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There was a knock on Kanda's door and he stared at it, like if he did it long enough, they would go away. He had dreaded waking up this morning, and hoped it had all just been a bad dream.

"I know you're in there, stupid Kanda." Allen's voice came through the door.

"Dadda, does other daddy still not like me?" Ayu's voice came floating through as well. He sighed, and stalked up to the door, yanking it open.

"What?" He demanded to the pair outside his door. It was relatively early, and he had just come back from showering because he had been training earlier.

"Daddy! Good morning!" Ayu grinned happily, holding her arms out at him expectantly. He looked down at her, then back at Allen.

"Bean sprout, what does the midget want?" He asked. Allen rolled his eyes and put his arms underneath Ayu's, holding her up to him so her outstretched arms were now at shoulder height.

"She wants you to pick her up, stupid Kanda. Take her."

He stared at the girl with a scowl.

"Why don't you just hold her?" He stepped away from her.

"Because she wants you!" Allen said exasperatedly.

"Why?"

"Because you're her parent as well!"

"I don't want to."

"Well, you have to. You will hold her, and you will like it!" Allen demanded, shoving her in his face. He grimaced, slowly raising his arms. Ayu's face lit up and she jumped into his arms. He jerked in surprise and on instinct held onto her. She wrapped her small arms around his neck and squealed happily. He froze, not sure what to do.

"Let's go, it's time for breakfast. You are going to learn how to adjust your schedule and how to take care of her. Are you hungry, Ayu-chan?" Allen asked dotingly.

Kanda scowled, there was no chance in hell he was ever going to act like that. He didn't even know where to put his arms, but she was latched on to him, long black hair running down his arms. It mingled with his hair, which he noticed was the exact same colour. He glanced at her, he didn't look in the mirror often, but she did kind of look like him. An unfamiliar feeling tugged at him and he frowned.

He suppressed a big angry sigh. He really didn't want this. Just because of some damn innocence, everything in his life was messed up.

"Uh huh! Now we can all eat together!"She giggled. Kanda followed Allen reluctantly down the hall to where the dining room was.

"You'll see, stupid Kanda, it's built into us as human beings. Your paternal instincts will kick in soon enough. If all your other instincts haven't murdered it already," Allen said, only half jokingly.

"Che. This is so fucki-"He started angrily but was stopped by Allen's hand slapping over his mouth. He slowly turned to look at Allen, anger firing up. He must have a death wish.

"Don't swear around Ayu! I don't want her to pick up any of your bad habits." Allen frowned seriously. Kanda shook him off angrily, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand.

"Says the cursed bean sprout! Don't touch me!" He growled.

"Being cursed isn't a bad habit, stupid Kanda. She can't 'pick it up'. Maybe I should keep Ayu away from you, in case your stupidity is infectious." Allen reached out to take Ayu and without even realising it or meaning to do it, Kanda shied away from Allen's arms and twisted his body away from him so he couldn't take her. When he realised what he had done, Allen was already grinning smugly.

"I told you! Even you can be a father. As daunting an idea that is."

Kanda wanted to wipe that smug grin off his face with his fist.

"I just thought you were going to touch me again. Take the damn midget." He tried to pry Ayu's fingers off his neck but she squirmed, hanging on stubbornly.

"No! I wanna stay with daddy! I've waited for a long time to see daddy! Why don't you want to stay with me either?" She buried her face into his neck and he jerked, halting in his fast paced walk. He had always disliked kids, and really, this midget wasn't much of an exception….

But she was, this was his kid. Even if he hadn't wanted one. A child created by innocence purely to fight akuma….she was more like him than he originally thought. He sighed, kicking down his annoyance and trying to focus his anger into something more suited to this situation. Like…gentleness, or some weird crap like that. He mentally gagged.

"Alright! Stop whining, I'll hold you!" It was as close as he could get for now. She stopped squirming and looked up with a bright smile on her face.

"Yay! Does that mean daddy doesn't hate me?" She said bubbly. His head was starting to hurt, he was not used to suppressing his anger or annoyance.

"N…..No." He coughed through gritted teeth. He could see Allen looking on approvingly from the corner of his eye and he stopped himself from throwing Ayu at him. He followed Allen through the doors to the dining hall, pausing in the doorway. He would have to carry a kid through a room full of people. He didn't care what other people thought of him, but if people thought he was getting soft, they were going to start getting friendlier with him, and then his patience would really snap. Thankfully, she jumped out of his arms and started dashing over to Jeryy.

"Ah! No fair! You got a head start on me!" Allen ran after her.

"Good morning, Kanda!" Lenalee said brightly as he walked past the table.

He nodded, eyeing the enthusiastic pair at the ordering window.

"Mornin', Yu!" Lavi waved cheerfully and Kanda shot him a glare. Lenalee caught his look towards Allen and Ayu and smiled.

"Ayu's technically a parasitic type, but unlike Allen, her entire body is…well, it's safe to say she has a very, very, large appetite. She and Allen have eating competitions every meal time." Lenalee explained, looking on fondly as the pair came over. Kanda stared at them disbelievingly, Allen's pile was even higher than it usually was, and he had a trolley full of food as well. Allen set the food down at the table and Lenalee scooted over to let Ayu clamber opposite him. Kanda stepped away to order his own food, one serving of soba, unlike the freaks.

"Good morning, Linlee-nee!" Ayu grinned, picking up her fork.

"Hello, Ayu-chan!"

"Daddy! Sit with us!" Ayu waved and Kanda swore in his head. He reluctantly changed his direction and sat down at the table, almost on the edge of the seat.

"On yer marks…get set, go!" Lavi waved his small hammer like a flag and they attacked the food like there was no tomorrow. Trying to keep his appetite, he ignored them and ate as calmly and quickly as he could.

"So, how's the first day of parenting, Yu?" Lavi asked, leaning forward curiously. Kanda twitched and gripped his chopsticks tightly until he felt them about to snap. He slammed them down.

"Don't call me that."

"You know, I've been wondering, you've been looking kind of confused ever since yesterday. Do you know how children are made?" Lavi pushed on, leaning his chin against his palm. Lenalee choked and quickly whacked her chest with her fist.

"L-Lavi! Ayu is still here! Besides, of course Kanda knows…." Lenalee turned to him expectantly. Kanda briefly remembered an old conversation.

"Are you humans born out of holes too?"

"No, we come from our mothers."

"Mothers? What are they?"

"Well…Director Tui's one."

"The Branch Director gave birth to you?"

"Huh? No! Not me! She gave birth to our child, I'm the father!"

"Father? How does it work?"

"Eh? Um…you see…humans are created when a man and woman…love each other…"

He remembered himself wondering about those words…'love each other', and he felt his appetite disappear completely.

"They come from mothers." He pushed his food away.

"Yes….and do you know how they are made…?" Lavi prompted.

"….When the father and the mother…" Kanda started cautiously. "Love each other…?"

There was a silence as Lavi and Lenalee looked at him.

"Whoa! You got the kid 'talk'! You have no idea how it actually works!" Lavi exclaimed.

"Kanda, do you actually not know…?" Lenalee asked slowly, some form of…concern on her face. He twitched and clenched his hands together.

"So what?" He glared.

"Well….'cause Ayu isn't a normal baby…aren't ya kinda curious as to how she's different?" Lavi shrugged.

"No."

"Yay! I win again, dadda!" Ayu jumped up and almost knocked the pile of dishes over. "But s'only 'cause dadda always has so much desserts!" She stuck her tongue out in disgust at the pile of cakes Allen was wolfing down.

"But they're good, Ayu! You must have got that from him." Allen glanced at Kanda.

"Really? Daddy doesn't like sweets either?" Ayu clambered over, almost sitting in his unfinished food as she sat on the table in front of him, dangling her legs into his lap. He shifted uncomfortably, but Ayu just leaned forward, long black hair tumbling over her shoulders.

"No. I hate sweets." He mumbled.

"I'm like daddy then!" She grinned, throwing her arms around his neck. His hands shot up like he didn't know what to do with them, and Allen motioned holding her. He was having trouble just stopping himself from pulling her off.

Though, it was better than it was this morning, he didn't feel quite as alarmed, and he noticed she was light and fit into his arms comfortably. She was kind of just like a breathing piece of baggage. He grudgingly shifted her so she was sitting in the crease of his left elbow. He preferred leaving his right hand free, just in case he needed to grab his sword at any time.

"Hey, A-chan, why do you call Allen 'dadda' and Yu 'daddy'?" Lavi rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

"Well, dadda's name is Allen, so dad plus 'a'. Daddy's name is Yu, so dad plus 'y'." Ayu grinned and nodded, like it was obvious.

"Whoa…that's smart, A-chan!" He applauded and Ayu giggled happily.

"When I knew I had another daddy, I spent fooooorrrrrever thinking up ways so no one gets confused. I can't call both daddies daddy, 'cause both my daddies are special! So there's dadda and daddy!" She smiled up at Kanda. He was taken aback by the pure joy in that smile, and the frown dropped off his face. It was by no means a smile, but at least it wasn't a full blown glower. Who the hell could glower at that?

"How cute! Ayu, you love your daddies very much, don't you?" Lenalee smiled.

"Uh huh!" She nodded vigorously.

"Ahh! Ayu's so cute! I love you too! More than mitarashi dango!" Allen paused in his eating, bright sparkles of fatherly adoration emitting off him as he glanced up.

"That's a big compliment, Ayu!" Lenalee laughed. He felt the pressure as three heads swivelled to look at him expectantly.

"Che. I'm going to meditate, one of you take the midget." He started to pull her off.

"Nuh uh. Like I said, you're going to adjust your schedule so that you can take care of her every moment of the day. When I'm gone, you are going to be the one to take care of her, so get used to it while we're still here and can still help you." Allen stacked the pile of plates onto the trolley, pushing it back towards the kitchen.

"No way."

"Yes way."

"I'll kill you."

"And then you'd have to take care of Ayu all by yourself." Allen gave a wide grin, laughing monotonously.

AN: Another child talk 'Linlee'=Lenalee, blah blah. Thanks for reading!