This was done for the 50 scenes community on LJ. The link to it is on my profile. Check it out. The fics there are good. Some of them blow you mind away. (And roll around the floor laughing maniacally too...)
Spoilers from the D.Gray-Man fanbook if you havent seen the profiles of Lenalee and Kanda yet. Though if you haven't read them yet, it's not really all that hard to imagine Lenalee mistaking Kanda for a girl at first meeting.
An obvious way of using the theme.
Disclaimer: DGM is not mine; it is the creation on Hoshino Katsura's.
And So, They Met
#001: Twilight
Looking back, Lenalee would never have thought that she'd meet her one and only true love at such a stereotypically romantic time of day.
Because really, she wasn't one of those kinds of girls. And neither was he. In more ways than one.
It was Twilight.
It was that time of day when the sounds of the incessant chirping of crickets melted into the background, when the silence of the sky blemished with pink, aqua, purple effortlessly caught your attention more than anything else.
However, Lenalee Li, aged eight, let out a heavy, shaky breath in fear raising her eyes to meet with another, glaring daggers down at her. Those dark eyes belonged to child not much older than her with sharp slanted eyes and strange dark blue hair which melded with the tinted sky beyond. Lenalee didn't see other children in the order – there weren't many – and so she was surprised that after two years here, one had suddenly appeared in front of her.
Or rather she had ran into that person, thus not making a very good first impression.
That child's glare was frightening. Her eyes watered. She could not stop her tremors. But despite the glares the fleeting thought that this person was cute passed through her mind and was soon gone and forgotten.
She opened her mouth futilely. She was ready to say those words, "I'm sorry", but it seemed that her throat had stopped cooperating with her brain. She recognised the familiar feeling of fear – no, this wasn't fear, not like those times of entrapment in that cold metallic room with the cruel and calculating General Leverrier. No, this was the fear she would have imagined feeling if she was able to go out trick or treating on Halloween like the town's children did.
It was, for lack of a better word, thrilling.
The, without any warning, the glare on the other child's face intensified and Lenalee took back the words which no one else could hear. No, this was scary after all. Trembling, she mustered up all her courage and took a deep breath.
"I- I'm sorry. For bumping... into you." Her gaze shifted from those dark black eyes down to the floor, and then back up again to find that piercing gaze still fixed on her. Timid little Lenalee Lee thought that perhaps she should apologise again. "Onee-san, I'm really sor–"
"What… was… that?" the child accentuated each word slowly, the soft but deep tone instilling her with more fear – more wariness.
Baffled, she stuttered, "I s-said, O-onee-san, I'm–"
"I'm a boy."
There was a short silence where the boy looked expectantly down at her (for what her frazzled mind could not figure out) and Lenalee realised her mistake, her face heating up until it felt as if she would explode. "But you're so cute," she blurted out.
Another strenuous silence passed and the boy seemed even more intent on rekindling the one-sided glaring contest. Still on the floor, she scampered away with her back to the walls so she could push herself up. Standing like this he could not look down on her as much anymore. She didn't have to look much higher either. She felt her courage rise a notch again against this provoking boy.
He just would not stop with the glaring would he?
Her lips trembled, but she managed to keep her eyes stubbornly on his without the slightest hint of wanting to avert them. This was good. She was standing her ground. Her knees shook a little. Well, sort of.
"Che. Whatever." The boy huffed and turned walking curtly away, his long hair swishing behind him.
Lenelee's eyes followed him all the way to where the corridor ended and lead to the dining hall. What a strange, temperamental, pretty boy.
That night as she thought about what she would say to him next time she saw him. She was sure that they'd see each other again because if nothing was going to give in her life right now, then something will have to soon enough.
She thought hard about it. But she was so shy that she knew that no matter what she said it'd come out wrong – they'd be a social disaster. But before her eyes shut that last time, she finally got it.
How about: "What's your name?"
I did not really like the ending. At all. But I cannot figure out why. Need a frustration outlet! If you didn't like it and can explain why, by all means, do so. I'm open to all suggestion because it's seriously frustrating the hell out of me.
And the usual: reviews are appreciated.
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