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Decision Gone Wrong
Prologue
One may complained a lot when their parent forced them to marry to a complete stranger, but this was not the case for Allen Walker. First of all, he was an orphan. His parents had abandoned him since birth. He never dare to ask his guardian why his parents abandoned him.
Truth to be told, he knew the why his parents abandoned him.
Disfigured left arm, natural silver-colored hair, and to add on with the fact that even his iris are so light in color— So light, almost achromatic.
Who in their right mind would accept him as a son?
That aside, how exactly did he get himself into such a mess?
It all started with him wanting to go for a walk after rotting in his place for years, which then leads to him witness a robbery. He did what his instinct told him to — And oh, how he loathed himself for doing so.
Froi Tiedoll, the victim of said robbery case, started following him around, saying that he needed to thank him even though Allen had politely said "no", time and again.
When was it that he finally gave in? He couldn't even remember how did he ended up sitting in a coffee shop with this man, listening to his rants as Allen sipped the free coffee Tiedoll brought him not long ago.
He'll never admit that he only agreed to know this man more to get free meals.
Even so, Allen was okay with it. Aside from his ears getting deaf with the amount of ranting Tiedoll gave, secretly, he was a little glad that there's someone else that are willing to be on the same table with him aside from his family…
"Are you listening, Allen?"
He choked, "Yes, yes, of course."
He tipped his cup slightly higher, with his eyebrow tilted higher, motioning Tiedoll to go on.
"I heard that Yuu had a lover… Do you think he'll make a good son-in-law?"
Allen choked once more. Coughing slightly, he regained his posture and stared at Tiedoll in disbelieve.
"… Pardon me for asking, but aren't your son only seventeen now?"
A nod was all that answered him.
"And you are worried about his lover not being a good daughter-in-law now?"
No matter how Allen looked at it, it was way too early for Tiedoll to take things too seriously.
Well, at least not on this matter.
All he got as a reply was a warm smile.
"Allen, I said son-in-law."
"... Your son likes man…?" It was not a question, but a statement.
He had nothing against homosexuality, but why was he getting the vibes that something bad is going to happen on him?
He continued sipping his coffee as he watched Tiedoll panicking for his son's well being. It was almost laughable, he noted, but deep down, he was really envious of Kanda Yuu.
God knows how many time had he wished that he had a father like Tiedoll. Yes, this man may looked a little annoying, but at that's the way he showed his love.
"That's it!" Tiedoll's sudden loud voice startled Allen.
"...Yes?" Somehow, Allen had a feeling that things were not going towards any direction that he like.
"You are marrying my son, Allen Walker!"
And how is that suppose to help?
"Well, I trust you for turning my son straight again."
"..." Oh, trust Tiedoll and his idea.
With his cup now placed on the table, Allen stood up, leading Tiedoll's eyes on him as he spun around.
"As you can see, I am a male as well." Well, his hoods and gloves were in the way, but Allen's sure that it is still clear that he's one with a Y chromosome.
He watched as Tiedoll scanned him up and down, a look of disappointed on his face before said male breathed in a deep breath, "Allen, help me. Just this once."
"And by me marrying your son, how is that helping?"
There was no words among them two for a while.
"... Please, Allen."
Honestly speaking, he feel like murdering Tiedoll sometimes.
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Those killing intent was aiming at him, he could tell this much.
"I have Alma already; I don't need him in my life!"
As if I want you in my life.
"It's just the matter of time that you'll fall for Allen, trust me!"
"What the fuck-"
"Language, Yuu! You are marrying Allen and that's final! I don't care if you still date Alma but I want Allen as my official son in law!"
Oh Lord, get me out of this mess please.
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With him currently being married to the Japanese male, while said male is still dating Alma Karma, it was obvious that Tiedoll got what he wanted in the end.
Alright, he'll admit that he didn't really opposed the idea of being with someone for life, thus leading to him didn't really fight back with said idea.
With his head turned towards the closed-curtains, Allen placed the plates on his hands down carefully, before walking towards said curtain. He apply slight pressure as he peeked through the smooth cloth. His eyes squinted slightly, adjusting themselves to the sudden brightness outside.
A well-decorated Christmas tree, surrounded by laughing children, their hands never free— Those snows around them, Allen wondered if it's even possible for them to clear up the snow on the ground at this rate. It's almost as if they were using up the fallen snow faster than the speed of the snow falling onto earth.
He chuckled to himself, eyes softening at such sight.
It sure looks lively outside.
It's Christmas, He told himself mentally.
Ah, he realized, that's probably why Alma said they will be home late.
So, they were planning to spend the day without him again, huh?
Shaking his head slightly, he released the slightly pulled curtain and went back to the kitchen, preparing dinner for himself. The ticking of the clock was awfully loud today, Allen noted. It reminded him of how alone he was in the large house.
"Merry Christmas!"
The cheers from outside echoed loudly in the hall.
"... Merry Christmas." He mumbled to no one.
He was actually looking forward to spend Christmas with his new family since the marriage despite it would turned out to be an awkward situation where he had to be the lightbulb of two love birds. Sides, he was curious on how would his birthday be without his family on his side.
Still, after three years of marriage, never once had the other two occupants spent their day with him, not even during 25th December.
Perhaps, they simply forgot that it's his birthday as well, he couldn't help but to convince himself so.
Sure, Allen Walker, keep deceiving yourself.
It was clear that Kanda Yuu didn't really care to even learn when his birthday is.
That's alright, he told himself, it's not the first time he spend his birthday alone anyway. Back when he still is under Tyki's care, Tyki would bought him gifts, but never once did that male spend the day with him. Tyki would spent that day alone, locked up in his own room. As a child, he didn't understand, but as he grew up, he stopped questioning his only family member.
Those posters in his rooms, that redhead in those posters — It's not hard to put two and two together.
How about those days before he met Tyki?
Perhaps it was because he was too young, or perhaps there's some other reason — But it was all blurry.
He remembered a child he held dear, someone that loves him for who he was; but still there was no memory on how he spent his birthday back then.
To be fair, there's not much difference now.
Allen stared at the empty hall once more, before locking himself in his room for the rest of the night.
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He had a dream.
A dream where he looks… normal.
His hair was brown, his eyes were hazel — Even his disfigured arm was absent.
Children were around him, yet not one dared to get close to him.
It didn't take him too long to realize his eye level was way lower than usual — Oh, was he dreaming of his childhood?
A boy was running towards him, his hand waving at him full with excitement. He felt himself running towards said child, a wide smile painted onto his face.
"Allen, it's time to go back."
As usual, the day always end with two adults pulling him away from the child and dragged him back to the creepy house. He used to fight back, he used to clinged onto the child, crying that he wanted to stay there with the child forever. It would then lead to him being punished in the creepy house. Still, the only thing on his mind was how the child promised to be there for him on the next day.
Either something happened to the child, that or the child decided to leave him — Even when it was clear that it might be the latter option, he wanted to believe it's none of the both; the child stopped appearing before him.
Did the adults do something?
He remembered his mind being hazy that day, his hearing too — Something was off about him.
Time passed, yet the child was still nowhere to be found. Soon, something within him snapped. He was yelling something in pain, something about the child being a liar, and also how the child left him to face this cruel world alone.
The adults were around him, he knew. Even so, none of them raised their hand for him. Instead, there was a knife buried deep into his face, craving a shape onto his face as he screamed. Something hot was licking his left arm too, he felt.
Soon, he stopped screaming.
He knew, he won't die from something like that, pain was just an useless stimuli to him. He knew, no one would actually care for him no matter how agonizing his screams sounds like.
All along, the child was the only one that cared.
Where was he now? Where was the child when Allen needed him the most?
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"This is the most important procedure. Make sure Allen's in good condition after this test."
When he finally gained his conscious back, the first thing entering his sight was those hateful adults. They were smiling, grinning, cheering even —
A mirror was passed to him then.
Silver hair and eyes, an disfigured arm, an ugly scar on his face — He had changed so much since.
Tears gathering at the corner of his eyes, he started laughing.
So, this was the reason why I need to endure those painful tests?
His laugh increased in volume gradually.
Everything clicked in his mind.
The child leaving him was the right thing to do, he learned. After all, he was —
"Ah, he's awake."
Allen scanned his surroundings. It seems like he had accidentally felt asleep on the middle of napping in the hall. Grumbled softly, he reached out for his phone. How in the world did he managed to sleep through two alarms? He was pretty sure he set them to be a 15 minutes and 30 minutes timer respectively.
His mind was still a little blank from waking up, but before he knew it, there was a hand reaching to pull his hood down. Terrified, he pushed the offending hand away.
"Alma!"
Shit.
"What the heck, bean sprout?! Alma was just asking you a question!"
"... Sorry."
As much as he wanted to yell back at them for wanting to pull his hood without asking, he knew that it was still his fault for pushing Alma.
"Why in the world are you still wearing the hood and gloves indoor?! Stop hiding like a coward and take them off!"
"You are going overboard, Kanda Yuu! I apologize for what I did to Alma but taking off my hood and gloves have nothing to do with anything!"
Not only that he had to wake up knowing that he had wasted so much time on sleeping, and also that Alma tried to invade his privacy by pulling his hood off- Allen decided to went back to his room for the time being.
"Yuu, it's really okay, Allen apologized too. Let's just forget— Yuu, stop that!"
His hood fell, leaving his appearance to be taken in by the other occupants.
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TBC
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A/N : For those that read this fic before, yes I'm rewriting it. Since I'm on my break, I'm planning to rewrite this fiction~ Be sure to show your support~!
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