I don't own D. Gray-Man…but I wish I did. :)

Lavi pounced upon his bed with tired eyes. It had been a long day for all of them and they were still not closer to the innocence then they had been before. He felt his innocence fall and Allen had caught it before it could reach the floor.

"Be more careful, Lavi!" He dropped it into Lavi's hand. "You could easily lose it with that kind of behavior."

Lavi slightly smiled. He secured it onto his pants and put a hand up to his mouth to stifle a yawn. "Sorry, Allen, but I can't remember the last time I was this beat."

The entire day had been hounds of akuma. A few hours ago, they had died down, but it was still possible another one was lurking. They had to be on watch. For now, he would enjoy the few minutes of sleep. It would possibly be a long night…

"Lavi…" He turned his head to look at Allen questioningly.

"What's up?"

"I was wondering…with the akuma coming in at this rate, what could they be after?"

"Well, the obvious answer: innocence" grinned Lavi. "Though, there's a larger amount than there was before. I'm sure we'll be fine with that eye of yours anyway." Lavi noticed an unsatisfied answer on Allen's face.

"You know, you're kinda an open book." Allen blushed a bit.

"W-what?"

"Allen, what do you really want to ask me?"

"Ah…" Allen was at lost for words. How could he ask Lavi what was on his mind? It wasn't something that was easy to share.

"What…what do you think of Lenalee?"

Lavi looked at Allen again with a questioning glance. He laughed heartily. "She's a great coffee brewer and a fine exorcist. She's always caring of her friends too. We should treat her with respect like she does to us." Lavi watched Allen's movements.

"Was there something you expected me to say, Allen?" He knew he had hit a nerve when Allen turned around in his bed to avoid Lavi's eyes.

"Recently…I feel as if she's avoiding me." His voice was sorrowful. Lavi was a bit surprised at this.

"Lenalee can get angry if you do something, Allen. So, what is it this time?" He watched Allen shake his head.

"I didn't do anything. That's the problem. If I don't know what I did, how can I apologize sincerely?"

Lavi thought about it. Lenalee and Allen had been friends for awhile now. He had noticed today that even as Lenalee fought and saved Allen's life countless times, she had not paused to look at him. Now that he thought about it, she had been ignoring Allen.

Yet, Lenalee had always been on a friend base with all of them. Not once had Lavi ever considered dating Lenalee. Not only because of Komui, the crazy older brother, but also because she was the sisterly sort of friend that cared for you constantly. He never saw her flirt or run around with lovers. Lenalee…she just wasn't that type of person.

With these thoughts in his head, Lavi drifted off to sleep leaving a troubled Allen awake.

Allen still thought about it. He also thought of Lenalee the same way that Lavi did. Having a disconnected bond like today troubled him. Being on good connections was important plainly because everyone at the Dark Order was family and family has to stick together. Lenalee ignoring him wasn't flowing well.

Twisting and turning in his bed, he still couldn't fall asleep. All the thoughts of Lenalee and akuma drifted into his mind and often turned him into an insomniac. He pushed away the bed sheets and slipped into his shoes. Maybe fresh air would calm his senses. He carefully closed the door behind him.

Once reaching the balcony, he saw someone already there. Using his eye for a quick moment, he could tell it was not an akuma and proceeded forward slowly.

"Hello?" The figure spun around and he was greeted with the appearance of Lenalee in a black nightgown. He noticed her blush vigorously. He looked down at his body and his shirt was unbuttoned, but that had never bothered Lenalee before. Still, he decided to work on the buttons while walking towards her. His hands fumbled upon them.

"Lenalee, what are you still doing up?" asked Allen. He came up beside her still working on his shirt. She turned her head the other way. Allen's eyes were full of hurt. "Lenalee, I'm sorry for whatever I did."

"Allen…" started Lenalee. "What…what do you think the Black Order will be after the war is over?"

"You think the war will be over?"

She finally turned to face him and smiled. "Yes, yes I do believe that. We're the best I've yet to come across. I'm sure we can win this fight." She lowered her gaze. "Yet, when it actually is all over…what do you think we'll become?"

Allen turned to face the midnight sky. All the buildings were black holding humans fast asleep. It was a full moon that night. "I think that all the finders will go back home. If they have no home to go back to, we'll build homes for them! We'll all build our own homes." Allen looked down at his cursed hand. His entire existence was to win this war. He was born with a weapon to purify akuma. After the war, this arm would be useless to him. It wasn't like he never thought about it before, but he had already accepted this fact long before. His usefulness as of now was to help win the war against the Earl. That's all that mattered right now. He'd think about what to do only afterwards. "Though, I can't say I'll be the most helpful afterwards."

"Will we…be able to live together?" Lenalee clenched her fists. "Could we possibly build a house for all of us?" Her eyes had a determined look to them that surprised Allen.

"Well, I don't see why not. I think it'd be fun, actually." Allen gave a reassuring smile. That's right. Let's not think about the bad things that happened before, now, or even in the future. Just focus on the good things. Those are all that really matter. "We could pave a stress with homes for us! Jerry will own a five star restaurant and we'll be his frequent costumers. I hope we get gratuity rights." Lenalee giggled under her breath. Allen chuckled. He was pleased to make Lenalee laugh again. "So, we'll all be one big family!"

"Have you ever thought beyond just friends as family?" Those words confused Allen. Lenalee still looked at him intently and waited for his response. Did she mean marriage? Well, it was normal for a girl to have thought about marriage by this age and raising her own children, but Allen had never considered settling down. It just wasn't something he was used to. His whole life had been on the move. His memories had started with Mana and they were traveling performers. Even now as exorcists, he was always running across the globe. To marry a girl and have children was too far off into the future.

"W-well," stammered Allen laughing nervously. "I-I never really considered marriage before, so I don't know what to say, but I guess it would be nice." He looked at the moon and engulfed the image of its milky surface. "Though, it would be nice to raise children in a world without demons."

Lenalee smiled. "Yes, I think the same way." She turned her head for a second blushing once more. Allen questioned her. What was making her so embarrassed?

"Allen, I…I don't know how to put this." She inhaled and exhaled slowly. "I've been quite distant for some reasons, but…I feel like this one is the strongest."

"Lenalee…?"

"Allen, I…I might be in love with you." There, she said it and now she couldn't meet his eyes. With one tear rolling down her face she ran back inside. Allen heard a door closing.

Lenalee was in love with him? Was…was that even heard of? Lenalee was the girl he had always thought of as the sister. It was hard for him to grasp. He never doubted that Lenalee had loved him, but he never thought she loved him in that sense. Allen clenched his fists and looked into the empty door. She was considered his sister. It was nothing more than that…It couldn't be anything more…

"Well, Allen, seems like you made our Lenalee flutter." Lavi appeared from the doorway and walked towards him with a wide grin on his face.

"Lavi?! What are you doing here?!" Allen blushed and turned his head away.

"I heard you leave and decided to follow you. Seems like Lenalee had bottled these things up for awhile, huh?"

"I-I don't know." Allen honestly didn't know what to feel. Lenalee was a sister, right? Did he ever think about her as more? Did he ever consider it?

"What should I do?" cried out Allen. "I don't have any sort of experience with girls!" Allen shook Lavi's collar. "HELP ME!"

"Alright!" laughed Lavi. "Allen, treat her same as usual. Think this through. Do you love her the same way she loves you or not?" He waited for an answer, but only got a pouty face. "Don't tell her until you know and if she ever wonders, tell her how you do feel as of now." Lavi gave Allen a comforting grin. "It's not so hard!"

"Speaking from an expert womanizer, I guess not" muttered Allen. He turned away. "It's just that…Lenalee is a good friend, that's all. I-I…" With that, Allen passed out on the floor.

"What—Allen?!" Lavi gasped at his unconscious body. Even though his mind was awake, his body sure wasn't. "Ugh…" He picked up Allen and tossed him over his back. He took one step and paused.

Why was his stomach tightening? Why was he reacting to this? He should be happy for Allen and Lenalee, but for some reason, he felt jealousy curl in its crevices.

I do plan on continuing! Though, I'm rather fuzzy. This will be a love triangle with the tree though...who is in the middle? ;)