Love and Soba
Episode 3
Lenalee waited until the tension began to ease out of his muscles, and then she began to lead him from the lab and into the corridor outside. Yuu, brooding, let himself be led without paying much attention to where he was going. Why had Lenalee told them? Why was everyone acting so strange now? It made him feel confused – any problem he couldn't solve with Mugen made him feel confused – and Yuu hated feeling confused. What he wouldn't give for a nice AKUMA or two he could just slice into. Something to take the edge off. That would be nice. He began imagining what he might do to a particularly nasty AKUMA. For some reason, the AKUMA in Yuu's mind shared the same face as Allen Walker.
The sound of a door closing brought his attention back to the present. He looked up to see himself in Lenalee's room. Not her usual room, but the second room that Komui had set aside for her. Yuu saw Komui's face staring at him from every corner of the room. Lenalee never used this room, except….
"You know, Kanda, I've always thought you looked really sexy in that uniform. But I'll bet you'll look even sexier once I get you out of it." Her hands moved deftly across the front of his jacket, unzipping and unsnapping until his bare chest was exposed.
Yuu tried to keep his eyes from widening in surprise. No. She wouldn't. This wasn't the Lenalee he knew. And certainly not HERE, of all places? What sort of sick, twisted girl would want to have sex in the middle of hundreds of pictures of her own brother? Yuu coughed nervously and tried to pull Lenalee's hands off him.
"Is there something wrong, Yuu," she asked, using his given name again. She turned her head up to look at him, a radiant smile brightening her face. "You DO want this, don't you? I know you've been saving yourself for someone special, but I always figured that someone was me. Well, don't you want to get this over with?"
"I… Uh…" Yuu coughed again. "I mean, Lenalee, sure you're…" His face was growing hotter. She was right, Yuu DID want his first time to be with her, but not like this. "I just thought…" Yuu felt panic start to creep into his voice. "Are you sure you want to… you know…" His voice cracked, momentarily turning to a high-pitched squeal. "Make love?"
Lenalee laughed, that same glittering sound he remembered. "Oh, you're so cute when you're flustered, Yuu-chan." (Yuu-chan!? The heat in his cheeks intensified again.) "No, I just thought we'd play a little game, y'know. Have you ever played 'Titanic' before?"
Yuu shook his head weakly, not trusting his voice anymore.
"Oh, it's really easy. I'm sure you'll catch on fast." Lenalee trailed one finger down the soft skin of his chest, teasing the jacket open further. "When I say 'Iceberg', you go down!"
Yuu pulled away from her and left the room at a run, suppressing the urge to scream. He could feel Komui's dark eyes watching him from every corner of the room as he darted out the door. Behind, Yuu heard Lenalee shouting after him in exasperation.
"Damn it, Kanda, why are you being so selfish!? You're going to have that body the rest of your life and I just want it for one night!"
