too. Kaname glared at Zero when he met up with the Night Class as dawn was approaching. Zero wondered if it had anything to do with the fight that Yuuki an Kaname had about him. He shrugged to himself as he escorted the Night Class back to the Moon Dorm shortly before dawn. Zero headed back toward his room. The walk was a long one and he was ready to get some rest. He couldn't wait to just plop into bed and allow sleep to envelop him. There wouldn't be much sleeping, what with class and all but he had grown accustom to the Guardian duties along with class. It was his transformation into a vampire that was becomming a real hassle for him. The blood tablets had rarely helped and now that he had gotten a taste for Yuuki's blood the tablets would never do. The yearning for real blood would always be there, growing, lurking. Zero shuddered at the thought of it.