Author's Note: In total, this story took me six years to complete. Thank you to everyone for sticking this out with me.

Owari

"You can't hide from Aidou-senpai forever, Miki." Yakama clicked her tongue in dismay, watching the blonde girl attempt to stealthily hide behind a group of fan girls as the Night Class exited the gates for their academic lessons. She watched as the girl crouched down to the ground and began to crawl backwards into a bush. An aggravated vein appeared on the side of Yakama's forehead. "For goodness sake, it's only been a week. You're not going to disappear on him for four years are you?"

"I-I'm not going to disappear on him for four years!" Miki retorted in a hushed yell. Under her breath she quietly muttered in disdain, "Unlike the author." She peered through the leaves of the bushes and nearly screeched like a banshee when she thought Aidou spotted her. It never occurred to Miki that the sight of Yakama speaking to a talking bush was highly suspicious. "W-What do I say to him? Should I just tell him I'm a homosexual and fart in his face? Do I need to tell him I'm a dank ass fire engine? CHOO CHOO! HERE COMES THE FIRE ENGINE! CHOO CHOO CHOO!"

"As if I know! Just go up to him and face your problems Miki-the-dank-ass-fire engine! Although I'm pretty sure that's not the sound a train makes…" Yakama then pulled out a fancy telescope and directed it towards the bush Miki was hiding in. "You know what I spy with this telescope Miki?"

"What do you spy, oh majestic Ai? Did you get that? I RHYMED!" Miki responded with giddiness, clapping her hands excitedly in the bush. The branches ruffled under her movements. "Oh golly, I hope it's free ramen coupon. I haven't been to the kitchen for at least a week."

"I spy…What's this?" Yakama frowned and pretended to be stunned for a moment. Finally, she continued in an eerie tone, "I spy….I spy with my squinty little eyes…I SPY A LITTLE BITCH!"

Miki gasped in disbelief, appalled by her friend's statement. Standing up with the bush wrapped around her midsection, she flipped Yakama the middle finger. "HEY! I'm not a little bitch! I'm a BIG BITCH! I'm like the sister Big Bird never had!" She advanced to Yakama and then tackled the brunette to the floor.

"THEN GO TALK TO HIM, BIG BITCH!"

"I'LL TALK TO HIM AFTER I BEAT CRAP OUT OF YOU, HOMOSAPIEN!"

"IT'S HOMOSEXUAL!"

"YOU'RE NOT EVEN A HOMOSEXUAL!"

Miki and Yakama began wrestling each other on the ground, exchanging nasty insults as they tried to knock each other's face off through brute forces.

"Err…Zero-kun," Yuuki hesitantly mumbled, wondered if she should go over there and help Yakama fight…Miki dressed as a bush. Why the hell was Miki even wearing a bush? "Maybe one of us needs to go over there and intervene before someone gets hurt."

Zero exhaled and swayed his head side to side in annoyance. He had to deal with one of the girls every single day. Why should he bother to deal with two of them? It would just leave him with a bigger headache. "Leave those two idiots alone. Nobody can help them."

"B-but…But…" Yuuki was torn, despite watching Yakama spit on Miki's hair.

"Alone," Zero emphasized. He then gestured back to the two idiots when Miki stood up and tried to body slam the younger girl while screeching like a tribal Indian. "Do you want to end up like one of those idiots?"

"N-no," Yuuki replied meekly. She winced when Yakama launched herself onto the fairy, strangling Miki by the neck. She could not fathom why those two violent girls still called themselves best friends when they were persistently trying to kill each other everyday.

"Then let them do their own business." Zero's face then blanked out as he turned his back on them, a sign that meant he had begun to tune out the barbaric girls.

"MEHOYMENOY! MEHOYMENOY!" Miki shrieked, pounding her fists on her chest like a gorilla when she won the battle. Miki had Yakama under her foot, struggling to get back up by clawing at Miki's ankle viciously before Yakama tapped out.

At a good distance, the Night Class could only watch in horror before they all turned to gaze at Aidou. Kain coughed awkwardly and scratched the back of his neck when he popped the question, "Out of all the girls you can date, why did you choose her?"

"Honestly…" Aidou dragged a palm down his face and sighed in exasperation. "Not even I know why I like her sometimes." Miki and Yakama had finally called a truce. As the blonde girl helped her brunette friend stand up, they both high fived each other and then tapped the other person's butt. Aidou's face wrinkled in disgust. "Why do you like that human? At least my crush is a fairy. I won't have to worry about Watanabe dying on me anytime soon." And no one will ever go after her, he silently added.

Kain shrugged. "She's cute and she's nice to me." Aidou sputtered at his claim, mentioning under his breath that Miki (rarely) had her nice moments. The orange-haired male then added, "I would say a human beats a fairy, seeing as how she has a normal appetite and isn't bound to clear the area with the stench of her blood."

"He does make a very good point," Ichijou interjected. Aidou glowered at his cousin and the optimistic blonde. Ichijou offered him a bright smile and held his hands up over his chest. He said defensively, "Hey! I love Miki-chan, but I don't know if she's even ready to settle down yet. Plus, her blood does smell atrocious."

The Night Class were slowly walking towards the school building, with Aidou glancing over briefly to the obnoxious athlete with longing before he sped up his pace to meet the group.

"When she accidentally injured herself, we could all smell it even more from the classroom," Rima said quietly. "It's very overpowering."

"She's a fairy, she can't help that," Aidou muttered protectively.

Ruka scowled and crossed her arms. "It's not that we don't like her or anything. It's just her blood reeks. It would be a miracle for a vampire to get over the smell of death just to taste it."

Aidou bit the bottom of his lip and refused to comment. He remembered the taste of her blood. It was merely an accident. Some of it dripped onto his fingers and he had curiously licked it. A shiver of pleasure ran down his back. He could remember how rich and pleasurable the blood was when his taste buds detected it. Aidou held a groan back, wondering how much more enjoyable would it be if the blood was more warm and fresh.

Shiki noticed the unusual quietness Aidou had suddenly possessed and allowed his eyes to travel over to the noble vampire. His eyes widened a fraction in fascination, watching the boy's eyes flicker back and forth from blue to red before it consistently stayed blue. "Aidou," Shiki started off casually before hitting the mark," You've tasted Watanabe's blood."

The Night Class stopped.

Kaname turned around and frowned in disapproval when his gaze landed on the guilty aristocrat. "You know it's forbidden to drink blood in this academy, unless it is from each other." He was sliding on his glove, preparing to give Aidou the slap of a lifetime. Aidou blanched in horror. "Regardless of her being a fairy, the rules still apply to her too, Aidou."

"W-Wait Kaname-sama! It was an accident!" Aidou shouted in distress, feet starting to back up. His eyes widened in fear. Did the glove have the words PIMP MASTER 2000 bedazzled on it? The blonde began waving his hand in front of him furiously. "She hurt herself the day you ordered Shiki to tell Watanabe to go back her room! When I carried her to the nurse's office, some of her blood got on my fingers and I just licked it because I was curious! I swear I didn't bite her!"

"I see…" Kaname looked a little disappointed as he took off his glove and stuffed it in his pocket. He had it specially made to slap Aidou because it had become such a loving routine involving the two of them. "If that's the case, make sure it doesn't happen again."

Aidou's icy blue eyes twitched in annoyance at the pureblood's tone of sadness. He knew the pureblood had taken some sick twisted enjoyment in slapping him. "Y-Yes Kaname-sama."

Kaname plastered a smile on his face. "Let's get to class."

"Yes Kaname-sama," the vampires chorused simultaneously.

As the pureblood allowed his subordinates to walk ahead of him, Kaname dropped his head a little in displeasure. He caressed the glove in his pocket with longing and breathed out deeply.

One day…

"I don't understand this! What am I supposed to be doing again?" Miki whined, kicking her feet back and forth while sitting on top of an edge. She pursed her lips in disdain and crossed her arms. She could be back at her dorm sleeping if she didn't take up the offer to become a prefect.

Zero furrowed his eyebrows together and clenched his fist. Never hit a girl. Never hit a girl even if she's ugly and beastly looking, he reminded himself. "For the last time Watanabe, we're all separating and taking different routes to patrol the area. Lately, the stupid day class fan girls have been sneaking out to visit the Night Class—"

"So they can get laid!" Miki cheerfully chirped.

"—and we can't allow them to break the rules, in case a vampire like Aidou meets them and decides to suck their blood," Zero ended with a malicious tone.

At the mention of Aidou's name, Miki flushed. "W-What's wrong with Aidou? I'm sure he doesn't drink human blood! R-Right? He wouldn't attack a harmless human girl." Zero and Yuuki stared at her blankly. Zero held up all ten fingers and Yuuki held up six. Miki's jaw loosened. "SIXTEEN GIRLS? HE'S SUCKED BLOOD FROM SIXTEEN DIFFERENT GIRLS AT THIS ACADEMY? THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO HAVING SEX WITH SIXTEEN GIRLS…I THINK."

"Aidou-senpai doesn't have a lot of self control," Yuuki awkwardly laughed, rubbing the back of her head. She offered the girl a sheepish smile. "If it helps, he hasn't sucked a girl's blood ever since he seemed to be taken with you."

"Woah woah woah! Taken with me? Aidou is not taken with me! He was just playing a mean prank!" Miki snapped, feeling her face grow hotter. Okay, so she was lying to herself. She knew the blonde vampire was very much in love with her. However, Miki didn't know how to approach the issue. She saw Aidou as a good companion, regardless of feeling more confused and squeamish whenever she looked at him.

"You two make me sick," Zero sneered. Yuuki elbowed him in the side, giving him a glare that warned him to be nice. He scoffed and pivoted to the side. "It's clearly obvious that you both have feelings for each other. Just get together already."

"HUH?" Miki turned to Yuuki for an explanation.

Yuuki eyed the floor, uncomfortable, and said softly, "There's a fan base rooting for the both of you to get together."

"WHAT?"

"She's the leader of the fan base," Zero declared.

Yuuki was horrified. "ZERO-KUN!"

"YUUKI-CHAN!" Miki screamed in terror. She jumped off of the edge and landed on the ground. Her cheeks had become a shade of pink. She jabbed an accusing finger at Yuuki and yelled, "I can't…I can't believe you wouldn't tell me about this! You should've at least told me!"

"I-I'm sorry Miki-chan! It wasn't my intention to harm you!" Yuuki mumbled, abashed. She felt ashamed of her actions and started to nervously play with the ends of her skirt wth her fingers.

Miki stomped her foot on the ground. "I WISH YOU TOLD ME SO I COULD HAVE MADE PROFIT OFF OF THIS FAN BASE OF YOURS!"

"…." Yuuki didn't know how to truly react to Miki's selfish statement.

"….what?" Zero questioned in disbelief.

"What?" Miki made a face and arched an eyebrow in interest. "Does it really surprise you that I want to make easy money off of people? You guys, ten chapters has passed. You should really know me by now."

Zero and Yuuki exchanged a silent look and groaned simultaneously in weariness. The new prefect was driving them insane. "Watanabe, just go do your routes. If you ever run into a vampire, just…just be you. That'll drive them insane," Zero ordered the fairy. He then glanced at the tower with the clock and gave her a look. "We'll meet here in an hour. Don't get sidetracked by the kitchen this time."

"Aye aye captain sixty-nine!" With that, Miki jumped on the ledge and turned around to salute them before leaning back to fall off the edge. She did a backflip and then landed on her feet, yelping in pain. "SONUVABITCH!" She crouched down to nurse the shock from her feet and sniffed in pain. "All I wanted to do was look cool."

"You didn't do a very good job at it." Miki inhaled sharply once she caught a glimpse of maroon-hair and light blue eyes twinkling with interest. Shiki hopped off of the tree branch and gracefully landed right next to her crouched figure. He extended his hand out, waiting for her to grab it. Miki stared at him critically until he mentioned, "You're in pain. Do you not need help to stand up?"

"I guess you're right," Miki grumbled in irritation. She grabbed Shiki's hand and allowed him to assist her. "This doesn't mean anything okay! I won't stop selling fan girl pictures of you just because you helped me!" Shiki shot her a blank stare and Miki caved in. With an indignant puff, she announced, "Fine! I'll stop selling them your pictures for two weeks."

"I appreciate that," Shiki said dryly. The vampire didn't waste his time trying to convey that he was a supermodel and he was used to people selling images of him for money. The corner of his lips twitched upwards when he observed the blonde girl pouting. Ever since their last meeting at the track field, she had begun to pique his interest. Seeing a different side of her had cause him to ponder over the fact that perhaps the fairy wasn't everything she appeared to be.

"Bat Shit, do you think I can have multiple penis transplants?"

Perhaps Shiki gave her too much credit.

"I believe you can only have one organ transplant," Shiki hummed after a while. It was never a good choice to ignore Miki when she was just going to become ten times worse than she originally was. Shiki had to find that out the hard way. His eyes darted over to the blonde and resisted smirking. No one truly knew how difficult it was to deal with Watanabe Miki compared to Aidou. He wondered how the other vampire put up with her offensive behavior for so long. More importantly, Shiki was astonished by the fact that Aidou fell in love with her. He knew that Miki wasn't an awful person and she had her moments of clarity but…

What was so romantically appealing about Watanabe Miki?

Miki felt the lighthearted atmosphere shift into a confining silence that she could not bear. A grimace had graced her feature. Being around Shiki was different compared to Aidou after she discovered Aidou's true feelings for her. Miki no longer found her eyes trailing after the expressionless vampire. She knew that she was attracted to him physically, but there wasn't an emotional attachment. They hardly talked. She barely joked around with him compared to Aidou, and she learned from Yakama's lectures of love that she was hardly herself around him. Yakama explained that it would be difficult to be in a relationship with someone who could not put up with every annoying trait she had. Miki begrudgingly found herself agreeing. "I hate it when that stupid bitch is right…"

"Pardon me?"

The girl jumped in surprise and screeched, "ACK! I almost forgot that you were here!" Placing a hand over her chest, Miki threw a scathing look at Shiki. "I hate how you're so quiet! Man, I'm pretty sure I almost pissed myself. That would've been so awkward cause I probably would have just let the poop come out of my butthole while I'm at it."

Shiki wrinkled his nose in disgust and said bluntly, "Well for both of our sake, I'm glad you didn't…evacuate your bowels in public."

"If it helps, we're in a forest area right now! We're already in mother nature's heart!"

"It doesn't."

Miki flashed him a cheeky grin, "Don't be like that Bat Shit. Have a sense of humor once in a while." Shiki refrained telling Miki that her sense of humor was childish and filthy; it was unbefitting for someone of his status to laugh at. She didn't receive any feedback from him and rolled her eyes. "At least Aidou has a sense of humor."

"The reason he laughs at your crude jokes is because you two share the same sense of humor," Shiki reasoned carefully, gauging her reaction. He smiled to himself when he saw her jaw drop open and she started stuttering a sorry excuse before he interrupted her, "I don't understand why you have been avoiding Aidou when he had the courage to admit his feelings to you."

"I-I…I haven't been avoiding him!" Miki lied, trying to find an excuse. She didn't sound so confident when she said, "I've just been very busy lately! If you haven't noticed, I've been rolling around with my hoes and doughs! "

"I'm sure. I believe Yakama-san fighting with a bush that was wrapped around your waist was merely a figment of my imagination."

"Errr…YEAH! That was my twin!"

"And may I ask what the name of your twin is?"

"…Wasabi."

"Watanabe Wasabi?" Shiki repeated in an emotionless tone.

"Watanabe Wasabi," Miki nodded in confirmation, smiling widely. She knew she would get away with her lie because she was wearing her thinking panties today. Not her thinking cap. Thinking panties.

"I see. Well please inform Watanabe Wasabi that she needs to tone down her barbaric behavior or else the prefects will discipline her." The vampire's lips twitched upwards in a tiny smile while his eyes twinkled in amusement at her behavior.

"My behavior wasn't barbaric!" Miki countered defensively. Realizing that she had revealed to Shiki there was no person named Wasabi made her throw her hands up in the air and scream, "Alright! You got me! I was the one hiding in the bush. B-but that's because I don't know how to face Aidou!" She started to pace around the forest area, carefully avoiding the fallen branches that would cause her to trip. "Throughout this year, I believed I developed feelings for you. But after Aidou confessed to me, I can't help but think about him all of the time."

Shiki raised his eyebrows at her confession of being slightly infatuated with him through the academic year. Truthfully, he had formed suspicions that Miki had developed a tiny crush on him. However, he didn't want to be on the receiving end because he did not find her attractive. He only had eyes for his partner, Rima. Everyone in the Night Class, including him, was also rooting for Aidou to settle down with her. Curiously, he asked the fairy, "What do you like about me?"

"W-what do I like about you?" Miki slowly repeatedly. She appeared to be asking herself the question. Her eyebrows were furrowed together in frustration and she pursed her lips. Truthfully, she didn't know the answer to his question. "I honestly don't know. I mean…you're hot. Like exceptionally hot. You're also not as mean as everyone else to me. That's all I can think about."

Shiki almost rolled his eyes at her ridiculous answer, but he smiled nonetheless. "It sounds as if you were infatuated with me. You don't truly like me because you hardly even know me." He watched her silently bob her head up and down in agreement.

Miki smiled sheepishly at Shiki's response. She could not deny that she confused infatuation for love. It was one thing to be lusting after someone, but loving another person? That was a completely different ballpark. Her gray eyes scanned the forest area before she gazed at the vampire. She didn't know anything about Shiki. She hardly spent time with the stoic vampire and never learned his quirks and hobbies compared to Aidou. Miki could not be in a relationship with someone she hardly knew.

"You're right, Bat Shit. I can't argue with your logic. I guess meeting you…it was different. There was this emotion that kind of sparked to life that I never experienced it before. Everytime I was around you I was nervous. I wanted you to like me so I kinda toned down my personality a bit."

A bit? She toned down her personality a bit? Shiki thought to himself wryly, silently praying for Aidou's sake. "You're never nervous around Aidou," he quipped.

If that was an attempt to make Miki feel better, it only worsened her mood. She threw him a scathing look and stuck her tongue out childishly, "Well for your diddily darn information, I'm quite a nervous wreck around that bastard ever since he confessed! What am I supposed to say to him? I can't accept it! He's one of my best friends!"

"Oh? And why is he considered one of your best friends? If I recall correctly, best friends don't kiss."

Her cheeks were stained with pink and she gasped in shock, "HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT?" Shiki shrugged nonchalantly. He had his resources. In other words, Aidou had boasted about his problems to his cousin while everyone was in hearing distance. "It—it—it was...damn!" Miki fumbled with her words, trying to form a coherent sentence. She resembled a gaping fish.

"You think about Aidou all the time after he confessed because there's a chance that you may have developed actual feelings for him," Shiki interjected casually. He dug through his pocket and pulled out a few blood tablets, popping them in his mouth. His face was still expressionless, despite the fact that he wanted to gag because of the rotten taste.

"I don't—I don't like Aidou?" Miki didn't sound convinced. She crossed her arms over her chest and shifted her stance, stepping on a twig in the process. Kicking it aside, she muttered lowly, "Maybe I just think about that jackass more is because he's in love with the awesome me."

"WATANABE, WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU? IT'S BEEN AN HOUR!"

Their heads snapped up at the sound of Zero screaming for the blonde, followed by streams of threats and curses. Miki looked at her watch in horror and winced. The prefect was going to definitely kill her. She was late for the fifth time. "I hate to end this conversation Bat Shit, but I got to go!"

Shiki grabbed Miki by the back of her blazer before she could run off. "Hold up."

"I can't hoe! I'm late! I don't want Zero to take away my kitchen privileges!" Miki whined, desperation in her voice.

Shiki sighed and released his grip on the cotton fabric and stepped away. This girl was a complete idiot, but someone had to get her to realize that she had feelings for the foolish and egotistical vampire. "I want you to think about reasons why you like Aidou." He then indicated, "As a friend, I suppose."

"Err…" Miki gave him an odd look but agreed, "Sure. But on one condition."

"It depends."

She reached into her pocket and extended her hand out towards him. "Take this, it's too dangerous to do it alone."

"Wha—"

Miki dropped a condom in hand and ran off.

The vampire sighed in annoyance but stuffed the condom in his pocket. Perhaps he'll give it to Aidou the next time he meets him. After all, Shiki did forget to buy the blonde a Christmas present last year.

"What do you want?" Aidou spat, glaring at Shiki with an intense dislike. He didn't hate Shiki per say, but he was jealous that the other vampire had to exist in that very moment. If it wasn't for Shiki's existence, Miki would have already fallen for Aidou (or he would like to think). Aidou's scowl only increased as Shiki crossed over to his bed and dropped an item.

"This is for you," Shiki said, covering his yawn with the palm of his hand. He rubbed at his eyes, feeling worn out for the day.

Aidou carefully picked up the packaged item. He flipped it over and dropped it with an offending expression, tossing Shiki a scathing look. He gestured to the condom. "And why did you decide to give this to me? Are you trying to tell me I need to get laid? It better be a good answer before I freeze you to death!"

Shiki's eyes skimmed the blonde's shaking frame. The corner of his lips tugged into a smirk. "I had some extras lying around. I thought you could use it."

"HUH?"

"Use your head, Aidou. Think about things from Watanabe's perspective if you want to win her over." Shiki walked back to the entrance of Aidou's messy room and looked over his shoulders to see the perplexed vampire. "Good luck."

A high pitched shriek cut through the silence the next night.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?"

Yakama burst through the room with her telescope. "What! What is it?"

Miki was shivering violently, sitting on top of Yakama's bed while pointing her finger at the box sitting innocently on top of the blonde's bed. "T-That thing! It's hideous! It's an abomination! Throw it away! I don't want it!"

"Have you even opened the present?"

"N-NO! But it says it's from Aidou! IT'S PROBABLY A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION SENT TO KILL ME!"

Yakama rolled her eyes and scoffed at Miki's response. "Honestly, you are so fucking ridiculous. Just open the damn box and get it over with. Who knows, maybe he sent you chocolate in order to woo you. I mean you are being a bitch and making it difficult for him to contact you."

"I'm not being a bitch! Your mom is being a bitch!" Miki retorted effortlessly, flipping her best friend off with an offending finger. Carefully, she got off Yakama's bed and trotted over to the box decorated in neat red gift wrapping paper with a white bow slapped on top of it. Unwillingly, her heart was beating against her chest wildly as her face flushed in embarrassment. In her entire life, she had never entered a relationship. Falling in love never occurred to Miki because she spent most of her life wandering around earth like an outcast. Yet Aidou had fallen in love with her.

Aidou Hanabusa had fallen in love with Watanabe Miki.

It was unbelievable. She almost deemed it a joke if it wasn't for the determination in his eyes to win her over. The way he took care of her the night she was sick and making unreasonable demands. Those stupid little moments when he was overcome with jealousy because she was infatuated with Shiki. How he mocked her for being a glutton but continuously kept her company when she went to the kitchen to eat. He loved her. Aidou had truly loved Miki.

"Miki are you smiling and blushing? Ha! I knew it was because you liked Aidou-senpai! I fucking told you so! I can't wait to brag about it to Kain-senpai!" Yakama let out a cheerful laugh and waltzed over to Miki, patting her back. "It's about time you realized your feelings! You're so dumb, I thought I would have to drop a brick over your head."

The smile disappeared quicly from Miki's face and she attempted to chomp off Yakama's hand. She glared at her friend, "I don't like him! Aidou is my hoe! I'm the pimp! We can't be together, that would just be wrong!" She ignored her heart screeching in protest. The fairy didn't want to entertain the idea that she may have feelings for vampire. Yet she yearned to be near Aidou again. She missed being able to joke around with the vampire and seeing his reaction—whether it was scoffing at her or laughing because he thought her jokes were actually funny. Miki didn't know how to approach the situation.

"Psh. Whatever, I'm going to make you eat those words," Yakama retorted. Eagerly, she then pushed the box towards Miki. "Hurry up and open it! I want to see what he got you!"

"Calm your titties! I'll open it if it gets you to shut up and leave me alone!" Miki picked up the heavy box and began tearing at the wrapping paper quickly, crumpling it and tossing it at Yakama's face. A cheeky grin spread across Miki's face when Yakama glared at her but she blew her a kiss to make up for it. Returning her attention to the box, Miki fingered the cheap cardboard for a moment and then removed the top part.

Silence ensued.

"Uhh…Miki-chan…I say you return it and try to get some store credit…"

Miki lifted up the assortments of condoms and held back a grin. On each individual condom, there was a message written to her in sharpie marker. Aidou sure knew how to get her attention. Miki ushered Yakama to go back to her side of the room for privacy before she began reading through each message.

You're an idiot, Watanabe.

Stop avoiding me.

I'll sue you.

Kaname-sama is the coolest.

You're cute when you're not annoying.

Talk to me.

Stop selling images of me to my fanclub.

I hate spaghetti.

Garlic is disgusting.

I'm better than Shiki.

You need a new bra.

Go to the dance with me.

I like you.

Miki held the last condom for a moment, awestruck because Aidou could easily admit his feelings for her while she struggled to come to terms with her own. He certainly knew how to woo Miki. The blonde girl carefully placed all the condoms back in the box and stuffed it under her bed. She had to stop running away.

"SOOOOO?"

Miki's head snapped over to the opposite side of the room, meeting the curious eyes of her best friend. "What's up, chicken wings?"

Yakama scoffed at the new nickname and rolled her eyes. "What did you think about Aidou's present? You seemed to really enjoy it since you wouldn't stop giggling like a school girl." Miki aimed a pillow at Yakama and threw it. "WHAT? It's true though! Miki-chan, just tell me what you're thinking at least? I want to know. If you truly don't like Aidou-senpai, I'll stop messing with you from now on."

"I think…" Miki hesitantly began.

Yakama leaned forward, ushering the athlete to continue.

Miki took a deep breath and then said with fierce determination,

"I think it's finally time for me to answer Aidou's confession."

One Week Later.

"Have a good dance! Be safe kids, make sure you wrap up your willy!" Miki greeted each dressed up student with a cheerful smile, despite people pointing and laughing at her before hastily running inside the decorated ballroom.

Zero furrowed his brows and wrinkled his nose in distaste at the appearance of the new prefect. Prefects were required to be at the ballroom but didn't have to dress up because they were on duty. Yet Yuuki was wearing a pretty white gown while Miki was decked out in…"A clown suit, Watanabe. Pray tell me, why you're in a silly clown suit for a dance." His attention shifted over to the prefect dressed in a ball gown and noticed her confused expression.

"Yes, I have to agree with Zero-kun. Why are you wearing a clown suit?" Yuuki mumbled sheepishly.

Miki bit the bottom of her lip and scratched the side of her head, perplexed by the questions she was bombarded with. "Isn't this…Isn't this a costume party? Like a Halloween party where people dress up?"

Oh dear heavens.

"Watanabe, this is a formal ball. Not a costume party," Zero snapped irately.

Yuuki repeatedly opened and closed her mouth, trying to form a sentence before she decided to keep her mouth shut. She opted for a smile and then said politely, "W-Well you look nice!"

The frown on Miki's face was well emphasized by the obnoxious makeup she used to outline her mouth. She took out a large dagger, effectively scaring the shit out of students passing through the door, and waved it around while whining, "But I'm not going for nice! I'm going for a scary looking clown!" Grief had overcome her, and she took off her red clown nose and threw it on the ground, crushing it with the bottom of her foot. "This stinks!"

"Maybe you should read the flyer correctly next time, idiot," Zero muttered under his breath.

Chairman Cross hopped into the conversation with a peppy tone to his voice and exclaimed, "Now now! Miki-chan, I still think you look fantastic! With you being on guard wearing your costume, you will make sure no one will disobey the rules because you'll frighten them!"

Miki did not look frightening. In fact, she was the walking definition of a sad clown. Especially with the fat blue teardrops painted near the bottom of her eyes. Yet she bought the lie the chairman told her. "REALLY?"

"Really!" Chairman Cross said, teeth flashing brightly in her direction. Miki returned his smile by pulling up her red afro and taking the dove perched on top of her head, and handed it to him. "Uhh…I don't know what to do with this, but thank you!" The dove flew up and perched itself on his right shoulder. "Well…I guess that solves the issue." He patted Miki on the back and excused himself before entering the ballroom. That girl was psycho.

"What the actual fu—"

Zero was interrupted when Yuuki clapped her hands together excitedly, "Oh! Do you have another magic trick you can show us?"

"I'm a clown, of course I have another magic trick!" Zero was rudely ignored when he tried to tell them magicians had magic tricks, not ugly clowns. Miki eyed the vampire hunter with a mischievous expression and stepped closer to him. Miki clapped her hands twice and then reached over and grabbed something from behind Zero's behind.

"Those are the strangest beads I have ever seen in my life," Yuuki said in awe. Zero suppressed a gag. "Miki-chan, your magic is so cool."

Zero's fingers itched, struggling with the urge to not strangle Miki and tell Yuuki that they're a special type of beads used for bedroom activities in the rectal area. Yanking the item from Miki's hand, he stuffed it in his pocket and glowered at her haughty expression. He didn't want to have to suffer and explain to Yuuki what it actually was. "Go inside and do your prefect duties before I kill you."

"But—"

"We'll take it from here," Zero stated, and pushed the girl inside.

Miki stuck her tongue out at Zero before entering the grand ballroom. She politely waved at the people who stared at her because of the garish costume she adorned. "This party is so lame," she said to herself, crossing her arms out of boredom. When she couldn't find Yakama after a while, Miki decided to sit in the corner and drink some fruit punch. Miki had yet to see Aidou, the person who asked her to the formal dance. Truthfully, she knew she was supposed to dress up in a gown and heels. But she couldn't find anything to wear that she liked. Nor did she feel that a dress suited her. "I should've just stayed back at my dorm."

A sharp voice smoothly interrupted her monologue, "And what? Let me miss this ridiculous sight." Aidou smirked when Miki gaped at his sudden appearance. Her tongue was caught in her throat. "You look like an idiot at this formal party." Noticing her upset expression, he quickly added, "It suits you! You would look nice wearing a dress, but it would be weird since you're always jumping all over the place like a monkey!" He knew he must have said something right because Miki's soft lips then curved upwards and her gray eyes began twinkling brightly.

Miki hopped off her chair and stood in front of Aidou, thankful that he couldn't see how warm her cheeks were from his strange form of compliment. She was secretly glad that she spent an hour painting on cheap clown makeup. "This costume was on sale! It was like four-hundred and fifty US dollars!" She tapped her chin with a finger and then mumbled to herself, "Shipping was also two-hundred and seventy-three dollars. So that would equal..?"

"You spent seven-hundred and twenty-three US dollars on a clown a costume!" He asked incredulously. Dread filled him as he calculated the currency exchange of American currency to Japanese yen. The costume seemed to be made out of a cheap flimsy material. It's appearance was similar to someone pulling it out of a garbage chute and repackaging it. Aidou was certainly appalled when Miki nodded her head in affirmation.

"IF IT HELPS! THIS COSTUME CAME WITH A KICKASS FLOWER ATTACHED TO IT!" She pointed at the sunflower pinned near her breast and squeezed it, water shooting out from it and squirting Aidou directly on his blank face. He was not amused. She giggled to herself and repeated her actions.

Squirt.

"Watanabe."

Squirt.

"Stop that. We need to talk."

Squirt.

"Would you—!"

Squirt.

"Dammit Watanabe, I'm trying to have a conversation—!"

SquirtSquirtSquirt—

"SCREW YOUR FLOWER!"

Aidou ripped the sunflower out of her expensively flimsy costume and tossed it across the room, not giving a damn that it landed in the bowl of punch. Extending his arm, his fingers enclosed itself around Miki's small wrist and he started to drag her out of the grand ballroom. He disregarded her cries of protest, even when she dropped to the ground and pretended to be dead. Aidou merely stopped, picked her up from the floor, and tossed her over his shoulders.

"HEY! PUT ME DOWN OR I'LL START FINGERING YOUR BUTTHOLE!"

"It's been two weeks! We're going to talk about this situation whether you like it or not!" Aidou effortlessly replied, trying not to wince when the struggling girl began pounding on his back with her fist. Aidou ignored the worried murmurs and gossips spreading around like a wildfire from the day class student, and he tried not to look at the rest of the night class giving him a thumbs up, mouthing words of good luck to him (since he truly needed it). Stepping out of the grand building, he nodded in appreciation when Zero stepped aside and allowed them to peacefully leave.

"ACK! FIFTY YOU'RE A TRAITOR!"

Zero pulled out the anal beads from his pocket and waved it towards her in spite.

"IT WAS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR YOU!" Miki wailed, her voice slowly dying out as Aidou continued to walk farther away. She sighed and slumped forward, giving up on resisting the vampire. "Can you at least tell me where we're going?"

"Somewhere private," he tersely responded.

"Let me pick a location then," she insisted. "And put me down, this is hurting my stomach. If you don't, I will start to shove my hands down your pants. You do have a nice booty."

Aidou slowly came to a stop. "If I put you down, you promise you won't run away?"

"I promise." Aidou carefully lowered Miki on the ground and eyed her suspiciously, almost anticipating her running away from her. Instead, Miki pivoted herself and began walking towards the forest. "I want to go to this clearing. It's so nice and it has a pretty lake. Sometimes, I'll go for a swim by myself if no one's around. Naked of course. Nothing better than being reunited with mother nature wearing your birthday suit," she hummed briskly.

Aidou silently trailed after the older girl, listening to her ramble nonsense. He missed her talking to him without a care in the world, even if half of the things she said was stupid or quite insulting. He didn't realize they had arrived at their destination until he bumped into Miki's back. She almost stumbled into the lake if Aidou hadn't wrapped his arm around her back and yank her towards him. She collided into his chest with a grunt.

"Watch where you're going!" Miki screeched, jumping apart from Aidou. He was too close for comfort. She swallowed the lump in her throat and averted her eyes to the ground when his blue eyes pierced hers. She hoped his keen vampire hearing didn't take notice of her heart speeding up or the ragged breathing she had acquired. Her stomach was twisting itself into knots and she resisted the urge to keel over and throw up. I can do this. I can do this, Miki thought to herself. She just needed to be herself. The person who Aidou had fallen in love with, not a blushing school girl who couldn't control her hormones. She straightened her posture and put up a cheerful front. "So what do you want to talk about, Idol-chan?"

The aristocratic vampire twitched at the feminine suffix added to his nickname but promptly overlooked it. Aidou stepped closer to Miki, smirking when he heard her breath hitch. "You've been avoiding me since my last confession. I think it's time that you stopped running away from me and just tell me how you truly feel. I've been patiently waiting for you to come around to at least talk to me, but you haven't. Am I wasting my time?"

"Wasting your time?" Miki carefully repeated, her tone was laced with a hint of disappointment. She shook her head in dismay and grimaced. She had to say it. Miki had to let him know about her feelings for him because she didn't want him to think she only saw him as her friend. But she couldn't.. Checking her watch, she grimaced. It wasn't time to tell him yet. She had to stall. "I uhh…Can I pass this question?"

Revulsion crossed Aidou's face. "Pass? Pass. Do you think this is a game?" He reached forward and grabbed her by the shoulders, careful not to squeeze her too tightly, and bent down to look at her eye level. "Are my feelings a game to you? Do you think that my feelings are so insignificant that you can just pass my questions up?" Aidou's voice had started out strong but slowly died down to a tiny whisper. He wanted Miki in his life. He thought he had a chance with her if he just gave her time; time to forget about Shiki and move on from him, and time to slowly fall in love with a person that had feelings for her despite her odd quirks. He let go of Miki when she offered him a shaky smile. "I guess…this is it then. If you can't reciprocate my feeling, then I should stop pursuing you." He let go of her shoulders and grunted. That bastard Shiki got his hopes up too high.

"You're going to stop pursuing me? But…" Miki didn't want that. She stretched out her hands towards him and recoiled when Aidou took a step back, expressing that he was hurt.

"Miki." She froze under his gaze and the sound of her name rolling smoothly off his tongue. "Do you like me?"

It still wasn't time yet.

"I LIKE CHICKEN NUGGETS!" As she shouted this at the top of her lungs randomly, a dove flew out of Miki's blue afro and grabbed the synthetic hair by its feet before soaring off into the sky. She gasped in admiration. "Oh wow. I thought I only had one dove in my afro, but I had two? This costume was so worth the seven-hundred and twenty-three dollars."

His patience was running out. "I need to go," Aidou muttered to himself, turning his back on her.

"Wait!" Miki winced at the desperation in her voice and frantically looked around the area before she noticed familiar faces signaling that it was time. "HANABUSA AIDOU YOU STUPID UGLY CHICKEN NUGGET, I SAID WAIT!" Aidou's eyes widened in surprise, stunned as Miki yanked him back by his blazer. "Before you leave, you have to at least do me one favor."

"I don't have to do you any favor," Aidou said hotly.

"If you do me this favor, I'll answer your question."

Aidou studied Miki's earnest expression for a moment and declared that she was being truthful. Hesitantly, he nodded. "Fine. What do you want me to do?"

Miki raised up her right hand and proclaimed loudly,

"Pull my finger."

"W-What?" he choked out in disbelief. Aidou glared at her. "Is this some sort of joke? It's not funny Watanabe. I didn't pull you all the way out to this clearing so I can pull your stupid finger."

Miki grimaced and jabbed said finger towards him. "I SAID PULL MY FINGER!"

"Watanabe, I am not pulling your finger."

"COME ON, JUST DO IT!"

"Yeah, just pull her finger!" Ichijou chirped, popping out of a bush.

Kaname appeared right next to a tree and smiled at his subordinate, "It wouldn't hurt you to just pull."

Aidou whipped his head over to the side of the forest area and gaped in dismay. He had definitely not expected this. "WHY ARE YOU GUYS HERE?"

Shiki and Rima, sitting on a branch, simultaneously ignored him and said, "Pull it."

Ruka's giggle was muffled behind a hand but she also chimed in, "Don't be such a scaredy cat, Aidou."

"THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A PRIVATE MOMENT!" Aidou yelled, tempted to rip his precious hair out of his head in frustration. Why was the Night Class so damn nosy?

Yakama and Kain's head popped out of a bush right next to Ichijou.

"Privacy is so overrated!" Yakama yelled in reply.

Kain sighed in exhaustion. He really was just wanted to go back home and take a nap. But no. He had to help those stupid lovebirds. "Just pull Miki-chan's finger so we can all get this over with, Hanabusa."

Yakama then winked at Miki with a knowing smile and ducked back into a bush, disappearing. The brunette raised her walkie talkie, "Zero, you've finished wiring together all of the strings?" She received an annoyed grunt.

"Yes."

"Yuuki-chan, have you prepared the animals?"

A giggle. "Yep!"

"Then we're all set!" Yakama proudly announced. She popped out of the bush and raised her thumbs up. Her actions went unnoticed by Aidou, but Miki raised her free hand upwards to acknowledge it and then pretended to scratch the side of her head.

"Come on Aidou, pull my finger." Aidou stared deeply into Miki's eyes, taking note of her current calm expression and relaxed posture. He noticed that she wasn't nervous anymore, despite the fact that they had a crowd watching them, anticipating his reaction. Miki was still waiting for him to tug her slender index finger. "I promise you I washed my hands. It's super clean in case you're a germophobe." She didn't mention the fact that she may have to scrape off some bird poop that fell on her shoulder when she was trying to stuff the dove in her afro for her magic tricks earlier. "If you do it, I promise you it will answer all of your questions."

Aidou gulped. What was so important about this joke that she had to get the Night Class in on? He was frustrated. He didn't understand and he didn't want to feel like a fool if it was all a stupid trick.

"Hurry up! I have better things to do than sit here and wait for you children!" Zero snapped angrily, standing up from the opposite side of the clearing.

Irked, something in Aidou finally snapped and he leaned forward and tugged Miki's delicate finger harshly.

Squirt.

Bursts of hot fury swelled within the vampire and he glared at Miki holding the sunflower he thought he threw out. "This…THIS IS MY ANSWER? You made me pull your finger just so can squirt me with your stupid sunflower? You're sick!"

Miki responded with an amused grin and then pointed upwards at the sky.

Aidou's eyes hastily shifted to the dark sky that engulfed them and he wanted to shout at Miki that she was irrational and obviously didn't care about his attraction to her. Until there were loud screeching noises whizzing through the sky and began to explode around the area. One by one, bursts of of vivid colors shot up in the sky. Aidou was floored by the amount of fireworks that continued to shoot up and brighten the academy on its dreary night. It was like watching the fireworks show during New Years. Aidou's jaw dropped when the fireworks began to form a sentence. It took a moment for him to comprehend the words, but when he did he felt all anger disappear because his heart began to soar.

"I LIKE YOU AIDOU HANABUSA!"

He squinted his eyes and noticed a dove flying with a tiny banner that had the words written in bright red: PLEASE HAVE MY BABIES! :D

For the first time, Miki called out Aidou by his first name with an unusual caring tone lacing her voice, "Hanabusa." Aidou craned his neck over to Miki's direction and felt his breath hitched when he noticed her absent costume and face paint. Even if she was wearing the school uniform, she still looked stunning to him. Miki apprehensively smiled. "I have been avoiding you for the past two weeks. I was running away from you because I didn't know how I felt. I was a wuss and tried to deny that there would never be anything going on between us. But everyone helped me realize my feelings for you. Hell, your present made me realize my feelings for you." Yakama and Shiki bristled at the information because Aidou's gift had been awful to any sane person. "I decided I'm going to stop running away from here on out because I like you, Aidou Hanabusa!"

Without warning, Aidou reached over and grabbed her by the wrist and dragged her closer to him. His fingers trailed down her warm cheeks. The crystal blue eyes of the vampire was smoldered with a desire for her. He wanted her. He desperately needed her besides him. Miki swallowed the lump in her throat and blindly grasped his blazer with her fingers, tugging his warm body closer to her. She was at lost for words, not knowing how to express her feelings. "I…I…"

"Miki, do you truly want this?" Aidou's voice was a hushed whisper, his hot breath blowing gently across her face. Miki's face flushed and a shiver of delight ran down her back. He slowly wrapped an arm around her waist and allowed his free hand to trail down her slender neck. Aidou's icy eyes flickered with passion. "Tell me you want this, Miki. If you don't, I will stop."

She was captured in fascination from the way he held her so close and how the desperation for her seeped from his husky voice. She was stunned that Aidou had enough respect for her and would stop if she asked him to. Yet she didn't want him to stop his actions altogether. She watched his eyes dart back and forth from her eyes to her lips. Aidou's been waiting for her. He's always waiting.

Miki closed her gray eyes and released a soft sigh in contempt, smiling serenely.

"I want this."

To hell with the audience; he didn't care if they saw him act intimate towards her; he was not embarrassed because he finally won her over. So what happened next surprised Miki greatly because Aidou tilted her head and leaned forward to capture Miki's lips, kissing her lightly. She was surprised when she felt his chapped lips but her body began to relax in his embrace. Her hands snaked around his neck and deepened the kiss.

Watanabe Miki was officially his.

EPILOGUE

"How much did you spend on those fireworks?" Aidou casually asked. He propped up his elbow on the kitchen's counter, leaning his cheek into the palm of his hand, and watched in sick fascination as Miki attempted to cook eight pounds of tacos. She chopped up the onions hurriedly and threw it into the lean ground beef cooking in a pan, occasionally stirring it and adding a few seasonings. He was surprised that his girlfriend could cook without burning the kitchen. The reasoning for her learning culinary skills was because Yakama didn't have time to cook for Miki anymore since she was apparently occupied with sexing it up with Kain.

Miki lowered the heat for the pot full of Mexican rice she made from scratch and faced Aidou. A goofy grin appeared on her face. With a boisterous attitude she claimed, "I spent all of my savings!"

Aidou's hand instantly stopped supporting him and his head banged against the marble countertop. Hastily, he adjusted himself on the stool and uttered in disbelief, "You spent your entire savings just to tell me you like me through a fireworks show?" He still would have been happy if she had opted to say it instead. "Are you an idiot?"

"Don't be stupid Aidou, we already established the fact that I'm an idiot! Those fireworks were hella expensive since it's not in season to be blowing them up. Plus they were the best brand on the market! But I had to tell you in the most epic way that I liked you! It goes against the title of the story!" Miki hummed, heating up a couple of corn tortillas. She stirred the ground beef mixture once more and then turned to glance at her boyfriend and laughed at his strange expression. "You probably don't know this, but I hired Yuuki-chan to be our photographer throughout the night. She captured everything on camera. I think she's editing them to put it in the yearbook."

The vampire exhaled softly and shook his head. He had stopped trying to protest against Miki and her photography hobbies. Instead he stretched out his legs and stepped on the ground, traipsing over to his significant other. He leaned down and pressed a gentle kiss to her lips, holding back a smirk when she stood on the tip of her toes to reciprocate. Aidou secretly enjoyed Miki becoming more submissive to his affections over the past month when they were alone. Relinquishing the warmth for a couple of minutes, he broke the kiss and brushed the loose strands of Miki's hair behind her ears. "You should check up on the food before it burns down the kitchen again," he said.

Miki nodded and returned her attention to the food. "Right-o spaghetti-o!"

"Stop that."

"Ravioli ravioli, please give me the formuoli!" Miki continued jokingly, stirring the beef one last time before she turned off the heat.

"Don't make me call your human parents and inform them that their adopted daughter is a fairy." Aidou leaned over to check on the rice in the pot and pulled out a spoonful to see if it was thoroughly cooked.

Miki leaned over to take a bite out of the spoon and tasted it before she waggled her eyebrows and thrusted her hips out suggestively, "Have sex with me!"

"Absolutely not," Aidou snapped, his temperature rising at an uncomfortable rate. He adjusted the collar around his neck, coughing abruptly to clear his throat. "I refuse to bed you until our relationship has become more stable."

"Well I tried." Miki shrugged her shoulders and combined all the ingredients she prepared to assemble an authentic Mexican meal, oblivious to the incredulous stare Aidou sent to her direction. When she caught his grimace, she stopped cooking immediately and sent him a frown in return. "What'sa wrong-uh?" she asked in a horrible Italian accent.

"No, but you shouldn't do that ever again. I think I lost some of my brain cells," Aidou quipped.

"Can't promise you anything, you naughty girl."

He gagged. "Don't give me anymore nicknames."

"Were you always such a party pooper?

"Were you always such a moron?"

Miki clicked her tongue and mumbled, "Touché douché." Aidou was going to remind Miki that the word douche doesn't rhyme with touché, but decided to overlook it. Even if he protested and mocked her sometimes, he secretly adored Miki's odd sense of humor and her stupid jokes. He jumped in surprise when Miki reached out and touched his hand, her thumb stroking his palm in soothing motions. "What's got you so down? You look like I accidentally ran over your dog with a car and decided to back up on it for fun." Aidou was going to retort that nothing was wrong and that she didn't even know how to drive a car, but it died down on his throat when he saw her chewing viciously on her bottom lip. She was genuinely trying to comfort him but struggled to approach it. "It's fine if you don't want to talk about it to me. I can just pretend this talk never happened and continue to reminisce about the time Ai tried to cut my finger mix it in her cheesecake." It warmed Aidou's heart to see her making an effort in the relationship.

Aidou relaxed his shoulders and extended his arms out, pulling her into an embrace. "It's nothing to be worried about."

Miki puffed up her chest indignantly. She wasn't worried about Aidou…that much. Miki moaned softly as Aidou casually ran his fingers through her soft blonde hair. She buried her face in his chest and smiled. Albeit Miki was surprised that Aidou had become extremely affectionate towards her since they started dating, she didn't dislike it. It was nice to know that he truly adored her since they spent most of their time bickering and making inappropriate jokes.

"I still find it impossible to believe that you chose me over Shiki."

Miki's mouth dropped open before she looked at him with understanding. She snorted a bit and then flipped her hair over her shoulders, grinning haughtily. "Ohhh. Well to be fair, I am too. He was way nicer to me than you ever were." She saw his eye twitch and giggled, leaning towards him to peck him on the bridge of his nose. "But you have a great personality and you're more compatible with me compared to Bat Shit."

"You're an idiot," Aidou mumbled, kissing her forehead. Miki nuzzled her face into his neck and smiled. A sharp pain went through her lower abdomen and she blanched.

"I THINK I JUST SHIT MY PANTS."

The End.