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A youth with long, black hair continued to walk forward in the endless dirt road. After a few steps, he paused and looked back to check up on his companion. He stood and crossed his arms as he waited for a smaller boy with white hair to catch up. He patiently waited as the other stumbled forward and stopped a few feet behind to catch up on his breath.

"Do you need to rest?" Kanda asked without emotion in his voice. The smaller slowly shook his head as he gasped for breath. After the boy was closer, Kanda started to move forward again. The boy slowly followed behind him, pausing every few minutes to recover from a stumble or breathlessness.

Kanda looked at the horizon in front of him. He frowned as he saw they still had a long time to go. The sun was still high in the sky and there no sign of a town nearby. This would take longer than he expected and he didn't think Allen could last that long. At times like this, he regretted ever leaving his home or having long hair as it got in the way. He quickly brushed the thoughts away as Kanda Yuu did not regret. He was stronger than that and did not need such petty thoughts.

He sighed as he checked back on Allen once again. He looked paler and fatigued. His face remained stoic as he stood still once again waiting for him to catch up.

Allen stumbled up towards him and dropped to a squat on the floor. He smiled up at him. "I'm sorry Kanda, you can go on, I'll keep up." He said breathlessly.

Kanda clicked his tongue unimpressed. "I'm sure we'll find a town soon." He said tersely.

Allen smiled once again and nodded. "I'll walk faster, I promise."

Kanda scowled and started walking down the road again. He heard Allen slowly shuffling behind him. He readjusted the small pack for more comfort and continued to stride forward. It was like this most of the days, continuing on an endless journey without a goal in mind. He didn't understand why he continued on this trip when he was usually a goal oriented person. But of course this was for Allen. For both of them.

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It was sunset by the time they reached a town. It was a small one with few inhabitants. Kanda immediately looked for a place to stay while he told Allen to stay and not move in a place. Unfortunately as it was a small town, there was not much place for the two of them to stay at. The small inn was already occupied and all the houses were too small any guests. Of course with Kanda's intimidating attitude, many doors were shut in his face. He grimaced at the thought of spending another night outside in the open. It was unpleasant for both for both of them.

Disgruntled, Kanda slowly trudged back towards the place Allen was at. Allen smiled as he saw Kanda approaching.

"Kanda! I found a place for us to stay at. I knew you wouldn't find a place." He said cheekily.

Kanda glared at him, "Che, I thought I told you to stay put in this place." He was still glad inside, as the thought of sleeping outside was unpleasant. Allen just smiled knowing Kanda was happy.

"There was a kind old couple who said we could stay in their barn. They offered some cots and even food!" Allen babbled on as he led Kanda towards the place.

The barn was small but provided shelter from the night. The couple was welcoming and kind. They didn't ask any questions, just gave them cots, blankets, and food. Allen had a way with people where they immediately trusted him despite his odd looks. It was both good and bad in Kanda's opinion. But he didn't dwell on it too much.

"You should eat more beansprout." Kanda said as gave some of his share to Allen.

"It's Allen!" Allen said indignantly as he pushed the food back.

"You will be as long as you stay short and scrawny. You need more food." Kanda said roughly and gave it back.

Allen pouted and shook his head. "I'm not hungry."

Kanda grit his teeth in frustration. "Stop lying, you always used to eat a lot." Allen's expression saddened for a moment then he abruptly laid on the cot facing away from Kanda. He pulled the blanket over his head.

"Brat." Kanda spat and he put out the small fire. He settled into his own cot too and faced away from Allen's direction.

As it grew deeper into night, Kanda was awakened by shuffling next to him. Kanda turned to glare at Allen who had moved his cot right next to Kanda's somehow moved under Kanda's blanket.

"Go back to your own space!" Kanda said with malice in his voice. He did not like to be awakened.

"It's cold." Allen mumbled and snuggled next to Kanda. Kanda slowly breathed in and out to dissipate his anger. After a few minutes, he moved to allow Allen more space. He would allow it for tonight. The brat had found them the place after all.

End.

Hope you enjoyed this short first chapter. This is a short story I wanted to write as I have huge writers block for my other two stories, Wake Up, and Imprisoned. Hopefully writing this will help me through my writers block. I wrote a little for both but I'm stuck so yeah……