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Chapter 47:

"Kanda!"

"Lavi told me you'd be hungry and wanting to talk to me but too tired to find me yourself." Kanda stepped in, kicked the door shut and placed the trays on the bed next to me. "Che, you're the laziest person I've ever met." He sat down and I blinked at him a while.

"Ah." He wasn't paying attention to me, he was looking at my room.

I started eating. I really needed to talk to Lavi about the 'being right' stuff he was doing lately. Was the guy just psychic?

"You kept the presents?"

"Well, yes. They are presents."

"But you kept them here? You could have taken them to America when you went."

"I took some. I left the ones that are more important." I finished the food and placed the trays on the floor. Never underestimate a hungry parasitic- type innocence wielder- we were champions when it came to vacuuming tons of food fast.

Cool finger tips touched the scars on my calf and I froze. I felt them moving up to my knee and then up to my thigh. That made me move.

I smacked his hand and moved back.

"Che, you really got scars. How bad are the ones on your back?"

"Same." I said looking at the desk.

"Che, you're acting weird." And he was right- I was acting weird.

Touching each others wounds was something we would do since we were kids. When the other one was hurt badly enough that we wouldn't believe it we would touch the wound. Kanda didn't really touch a lot of Lenalee's wounds, but I did. It was just something the tree of us had done when we were kids and it's a habit that stayed.

I mean, you know how there are things that you just can't believe unless you see them, smell them, hear them, taste them or feel them? Well, when someone would get hurt badly enough that the others just couldn't believe it was real, as kids we needed conformation and by now it was just a habit.

So Kanda was right when he said that I was acting weird- I'd smacked his hand for no apparent reason. And I wasn't planning on telling him the reason until I understood it. The thing was, was that when his fingers moved on up my leg there was this weird warm, fuzzy burning sensation in my lower stomach. It wasn't painful- on the contrary, it was rather… pleasurable. But definitely weird.

"Sorry," my voice sounded lower than usual, it felt heavier too, "I just felt a little… fuzzy there for a second." I felt his glance harden and added "It doesn't hurt."

I felt the bed shift and turned to see Kanda leaning against the wall, eyes closed, shoulders relaxed.

He was tired too, poor guy, probably one of the hardest workers here.

I looked him over. His long hair was down, he wore a white button down shirt with the first two buttons open and black pants. His breathing was even, he was relaxed.

"What did you want to talk about, or do I need to dice up that baka usagi for making me bring you food for nothing?" His lips barely moved and I could see that he was too tired to go out and hunt Lavi. I smiled.

"First, thanks for the food and secondly I do have something to say." I looked at him closely, I really didn't want to be the one to ruin his relaxation. "Do you want me to give you a massage while we talk? You look like you really need one."

"Che. Women." He pulled off his shirt and lay on his stomach. I got up and got the bottle of body oil that Lenalee had given me for Christmas. She loved getting messages and said that I was the best at giving them.

So maybe she really gave herself a present?

I walked over, put some oil on my hands, straddled Kanda's waist and started kneading the oil into him muscles. They were like steel, even relaxed.

"I want to talk about the yelling thing the other day." He tensed and I rubbed soothingly, pleased when he relaxed. "I owe you an explanation and apology. I am sorry. It's just, being in Japan learning how 90 percent of the population are Akuma, how it's the Earls base, how you're not allowed to enter or leave, it made me realize how little I know about you. I realized that, like now, I'm the one talking and you're the one listening. You're my best friend, Kanda, and I'd like to be yours."

"Shut up and message, woman."

"That's so you." I laughed. I leaned down and put my forehead on the back of his head. "Thank you for being you."

"Che, baka gaki-"

"All exorcists report to Komui immediately, you have an urgent mission!"

"I'm going to kill that Komui bastard!"

"Well, so much for relaxing." I sighed as the muscles I'd managed to relax tightened up again. Komui really did know how to ruin things.

That guy was pure trouble…