Well well folks such a sad ending T.T eheheheheh I'm evil lol Kaname is so in denial and Zero's freaking insane though in my fics when are they not...anyway I'm working on Perdidoso - the sequel so if you liked this look out for it soon.

Also on another note today is my 22nd Birthday folks so party yay!

Disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Knight or anything else that cold be Copyrighted that I used in Corazon.

Corazón
Chapter 22 Down Another Path

Mi corazón de cenicero...my ashtray heart

We've been down this road before
But you don't remember what we saw
So now it's repeating it all over again
Let's jump off this carousel
Stop going around in circles
Familiar territory is good and well
But you'll never get anywhere
If you don't take some risks...

"Don't trust Vampires...how many times do I have to drum it into you kid" his master's voice echoed in his mind.

Zero was delirious from the poison running through his veins...Kaname's blood had reduced his fever but it still hadn't broken as of yet.

"Zero are you awake?" someone asked him.

His remaining eye was closed but he could still hear everything going on, it was that weird crazy half sleep where you know you're sleep though you can still sense things around you.

He felt someone's fingers brush over his temple through the bandages and gauze, by now a quarter of his face was covered in bandages under which what was left of his mangled eye refused to heal no matter how much blood he was given but at least the bleeding had stopped.

I don't deserve love

Sweat poured off of him and had soaked into the sheets over the night as his body fought against the infection.

"I'm sorry" someone whispered "Don't give up Zero...I'll always love you...just don't die, you promised if you going to die you would die by my hand".

"Yuuki..." Zero moaned as her voice filtered through the pain.

"Kaname is my real brother I know that...but to me you'll always be my older-little brother okay" she said into his ear and he felt her soft lips against his cheek.

He heard a door creak, he presumed Yuuki had left.

"I've never seen why she loves you even in a platonic way, most of the time you're more trouble than you're worth" a voice shattered the silence...maybe Kaname?

A chair scrapped against the floor as it was pulled closer to the edge of the bed, it felt as if a hand was holding his but that would be ludicrous the only thing that seemed to sway Kuran when it came to Zero was because it was for Yuuki or their bloodbond which for some reason had survived the time shift.

"Well maybe I could find some reasons why...when you're not being annoying" now he definitely knew it was Kuran no one else could sound so flattering while at the same time insulting you.

"Kaname..." wait...what...did he just moan that stuck up jerks name? Yuuki's name he could understand but his? His otherself really was an idiot for creating that stupid bond if Zero was doing stuff like that.

"I can feel it you know you don't love Yuuki like that anymore, has the bond affected you that much Zero?" he asked obviously rhetorically otherwise Kuran was just a moron.

"...I love you..." Zero gasped in his sleep; what was that bastard thinking, Zero thought, saying stuff like that with Kuran in the room please let it be Yuuki he was talking about...hell he'd even take that bastard Aidou at the moment over Kaname.

There was complete silence and all that could be heard was the wind blowing outside against the rattly window. Suddenly there was the sound of glass shattering and it was so cold.

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Kaname ordered Yuuki to pack, the car would be there to pick them up before dawn.

"I don't understand why we have to leave so quickly Oniisama" she complained as she put her things into the suitcase.

"Please don't question Yuuki, I'm doing this for your safety Sara is still out there I need to get you somewhere safe" he argued running his hand through her long wavy hair, Yuuki didn't want to question Kaname but for some reason no matter how logical the reason sounded it still felt like a lie.

"I know but I wanted to be there when Zero woke up so I could say goodbye..." she sighed.

"I love you Yuuki and I would do anything to ensure your safety and happiness...can you do this one thing for me" Kaname asked softly as he held her to his chest.

Yuuki wondered for a moment the meaning behind his words, he'd done so much...sacrificed so much to keep her from harm and this was all he asked of her it seemed like such a small favor even when it was Zero she was leaving, the one person her was equal to Kaname in her heart...she didn't want to leave him in such a state without a goodbye and just vanish into the night but after she couldn't refuse her brother either.

After a lot of thought she sighed "Okay" she whispered and she felt him stroke her hair right now it was as comforting as she remembered.

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When Zero finally awoke he found his small room in the relatively unscathed Sun Dorms, which probably had been turned into a makeshift hospital by now, was empty and a cold breeze blowing through the broken window, he looked around to see a chair overturned on the floor and the door barely on it's hinges.

Yuuki...Kaname...Cross...Yagari-sensei...hell even Wakaba...but there was nobody.

His eye stung as tears threatened to come. He didn't matter - wasn't that the truth? He didn't deserve love or happiness, he was a freak who should have died before he was even born...he really was cursed.

Zero had lost everything in the last couple of hours but he still wouldn't allow himself to cry. Crying wouldn't help anything so why bother he was the fool, it was his own fault for bothering to even think about trusting a Vampire.

He sat up though he felt exhausted and still a bit sick. He ripped out the IV from his elbow and staggered out, he noticed he was only dressed in his black Day Class pants which explained why he was so cold at the moment and grabbed a shirt and jacket from his wardrobe.

There was no sound anywhere Zero couldn't even hear with his Vampire or Hunter senses so what was going on.

"You're a moron you know that" it was the other him again, he was leaning up against the wall of the corridor.

"What are you still doing here?" Zero asked, he was puzzled wasn't the other him meant to have been merged with him.

"We are merged...Ichiru's around here somewhere as well sadly...anyway that's why I'm calling you an idiot Kaname and Yuuki are long gone stupid stop moping already" he told him and ran his hand through his own silver hair.

"I'm not even really awake yet and you're telling me to get over myself, hell I starting to understand why that bitch Sara wanted to kill you so much" he muttered sarcastically.

"Stop deflecting I know everything about you so don't deny anything I was aware while you were out of it" he informed his other self "You told him you loved him moron" Zero flicked slapped him over the back of the head.

Zero gasped and his eye snapped open.

"Good you're finally awake Zero-kun" Cross said clapping his hands together, his teacher Yagari-sensei was sitting at the end the bed idly playing with his hat and puffing away on his cigarette even though the nurse had repeatedly told him not to smoke in the infirmary "You worried your Daddy so much" the Chairman bawled as he clasped onto Zero's hand tightly "Touga-chan was worried as well" he whispered "He's just too embarrassed".

"Shut up you bastard speak for yourself" Yagari growled and looked away.

Zero just stared at them for a second and went back to sleep he didn't want to deal with anything especially Cross right now when he felt so numb inside he couldn't pretend to even be angry anymore.

~There are no happy endings...but don't worry I'll also show you a sweet dream next night...~