Akatsuki & Ruka

This is the relationship between Akatsuki Kain and Ruka Souen. An entire chapter in the manga has been dedicated to Akatsuki's feelings romantic feelings for Ruka. After Ruka realizes why Kaname holds feelings for Yuki Cross, her jealousy subsides. Ruka and Akatsuki are related in some way, as the two of them and Aidou are members of the “Aidou faction.” Akatsuki and Ruka have known each other since they were very young, and Akatsuki, when he was young, told Ruka everything, including that Aidou rebuffed Kaname. Akatsuki and Ruka are constantly together; he is the one who pulls her away from Kaname during the Ichiou incident, comforts her when she realizes how little she understands Kaname, and dances with her at the ball. The exact nature of their relationship is unknown, but Akatsuki is the only one person who Ruka is vulnerable around, abandoning her self-important, bored front. Although Ruka does not appear to be in love with Akatsuki, he has been in love with her from a very young age and it is his love for Ruka that prevents him from having an undying loyalty to Kaname like Ichijo and Aido. At one point, Akatsuki got furious at Kaname when he learned that he sent Ruka into great danger and told Kaname that he would hate him forever if anything happened to Ruka.