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So a lot of people have confusion over this bc they think it starts out in a few ways:

They think it either starts out like this. With the beginning of the manga literally introducing us to Kaname saving Yuuki from a vampire and her meeting him like this without memories. This one probably sticks out the most to us bc it’s how WE meet Kaname but it’s not how Yuuki first met Kaname because she didn’t have her memories or full knowledge of who he was and it’s not truly where their story started 10 thousand years ago so it’s not this one.

Or like this. Where opens up in the present time where Kaname greets Teenager Yuuki. But again it’s not this one because their story didn’t start here.

Some people think it starts here…

Which is closer but still not it bc Kaname says so himself he recognized those big eyes from somewhere before so it wasn’t here…

So it starts here! If only tumblr let me use more images I’d include their whole first encounter. The first time Yuuki and Kaname met was 10 thousand years ago in a battlefield. It’s confusing because the story starts out with Kaname saving Yuuki’s from a vampire and her being unafraid of Kaname and reaching out for his bloodied hand which is a memorable moment but it’s not how they first met at all.

The first time they met was 10,000 years ago which becomes a core memory and moment for the rest of the series because: it comes etched in Kaname’s memory which drives the the rest of the series going forward and effects the events of the beginning and before beginning of the story.

He has lived through countless tragedy and lifetimes and has basically given up on life and basically only held on with the little hope he had of meeting Yuuki again. Which sets up how he is able to be awaken by Rido later. So later when he meets baby Yuuki without memories he can feel it in his SOUL he has met her before by those big eyes.

This feeling of wanting to protect that warmth is a core driver of his actions for the series.

One of the most striking aspects of the scene is how little is actually said.

The chemistry comes through:

eye contact,

body language,

pauses,

the calm atmosphere,

Kaname's unusually gentle demeanor.

Matsuri Hino often lets the artwork communicate emotions that aren't spoken aloud.

The symbolism

The scene also establishes a recurring theme throughout the series:

Kaname is someone who has survived history.

Yuuki is someone who represents the possibility of a future.

Their first meeting is therefore not only between two individuals, but symbolically between:

the ancient world and the new,

memory and hope,

sacrifice and innocence.

This scene establishes that Kaname and Yuuki first met not as unequals but as two pureblood vampires with a shared destiny and history learning about who the other is. It shows that they did not originally meet as adult and child.

It also shows that Kaname did NOT groom little Yuuki. It debunks the whole claim. When Kaname encounters baby Yuuki he himself is a child with no memories making himself basically a normal child with no memories so they interacted naturally and formed a natural attachment. It was real and destined. There was no grooming or force. Also adding the fact they first met as adult purebloods adds to the fact it was not something that started as grooming.

Kaname later choosing to reveal himself and his past shows he was interested in Yuuki freely choosing him too.

Fans who favor Kaname and Yuuki often point to this scene because it doesn't present attraction as something driven primarily by physical desire. Instead, it establishes an emotional connection rooted in protection, trust, and quiet understanding. Their relationship develops with an almost timeless, fated quality rather than the energy of a typical teenage romance.

Vampire Knight, Ch 66 - 93.

"But I can't tell if you truly love me or not."

Kaname asks for Yuki's honest feelings outright and here Yuki delivers. She has come to terms with who Kaname is to her. He is her ancestor, her brother, and her upperclassman. He is everything, all at once.

Yuki admits here that she knows Kaname is a liar, that he even has wickedness in him and the things he is capable of doing, that he always keeps so much hidden from her. And, most of all, she is conflicted over his true feelings for her. Does he truly love her? She questions it. Has questioned it multiple times. She is conflicted and tells herself that she knows he does. Maybe it's him who is conflicted. Something is holding him back from fully loving her in return.

"I want to start over again with you as if it were the very beginning."

In the end Yuki tells Kaname that what she truly wants is to start over. A new beginning. She wants the opportunity to establish who and what they would become now, from a fresh start.

"Please... don't go out today."

But there is something dark in Kaname's reply to her, something that Yuki senses. It makes her apprehensive and she begs him to please stay home with her. Spend time with her. Don't go. And when Kaname leaves anyway, she decides to chase after him.

"My head is full of white noise."

After Yuki witnesses Kaname kill Aido's father, she is in shock. She can't bear the weight of what she'd just seen and she can't wrap her head around why Kaname would ever do such a thing. Not only that, she'd just opened up to him about wanting to start fresh. She wanted them to get to know each other and strengthen their relationship. She wanted to engrave herself into Kaname. She is so distraught and desperate that her powers manifest butterfly wings for her to pursue him.

"If it really is you [Kaname], just stop!"

However, Yuki soon learns from Headmaster Kaien that the treaty between the Hunter's Guild and the vampires will soon fall into chaos after what Kaname has done and his sudden disappearance. Yuki must step up as the new leader to set things right or otherwise many lives will be in jeopardy. She accepts the responsibility. But then she breaks down when hearing news that Kaname may have been the one to kill the pureblood Ouri at the soiree. She desperately wants time to stop or for Kaname to stop because she's so overwhelmed with grief.

"He isn't wholly tainted..."

Yuki is seen struggling with her faith in Kaname during this time. We see her overwhelmed, begging Kaname to stop. Then we see her saying she trusts Kaname and is suspicious of Sara. Here, we get a deeper look into Yuki's struggles. She desperately wants to have faith and trust in Kaname. She wants to believe there has to be some explanation for what he is doing. When learning that Sara was the one who attacked Hanadagi in his coffin, it gives her hope. She was starting to question if Kaname was fully tainted—if he had gone too far—and here she clings onto hope that things can be salvaged.

"If I get to the heart of the matter, I'm sure I'll find that Kaname is doing this for me."

Until Yuki learns what Kaname did to Zero and his family. She breaks down and takes the blame entirely. She believes that at the heart of it all, Kaname is doing all of this for her. She is the reason all of this is happening.

"Then pierce my heart with your sword like you promised back then."

Yuki goes after Kaname and for the very first time—she seeks death. She wants Kaname to kill her. She knows she can't kill Kaname, that she doesn't have the heart for it. So she wants the alternative. She wants to die by his hands.

"My beloved's fingers may never slide through my hair again."

But Kaname won't kill her. He disappears and Yuki must give chase. Then, in front of him, she cuts her hair and tells him that her burden is gone and she will fight alongside Zero to capture him.

"You must impale my heart if you want to kill me!"

However, we very clearly see that Yuki still wants death. Ultimately, she is seeking for Kaname to kill her. She can't live with herself and what's happened. And she understands, deep down, that she will never be able to give her bond with Kaname up.

"The only way I can stop Kaname... is to turn him into a human."

After Yuki learns more of the reasoning behind Kaname's actions and most of the hunter weapons are destroyed, she comes to the conclusion that the only way she can stop Kaname is to make him human. She can't kill Kaname and she's come to the conclusion that she can no longer end her own life—unless it is to put a stop to Kaname's plan.

"When I woke up eleven years ago on that snowy mountain... that's when your lies began."

Yuki finally reunites with Kaname and learns that he never actually killed Aido's father. Instead, he'd used that farce as a means to drive Yuki away from him so he could move forward with his plans.

Yuki explains here what she wished he would have done. She wishes that he would have just taken Zero's memories from her so they could live happily together for eternity. But Kaname tells her he came to realize that his love couldn't truly make her happy.

"You want to expression your love. I'll teach you, Yuki… if you will have me."

Kaname regrets not turning Yuki back into a human so she could live the rest of her life out peacefully with Zero. And now he is going to give his life to the furnace. Meanwhile, Yuki wants to sacrifice her life to give Kaname a life as a human. The two sleep together to show their love because they both feel it is the end.

"Do you want the humans to lose the only weapon they'll have to fight vampires?"

Would she really be okay with that? Kaname asks Yuki. And the answer is yes. While Yuki never directly confirms this—her actions do. What is most important to her is turning Kaname human and allowing him to live out the rest of his life in peace. If the next generation of vampire-fighting weapons becomes forfeit over that: so be it. Yuki likely assumes there is good in the vampires and the Hunters & Vampires will be able to find a way to co-exist peacefully without the need for the weapons.

"If I hadn't been born, if I hadn't existed... everything would have turned out differently for you!"

After Yuki fails to sacrifice herself and turn Kaname human, and he throws his heart into the furnace, she breaks down. Here we see that she blames herself entirely and wishes she had never been born. If she hadn't been born, then she believes Kaname wouldn't have come to this end.

"No… I can't imagine a world in which I'll never hear your voice."

Even after Kaname reassures Yuki that he didn't live an unhappy life—because of her—Yuki can't imagine having to live the rest of her pureblood eternity without him. Never being able to hear his voice again. She is completely shattered.

Vampire Knight, Ch 1 - 12.

Before the story of Vampire Knight begins, Yuki's earliest memory is from when she was five years old. She remembers being rescued by Kaname from a dangerous vampire. Little by little, Yuki becomes very attached to Kaname. As she grows up, she looks forward to every visit from him. He comes to see her on her birthday every year, and it becomes a special tradition she always waits for.

For five years, Yuki remained close to Kaname. But after her 10th birthday, everything changed. When she saw Kaname drinking blood from another, it brought back the trauma she had been burying. From that moment on, Yuki grew distant. Her insecurities started to grow, and she felt like she and Kaname were worlds apart.

By the start of Vampire Knight, Yuki is shown to idolize Kaname, viewing him as her hero, the person who had saved her life. And an example that not all vampires are bad. It is because of him that she truly believes and wishes that humans and vampires can live in harmony.

"Kaname is different!"

"The world he lives in… is so different from mine."

Despite her clear idolization of him, Yuki finds it difficult to truly get closer to him. She is formal with Kaname and tends to admire him from a distance. She believes Kaname's world is very different to her own.

"I'm like a stray dog or cat to Kaname."

Yuki's peers often hint or even directly say that Kaname has affection for her, and Kaname himself has told Yuki that she is his dear girl, Yuki herself struggles to accept it. She sees a very clear line between vampires and humans. In her eyes, Kaname cares for her the way someone might care for a beloved pet. She feels like their worlds are far too different. These are her insecurities.

"Ever since we've known each other, I've been a little afraid of you…"

During the scene where Yuki learns that Kaname is a pureblood vampire, Kaname asks her "Are you afraid [of me]?". Here, Yuki reveals that even though she regards Kaname as her hero and idolizes him, a part of her has always been afraid of him.

"I wonder when… you stopped telling me everything, Yuki."

When Yuki was younger she used to confide in Kaname. They used to be very close. However, after the day she saw Kaname drinking from Ruka, things between them changed. That formal distance has grown between them and Yuki began to idolize him from afar.

"Even if Kaname-sama is different, I still love him…"

However, regardless of the distance and the changes that have happened since that day, Yuki's feelings for him have remained unmoved. She loves him.

Vampire Knight, Ch 36 - 66.

"I've always been in love with my own brother."

And here we begin to see a shift in Yuki's emotions. Now that she has regained her memories, and believes that Kaname is her brother, she starts to struggle with the fact that she is in love with him. Yuki understands that it is the tradition of the purebloods. It's not something alarming or new to her. But, she has spent so many years as a human that it's complicated her feelings about it.

"It will be all right... brother."

We see the very first instance where Yuki initiates things with Kaname herself. After her awakening and the return of her memories, she finally is able to embrace and kiss Kaname on more equal terms. Something she has struggled with up until this point in the series. However what we also see here from Yuki is the continued pressure of her conflicted feelings about him being her brother. She reminds herself and even corrects herself on numerous occasions: "Kaname—no, my brother".

"I want only my big brother's blood. It fills my head."

Again, Yuki reinforces that during this time Kaname's blood is the only blood she craves. The thought of drinking his blood consumes her mind. Her hunger for it.

"I realized I'm different from how I was ten years ago…"

Here Yuki gives us more insight on the internal workings of her mind. She has come to realize that she's not the same Yuki Kuran she was ten years ago, before her memories were taken. She's lived ten years as human Yuki Cross and now that leaves her feeling uncomfortable. She's changed. And, in her ignorance, she lived her life so carefree never knowing all the pain and loneliness she was causing Kaname.

"What kind of world has he been forced to face all alone?"

When Kaname opens up to Yuki and admits to everything he's done and kept hidden from her, Yuki struggles with both anger and sadness. But she puts aside her own emotions to support Kaname. Because she empathizes with everything he's had to endure alone. She wants to be there for him. She feels she has committed sins in her ignorance over the past ten years living as Yuki Cross. She also feels responsible for the sins that Kaname has just admitted to—believing he's done everything for her sake. So she tells him that she is more than willing to become tainted with him. To fall to the very bottom, if that is where he will go.

"I wonder why that beast inside you craves my blood so much."

We get a scene six-months into the year at the manor and we see that the "beast" side of Yuki (her vampire side) craves Kaname's blood. Over the year, we see that Yuki does write letters back to her old friends and old life as Yuki Cross but she doesn't send any of them. When asked why she says, "I want to cherish my time with Kaname-sama now." She wants to make up for their lost time—for those 10 years.

"Is it wrong? To want him by my side because I don't want to spend eternity alone?"

Here we get more insight to what is happening internally with Yuki as she struggles to accept the vampire side of herself. Yuki is scared of what eternal life means and the unimaginable loneliness that could come with it. The "beast" side of her wants to devour Kaname's life and feelings. Yuki is scared of this side of herself and has been repressing it.

"Should I even be here with you?"

Here we get a deeper insight of Yuki's guilt. While she desperately yearns for Kaname's blood and wants to devour him whole, she also experiences a thirst for Zero. This shakes Yuki to her core and makes her feel incredibly guilty and unworthy of Kaname. She's very angry with herself, feeling like she is putting too much burden on Kaname's shoulders, making him pamper her. She's frustrated with her inability to use her fangs and for not only craving his blood. These feelings make her question her worth; whether she is worthy to be by Kaname's side, to hold him, kiss him, and worthy of his feelings.

"I want you to drink only my blood."

Because of Yuki's turmoil and guilt, Kaname gives her a way to take responsibility. He tells her to only ever drink his blood. That is his one condition, and this helps Yuki cope. A bit later she is feeling much better, much more confident, and tells Kaname she finally sees the path she should be taking.

"Feeling lonely?"

The story has shown us that a lot of the time while Yuki is isolated in the manor, Kaname is busy elsewhere. And Yuki confirms that she is lonely and wishes that he was around more often. As she has stated prior, she really wants her time here to be about her and Kaname making up lost time.

"What happened to him?"

Yuki has commented a few times since regaining her memories that Kaname has changed from who he once was 10 years ago. He's full of sadness and despair. Here we see Yuki's deeper thoughts on it. She doesn't understand what's happened to him over the years she lived in ignorance. And she wonders if its her. If she has disappointed him so thoroughly that even her "coming back" isn't enough.

"Become his equal."

Yuki believes that Kaname giving her Artemis and sharing his memories with her was his way of telling her it was time to advance. To become his equal and graduate from being the baby pureblood. After learning the truth about his past, Kaname asks Yuki if she still considers him her brother and she decides to call him "Kaname" from now on. On equal grounds. And that is what she wants to achieve.

"The name that was given to him by that woman from the past."

Yuki has a moment of jealousy when she tries to call Kaname by his name without the honorific attached. Because the name given to him by the first woman Kaname had developed affections for.

Vampire Knight, Ch 13 - 36.

"He realizes what's happened… don't look!"

Regardless of Yuki's conviction to help Zero, the story reveals her struggles with guilt over the decision. Yuki desperately does not want Kaname to find out that she is letting Zero take her blood. She doesn't want to do anything Kaname would disapprove of, so she wants to hide it. While Yuki denies wanting to give her blood to Kaname, Zero insists that she hasn't truly sorted out her feelings on it.

"Sometimes I have my doubts... but I trust him. Even if he were to double-cross me... I'd be fine with it."

Yuki does sometimes doubt Kaname's intentions and she has also considered the thought that he may someday betray her. Regardless, she trusts him. And even if he were to betray her, she knows it wouldn't change her feelings toward him.

"I knew he was beyond my reach. I knew it, but…"

When the pureblood Sara enters the scene and interacts with Kaname, Yuki immediately runs back into the room to hide. Here we see that while Yuki believes her and Kaname live in two different worlds, she has always hoped for something more to come between them.

"Yes. I'll do anything... for Kaname-sama."

Kaname reenters the room and pushes Yuki onto the bed, scolding her for leaving. Yuki tells us here that she is unconditionally willing to do anything for him. And it is here that Yuki admits something for the first time: despite telling herself to be content with admiring/loving Kaname from afar, she has never been able to release her secret hope for them to be something more.

"This... This is my dearest wish..."

Kaname asks Yuki if she will become a vampire for him. And this is Yuki's deepest wish. If she becomes a vampire the two of them will no longer be world's apart. She would be able to be with him.

"Kaname... are you the one who took away my memories?"

Later when Yuki begins to suspect that someone has taken away her memories, we see the duality of her thoughts. On one hand she wants to believe that Kaname would never be the one behind it, but on the other hand she has her doubts. Initially, she wants to confront Kaname directly. But in the end she can't do it: she wants to believe in him (trust him) no matter what.

"Before, I tried not to think about Kaname and me."

The dynamics between Kaname and Yuki have slowly shifted. He has gotten closer to her: asked her to become a vampire for him and has told her that he loves her. Yuki begins to struggle with her want to be with him. To give in to her desires despite them being different beings.

"If I start thinking about him, he's all I think about if I'm not careful."

Here we get insight into how all-consuming her love for Kaname can be. Yuki expresses that if she were to allow herself, she could become obsessive and lose herself entirely. Kaname means the world to her and she has stated numerous times that she would do anything for him.

It's also important to note here that Yuki asks Zero to come with her the next time she confronts Kaname about the questions she needs answered. Because she knows she can lose herself.

"Even if you were the same vampire who tried to devour me back then."

Yuki admits that even if Kaname had been the vampire who tried to eat her in the snow that day, she would still give herself to him unconditionally.

And here we see that Yuki begins to lose herself and Zero steps in to remind her to stay on track. Yuki is finally able to ask Kaname: "Do you have something to do with my forgotten past?"

"Why do you care for me so deeply and try so hard to keep things from me?"

At this point in the story, Yuki begins to realize just how much Kaname hides from her, just how much he evades things. In particular, right now, with her past. The scenes show us that Yuki is fully aware he is using their bond with each other, and her feelings for him, to evade giving her the answers she's asking for.

"How do you truly feel... about me?"

As an overwhelmed Yuki passes out, we get an insight to her true state of insecurity here: Yuki doesn't entirely believe that Kaname loves her. She doesn't understand his actions and she questions here how Kaname truly feels about her. Because of these insecurities she also doesn't know if she is worthy to love him.

"I only want this man's blood."

After Kaname awakens Yuki, she desperately craves Kaname's blood. As she drinks from him she tells us that his blood is flooding through her and she feels like they are one; essentially she can no longer distinguish the boundaries separating them.

My only guess is that it might be hatred towards the actual fact of Zeki, but I get the feeling she is hated by both sides anyway

She never imprisoned her sister or stopped her from doing what she wanted. She restrained her own desire to drink her blood. She always protected her and cared about her.

Of course she was afraid of losing her. Anyone would be afraid of losing someone they deeply love. But she was also mature enough to accept the reality that her sister would die before her. That's why she continued living while waiting for the day they Res death so she die.

Ren lived freely. She never did anything truly cruel or malicious. She didn't turn anyone into a vampire, and she didn't kill anyone.

she is one of the greatest characters in Memories after her father, even better than her mother. She is someone trustworthy, dependable, and the kind of person others can lean on when they need support.

Unlike Ren, she is a character who actually drives the story forward, just like her parents did. She has a clear role in the narrative and understands exactly what she is doing.

She is compassionate and genuinely feels sorrow for the suffering of others. She is honest, sincere, and can be surprisingly funny at times.

To be honest, if you pay attention, the story would be much more boring without her. She brings energy, emotion, and direction to the plot in a way that few other characters do.

Ren is actually a rather weak character. If she possesses any significant strength, it is probably because of her mother's bloodline.

In a real fight, she would likely become a burden rather than an asset. She could easily die, just like her father. Her role was never to be a powerful vampire.

She was essentially born to serve as proof of the Zeki relationship but she is a replacement for the cross Kaien. That is the official reason for her existence in the story.

She could never truly rule vampire society because she is not a pureblood, and many vampires would never accept her. That is why she eventually became a hunter, following in her father footsteps.

Oh yes but you know these people will take it as a good thing 🫩

She literally used Zero this whole manga to infinity and they think it’s a good thing lol. She used the dude for blood, company etc yet they’ll be cheering over the hills that all she did was use him while hardly giving him anything back. When did she ever make a sacrifice for him? When did she ever tell him she wanted to be with him and not just thank you for what you do for me hur hur

In this day and age people use people so ofc people will find this kind of “love” romantic in a world where people only love people as long as they are useful to them lol.

Yuuki always made sacrifices for Kaname. She gave him her life. She gave him her heart. She gave Juli her blood, her heart, her virginity. She fought to be his equal and useful to him. Mature love is about you wanting to do things for the person you love bc that’s what true love is not just taking selfishly and wanting to get something out of them lol

She had already given up those feelings before yuki and zero got together, There is no need for baseless accusations when the situation is clear. She didn’t want to take him away from her; she actually wanted to be rejected so she could let her feelings go.

He was neither her mother's husband nor her boyfriend. She simply had feelings for a man who was nice to her as kid, A child calling someone “dad” does not automatically mean he is her biological/atep dad.

Your interpretation is however you feel like it is but also… you don’t need to insult someone for having a different take than yours.

So, in the end, if you don’t like an interpretation that opposes your own.. perhaps you should.. ignore it?

People are free to disagree with you. That's not harassment, that's discussion

If someone points out flaws in an argument, that's not "malicious intent." That's what happens when opinions are posted publicly.

You don't get to reduce an entire debate to "be nice" whenever someone challenges your reading of the story.

So by that logic, future relationships can rewrite the past now?

Interesting. I didn't know chronology stopped existing whenever people wanted to make an argument.

I think it’s so funny that this post only got the number of likes that it did because of this stupid back and forth xD it’s truly telling how bored the fandom (OR SHOULD I SAY YOU) is.

At the end of the day you’re the one who got triggered and decided to rudely reblog my post and start all this shenanigans over a piece of fiction! I don’t have the time or effort to continue going back and forth with you when this is literally what you live for. So again, have a nice day! & for future reference when you want to start a conversation or discourse with someone don’t start by belittling them and insulting them! Maybe that’ll help you out! :D

Just like you gave your opinion about Ai and falsely claimed that she loved her stepfather, I simply explained that this wasn't the case. When she had those feelings, he was not her stepfather, and she had already let go of those feelings before Zero and Yuuki became a couple.

The attacks came from you and the other person, not from me.

I am not the one obsessed with turning everything into incest. I would never be the one making posts about Ren and her sister, about Ai and her mother's future husband, or any of those things. People like you try to present those misunderstandings as facts.

People like that are one of the reasons the fandom has become shit..

I mind my own business. What I care about are the facts of the story, not twisting events to support a false narrative or a popular misconception.

You are free to have your interpretation, but that does not make it true.

It's hypocritical to say everyone is allowed to share their opinion, but then call it an attack the moment someone challenges that opinion with facts from the story.

She had already given up those feelings before yuki and zero got together, There is no need for baseless accusations when the situation is clear. She didn’t want to take him away from her; she actually wanted to be rejected so she could let her feelings go.

He was neither her mother's husband nor her boyfriend. She simply had feelings for a man who was nice to her as kid, A child calling someone “dad” does not automatically mean he is her biological/atep dad.

Your interpretation is however you feel like it is but also… you don’t need to insult someone for having a different take than yours.

So, in the end, if you don’t like an interpretation that opposes your own.. perhaps you should.. ignore it?

People are free to disagree with you. That's not harassment, that's discussion

If someone points out flaws in an argument, that's not "malicious intent." That's what happens when opinions are posted publicly.

You don't get to reduce an entire debate to "be nice" whenever someone challenges your reading of the story.

So by that logic, future relationships can rewrite the past now?

Interesting. I didn't know chronology stopped existing whenever people wanted to make an argument.

She had already given up those feelings before yuki and zero got together, There is no need for baseless accusations when the situation is clear. She didn’t want to take him away from her; she actually wanted to be rejected so she could let her feelings go.

He was neither her mother's husband nor her boyfriend. She simply had feelings for a man who was nice to her as kid, A child calling someone “dad” does not automatically mean he is her biological/atep dad.

Because we know very well how toxic this fandom can be, it’s obvious that your words will be taken seriously by them. But correcting something doesn’t mean I’m taking it too seriously.

She had already given up those feelings before yuki and zero got together, There is no need for baseless accusations when the situation is clear. She didn’t want to take him away from her; she actually wanted to be rejected so she could let her feelings go.

He was neither her mother's husband nor her boyfriend. She simply had feelings for a man who was nice to her as kid, A child calling someone “dad” does not automatically mean he is her biological/atep dad.

She had already given up those feelings before yuki and zero got together, There is no need for baseless accusations when the situation is clear. She didn’t want to take him away from her; she actually wanted to be rejected so she could let her feelings go.

He was neither her mother's husband nor her boyfriend. She simply had feelings for a man who was nice to her as kid, A child calling someone “dad” does not automatically mean he is her biological/atep dad.