A/N: Chapter 2! Thank you everyone who has read and reviewed before this! And here is ch. 2 for you all! Please read and review!! Hope you like it! Disclaimer -- I do not own D.Gray-Man

Chapter 2 -- Wish To Taste

Kanda opened his eyes slowly, pulling himself from sleep and rolled over on the couch, looking around. He spotted Lavi standing beside the window, head stuck out of it as he looked around. The raven-haired vampire figured it must be night or getting there. He sat up and ran a hand through his hair, which had fallen from its ponytail in his sleep.

"Good morning," Lavi called, glancing at him from where he stood.

"How long has it been?" Kanda asked, fixing his hair.

"Since the sun went down? Ten minutes or so…I was just waiting just in case. You ready to go out?" he asked, pulling his head in and walking over to Kanda, grinning widely. "Because I'm starving."

Kanda snorted. "You're always hungry," he muttered. He straightened his shirt absentmindedly. He was half hoping to run into the silver haired boy, Allen, again. But what were the chances in that? Well, they could go to that club…

"Not always," Lavi said, cutting into the other's thoughts. "So, have any ideas of where to go? I wonder if there are any big packs of vamps here or not."

"Undoubtedly," Kanda replied. "We could go to this one club I found yesterday. Got my meal there as well…and it's a rather interesting place as well."

"Ok, I'm in!" the redhead said, grinning widely. "Come on then!"

Lavi grabbed Kanda's arm and started to drag him towards the door until the longhaired one pulled it from the other's grasp. "Get off," he muttered as they left the house that they had broken into. "It's this way."

It only took five minutes to get to the club. They paid and entered, Lavi looking around like a fox that had made its way into the chicken coop, his eye glinting sharply. Kanda could tell that he was having trouble not diving into the packs of people to eat someone. He kept a close eye on his fellow, just to make sure that he didn't do anything rash.

He made his way over to an empty table and sat down, Lavi following, his green eye traveling around for possible meals.

"You found a hot spot, Yu," Lavi commented, eye traveling with a young woman as she walked by, hips swinging more than was necessary.

Kanda grunted, looking around as well. For some reason, he wasn't very hungry. He leaned back in his chair then got up. "I'm going to get a drink," he told Lavi.

"Already on the prowl?" Lavi asked.

"Not that kind of drink," he told Lavi, glowering at him. "Drink as in a soda or something."

"Have fun," Lavi said, still distracted by the girl. Kanda rolled his eyes and made it over to the bar, getting a drink for himself. When he turned around, glass in hand, he saw Lavi standing beside the young woman that he had been staring at, laughing charmingly. The girl laughed along with him.

"Oh, you're dead," Kanda muttered, referring to the girl. He went back to the table and sat down once more, watching Lavi and the girl. The redhead had leaned down to whisper something in her ear and then together they left through the door. That girl had no clue what was going to happen to her.

The ebony-haired vampire settled back into his chair, glass between his fingers. He surveyed the club through navy eyes. And then a most wonderful scent hit him and he almost fell off his chair. His head snapped around, towards the door. Several people had entered, chatting with each other.

What is up with me? Kanda thought to himself, taking a sip from his glass. He was imagining things, that was for sure. He had wanted to see Allen, to…to smell that wonderful scent, and his mind had created it. He was halfway through another drink when he spotted silver hair among the people that had just entered and inhaled some of what he was drinking. He stared.

So it wasn't my imagination…he thought. The scent was so strong, even through this dense crowd. The silver haired boy was talking to a girl with black hair, pulled into two ponytails. He watched him, eyes not leaving him for a second. Damn…he was making Kanda's mouth water, and some other feeling he couldn't place.

He sighed noisily and settled back, just as Lavi appeared out of apparently no where. "Had fun?" he asked as he sat down, running his tongue along his lips as he did so.

"Yes, wonderful time here," Kanda said sarcastically, glancing at the redhead. "Had a good meal?"

"Very nice," Lavi said, grinning widely. "Had anything to eat yourself?"

He shook his head. "I'm not hungry," he lied. Now that Allen had appeared, and was now sitting at one of the couches in the corner of club, he was starving. He wanted him. He wanted that boy. He couldn't understand it. He'd never met someone more unbelievably…good.

"Hey Yu?" asked Lavi, waving his hand in front of Kanda's face. Dark eyes blinked several times. He had been zoning out.

"Huh?"

"You were totally spacing out. What is it?" he asked, then turned to see where Yu had been staring and let out a loud laugh. "Oh my god. Its that kid again. He's really gotten you, hasn't he?"

"I can't believe you can't…smell it," he said. "I can smell him from way over here."

"Really? All I smell is tasty little morsels just waiting to be gnawed on. Nothing special," Lavi told him, resting his chin on the palm of his hand. "You're totally enthralled."

"No, I'm not!" Kanda said, glaring at him. He looked back at the boy. Allen had just turned away from the girl, laughing and looked around the club. For a moment his gaze drifted around and then it reached Kanda and those silver orbs widened slightly. Kanda stared at him, mouth slightly open. He was completely unaware of anything else around him. He watched as the boy murmured something to the girl beside him on the couch and stood. Then he started making his way over to their table.

"Ahhh…" Kanda muttered, looking down quickly.

"What is your problem?" Lavi asked, glancing around then grinning widely.

"Hello!"

The navy eyed vampire looked up to find Allen standing beside the table, smiling. His scent was intoxicatingly strong. Kanda could hardly restrain himself.

"I didn't think I would see you so soon," he said to Kanda then glanced at Lavi. "Hi, I'm Allen. I think I saw you yesterday night too…you were standing across the street."

"Hey Allen, I'm Lavi," the one eyed man said, grinning widely. "Nice to eat—meet you."

Kanda sent Lavi a death glare for the slip of the tongue, but Allen hadn't seemed to notice.

"It was nice seeing you," Allen said, glancing over his shoulder back at the girl, who was now talking to another young woman sitting with her. "I should get back…just wanted to say hi."

He smiled at them both.

Kanda melted inside. He completely liquefied. Thankfully Allen had turned and was walking away from them so he didn't see the dark haired vampire make a rather pained face and let his head fall onto the table.

There was a small snicker and then Lavi burst into loud laughter. But thankfully the entire club was loud, so no one looked at him oddly. "That was the greatest expression I have ever seen in my life—alive and undead."

Dark eyes traveled up to the redhead. "Shut the hell up," he growled, still lying on the table.

"What happened?!" Lavi said, still trying to control his laughter. "You looked like you were stabbed or something. In a good kind of way…"

"Nothing happened," Kanda growled dangerously. "I'm leaving."

He pushed away from the table and started walking away swiftly, leaving the redhead at the table. He didn't think that the other would follow him…but he had to keep walking…

Come on…keep walking…can't stop…keep walking, damn it! he yelled at himself in his head. He was walking past the corner with the couches. He forced himself not to look around, hands closed into fists as he got a wave of that wonderfully dreaded scent of the boy. He gritted his teeth, forcing his fangs to stay retracted. He neared the door and left quickly, a blast of cool air against his already cool skin refreshing him slightly.

He let out a sigh, walking away from the club a little ways. Once he was a block or so away, he leaned against the wall heavily, his shoulders slumping. "God, why does he have to smell so damn good?!" he muttered angrily to himself. "And something else…that weird…presence thing…"

"Are you alright?" a concerned voice asked.

Kanda looked up and nearly fell over. "Y-yeah. Fine," he choked out.

Allen looked at him curiously, eyes wide. "You left in a hurry," he commented. "I thought something was wrong."

Oh god, he's worrying about me! He said to himself. For some reason, he felt as light as a feather.

"No, nothings wrong," he said, straightening up. Don't do anything stupid.

"You sure?" Allen asked, brushing a strand of silver hair from his face. "Did your friend say something that made you mad?"

"No...well, kind of," he muttered. "Lavi's always bugging me."

"But he's your friend, isn't he?" the silver haired boy asked, coming over and leaning against the wall beside Kanda. Why did he have to come so close? And why was Kanda restraining himself in the first place? He should just eat him and be done with it. But for some reason he didn't want to eat him. But he did.

"Sure," Kanda said. "But sometimes he gets on my nerves..."

He glanced at Allen, to see him smiling. "But that's ok. You're still friends, even if he annoys you. I think thats good."

Kanda blinked, trying to keep himself on his feet.

"Are you alright?" Allen asked. "...You don't look so well."

He reached out to touch Kanda's shoulder. Kanda pulled back, away from his hand for fear that he would do something completely stupid if they made contact. Allen drew his hand back.

"O-oh, I'm sorry," he said softly. "I didn't realize. We just met. Sorry."

The dark haired vampire watched him. "No," he grumbled. "Its not your fault."

Allen smiled slightly then glanced at his watch. "Oh...its getting late. I should probably tell Lenalee I'm going then head home. I have school tomorrow," he told Kanda then started back to the club door. Kanda watched him go, confused by the scent that hung around him. He wanted nothing more than to sink his teeth into that pale neck and see if he tasted as good as he smelled.

Shaking his head vigorously, he turned his back on the club and headed down the street. He was going to go wander the town, maybe get a bite to eat. Since he couldn't just bite that boy (and he had no clue as to why, he had never hesitated before) he was starving.

He glanced around as he walked down the street, memorizing the buildings and street names. He was just passing a group of people when one stopped, turning towards him sharply. "Hey, you're new, aren't ya?"

Kanda turned, raising an eyebrow. The whole group was made of vampires. "Yeah, so?" he growled.

"Newbie, this is our neighborhood," the head, a tall lanky man with shaggy hair growled to him. "Hunt somewhere else."

The dark haired vampire kept his expression blank. "Who're you to say if I can't hunt here?" he asked. "As I see it, I can hunt anywhere I like."

"I'm tellin' ya to beat it, freshy. This is our territory," he growled.

"I'd scamper, midnight," one of the girls called. "Don't wanna mess with us."

Kanda glanced at her then turned to the leader. "How do you know that I'm younger than you?" he growled dangerously. "I could be many times your elder. But if this is your territory, why don't you defend it, eh?"

"Sure," the leader hissed. "I'd be my pleasure to beat you into place."

He slid forward, aiming at Kanda's head. But Kanda just ducked easily and stuck out his foot. The vampire tripped over it, staggering and turning swiftly.

"Thought so. How old are you?" Kanda asked, looking bored.

"Old enough," the vampire hissed, launching himself at the other with a growl. He slammed Kanda into the wall, keeping a strong hold on him before biting him hard in the neck. Kanda let out a deep growl, kicking him.

"Get off," he growled. The kick hadn't really done much. But his growl was deep and threatening and the others of the pack glanced at each other nervously. Kanda stopped struggling, standing still as the leader pulled back to look at him, a sneer on his lips.

"You're in no place to order," he growled.

Kanda growled deeply, then slammed his fist into the leaders face, causing him to stagger backwards. In an instant, the raven-haired vampire had grabbed the other, holding him tightly. "Don't pick a fight when you don't know who your opponent is," he hissed dangerously in the others ear. He gave him a deep warning bit then released him.

The others of the pack backed up with the leader. "Who are you?" he hissed, holding his neck.

"I wouldn't tell the likes of you," he hissed.

"Then how old are you?" he growled. "Would you tell me that?"

"219," Kanda said shortly. "Now scram before I put you in the grave for good."

The vampires murmured to each other, looking nervously at him. He had been right. He was much older than them. He looked at them, eyes deadly, and they hurried away, the leader giving one last growl before following his pack.

Kanda turned, his lips curling into a small smirk as he started down the street once more. It had been a while since he'd had a good scrabble. That was short, but good. He felt his neck. It had already stopped bleeding. It would soon be healed. He was glad that vampires healed so fast.

Glancing around, he noticed that it was getting later. Most of the cafes and shops had closed a while ago, and several of the bars he past were also closed. It must've been around two in the morning then. He hadn't realized how long he'd been wandering. No one would be out this late. Sighing, he started back to the house he and Lavi were staying in without a meal.

When he entered, he looked around for Lavi. He wasn't in the living room. The vampire slid through the house, peering into the bedroom, to see Lavi sprawled on the bed, asleep. He snorted. That idiot...he shook his head and headed back into the living room.

He closed the blinds on the window and lay down on the couch with a loud sigh. He was still hungry, but he could wait. He closed his eyes and attempted to fall asleep.

It didn't work very well. Once he closed his eyes, he saw Allen again. Grumbling, he wondered if the boy would haunt him forever or not. He was tired. He wanted to go sleep. He tried to push Allen away from his thoughts.

Even though Allen continued to appear in his thoughts, he was able to drift off to sleep, falling into grateful darkness.

-ooo-

Kanda was woken up by a loud yell coming from the bedroom. He sat up quickly, looking around. He glanced at the window, seeing a glimmer of light under the shades. He blinked several times. It was probably the middle of the day.

His attention was drawn away from the window when Lavi ran from the bedroom, rubbing his arm.

"Damn sun," he muttered, looking at the arm.

Kanda snorted. "I take it you forgot to close the blinds," he said, raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah," Lavi said, continuing to rub his arm as he looked at the other. "And I see that you didn't forget."

"That's such a stupid thing to forget," he growled. "I was sleeping. You woke me up."

"Sorry Yu-chan. I was kind of worried about my flaming arm!" Lavi said dramatically.

"Just go back to sleep," he grumbled, lying back down. Lavi sighed, flopping down onto the floor and stretching out for a moment before closing his eye. Kanda watched him then rolled over once more, away from the other vampire, and closed his eyes again. But this time he couldn't fall asleep. He found himself staring at the couch back, thinking.

Why did Allen make him feel like that? It wasn't like he hadn't met anyone else like him. They were very good tasting. But this was different. He smelled so good, tempting Kanda beyond the vampires dreams. And he gave Kanda this...this chill, that ran down his spine, if they got to close.

And why didn't he want to eat him?! He had been right there, standing beside him, neck showing...but Kanda hadn't even had a taste. He had forced himself not to taste and he had no idea why.

He sat up, not able to fall asleep. How he wished it wasn't day...Kanda stood and slipped over to the door, opening it carefully and looking out. There were trees beside the sidewalk. It wasn't in direct sunlight. Kanda left the house, walking through the shadows. Several times he had to hurry through patches of sun to get to more shadows, but he was quick enough to not get too badly burned.

The vampire looked around, not realizing where he had been going. He found himself on a street with plenty of trees, thankfully, and a large building. He watched, curious, as the doors opened and teenagers exited. So it was the high school. He watched them from where he stood, in the shadows of a building, then froze when he noticed silver hair.

Allen was walking down the steps, a backpack over one shoulder, talking to the girl he had seen before. They walked across the street, still talking and started walking down the sidewalk. Kanda's eyes traveled with the boy, glancing around at the other students sometimes. Some were hanging around the school, others were leaving like Allen and the girl.

It must be the end of school, because many of them were carrying books for homework.

He was watching several girls chatting animatedly, wondering if he could get a meal, when a voice, coupled with a very familiar scent, startled him.

"Kanda?"

The vampire turned. Allen was standing there, the girl beside him, looking curious. "What're you doing here?"

"Huh?" he said.

"Um...you're at the school..." he said, motioning towards the building.

"I know that," he snapped. Allen stared at him. The girl glanced between the two.

"Allen, I have to go! Brother wants me home early for something," she told the boy, smiling. "I'll see you tomorrow?"

Allen nodded, smiling. "Ok. See you, Lenalee," he said and gave a small wave to the girl as she walked past them both, heading down the street. Once she was gone, Allen turned back to Kanda.

"I thought that you would maybe be in school," Allen said, starting to walk again. It was good that the sidewalk was up against a high building. The shadows were enough for Kanda to walk with him.

"No," Kanda said. "I don't go..."

"Did you drop out or graduate?" Allen asked, then paused. "I don't know how old you are. I hope you don't mind me asking."

"I'm 18. I graduated," Kanda said. Yeah, about 100 years back... he added to himself. He'd gone to high school for one year, graduated, just to do it. It wasn't that excited. He glanced at Allen, to find him watching him.

"Oh, ok," Allen said. "What were you doing then?"

"I was looking around the town," he said. "Found myself here."

Allen nodded slowly. "Its not that big, our town," he said. He shifted his bag on his shoulder. "Or, its not as big as those bit cities in California or something like that."

Kanda watched him, still having trouble resisting the urge to bite him. But it was day time. He couldn't feed now. People would definitely notice. It wasn't dark enough to get away with a feeding now. He glanced around. The shade was still there.

"Where're you going?" he asked the boy as they continued walking.

"My house," Allen said, smiling slightly. "Almost there."

"Your house? Do you live with your parents?" he asked.

"Nope," Allen replied, turning the corner into a shaded neighborhood and walked up the path of a smallish house. "I live alone. I used to live with my guardian, but he left. Gave me the house though."

Kanda looked at the house as they walked up the path. It was small, but good enough for a teenager. Allen must be responsible enough, he guessed, to be on his own. He wondered how old he was. He watched Allen open the door and go inside.

"Want to come in?" Allen asked, looking at Kanda.

"Sure," he said and followed, looking around. It was plain, but nice. He followed Allen through the house and to the kitchen, where the boy set down his things on the counter and opened the fridge.

"Do you want something to eat?" Allen asked, glancing behind to look at Kanda.

Kanda twitched. Yeah...you... He watched as the boy looked through the fridge, back to him. His hair fell away from hiding his neck, showing the pale, perfect skin. He walked over to him quietly, watching him. He smelled so good.

Allen turned, jumping slightly when he found Kanda so close. "I didn't hear you come over," he said, giving a relieved sigh. "You startled me."

Kanda blinked slowly. His mind was not working correctly. It was telling him two different things but he could not understand. He was fighting the urge to bite him but there was another urge...he didn't know.

"Kanda? What's wrong?" Allen asked, closing the fridge. "Are you alright?"

The vampire moved forward swiftly, grabbing Allen and forcing him against the fridge.

"W-what? Ow...let me--"

Kanda had never expected this. He had never even thought, for one moment, that he would ever do that. He had thought that the part of him that wanted to bite Allen would win. He thought that he was going to bite down onto the pale neck. But he didn't.

He kissed him.

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