Title: Unexpected
Author: sori t
Summary: Kanda's in charge of a new Exorcist, a female Exorcist at that. KandaxOC
Disclaimer: I don't own D. Gray-Man.
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A Blossoming Relationship
It has been three and a half months since she joined the Dark Order, four since she first saw Kanda in the audience in Eastern China. She's been on many missions now and seems to end up paired with Kanda… maybe it has to do with the look Komui gives them when he calls them to his office for a briefing. She's hardly ever away from him, or so she wishes. While he trains, she watches, captivated. He's given up on telling her to stop following him, especially since the Moyashi won't sit with him at meals if she's with him, at least most of the time.
Looking at the girl beside him as they share a couch in the library, something he's content with, since she's not asking him questions from across the room, or hardly any at all, Kanda can't help but sigh. She's fallen asleep again for the third time this week, her head lolled to the side against his arm, book lying in her lap, her arms limp against the couch. She's wearing a sweater instead of her uniform since it's their day off and he notices her chest rising and falling slowly under the snug fabric, hair falling over her shoulder from how she's leaning against him. "She looks peaceful when she's sleeping, almost adorable if she wasn't already beautiful." Since when did he ever think of anything as adorable, much less beautiful?
She stirs slightly and turns more towards him, her book sliding against the couch, closing, and she gets more comfortable, her head against his side, fast asleep again.
Sighing, the Japanese youth goes back to reading, glancing down at his sleeping companion occasionally.
Later, carrying the sleeping girl to her room, naturally avoiding anyone in the halls, Kanda opens the door and walks in the room. When he lays her down on her bed and goes to cover her up, he notices that her eyes are tight, a frown on her face. He carefully moves her hair out of her face, trying to keep from waking her.
Stirring at his touch, she opens her eyes slightly, looking up at him, tears lacing the edges of her eyes. "Yuu-kun… Stay with me?"
Sitting on the edge of the bed, Kanda rubs the tears from her eyes. "What's wrong?"
Turning her face towards his side, inhaling his scent, she calms down slightly. "I had a dream that we went on a mission and you didn't come back..." When he helps her sit up, she buries her face in his shirt again, clenching it in her hand. "It was terrible. You died right in front of me… and I couldn't do anything to save you…."
Looking down at her, he wraps his arms around her, holding her close. "I'm right here, it's just a dream."
Crying against his white shirt, she clenches his shirt tighter. "But I'm so afraid… I don't want it to happen…"
Propping his head against hers, Kanda closes his eyes. She's too attached for him to just leave her like this; he's become more attached to her than he realizes. "I'm not going to die yet, so don't worry." He leans back against the headboard, a pillow behind him, and pulls her back with him, letting her lean against him, head on his shoulder near his heart and the tattoo there, her hand rests on the center of his chest.
Eyes closed, Yuri tries to calm down, still crying softly, but quietly now as she starts to listen to his heartbeat. Soothed by the sound, she falls back asleep, her breathing evening out and her crying stopping.
Running a hand through her hair, he smiles very slightly. How did he come to having feelings girl, another Exorcist? Much less care about her enough to stay by her side as she slept, on him. Sighing, he closes his eyes and tries to sleep at least a little.
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Waking up, Kanda opens his eyes and looks around. This isn't my room… He thinks for a moment, he looks down at the girl curled up against him, almost completely unmoved from how she fell asleep. I was comforting her after she had a nightmare…. He strokes her hair for a little while, looking out the window and thinking.
When she starts waking up, Yuri instinctively snuggles closer to the warm body next to her, never opening her eyes and not thinking about why there is a warm body in her bed in the first place, it's too early for her to bother thinking about such seemingly trivial things.
When she hears a knock at the door, she starts to wake up more and finally looks up at Kanda and blinks. "Yuu-kun?"
Looking down at her, Kanda surprises her by leaning closer and kissing her on the lips. "Morning." Sitting up, he fixes his clothes and sits in the chair at the desk, watching her.
Still in shock, Yuri brings her hand up to her mouth, touching her lips before being brought to her senses when her door starts to open, Lenalee sticking her head in.
"Yuri-chan, you awake yet?" Smiling with her eyes closed, she doesn't notice Kanda.
"Y-yes, Lenalee-chan." She stays on the bed. "Do you need something?"
"Nii-san wants to see you, he's got a mission. I was also wondering if you've seen Kanda lately, I can't find him." Finally opening her eyes, she catches sight of Kanda sitting in the chair, looking at her, arms crossed and she blinks. "Did I interrupt something?" she asks.
"No, Lenalee-chan, you didn't interrupt anything. We'll be there in a bit."
"Okay, just don't be too long." She says, smiling again before leaving, closing the door again.
Putting her feet on the floor, Yuri goes to her closet and starts pulling out clothes, carrying them with her behind the screen she's got put up mostly for looks and changes, not talking while lost in her thoughts about what Kanda did. Coming back around the screen, she looks at Kanda, holding her ribbons. "Yuu-kun?" she says nervously, standing in front of him.
"Hn?"
"About earlier…"
Looking away from her, his face softens slightly before he replies. "I'm not ashamed of it." When he looks at her again, she nods, blushing slightly, then leans down to plant a soft kiss on his lips, eyes closed. He puts his hands on her waist as he stands up, kissing her again.
She doesn't respond for a second then starts kissing back, arms holding her ribbons against her chest. When his tongue seeks entrance into her mouth, she parts her lips enough to let it in, teasing it with her own letting a sound like a very faint moan escape into his mouth. When they run out of air, they stand looking at each other, his hands on her waist, hers between them comfortably.
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After a few minutes, they remember Komui wanted to see them about a mission and leave Yuri's room, walking together down the hall. She finds it hard to not lean her head against his shoulder as they walk, settling to be content with just being beside him at the moment.
When they enter Komui's office, they're surprised to find him sitting up awake, smiling at them as if he knows something. "Ah, there you two are. There's a mission for you." He hands them the mission files and motions to the couch where a grinning Lavi is sitting, mission folder in lap.
Letting Kanda sit in the middle, Yuri sits on the couch, leaning towards him subtlety, or at least it would be to anyone but the Bookman's apprentice and the cheerful Supervisor.
"You'll be traveling to Russia. There's a rumor about a cathedral gargoyle that comes to life at night and leaves the rooftop to roam the city. I want you to determine if it's Innocence and retrieve it if it is." He sighs. "Unfortunately though, we could only book a room with two beds, it was the only open room in the any of the hotels. You leave as soon as you're ready."
Standing up, the three Exorcists leave the room to prepare, each going to their own room, then meeting at the boats.
"Oi, Yuri-chan." Lavi says, waving as their last member of the group arrives, carrying her suitcase. "Hurry or we're leaving you."
Running to catch up, she let's the Finder help her in the boat and sits down in the middle, in front of Kanda, facing him with her back to Lavi. She smiles softly and starts to engage the Finder in a conversation, often stealing glances at Kanda.
On the train, the girl sits in by Kanda in the compartment, mission files in hand, leaning against Kanda, reading and asking an occasional question until she starts getting too sleepy to stay awake and drifts off with her head on Kanda's arm, files in lap.
"Hey, Yuu-chan," Lavi whispers. "Is there something going on that you haven't told me? You don't seem to mind that she's so close, even using your arm as a pillow. Next thing you know, you'll be telling me that you've kissed and that you love her."
Looking out the window, Kanda's face remains neutral. "We have, and I do."
Eye wide, Lavi stares at his friend, mouth open. "YOU'VE KISSED HER!?!?"
Sending the red head a glare to silence him and not wanting to wake the sleeping girl beside him, Kanda nods.
"Jeez, Yuu-chan, you keep finding ways to surprise me lately." He says quieter, referring to the times he's seen them in the library together.
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A/N: Okay, I know it's pretty dull right now, but I'm working on making it livelier. If I continued writing from there, it'd get really long since I don't want to break the mission up too much. Besides, I wasn't planning on anything happening on this early in the mission. ;-) Have to read the next chap for some of the good stuff :P Not giving any spoilers on it, as there might be some who don't like that kind of stuff.
Next couple chaps are gonna be why the rating goes up ^.^; So, if you don't like that kinda stuff stop reading now, this is the only warning you get.
