A/N : Hi there~! It's me again with Chapter 2 of the story. I actually got stuck halfway there and re-written almost half of it because I wasn't satisfied xD [ Little trivia bout this chapter, it consists of 1234 words, and that was unintentional :)) ]

I apologize for any grammatical and spelling errors I may commit in this, the last, and any errors I may commit in the upcoming chapters. :)

Oh, and thanks for the reviews :D It made my day actually and even inspired me to finish chapter 2 quicker than I expected to do so :'D

Disclaimer : do I have to do this every chapter though? In any case, I'm bored so... DGM still doesn't belong to me, and never will it belong to me.

CHAPTER 2 : First Encounter

Across the room sat a young child who seemed about her age. Moonlight coming from the window shone upon him. It was actually the only source of light in the room.

Lenalee cautiously approached the child. 'I wonder if I should-'

Her thoughts were cut short by a sudden voice. "Who are you?" He sharply asked without facing her.

"I - I - I'm sorry for intruding!" she immediately exclaimed feeling rather stupid. He was asking for her name and she said sorry? Clearly all the running away must've damaged her common sense.

A short momment of silence came after. Lenalee wondered if she had angered him. Not able to look at the child straight, she looked down to her feet and waited. Was he going to kick her out perhaps? Lenalee waited for a response.

He gave out a sigh and stood up to face her. He looked at her intently as she stared at her feet. She was beautiful despite her bruises which she had probabily acquired during her attempts of escaping. He couldn't take his eyes off of her. He soon realized that her was staring and quickly snapped himself out of it.

"Who are you?" he asked once more.

The girl looked up at him. Her face showing an expression between confusion and relief. She suddenly realized that he was waiting for a response. "I'm Lenalee Lee..." she paused for a while hesitant to ask his name.

"Lenalee..." he repeated. Lenalee jumped as she heard her name being called out. It's been a while since she's heard her name being uttered in such a soft and calm tone. Although the nurses also called her by her first name, their tone was different, it felt different to her. Maybe it was just her, she didn't know.

"... and you?... w-what's your name?" she asked in a shaky voice. Lenalee was afraid of embarassing herself and making a bad first impression. Silence loomed over them once again as she waited for an answer.

"Kanda Yu." was all he said.

Silence as upon them once again. This time though, Lenalee didn't feel as tense as before. At first she thought that the being in front of her was scary, but when she saw his eyes her thoughts were easily retracted. The aura around them didn't feel as tense as it was a while ago. In fact she felt calm around him despite the fact that they had just met. It was Lenalee this time who found herself staring at him.

Kanda raised an eyebrow at this. 'Why the heck is she looking at me like that?'

A smile soon crept onto Lenalee's face. She momentarily forgot all of her problems. "It's nice to meet another female child here at the order."

This statement made Kanda's right eye twitch. An annoyed expression crept up his face. He wanted to strangle her and kick her out of his room, but her innocent smile prevented him from doing so. He gave out a sigh.

"I'm a boy." He said frankly. This made Lenalee's smile vanish almost instantly only. Her eyes were now as wide a saucers which was accompanied by a light blush on her face. All this time she had thought that Kanda was a girl. No one could blame her though, his hair was so long, perhaps even longer than hers.

"I'm so sorry!" she immediately said as soon as she was back to her senses. Feeling ashamed at herself for comitting such a mistake, Lenalee looked at the floor.

Kanda gave out a sigh. It was the first time that someone has openly admitted that they thought that he was a girl. Seeing that it was a hramless mistake, Kanda decided to overlook it. "I'll just pretend I didn't hear that."

Lenalee looked back up at him but found that he had turned his back on her and was sitting in the same position as he had been when she had first seen him with his eyes closed. 'Is he asleep perhaps? Was he sleeping when I came in earlier? What should I do... I couldn't exactly leave, I don't have anywhere to run to...' Lenalee coudn't quite make up her mind on what she should do. She was cautious, she didn't want to get taken back to her room, nor did she was to anger the person in front of her.

Too caught up in her thoughts, Lenalee hadn't realized that Kanda was looking at her with a look that seemed to say, 'is there something wrong?'. Lenalee contemplated on whether to leave him alone, make small take, or just go and tell him what is was that was bothering her.

Before Lenalee could make up her mind the voices of the people looking for her was heard once more. "Maybe she finally suceeded in escaping..."

"Impossible." A familiar voice said to those looking for her. The voice sent chills throughout her body, she knew it was him. There was no doubt about it. "Stop the search. She'll come out eventually."

From the gap underneath the door of Kanda's room, she saw Lvellie's feet facing towards it. Lenalee could feel him staring at the door. It was as if he knew that she was in there.

"Alright then sir." The group then left him alone in front of the door to Kanda's room.

'Why is he not leaving yet...' Lenalee held her breathe and kept staring at the gap underneath the door. Soon enough she saw his feet face another direction and when she thought he was about to leave, he said, "Try all you want but know this, you will never be able to leave this place." Upon saying those words, he walked off further into the hallways.

Lenalee realesed the breathe she was holding in as soon as he left. She knew that those words were for her, meaning that he knew she was in there... yet he didn't do anything about it. 'Is there really no escape to this cruel fate...'

"Medidate."

'Huh?' Lenalee had almost forgotten that this was Kanda's room she was in, and that he was in there along with her. "Umm... ex...cuse me?"

"It helps get your mind off problems." he said frankly. He knew that something was bothering her and he also knew that it would seem rather weird to ask her considering that they just met after all.

Lenalee could tell that all Kanda wanted to help her. Just the thought of it pushed Lvellie and his words off her mind allowing a smile to creep up on her face. She suddenly wraps her arms around him from behind and says, "Thank you, Yu."

This threw Kanda's concentration off making him open his eyes. As much as he tried to stop it, a light blush adorned his face. He was thankful that Lenalee was behind him and could not see it. He closed his eyes and did everything he can to try and control the blush on his face. "Tch. I said medidate, not hug me throw me off my concentration."

She giggled as she let go of him and sat beside him in the same manner as he did. "Like this?"

Kanda looked at her and nodded. "Now, concentrate and be quiet." he instructed as he tried to regain his concentration back and resume his medidation.