heart shaped clock

by NiNA_eN

one. Yuu Kanda

"He abhors weakness. Too bad she's one of them."

Yuu Kanda had never yelled at a woman before.

For a moment he is regretful, he is tense, he almost apologizes, he almost reaches out.

But he doesn't.

Because he realizes he dislikes this woman, the very sight of her repulses him, the easy tremble of her lips, the way her eyes fill up so quick, how readily she flinches – he hates it.

Yuu Kanda abhors weakness.

So he prods and pokes, merciless – until she runs right out of the room.

He watches remorselessly as the beansprout chases after her and the Chinese exorcist chastises him.

He doesn't care.

He continues to sneer and scorn, wondering where her limit is and does this woman even have one?

He thinks that she will keep on taking this abuse, even if she cracks and shatters under the not-so-gentle pressure of it all.

Yuu Kanda is wrong.

He is surprised when her back suddenly straightens and she turns around to give him a glare that almost rivals his own. For they are filled with tears; but these are angry tears and for a moment he almost smiles.

He doesn't stop, his peers think him heartless and she is left continuously leaving the room when he is present.

He waits patiently for the moment when she will snap again.

Yuu Kanda decides that perhaps he doesn't hate this woman as much as he first thought.

He likes it when her eyes are full of fire, her dark hair swishes forcefully around her face because she looks so full of life – like she actually has something to live for.

Yuu Kanda hates weakness. Too bad she's no longer one of them.

Originally the first chapter of this story was to be Mirallen (MirandaAllen) but then I thought up this one. I was dithering a lot whether to make this choice (and disrupt my own plans as I'm pretty sure the chapters for this story will be quite long in comparison to this one) or submit it as a simple oneshot. You can see the results but I'm still wondering over it. So I'm thinking if I'm still dissatisfied I can always change the story and do what I originally planned (after posting my second chapter that is, of course.) It's a bit confusing but what do you think? Should I keep this chapter or what?

That aside, did you catch the teeniest hint of my ultimate couple of all of -man? Usually authors would put down Lenalee as the one who would go comfort her.

Oh, and thank you for reading especially if you've come other from my other story!

Yep, this is another Miranda-oriented chapter story. I'm very happy that Miranda's popularity (and fics including her) is rising in number and here is another contribution to the wonderful lady exorcist. Also, just a release to say that I'm still alive and have not given up on any of my stories nor my account. I apologize for all who've been waiting so long for a release of