He had lost his love before and along with it was his smile. He thought he would never meet someone like him until one day he met the person whom he least expected to be the only one who could bring his smile back. In fact, he hated that person, Allen Walker. He never liked the white haired guy, but eventually he felt something strange in his chest whenever he was near him and had been asking himself when did he fell in love with him. He wanted to say his feelings, but he could not bring himself to, seeing that he was not always in good terms with him and Lavi was always clinging around him saying his outspoken yet empty love to him for everyone to hear. Later, Kanda thought of a plan to make Allen fall for him. At first it went smoothly, but bad things happened. What he did was wrong in the first place. And, he never thought that things would turned out like that. Allen is in a coma after saving his life. Allen knew that Kanda had planned it all along, but chose to keep silent and stay by his side. Lavi told Kanda that from the start, Allen never fell in love with the red head, but with Kanda since the day they first met. Now, all Kanda wished is for Allen to wake up so he could say sorry for all the lies.
The question is...
Will Allen wake up?
He was a newbie in the men's clothing store. On his first day he met his seniors who were all kind enough to help and assist him with the work and taught him the things he needed to know about the sales department where he was assigned. During his first week life had been cruel for him, he had to smile and welcome the customers, accommodate them earnestly and treat them dutifully. He also worked non-stop since there were a lot of customers than the employees assigned at the sales department. After work, he helped clean, change the clothes of the mannequins, arranged the things that were out of order, checked the stock room, and helped his senior calculate the day's statistics and submit it to the publicity's office first thing in the morning. At first glance his work was not hard, but when you look at it closer each of the employees had to wake up as early as three-thirty in the morning and stay up as late as one or two in the morning, depending on the employee's shift. The newbie spent almost every night sleeping on the couch that was at the store prepared for the customers. His senior would sometimes wake him up and said not to tell anyone.
"Good morning!" The white haired young man greeted his seniors who were getting ready to open as he entered.
"Morning," the long haired greeted dejectedly.
"Wah~ Allen! You're early today!" The other with red hair covering his right eye exclaimed in surprise.
"Well, it has been a month since I started and somehow I've gotten used to the schedule." the newcomer, Allen, flashed a warm smile that made his seniors blush slightly.
"Allen~! You're so adorably small~!" The red head chirped as he glomped the poor man.
"...ugh~ L-Lavi-"
"Ahuhh~ let's eat lunch together, okay?" His senior, Lavi, squeezed him tightly making him blue.
"Quit it, idiot. He'll die of suffocation." The long haired guy scolded his co- worker and perhaps friend. That was when Lavi realized what he was doing and pushed the half conscious Allen backward.
As soon as the store opened, customers started to come in. Most of them were men looking for suits that would fit for work and dates. There were also some women who bought products for their husbands and sons.
At the counter, Kanda took care of the customers paying for their products, from suits and jackets down to shoes. From his spot he watched Allen welcome the new customers enthusiastically and guide them to the men's clothing as he absentmindedly hit the computer's button. Surprisingly, he did well because he was in an auto- pilot mode.
On the other side Kanda saw Lavi had left his customer on his own to measure the belt and skipped up to Allen who was accommodating two customers at the same time.
"Allen,~ are you not tired? Let's take a break!" Lavi pulled Allen in a hug from behind.
"Lavi! We're in the middle of work. Please let go of me."
"Uhm. Excuse me, I would like to have these suspenders." The customer interrupted with hesitation painted on his face.
"Alright, sir~!" he saluted.
"Lavi, he's my customer. You left yours alone over there." Allen pointed at the man who seemed uncomfortable and obviously didn't know what he was meant to do
Kanda had been restraining himself from walking out, grabbing a knife from the second floor's kitchen, and throwing it like a dart at Lavi's visible eye.
It would be a bull's eye! He thought darkly smirking. His customer grabbed his bag and backed away thinking that he had gone nuts.
Lunch came afterwards and since they could not eat together at the same time Allen told his seniors that he would handle everything himself while Kanda and Lavi had lunch. Lavi protested at his decision saying he loved him so much and wanted to have lunch with him instead of Kanda. But, Allen reminded him that they hadn't eaten their breakfast so they should to go first for lunch and pushed Lavi out.
From that point on, Allen had control of the flow. He managed to accommodate the customers while at the same time doing Kanda's job. He thought that it would be like that for an hour, but Lavi came back ten minutes later to help Allen.
"Huh? You're done already?!
"Yep, I can't leave you alone here for too long. Don't you feel tired doing this all by yourself?"
Allen sighed and said, "Hmm... I do ."
"Then, it's more of a reason to not leave you alone."
"Thanks, but you don't have to go this far, clinging on to me while entertaining the customers isn't good."
"I'm doing this because I know they will be entertained and because I love you so much I cannot afford to be apart from you.~"
Allen blushed at Lavi's choice of words and said, "How can you say such embarrassing things with that face? And, I did not say I love you."
"But, you don't hate me, do you?" Lavi whispered in his ear teasingly, earning a very flustered Allen and bewildered customers.
"... Yeah, I do like you but... But...-"
PLOK!
Both Lavi and Allen got a bump on their heads courtesy of Kanda.
"What was that for? Yuu!" Lavi whined.
"Get to work, you dummy and don't call me by my name!"
"Hey! It was Lavi's fault for flirting again on me! Why did you hit me?"
"If you want to flirt with each other, then do it somewhere else where no one will see you!" Kanda hissed.
"What do you mean by that...?" Allen's voice was teary as he asked his senior, but only received a glare. "I see... So, that's what you take me for?" he then remembered that they were making a fuss in front of their customers. He quickly apologized and excused himself. Lavi asked Kanda to follow his friend because he was worried. Right after Kanda gave the go signal Lavi raced out and followed Allen, leaving Kanda behind who apologized to the customer for making an unsightly scene and sighed in frustration.
Later that day, Allen returned together with Lavi. Allen still functioned as though what had happened not long ago never occurred. He even talked to Kanda a little; he spoke normally and without exchanging insulting nicknames which was rare. But, they could not deny that Allen was mad.