I look at the door in front of me. It looks very well re-enforced. Yet I don't see a way in. There's no doorknob. I slide my hands all over it. I even press my body against it. I hear a click, and I fall forward.

"OW!" I sit up, and rub my nose. I look back to find Kaito smirking at me as his hand comes off of a stone beside him. The secret opening, huh? He wanted me to fall. I swear he's so mean to me, and I haven't exactly done anything to him. Okay, so maybe almost tackling him sorta lead to this, but he had it coming.

 I stand up with as much dignity I could conjure up, and wipe away invisible dirt off of me. Ichiru pushes me in, so I won't confront Kaito for being a huge jerk to me.

"Lets get you a room. You need rest. We all do." Ichiru says trying to calm me down. He can be a good friend at times.

"Ah, right. I am exhausted. I'll sleep now, and start training first thing in the morning!" I say determined. I'm ready to get stronger in order to save Yagari-sensei successfully! He's still alive and I hope he has the strength to keep waiting for us to come get him. He will not die after he protected me once before. No, many times before.

"That's the spirit." He says pushing me forward.

"How many rooms are there?" I question looking at the fairly large safe house. It must be a complete underground house.

"There are five bedrooms, there are bathrooms in each room, the kitchen is on your left, and this is the living room." Kaito explains to us.

"What? No T.V?" I question disappointed.

"You'll be training, Alondra. The only things you'll be doing is sleeping, eating, taking a shit, and training." Was Kaito supposed to scare me? Well, it didn't work. Although that did not sound pretty. How vulgar! Is this also how he talks to women he does like?! 

"Your room is the last one on the right." Kaito says pointing to the door. I nod my head, and walk in. No point in arguing anymore, I don't need to get riled up before bed.

"Your stuff is already set up in your room." I nod my head again, and head inside. Closing and locking the door behind me. All I have to do now is find a way to talk to Kaname alone.

I look towards the bathroom, and dream of a nice long shower, then going to bed. I pull out the vile of blood from my pocket, and look at it intently. Wondering who the blood belonged to. It could be anybody. Maybe it's that Sara Shirabuki's blood or maybe Kaname. I don't think he's working for the Senate though. There's no way. Would he? Gosh I hope not. I really hope not. Especially since I trust him to watch my back, and protect me.

I jump as I hear a knock at the door. Cursing as I drop the vile of blood. It splatters over the whole floor. I have nothing to wipe it with, so I just use the blanket on the bed to hide it.

"Who is it?" I question trying to wipe off the blood.

"It's me, Ichiru." I don't think I'm going to open this door until I clean off this blood.

"What is it?" I question him.

"Aren't you going to open the door?" I think of an excuse.

"I can't. I'm getting ready to shower. I'm naked you pervert!" Well, that wasn't exactly an excuse. I was going for just that.

"Oh, well I just wanted to know if you were hungry?" I touch my stomach, but the scare of the blood took away all hunger.

"No, I'm fine." I hear silence on the other side.

"Alright. Good night, Alondra." He says with a tone I can't quite decipher. I think he knows that I'm not being totally honest. I'm not very great with lying.

"Night, Ichiru." I hear his distancing footsteps, and look down at the blanket under me.

I stand up, and pull off the blanket. It made it worse! It looks like the blood spread out! I rush to the bathroom, and look for something I can clean this off with. Anything will do.

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I wipe my sweaty brow as I get the last of the blood off. I managed to clean it off with a lot of shampoo, hydrogen peroxide, and the blankets. Bad news is though that I don't have blankets or shampoo to clean myself off with. I go towards the door, and unlock it.

I peek out to see if there is anyone there. The problem is that Kaito never told me where the laundry room was. If there is one. Well I never got a tour in general. He just pointed out what was there and didn't both with anything else.

I grab all the blankets, and look around for a door that might lead me to the laundry room.

"It's right across from your room." I jump, and drop the blood blankets.

"Th-this. . .I. . .Um!" I turn over to find Kaname sitting there on a couch. If I wasn't in this situation I would have fangirled at how cute he looks sitting in that single large couch.

"You took the vile of blood, didn't you?" I guess there's no point in denying it. I nod my head, and pick up the blankets. I rush towards the laundry room, and put it into the washing machine.

I step out, and close the door. I look over at Kaname, who had been watching me this whole time. I run my fingers through my messy hair. Getting it stuck a few times in the tangles. The nerves made me kind of sweaty, so I feel real gross right now. Now I feel like a scolded child.

"K-Kaname, whose blood was that?" I question him nervously. Avoiding his intense gaze. He's small and adorable, but the way he poses himself and the way he feels just gives off the feeling that he should be intimidating and respected. That's exactly what he's making me feel. Maybe it's the vampire blood inside of me, but that can't be it. Maybe it's just Kaname himself. "You know, don't you?" I question him again since he won't answer me.

"Shizuka Hio's blood." I open my eyes wide. I didn't even consider her since she's dead, at least she should be.

"She's dead, but it seems those scientists got a hold of small samples of pureblood blood. Even mine." I gulp, and put a hand to my pounding heart.

"How do you know all this? Don't tell me you're working for the Senate?" Kaname smiles, and shakes his head.

"I got that information from the man that killed himself. Through his blood." I feel my heart leap in relief that he's not on their side.

"You are relieved. You thought I was working for them." I look away with shame.

"S-sorry. I shouldn't have doubted you. I'm sorry, Kaname." I tell him, and I slightly bow my head.

"Come here." He says putting his small hand out to me. I look at him for a moment before slowly walking towards him, and putting my three longest fingers in his small hand.

"What would you have done if I was working for the Senate?" I open my mouth, but close it again.

"I-I'm not sure." I say looking away.

"Alondra." He tells me in that tone again.

"I'd be hurt. I've gotten close to you, and it would have killed me if you had betrayed me. . .my trust. I have very little of it, so I'm very sensitive to broken trust." I slightly tighten my grip on his hand, and shyly meet his eyes. My face keeps getting warm, and my nerves won't settle.

"But I'm glad you're not working with the Senate." I tell him trying to smile, but really I just want to cry at how nervous I feel.

"Your pulse is racing." I blush even brighter, and try to pull my hand away, but he holds fast.

"Don't be nervous. I can't do much in this body." I bite the inside of my cheek. Not sure what to say or how to react. What would he do if he did have his original body? That makes my brain come up with scenarios I shouldn't be thinking about.

"I-I um I should g-go and shower." I say to him as slowly as I can.

"Alondra." I wince.

"Y-yes?" I question him with a small smile.

"I am sure you are aware of my feelings for you, as I am aware that you are not indifferent to me. Yet it seems you are also not indifferent to Zero either." He tells me. Don't tell me it was that obvious?! Probably.

"Um." Yeah, that's always a great way to voice out what I have to say. I suck at these kinds of things. It's so much more easier to say in my head, and not come out sounding like an idiot. Kaname lightly chuckles. "I have never seen you look so cute when it is just us." He tells me.

"I-I'm not." I tell him, and look everywhere, but at him. He pulls my hand closer to his face, and kisses my fingers gently.

"Would you consider allowing me a taste of your blood?" I pull my hand away, and grasp it with my other hand.

"B-but I'd become a vampire if you bit me." I remind him, and I jump as his eyes shift crimson for an instant before shifting back to their regular reddish brown color.

"Yes, that's right. I'd almost forgotten. It's hard to remember my place when you make me feel human. Even in this state." He says reaching for my hand again. "I'm not going to bite you without your permission. Let me hold your hand." He tells me. I believe him, so I put my hand back in his.

"Once your confusion is settled, would you consider becoming a pureblood, and my wife?" My eyes open so wide that I feel like they might fall out of my head. Did he just propose to me?! There's no way, but he is being completely and utterly serious. I've never even had a boyfriend! Now I'm being proposed to?! Whoa, can't deal with this so suddenly.

"I-I'm sorry. I don't know!" I pull away from him, and run into my room. Closing the door behind me, and locking it. What a cruel and cowardly thing to do, but this is just so sudden.

I slide down the door until I sit on the floor. I put a hand to my pounding heart, and sit there. Not sure what this huge mix of emotions is. I've been proposed to for the first time in my life. I never imagined it'd be so soon in my life. I'm only seventeen. I'm not ready for marriage. I don't even know if I lo. . .Do I even know what love really is first of all?

Both Kaname and even Zero make me feel all these weird and mixed up emotions. Is this what love feels like? Yet it can't be right that I love two people. I don't know how this will work out. This is such a huge mess. I'm a mess. What should I do? I need someone unbiased to talk to. Anyone! Please!