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A Day In the Snow

Kaname watched Yuuki sleep. Her hands gripped his shirt tightly and her hair was mussed. Sighing, he attempted to remove himself from the bed without waking her. With a mewl, she clutched him tighter and he let out a small laugh. Her eyes fluttered open. "Time to get up, my darling Yuuki." With a moan she snuggled closer to him before sitting up with him.

"Morning, Kaname?"

"Yes, it's time to get up and get dressed." Actually it was evening, but it was morning for vampires so he wasn't going to say it wasn't really morning. Clothes were laid out for Yuuki on the couch. He walked into the bathroom to get changed. When he came back, she was staring at the clothes that had been laid out for her.

With a laugh, he walked over to where she was. She hugged him smiling. Quickly he helped her dress into a pretty, light pink dress with thick white tights. She looked like a little doll. Slipping shiny, new shoes onto her little feet he picked her up and spun her around. She shrieked with laughter.

Takuma knocked on the door. Kaname set her down, "Enter."

"Ohiyo, Kaname-san, Hime-chan, how is you morning?" Noticing Yuuki's new clothes his jaw dropped. "KAWAII! Hime-chan looks so pretty!"

"That's not her name."

"You named her Cute?"

Kaname ignored that comment and turned to the little girl beside him. Kneeling he spoke to her, "Would you like to be called Yuuki?"

"Yuuki." She savored the name and then smiled. "Arigato!"

Ichijou's eyes were filled with hearts of MOE. "It's like a manga!"

"Ichijou."

"Hai?"

"Shut up."

Ignoring Kaname he turned to Yuuki, "Hey Yuuki-chan do you want to go sledding today! Kaname will take a day off paperwork and come with us! Won't you Kaname?" The two turned and aimed puppy dog eyes at the pureblood who, after a moment sighed and consented.

The expression on Ichio's face when he was informed by the group that Takuma, Yuuki, and Kaname would be going sledding was priceless, though he quickly hid it.

"We should be back by two a.m." The head of the council simply nodded and watched them leave. The fact that Ichio was sending hidden "bodyguards" out with them was known by Kaname and Takuma, they just chose to wisely ignore it.

After walking for about ten minutes, Yuuki was being carried by Takuma; they reached a large, steep hill on the estate. "Sugoi! Look at the beautiful hill, Hime-chan!" He set her down and her little, brown, fur boots sunk into the snow. Kaname set down the two sleds he'd been dragging along as well. Yuuki picked up some snow and dropped it, experimenting. "Yuuki-chan is so kawaii! Look at her cute little, pink mittens and coat!"

"Takuma, are we going to sled?"

Kaname's cool words stopped the other vampire from going on about how cute everything was. Sitting down on one of the sleds, Takuma watched Kaname set Yuuki on the other. He sat down behind her. Pushing off, the two sleds raced down the hill as Yuuki shrieked with delight. Reaching the bottom, they continued for another forty feet, before slowing. Hopping off the sled, Yuuki turned to Kaname laughing, "Yuuki wants to go again!" He smiled at her request. The three walked up the hill, pulling the sled behind them.

"Does Yuuki-chan want to go with me this time?" Takuma asked, giving her puppy dog eyes.

"Un" Yuuki smiled and grabbed her hand. Kaname felt a stab of jealousy. 'Control yourself. He's just being friendly like you asked him to be. Yuuki doesn't like him any more than she likes you. She looks so cute and happy…this is how it should be." They hopped on their sleds and pushed off.

Takuma and Yuuki spun to a halt at the bottom. Standing up they staggered before collapsing in the snow, very dizzy. Walking quickly over to them, he helped Yuuki to her feet and dusted her off. She stared at him with a dazed expression, before smiling. Beside her, Takuma scrambled up, suddenly they were all laughing.

They went up the hill again, and continued sledding with smiles on their faces. Yuuki switched partners for every ride. They didn't stop till they were soaked and tired. Then they walked back to the mansion, Ichijou was dragging the sleds and Yuuki was skipping between them. They were one hundred feet from the door when Yuuki vanished up to her head. She had fallen into a drift. Her surprised face was so funny. The two vampires fell over laughing. Kaname picked her up and they went inside.

Thanks for reading, Ashlyn.