Wahh. No reviews. T.T Ookay nevermind. I will continue to work hard because there are people who read this rather lame fiction, considering that Finders aren't all that interesting and have "short life spans" as my good friend puts it. Hahah xD. Anyway, here's Chapter #4 of A Finder's Tale. Enjoy! Read and review! Even flames are welcome because from there I may be able to gauge how good/average/sucky my writing skills are.

I do not own D.Gray Man and/or its characters, plots or anything else related. But I do own my Finder OCs- Aki, Lee, Ari and Marc whether I like it or not. Dx

Chapter Four- Stupid snowstorm

I'm waiting for nee-san to wake me up. I know that it's way past 6am, but she's still not here to wake me up. Did something happen to her?

Groggy as always, I force my brain to function, and slowly, my senses come to me. I feel a warm hand on my back. I smell the scent of the man I love. Wait- this feels incredibly wrong. Was I drunk? What happened last night?

I couldn't sleep.

He looked pale.

His cheek felt cold.

I wrapped my blanket around him, and-

Crouched next to him, watching him sleep.

And-

And?

His hand was moving now. No- his entire body was moving. He's sitting up! Shit!

"Aki" I heard him mumble. "Aaakkiii" His strong arms grabbed me and hugged me. "Aki, you naughty girl. What were you doing with me last night?"

My heart was pounding. I felt my blood rush to my face. I bet he thought I was some kind of pervert now. Or perhaps a scaredy-cat. Or even a crybaby. Argh. Shit. Damnit.

"Oi Aki, I'm talking to you!" He waved a hand in front of my face. "Akiiii?"

Whatdoido? What-do-i-do?

He was staring straight at me. I felt tears running down my cheeks. But I still didn't know what to say. My mind was in chaos, coming up with incredibly absurd scenarios on what had happened last night.

Lee laughed. He laughed. He laughed as he pulled me closer, and couldn't stop laughing.

"Stupid Aki, you thought I was feeling cold, right? So you draped that blanket of yours around me and huddled next to me," He paused, thinking and tapping his chin as he did so.

He snapped his fingers, his face lighting up. "I remember! It's not your fault, Aki. I was the one who pulled you in with me!"

I swear I could've just died right there and then. But I slapped him instead, hot tears running down my cheeks and my face flushed with relief and embarrassment.

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The snowstorm had calmed, and we decided that it would be better if we start our six hours of walking than to wait for spring to come. Or rather, I had decided that it was better if we started walking, because I haven't said a word to Lee since I slapped him.

How could he? How could he be such a jerk? He knew how I felt with these sorts of things. I mean, hugging and kissing were fine, but anything more than that… urgh. It makes me sick just thinking about it.

Apparently, while I was taking my shower, he went to town and grabbed as much food as he could, taking note of my obsession with chocolate. How nice. I guess you could call that a peace treaty. I guess. Well, he even offered to carry the entire food load and the emergency supplies. So it is a peace treaty. Either that or it was just plain men's ego.

Whatever it was, I was thankful for having a much lighter load, but I still didn't utter a single word to him. We've been walking for almost four hours now, with short breaks every two hours or so. The snowstorm was calmer than yesterday, but it still hindered our movements. But we still kept walking as Lee kept track of our direction.

"About two more hours or so, Aki," He flashed a warm smile at me, but I pretended not to notice. It's funny how women tend to be more emotional and how men tend to be more… insensitive.

Whatever. The other three Finders said that they were also having trouble getting to the town, because of the mountainous terrain and the snowstorm. We had contacted them before we left off. Or rather, I had contacted them before we left off.

I pulled up my hood as we neared the town. It seemed so similar to my own town. But then again, my old town was destroyed. But then again, this town looks half-destroyed, as though a giant had come to demolish the entire area but had quitted halfway. A horrid smell of smoke singed the air. The fresh smell of spilled blood drafted between us.

Lee broke into a run. I followed after him.