A/N: Another D. Grayman ficlet for those of you who actually enjoy them. Slight RabixAllen.
Edit: Quick title change.
Warnings: Allen is FEMALE! This fic is also a 'What if' AU, where Allen doesn't make Mana into an akuma.
A/N, part deux: I would like to advertise that I've made a multi-fandom, genderswitch C2 archive for The Best of genderswitch, so if you like GS, go check out the fics there!
Disclaimer: I do not own D.Grayman.
UnCursed
"I met the Earl once, before I became an Exorcist," Allen commented, flicking a strand of her medium brown hair over her shoulder.
Rabi looked up from the book he was perusing, his Bookman's mind focused on the revelation for later recording. "Really? What happened?" the redhead asked eagerly, curious as to what happened.
She gave him one of her soft smiles, this one tinged with a trace of sadness. "It happened when I was a little girl, when my adopted father, Mana, died." Her eyes turned away, focusing on some distant place. "I was crying over his grave when the Earl came... he offered to make me an akuma." she whispered.
"What did you do?" Rabi breathed, all thoughts of his book forgotten.
"I'm ashamed to admit that I seriously considered it." Allen conceded, "Back then, life was difficult without someone to act as caretaker, especially for someone like me..." Her right hand shifted to touch her left arm to show him what she meant; then, after a pause, she finished with a small laugh, "But after a moment, I ran away."
"Youran away?" The redhead asked in awe.
"Yep," she agreed, saying, "A few days later, Master Cross found me in the red-light district, performing acrobatics for money, and the rest is history."
Rabi gave Allen a bland stare as she watched him expectantly, before he asked, deadpan, "You were an acrobat?"
The question seemed to surprise her, before she laughed and replied, "Yes, I was."
"Really?"
"Truly." She seemed to get a thoughtful expression on her face at his constant incredulity, before a sly smile crept onto her lips. "Perhaps you'd like a demonstration? You do seem skeptical enough."
Rabi dropped his book in shock at her implications.