Author's Notes: This story will be both a submission for Yullen Week and the longer version of "Virgin No More?". Two birds with one stone. Which actually means I'm very lazy and a huge procrastinator. Sorry if they aren't in character. Long story short, I didn't know half of what I was typing. Also, this has not yet been proofread. If anyone's willing to do it, please PM me. You would be of very great help. :)
Disclaimer: I don't own D. Gray-Man, because if I did Yullen would be an official couple starting from when the two first met.
Prompt: Games (Note that the themes can be rearranged according to the author's whims)
"Oi, Moyashi!" a dark-haired boy, about 10 years old, calls out to a white-haired one who was 7 years old.
"What BaKanda? And my name is Allen!" the white-haired boy, Allen, turns to Kanda and pouts. "Get it right al-!"
Allen doesn't finish his sentence because Kanda is kissing him on the lips. His eyes grow wide and when Kanda pulls away, he stands there shell-shocked before running to the church. There, he wipes holy water upon his lips and screams, "Oh no! My lips aren't virgin anymore!"
Kanda merely smirks at Allen because he finally gets what he wants. But all of a sudden, a red-haired boy, the same age as him, glomps him from behind.
"Yuu-chan!" he immediately tries to pry the disturbance from him. And he is successful as he hears the other boy fall to the ground. "Ouch!"
"Che. Baka usagi. Do that one more time and that's not all you'll get" he glares at the boy dusting his clothes.
"Come on Yuu-chan. I'm your bestest best friend in the whole wide world! The great and awesome Lavi!" he sees Lavi grin at him. He scowls and turns around to stalk away but Lavi immediately catches up with him. "I knew you had a thing for Moyashi-chan. I saw the whole thing so you really can't deny."
"I don't have a thing for him" he replies and glares at the other. "And why the heck are you here anyway?"
Lavi feigns a hurt expression upon his face. "Can't I spend time with my best friend?"
"I'm not your best friend! How many friggin' times do I have to tell you that?!" he punches Lavi but the boy dodges it as if already used to him like that.
"Infinity times?" Lavi tries to joke around but fails as Kanda just walks faster. "Where are you going Yuu-chan?"
Kanda suddenly punches him on the cheek. And now he actually hits the target. "I told you not to call me that, baka usagi! And where I go is none of your business."
"That hurt~" but Lavi continues to follow Kanda. Kanda has no choice but to put up with it instead of going after the bean sprout.
at Allen's side…
"That BaKanda! He stole my first kiss!" Allen harrumphs as he walks away from the church. People are still staring at him and others laughing at the ridiculousness of his actions. He pouts at the attention. It isn't his fault that he thought of wiping the holy water upon his lips. He blames Lavi for telling him it cleanses anything.
And then Allen suddenly remembers he is running late. He hurriedly runs to the park, in time to see Mana walk out of a car. He shouts, "Mana!" and runs to the man. Mana smiles at him and welcomes his embrace.
"How did your day go Allen?" Mana asks him. He in turn blushes a little being reminded of what happened earlier then shakes his head to try and get those thoughts out of his mind. Mana looks at him questioningly.
"It was fun! Lavi played with me and everything" Allen smiles at the tall man before him. Mana didn't need to know that Lavi suddenly disappeared when they were playing so he had to put up with Kanda who in turn seems to have fun insulting him then kissed him out of the blue. He'll tell Mana later. A park is really not the place to talk about it.
They walk into the car and the driver starts the engine and they pass by the houses in their little village. Their house is secluded from the rest because it was a vacation house for the Noah family. Allen still did not understand why they came up with calling themselves the "Noah family" but he doesn't pry too much and ask the man sitting beside him. He is happy and content that they had welcomed him into their tight-knit family.
He was a wandering orphan, hungry and homeless before Mana found him and took him in. He loves Mana very much and never wants to leave him. He owes Mana everything. He looks at the man he is thinking of and smiles as the man looks at him as well.
"What are you thinking of, Allen?"
He shakes his head and smiles a warm smile. "It's nothing, Mana. I love you."
"I love you too, Allen."
They arrive at a fairly large and beautiful house. It was in the middle of a forest just outside the village. The forest isn't thick with trees. There were just enough to hide the house from view as you drive by. They step out of the car and the driver takes it to the garage.
Mana opens the door and they both walk in. The house was not extravagant but it was well-furnished with, a few, weird furniture here and there. But it was already a characteristic to all the houses of the Noah or so he was told. But he believes in Mana so it is probably true.
They do their usual routine of him washing up before eating some light snack because Mana always fetches him in the afternoon at the park so whenever they arrive, the cook would prepare some snacks for them. Allen walks upstairs to his room and gets some fresh clothes before he goes to the bathroom and bathes. He doesn't need to bathe with Mana anymore since he has already learned to do it himself. Before Mana came to his life, he didn't know anything much at all. He only knew how to survive everyday life which was trying to get some food and sleep. That was all he did. But now, he has been taught of all the little things like taking care of himself.
After he finishes, he walks downstairs again and finds Mana at the foyer. He sits down a chair and happily consumes his share of sandwiches which were quite a lot for a little one. He looks at Mana who was smiling at him, amused. He blinks and swallows.
"What is it, Mana?" he tilts his head cutely. The man chuckles and answers him.
"You really love food, don't you Allen?"
"Yes!" he happily answers, drinking his juice. And then he suddenly remembers Kanda. He blushes again. "Ne, Mana…"
"Yes Allen?"
"Is it okay for a boy to kiss another boy?" he fiddles with his fingers.
"Why do you ask? And to answer your question, I think it's alright."
"Because…uhm…actually, while Lavi and I were playing, he suddenly disappeared. I think he went somewhere. So I was left with Kanda. We ended up arguing again and I didn't want to continue arguing so I walked away but he went after me and suddenly k-ki-kissed me…so I had to run to the church nearby and wash my mouth with holy water because Lavi said it cleanses anything. Now my lips aren't virgin anymore…" when Allen is through with his narration, he hears Mana laughing heartily while he is feeling heat on his whole face. He pouts and whines. "W-why are you laughing?"
"Allen, Kanda-kun seems to take a liking on you. And do you even know what virgin means Allen?"
"Take a liking? On me? I don't get it Mana. What do you mean?" Allen looks and feels puzzled. "And virgin means when you haven't been kissed yet."
Mana continues to chuckle at his adopted son's silliness. "Allen, you'll understand everything when you're older. And that is not what virgin means. Please refrain from using that word again Allen."
"Ok. But I want to know now, Mana" Allen complains. Mana pats his head affectionately.
"All in good time Allen. All in good time."
He pouts at not being answered. He is old enough to know. But he won't push Mana to telling him. If Mana says he'll explain it, he will. So Allen will just wait for that day.
"Now, Allen, would you like to accompany me to the library?" Mana stands up and offers a hand to Allen. Allen smiles and takes it.
"Ok!" They walk upstairs to the mini-library beside Mana's room. They spend their time there until dinner when they go to the dining room and eat. After eating, Allen goes into the kitchen where a few maids and the cook were.
"Hello!" he greets them. They all greet him back warmly. When he tries to help them with the dishes, they all move him away.
"No, Allen-sama. It's our job to do it" one of the maids tells him. He pouts. "Don't be like that Allen-sama. You'll get yourself wet and dirty. We'll play with you after this, ok?"
Allen pretends to think of his answer then smiles. "Ok! You have to keep your word~"
"Hai." With that, he stalks off to his room and plays with his toys to pass time. He likes to spend time with all the helpers in the house. They are kind to him and take care of him and don't care if his left arm is burnt black. They're his friends. And speaking of friends, he also likes to spend time with Lavi and Lenalee. Although Lenalee had something to do today, he still likes playing with her. Kanda, on the other hand, makes him feel uncomfortable and always teases him. They always argue and he doesn't know why the other always says that he hates him.
It makes him sad whenever Kanda says he hates him because he is reminded of those people who turned their backs to him and always insulted him when he was still an orphan. But Lavi says it was a form of affection. Allen didn't understand where the affection there was. Even Lenalee says so. How exactly do they know?
"I guess because they've been friends even before I came. They would know Kanda better than I do of course…" he scribbles on the paper he fetched. He attempts to draw Kanda but didn't look like him even if Allen thinks it does. A scowl on his lips and eyebrows furrowed. That's how Allen always pictures Kanda. He tries to think of Kanda smiling but it looks so weird he ends up laughing.
He climbs on his bed and lies down to wait for the maids to play with him. As he lies there, he thinks back on the day he met Kanda and the others. He was still unfamiliar with this place since he lived in a place far from here.
"Mana…" Allen is reluctant in letting go of Mana's hand. Mana thought it was best for Allen to make friends so they went to the park where there were a lot of kids playing around. Mana only smiles at him and gives his hand a light squeeze to reassure him.
"It's going to be alright Allen. Go on."
With a sigh, Allen lets go and walks toward a weird trio. There was a girl with long hair in pigtails, a boy with red hair and another girl with long hair in a ponytail. He takes in a deep breath.
"Hello" he smiles at them. All three look at him at once. The first two smile at him but the other scowls and glares.
"Hey little one! What's your name? Are you a newcomer? Where do you live?" the red-haired boy animatedly asks him but receives a whack from the girl with pigtails.
"Lavi, You'll scare him."
"No, I won't. That's Yuu-chan's job!" the boy grins and points at the scowling girl.
"Call me that again and I'll kill you, baka usagi!" the girl, who now Allen knows is actually a boy with really long hair, attempts to punch the other. Allen really thought that the boy was a girl but the voice didn't sound like it would belong to a girl.
"That's enough you two. You're weirding him out" the girl reprimands them and they both stop. She turns to him and speaks again. "I'm Lenalee Lee. What's your name?"
"Allen Walker. Nice to meet you Lenalee" he smiles and Lenalee smiles back.
"That's Lavi" she points to the red-head who waves and smiles. "And that's Kanda."
The boy, Kanda, only glares and his scowl deepens. Allen blinks and thinks back if he did something to offend the other. Lenalee seems to notice this.
"Don't worry Allen-kun. Kanda is always like that." Allen nods but still unsure whether that's true or not.
"Yeah. That's Yuu-chan's special way of saying hi" Lavi grins and Allen blinks at him while Kanda tries to punch Lavi again. That was one very weird way of saying hi, Allen thought.
"Stay still, baka usagi so I can punch you into an indistinguishable creature." Lavi laughs and runs behind Allen while Lenalee shakes her head.
"Aaw. Come on Yuu-chan. Can't you let your bestest best friend call you that?" Lavi peeks out from Allen's shoulder.
"No." Kanda says dead-panned. "Move…Moyashi."
"Moyashi?" Allen looks confused while Lavi laughs and Lenalee giggles.
"Oh wow! Moyashi? It totally fits you Allen." Lavi pats his shoulder.
"What's a 'Moyashi'?" Allen tilts his head to the side a bit. It's a habit he couldn't get rid of.
"That's you. Now move so I can beat up that usagi" Kanda glowered at him.
"Kanda. Stop now. You're scaring Allen-kun" Lenalee puts a hand on Kanda's shoulder and pulls him away. Allen doesn't understand how he is supposed to be scared of a girly-boy. "You as well, Lavi."
"Aaw. Lenalee, you spoiled the fun~" Lavi finally moves from Allen's back. "So Moyashi-chan, you're new here aren't you?"
"Yes. And please tell me what does 'Moyashi' mean" Allen pouts, still so very confused.
"It means bean sprout, Allen-kun" Lenalee answers as she finally gets Kanda at a good distance away from Lavi.
"B-bean sprout?!" Allen huffed. "I am NOT a bean sprout."
"But it's such a cute nickname, Moyashi-chan" Lavi grins as he wraps an arm across Allen's shoulders.
"Please stop calling me that" Allen looks seriously at Lavi. "As I said, I am not a bean sprout."
"You look like a moyashi, you act like a moyashi so you ARE a moyashi" Kanda smirks at him. Allen gapes. Lenalee could only giggle once more.
"I am not!"
Lavi bursts out laughing while Allen and Kanda argue about the nickname. The rest of the day, the three, Allen, Lavi and Lenalee plays while Kanda sits on a bench watching them with Lavi occasionally trying to get him to join in.
Allen doesn't stop the smile that graced his lips. It has been 2 weeks or more since then and the four of them are growing closer and closer together. Kanda does in his own special way, as Lavi so kindly quoted. But he feels a bit guilty not telling them of his arm yet.
He yawns and rubs his eyes. He thinks of taking a nap for awhile before he plays with the maids. He is lulled to sleep by the music coming from Mana's room which was across his. He doesn't notice the maids quietly enter his room and tuck him to bed while also tidying his mess. They are suppressing their laughter when they see his drawing of Kanda. And then they all whisper a good night and sweet dreams to him as they leave. Later on, Mana enters as well and kisses Allen's forehead; a whisper of sweet dreams before leaving.
In the morning, Allen rubs his sleepy eyes and stretches. He looks to the window and notices the sun rising.
"Eh?! I slept all night long? I only wanted to take a short nap…" he sighs dejectedly and looks around his room. Everything is neat and clean. "They must have done this while I was asleep! Oh shoot."
He gets out of bed, leaves his room and enters Mana's. He sees the man still on the bed. He walks to the bed and promptly says, "Wake up Mana!"
He looks at the bedside clock. "It's 7:35."
Mana shifts and smiles at him. "Good morning as well Allen. Get ready for breakfast."
"Ok!" Allen smiles and walks out of the room into his own. Like last night, he gets clean clothes and bathes before going downstairs. Mana is not yet in the dining room so he roams out in the garden. He sees a beautiful butterfly and tries to catch it. It lands on a hand. He looks up to see Mana.
"Allen, let me tell you this. Don't chase a butterfly, let it fly to you" Mana smiles as the butterfly leaves his hand and flutters in front of Allen. Allen stretches his hand out and the butterfly lands on his hand. Allen smiles excitedly and looks again at Mana who was smiling back. "That's it Allen. Now let it free."
Allen moves his hand a bit and the butterfly takes off.
"Come on Allen. Let's eat breakfast" Mana leads him to the dining room. They eat quietly at first before Mana asks, "Will you go to the park again today?"
"I'll go to Lenalee's house where Kanda and Lavi will go there too then maybe we'll go to the park" Allen gulps down his food.
"I see. Won't you invite them to our house sometime? And will you be eating lunch with the Lee's today as well? Won't you clear their refrigerator from all their food?" Mana jokingly asks. Allen pouts at the joke on his appetite.
"I won't finish off their food. And I'll ask them if they want to come here tomorrow. Come to think of it we've only ever went to either the park, Lenalee's house or the public library. Well…there was that one time when Komui-san accompanied us around the village" Allen recounts.
"Just be careful, ok Allen?" Allen nods and smiles at Mana. Both finished their meals and went to the car. Allen is dropped by Lenalee's house. He doesn't know where Mana goes off to when he spends his time with his friends but he doesn't ask. It's Mana's decision to tell him or not. He rings the doorbell and Lenalee answers the door.
"Good morning Allen-kun! You're early" Lenalee let him enter.
"Good morning Lenalee. Where's Komui-san?" Allen inquires and looks around until he finds Komui cleaning the dishes. "Good morning Komui-san!"
Komui turns around and smiles. "Good morning Allen-kun. Have you eaten breakfast?"
"Yes. Thank you for asking" Allen smiles back. He always feels at home here.
"As polite as always. You're really cute Allen-kun. Are the other here as well?"
"Kanda and Lavi aren't here yet, Nii-san" Lenalee enters the kitchen. Komui instantly hugs her.
"My cute cute Lenalee-chan~" Lenalee and Allen sweatdrop at his behavior.
"Nii-san, please let go" Lenalee tries to talk him to do it.
"No! Evil fiends will steal you away from me!" Komui cries out.
"Evil…fiends???" Allen asks himself. That's a whole new baseless assumption by Komui once again. Lenalee reaches out for a tray beside her then puts it between her and her brother whilst pushing him away.
"Stop it with those things, Nii-san."
"But-!"
"No buts. You'll be late for work" Lenalee warns him. She grabs Allen's hand and leads him away from the kitchen, forgetting that Komui doesn't have work that day and will be looking out for them. "Let's go Allen-kun. We'll wait for those two in the living room."
Allen had no time to argue as he is dragged and seated down on the couch. Lenalee sits across him and smiles. "What do you want to do while waiting for them, Allen-kun?"
"I don't have any idea…"
"Hmm…how about we play a game?"
"Ok. What game?" Allen swings his feet excitedly since his feet didn't touch the ground. He likes games.
"Ah! Oh no. Wait…I got nothing. All I can think of are games that have to have many players. How about you?" Lenalee looks expectantly at him, as if wishing he knows some game.
Allen looks thoughtful for a moment before his face brightens. "There's this one game I learned when Mana took me with him to some country. I forgot the name but it's a local game; although the words are really weird."
"What is it?" Lenalee asks thrilled to learn something new.
"The words go like this: 'I wanna kick, open, side by side'. And you just repeat it over and over again."
"That's kind of lame, Allen-kun. You just say that? Nothing else?" Lenalee looks a bit down. Allen quickly shakes his head.
"No. That's not all! It's like this…" Allen stands from the couch and goes to a more spacious area. He continues what he was saying and demonstrates the game. "When you say 'I wanna kick', you kick your right foot forward. When you say 'open', you move your feet away from each other. Lastly, when you say 'side by side', you first kick your right foot to the left then your left foot to the right. It's actually pretty simple. Here, watch this."
Allen plays the game and looks as if he was skipping merrily. Lenalee watched him, amazed at the game. It looks like fun.
"Can you play the game with two people?" she asks. Allen stops and stands still.
"Yes. Actually, you really should be two players. No more, no less."
"I see. But do both players kick at the same time and open at the same time?" Lenalee continues to inquire.
"No. While one kicks, the other should open. Then when the one who kicks opens, the other will kick. So one of them would be saying, 'I wanna open, kick, side by side'."
"Is there any point in this game?" Lenalee giggles.
"I don't think so…but it's fun!" Allen grins. "Want to play?"
"Okay! So who says, 'I wanna kick' first?" Lenalee walks towards Allen.
"Well…it's easier when you kick first so, you do it. And we have to face each other" Allen says as he walks to stand in front of Lenalee. "Want to practice first?"
"Gladly!" And so they begin their little game. Lenalee made a couple of mistakes at first but she got the hang of it after a few trials. By then, Komui enters the living room seeing the two having fun.
"And what game is that?" he asks. The two children stop their game and look at him, smiling.
"Allen said he learned it from when Mana-san took him to another country" Lenalee answers.
"I see. Well, if you two get thirsty or anything, I've prepared some juice in the fridge. I'll be in the study if you need anything else" Komui smiles at them and walks upstairs.
"Hmm…Lavi and Kanda, sure are late" Allen states. But just then, the doorbell rings. Lenalee hurriedly opens the door and smiles.
"Speak of the devils, Allen-kun" she giggles and lets the two enter her house.
"Devils? We aren't devils, Lenalee~" Lavi complains while Kanda scowls and sits on the couch. Lavi spots Allen and proceeds to hug him. "Morning, Moyashi-chan~!"
"Ugh…Lavi…can't breathe…" Lavi laughs and lets go of Allen. Allen gasps for air and pouts at Lavi. "And my name…is…Allen…not Moyashi!"
"But Moyashi just suits you so well. You can't deny it~" Lavi sits himself down next to Kanda who still doesn't say a word. "And you have Yuu-chan here to thank for that!"
Kanda smacks Lavi's head with a thick book from the table in front of him. "Ouch!" comes the reply of Lavi.
"Che. Stop calling me that. And no, the moyashi over there doesn't need to thank me because it's personally his fault he is one" Kanda smirks at Allen. And Allen can't stop himself from remembering yesterday's kiss. His right hand unconsciously went to his lips. He sees Kanda's smirk widen so he glares and puts down his hand when he noticed it covering his mouth.
"Sh-shut up, BaKanda!" he remembers Lavi teaching him what 'baka' in Japanese meant and so he started calling Kanda that way. Allen blushes while Lenalee looks confused, Lavi snickers and Kanda still smirking.
"Why is your face red all over, Allen-kun?" Lenalee worriedly looks at him. He shakes his head.
"It's nothing, Lenalee" he smiles. "Want to continue our game?"
"Sure! Lavi, you can play against Allen-kun later" Lenalee smiles and nods at Allen to start. Once again, they play the fun game, neither of them willing to lose. Lavi and Kanda watch the two smile and laugh while skipping on their places and sort of singing. Both Kanda and Lavi had no idea what the other two are playing so they watched in silence, Lavi learning the game as Allen and Lenalee continue. When Lenalee finally makes a mistake, she and Allen stop and catch their breath.
"What kind of game is that?" Kanda snidely asks.
"It's a local game from a country I visited with Mana" Allen answers, not looking at Kanda.
"Teach them Allen-kun" Lenalee tells Allen who acts like he was thinking about it.
"Come on Moyashi-chan~ Teach us~" Lavi pleads to him, puppy dog pout in tact. Allen smiles at them.
"Of course!" and the teaching begins once again. When that was through, Allen and Lavi play the game and in the end, Allen slips a bit and loses. He pants as he is very tired. "Let's…play another game…I'm getting…tired…with all the…skipping sort…of play."
Lavi grins at him. "Sure Moyashi-chan. Sit down. Sit down."
"Any suggestions on what to do?" Lenalee looks at the three. "Oh wait. Let me get you some juice Allen-kun."
"I want some too, Lenalee~" Lavi raises his hand as if in class.
"I'll bring juice for all of us then" Lenalee disappears into the kitchen. Lavi smiles a sinister kind of smile at Allen.
"So Moyashi-chan~" Allen scowls at him. "How's the kiss with Yuu-chan over here?"
Lavi slings an arm around Kanda who then pushes him away. Allen's face turns from shocked to very embarrassed.
"You can't deny since I saw the whole thing, Moyashi-chan~"
"Please refrain from calling me that Lavi…"Allen manages to scowl at Lavi. "And please also refrain from reminding me of that horrible memory. Mana says he'll explain it to me when I get older."
"You'll get older but you'll never grow taller, Moyashi" Kanda teases him. Allen glares at Kanda.
"Shut up! It's all your fault!"
"So? I don't care" Kanda shrugs and his aura feels like it is leaking with pride. Lavi only watches them, highly amused at the two.
"You kissed me! How can you not care?!" Allen is simmering with anger as he hissed those words from gritted teeth. "You stole my first kiss."
Before any of them can speak, Lenalee comes in with a tray of glasses filled with juice in her hands. "Here you go. Allen-kun drink up. You too, Lavi and Kanda."
The three boys get a glass each and drink, none of them knowing whether Lenalee heard them or not. Allen sighs as he finishes his glass.
"That was refreshing! Thank you Lenalee!" he smiles and lies back on the couch. He sits up straight suddenly and all three look at him. "I just remembered…would you guys want to go to my house tomorrow?"
"Sure!" Lavi replies as soon as the question is finished.
"I'll ask my brother…" Lenalee stands up once again and walks to her brother's study. Lavi and Allen look at Kanda who merely grunted.
"That's a yes for you, Moyashi-chan~" Lavi grins at him. Allen smiles as he thinks of how they might finally meet Mana because somehow, they never did get to see Mana whenever Allen is picked up from the park. Lenalee runs downstairs and smiles brightly.
"Nii-san says I can come!" Lenalee exclaims.
"That's great! I'll tell Mana later" Allen feels so happy. "So…what should we do now?"
And so the day passed by with the four of them playing, eating and just doing random stuff.
And that ends the first chapter of the six part (lame) gift for Kanda. Please don't be afraid to send me flames. I'm new to writing DGM and I don't really consider the drabble as anything official. I need to learn from my mistakes so fire away! :D If anyone is curious about the title, it just so happened that I was listening to "This Fool" by Wonder Girls while writing/typing this.
Thank you for putting up with this epic fail of a story (at least, it is to me). Again, anyone willing to proofread, just PM me.