Sorry, for taking so long to update this story, have had so much to do...
This is part two of For Eternity... this was supposed to be the last chapter but as the name implies this story goes on forever and ever and ever and ever! I thought about not to publish this chapter until I've finished it so it truly will be a two-shot but then I thought that would be mean to all of you waiting for this to update so I give this chapter to you and then I'll write the last part sometime (hopefully) during the summer break.
So, this story is a three-shot now... or is that classified as a multi-chapter story?
Enjoy this belated chapter!
Part 2.
Allen had no idea what hit him. One moment he was about to greet that dark-haired mermaid and in the next he was lying on a round bed in a room – which was suspiciously pink and white – somewhere.
He sat up and took a look around the room. Was this perhaps the mermaid's room? There were a lot of girly things in the room, but Allen knew better than to make hasty assumptions. When he was younger he'd always thought big, macho Skinn was a very frightening merman, someone who could scare the living bubbles out of you, but one day he found the same big, macho Skinn sitting in his room eating candy while playing with a catfish – Allen never mentioned it to anyone, not even Tyki.
He pushed himself of the bed and swam to the round (pink extravaganza) door and carefully pushed it open. He was greeted with something akin to a drill up his face – but the merman holding it was what scared Allen the most. The man looked like a maniac with his glasses and white beret and crazy grin. Why did I have to swim into a psycho? Allen thought, and just then a mermaid about his age put her hand on the crazy man's shoulder and gave him a stern look. The crazy man gave Allen the evil eye before swimming away somewhere with the drill.
The mermaid sighed, and then she turned to Allen who just floated there; completely stunned.
"I'm sorry about that, Allen", the mermaid said, "Brother was just about to renovate his laboratory…" Allen shook his head to clear his thought.
"H-how did you know my name?" He then asked suspiciously, the mermaid looked at him, her eyes so sad and… disappointed?
"You don't remember, do you?" She asked making Allen frown in confusion.
"What do you mean? What am I supposed to remember?" Who was this mermaid?
"Come with me", she said and motioned for him to follow. She swam out through another round door, Allen right behind her, and then they were out on that flowery field. The mermaid noticed his fascination with the flowers and said:
"My brother, Komui, is an alchemist; he used one of his potions to enable earth-flowers to grow on the bottom of the sea", she picked up a yellow flower and then she smiled fondly. Allen stayed some ways away from her this time – something might explode again. The mermaid swam to him, put the flower in his hand and said friendly:
"I'm Lenalee", Allen blinked, and then he remembered his manners and responded politely:
"My name's Allen… nice to meet you…?" He wasn't really sure if it was a nice meeting, but she did have something explode right in his face…
Lenalee laughed, it was a beautiful laughter and Allen couldn't help but smile. When she stopped she was right in front of Allen, her face inches away from his.
"I've missed you. So much."
"…who are you, exactly?" Allen was so confused right now.
"What do you know? About your family I mean", she asked instead, Allen frowned again.
"What do you mean? Why are you asking this?"
"Who's your father?"
"My father? It's King Adam of cou…" no, it wasn't 'of course' anymore. Adam had himself said that he wasn't Allen's father, this Mana was… but who was Mana? Why doesn't he know? What's wrong with him? Allen brought up his hands to his head; it felt as if it was about to split in two, it hurt so much. What's wrong with him?
"You're starting to remember, Brother was right", Lenalee said. Allen then felt her arms encircle his neck as he was brought in for a hug.
"I will tell you everything I know, okay?" Allen opened his eyes and his breathing calmed down. She pushed him down gently so he was sitting among the flowers and she sat next to him.
"King Adam isn't your father", she began, and Allen nodded absentmindedly – he'd figured that much. "He's actually... your uncle", Allen whipped his head to face her.
"What?" Lenalee nodded.
"Adam, or the Millenium Earl as he is also called, was the oldest brother of three; his brothers were Mana and Neah..." Lenalee noticed that Allen recognized the first name. "Since Adam was the oldest he was of course the one to take the throne after their father but..."
"But...?" Allen repeated.
"I don't know the details but what I know is that for some reason Mana was chosen to be king instead – sending Adam into a rage. He left the kingdom and no one heard from him for years. But one day, about ten years ago he... came back." Lenalee looked at him sadly.
"He had brought his own troops and he seized the castle, he killed Mana and Neah – his own brothers! He forcefully took the throne and then he was about to kill you..."
Allen tried to think back, he didn't remember any of this! He must have been six years old when this happened so why...?
"Why don't I remember?" He asked, though he didn't know if he wanted to know more than he already did.
"Adam hesitated, I don't know why, maybe an act of kindness since you are his nephew? But I didn't know what happened to you until some years later. My brother and I had to flee since Adam was set to kill us too, because my brother was loyal to Mana and Neah. Anyway, one day when my brother was in the city to see how it had become he met you."
"He... did?" Lenalee nodded.
"You were outside with one of Adam's children, Komui said you looked straight at him but didn't recognize him and then Komui heard you call that merman 'brother' and Adam 'father'... Komui knew that Adam must have erased your memory of you real father and your life with him. You don't remember your life from before you were six, do you?" Allen slowly shook his head.
"Adam used a spell on you, to make you forget everything, but one cannot force memories to disappear altogether – one day you will regain them... and I think that day will come soon." Allen was observing a small red flower next to him; it was a beautiful flower, the red petals overlapping each other and the dark green stalk had some thorns. Would Kanda like this flower? He wondered. He then turned to look at Lenalee again.
"If I'm Mana's son, does that mean I'm the Crown Prince?" Lenalee nodded.
"You're supposed to be the king, you have to take the throne back..."
"No", Allen said firmly, Lenalee was shocked.
"No? But, but why? Don't you want revenge now that you know?" Allen shook his head.
"I know but I don't remember. Besides, everything's okay now, right? Fa... Adam got what he wants; I just... need to be out of the way. If I could somehow..." Allen looked up towards the ocean's surface. Lenalee followed his eyes but she didn't understand what he meant.
"'Could' do what?" The white-haired merman smiled and then he said:
"Walk on land, be human..." Lenalee frowned.
"But, why would you want to be human?"
"I have a promise to keep... to someone dear to me", Allen smiled fondly when he thought of Kanda. They had only met twice but that long dark-haired human with the cobalt eyes, that smirk and his sudden way of saying things one wouldn't think he would say – that human, Kanda, had sneaked into Allen's heart when he wasn't looking, taking up residence there, not intending to leave anytime soon.
Allen didn't know when he'd developed feelings for the human; all he knows is that he wanted to see him again, to see that indifferent, beautiful face once more...
"I think..." Lenalee began then she went quiet, a frown marred her face, "come with me", she then said and quickly swam up and then towards the cave. Allen was confused at first but then he followed.
They arrived to a dark room; a large pot was standing in the middle of the room, and on the many shelves, by the cave walls, were both small and large phials with mysterious substances inside. It smelled as if someone had died in there but the only one they saw was Lenalee's brother Komui passed out on the floor, covered with books and seaweed-paper.
"Stupid brother", Lenalee muttered and then she proceeded to bonk him on the head with the nearest book.
Komui woke up in an instant.
"Wha-what? Lenaleeeee... that hurt... why would you hurt your big brother like that?" Komui whined but his sister wasn't listening. Allen floated by the entrance, a bit disturbed by the rather rough treatment Lenalee had given her brother. Komui stretched and yawned and when he opened his eyes he saw Allen.
"Allen! How're you feeling? Good I hope? Remember anything yet?" He asked and Allen just blinked.
"Uhm... I'm okay... I suppose..."
"Great! Now, was it something you wanted?" Komui asked his sister in a loving tone.
"Brother do you still have that potion? You know the one to make one of us into a human?" Lenalee asked and Komui thought for a moment.
"Hmm... well there should be... where did I put it?" Komui swam to the back of his room and started digging in some boxes, throwing stuff out making Allen fear for his safety when he saw phials blow up or drills that came uncomfortably close to him. "AHA!" Komui straightened up and showed the other two in the room two small phials with something liquid inside. Komui swam to the two and showed the phials to them more closely, the one in his left hand had a bluish content and the one in his right hand was greenish.
Allen looked closer at the phials, not really knowing what to say about it. Lenalee also looked closer and a few times she was about to say something but she changed her mind almost instantly every time.
"This one", Komui said and brought up the phial in his left hand, "will change any merman or mermaid to a human for three days. This one, however," and now he brought up the one with the greenish liquid, "can change any human to a merman or mermaid – perfect in case one would want to return to the ocean before the three days are up."
"So, if I drink all of that blue stuff then I'll be human for three whole days?
"Yes, if you, for instance, drink this at sunset, then you'll change back at the third sunset after that", Allen's face lit up as he smiled widely, he turned to Lenalee.
"Is it okay if I... take this?" Komui looked at him and his sister questionably. Lenalee turned to him, silently asking if it was indeed alright. Komui blinked and then he shrugged and gave the phials to Allen.
"Have fun with it."
...
It was dark above the surface, there was no moon out tonight so Allen had difficulty navigating between the scattered rocks in the water by the beach he'd met Kanda. He had been given a small, brown pouch to carry the phials in which now hung around his neck.
He pulled himself up on the beach so he could sit without having the large waves crash over him. He then pulled out the phial with the bluish content and was surprised to see that the liquid was glowing. He opened it and eyed it suspiciously. Was it really safe to drink this? What if he was turned into some kind of monster? He decided that it smelled weird but he was going to try anyway.
He took it all in one sweep. Then he dropped the phial as he coughed violently. It hurt so much! It felt as if he'd cough up his lunges and his skin and fin felt like they were burning up! The pain took over his being; suddenly he felt sand under his head and he lied there – writhing in pain. He felt his fin split in two and he gasped at the pain.
It was over as quickly as it had begun. Suddenly there was no more pain, his lunges didn't hurt anymore and he could feel the sand covering his...
Allen looked down towards where his fin should be – he saw human legs, human feet and human... everything! Allen laughed and tried moving the toes on his feet. He bent forward to touch his legs and was marveled at how soft they felt. He then tried to stand up. He brought his legs to his body, so he was almost standing on his knees, but he lost his balance and fell face forward to the sand. He stopped the fall with his hands and he then tried pushing himself with his arms and at the same time straightening his legs – but he fell down again.
Frustrated Allen rolled so he was on his back; he tried to remember how Kanda had stood up after sitting down. Kanda had used his hands and then he'd stood on one knee before using the other to push himself up. Allen tried that as well – he almost succeeded but he went too fast and so he fell down once again.
Now Allen was really angry with himself – he will stand up! He looked around and saw a rock close to him; he went into the same position as before but now with his hands on the rock to help him keep his balance. This time he succeeded and he was able to stand up on shaky legs. He still had his hands on the rock as he tried to take a step. He took a small step and when he didn't fall down he laughed triumphantly. He let go of the rock and stood still for a moment to balance himself. Then he took another step, and then another and another. His walking was staggered and slow – but he was walking!
Allen felt so proud over himself at that moment.
"Bean Sprout?" A voice Allen recognized right away came from behind him. He turned around quickly – too quickly since he fell down on his back side again.
"Kanda!" He exclaimed happily. Kanda was holding the reins to his black horse and he looked at the impossible – although comical – sight before him.
"You're... what the fuck is this?" Kanda asked and Allen smiled and stood up again – it went better this time.
"I'm walking, see!" Allen explained and took a step towards the tall man, but then he tripped and fell down again, but this time Kanda grabbed him before he'd completed the fall. Allen looked up at him and laughed nervously.
"Sorry, I'm not used to this yet." Kanda looked down at him and then down at the white legs and the feet, not really knowing what to think.
"Why... why do you have legs? What happened, Bean Sprout?" Kanda got a worried tone, what if Allen had gotten into so much trouble after he was picked up by that other merman that they punished him to live on land? What if...?
"I turned human! Look, I got legs!" Allen turned around in Kanda's hold and brought up a leg to give Kanda a better view at it. The slightly older man looked away so to not get any strange ideas and he answered:
"Yeah, I can see that. But why?" He fixed his gaze to Allen's smiling face; he did not look anywhere else.
"Because I promised you, right? I promised to come see you again", Allen said and rested his head on Kanda's shoulder. Kanda then noticed goose bumps on the merman's skin so he carefully helped Allen stand up and then he took off his brown coat, he put it on Allen's shoulders and then he led him to the horse. Allen looked at the animal fascinated and he chuckled when the horse snorted. He then felt Kanda take hold of his sides and lifted him up to the horse's back, and then Kanda went up behind him.
"Where are we going, Kanda?" Allen asked as Kanda put his arms on either side of Allen and took the reins.
"Home."
...
"Yuu! Where have you been? Not to the beach again, right?" Lavi asked exasperatedly, he'd come up to the horse Kanda was riding on from behind, he saw strange looks coming from a couple of guards but he didn't think much on it and waited for Kanda to dismount. But then he saw another form on the horse. Curious he walked so he was standing in front of the horse and that's when he saw a nervous, white-haired boy sitting on the saddle – with Kanda's coat around him.
"Uhm... Yuu?" Lavi began and turned to look at his friend. "Who's this?" Kanda ignored him to bring the boy down from the horse, Lavi then noticed that the boy didn't have anything under the coat. Kanda held the boy close to him, one arm over the boy's shoulder.
"I found him on the beach; tell the old man that we'll have a guest for tonight's dinner", then Kanda walked away with the boy – who didn't seem to walk very well Lavi noticed. He shook his head and then went to find 'the old man'.
Kanda brought Allen to his personal bathroom; on the way he'd asked a maid to come wash Allen and bring him a set of clothes. Allen had an amazed look on his face when he tried to take in everything around him. Kanda took off the coat, but Allen didn't notice it, everything was so different, so beautiful.
"When she comes in you'll need to take of that sweater", Kanda remarked and pulled the silky garment. Allen nodded absentmindedly and Kanda rolled his eyes, he had Allen sit down on a chair next to the bathtub and covered him with his towel, then he said:
"I'll be right outside", Allen smiled and nodded and Kanda left the room. In his room he met the maid who bowed quickly and then walked into the bathroom. Kanda sat down on a black armchair and leaned back.
He'd come to that beach every night since that night when Allen had given him the golden earring, he had put it in a small box on his desk for safe-keeping. Every night when he got to the beach he fantasized about seeing that silver merman on the beach, with that beautiful smile on his face as he called for Kanda...
Instead he'd seen the same merman trying– and failing – to walk on the beach. With slender, soft-looking legs, but still that beautiful smile that could lit up a whole room – the smile Allen only had when with him, the smile he loved so much, and the happiness in his voice when calling his name...
Suddenly a scream was heard from the bathroom, Kanda stood up just in time for when the maid ran out from the bathroom in panic.
"A demon! It's a demon!" She yelled, Kanda roughly grabbed her arm and forced her to stay put.
"What the hell do you think you're saying?" He asked angrily as he glared at her. She cowered but didn't say anything – for fear of insulting her master. Kanda growled and told her to leave, which she did immediately.
He hurriedly walked to the bathroom, afraid that she'd done anything to his Bean Sprout. Wait... his? He shrugged that thought off and opened the door. Allen was sitting in the bathtub, shock and worry plastered on his face. Kanda sighed in relief and he took of his shoes and went to sit on the discarded stool next to the bathtub. Allen observed him intently, switching to look at the door a few times, then he felt the scrub on his back and he looked at Kanda surprised.
"Kanda?" He asked a bit confused.
"I'll do it, don't worry about her", he answered and continued scrubbing Allen's back.
"I thought she wouldn't mind... because you didn't and... sorry" Allen said and looked down. Kanda gently took hold of Allen's chin and had him look at him.
"It is I who should be sorry, I didn't think that others would be so..." Kanda stopped himself, the two gazed at each other for a moment, but then Allen interrupted the silence with a question Kanda would rather not want to answer.
"What's this between my legs, Kanda?" Allen asked innocently and showed him his penis.
...
"Kanda, do I have to wear, what were its name again... right, shoes?" Allen asked as he was lead to the dining room by Kanda. He was wearing a white, long-sleeved shirt with a grey vest on top, he had white gloves on his hands, black pants and black, uncomfortable shoes.
"Because human's wear them, that's why", Kanda answered, feeling a bit frustrated from all the questions Allen had continuously asked him ever since they finished bathing him. Why couldn't he wear his own sweater? Why does he need to wear underwear? And now he was trying (read: failing) to walk with the shoes the maid had brought for him.
"I don't like them", Allen decided firmly, Kanda rolled his eyes for the umpteenth-time that evening and then he opened the double doors.
The two walked into an extravagant room with a large table in the middle, the walls had a lot of paintings – of important looking men and women – and there were candles everywhere. On one end of the table sat an old man with frizzy hair, on his left sat a tall, bald man Allen recognized from the ship and next to him sat a shorter man with short, dark blonde hair, and next to him sat another man with brown hair up in a small ponytail. On the old man's right were two empty seats and on the third sat that red-headed guy Allen recognized from the ship as well from when he arrived to Kanda's large home.
"You must be that guest Lavi told us about, what's your name boy?" The old man asked friendly from his seat. Kanda lead Allen to the seat next to the old man and Kanda sat down next to Lavi.
"M-my name's A-allen", Allen responded nervously, the old man laughed heartily – releasing the tension Allen felt.
"It's nice to meet you Allen, my name is Froi Tiedoll", the old man introduced himself as, "and these three on my left are my sons, Marie, Daisya and Chaoji", he pointed at each man respectively. "And that one, next to Yuu is Lavi, a friend to the family", Lavi waved at him and smiled friendly at Allen who nodded back. Just then some servants came in with platters with many different kinds of food.
The dinner went without any disturbances or embarrassments. Kanda had at first been worried that Allen wouldn't eat the fish that had been served, but he was surprised to see Allen gulp it down with no care in the world. Then a maid came up next to him and asked:
"More wine, Your Highness?" Kanda declined and the maid went to ask Lavi who accepted the offer. Allen looked at Kanda with curious eyes, Kanda turned to him and demanded:
"What?" Though, his tone wasn't as harsh as it would have been if the one staring at him had been anyone else. Allen shook his head and then he asked:
"Are you a very important person, Kanda?" Everyone on the table suddenly went quiet and then everyone, except Allen and Kanda, began to laugh. Allen looked confusedly at everyone, wondering what was so funny. Then Tiedoll began to speak:
"Didn't Yuu tell you? He's my youngest son, a prince!" Allen's eyes widened in surprise and he turned to stare at Kanda who rolled his eyes in exasperation.
"You are?" Allen asked incredulously.
"Hmpf, don't go around bowing to me now, Bean Sprout", Kanda answered curtly.
"No, I was just surprised. Haha, what a coincidence, I'm a prince too!" The table went quiet once again. But now Kanda was the one to break the silence.
"What?" Shock apparent in his voice, Allen nodded quickly and Kanda looked at him in a new light. A prince, huh? Tiedoll bent forward and looked more closely at the humanized merman, a thoughtful expression on his face.
"Boy, where do you come from? If I may ask", He asked, Allen got a slight panicked look but he calmed down in an instant when he felt Kanda's hand on his thigh, the human prince answered in his stead.
"He comes from the other side of the ocean, a small kingdom far away", Allen glanced at him and nodded slowly to confirm. Tiedoll raised an eyebrow and said:
"But I must have met your parents at the World Conference, everyone attends that meeting every year", Allen didn't know what to answer to that, but he nodded almost unnoticeable, Tiedoll continued with his inquires:
"What's your parents' name, young prince?"
"I-i..." Allen didn't know what to say, Kanda didn't either. He'd always believed that Adam was his father, but apparently it was this Mana, and he was the Crown Prince, and his father was killed right in front of him...
Scenes flashed before his eyes, three mermen in front of him, one with short brown hair, and two with short black hair. Blood, screams, two killed in front of him. And then...
Allen awoke in a bed, Kanda sat next to him so he guessed that it was Kanda's bed he lied in. He didn't remember getting here and he realized that he must've fallen unconscious. He grimaced at the embarrassment and the motion alerted Kanda that he was awake.
"Bean Sprout", he acknowledged him calmly.
"I'm sorry, I just... I don't... I'm sorry", he finished lamely.
"What the hell are you apologizing for?" Kanda leaned back in his seat next to the bed.
When Allen had suddenly fallen unconscious after his father had asked his parents' names, Kanda had been really shocked. He'd no idea what had just happened or why. Allen had gone white as his hair and then started shaking and then he slumped in his seat and would've fallen down to the floor if not Kanda had caught him in time.
Tiedoll had immediately asked for a doctor but Kanda had just picked the younger boy up bridal style and head back to his room. A maid had been cleaning his room when he arrived and he curtly ordered her to leave immediately – but he didn't notice that the door had been left ajar and a shadow right outside.
When she left Kanda put Allen carefully on the bed and then had the sheet cover him. He checked the temperature but there was no fever, actually he looked to be in a deep sleep, so Kanda sat down on a chair next to the bed and waited for the Bean-Sprout-fish to wake up.
Allen clenched his gloved hands and shut his eyes tightly shut. That one innocent question had been such a blow to him. He had known that Adam wasn't his father, that Mana was and that he was to be the king of the ocean. He'd known all that and he still...
He's eyes widened in realization, he didn't just know anymore – he remembered now.
His memories were in disarray but he remembered them – he knew what had happened.
And he knew that he couldn't flee from his responsibilities towards the kingdom – Mana and his uncle Neah had drilled that into him.
"Bean Sprout?" Allen shook his head and a corner of his lips tugged upwards when he saw the worried expression on Kanda's face. He raised his gloved left hand and caressed Kanda's left cheek and chin. The human prince frowned but didn't move away.
"What's wrong?" He then asked when he saw Allen's saddened face. The merman-turned-human shook his head and smiled.
"Nothing's wrong Kanda", he answered and shook his head lightly again; Kanda narrowed his eyes at the answer. He grabbed the hand caressing him and he then proceeded to trap Allen under him. Allen's eyes widened and he tried to wriggle himself loose – but Kanda's grip was too hard.
"What is it?" Kanda almost growled as he brought his face closer to Allen, who blushed at the close proximity.
"I-it's no-oth..." Allen tried to say but Kanda interrupted him.
"If you say 'it's nothing' again..." The silent threat didn't go unnoticed by Allen and he calmed down.
"I won't be able to stay..." He finally said making Kanda stare at him in confusion.
"What do you mean?" He then asked.
"I have to go back soon... and..." Allen didn't want to finish that sentence, but Kanda's continuing stare at him told him that he had to. "I won't come back", he finished and closed his eyes, trying to quench the burning sensation behind his eyelids.
Kanda then suddenly let go of him, he sat down again on the chair and looked down at the floor. He had known that Allen wouldn't stay forever – that this was just a brief happiness they could share until thorn apart. But there was still one nagging question...
"Why?" Allen tilted his head a little and Kanda clarified, "Why can't you stay?" Allen then took his hand in his and pressed his cheek against the hand, he closed his eyes to stop the tears but one escaped and found its way to the hand. Kanda felt it and he observed the smaller boy intently.
"Because my place is with my own kind, there's something I have to do and... regardless if I succeed or not, we won't be able to meet again", Allen raised his head and his gaze met Kanda's own.
"What do you have to do?" Kanda asked breaking the silence.
"It's my problem, you don't need..." But Allen was interrupted again.
"Answer me!" Allen chuckled at Kanda's stubbornness but he complied.
He told Kanda everything. About Adam who'd killed his father and other uncle and then instead of killing him Adam had erased his memory and then pretended to be his father. But that after Allen had met Kanda he'd decided that Allen had to die before his memories returned and then how Allen had fled and met up with Lenalee and her brother.
Kanda had been quiet the whole time, silently digesting the new information. That Allen had had such a life... that his own uncle wanted him dead. That Allen was the Crown Prince and as such had a responsibility towards his people. Even though he could be selfish and want Allen to stay with him forever, he knew Allen wouldn't be able to feel the same way – Allen was too nice for his own good.
"But you won't leave right now, right?" Kanda then asked, Allen blinked and then he shook his head, the dark-haired man smirked and said:
"Then move over, we'll go up early tomorrow."
"Uhm... why?" Allen asked but he did as Kanda ordered. The older man didn't answer until he'd undressed and got into the bed.
"I'm showing you around tomorrow."
The two didn't notice the shadow silently closing the door to the room.
...
Allen had first been hesitant to show up at breakfast but Kanda wouldn't have any of it and unceremoniously dragged him there. And after that Kanda had ordered a servant to have an open carriage and a strong horse ready.
So, soon after breakfast the two of them left the castle, Kanda wanted to show Allen the world above the ocean surface, and Allen wanted to spend time with Kanda. They had brought lunch with them; Kanda thought they should eat lunch outside somewhere, Allen didn't mind – he wanted to be outside as much as possible. Feeling the wind against his face, smelling the sweet flower scent... everything! He wanted to see it all.
When they arrived to the nearby town, Kanda had a hard time keeping Allen by his side, whenever the merman saw something new he'd quickly went closer to it – Kanda was surprised that Allen could move around so fast when he barely was able to walk just this morning.
Allen asked him how the water mills functioned, what certain fruits were called, if he could taste some of the foods in the different stands – making Kanda call him a glutton. Though, by eating lunch in town enabled the two to skip dinner back at the castle – and Kanda was more than happy to be away from his 'family'.
They came back to the castle late. It was dark outside and the twinkling lights from the town were mesmerizing in Allen's eyes. In the underwater city he was born and raised there never were lights like this. The lights down there was... cold and dull – whereas above the surface it was warm and almost dancing. The light was full of life! It felt to Allen as if he could just start laughing for no reason at all – except seeing that dancing light.
A warm hand took his, Allen looked up to meet Kanda's calm gaze, Allen smiled and hunched closer to the warm body next to him. They were sitting on Kanda's comfy bench on his balcony, watching the many lights – well Allen was, Kanda on the other hand was just enjoying the closeness and the silence.
"I wish there was no tomorrow..." Allen drowsily said, his head falling down to rest on Kanda's right shoulder. The man put his arm over the smaller man's shoulders, effectively pulling him closer.
"Yeah..." Kanda answered quietly. Tomorrow was the last day before Allen had to leave – forever. The last day he would be able to see those stormy eyes, those luscious, soft lips widening into a bright smile whenever Allen looked his way.
"Allen..." Kanda whispered and the white-haired man looked up at other.
"What?" He asked, Kanda came closer to his face, at first Allen stayed still but when Kanda came even closer he started lean away. Annoyed, Kanda stopped him with his free hand and brought their lips together for a deep, passionate kiss.
He had one day to find out a way to stay with Allen.
One day.
EXTRA!
These are scenes that at first were supposed to be in the story but I changed my mind, so you can read them here. Mind you – what is written here does happen in the story; I just thought it didn't fit in the main story.
This first part is Kanda's reaction to Allen's question from the bath scene:
Kanda stopped scrubbing him immediately in favor of controlling himself.
"Is everything alright, Kanda?" Allen asked worriedly, "you look a bit pale..."
"It's nothing, sit still... I need to finish..." vivid images came floating to Kanda unwillingly. He gritted his teeth – trying hard to think of something else. Allen was now calmly sitting in the bathtub with his back to Kanda and as such didn't see Kanda's red face.
And this part is after the end of the chapter – when Kanda and Allen lie in bed together:
Allen snuggled up to Kanda, who put his arm around him. Feeling content Allen tried to find a way to ask that one question that's been nagging him for some time now. Allen glanced up at Kanda – his facial expression was indifferent, which it always was, his breathing calm and rhythmic, his hair just as silky as before. Allen carefully slid a finger up Kanda's chest, neck and lastly the lips, making Kanda open his eyes. He was about to ask Allen what he was doing when the finger pressed against his lips gently. Kanda furrowed his eyebrows, confused at Allen's behavior.
"Kanda... you remember that night at the beach, and you asked how we mere's reproduce...?" Kanda slowly nodded, the finger was still on his lips. Allen blushed before continuing, he didn't look Kanda in the eyes, "Well, I was just wondering... how do humans do it? How do you reproduce?" Allen was completely red now, he took away his finger from the other's mouth and brought it closer to his body.
Kanda smirked, he gently took hold of Allen's chin and had Allen look up at him, Allen noticed the smirk and raised an eyebrow, he was just about to ask 'what?' when Kanda suddenly kissed him.
"I'll show you..." Kanda whispered to his ear, making Allen shiver from delight.
And then they had hot, smexy smex.
I hope you'll be patient with me and wait for the third (and hopefully last) chapter of For Eternity!
To clarify: I'm not making this M-rated because I feel that would stop me from writing since I'm still not used to writing lemons - noticed how all of my writer's block was before a lemon chapter?
Have a nice week!
