Alice Walker: Loveless

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AN: woah, hey guys, I haven't updated in a little less than a year, so consider this my early Christmas present to you guys! I'm updating wooo, yeahhhh. Anyway I'm really sorry that I haven't updated earlier, since that's pretty pathetic. I'm sure you don't want to read my lame rambling anymore so without further ado….

Alice Walker

Alice stared at the person in the doorway. She was shocked beyond disbelief. Tyki's grip on her shoulder tightened, then loosened, he finally broke the silence.

"My, what a lovely surprise!" Tyki chirped. "Please, don't hesitate to come inside!" Alice stared at the man she hadn't seen in many years. The years didn't seem to have any effect on him. When Alice realized that Kanda saw that she was staring, she quickly averted her gaze to the floor mat.

"Come on Alice, be more welcoming to our quest!" Tyki patted Alice on the head, his arms wrapped around her shoulders. "Well," Tyki looked at Kanda with knowing eyes. "Come on it, it is quite cold outside. We don't want all the heat of the house to run out do we?"

Kanda stepped in; his eyes were full of hurt and betrayal. How could Alice already have moved on?

"Alice, would you mind getting some tea ready for our guest?" Alice nodded, wanting to get out of there as fast as possible and think through her thoughts before she did something stupid. She also needed to change since she was still clad in her nightgown. She took the liberty to set the kettle on the stove and watch the blue orange flames flicker for a few seconds before heading to her bedroom. She clutched her beating heart, trying with no avail to calm herself down. It's just Kanda, she told herself, nothing to get all flustered about. But he's so…he hasn't changed one bit. He looks exactly the same. Damn him for coming back. I can't accept him, its too late, I have Tyki now. So why do I feel so uncertain?

Kanda had followed Tyki into the parlor as Alice hurried into the kitchen. "Well," Tyki folded his arms across his chest, "Well, well, well, what do we have here? I thought I warned you not to come. I knew you just couldn't resist seeing your little dear." He smiled like a snake.

"Shut the fuck up." Kanda hissed. "I had to see her. I've been looking for her for ages. When you said you two were..." Kanda cringed, "engaged. I thought you were just fooling me, but it seems that you weren't."

"Honey, would I ever lie to you?" Tyki gestured for Kanda to sit down. "Actually, don't answer that, I would lie to you. Not about these sorts of things though." Kanda sat. "She knows about the 'tragic' death of your wife." Tyki added, looking up to see if there would be any change in emotion. Kanda looked away. "Keep up your secret Kanda, fine. But what do you think is going to happen when it gets loose? Hm? What's going to happen then?"

"It's none of your damn concern, Mikk. I know you want me to do a merger with your company, and for the last time, Black Order is not for sale."

"You're no fun, Kanda." Tyki gingerly fingered a box of cigars. "Smoke? They're Cuban." Kanda shook his head 'no'. "But what about when Alice finds out that you killed her, hm? That would just kill her poor heart. She thinks highly of you, you know." Tyki lit the cigar and sucked in the malicious odors before expelling them from his lips with a sigh. "But really Kanda, why are you here? You can't possibly expect me to believe that you're here simply to see her." Tyki tapped the ashes from the end of his cigar into the ashtray. "I believe you're here to do more than just that."

Just then, Alice walked in. Tray of tea and butter cookies in her hands and dressed. She put on a cheery face for Kanda and Tyki. "Here's the tea. It's Jasmine, just for you dear." She nodded towards Kanda. Then sat down close to Tyki and looked at Kanda. "What brings you to our humble abode?"

If words were visible, Kanda would personally stab 'our' to death.

Kanda flicked his hair for effect before speaking. "I just wanted to visit my former fiancée." He emphasized the last word. "Is there a problem?"

Alice flinched. She got it. He wanted revenge for Tyki. If he wanted to fight, fine, she'll fight. "Oh, well," She draped an arm lovingly across Tyki and started into his deep golden eyes. "Your ex-fiancée is doing perfectly fine and dandy." She snaked her hand to the back of his neck as Tyki coiled his around her waist. He kissed her. It was a playful, short, nothing kind of kiss. But he still kissed Alice right in front of Kanda.

Kanda mentally sliced that damned man in two.

"You're dirty love! Not in front of our guest!" Alice swatted Tyki's hand away to prevent it from traveling any further down her back. Tyki got up chuckling, "Alice dear, I think I'll leave you two for a moment, I'm going to head to the bistro I wast talking about earlier and pick up some lunch for us." He smiled at her warmly. Alice didn't want him to leave. How would she talk to him by herself? She looked at him pleadingly, Tyki pecked heron the forehead and swished away.

Uneasy silence blanketed the parlor once Tyki left, Alice unconsciously stroked the armchair. Waiting for one of them to break the silence, Kanda stared at her, his eyes screaming 'bitch! You betrayed me!' She flicked her eyes elsewhere. Since she realized Kanda didn't want to take the initiative, she did.

"What did you expect?" She quietly whispered, trying to keep her voice from quivering.

"What?"

"What did you expect?" She asked a little louder. Alice looked straight past Kanda at the door.

"What do you mean?" Kanda eyed her, her hair had grown a little longer, but other than that she still looked like the girl he'd met years ago.

"Did you expect some sort of star crossed reunion? Did you expect me to see you and fall into your arms crying? Did you expect me to run to you like a lover?" Her voice progressively got louder. "Did you expect me to kiss you and hug you and drink up your presence like, like a woman deprived of love?" She was screaming now. "What did you expect?"

"I though," Kanda clenched his jaw. "I thought you'd wait for me. You'd fucking wait for me."

She gave an exasperated sigh. "My god Kanda, you haven't changed a bit, you're still selfish as ever. I should remind you that you were the one that left me. You were the one that married away, not me. Why would I waste my life over someone who had obviously already moved on and," she narrowed her eyes at him, "For god's sake, was already married?" She sipped her tea. He looked at his shoes. "You think I didn't wait for you? I waited, I waited for years. I did wait for you like a naïve little girl, hoping that you'd come back."

"What happened?" Kanda asked her, his voice begging for her to come back.

"I grew up." She spat. "I woke up one day and some part of me just, I dunno. I realized that there are plenty of fish in the sea. So I went out and got engaged to Tyki. We've been engaged ever since." She held out her hand for him to see the large stone that adorned her finger. "It's been ten months."

Kanda looked at her, his stomach turning knots. "How long have you two been," he gulped down his sick, "together?"

She placed her hand on her lap. Looking up thoughtfully, she replied. "We've been together…about a year, counting the engagement."

"That fast, huh."

"Not as fast as-" Alice caught her word vomit before it could spill out of her mouth.

"Not as fast as what?" Kanda stood up and sad close to her, she didn't resist. "Not as fast as us?"

She turned to look at him; he was a wound she didn't want to reopen. He placed a hand on her cheek, she didn't try to stop him.

He bent down and kissed her.

"I missed you." He whispered into her mouth.

Alice relaxed into the kiss, but then her logical self started to kick in. She pushed him away.

"What the fuck are you doing?" She hissed. "I'm engaged. I'm fucking engaged! You had so many years to come back and you choose now? Don't fuck with me you bastard! You had your chance! You forgo your chance and come now?" She slapped him hard across the face.

Kanda had never seen her so angry. He touched the place she had slapped. "Alice-"

"Stop, j-just go, get the fuck out of here, I don't love you anymore. I love Tyki, what part of that don't you understand?" She started to cry. Kanda went to hold her, she slapped his hand away. "Don't touch me damn it! Get out of here," He looked at her, confusion lacing his eyes. "What don't you get about get out? Get out of my fucking house! And don't you dare ever, ever come back!" She shrieked and pushed him out of the door.

She was about to slam it closed when he shoved his foot in the rapidly closing gap. "Shit, I came all the way here from fucking Japan and this is the thanks I get? This isn't the Alice I fell in love with. This isn't the Alice I wanted to see." He shot her rays of hatred.

"Maybe the Alice you wanted to see isn't here anymore, she grew up. Maybe I never wanted you to come see me!"

Kanda cursed under his breath. "I never thought I'd say this, but fuck you."

Alice's eyes widened.

"You've become a straight up bitch. Fuck you and fuck your damn fiancée." Kanda turned his heel and left Alice in the cloud that was his anger.

Alice Walker

AN: Done! I kinda liked this chapter; I hope you guys do too! I wonder how Alice will feel about this later. Heeheee.

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~byrdie.