AN; Didja laugh at the title of the collection? I sure did. Felt witty for a goodwhile. They even match up in their spots! In my mind at least. But enough of that. This is a collection based off of Hellogoodbye's cd Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!, each one-shot shall match up to it's tracklisted song, inspired off of in an almost song-fic sort of way. So if you'd like to see what it's all based off of, look up the lyrics to each song. I interpreted them in my own way and then put them into Kanda and Lavi's lives.

But here is Song Number One: All of Your Love, Kanda-centric. Sorry for any OOCness but he's freaking out, so please understand xP And I'm pretty sure my English is alright, but if you find any weird bits, por favor dimelo! :DD

Sorry for getting a bit elipse (that's what they're called right?) happy.

Word Count; 977!! Whoohoo, I told you I would try to get them to be longer :D

Written On; August 18, 2008. Time Taken; 97 minutes (977 words, 97 minutes, HAH).

Disclaimer; D.Gray-man est la propriété de Katsura Hoshino. C'est tout.


This can't be happening. It can't. I… I mean… for one, it's me! I can't… My heart thundered in my chest and I nearly changed my brisk walk into a sprint.

His lips… His lips had brushed against my now flaming cheek, and I… I had enjoyed it. But I can't. I just can't. So I had wrenched myself awy and made an escape for the door. It scared me even more when I heard his sigh and say, "For every inch we get, we need a mile more," I had wanted to turn right around and return to him, tell him that that isn't true.

Because he was a warmth, a sense of peace, away from the deaths and the war. But I can't take in his warmth; I can't accept his feelings. I can't accept my own feelings.

Another petal had fallen this morning.

Ever repeating "I can't do this to myself; I can't do this to him" in my head, I didn't let myself be around him and placed all of my concentration into training and accepting any mission, even the miniscule ones I would normally decline. I had to stop this. I hoped he would move on if our friendship was broken off.

I tried to be cold to him, like I was to everyone else. I told him I didn't care for him and he was just a nuisance. I was just as much trying to convince him as myself. Because this couldn't happen. But when he refused to believe it and tried to grasp my hand, I blew up at him.

"Why can't you accept it, Lavi? I don't like you, I never did. You were just convenient at the time and maybe a little less annoying than the other fools here, but now you're getting on my nerves. I hate seeing your face and I hate hearing your voice. And you're not going to be here forever. You're going to leave. Why have these bonds. They'll just hold you back from your dreams—" I stopped when I realized I had been talking about myself and just turned and left to go take my anger and frustration from spilling that out on a tree somewhere.

He left me alone after that, just like I had wanted. He didn't talk to me. He didn't smile at me. He didn't look at me. When we passed each other, there was no acknowledgement. It was like the other wasn't there. This was what I had wanted. No connections. I could now focus on my goals.

The head director had brought up a town quite some ways away with suspicious hapenings and another town where an Innocence had been for sure detected. There were only four exorcists available however and three needed to go see to the possibly dangerous new power. I volunteered to go on the first mission by myself; my strength was sufficiently capable after all.

Leaving immediately, I was glad to be out of that suffocating place. I told myself I wasn't running away from my troubles, I wasn't.

The trip took nearly two weeks to arrive, part by train, part by foot. I scoped things out and gound that the problem was probably only a large number of akuma having gathered here. I followed suspicious persons and when they showed signs, easily cut them down. It took another week to be rid of the infestation and then I had the two week return trip.

With nothing to focus on and the noise of the train making meditation impossible, I was left solely in the company of my thoughts.

I thought of my goals, the person I had to find, the number of petals at the bottom of the hourglass, the slight repair work Mugen's hilt needed, the suspicious lack of Noah activity, and one damn redhead. He wouldn't stop flitting through between each thought with his crooked smile and his penetrating laugh so I let my thoughts go free. I wondered if his mission had gone smoothly, if he had gotten injured (probably, knowing him), if he had really moved on. He'd been with Lenali in his group, hadn't he? How would I feel if he really did move on? It'd been nearly two months… I'd feel better about it, wouldn't I? To know I wasn't causing him to suffer any? Then I could deal with my pain alone. The way it should be.

I was reassured for the moment.

Arriving back to Headquarters, I made my report and headed for my room with the full intent of having a bath.

Turning the corner, I stopped, breath caught in my throat.

Lavi.

He was at my door, just standing there. He looked tired, his bandana around his neck, leaving his hair to fall into his eyes. But I could still tell. He started to move and I tensed, but he only shifted over and lifted his hand.

The first thing I noticed was his bandaged arm, wrapped from the wrist, past his elbow, and nearly to the shoulder. What had he done this time?

And then I noticed what he was doing.

His fingers, three of them also bandaged, were tracing the letters of my nameplate, his lips slowly mouthing the sounds.

The next moment, I found my arms wrapped around his waist, my chest pressed to his back, my forehead on his shoulder. I could feel bandages through his shirt, the explosive pace his heart was beating at, and his ragged breathing.

"You idiot. You're so stupid. No one could be as dumb as you. Only someone mentally challenged would miss me, would want to be with me. Why are you so stupid?"

He leaned back into my hold and I could tell he was smiling his crooked smile, "Welcome home, Yuu."

I snorted lightly, "I'm home, you idiot."