One-shot

Word Prompt: Gloves

A/N: Wooh. This idea came about when I was cleaning my oh-so-messy room. 8D I was playing around with the gloves I wore on Friday last week and got some weird AxL ideas! So this was what I came up with.(Sorry if Allen is a bit OOC! O.O)

Disclaimer: I do not own D.Gray-Man. Hoshino Katsura does.

Lenalee's POV

"Man, is it cold…"

I moved away from the window. It was snowing outside and if I stayed there any longer, I bet I'd freeze half to death in this thin nightgown.

I'd found it surprising that it was so cold. Usually, winter mornings weren't exactly that cold unless the snow had already begun to fall the night before. And, judging by the cold I'd felt while I'd slept through the night, it hadn't. It'd actually been pretty humid too.

A knock on the called on my attention and I pulled on a coat answering with a muffled "Coming!"

When I came to the door, the person standing there looked as happy to see me as I was happy to see him.

"Good morning Lenalee," he said, beaming.

I returned the smile, "Good morning, Allen-kun."

I dug my hands into my coat pockets. It was getting colder, especially with the door open like that.

But I didn't mind. Allen was radiating with an irreplaceable warmth that was shielding me from the tiring effects of the cold.

"So, what brings you to my doorstep so early today?"

He smiled back at me.

"Do you want to go to the cafeteria with me and Lavi? He already headed there first so, I thought I'd invite you along on the way. And it's not that early. You slept in."

"Are you sure? Wouldn't you have had your breakfast already if it was so late?"

He laughed lightly.

"I was tired from yesterday's mission. So I slept in too."

"I see."

Oh great, now I couldn't feel my fingers. It was so cold.

He didn't reply to what I'd said so we simply stood there, staring into each other's eyes.



I was happy we were around the same height. I don't think I'd like to suffer the humiliation of being shorter than someone who's younger than me, though it will probably happen somewhere along the way.

I sighed inwardly at the thought before shattering the silence with a quiet voice.

"Okay, I'll get changed and meet you over at the cafeteria."

He smiled again. Dang, I love that smile of his.

"Okay. You know how to find me."

I smiled back, giggling a little at the light joke. Ah, if only peaceful moments like this would happen everyday, go on forever.

I shuffled back into my room, shutting the door quietly as footsteps echoed in the hallway outside getting softer and softer until nothing was left.

I hurried through my wardrobe in search of something casual and yet simple and presentable. And of course, something to suit this weather.

My thoughts wondered to how this weather was horrible, leaving roads blocked, yards clogged up in the town below the tower. Then my mind wondered to Allen and his soft, sad smile whenever winter came round. He probably had fond memories of the time he'd spent with Mana in the winter time.

I wonder if he'd make some with me.

I walked out of my room into the hallway, gloves protecting my already-numbed fingers from the cold. I had decided to put on the satin dress nii-san had given to me for my fifteenth birthday. It still fit me pretty well, considering I hadn't grown much.

Over it, I had thrown on a simple coat, made out of thick fabric material; unlike the leather one I'd worn to see Allen at the door earlier.

When I reached the cafeteria, the prominent pile of food that always went unmissed stood towering at the back of the cafeteria.

Hmm. An unusual place, but maybe they'd decided to sit with Kanda this time. Either that or Lavi had just dragged Allen over to irritate Kanda.

I headed over to Jerry's with a cup of hot chocolate and some bacon and omelette on my mind.

After getting my food, I marched over to the table where Lavi was goofing around, irritating Kanda, who had Mugen out in defence to stop any form if irritation the Bookman apprentice was up to.

Allen was simply staring in awe, a bemused expression on his face.

I sat down next to him, the tray tapping lightly on the table top as I set it down.

"Hello, Allen-kun."

"A-Ah, Lenalee."

He smiled at me and I smiled back.



The usual happened as it always does whenever the four of us are together, Kanda and Lavi bickering(I used to think their friendship was forged that way. Maybe I still do.), Allen and I conversing casually.

Allen invited me out to the rooftop after breakfast, so we could see the winter morning sky, in all its glory as snowflakes cascade down to the ground.

It was utterly freezing up there!

We settle down on a ledge far away from the actual roof itself. It was pretty much taller and gave a better view though.

We had wanted to sit at the edge at first, but it looked pretty intimidating and scary because when you looked down, all you could see was a mass of white.

I was trying hard to not let my body tremble so hard from cold, and to stop the terrible chattering noise that came from my teeth(though it wasn't as bad as the trembling).

Allen noticed that I was cold and his arms wrapped around me tightly. I blushed lightly, though he didn't really notice.

"Better?" he whispered, his breath warm and calming on my cheek.

I smiled and nodded in reply.

I slipped the gloves off my hands quietly, my hand reaching for his.

His left arm that was usually gloved, wasn't, for once. But I found it peculiar, considering it was so cold. But I was grateful.

I brought the blood-red palm to rest on my cheek, the feeling warm, but rough.

He noticed my bare hand and shot me a worried look.

"Lenalee, aren't your hands cold? You might get frostbite!"

His hands made a grab for my gloves that lay beside us, on the cold frozen ground.

I stopped him short, shaking my head as my hands pressed down on his as they came to my gloves.

"I took my gloves off," I said, cupping his face with my hands, which he flinched at, considering the terrible cold temperature they were at, " so that I can feel your hands in mine."

His eyes widened slightly and I could feel the heat from his face as he looked into my eyes and I looked into his, those orbs that glowed with the same grey colour as the sky was now.

Aww, how cute, he was blushing.

I smiled.

He removed the glove on his right hand and laid his hands on mine, still on his face.

He pulled them down slowly, wrapping his arms around my shoulders once more.



"I love you."

A dark blush crept across my cheeks and I wasn't sure if it was from the cold.

The he brought his face closer to mine…

And…

Oh, come on. You know what happens next…-Blush-

A/N: hahaha. Okay, that's it. HAHAHA. Finished. X)Sorry it was a bit draggy.