Disclaimer: I do not own D.Gray-man. It belongs to Hoshino Katsura.

This is my first fanfic These drabbles are some parts of the relationship between Lavi and female Kanda from the start (and probably to the end, I hope).

English is not my first language, so I must apologize in advance for any spelling or grammatical mistakes. I gratefully accept all kinds of review, so please feel free to criticize.

An eleven-year-old Lavi was looking around the crowded cafeteria with his lunch in his hand. It was his first day at the Order. He tried to look for the pretty Asian girl he had seen just after his arrival, but in vain. Lavi sighed. Why is it so hard to find someone with the same age as his?

But then he spotted another boy with raven hair at the furthest corner.

"Hi. Can I join you?" he asked with a friendly voice.

The boy just glanced back with his steel-grey eyes without any answer.

"Well, I'll take it as permission then." Ignoring the boy's irritated look, Lavi placed his dish on the table and sat down.

"I'm Lavi. What's your name?"

"Kanda" The boy gave him a blunt reply.

"Just Kanda? Is that your first name?"

The boy put down his chopsticks, looking more annoyed every moment. "It's Kanda Yuu. Why do you care? Just shut up and eat."

Lavi smiled awkwardly. "Hey, I'm just trying to be nice since you're the only boy at my age around here."

"I'm …WHAT!?" The annoyed expression changed into something like shock along with few veins popping up.

"Ehm? ….Did I say something wrong?" Lavi took a more attentive look at his new friend, and was struck. Though with rough complexion and manner, the appearance was a little too feminine to be called a boy. He sweated. "Oh, sorry. It should be girl, not boy, right?"

After sending the rude newcomer a glare and counting from 1 to 10 in silence, Kanda picked up her chopsticks and continued to eat. "Male or female, it doesn't matter. We exorcists are warriors, and gender has nothing to do with that."

"Good point." Lavi grinned.

They had become friends since that day.

The sunset had turned the sky orange and the clouds golden. It was getting dark and cold.

Lavi walked as cautiously as he could, trying not to disturb the unconscious girl on his back. He took a glance at her pale face and gently smiled. Despite having sworn to his face that she would never help his sorry ass in any cases, Kanda DID save his life nearly at the expense of her own. When he tried to thank her, she just growled back, cursing him for causing so many troubles.

People always said that they were such a contrast in every way, like water and fire or the sun and the moon; they shouldn't have been able to be together, but Lavi totally disagreed with the idea. In fact, they were so similar, always hiding behind a certain expression when dealing with others. The only difference was that his mask was a faked smile while hers was an annoyed or irritated face. Even the Buddha said that people of the same kind are likely to get together, so their acquaintance should be the most natural thing to happen, right?

"I'm back!" Lavi greeted the empty hall cheerfully. He had just returned after six months of incessant missions. It was clearly written in his mind that a bookman must not get attached to anything for the sake of impartiality in recording events, but he really couldn't help feeling that the Order had become his home. Lavi enjoyed familiar sights as he walked down the hall, heading to the room of his favourite prank victim. He was about to knock on Kanda's door when an irritated voice interrupted him.

"What the hell are you doing in front of my room?"

Lavi turned around and saw Kanda standing a few steps behind him with her arms crossed, sending him her usual glare.

"Hi, Yuu-chan. I was looking for…" Lavi gasped, leaving the sentence unfinished. During half a year of his absence, Kanda had grown more than he had expected. She looked more…womanly.

Kanda noticed Lavi's weird expression and started to feel uncomfortable.

"Oi, red hed. What are you staring at?"

Lavi grinned mockingly "Congratulations! Yuu-chan"

"For what?" her eyebrows twitched with curiosity.

"Finally, you've got some assets like ordinary teenage girls! You know, there had been rumours around that…" It was the second time Lavi left his sentence unfinished, but this time unintentionally.

After a deadly scream, Lavi was carried to the infirmary in emergency and had to stay there for two weeks.