by friendlyneighborhoodfairy | on Archive of Our Own
The final chapter of my Yullentide piece ended up as long as the entire rest of the fic (thus I’m a day late). I split it in two to make reading easier. Enjoy!
Fandom: D.Gray-man Relationships: Kanda Yuu/Allen Walker, (side Komui Lee/Reever Wenham) Status: Complete
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Chapter 7 Snippet
"Do you really care about nothing?" Allen whispered.
The words rang through Kanda like a bell.
Not caring? This was the farthest thing from Kanda not caring.
"I care about things worth caring about," he growled. "What do you care about? Appeasing your own sense of guilt by deciding what salvation looks like for other people and executing it without their consent? Getting hurt to compete in some stupid game about who can be the biggest martyr? Those things aren't worth shit."
"You know nothing," Allen said with a shrug. His lack of anger made the frustration in Kanda's chest burn hotter. "You don't know me. You don't know what I think."
"So maybe tell me, if you're so desperate to be understood."
Allen looked over with a blank expression.
"Whoever said I wanted to be understood by you?"
Maybe some part of Kanda had expected the pain: had known this was still the ground they were on when it came to each other. Enemies first, and friends never. But it still lanced like fire through his gut...
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Thank you to @yullen-week for a great and fun event, and good prompts. Lots of new things to read now ^-^