Archite: Woohoo~ chapter 1 is done. Most of it was done by emm297 though. Hope you liked this chapter. IMO, it's kinda cool. Maybe that's why she always gets so much more reviews than me when we write fanfics or maybe it's because I'm so lazy to update my stories :p Oh well. Please R&R anyway :D
Emm297: (HAHA, archite I'm glad you recognize my talent!) This is chapter one people! Hope you enjoy it! R&R or feel free to PM us if you want to! Thanks a million!
We do not own DGM or any of its characters.
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"SOMEONE GET THE DOOR! THE POSTMAN IS THERE!"
Allen bolted out of his room and rushed down the stairs, eager to find out if there was any mail from his father.
At the same time, Lenalee dashed across the kitchen floor and towards the main door for the same reason.
And obviously, when two people rush for the same thing, they tend to crash into each other.
"OW! Allen-kun!" Lenalee said, rubbing her knee. She had collided with Allen head-on, and the impact had sent them both hurling towards the ground.
"Sorry, Nee-san! I didn't see you there," Allen apologized, standing up to offer his hand to his older sister.
Lenalee gratefully took his hand and Allen helped to pull her up. "It's alright, no harm done." She said cheerfully.
Allen started to smile, but it disappeared after a second. "Is your knee alright? It looks swollen."
Lenalee looked at her knee and tried bending it. "It's probably just sore," she said. However, seeing Allen's look of disbelief, she reassured him. "Really, it's nothing. You know sometimes I think we're closer than most siblings, despite the fact that we're only half-siblings."
Allen chuckled. "I guess so. It's that stupid guy's fault for having so many affairs."
"But if Otou-san didn't have 'so many affairs', we wouldn't have become siblings! And we wouldn't become siblings with Lavi Nii-san and Kanda Nii-san either!"
Allen frowned. "Yeah, maybe him having so many affairs was a good thing to some extent."
Lenalee was about to continue their little conversation when suddenly a very angry looking Kanda stormed half-way down the stairs.
"HEY YOU TWO! THE POSTMAN IS STILL WAITING FOR YOU TO OPEN THE STUPID DOOR!"
Lenalee and Allen both looked at each other. "THE POSTMAN!" they shouted in unison. Both of them ran towards the door and Allen allowed Lenalee to open it.
The postman looked incredibly bored. "I have a letter from some guy called Cross," he said, before handing Lenalee a pastel yellow A4-sized envelope.
The green-haired girl took the envelope from the postman and thanked him. With a semi-forced smile, the postman walked back down the pathway and out of sight.
"It really is a letter from Otou-san!" Lenalee exclaimed. She closed the door and walked into the living room with Allen trailing not far behind her.
Kanda was already sitting on the sofa. "Is it from him?" he asked, emphasizing the word 'him'. Lenalee nodded. Kanda raised an eyebrow before looking in the direction of the staircase.
"HEY IDIOT RABBIT, GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE NOW!" Kanda hollered. Immediately, a redhead came running down the steps and plopped right down on the sofa next to Kanda.
"I'm here! What's up?" Lavi asked. Allen pointed to the letter that was lying on the coffee table.
"It's from Otou-san," Lenalee said, sitting on the armchair next to the sofa. Allen sat on the other armchair opposite her.
Without a word, Kanda picked the letter up and opened it. He pulled out a piece of parchment-like paper from the envelope and placed the empty envelope back on the coffee table. The paper looked expensive and it smelled of perfume.
"Oh great, he's having another affair." Kanda thought. He pulled the paper away from his face and looked towards his siblings. "I'm going to read the bastard's letter out, any objection?" Before anyone could respond to his question, Kanda had already started reading the letter out loud.
"To my idiotic sons and my dear Lenalee-chan:
As you know, I'm off on a trip around the world. Right now, I'm in Hawaii, the pineapple cocktail here is almost as good as the women. It's every man's paradise so too bad for you twerps. I won't be returning anytime soon, so you guys better take good care of Lenalee or you will get it when I come home.
Listen up. I am going to assign you all roles till I get back home.
Kanda, stop being a gay. Guys don't do gardening. Take care of the others while I'm gone. Stop cutting up the furnitures using Mugen.
Lavi, get your ass out of the room and get a girl already. Bookworms aren't popular among the female crowd.
Lenalee, take care of yourself till I come back. Those brothers of yours are going through a dangerous period now. Remember to lock your door when you go to sleep at night.
Allen, stop playing with Timcampy and start working on your piano skills.
You kids better keep yourself out of trouble. I'm not going to come home to wipe your asses for you. Don't be surprised if I bring home a woman when I come back. She is most probably going to be your new mother.
Cross Marian.
P.S: Kanda, Lavi and Allen, I'm taking away one-third of your monthly allowance to pay for my pineapple cocktails."
Kanda crushed the paper as soon as he finished reading it. Everyone had a look of annoyance on their face. Lavi was the first to speak up.
"He wants to find us another mom?! His having so many affairs is what made us half-siblings in the first place! Does he want another kid to look after?"
Allen agreed. "He's making situations worse."
"How dare that moronic-idiotic-stupid-ass-of-a-guy call me a gay," Kanda growled. Lenalee smiled weakly and gave Kanda a gentle pat on the back. How was she supposed to react when Cross was asking her to protect herself against sexual assaults from her brothers anyway?
"Does he even know the situation that we are in? We're already paying all his stupid debts and bills using our allowance! He's been gone for almost 6 months already!" Lavi exclaimed exasperatedly.
"I don't play with Timcanpy that much," Allen retorted. "I'm tired of playing the piano too. There are no music sheets around the house to play anyway."
"I happen to think I'm quite popular among the girls too," Lavi added.
"Whatever, I'm going to the garden," Kanda said before storming out of the house.
"I'm going to cook now, what do you guys want for dinner?" Lenalee asked, trying to calm her brothers down.
"Tuna Salad, Mushroom Soup, Barbecued Meatballs, Beefy Cheese Balls, Buffalo Chicken Dip, Chocolate Fondue, Fish and chips, Apple Pie, Grilled Bacon, …" Allen began.
"Allen-kun, you aren't allowed to order as you eat too much," interrupted Lenalee.
"But... I need food!" Allen complained.
"I want to eat Spaghetti Bolognese, Kanda probably wants to eat soba. Too bad for you Allen." said Lavi with a grin before going back to his room to read.
With that the group dispersed. Lenalee went back to the kitchen to prepare dinner while Lavi and Kanda did what they liked best, reading and gardening respectively. Having nothing better to do, Allen headed to his room to have a short nap.
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Allen lay on his bed and stared at the ceiling. He recalled his first day in the Cross Mansion. His mother had died of some disease and Allen was left in the custody of Cross, whom he had never met prior to this arrangement.
Some father he was.
When Allen arrived at the mansion, he was greeted by a very enthusiastic looking girl and an equally enthusiastic looking red-headed boy. There was another girl with black hair too except she wasn't really a girl but a guy. He gave Allen a kick the first time they met. At first, Allen thought that they were the servants in the house. So, when he found out that they were his half-siblings, he was quite taken aback. He never knew Cross had other kids.
Kanda, Lavi, Lenalee and himself all had the same father. But they had different mothers. However, by some coincidence, all of their mothers died of illnesses. That's how all four of them came to live together.
Kanda and Lavi had actually left home to make it big by themselves, but because Cross left, the two guys had to come back home.
Lenalee and Allen stayed at home everyday, as they had a private tutor who dropped by every Friday for three hours to tutor them.
Timcampy was Cross' first and probably last birthday present to Allen, and ever since Allen got him, the two were almost inseparable. The golem was an extremely rare creature that could not be captured through ordinary means; Allen sometimes wondered how Cross even got hold of Timcampy in the first place.
Being Cross' kid was no easy task. They had to deal with Cross' bills, loans, debts, and had to keep the house running. The job got easier as time went by though. Lavi and Kanda worked during the day while Allen and Lenalee took care of the house.
However, Allen enjoyed being a part of the family. Everyone was nice to him, especially Lenalee, his elder sister. The two were particularly close, and he felt like they shared a special bond, a bond that he and Lavi and Kanda didn't have. Lenalee understood him the best, and would always help Allen whenever he had trouble doing something. In return, Allen would help Lenalee clean the house as a form of gratitude. Cleaning the house also allowed him to talk with his elder sister more and from there, their relationship grew better and better.
Allen was still thinking about this when there was a knock on his door and it creaked open. Lenalee was standing there, with a pink apron around her neck.
"Allen-kun, dinner is ready!" she chirped.
"I'll be right down, Nee-san!" he replied. Lenalee smiled and closed the door. He heard her walk across the hallway towards his two brothers' rooms. The four of them had rooms on the 2nd floor whilst Cross' room was on the 3rd floor. Cross had explained once that this was so he could have more 'privacy'.
Allen shrugged and got off his bed. "Come on, Timcampy, let's go down to eat!" he said to the golem, before turning the lights off and leaving his room.
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Archite: Haha, some people are probably going to scream "OMIGOSH. INCEST. GROSS." at this point of time but just continue reading on k. Personally, I kinda like incest. *ahem*, I really hate my younger sibling so I'm not referring to me and I'm not referring to rukia+ byakuya or komui+ lenalee kinda incest but yeah twins kind. Not guy on guy like Ouran but Kagamine twins or Liechtenstein x Switzerland kind, lol. Zzz, I sound like a creep T__T
Emm297: I hope you enjoyed chapter 1! Like archite said, this is NOT INCEST. I don't really like that sort of thing anyway (unlike archite). It's also not a sibling love fic. Anyway, we apologize for any OOC-ness of any of the characters. So, please review and I hope you look forward to chapter 2!