Allen didn't know what caused him to do it. He regretted it, he couldn't believe it, but he had done it. Purposely. To a guy. He immediately pulled back from the kiss as quickly as he had entered into it.
Kanda's lips had been so unusually…soft. Like a flower petal. It was warm and nice and-. Allen stopped himself. What was he thinking?! This was a guy!
"Ah-uh-", he stuttered.
Allen withdrew his hand from Kanda's cheek. The long-haired teen seemed frozen in place. The only thing that seemed to be changing was the color of his cheeks. Second by second, the blush on his cheeks increased and finally, Kanda managed to choke out, "w-wha-?"
Allen was embarrassed himself, first because he had just done an extremely gay thing, second, because he had almost enjoyed this extremely gay thing, and third, because Kanda was now sputtering and blushing everywhere.
Afraid of what Kanda might do to him later, Allen started pushing Kanda out, saying, "Thank you for contributing. Good bye now!"
"Ah…" Kanda's hands took hold of the doorway, stopping himself from being pushed out. Allen looked up, confused.
"What?"
Kanda looked away, blushing.
"…What's your name?" he finally asked.
Allen's eyebrows raised, surprised. Was Kanda actually interested?
Replying unthinkingly, he said, "It's Allen."
"Allen? Isn't that a guy's name?" Kanda's eyebrows furrowed before suddenly going into his regular angry expression. He looked away.
"Whatever." Kanda continued. "Not like I care."
Without giving Allen to reply, he left, leaving him extremely confused. What was that all about?
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"You're very quiet today. What's wrong?"
Allen looked up and then back down, focusing on eating his noodles. Lenalee tilted her head, trying to look up at Allen.
"Really. You're not saying anything. Did something happen at the kissing booth?" Allen jolted. Lenalee noticed but not saying anything, she continued, "Ever since then, you haven't really been saying anything."
"It's nothing, nothing." Allen looked away, quietly munching his noodles.
He didn't know why he thought so much about Kanda, about the kiss. It was just the same as every other guy he had kissed, every other monotonous touching of lips. Yet, it bothered Allen to no end. He sighed and Lenalee's eyes saddened, wondering what was worrying Allen. A long silence came between them before, suddenly, a loud voice rang through the cafeteria.
"Yuuu-chan! Geez, come and play with me!"
"And I said no! Get away, baka!" Allen immediately started up and looked toward the source of the sound. It couldn't be…
No, it could. It was Kanda Yuu. In all his fighting glory.
As Allen stared, his eyes widened. Was he-, was Kanda holding a sword in school?!
Suddenly, Allen jumped up and started running toward the other side of the cafeteria. Behind, he heard Lenalee yelling, "Allen?! What's wrong?"
At the name, Kanda immediately whipped around, his eyes searching quickly over the large room. However, all he saw was a white-haired boy running straight at him. He frowned.
"What is it, idiot?" he asked when Allen finally came up to him. His eyes glanced down to Allen's hand and then back up again, his eyes wide and suspicious.
Allen scowled. How could Kanda be so rude to someone he had only just met, but then, that was Kanda.
"It's Allen. Get that through your head. And anyway, you shouldn't bring that to school." He pointed down towards the sword, and Kanda rolled his eyes.
"Whatever, baka. Like I care what you think is right or not."
Allen sighed, shaking his head. Kanda was so weird and strange. He didn't even know why he bothered to come over.
"Hey, Allen, how you doing?"
Allen looked up, seeing Lavi smiling brightly at him. He smiled as well, waving. At least someone was polite.
"Hey, Lavi. How are you?"
"Good, good. And you don't need to worry about pissy Kanda over here. He's always like this. Moody and temperamental."
Kanda growled. "Who's moody, baka? It's just you and this Moyashi that's always pissing me off."
Allen started up, saying, "Hey! You just met me!"
Kanda rolled his eyes. "Whatever. Like I care. You're annoying as hell, that's all I know."
"Argh, well, you're a weird girly man! Why don't you cut off your hair?"
Lavi sucked in a sudden intake of breath. "Ah,uh, Allen, I'm not sure if you should really say tha-"
"You die now, Moyashi." A murderous glint came into Kanda's eyes and Allen started back, nervous.
"W-what are you talking about?"
The sword came flashing down on Allen's head, and grabbing a random utensil, Allen raised his arm up, his eyes closing, waiting for the impact.
As he peeked, Allen's eyes widened. A metal fork in his hand bent at an extreme angle, but still stuck, protecting Allen from a very sharp sword. Kanda's eyebrow raised.
"Hmmm. At you least you have a quick reaction."
Allen's temper flared. "Quick reaction?! QUICK REACTION?! You almost killed me and you all you do is observe I have quick reaction?! You-you-you prick!"
"Yeah, you go Allen!" Lavi wooted and Allen turned toward him, his left eyebrow raised in question.
"Oh my god! Allen, are you okay?" Lenalee came running up and ran her hands over him, searching for injuries.
"Ah, Lenalee, it's okay. Really."
"Are you guys freshmen? I haven't seen you guys here before. Or rather, I haven't seen Moyashi-chan's-"
"Moyashi-chan?!" Allen interrupted incredulously. What in the hell kind of a nickname was that?!
"-white hair before."
Lavi grinned and Allen started to wonder if he was ever fazed. Maybe it was because he was already used to the death threats of Kanda. Lenalee turned toward Lavi, smiling.
"I'm a sophomore, but Allen here's a freshman. I haven't seen you guys much either, so you must be juniors or seniors, am I correct?"
Lavi gave a thumbs-up, winking. "Yup! Me and lovely Yuu-chan-" Kanda growled. "-over here are juniors. We've been best friends since elementary school."
"Che. Who ever said we were friends?"
Lavi started back, a hurt expression on his face. Fake tears poured out and he stuttered, "Y-Yuu-chan, how could you say that?"
Kanda sighed, ruffling his hair. "Geez, you're so fuckin' annoying."
The bell started to toll and Lavi waved at Allen, saying, "Bye, Moyashi-chan! See you later! You say bye too, Yuu!" He nudged Kanda in the side, almost knocking him off-balance.
"Shit, you stupid usagi! Shut up! And stop smirking, baka Moyashi!"
Allen twitched in annoyance, a sarcastic smile appearing on his face.
"Wow, hope to see you too."
Kanda gave Allen a murderous glare before leaving the cafeteria, kicking Lavi in the legs as he passed him.
"OWW, Yuu-chan! That's so mean!"
Allen laughed as he watched Lavi pretend to cry.
"He's quite the package, isn't he?"
Lavi looked up, smiling. No traces of tears could be seen.
"Yeah, he's really funny. You're pretty cool, too. Most people piss their pants at the sight of him."
Allen rolled his eyes. "Well, he's just a jerk who acts tough, right?"
Lavi shook his head.
"No, if Yuu reaaally wanted too, he could kill you. I mean, you saw his sword. You know it's not fake. Once, he even knocked someone into a coma. That's why I said you must be pretty brave to risk your life against Yuu-chan."
Allen gulped. He hadn't thought Kanda would have it in him to actually hurt someone.
"Oh, uh, well, then. Bye Lavi." His voice trembled a bit.
The red-head smiled. "Bye! See you later!"
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As Allen walked down the hallway to his next class, he bumped into somebody again. It had been the third time today because Allen had been focusing on what to do about a certain person.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Allen didn't bother to look up and was about to walk on before a voice stopped him.
"What the hell, Moyashi?"
Allen looked up surprised, then glared.
"What, moron?"
"Who's a moron, idiot?"
"Prick!"
"Baka Moyashi!"
"Girly man!"
"Fuck you, baka!" Kanda growled threateningly.
"Well, I'm sure I'd love to be fucked except I'm straight, unlike you, Kanda."
Suddenly, the collar of Allen's shirt was grabbed and his forehead collided with Kanda's.
"Ow! What is wrong with you!? You are so rude!" Allen shouted. Kanda merely spit in his face, yelling, "Why the hell are you so annoying?!"
"And why the hell are you so strange? Hitting a stranger? What kind of arse are you?!"
"Well, at least I don't cross-dress and kiss guys, do I? I'm not the gay one here."
Allen froze on the spot. Humiliation immediately came over him… Had Kanda found out? Silver eyes looked up at Kanda's, pitiful and shamed.
"H-how did you know about that?" Allen's voice broke an octave.
"You should hide your hand a little better." Allen looked down, surprised. The hand that had been cut was wrapped in bandages. Kanda looked away, his expression struggled, and dropped Allen onto the floor.
The albino looked up, desperate. "Wait! It-It's not what you think! I-I'm just-!"
Kanda walked away, leaving Allen to sit, dejected and embarrassed, alone in the hallway.
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Allen moved his wig, trying to shift it into a more comfortable spot. He sighed and leaned back in his chair. How long did he have to stay in this kissing booth? It was getting really tiring. Kiss after kiss after kiss. His lips were even starting to get sore.
Not to mention the fact that someone from school had found out about this embarrassing secret. It was even worse that it was Kanda. Allen didn't know why it bothered him so much, but he supposed it was because he was scared that Kanda might laugh at him or something. Call him weird, strange, gay, or something even worse in front of other people.
An old man came in and Allen smiled, trying not to think too much about the kiss. Really, he hadn't realized before how girls must have felt when being looked at or flirted with. It just made Allen feel really dirty. As the old man leaned in for the kiss, Allen tried not to gag and breathe in the scent of old people. To Allen, time seemed to go excruciatingly slow. Finally, the old man broke the connection and, with a crooked smile on his face, he bid Allen good-bye.
Allen rubbed his eyes and frowned. His face seemed like a mask. There was a ton of make-up on the left side of his face to cover up the red scar.
Suddenly, the door creaked and Allen looked up to see who the next customer was. His eyes widened.
"K-Kanda?" he said incredulously.
The long-haired teen looked away, blushing, and said, "Hey, Moyashi."
Allen blushed also, remembering what had occurred only hours before, and looked down, staring intensely at his lap. Why had Kanda come back again?
Kanda cleared his throat. "Hm, h-…How's your hand?"
Allen looked up and then down again. Oh yeah. He had gotten hurt last time.
"It's just fine, see? No worries." He held up his hand quickly, trying to be cheerful. Despite how rude Kanda had been today, if he was at least trying to be polite, then Allen should, too. Kanda looked at the bandaged hand before looking away and muttering, "That's good."
"…Um," Allen started. "I was just doing this to help Lenalee, you know? It-It's not like I like it or-"
"I know."
For a few seconds, Allen simply stared, surprised, at Kanda. Suddenly, it dawned on Allen. Was Kanda…the amazingly rude Kanda, actually being nice? Allen smiled a little. Even the iciest people could be polite at times, it seemed.
"…Thanks for actually paying to check up on me. That's really kind. You can go now if you want."
Kanda glanced up, surprised at Allen's words. He muttered something incomprehensibly and looked away, blushing intensely. Allen's eyebrows furrowed.
"I'm sorry? I didn't catch that."
Kanda grumbled. "whataboutthekiss…"
Allen leaned forward, his eyes full of confusion. "Could you say it louder, please?"
Kanda twitched in anger and was about to shout something, but then he stopped and his cheeks flushed even more. His mouth opened and formed a word soundlessly.
"Really, Kanda, if you want something, you have to say it louder."
Kanda looked away and didn't meet Allen's eyes.
"…K-…Kiss…" By this time, Kanda was now fully red and Allen's eyes widened in surprise.
"Eh?! You want a k-kiss?!"
Kanda growled and turned his body away, growling, "Forget it, Moyashi. Nothing."
"Oh, no, I mean, you can have a kiss. I mean, you paid for it. It's your right." Allen blushed as well. He could not believe what he was saying. And to Kanda, no less! But, Kanda did pay for it, so he couldn't be impolite and refuse.
The long-haired teen looked back at him and Allen gulped. He hadn't realized, but Kanda's eyes were incredibly blue. He hadn't noticed much before because they were always covered by his bangs, but now that they were so close, his eyes shone out brightly.
Kanda hesitated nervously. "Okay, well…"
In one quick motion, Kanda lowered his face down to Allen's, pressing his lips lightly against the others. A gentle touching, like a kiss between mother and child.
Allen only knew Kanda for a short time, to be perfectly honest, two days. But in those two days, Allen had kissed more than his share of guys. And the only one that had stood out was Kanda's.
That was when Allen found out that all he wanted for Christmas…
Was Yuu.
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hyak hyak hyak hyak! Horrible right? I expected this to be longer but then I'm going to vacation tomorrow and I have no internet and I'm not coming back till after Christmas. So I hope you enjoy as is. XD Happy Holidays, people!