his gloves and her knives: a collection of kanej one-shots

ii. how to give a gift like Dirtyhands does

Inej returned to her room after her much-awaited shower to find a parcel lying on her bed. Strange. No one ever left her things, especially not long, thin and incongruously weapon-like things wrapped in plain brown paper. Well, parcels existed to be opened so she got right to it.

She gasped when she saw its contents. A slender knife with a beautifully engraved hilt, it sparkled in the sunlight, deadly and beautiful at the same time (what a coincidence how it resembled her: grace of an acrobat, swiftness of a killer). Of course, not a gift she would've been particularly pleased to receive in what she liked to call her previous life, but her days in the Barrel made her appreciate it so much more.

"Kaz."

She made up her mind and went to meet him. Most men would have been terrified or gone under severe shock upon seeing a graceful woman appear on their windowsill holding a glinting knife, but Kaz only gave Inej a look that said, "Ah my Wraith... Would it have killed you to use the door?"

She had already figured out that normal methods of entering a room were not for her. The whistling wind carrying the scent of garbage and the freedom of looking down a building from a windowsill, no matter how dirty the city was, made her feel alive.

"I found this in my room." He looked up at her with an expression of disinterest and continued shuffling papers at his desk (although he was, in fact, very interested).

"I would have been concerned if the knife had been able to learn how to walk in the half an hour that's passed since I left it there."

Inej gave him a broad smile. "It's beautiful Kaz, thank you! It must have been very expensive."

She saw Kaz stare at her for a moment, immobile. It was probably the glint from the knife (it was the dazzle of her smile) and she soon saw him start to speak again. "I said I valued you, Wraith. It's time to put your skills to use."

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a/n: i've actually gotten some reads! so now i'm updating this for the six people who've read it and also for the added benefit of wasting my time :) i will persevere on despite the shocking lack of kanej fanfic on wattpad haha

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