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Sorry for the delay, especially on my own story. I've been out sick, I'm pretty sure it's the flu. In other words, I haven't been able to think straight due to being delirious and apologize for anything in my part of the story. Thank you for your understanding, please review, and keep reading! ~Lex~

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Chapter Two: Encounter

Kanda awoke the next morning with a jolt, and noticed to his horror that Rei was in the same room as him.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN HERE?" he shouted, which awoke his sleeping bodyguard.

As she slowly got up from the couch, Kanda started to feel the building dark aura swarming around Rei. She threw something at his head, which Kanda dodged in the nick of time. Then he saw the dark bags under her eyes, and noticed that the way she was walking was as though she was severely fatigued. Like she'd been thinking about something.

"Hurry and pack some stuff. We're leaving in an hour," she snapped, pushing open the door and striding out of the room, carrying the darkness with her. Kanda shrugged off the tiny shiver of fear from the aura caused by yesterday's request to let him go out again and decided to obey the (insane) person, since she DID say that she would help him get out.

"Are you done yet?" Rei hissed, poking her head back in the room. "If you're not ready to go within fifteen fucking minutes, the deal is off." With that the prince's door slammed shut violently, shaking the door frame.

Exactly five minutes later Kanda was outside locking up his room, a backpack filled with his essentials in hand. Rei had apparently been staking out his room in impatience and latched onto his ear the moment he turned around. "OW YOU'RE GOING TO PULL MY DAMN EAR OFF!" he roared.

"Shut up. Now listen closely. I'm going to be going out on the pretense of visiting my…my boyfriend." Kanda didn't miss the slight blush that appeared at the last word, "And I'm going to drag you along with me. We'll be telling Tiedoll that since I need to go out and since you can't leave my side, you'll be going out the whole day with me. We'll return at nighttime. And you are going to carry Mugen to assure your old man that you aren't going to be kidnapped. Understand?" Rei whispered into her charge's ear.

When Kanda nodded, she let the poor, abused appendage go and set off towards the throne room, Kanda in tow and rubbing his ear with a mental wince.

As they approached Kanda's dad's throne room, Kanda started to have that sinking feeling – Tiedoll was a pretty cautious guy, and he only cared about Kanda's safety. Probably he'd insist that Kanda stay in the palace with a different bodyguard or something, because the palace was teeming with all sorts of security people. But all he was going to do was let Rei do the talking. She WAS a pretty smooth talker, anyway. And she'd probably kill him before he could get a word in edgewise.

The doors opened.

"Good morning son, good morning Rei," Tiedoll greeted neutrally. "What is it that you might want?"

The bodyguard stepped forward and bowed. "Sir, I have a request to ask of you, if it is not so demanding…"

"You've served Kanda and I for so many years, and you've never asked a request before. What is it?"

She took a deep breath. "I haven't seen my… boyfriend for 8 months, and I kind of, uh, miss him, so I would like to go and visit him," her cheeks started coloring. "But I understand that Kanda would probably need me to be around for him," she rushed, "so I'm suggesting that he come with me. We'll only be gone a day, be back at night, and I promise upon my pride as his bodyguard to take care of him."

Tiedoll paused, deep in thought.

"I wish I had no objections to this, seeing as you deserve a break, but it's the matter of my son…" Tiedoll frowned as he looked at Kanda. "He's not experienced the outside world, and he might get curious and run off – I really don't know." At this, Kanda got pissed off due to his dad still treating him like a child, but a snakelike glare from Rei kept his mouth shut.

"As I said, I will not let Kanda run off or anything like that. I'll make sure he won't even dare run off." she said, giving Kanda a pointed look as he nodded his head in agreement.

"I know that you will do your best to take care of him, but I'm still uncomfortable with that whole idea." There was hesitation, and finally Tiedoll answered, "Alright. I'll keep him in your care. Please keep him safe. You may take the bicycles. Oh, and Kanda, bring along Mugen. Can't leave you defenseless. And eat some breakfast first."

"Thank you, sir!" Rei bowed, and departed from the throne room, a happy Kanda in tow. Not that he showed it, anyway.

Kanda, trying to hide his admiration for his bodyguard, said "So that's it? We're going?"

Rei smirked. "Apparently so!" Right after their rapid breakfast, they immediately headed to the bicycle shack, where they took two bicycles and rode off down the long, deserted lane once again.

"Your girlfriend's coming? We finally get to meet her?" Lavi laughed in excitement, clapping his hands together. They'd all been waiting for the day that they would get to meet Kaen's girlfriend. And now the day had finally come.

"Yeah," he said bashfully, fiddling his thumbs. "She's supposed to come pretty soon." Kaen's behavior earned stares from Lavi and Allen. Kaen, of all people, does NOT blush or be nervous! Lavi yelled in shock mentally. This girl must be something to make him like this!

"I baked some apple shortcake!" Allen emerged, as the wafts of apple-shortcake-scent weaved out of the kitchen. "Does she like sweets?"

Kaen rubbed his forehead. "Guys," he pressed his lips together in worry, "Please don't embarrass me or do anything to offend her, okay? It's been a really long time since I've seen her, and I kind of don't want to ruin anything…"

"Chill, bro!" Lavi wrapped his arm around Kaen's shoulder. "We'll be perfectly fine!"

"Yeah right, idiot rabbit. And Allen?"

"Yeah, Kaen?" she asked with a raised eyebrow. Kaen also usually did not ask for things from her. He either did them himself or forced Lavi to do them.

"Don't give her too much sugar. Actually, lock up all the sweets like we do to the wine cellar whenever Cross comes." Kaen instructed with a shaky voice. "I have bad memories of her on sugar-high."

"Oh, Kanda, when we get there…"

Kanda turned his head to his bodyguard, waiting for her to continue. He at least owed her him listening to her (a tiny bit) since Rei had gotten him out for a whole entire day.

"Please don't embarrass me or do anything to offend him, okay? It's been a long time since I've seen him, and I kind of don't want to ruin anything…"

He nodded. "Don't worry." I'm just going to stock up on blackmail material.

They were already reaching the village they had visited the day before, and once again Kanda was overwhelmed by the 'whole new world' outside the one he already knew. Everything was the same as he'd seen hours ago, but he couldn't help but still wonder at the unfamiliarity and difference of it all.

Rei soon slowed to a halt in front of another similar-looking house compared to the rest of the neighborhood. Just on this one, there was a "WELCOME KAEN'S GIRLFRIEND!" banner right smack hanging from the roof.

Kanda smirked. "Looks like they like you already." For a moment, she was stiff, but then she relaxed and calmed herself down. Anticipation over seeing her lover after 8 months built up and felt like overflowing – she didn't realize that she'd missed him so much.

They walked to the front door, and because Rei's hand seemed to be frozen in mid-air over the door, Kanda rolled his eyes and knocked hard on it instead.

The door opened slightly, revealing a cheeky green eye, and then: "THEY'RE HEEEERRREEEEEE~!"

Kaen dropped the pen in his hand, his eyes widened.

The duo were escorted in, with Lavi dancing around like a mad rabbit, as Kaen stood up slowly and looked at his lover.

They started blushing furiously.

Kanda decided to stay away from the lovey-dovey scene happening, and his attention was taken by someone appearing from the right door, someone with white hair, and someone in a really short maid dress. And all of a sudden he remembered the scene yesterday with that white-haired maid cycling for all she was worth, and found himself staring at that pretty girl who had a dish of some pastry in her hands.

"So, hey, Kaen, is this your girlfriend?" the first redhead asked, grabbing Kanda's elbow and dragging him to the center of the room, not ignoring Kanda's protests. He came face to face with the person he assumed was his bodyguard's boyfriend, and all of a sudden, he felt that dangerous aura flare up, already for the second time that day.

The hands of the guy in front of him- he assumed that was Kaen – now lunged for the annoying guy's neck, and Kanda heard the faint shing that meant that Rei had unsheathed her Kamas. Kanda ducked for his life as they swung towards his direction, narrowly missing.

"Hands off Kanda." Rei growled, Mugen in use and at Lavi's throat. When the hell did she- oh, the chains. Kanda realized, looking at the empty sheath. Tossing the katana back at Kanda, "KAEN!" she yelled the guy's name, Rei –of all people- glomped Kaen, never mind the fact that he was against the wall and it looked like she was a guy that was pinning him back.

Silence.

"Kaen…are you gay?" Lavi yelped, pointing at Rei in confusion. Allen was eating some of the shortcake in amusement, and was really trying to not yell out in recognition at the pretty girl from yesterday, though at close up she looked like a guy that was apparently named "Kanda".

All that Lavi got in reply was Kaen sighing and reaching up to yank off Rei's hair tie, letting the black hair fall to her shoulders.

"That's a girl?" Allen choked on the shortcake, and the other pretty girl –or was that a guy? – looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Are you okay?" Kanda asked in his usual baritone voice. Allen's eyes widened at his voice and she mentally whacked herself. She could only nod her head and choke at the same time. Lavi came around and hit her back, hard.

"Th-thanks." she cleared her throat of the pastry.

Everything after that was silent, until Allen decided that it would be best to pull out lunch. "So…er, this is Kanda Yuu, Crown Prince of the country and my tar- I mean my charge. My name is Ryuukei Hitoride, just call me Rei. I'm his bodyguard. And yes, I am female. KANDA IS MALE." Rei introduced, turning towards Lavi and saying the last sentence stonily. "I've heard about you two. The Idiotic Red Rabbit and Allen Walker, right?" Allen, Lavi, and Kanda promptly spat out whatever they had been eating (soba for Kanda, linguini for Allen and braised chicken for Lavi) and stared at Rei incredulously. Kanda looked at Lavi and the white haired maid – he really needed to figure out her name soon- and almost laughed at their stunned expressions towards Kaen.

"You- you referred to Lavi as Idiotic Red Rabbit to your girlfriend!" Allen gasped in her laughter. Lavi tried to leap across the table to scuffle with Kaen again, but Allen yanked the back of his collar, accidently sending him flying backwards. "Sorry." she said with not a trace of sincerity.

"Err, yeah. What else am I supposed to refer to that idiot as?" Kaen asked as if referring to Lavi as an animal was completely normal. Which, Allen had to suppose, was completely the standard for Kaen's cynicism. After finishing her plate of salmon, Rei sat back with a contented sigh leaned towards her boyfriend, her head hitting Kaen's shoulder with a loud thunk! that made everyone wince. A moment later it was apparent that she was asleep.

"I've got a question. What kind of insane person are you to actually ask her of all people out?" Kanda asked right after he finished his soba. "Oh and, uh, the soba… was uh yeah you get the point."

"Yeah, sure," Allen smiled a little as she noted his embarrassment. Probably unused to having to thank people for meals. "My name's Allen Walker. I know it's a male name, but it's what my parents gave me. You may call me Allen, Prince…" Allen said politely in reply, searching for the right term to refer to the royalty.

"Don't. Call. Me. Prince." Kanda growled, gritting his teeth at the hated title. "Just Kanda, idiot beansprout."

Before Allen could retort at the new nickname, "Can I call you Yuu?" Lavi asked cheekily. Rei's mercenary danger instincts kicked in and she cracked open an eye in shock and leapt over the table, tackling an infuriated Kanda down in mid-air and both landing on the floor next to the dining table. Kaen reached over table in an attempt to grab Lavi in a chokehold, but Allen saw it coming in the nick of time to push both brothers back down.

"Kanda. Remember what I told you about proper etiquette?" Rei scolded, Kanda in yet another arm lock. The prince was and struggling furiously to get out and when his bodyguard refused to budge, yelled something in his facedown position that the others couldn't exactly hear. Great. Is this going to be some lengthy lecture on how to behave like a prince? Allen thought in exasperation. "What did you say?"

"The rules are no maiming, no killing, and no death threats!" Kanda yelled, flipping back upright. The trio still at the table choked on their food at the "rules of etiquette". "And if I want to kill anyone, I have to get your permission first." They paled. Those are the rules of etiquette? Allen almost yelled. That's just the basic rule of not killing anyone!

"Rei…what have you been teaching him?" Kaen bemoaned from his seat at the table.

"Oh. I was suppose to teach him the basics of proper etiquette, but really the basics were the rules of the mercenary guild." Kaen facepalmed at the table and stood up and walked over to hook her arm, dragging her off Kanda as he headed upstairs. "Hey! Where are you taking MEEEEEEE…" Lavi, Allen, and Kanda heard no more as the couple disappeared.

"…Three bucks says that they're making out." Lavi gambled cheerfully a few moments later.

"Ten bucks says that they're dueling." Kanda snapped. "Idiot rabbit."

"Fifteen bucks says that they're dueling and Kaen ends up saying something that has Rei blushing when they come back." Allen said darkly, her dark side activated the moment Lavi had placed a bet. "Now are you guys done eating?"

"I'm done, beansprout. Uh, thanks, uh, for the food, I guess." Kanda said as politely as he could muster, but he really couldn't help but refer to Allen as beansprout. Rei had accused him of nicknaming the people he liked, after all. GODDAMNIT, THIS MEANS SHE'S RIGHT! He realized in shock.

"Thanks for the food, Allen!" Lavi said happily, and Kanda's heart sank a bit when the redhead ran around and pecked Allen on the cheek. No maiming. The stupid bodyguard's voice yelled in his head as he resisted the urge to pull out Mugen and kill Lavi right there and then. He felt a bit better as Allen punched Lavi in the shoulder. "Geez, that was mean!"

"Shut up, Lavi!" Allen roared. "Anyway, do whatever you guys want. I now have to do the darn dishes." Kanda raised an eyebrow at this.

"You're the maid?" he asked, as if it wasn't made apparent by the way she was [forced] to dress [by Lavi]. When Allen nodded, he ran through the possibility of him not breaking any dishes in an attempt to help, but shook his head at the idea immediately. "Why don't you just watch a movie with Cyclops and I while those two do…I don't want to know." he offered. Allen mulled it over for a bit and shrugged.

"It's okay, Allen. You should watch a movie every now and then with us!" Lavi suggested cheerfully. "So why not wait until Yuu here leaves and then finish the kitchen later?"

"Don't call me that!" Kanda bellowed. "Idiot rabbit!"

After Allen managed to calm them down, Lavi selected a random movie –Fullmetal Alchemist- and they watched it. When the trio spotted Rei and Kaen jumping out the window and sparring, sending blows and dodging at lightning speed, but with Rei having a full-on blush, Kanda and Lavi reluctantly forked over the bet money to Allen, who had a gleeful smile on her face.

When it was time to say goodbye, Rei gave Kaen a peck on the cheek, both turning very red. Kanda just smirked at the reaction.

"Come again!" Allen waved at Kanda and Rei as they pedaled off to the distance.

Neither Kanda nor Rei talked, considering that they were both busy at the moment. Kanda was happy that he got to see the girl again, well, after they nearly hit her the other day. He'd apologize, but not in front of his shemale bodyguard. Rei was kind of irritated that they all thought she was a guy. But hey, that's what she was usually going for. Now she can laugh about it, one of the most awkward encounters in her life was now over. She also thought it was cute that Kanda kept staring at the little white haired maid. Though said maid seemed to be very naïve and a bit absent-minded. She glanced to the left at the Japanese man and he looked like he wasn't there either. "So, what did you think of the maid, Kanda?" she asked. Kanda got out of his thoughts and the bike he was riding fell over. Rei laughed, dusting off the prince so his father wouldn't ask about the dirt.

"Stupid bodyguard." Kanda muttered as he was using Rei's hand to help himself up. She heard the comment, and let him fall back onto his bum.

"Fine, you're a big boy, help yourself up."

"Asshole." he grunted.

"Is that any way for a prince to talk?" She retorted. "Now hurry up, I need to go pick up something at a store, and if I bring you back too late, I'll be under a guillotine by your father's word."

They hit the shop and went inside.

"Hey Rei!" A girl with long, dark greenish black hair came out and hugged her. "Long time no you're your order just came in yesterday, let me go get it from my brother."

"You know her?" Kanda asked.

"I've been going here for a long time, even before I became you're bodyguard. When she comes back I'll introduce you two if you want."

"No."

"Why? Are you afraid she's one of your fangirls or fanguys? You're really conceited if you think every girl is going to be like that." She said. Then the green haired Chinese girl came back out with a package.

"Thanks Lenalee, I'm surprise it didn't take longer with your brother always delaying you."

"Same, but he was working on that robot again, convinced he can get it to the point of no bugs or kinks to fix." She rubbed her head. "So who's your friend?"

"Kanda Yuu."

"Prince Kanda? Wow, he is like how everyone describes him." she observed the guy in front of her. Kanda shifted uneasily, still having his bad memories with fangirls.

"Let me guess, feminine, almost looks like a woman, especially since he has long, straight blue hair. The only way you can tell is his baritone voice." Rei resisted a snicker.

"Yeah!" Lenalee nodded.

"My darling Lenalee! I need you in here! Komurin is on fire again!" a man's voice came from the background.

"Sorry, Komui started another fire again!" Lenalee laughed and waved at them, as she immediately took off the other way.

"What's in the package?" Kanda stared at the box as they walked out of Lee's Miscellaneous.

"Is it really any of your business?"Rei snapped in retort.

"Whatever." he sighed. She opened to box to make sure she got everything she ordered. Inside were polishing tools for blades, strips of cloth, two sheaths, and a knife sharpener. The girl squealed mentally, excited about spoiling her weapons. Most girls had dolls or diamonds, she had blades.

"That's all?" Kanda looked at her.

"Yup, now we better get going, and no slowing down and thinking perverted thoughts about white-haired maids!" she shouted at him. Kanda growled in denial as his face turned a slight shade of pink, which the bodyguard pretended not to notice but kept in mind anyway.

"Shut up, why would I be thinking of that?" but Rei was already taking off.

After going over the last hill and up to the gates, they could finally get off the bikes. Kanda was walking like he'd just ridden a horse. The castle guards all bowed before the crown prince, while he was looking irritated.

"You're welcome for another awesome day your highness." Rei sneered.

"...yeahwhateverthanks..." He headed towards his room, seeing that his balcony was still directed at that wall he hates more than anything.

"See! Was that so hard to say!"

"Do you really want me to be honest?"

"No, because then you'll ruin it like always." She said in defeat.

"Can we ever go back out again, but this time every day?" Kanda said in all seriousness.

"Again! I already told you how hard it was just to get this WHOLE day out! Now you want everyday!"

"If you do, we can go see your boyfriend, everyday instead of every eight months like last time." Kanda made his point.

Rei was thinking it over. She could possibly lose one of the best jobs she's ever had, but she'd get to see Kaen every day. Wait, why does Kanda not mind going to her boyfriend's house? After a few moments, she suddenly came into realization: a certain somebody had his first crush on a certain maid. Rei mentally laughed at the cliché-ness.

"I'll think of something and see what I can do. You have to include no complaining whatsoever." she smirked, knowing that this would be the deal breaker.

"Fine." Kanda said immediately.

Meanwhile, with our favorite white-haired maid, she was thinking over the events that happened. The person she thought was a guy, turned out to be a girl, and the person she thought was a girl, turned out to be a guy. WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE WORLD!

If it wasn't for the Japanese looking man's voice, she would've thought it was a girl. What was his name? Kanda?, she thought to herself. Even Lavi had thought that he was Kaen's girlfriend! Then again, he is a first class idiot. When she was through thinking out all of the confusion, she went to go and put away the leftovers.

"Too bad nobody ate much, but that means more for me!" she said aloud.

"Hey Allen, Kaen set up a meeting in the living room, you better hurry, I think he's angry!" Lavi squeaked, running in the kitchen frantically. Allen almost facepalmed when Kaen's chain looped around Lavi's neck and dragged him out.

"Just finish in a few minutes, Allen!" Kaen's voice called from the living room. Said maid sighed and went back to the dishes. As much as she hated to admit it, she had been thinking about the BaKanda, as she had been calling him ever since he had started calling her beansprout in the middle of the scene when Alphonse had sacrificed himself and temporarily died in the movie, when said scene had set her off bawling. Not that she does ever admit it. I wonder…will I ever get a prince? She contemplated, soap suds soaking the dishes up to her elbow. Kanda…he's… but he seems really shallow, though. I wish… "Allen! Are you ready yet?" Kaen yelled from the living room, startling her.

"Yeah, yeah, coming!" she yelled back. "Bloody idiots." Allen muttered, setting down the dishes and stuffing them in the dishwater. When she had pulled off her gloves and exited the kitchen a hand grabbed her shoulder and dragged her upstairs, and an unwilling Allen let out a yelp as she saw that Lavi had been tied to the downstairs couch again. "KAEN! LET GO OF ME GODDAMNIT!" she yelled in his ear, but it didn't affect the redhead at all. She was toughly tossed on his bed, and Kaen locked the door to sit down on his chair, his laptop on and Skype logged in. "What the hell!"

"Sorry." Kaen immediately apologized by instinct. "It was the only way to get you from Lavi. But anyway, what do you think of your prince?" For a moment Allen was confused, but her face instantly went red when she realized the he was referring to Kanda. "I mean, isn't he an actual prince? And not to mention that you've been dreaming about a-"

"Shut up!" Allen shouted, face now as red as a tomato. "But is this all you wanted to talk to me about? You scared the hell out of me!" Kaen shrugged.

"Hey, I said sorry. But last question then: how would you feel about Kanda and Rei coming over to visit again?" he phrased. Allen lifted an eyebrow at this and her face went redder, if it was possible.

"I never want to see that BaKanda again!" was her indignant retort as the maid stormed out of his room, went downstairs and untied Lavi, then went back to doing her chores, double-speed. When she had finished, Allen ran upstairs to the sparring room, and all the twins heard from her the rest of the day was multiple curses at Kaen and Kanda, as well as the sounds of repeated strikes to the punching bags.

"…Rei, did you hear that?" Kaen asked to his lover, who had been on the other line of Skype the whole time.

"Yep. And it turns out my tar- my charge has his first crush." Rei snickered back. "So what should we do?"

"I already have a plan…one sec." Kaen leapt from his computer chair and slammed the door shut, bolting it and double-locking it from the prying ears of his twin. "And Rei, you're not a mercenary anymore. You're a bodyguard. Quit referring to Kanda as your target. It's scary."

"Utterly and incredibly sorry. And could you do me a favor and call up my old contacts from the guild? If all goes well I could potentially see you every day. With Kanda." she added as an afterthought.

"Yes!" Kaen said in glee almost immediately, diving under his bed for Rei's old information from when she had been in the guild. Rei just shook her head in exasperation, "So when will you ever let me do it with-"

"Shut up, perv!" Ryuukei snapped, face as red as Allen's had been.

Downstairs, while Allen was busy kicking the hell out of punching bags in the sparring room and Kaen was Skype-ing with Rei, Lavi was hopelessly bored and despondent. It's not fair, darnit! I've known Moyashi-tan ever since I was 7, and then she always is so dense to whenever I flirt with her! And then the darned prince comes for the first time and she actually gets mad at him! She only sheds her polite side with people she likes! It's not fair! Lavi mentally ranted. I've known her longer! And that guy is an ice-block that looks like a girl! The redhead continued to throw curses at Kanda in his head. Suddenly, out of his boredom rose a devious idea that made his eyes twinkle and sparkle. Bingo!

Kanda sneezed.

"Ugh. Don't tell me someone's thinking about me AGAIN," he grumbled, but stopped when he wondered if it was the maid. UGH he was fantasizing. Again. That kind of thing would never happen.

But seriously, it wasn't his fault that the maid – Allen – was so, uh, interesting. Look, how was he supposed to feel? He hadn't gone through this sort of stuff before! Curse his dad for not letting him go out earlier. And so here he was, this underdeveloped socially awkward brat. Seriously.

Kanda couldn't help but return to fantasizing over Allen. I mean, she was just there, in his brain, and there kind of wasn't much else to do at the moment. What sort of life had he been living before knowing her, anyway? Stoning around all day? He didn't have a life.

It would seriously be nice if he DID manage to get together with Allen. But she'd never like him back, not a stuck up prince like him who had no idea the type of stuff maids went through (other than the experience of wearing a short Lolita dress) and who was miles away from her in terms of social standards. In the mean time, all he could do was waiting for Rei to work her magic and possibly see Allen every day.

That would be nice.

OMAKE: Martial Art Enthusiasts

One of the pointless conversations that Rei, Kanda, Kaen, Lavi, and Allen had over lunch was rather…odd. "So Kaen, how did you get to know Rei anyway?" Allen asked curiously. Kaen had never been the guy that seemed to be able to get a girl; the playboy and flirt was always Lavi. But Kaen was the one that was actually engaged to a- cross dressing girl, and, let's face it, Allen was eager to know the backstory.

Kaen hesitated before answering, looking at Rei in uneasiness, "We were in the same elementary school, middle school, and were in the same high school until Rei…um…"

"Until I got my first job." his girlfriend supplied helpfully. Kanda turned pale at the little information that he knew about Rei's first job. "In elementary school, everyone had to introduce ourselves. So when I stood up, I-"

"I remember clearly." Kaen snorted in amusement. "I'm a person that likes martial arts and hates people." he quoted. "Talk about awkward. But I stated myself as someone that liked to fight, too, and then we challenged each other to a fight afterschool to see who won. We hardly exchanged a dozen blows before she put me in a freaking chokehold. After that, every single day, without fail, we fought to see who was stronger."

Allen's eyes widened in shock, "Seriously? You hardly look like... a fighting type of person!" she yelped, pointing accusingly at Lavi. "I mean, I've seen you play Hunt the Red Rabbit before, but…"

Lavi winced at the "game" that Kaen regularly "played" with him. "He's always had that dark side." Lavi's jaw dropped at a memory, "Just like you, Allen~!"

Allen's dark side activated. "Wanna bet?" she said darkly, hand reaching to her deck of cards in her pocket.

"Let him continue, idiots!" Rei yelled at the two.

Everyone shut up instantly.

Kaen sweatdropped, "Uh, yeah. So then we began sparring pretty regularly. I think it got on a daily basis."

Kanda scoffed at the countless spars that Rei and himself had fought. "Seriously? She does it to me. You THINK?"

"Fine, it got on a daily basis. And then I guess it was around that time I began to have... feelings, for her. But at that time I still thought she was a guy." Kaen said hastily, shooting a scared glance at Rei, who cracked open an eye to glare at him in exasperation.

"Seriously, why does EVERYONE think I'm a guy?" she complained. "I forgot how many times in middle school and high school that I got confessed to…BY GIRLS!" Kanda, Lavi, and Allen couldn't help but gasp. "Okay, I acted like a gentleman to girls, a bitch to guys back then. Except Kaen, he was the one exception. But still, why me!"

"Because you look like one." Lavi answered solemnly.

Kanda snorted, "Stop acting tsundere, Rei, you WANT to look like a guy." Kaen started coughing to disguise his laughter.

"SHUT UP! I'M NOT TSUNDERE!" Rei snapped, getting into a fighting stance. However, her voice did the opposite of cracking and the last sentence sounded like a guy had yelled it, giving her odd looks from around the table, "Okay, sorry, force of habit. I was raised as a boy by my dad. He didn't like women because my mom left him and thus decided to… you get the idea."

"Kaen, please continue." Allen coughed after another awkward silence.

Kaen nodded. "Okay, well…I started getting feelings for her. I guess I realized that I was in love with after…"

"Let me guess. After Valentine's Day 7 years ago when I asked you to reject half a list of girls that had sent me love letters while I went to reject the other half." Rei said derisively, and Kaen's face went red. "HA!" the others stared at the two in confusion.

"Kaen, are you sure that Rei's a girl?" Lavi asked, scared. "She acts like the seme."

"Shut up, rabbit. Anyway, one day during our usual spar, her shirt got torn." Everyone's eyes swiveled to Rei. "No idiots, nothing like that happened. She wears a whole bunch of black bandages around her chest as bindings so she can pass as a guy. I asked her what they were for, and she explained."

"And, it turns out I was a girl. Hooray. Tadang. End of story. Happily ever after." Rei said rapidly, her cheeks getting red.

Kaen shot a soft smile at Rei. "Yeah. And then I actually tricked her into confessing to me." His smile grew even wider. "But we have yet to-" a fist was sent towards his face.

Rei was now redder than a cherry. "WHAT'S THAT SMILE FOR, YOU PERV?"

And so they did (kind of) live happily ever after! For now. (But really, this story is not centered on Rei and Kaen. This story is about a prince and a maid, Kanda and Allen. Not the cross dresser and the sadist)

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