It was nearing the end of dinnertime at the Black Order, and Allen, Lenalee, Lavi, and Kanda could be found at one of the numerous tables in the dining hall. Lenalee sat happily chattering away next to Allen, who, while paying attention, was obviously engrossed by the dango he was eating. Lavi and Kanda sat across from them, listening in. Well, at least Lavi was. Kanda was focused on something else entirely.

Lavi had to give him credit: Kanda wasn't obvious about his little crush on Allen. The junior Bookman's eye saw all, though: the way he looked at him when he thought no one was watching, his almost invisible blushes when Allen was a little too close, the light that lit up his eyes whenever the beansprout entered the room...Oh yes, Lavi knew Kanda's secret, but Kanda knew that he knew, so he resolved that if he wanted to keep all of his limbs, he would have to keep his mouth shut on the matter.

The look on his friend's face while staring at the white-haired teen now was priceless, though. The way Allen licked his dango almost made him wonder if he was still into big-breasted women. Still listening to Lenalee's conversation, Allen slowly licked one of the little dumplings, completely oblivious to the dilemma of the Japanese man sitting right in front of him. He lapped at the sweet sauce, his tongue wrapping itself around the dango in a way that would have made a lesser man or woman blush like crazy. In fact, had he thought the Brit was capable of such a thing, Lavi would have said that Allen was being seductive on purpose. Poor Yu, he thought, his eyes drifting to Kanda. He could see his friend was making valiant efforts to stop looking at the sight directly in front of him, but it was a lost cause.

Suddenly, having licked the dango clean, Allen stuck the whole ball into his mouth, making a contented "Mmm...". Lavi almost laughed out loud; Kanda quickly looked away, his nearly non-existent blush coming dangerously close to becoming a luminescent one. Allen, however, decided to look at Kanda at that precise moment. He swallowed, then asked,

"Kanda? Are you okay?" When Kanda didn't respond, Allen pushed some of his remaining dango to him.

"You can have a couple balls, if you want some."

Lavi smirked inwardly as he prepared what he was going to say next. Oooh, he was going to regret this...

"Yeah, Allen, I'm sure Yu would love to eat your balls."

Kanda choked as Lavi threw him a suggestive glance.

"That's what I thought..." Allen said slowly, his innocent mind clearly not understanding the double meaning of Lavi's not-so-innocent words. He looked over to his left.

"Gah! Lenalee, are you alright?" She nodded, furiously dabbing at her spontaneous nosebleed. Apparently, her mind wasn't as chaste as her brother thought...

Lavi snorted, then turned his head to Kanda. Seeing his murderous glare and the dark aura surrounding him, Lavi guessed that he had about 0.62 seconds to get out of the dining hall before Mugen sliced him to pieces.

"Worth it!" Lavi laughed as he quite literally ran for his life.