[It tears him up more than either of them know, and that's why he needs to be parted from her, until every last Pureblood is gone. He doesn't doesn't need to tell Zero anything, because Zero is the perfect puppet. He will do it, regardless, because Yuuki is his lifeline. It is how Kaname meant it to be, and while impudent, while he struggles against it, he cannot avoid it. How it must have been, living that year without her...]
I made that clear, Yuuki. I told you to leave. But you are just as stubborn as you've always been.
[And at times, it can be a worrisome and irritating thing, and others it is what makes her Yuuki.]
Yuuki knows her place is not beside me. She just needs to accept it. You should not have any problems convincing of her of that, should you?
[But he says nothing more, is content to allow them to walk away. No, not content, but he has no choice. Yuuki is right about one thing, though. She won't be the one to lose. She will be the one he sets free.]