Authors Note: So this is the second chapter…and I still don't know what I'm doing
Authors Note: So this is the second chapter…and I still don't know what I'm doing. lmfao
Disclaimer: I do not own D. Gray-man….but can you imagine what would happen if I did?
"Inspire Me"
Chapter 2: The First Night
Kanda woke with a start, the train had stopped short, and it was their stop. He was happy to know that he woke up before Allen, gently pushing him off himself, and gathering his bags.
"Oi, Beansprout! Wake the hell up!" Kanda poked said person roughly with his sword and proceeded to kick Lavi awake. He walked out the door, seemingly not caring if they got left behind and met up with their finder for the mission.
"Kanda!" Allen rushed to catch up with the Japanese teenager, "Why are you so grumpy?"
Lavi laughed, "I wouldn't know." He chose to keep his friend's sleeping together on the train to himself to save Kanda embarrassment…or maybe it was just to keep himself out of harm's way from Mugen? Lavi again laughed that horrifying thought off.
"Che. Let's get going."
They chose to stay around the same area, to save each other, namely Allen, from getting lost in the crowds of people.
Lavi smiled cheerily as he walked up to a shop owner, "Hello, miss. Can I ask you a few questions?"
"Certainly, sir," she answered with a smile, wiping her hands off on her apron.
"Do you know if anything…strange has been going on around here?"
"….I'm not sure what you want me to say, sir," she replied, nervously wringing her hands and glancing at all things that weren't Lavi.
The conversation continued on, but it was all lost to Allen. The both of them had been speaking in Japanese, and he didn't understand any other language other than English. He vaguely wondered where Kanda had run off to, but he knew that it would be more pleasant just sticking with Lavi, since he probably knew Japanese as well as Kanda.
After a few more moments, Lavi turned back to Allen, shaking his head dismally, signaling to move on. This was probably the 20th person they had asked, and it was also the 20th time they had been rejected information. Allen was grateful that his cursed left eye hadn't sensed any akuma so far.
Walking a few blocks away from the small city, the two exorcists finally met up with Kanda, and were relieved when they saw the finder still with him—Kanda hadn't killed him yet.
"Che. 'Bout time. C'mon," Kanda gruffly muttered, turned sharply and stalked off.
"Where ya goin', Yu-chan?" Lavi asked excitedly. Had he gotten a lead using his 'I am scary, hear me roar' tactic?
"Don't call me that, baka usagi." Kanda yelled back at him. Allen smiled, seeing as their first mission back to Japan was going smoothly, and, for them, normally. The small exorcist quickened his pace to catch up with his comrades.
Walking a few more blocks, Kanda entered a large building, with bright kanji displayed on the front. Allen, although confused, followed the grumpy samurai in and up to what seemed to be a receptionist's desk.
"YU! You got us a hotel!" Lavi screamed a little too loudly and highly for someone his age, trying to latch onto Kanda in glee.
"Die." Kanda promptly picked the red-haired offender off himself, nearly choking the bookman junior with his own scarf, and threw him back towards the door. He grabbed the a few keys and quickly walked off.
Lavi, recovered, smiled again, grabbing Allen's sleeve, who was still in semi-shock, and dragged him off to follow Kanda. They reached three rooms at the end of the second floor hallway. Kanda glared at them, handing one key to the finder, pointing at which door it opened.
Once he was settled, Kanda turned to the rest, "There are two rooms left, and three people, if you could count the Beansprout as a whole person."
Allen made a noise of protest, but decided not to start an argument, seeing as Kanda was nice enough to think of getting them a place to stay.
"Haha, that's obvious, Yu." Lavi laughed and then grabbed Allen into a sideways hug, "I'll room with Allen!"
Kanda visibly twitched, and seemed to forget the fact that he was called by his accursed given name, "No."
"Awwwww. Why not, Yu-chan?! Where's our dear little Beansprout going to sleep then?"
"Not with you," Kanda snatched Allen away from the over-happy exorcist, capturing his wrist in a vice grip and pulling the smaller boy to stand behind him, "You'll rape him."
"You're so mean, Yu-chan!"
"Che."
Allen looked between his two friends, wondering what possessed either of them, especially Kanda, to have this fight over who got to share a room with him. Kanda chucked a key at Lavi and went to open the door to his own room, leaving it open for Allen to walk in. Allen looked over at his retreating back quizzically.
"Go ahead, Allen." Lavi smiled warmly at the boy, lightly pushing him towards Kanda's door.
"Are you sure, Lavi?"
"Yeah, I think it would do the two of you some good." Lavi smirked, but just when Allen was about to ask what he meant about that, he turned and went into his own room, leaving a highly confused Allen in the hallway.
"So…" Allen fidgeted nervously, "Thanks for letting me stay with you Kanda."
The other made a noise in the back of his throat, allowing Allen to know that he acknowledged his appreciation.
"Did you find anything?" Again, Kanda responded with only a noise, sounding more irritated this time.
"Did you check back with Komui?"
"Che."
"Did…you….uhm…"
"Just come to bed."
"You're not making me sleep on the floor?"
"Why did you think that, Bean?"
"I dunno…I'll be there in a minute." Allen was silently happy that Kanda was being nice to him for once, but it was probably only because Kanda knew that this was going to be an emotionally daunting mission, and didn't want to be held back by Allen.
The white-haired exorcist strolled to the small bathroom, and looked in the mirror. He saw the 14th staring back at him, looming eerily above his own reflection in the mirror. Allen truthfully didn't know what to think about being in Japan again after the ark incident. He almost lost all of his friends. And now here he was, back in the same town, with even more weighing on his mind. Would he become the 14th? Would his friends get hurt on this mission if they happen to find anything—or even worse, killed? It was always these questions left unanswered that kept the boy up at night.
Allen washed his face and combed his hair through with his fingers. He silently cursed the man in the mirror for making undressing and changing clothes in the bathroom more awkward than it needed to be, and went back to where Kanda was.
Already laid out on the bed, Allen was surprised to see Kanda wearing a white tank top and black shorts. His undone hair flowed out onto the bed space next to him. He was asleep.
A dreamy sigh escaped Allen's lips when he realized how nice Kanda looked while sleeping. He decided to crawl into the large chair away from the bed, on the far side of the room. The boy quickly fell asleep there, tired out from scouting the town all day.
Kanda woke a few minutes later. Rubbing his eyes violently, he searched the mattress for another body. When he didn't find it, he sat up, shaking the sleep from his head. Quickly inspecting the room, he found the boy he was looking for curled up in a chair, the side of his face leaning against the back of the chair and his legs fell limply over the armrest.
Kanda sighed, slightly wishing the boy had come to bed like he was told. Shuffling over, he picked the sleeping boy up, returning to the bed, placing Allen on the side of the bed so that he would be positioned in between Kanda and the wall, so he couldn't wander off.
Climbing softly back to bed, Kanda pulled the smaller boy close, taking in his flowery scent and slow and gentle breaths. He pet the white hair, taking several stands into his fingers, playing with the softness. Slightly smiling, he moved to rub small circles on the boys back, seeing as he was stirring. Kanda slowly gave into sleep, touching his lips to the boy's forehead in a feeble attempt of a goodnight kiss.
The brightness of the day shone through the window, waking Allen. Groggily blinking until his eyes adjusted to the light enough for the rest of his body to function. Trying to sit up slowly, he noticed a weight around his waist, quickly discovering it was heavier than blankets…wait, blankets?
Turning bright red, he notice he was cuddled into the crook of Kanda's neck, with one of the Japanese's arms around his waist and the other one under his, resting on his nape. He could feel the slight wetness where Kanda lips lingered too close to his forehead and how he smelt of wood after a rain.
Blushing further, making even Lavi's hair jealous of it's color, he tilted his head up slowly, and lightly kissed Kanda's chin, deciding to fall back asleep until Kanda himself woke.
Author's Note: So, yeah! Hahaha. Reviewing twice is more fun! Lol/
And, if you have any ideas for this story that you'd like to see come up, just send it in a review, or you could message me if you like that better.
I also tried spacing it differently, so if you would be so kind as to tell me if it's better than the last chapter, you'll have my undying gratitude.
See you next time?