Stairway to Heaven
"Why are you staring at me?" disturbed, perturbed, unnerved, uneasy, queasy, and maybe just a tad little bit dizzy, all of these described the Allen Walker who stood before Kanda Yuu right now. But who wouldn't feel as such, when such dark penetrating eyes have been staring at you with their piercing gaze all day. "You're being weird today Kanda..." the swordsman merely narrows his eyes, looking as though he might have even not heard that statement. The Englishman briefly wonders if there was something on his face. "You know, if you've got something to say, just say it!" but despite the words coming out of his mouth Allen looks terrified. He then decides, to pretend to leave their train compartment (in "rage"), and so he stands up, but when Kanda doesn't so much as flinch, a stops his act and exclaims "GAH!! WHAT IS IT!!!"
"I was just thinking about how idiotic my nether regions are to get stimulated by you"
"...Oh, kiss my ass..." Allen rolls his eyes "You wouldn't really think about that would you?" though maybe Allen is sorta, kinda, happy that at least he's thinking about him somehow
"Hnh..." Kanda snorts, but doesn't smirk "... Bet you'd like that"
"If I was anything like what you are, a nasty minded pervert, then yes, I would like that..."
"Please..." Kanda rolls his eyes "...you look like you're way more than just willing to sit on my face right now."
The Englishman glares "Oh fuck you..."
"No, fuck you"
"See, this is what I mean by nasty minded pervert"
"Hey, you're thinking it, not me..." he shrugs "...I meant that as an insult..."
"Tsch, PUHLEEZE" both Allen and Kanda ignore how the Englishman is starting to talk like Kanda, even though it's a possible giveaway to their (nasty) little bet. (and for the record, Kanda would like to point out that it was the 'Tsch' part of that statement which was taken from him)
"Another quarrel between lovers?" Lavi walks in, a pile of books in hand
"LOVERS?" the two scream (in what we can assume to be either, rage, embarrassment, or denial... or you know, all of that)
"Woah there, I was just joking..." and this Lavi says, because he values his life "... and keep it down you two, we're in the library" though the bookman apprentice doubted that anyone would stand up to the two even if they made intolerable noise
"Anyway!" Allen softly taps the table in front of him, restraining himself from simply just banging it "That was definitely NOT an insult" his glare is sharp, and firmly fixated on Kanda
"Normal people..." Lavi says "...,when in an argument, would assert that a statement holding double meaning, was said to mean the negative one."
"Well..." the Japanese's features remain stagnant "...the bean isn't exactly NORMAL"
"That's bull!!!" and he is of course looking at Kanda "Lavi, trust me, the insult version of this statement is WAY better"
"Oh?" Lavi raises an eyebrow, and begins to look quite (evilly) interested "How so? What did he say?"
"Uh..." the Englishman decides, that he has made a bad move "Well that... that is..."
"What's the matter bean? It's a simple two word sentence" and the swordsman snorts, loud and proud
"Two word?" says the bookman apprentice, disappointment in his expression "DANG, was hoping it was three..."
"Please..." Kanda is an *cough* intelligent *cough* man, and so of course he knows what Lavi meant "... That's impossible, wouldn't fucking say that in a million years..."
"You forget that Kanda only has a few three word sentences in his arsenal Lavi..." Allen interrupts "... These are primarily 'Leave me alone', 'Don't touch me', 'Go to hell', 'Kiss my ass', and 'Go fuck yourself'."
Kanda, so uncharacteristically snorts, and raises an eyebrow will looking at Allen, his lips moving to form the smallest of smirks. Something tells Allen that it was a mistake to include that last three word statement.
"Damn guys, you flirt like hell..." Lavi laughs "...If you aren't careful people might think you're sleeping with each other" he jokes, and much to his surprise and amusement, Kanda snorts, while Allen chokes on his own saliva.
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The time is slowly coming, when all will be lost and all will be found. Humanity which was never there shall be lost, humanity which was barely there shall be forgotten, and sanity shall no longer be of any great priority. Living shall be the primary concern, survival the main goal. Winning, will no longer be left an option, but a necessity. A great war is imminent, all roles have been made, all the actors have taken their places, and all that's left is for the spotlight to shine and for the film to begin rolling.
Some secrets shall never be known, clues we must settle with, and answers we must not expect.
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Usually, he doesn't really think much about what they do in bed. Because that was the bet, he wasn't supposed to look for any hidden meanings or anything like that, because that would make him lose all the more. It's bad enough that he's already, though not admittedly, defeated. He can't make it worse by having so much longing feelings during sex. This was supposed to be one of their no-thinking-involved activities. Because once you start thinking about the sex, while having the sex, you get into it, and getting into it means getting into your partner, and getting into your partner means liking your partner, and sometimes liking your partner can mean loving your partner. And unfortunately among some of those times, is probably this time.
"I knew it" Kanda commented idly, as he was pushed down onto his own bed.
"Shut up" Allen retorts snappily, swiftly opening up the swordsman's button down shirt.
"Interesting suggestion you had back there bean..." and he doesn't even so much as flinch when Allen ghosts his hands over his chest
"What suggestion?" the Englishman presses down his right hand on the area where Kanda's tattoo was, and it is then when the Japanese winces. The wince however, swiftly turns into a smirk.
"I'd like to see you 'go fuck yourself'." Allen of course, is completely embarrassed by this, even more so because the other looks completely unfazed. He ends up retorting with what is on the tip is on his tongue.
"I'll do it..." Kanda raises an eyebrow at that, but before he can smirk Allen adds "...but only if you do it first"
"I don't have any assurance of you following up with your own show after mine" the swordsman says flatly
"Well, together then" and it takes a few seconds before the statement really sinks in. It is just SO wrong, on SO many levels.
Allen swears, that Kanda looks like he's gonna laugh "Who's the nasty minded pervert now bean?"
The Englishman's hands shake and he clenches his fists closed in frustration, his face contorts in irritation, and then he just whispers so swiftly through tightly clenched teeth "...shut up...", then he squeezes his eyes shut, hoping the exasperation he's feeling would leave his system pronto.
For a little while, they're still, staying just as they were. Kanda just looked at Allen as the Englishman was riding out his irritation (while, coincidentally (?), still straddling him). It surprises both on them with the swordsman sighs. He effortlessly switches their positions and pins the Englishman down. "Fine" he says "Together then" he sits both of them up, and then runs his hand through the soft white tresses. "You take the lead"
His words make Allen feel like Napoleon during final battle at Waterloo, defeated. Oddly enough he doesn't at all realize that his expression left the other feeling unwillingly similar, even though his hands were shaking the entire time.
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When the time for heaven and hell to move right next door finally came, he volunteered to greet them first; then right before he leaves, for what everyone knows will be a final time, he says:
"I don't care who loses, because nobody will win"
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"I'm not ready..." tears stream down Allen's stricken face "...I just... I can't..."
"You can Allen..." Lavi asserts "Just go, just look at him for one last time, you know you want to..."
"I can't! I've lost!" he screams "If I go in there I'm gonna go insane!"
"You can do it Allen, you know you want to see him before we—"
"I do... and I don't..." he grimaces, cries louder "I can't do it Lavi! I just can't!"
"Allen..." he grabs him for a quick hug "... You're already going crazy... Go and see him, he would have wanted that" those last five words turn out to be the most convincing
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It is Allen Walker who walks in, but it is not he who walks out.
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(A/N:OH EHMGE. I can't believe I actually polished this up. I've decided to finally edit all the stories I have up, I began with House of the Holy, making an extended version of it (AKA this thing). Anyway. Hope it wasn't too bad. Any insights on the scattered hidden events and meaning? Was I over-ambitious with them? Constructive Criticisms are welcome (just don't be mean in 'tone').
BTW: If I missed any typos during editing PLEASE tell me :)
ON EDITING ALL MY STORIES: While the editing of the one-shots goes on, I shall not update "The Last Space", It will resume when I begin editing "When the Black Order Acknowledges Theater")
EDIT: I DECIDED TO MAKE IT THREE PART INSTEAD OF ONESHOT. But it's still the same content, chopped into 3.