This is a yaoi fic, so if you don't like it, don't read it.
Disclaimer: as if i could possibly own D. Gray Man!!!!

Meditating silently in my room with my eyes closed, I was hyper-aware of all the sounds around me; the distant footsteps on the stone stairs, the creak of the floorboards, and even the faint sounds of the wind. So when someone dared to knock quietly on my door, I jumped. I growled faintly, annoyed that someone had disturbed my sense of calm. I closed my eyes again trying to regain the peace of the meditation, only to open them when I heard someone sobbing quietly. I listened harder, and when I did, I heard a second person comforting the first one. 'I think it's Lenalee crying and Moyashi comforting her. . .but why?' I thought to myself. Another, quiet knock, only this one was accompanied by Lenalee's voice.

"K-Kanda? P-please come out. . .w-we n-need to t-tell you s-something," Her voice broke on the last words. I waited in silence to see if she would say anything else. Someone spoke, this time Moyashi.

"K-Kanda?" His voice was full of stress, sadness, and. . .pity? "Really Kanda, we need to tell you s-something." His voice trembled on the last word.

'Why are they so upset?' I wondered to myself while I sighed and got up from my position on the floor to answer my door. When I opened my door, the sight I saw made my growl of annoyance die in my throat. Lenalee was sobbing into Moyashi's shoulder while he had tears slowly falling down his face. "What happened?" I asked calmly, not wanting to upset them any more than they were.

"B-brother need to s-see y-you. H-he has some b-bad n-news," Lenalee managed to choke out before she started crying harder.

"But what happened?" I asked again. And when I did, Lenalee just shook her head sadly. So I looked to Moyashi for an explanation.

Allen said simply, "You need to see K-komui." His tears started falling freely again.

I glared at him slightly. 'Why aren't they telling me anything?' I wondered. I sighed. "Fine. . .I'll go see him now." I growled while I rudely brushed past them on my way to the supervisor's office.

"Kanda...I'm afraid that I have bad news," Komui said quietly. The normally hyper, over-active, mad scientist was sitting calmly at his desk while his tears rolled down his cheeks slowly.

I growled in annoyance. "Everyone is upset for some reason and no one is telling me why!" I glared at Komui. "Tell me. . .now!"

Komui sighed sadly. "I guess I shouldn't keep the truth from you any longer . ." Komui paused slightly. And when he continued, his voice was barely a whisper. I leaned forward in my seat to hear what he was saying. ". . .Lavi is. . .d-dead. . ."

I sat back, stunned. 'W-wait...w-what? Lavi. . . . .d-dead? H-how?' I thought to myself in shocked silence. 'Wait. . .this is probably some sick joke that Komui made up. . .it can't be real!' I laughed nervously. "Komui, really. . .quit joking around and tell me why I'm here."

Komui looked at me with pity, tears falling freely down his face now. "Kanda?" He said cautiously. "I'm serious. Lavi is d-dead. He was supposed to return from his mission a month ago. And also, we can't contact him through his golem. I'm sorry, but. . .he really is dead."

Yes, that was depressing. . .but it'll get better as the chapters go on.
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