Chapter 2: Annoyances

*weeks later*

"KANDA!"

Lavi came into my room being loud and obnoxious as usual.

"What do you want?"

"Come on Kanda you can't sleep all day. I mean what if your girlfriend comes over here to get you and your asleep?"

"Go away Lavi."

I pulled my blanket over my head and attempted to go back to sleep. Lavi opened my door and hit me in the head with something soft. I sat up and saw Lavi with a pillow in his hand and a water gun in the other.

"You wouldn't dare."

"Do you really believe that?"

"Yes I do because if you pull the trigger on that water gun I will kill you."

"Oooooh is that a treat I'm terrified."

"No it's not a threat it's a promise."

"I won't use the gun if you get up."

"Why do I need to?"

"Because about what I said earlier your girlfriend is here."

I looked past him to see Rin sitting on the couch talking to the short stack. I climbed out of bed and walked in to the room.

"Good morning Kanda."

"Hey Rin."

I walked into the kitchen and looked through the refrigerator. I picked an apple and walked back into the main room. Short stack gave me a strange look.

"Uh Kanda are you gonna put on a shirt?"

I never occurred to me that I wasn't wearing a shirt. I usually slept without one so I didn't think about it. But now that he mentioned it I saw Rin's face turning red like it did in the nurse's office about a month ago. I just shrugged and walked back into my room. I sat my apple down on the nightstand and picked a white long sleeve t-shirt and a black button up shirt to go over it. I didn't bother with the buttons since I was wearing the white shirt underneath. I grabbed my apple and walked over to the couch. I sat on the arm of the couch since Lavi, short stack and Rin took up all three spaces on the couch.

"You can sit on the couch if you want I can move."

I looked over at Rin as she stood up. Before she got too far away I slid down onto the now empty seat and pulled her down to sit in my lap.

"So what do you want to do today Kanda?"

"It doesn't really matter to me."

"We could go to the ice skating rink."

"If you really want to."

I was kind of hoping she would come up with something else. It wasn't that I had anything against ice skating I just didn't know how. Lavi of course couldn't keep his mouth shut.

"How cute I should come with you guys and bring a camera."

"Lavi don't make me kill you."

"Aw come on Kanda you know Lavi's just messing with you."

"Like you weren't thinking the same thing short stack."

"Are you ever going to call me Allen it is my name you know."

"No."

Rin started laughing and I took another bite of the apple. I knew the two of them were going to be like this but it still got under my skin. When Rin stopped laughing there was a momentary silence where you could faintly hear Krory snoring in the other room.

"Anyway If you really want to go ice skating we can."

"Okay. The rink opens at 2:00 and its 1:30 now. You and Krory sure do sleep late."

"It's not like there's much else to do in the morning."

"Well let's get going."

"Alright."

She got up and I followed. As soon as we were out of the building I felt more relaxed.

"Just to warn you I have no idea how to skate."

Rin just shrugged her shoulders.

"I'll teach you."

I had a bad feeling about this but nodded and kept walking. We got to the rink and paid to get in and for skates. Then we walked down a set of stairs to a room with benches consuming the majority of the space. There were two counters one for skates and one for snacks. Rin grabbed my hand and pulled me over to the skate counter. There were two guys behind the counter along with multiple rows of skates. One of the guys addressed Rin as we walked up.

"Hey there what's your name?"

"Rin. And this is Kanda."

The guy looked at me and the smug look on his face disappeared.

"So what size skates can I get for ya Rin?"

"Seven and a half please."

"Right and you?"

I he looked back up at me and I simply glared back at him.

"Elevens."

"Alright give me your shoes and I'll be right back."

We placed our shoes on the counter and he picked them up and walked away. He returned with two pairs of skates. We took the skates and sat down on one of the benches to put them on. Once they were tight I tried to stand. I had a hard time keeping myself balanced and I started to fall backwards. Rin caught me and stood me back up.

"Are you alright Kanda?"

I nodded and she let go of me. I could already tell it was going to be one of those days.

"Have you really never skated before?"

"No I haven't."

"I hope you're ready to learn!"

"Hm."

"I swear you say that at least once a day!"

"Say what?"

"Hm."

"I guess."

She rolled her eyes and grabbed my hand.

She pulled me into the rink and as soon as I stepped in I hit the ice. I landed hard on my ass and got the wind knocked out of me.

"Damn!"

Rin laughed and held out her hand for me. I ignored the offer and got myself back up using the wall to keep me up. I had only taken one step and I already wound up on my ass! I then realized that ice skating is my worst nightmare. To make everything worse Rin was laughing at me.

"Oh don't look so miserable Kanda! You going to fall a lot more today just suck it up and me your little macho man self!"

"Fine."

She took my hand again and smiled up at me.

"Just shuffle your feet across the ice and follow me. And as long as you have my hand I will make sure you don't fall."

"I'm heavier than you."

"Well I will do the best I can then."

She started to move and I shuffled my feet like she told me to. I had to focus completely on my balance and even then I was having a hard time. We made a round and about half way through the next round I slipped backwards and landed head first. I felt something heavy on top of me and opened my eyes to come face to face with Rin. Here green eyes were wide and her cheeks were starting to get red again.

"Uh…..I'm sorry Kanda…are you…okay?"

"Yea I'm fine it's just that you have you knee in my ribs and I officially think I hate the ice."

"Oh um I'm sorry!"

She scrambled to get off of me and stood back up. I was about to get up but ended up laying back down.

"Kanda?!"

"I'm fine Rin."

"Then why won't you get up?!"

I tried to sit up again but I started feeling dizzy and had to lie back down again.

"KANDA!"

Crap. Rin was freaking out now and she knelt down on the ice next to me. A crowed started to form around us which just made the situation even more humiliating.

"KANDA!"

The voice calling out my name wasn't Rin this time but it was oh so irritatingly familiar.

From out of the crowd came Lavi and the short stack.

"Hey Kanda are you okay?"

"Yea I'm fine."

"No you're not!"

Rin sounded really worried and I just sighed.

"The problem is every time I try and sit up I feel dizzy."

"You might have it your head to hard on the ice."

Lavi and Rin both grabbed one arm and lifted me to my feet. I felt dizzy again and the ice rink and everyone else started spinning. My leg and my back hurt like hell and the dizziness just wouldn't go away.

"Kanda can you hear me?"

"What did you say again?"

"I said me and Lavi are going to take you somewhere to get help. Your hurt Kanda!"

Was I really that dizzy? I'm starting to not hear things now! My eye lids were now starting to feel heavy and after only a few minutes they closed on me and I was out.

"Allen where are you?"

"Rin quit pestering him he's picking up Lenalee."

"Oh fine just hurry up Allen okay?"

I sat up slowly and laid my head back against the headboard.

"Kanda's awake!"

"Hey man how do you feel?"

I looked around for a minute and sighed. I was in my room back at the school. Inside the room with me were Rin, Lavi, and this other man that looked like a doctor.

"I'm fine just tired and sore I guess."

The doctor looked at me with a raised brow.

"I'd be surprised if all you were was sore young man. You have a concussion, almost all of your back is bruised, and to top it off you've got yourself a broken leg."

"Doc doesn't even go there. Kanda isn't the type to really understand that he's hurt. Trust me he's done this kind of stuff before and he never once admitted to being in pain."

"Shut the hell up Lavi."

"You know it's true."

"I said shut up."

My door opened again with Lenalee, Krory, and the short stack walking in. Lenalee look worried and I readied myself for the oncoming questions.

"Kanda are you okay!"

"Yes Lenalee."

"What happened?"

"I fell at the ice skating rink it's no big deal."

"Kanda look at yourself! It looks like a big deal to me! And I'm pretty sure Rin thinks so to."

"That's right Kanda I've been worried."

"How many times do I have to tell you people I'm fine?"

"But you're not!"

"Rin I'm not going to argue with you. Can everyone just leave?"

"Fine!"

Rin walked out followed by the rest of them. The only one who didn't leave was Lavi.

"I thought I said everyone?"

"Rin's really mad at you ya know."

"Yes but I don't know why."

"Well your kind of being an ass."

"How?"

"She been sitting in here worrying herself to death over you and you're still trying to be the tough guy. Telling her that you're okay when your not is only going to piss her off."

"I think she's being ridiculous. It's not like breaking a leg and getting a little bruised is the end of the world."

"Well honestly we've all been a little worried about you. You might not understand the way Rin thinks but you should be happy that she cares enough about you to worry at all. Just let her do her own thing."

"Fine just get out I'm tired."

"Alright then Yuu."

"Don't call me that!"

"Ha Ha goodnight Yuu."

Lavi ran out of the door and closed it fast. I sighed. What worried them soo damn much! Lavi, Lenalee, and Allen must have forgotten that I've been in situations a lot worse than this. I heard a tap on my door but it was soo soft I almost thought I was hearing things. When I heard the tap again I figured that someone was actually there.

"Come in."

Rin came in and closed the door quietly behind her.

"Kanda –"

I shook my head silencing her.

"I'm sorry Rin. You were worried about me and I brushed it off. I argued with you because this isn't the worse situation I've been in but I'm sure it must have scared you and I'm sorry."

She sat down on the edge of my bed and laid her hand on top of mine.

"It did scare me. I love ice skating and I've been on the ice since I was a little girl. Ice skating can be very dangerous what with the blades on the skates and even the ice itself. I've seen people get hurt and it's always terrifying I've seen the ice turn red one too many times."

I sat up leaning back again the headrest on my bed. I slipped my arm around her waist and pulled her against me. He long black hair tickled my nose as I rested my chin on her shoulder.

"I'm sorry."

She let her head rest against mine and we sat there like that for what seemed to be a long time. We were content with our own little world where it was just the two of us. We were brought back to reality at the sound of a snap followed be a flash of sharp light.

"Score!"

I blinked a few times readjusting my eyes to see Lavi in the doorway holding a camera.

"Dammit Lavi!"

The red head laughed as he opened the door completely.

"Oh man I couldn't help it Yuu."

"Stop calling me that!"

"I'm sorry but when the opportunity to catch the ever so manly Kanda cuddling with his girlfriend comes along you have to take advantage of it."

I took a book from my nightstand and threw it at Lavi who ducked causing the book to hit Krory.

Lavi started laughing harder to the point he was rolling on the floor. When he had calmed down he stood back up grinning.

"Oh don't worry Yuu I'll be sure to print you a copy."

"Get your ass out of my doorway!"

Rin had been giggling to herself the entire time as she watched me yell at Lavi. I smiled not caring if anyone saw this time.