[Haruka came to Zero hoping to clear up something, anything, about the future he has yet to see. The questions that he originally thought would hurt Yuuki, things she was not ready to tell him, the things she wasn’t sure how to tell him, that morning. So far, he only has more questions, a disbelief for what’s been said. That is not the boy he remembers. The boy he remembers would do whatever it took to keep Yuuki happy and safe, would show her the world she had not been able to see.
Zero isn’t foolish enough to lie, though, he doesn’t think. It’s easy enough to confirm his story, if he truly wished to go to such lengths, and in the end, would he risk the ire of Yuuki’s father to convince him of the alleged path Kaname has taken? Lying or not, it’s not any easier to accept. In itself, making sure the continuance of the furnace isn’t a terrible thing. It’s… necessary, even if he doesn’t care for most hunters or their weapons in general. It’s the pureblood hunt that unnerves him. Kaname wouldn’t…
What does he know about his children? Yuuki has grown, she’s stronger and taller and though she may be just as sweet and kind, she has a world of experiences and memories Haruka doesn’t share with her, has done things and met people he’d never imagine. Kaname, too, is probably miles away. He loves them both, regardless, but he can’t admit that he knows what’s gone on in the time he hasn’t been there.
It’s another bitter reminder that he’s utterly alone and the only ones who can tell him, reassure him, aren’t here.]
I didn’t want to ask her, but I don’t think I have much choice. That’s not the Kaname I remember.
[Not the one he would have raised.]
But since you’re telling me this, anyway, what reason would he have had to set himself on that mission? Why would he have sacrificed himself, instead of someone else taking his place?
[Why is it always the youth in these stories he hears taking care of things?]