Penguin: Ola!

Kai: Konnichiwa!

Ryu: Ciao!

Crystal: Hi!

Penguin: And welcome to chapter X of…*epic drumroll* Vampire Light! Yay guys! 10 chapters! That's a frikken milestone in my book ^^

Crystal: *Cheers*

Kai: *COUGH*procrastinator*COUGH*

Crystal: Oi!

Penguin: I don't have much to say about this except that I'm sorry that its late ^^" *bows repetitively* I didn't get any anonymous reviews but ah well, se la vie! Now Kain do the disclaimer for Penguin-sama.

Crystal: Sorry, that's mostly my fault. I've run into a lot of trouble recently.

Kain: iwuvpenguins101 does not own Vampire Knight in any shape or form. All she owns is this particular story's plot and OC's.

Penguin: Dattebayo!

Everyone: …what?

Penguin: You know, Naruto says it in the Japanese dub of the show :D

Everyone: …-_-

Crystal:...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO *Goes and runs off a cliff*

Kai: CRYSTAL! DON'T BE SUCH A HATER!

Penguin: o.O...uh, here it is guys the St Xocolatl's day chapter we've all been waiting for! Also, I've got some important stuff to say in the bottom author's note ^^

Enjoy and dare to be different :)

Crystal: Ditto

Chapter X: Chocolate

The crowd of girls was even more impossible today than they usually were. I suppose the whole St Xocolatl's thing had something to do with it.

Geesh, Kai. Ya think?

Shut up brain.

Aido was in his element. He was practically glowing at all the squealing girls. Well at least glowing more than usual. I facepalmed as he put on his ridiculously cheesy smile and pointed his index finger at one particular girl. "Bang!"

Oh Jesus Christ.

Zero and Yuuki were trying as hard as they could to keep the fans at bay. However with Yuuki's injury she couldn't really do much since any kind of strenuous activity had been painful for her. Kaien had asked if I could fill in for her during the change overs but being the absolute sweetheart she was she said that she could handle it.

I had to admit though, she was doing okay. But I suppose there wasn't much to do since Zero was in a particularly disgusting mood at that moment. In fact I was positive that I could see a purple aura of evilness around him. One glare from him and a little group of girls calmed down.

He should really work on his social skills.

"Idol-I mean Aido-sempai, please accept these chocolates I made using my Great Aunt Hana's recipe!"

"Ne, Kaname-sempai, I made these with my love for you! Please take them!"

"Wild-Sempai, I spent hours perfecting this recipe!"

They're beginning to piss me off, I thought as looked around me. If this were the Ouran anime, the girls would have hearts replacing their eyes. It sickened me.

"Lighten up kid," Ryu said as he ruffled my hair. "You'll never get popular at this rate."

I growled as I slapped his hand away from me. "Shut up Ryu-baka."

"Ne, Ryu-sempai! I saw you on campus and I fell in love with you the moment I found out you rode a motorbike! Please take my chocolate I made just for you!"

I growled again and turned to see a wide eyed looking girl with chin length, sandy brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. She was delicately holding a white box tied with red ribbon.

"It would really mean a lot to me if you did!" she continued, holding it out to him.

My gaze turned back to Ryu who was cracking a grin just as cheesy as Aido's. "Well of course, beautiful."

I think my eyes popped out of my head from shock. "Nani?"

"Kai-chan, don't be rude," he said as he took the box from her hands and pocketed it. "You're catching flies, close your mouth."

"But you're not even–!"

He placed his index finger on my lips. "Hush now, Kai. We don't want to disappoint the girls now do we?" The vampire then winked at me and carried on down the aisle and whistled as if our exchange never happened.

My confused expression never fell as I stared after him. "Okay, what the hell just happened?"

When I finally realised I would never understand the exchange between us, I looked around to find someone to talk to.

Aido's too busy being annoying, I thought as my eyes landed on him. He was waving happily at the girls, his cheesy smile never faltering. I couldn't help but feel slightly warm when I looked at him though, especially after what happened earlier.

"It's okay Kai-chan, I'm here now."

"It was only a dream."

"I don't understand why you don't leave it down, it's beautiful the way it is."

Yeah, I definitely needed to avoid him anyway. Quickly I looked for the next person I came across. Ruka hates me. I hate Kaname. I shouted at Rima yesterday so she probably wants nothing to do with me. Shiki will probably not like me because I shouted at Rima. Takuma's talking to Kaname, so no. And that leaves…

"Hey Kain-sempai! Old buddy, old pal!"

The laidback cousin of my playboy friend threw a glance back at me as I ran up to him. "Whaddaya say we stick together?"

His expression was confused. I could only imagine what he was thinking at that precise moment.

"Okay, I'm gonna be straight with you here," I said in defeat. "Aido's being super, mega, ultra-weird right now and Ryu's the same. Besides," I said as linked my arm between his, "we've never gotten the chance to really bond as classmates."

"Bond?"

I nodded meaningfully. "Hai, Sempai. Bond. I take full responsibility for neglecting our relationship and for that, I am truly sorry. Please forgive me." But when he opened his mouth to speak I interrupted. "Then again, you've been sticking to Kaname like glue, Sempai, when you know I don't like him much at all. So in the end, it's your fault for neglecting me. If anything, I'm positive you've been avoiding me this entire time and make me feel guilty of not doing something I wasn't able to do in the first place and beg for your forgiveness when in actuality it is in fact you who needs to beg for my forgiveness as you were the one that was in the wrong the entire time!"

"You're lonely and need company," he stated simply, completely ignoring my rant.

"…Hai. Now let's walk."

He didn't shake off my arm or try to break the link. I smiled warmly at him when I realised that I could act however I wanted to and he wouldn't care. He was cool like that.

"No way! Kurosaki-san is trying to steal Wild-sempai!"

"What? No! He's mine!"

"No, he belongs to me!"

"No me!"

I had caused quite the stir in merely linking my arm with Kain's. The thought was so ridiculous that I ended up rolling my eyes at the absurdity.

"So," I said, trying to drown out the noise, "I hear you can control fire."

"Hn."

"That's pretty neat, you know. Like in a way, you remind me of Natsu Dragneel…except you weren't raised by dragons…and you're not a mage…or a member of the Fairy Tail guild…" I trailed off as I realised how stupid I was sounding and looked the other direction. "You could also be like Roy Mustang, except you're too mellow…and you're no alchemist…I should probably stop talking now."

We stood awkwardly in an awkward silence that made the whole situation really awkward.

"And you?" Kain asked, I think to make things less awkward.

"Me what?"

"I don't think I know what you do."

"Oh."

Awkward silence.

"Oh, you were asking me what I can control?"

"Hn."

"Oh," I repeated again. "Oh, I control light."

"Sounds…"

"Neat?"

"Yeah."

Another awkward silence.

"I can't do much though. I'm just a torch."

"Hn."

Wait! Torch…

"You're like the Human Torch!" I yelled as I pointed at him with my free hand. I then pumped my fist in satisfaction.

Nailed it!

"I'm not human."

…Goddammit.

"That's a big pile of boxes," Kain commented.

I looked in the direction in which he was staring and I saw Aido still smiling cheekily as he collected the boxes like a child with Easter eggs. "That looks at leasttwenty five boxes."

"I agree."

There he goes again, flirting with another one. I sighed as I watched him work his magic on these girls. For some reason it nearly felt painful to watch.

"You're really close to Hanabusa," Kain stated as he watched his cousin.

I shrugged. "I don't think so…I mean, I like to think we're friends but sometimes…" Sometimes I wonder if he even cares.

"He cares."

"Huh?"

"He cares," Kain repeated. "He talks about you a lot. Almost as much as Kuran-sama."

He does?

"W-What does he say?"

"He said you had a nightmare today."

"Oh."

"Apparently you were really scared," Kain continued, never looking away from his cousin. "Which is strange because not a lot of things scare you."

He said the exact same thing.

"You're very perceptive, Sempai."

He shrugged. "I'm just saying what I see. I thought you needed to know that despite his attitude outward, Hanabusa really cares deeply about you. Like a younger sister."

Oh.

I didn't know why but that sort of dampened my spirits. I wondered if it had anything to do with the fact that he said 'younger' since age was a huge thing for me but then I realised for once it wasn't the cause.

Sister.

"I was dreaming about Hanada Reiko," I muttered, trying to not think about the slight pain in my heart. "It was the worst nightmare I'd ever had. She looked like she was going to kill me then and there."

"You ladies have been absolutely wonderful!"

Aido's voice snapped me out of my stupor and I was forced to look at him. His face still had that smile, but instead of it annoying me I couldn't help but have the corners of my mouth creep up to smile softly. "But he was there to wake me up. I don't know what I'd have done without him."

I didn't mention him holding me, his warm embrace or how right it felt to be in his arms. Despite the fact that I knew that I could trust Kain with anything I told him, it just didn't seem right. I didn't even know what anything had meant. I was still slightly disoriented with the noise.

"Excuse me, Wild-sempai?"

We turned to see a timid looking girl. The poor thing looked so nervous, she was wringing her hands and shifted from one foot to another. I could hear her heart racing too.

She glanced at me and then at him and I got the message. "I'll just go now."

Walking away I was left to my own thoughts. All these girls were squealing, going googly eyed over the Night Class, proclaiming their eternal love for each one as they went along without knowing the very danger that was going around them.

As they say, Shiranu ga hotoke*, and I envied them for it.

They didn't know love, though. Well, not in the way that I knew it. I'd never been in love, even the whole thing with Ryu was just a little crush, but I knew love. I knew because that was the way Otou-sama cared for Okaa-sama. They were so in love that I, a mere child at the time, could see it. The way they looked at each other, the way their lives centred around each other…

You can't make something like that up, and I could see that. That's why it was hard for Otou-sama to find someone else, because finding another person to replace someone you've been like that with for so long didn't feel right.

When I was younger I had wished that I would soon find my Knight in Shining Armour. Okaa-sama always read me stories of princes riding upon their noble white steeds to save a damsel in distress. They fought off dragons and harsh weather conditions and finally found her and 'lived happily ever after'.

I had asked Okaa-sama if my prince would come and save me if a locked myself up in a tower.

She was in hysterics for twenty minutes straight.

Apparently locking myself up wasn't a good way to go about it. She told me that I needed to go out into the world. Nobody wanted somebody with what English people call PLT (Princess Locked in Tower) syndrome.

"But I thought the stories say that they always live happily ever after," a pudgy eight year old me had said after Okaa-sama had explained it to me.

She then told me that the stories were bullshit and that it was some kind of undercover government conspiracy to take over the world through the minds of innocent children.

Okay, so those weren't here exact words, but that's the gist of what she was saying.

I eventually grew out of the whole love thing. I had figured that when it came, it came and I would just have to wait for it to happen. I had a long life (vampires generally do) and I'd definitely find someone sooner or later.

That changed recently though. Now I wanted absolutely nothing to do with it. I didn't want to love someone because I felt as though that if I did, they'd be a target. Ryu and Otou-sama were at least prepared and I knew they could take care of themselves – Otou-sama even knows a thing or two about katakana – and they'd know what to do.

But if I were to fall in love with someone, Hanada would use this weakness against me and reel me in to kill. I wouldn't mind if it only affected me, but Otou-sama would be devastated. I couldn't possibly do something like that to him. Plus the Kurosaki lineage needed to move on and there was no relative we had to do that.

It was up to me to carry on the Kurosaki name.

But I'd only focus on that after the immediate threat had gone, i.e. a homicidal pureblood out for my blood.

"You look like you're not with us."

I turned to find Takuma gleaming at me. He had a considerable amount of boxes too, at least fifteen by the looks of it.

"I was somewhere far away, but now I'm back no thanks to you," I replied as I lightly slapped him on the shoulder.

"For me? You shouldn't have!"

"How long does this thing last anyway?" I asked as I glanced at Aido accepting yet another box from the girls.

Takuma sighed as he looked around. The girls showed no signs of stopping, and neither did Aido. "As long as it takes."

"Wonderful," I muttered. "We'll be here all night at this rate. Not that I mind, I mean it's double Vampire History today and I could do without having to look at Tanaka-sensei's comb over." Or the clock, I added mentally.

Takuma chuckled. "I saw you with Kain-san just now."

"Yeah, so?"

"It's not like you to talk to him," he explained. I glanced over to where I had left Kain and he was still standing there. Now that I thought about it, he looked strange standing alone. He was always standing next to Kaname or Aido or even Ruka. I've never really seen just 'Kain'. It was always 'Kain and so-and-so', or even more accurately, 'so-and-so and Kain'.

"So?"

"Classmate bond," I said lamely as I stared. "I figured that since mostly everyone I normally talk to was busy that I would get to know Kain-sempai." I just never thought that he would seem so…lonely.

"How'd it go?"

I shrugged. "Awkward," I replied truthfully. "At least at first. But then we really started talking and I found that Sempai is very observant. Despite the fact that he's so laidback, he's always paying attention. He just keeps things to himself. I respect him for that."

We stood in silence for a while. The squealing had died down a fraction and it no longer hurt to actually hear what was going on around me. "You think if I talked to Kaname that he could speed things along or something?"

"I thought you didn't like talking to him," Takuma enquired in what seemed like puzzlement.

I waved him off. "I don't, but this is an emergency. My poor ears are ringing from all this noise and I'd like nothing more than a little peace."

The vice president pointed in the opposite direction. "He's down there talking to Seiren."

My nose wrinkled at the mention of her name. "Ooh, Seiren? No thanks, I'd rather take my chances with Ruka. At least I know what she thinks about me." I looked over to the pureblood and sure enough there was mop of purple hair next to him. "Brainwave: whaddaya say I drag you along with me?"

I grabbed his bicep and started tugging him towards Kaname. "Here's the game plan, Sempai. You distract Seiren while I talk to Kuran."

"What?"

"Just say you need help with the boxes, I'm sure she will."

"But I don't need help–"

"Hey Kuran-sempai!" I said brightly, interrupting Takuma. "We kinda need to get going so if you don't mind could you break this up, like right now?"

His face was as expressionless as ever as he studied me, probably wondering why I was even bothering talking to him. I honestly didn't understand though, I mean I practically glomped him last week, he should at least realise that sometimes when I'm out of it I'll do some crazy ass stuff. Like talking to him.

After a while he sighed and started walking towards the school, a classic Kaname Kuran way of saying 'Okay I'm going now and if all you are as loyal followers as you say you are, you'll come with me.'

Immediately Seiren followed suit along with Ruka and Kain. The others took a while to realise what was going on and started dispersing.

"Ah, looks like I have to go!" Aido said to the fangirls.

"Aww!"

Excuse me while I barf, I thought in disgust. But at least we were done with the whole thing and I got my best friend back.

Speaking of, where was Ryu?

"Twenty-six boxes," he proclaimed behind me as he ruffled my hair. "Can you imagine? Looks like Aido here's gonna have some competition."

"You wish!" the blonde replied. "Thirty boxes in total. A personal best."

I sighed and the punched them both quite hard on the upper arms. Both whined in protest.

"Ryu why the hell did you accept boxes when you're gay and told me yesterday that you wouldn't egg them on?" I asked as I was ignoring the pain they were going through.

He winced as he touched his bicep. "Geesh, Kurosaki, still throw quite the punch there, don't you?"

I groaned in aggravation and he started chuckling, using his good arm to once again ruffle my hair. "You're cute when you're angry, you know that? Like a kid throwing a tantrum."

Frowning, I tried to calm myself down by breathing deeply. If I yelled at Ryu for comparing me to a kid that would only strengthen his argument. "You're being really annoying, Ryuuzaki."

"Ouch, full name. Now I know I'm in trouble," he joked as he poked my ribcage.

"Cut Kai-chan some slack," Aido said. "She's had a rough day."

I said nothing at this and looked down. The weird, warm, fuzzy feeling from his embrace still lingered for some reason and he only made it feel worse…or better I guess, I don't know but it extended to my fingertips and toes when it was just in the middle of my chest area.

Freaking weird I might add.

"You okay?" Aido said under his breath so only I could hear. I knew he was talking about the nightmare so I nodded in reply. I couldn't count on my voice because all of a sudden my mouth felt dry.

"Good then," he said with a gleam. "I was beginning to think that the nightmare freaked you out."

I gave him my 'I'm not amused so quit it' face. I'm glad to say that he got the message and left me alone. I don't know what I'd have done if he didn't. I needed to sort out whatever was going on with me for now. And something told me it was something I wouldn't be happy about at all.

*Shirani ga hotoke

- Literally: Not knowing is Buddha.

-Meaning: Ignorance is bliss

Penguin: OKAY! That's done! Now I'll go straight into some important non-rambly matters ^_^ First off, I'm thinking of making a series of oneshots for this story that are little plot bunnies running around my head. These can range from drabbles to 3 000 words and can be flashbacks, or whatever. It won't work with the same timeline of this story and at least there won't be that many fillers XD It's win, win!

Kai: Penguin-sama says they won't be beta'd because it's a really informal thing and will be updated whenever she wants to.

Penguin: So yeah, the series isn't up yet but keep checking my page.

Ryu: So…is there anything else?

Penguin: Umm, for once no ^^" You know the drill. Leave your answers or creative responses in the comment section BELOW and contact me on Facebook, Twitter of Google+!

Kai: …um, Penguin, wrong line hun -_-"

Penguin: Oops…hehe, Ray William Johnson has finally gotten to me. What I meant was, LIKE my Facebook page, the link's on my profile, Check out Kai's Profile on my Deviantart page, the link's on my profile. My Facebook page is full of my random comments on random things and I tell you guys the latest on my work so that you KNOW I'm not procrastinating. PLUS you get SNEAK PEEKS! :D R&R, you know you want to. I respond to everything yadda, yadda, yadda.

Kai: If you've made it this far you should know everything already.

Yuuki: Time to sign out Penguin-sama

Penguin: Sure! My Wonderful Words of Wisdom of the World are these: don't look out the window in class otherwise you'll become a mass murderer XD

BYE!

Crystal: Toodles