A/N : Wahhhhhh. It's been.. what? 2 months since I updated. ;-; I'm very very sorry for that. I got busy with college and stuff. I had actually worked on it since I published Chapter 2, then when I opened the file earlier... I couldn't remember much of what I had typed and what I had planned in mind.

In any case, I shouldn't be babbling about that here. Right? Anywayyy. Here's chapter 3 for those who've been waiting. Again, I'm sorry for any grammatical and typing errors I may have committed along the way ^^"

Disclaimer: Again. I don't own DGM. If I did, it wouldn't be this famous and well known, and probably not even worth reading. xD

CHAPTER 3 : Too Close for Comfort

A year has passed since that night and by now Kanda and Lenalee have grown closer to each other. Though this was mainly Lenalee's handicraft seeing as Kanda likes to isolate himself most of the time which is something Lenalee just doesn't get at all.

Right now, Lenalee was heading up to the rooftop. This wasn't another attempt to escape though, far from it actually. She was actually going up there to meet Kanda who has developed a certain affinity to the rooftop over his stay at the order.

Just like she had expected, Kanda was there, lying on his back wih his eyes closed. He usually comes here to take a nap or when he wanted to be alone (which would be almost always).

As silent as she could, Lenalee tiptoed to where Kanda was. She didn't want to wake him up, in fact, all Lenalee wanted was to just sit beside him. Just as she thought she had achieved her goal of sitting beside him without waking him up Kanda spoke. "What are you doing here?"

Lenalee jumped at this and looked at him who in turn was looking at her. She gave out a half-hearted smile and replied, "I just wanted to be here. Is there anything wrong with that?" She tried to sound as cheery as she possibly could hoping that Kanda wouldn't realize that something was actually bothering her. She then proceeded to look up at the clear blue sky which sort of helped her forget even just for a second what was bothering her.

Kanda didn't but it though. He sat up and looked straight ahead. "Is it him again?" he asked seeing as Lenalee wouldn't tell him on her own free will.

Lenalee's expression changed and she shook her head. "No... not neccessarily..." she replied in a rather saddened voice.

He raised an eybrow at this and decided to question further, "Then what is bothering you?" Kanda watched as she bit her lower lip. Tears started to well up in her eyes, it was clear to him that she was trying her best to hold them in though. Her cheery expression was instantly replaced by a sorrowful one, and Kanda didn't like at all. In the short time that he has known her, Kanda had only seen Lenalee become like this twice. One was right now, and the other was during that day...

. . . Flashback . . .

It had been a week since Kanda had joined the order and met Lenalee. Ever since he taught her how to medidate, Lenalee had been going to his room to join him in his medidating. There were times though wherein Kanda was out and when he would come back to his room he would often find Lenalee sleeping on the spot where she usually medidates along side him. When that happens, Kanda would lift her up and place her on his bed without waking her up. He would then medidate afterwards. There would also be the occassional knock on his door by the head nurse asking if Lenalee was in there, he would say yes and the head nurse would nod and leave him alone.

There was one particular day though which Kanda knew would be etched in his mind for a long time. It was a stormy day and Kanda had just came back from a mission with Noise Marie. It was the first mission that was assigned to him. As soon as he came back from the mission, he went up to his room and changed his clothes and was about to medidate when Lenalee suddenly came into his room soaking wet. "Oi." he called to her hoping to gain her attention. She didn't look at him. Lenalee continued to move to where she usually medidates with Kanda and proceeded with medidating.

Kanda was confused at her actions. Usually she would ar least greet her and say his name, but today she was different. It was like Kanda was an invisible person or a stranger whom she had never laid eyes on and poses a threat to her. It it didn't feel right, this was not the Lenalee she had known for the past week.

"You should dry yourself first before you catch a cold." he said as he grabbed a dry towel and tossed it to her. The towel landed on her head yet she didn't do anything about it. He sighed. Kanda couldn't stand seeing water dripping down frmo her hair and onto the floor of his room, he knew he'd be the one to clean up after all that water and he really didn't feel like doing so tonight. So instead of watching her unintantionally make the mess any bigger, Kanda decided to walk up behind her and dry her hair, seeing as she wasn't going to do it herself any time soon.

Deafening silence surrounded the two as the thunder roared. As Kanda was drying her hair thinking of what could be wrong with her did she start sobbing. Kanda raised an eyebrow at this and was about to ask when thunder suddenly flashed. The bright flash blinded him as the lights in his room suddenly went out. When his vision returned, he felt Lenalee clutching onto his shirt crying her heart out. This surprised Kanda but after a while he realized that he needed to do something, but what? He has never really been faced with such a sitaution in his life... or at least that was what he thought.

He suddenly remembered the day he first awakened after that fateful event. Tiedol was the first person he had laid eyes on upon awakening. At first it was an expression that seemed worried, but as soon as Kanda's vision cleared up he saw the smile on Tiedoll's face. "Did you have a nice rest?" he said in a manner that seemed so calm and gentle, father-like even. "You must be hungry" he said to him as he stood up and went to what looked like a kitchen. Yu watched him intently. He couldn't understand why he was doing this. Tears slowly started to fill his eyes as he watched. Kanda tried to hold them back, but the wave of pain and anguish was too great for him to handle. At first, he didn't understand why tear started to flow out of his eyes. It took him a about a minute before he had realized what he had done. Kanda Yu has killed his friend, his comarade, his brother. Alma and he were like brothers, and yet he still killed him, he killed him because he didn't want to die. He was selfish. When Tiedol came back with a plate of food in his hand, he immediately noticed that something was wrong with Kanda. He approached him and set the food down on the table beside Kanda's bed. Tiedol was silent, but somehow Kanda was thankful he was. Without warning, Kanda threw himself onto Tiedol and cried his eyes out on his shirt. "Everything will be alright Yu." he said as he patted Kanda's back until he could no longer cry.

Back then it was him who needed someone to cry on, someone to comfort him. Now it was his turn to comfort Lenalee who needed him. He did as Tiedol had done with him before, Kanda slowly placed his hand onto Lenalee's back and remained silent. Soon enough Lenalee slowly started to stop crying and slowly pushed herself off of Kanda. Her cheeks were tear stained and within her eyes tears still threatened to fall. Wihtout realizing it, Kanda had began wiping the trail left behind by the tears on her face using his thumb as his hand cupped her face. He titled it upward just a bit so that their eyes met before he spoke, "Tell me what's wrong." His tone was like that of an older brother, demanding that his sister tell him what was bothering her. Lenalee didn't respond immediately, she was still hesitant on telling him. "Tell me." he repeated sternly which made Lenalee take a deep breathe before opening her mouth to speak.

"I'm scared. I miss my brother. Day by day I keep missing him, wishing he would come and take me back. Everyday I would try to sneak away from this order... to escape this prison.. to escape him..." she paused at this as she bit her lower lip to try and tried to hold in the tears that were threatening to fall down her cheeks once more. Kanda knew that she wasn't done speaking though, so he remained quiet as his eyes remained affixed on the face of the person speaking. He watched as she finally released her lower lip and ended her statement. "Lvellie." she spat his name like venom. Hatred and fear evident in her tone.

After that, Kanda knew not what to do. Back then, Tiedol didn't ask him what was wrong because he already knew or at least had an idea, but now Kanda knew nothing about Lenalee. It was weird, they've known each other for how long and he only finds out that she has an older brother only now. Well... he wasn't the social type... and perhaps she didn't mention it 'cause it would pain her... 'What am I thinking! This is no time to be thinking about those things.'

He let out a sigh. He was hopeless, and so was she, in a different way that is. He and she were so different from one another, yet so alike at the same time. Lenalee's sad and sorrowful face is not what he had grown accustomed to, and right now Kanda had made up his mind. He's decided, he never wants to see her like this ever again. Without thinking things through, Kanda pulled her into a hug and whispered to her, "Everything will be alright. I promise."

Lenalee felt much more comfortable. She didn't think that such a hostile and irritable person like Kanda would be this kind and gentle. It wasn't new it her, it actually reminded her a lot of Komui, her elder brother. Just realizing this made her want to cry again, but she didn't. Somehow the comfort that she felt under Kanda's arms hindered the tears from falling out all over again. Lenalee wouldn't admit it, but the truth was that she was tried from crying. So tired, yet she knew not how to stop, yet somehow Kanda did. "Thank you." she whispered into his ear before letting her eyelids slowly fall over her red and swollen eyes soon drifting off into sleep with a warm smile on her face.

. . . End of Flashback . . .

Kanda swore that night that he would do everything in his power to prevent Lenalee from crying like that again. Yet what was he doing right now? Lenalee looks like she was going to cry again, and Kanda couldn't bear the thought of it. By now Lenalee had hugged her knees to her chest and burried her face in them. Immediately Kanda placed a hand ontop of her head which slowly made Lenalee look at him but still had half of her face burried in her arms.

"Tell me." he stated with a stern face yet calming expression, his eyes looking directly at her's. Tears threatened to fall once again. She looked down. Lenalee was about to speak when suddenly the voice of a nurse interrupted.

"Lenalee? Are you here?" Upon hearing this, Lenalee stood up and wiped the tears off her face. "I'll see you later Yu." see said as she turned around and left Kanda alone once again.

Kanda let out a sudden sigh as she left. He then got up to his feet and was about to leave when Lvellie suddenly appeared. They looked at each other both with ice in their eyes. Kanda hated Lvellie for all the sufferring that he has made Lenalee go through, meanwhile Lvellie plainly didn't like children, and Kanda was of no exception. Heavy silence loomed upon them. Knowing that it was a waste of time, Kanda looked away from the man and continued forward towards the door. As he passed by the wicked man, he heard him say, "Don't get too close to the girl. You'll regret it."

This made Kanda stop for a while. He thought about saying something but decided that he wasn't worth it and then continued to make his way down back to his room.

. . . . . . . . .

"It seems that the boy is getting closer to the girl. Tsk. If this keeps up then we wont be able to push through with our plans." says a calm faced man with gray skin. His hair and clothes resemble that of a gentleman, and his actions and way of speaking are that of one as well. The man's name was Tykki. Beside him was a female with the same gray skin. She listened onto their conversation while licking on her lollipop. Her name was Road.

"It would be impossibe to accomplish it anyway, so I don't see the difference." the boy sitting across him spoke. He has jey black hair along with gray skin just like the other. His appearance is opposite of the that spoke before him. Meanwhile, the person beside him, named Jasdero, scratched his head of long blonde hair. Anyone who would look at them wouldn't think that they were actually twins. "What do you mean by that Devit?" he asked not getting what his twin had said. His brother named Devit sighed then answered. "I mean, we wouldn't be able to go in an out of the order unnoticed."

"Stu-pid~ It's rather easy to go by without getting caught... but where's the fun in that?" the girl intervened flicking the stick of her finished candy to whomever was nearest to her, in this case it was Tykki. This made him frown and was about to say something about it when a chubby guy clad in white spoke. "I wouldn't underestimate our enemy though. Besides, it's still too early for us to make an appearance... The show has yet to begin."

A/N : and that's the end of that chapter. Seriously.. I didn't know how to continue what I've already written back then. OTL

so yeah.. I guess this one is longer than the two before it, but I can't help but feel that it would've been longer if I finished it way back when the idea was still fresh in my mind. Oh well... anywayy, expect my updates to be MEGA SUPER DUPER slow... I'm still trying to get used to my schedule ^^"