Author's note: I do not own –man. This is going to be another one-shot for one of my favorite pairings kanlena. Hope you guys like it!
True Feelings
Kanda was called by Komui in the middle of the night. The Japanese exorcist had no other interest except sleeping and that was the only thing he wanted to do but unfortunately for him Lenalee's brother had other plans for him. He sighed as he entered through the door bracing him to meet a stupid bean sprout or an idiotic one-eyed red-haired rabbit but his grey eyes were met with an annoying smile of a Chinese girl who had mesmerizing violet depths which he felt as if could see right through his very soul. That was something he did not like at all. The fact that someone knew him so well irritated him to no end, even more than the stupid comments of the two idiots she called "friends". Kanda glared at her but she just kept that undying smile on her pale but beautiful face.
Since when do I think her face is beautiful?!
"Don't worry Kanda. You are going to go on a mission with me not with Lavi-kun or Allen-kun." She stated the obvious, which made him glare at her even more intensely than before. He hated it when someone told him something, which could be seen even by a blind man. He didn't care that it was her. That didn't make his eyes narrow less. In fact, it even made him use his death glare for he thought that she had some fault for his current lack of sleep for another night. Lenalee sighed and explained the mission to the pissed of exorcist. It was basically just a stupid mission to go to a small town, kill all the akuma there and get back. Simple as that which meant that she could've gone alone. But no her overprotective brother wanted someone to accompany his precious little sister and he just had to choose him over everybody else only because he had absolutely no interest in her as more than an acquaintance and he was planning to keep it that way but even Yuu Kanda couldn't stop fate.
They got into the boat and then on a train. Their journey was safe and had no setbacks but something was odd for Kanda. Normally Lenalee would at least try to start a conversation with him or even with the finder but this time she as silent as him maybe even more which strangely for him made him worried.
The exorcist sighed as he leaned back against his chair. His eyes were looking at the wall, which separated his room and Lenalee's. This made him very worried for her. She hadn't said absolutely anything during their little journey and she didn't even say good night to him or the finder. Her manners were one of the best in the whole Order. She was the kindest and nicest person he had ever met and the most cheerful one. She always had a smile on her face.
Then suddenly it hit him. She hadn't said anything nor smiled since the left the Order. He sighed and hit his forehead with his arm a few times, as he called himself an idiot at least seven or eight times. Kanda didn't know these feelings that were rising in his chest. He knew that it wasn't only worry for her. He felt something else for her but just couldn't put it into words. Was he falling for her? And if so then why so suddenly? Had he always felt something for her but this feeling decided to come to surface exactly this night.
The sun rose above the horizon and lit the room of an exorcist who had not slept even an hour of what was left of the night. He sighed as the bright light lit his room and made him cover his eyes. He quickly grabbed his katana and headed out so he could start looking for the demons but first he had to wait for Lenalee to show up. He had been waiting for her for almost an hour and still she wasn't up. Even the finder started to worry. Kanda sighed and decided to go up and see if she was all right.
He went up the stairs and knocked on the door at least five times but no answer came. Kanda did not know what to do so he decided just go in seeing as the door was left unlocked.
When he entered the sight before him made his eyes widen and his mouth to drop open slightly and a small almost unnoticeable blush appear on his cheeks. On the bed, Lenalee was lying in nothing but a towel, which because of the night covered only her chest and a small part of her stomach while her legs and her panties could be seen. He wondered how she hadn't been shivering or how she had fallen asleep like that but those questions immediately disappeared as his eyes started staring at her beautiful almost completely nude body. Thanks to the crystal type of her innocence, her long creamy legs were exposed. His grey eyes started from her ankles and went up to her thighs and then to her pink panties. Kanda stared at that small piece of clothing and thoughts, which are not meant for little children, started clouding his mind. The Japanese exorcist mentally slapped himself for that and tried to avert his eyes but they just went up to her flat stomach and then to her chest which was covered by the white towel. He mentally cursed it was there and wanted to remove it, to see what was beneath it. To see even more of her but he ignored that wish knowing that if he did it, he would probably not live to see the sunset. Then his eyes continued their study of her body. Grey orbs went up past the sensitive skin of her neck, which made Kanda want to bite on it. After that they stopped at her pink plump lips. He wanted to kiss them. To feel them on his. To feel the warmth of her body beneath his. It was then that he noticed that her long hair was spread across the bed. Then he saw the true picture of her innocent but dangerous for every man's eyes beauty. He now knew why Komui was so overprotective since his daughter had grown into a very beautiful woman. Lenalee was now eighteen but he was sure that her innocence had not been taken, yet. He was not even sure if she kissed anyone but remembering that one time when she and Allen disappeared and the next day the moments between them were awkward made him think that he was completely wrong.
Suddenly her body started moving and her eyes started to open up slowly. When her violet orbs met, his grey ones and she remembered that she had nothing but panties on her made a deep blush stain her cheeks, which made her even more attractive and innocent in his eyes. He didn't think the would be able to control himself any longer so he decided to leave the room.
" We are waiting for you outside."
She nodded which he saw from the corner of his eye but the deep red blush was still on her cheeks.
"Don't worry. I just came."
She nodded again unable to do anything else and waited for him to exit before she got up and dressed into her uniform.
She came down a minute after Kanda and avoided his piercing gaze since she was too embarrassed for he had seen her completely naked or well almost. They made a little research or mostly she did and since every citizen said that, the last attacks had happened in the forest they decided to go there.
As they were walking an akuma which was level two appeared out of nowhere along with five that were level one. Lenalee activated her innocence and took the finder to a safe place as Kanda destroyed all the weaker demons. The girl came back and started dodging all the attacks from the level two akuma, which looked like a scorpion. The female exorcist assumed that it had poison and was right since all the trees that had been hit started dying. She avoided a few more and tried to kick it and destroy it but the demon hit her with it's tail and injected a small amount of its poison inside the girl's body. Kanda didn't see it but came in time and killed the demon. He looked around and concluded that there weren't any akuma left. His gaze fell on the girl on the ground. He glared at her for the shown weakness but quickly stopped doing it when the finder came. He helped her up and swiftly followed the Japanese exorcist back to the inn. During all the way Lenalee kept her head as low as possible so her fringe could hide her tears half due to the awful treatment she received from the man she cared deeply for and half due to the pain which she felt in her back.
When they reached the inn, Lenalee smiled and bid both of them a good night. The finder smiled at her while Kanda only nodded and the three of them got to their rooms.
As soon as she was inside her room, she collapsed on her bed. The girl immediately fell asleep.
During the night, Lenalee woke up. Her whole dress was wet with sweat. Tiredly she pulled it over her head and threw it on the floor. She put on a spaghetti strapped nightgown that went mid thigh and opened the window. The wind blew her long dark green hair. As she was watching the ground, everything started spinning and she still had red staining on her cheeks but it was not a blush this time. She closed her eyes, shook her head a few times, and reopened them. When everything seemed fine, she decided to take a walk so she jumped through the opened window and was ready to land safely on the ground when her head started spinning. Her eyesight then became blurry and she hit the ground hard. Then everything became dim.
Kanda could not sleep for some unknown reason and decided to take walk and clear his mind, which was clouded with thoughts about Lenalee, her perfect body, mesmerizing eyes and beautiful plump lips. He sighed and ran a hand through his hair as the cold night air hit him. He opened his eyes and then stopped dead in his tracks. In front of him on the ground was lying none other than Lenalee. He quickly bent down and picked her up. He saw the redness on her cheeks and her paler than usual face made him understand that she either had a fever which was not very likely or she'd been hit by that scorpion like demon and now had poison in her body. That thought made him rush even more. He quickly went to her room and laid her carefully on the bed. He took one last glance at the now unconscious girl and decided to leave her after covering her with a warm blanket. He hesitated before lightly kissing her forehead, which he noted, was quite warm.
The next morning Kanda got up, put on his coat, and went to Lenalee's room. He remembered telling the finder to get back to the Black Order while he took the girl to the bookman who could stop the poison from spreading any further and get her body rid of it.
When he entered the room, he saw that she had already got dressed but her face was still ghostly pale and the redness was still on her cheeks. She was weak. Even if you were blind, you could still read the signs. Her breathing was very heavy and it could be heard even if you weren't in the room. She could barely move her body out of the weakness and exhaustion. Kanda knew that if they didn't make it in time she could…..No! He didn't want to even think of the possibility that he would have to live….without her. No! He was going to take her there in time. He had to. He just had to.
Author's note: I was thinking of making it a one-shot but it will turn too long so I decided to upload it in two chapters. If you like it, review please! Thanks for reading!