I Do not own HnKnA. Nor the other amazing titles. By the way, sorry this chapter is super late! Laziness and writer's block, they're constantly trying to kill me.

*Bishonen- Beautiful youth.

"So, Alice, what brings you to this boarding house? Blood doesn't usually let girls come live with us, and it seems you and Vivaldi are, somehow, able to defy that rule." Nightmare wondered aloud, glancing down to Alice, who looked at her feet, blushing slightly. "U-uh, w-well... You see, I, I mean, Vivaldi and I, uh, just wanted to live in the city, but since, you know, we're kind of young, our parents thought it would be best if we stayed with Blood for awhile before setting out on our own. Yeah." Alice nervously lied, deciding that it would be best if the real reason why they were here were kept secret.

Nightmare nodded, and they were enveloped in a comfortable silence. They soon got to her room, after journeying five minutes through the hallway adorned in red wallpaper. "Well, this is it. I guess you can get settled in and come down to eat. I'll go ahead and start heading out to the dining room. Take your time." Nightmare then turned, leaving Alice to unpack. 'My new room...'

Alice gulped as she turned a small silver key in the lock, unlocking the door. 'I wonder what it looks like.' She thought as she was suddenly greeted with a blinding light. She shielded her eyes, letting them adjust to the sudden brightness. "Ugh..." She groaned, as she strode towards the window across the room, her objective being to close the curtains. Her hand groped around the window, only grabbing air. "Why does the sun have to be so freakin' bright today?" She unshielded her eyes, seeing that the storm that had loomed over the manor was now slowly creeping over the mountains in the distance. She'd probably have to ask Blood for some curtains later, but for now, she probably better just focus on unpacking. She sighed happily, looking around the room.

It was a very spacious room, she wondered why they had described it as little. The room was painted a relaxing light blue, and up against the right wall was a huge bed, which had white sheets and blankets piled neatly on top. There was a moderately sized dark brown dresser in one corner, and a small table and chair up against the window, not to mention it had many electrical outlets where she could plug in her laptops charger. "Yay! It's not small at all! I have a place to place my laptop! I have room to pace around so I can talk to myself! I have a window! I have a freakin' HUGE bed! I have freedom! Awesomeness!" She grinned as she went to the bed and unzipped her bag.

"Let's see, what did I bring with me again...?" She muttered, and began taking out her things. She had brought her awesome sketchbook, which also came with her awesome pencils, which were in her awesome pencil case. She had also brought her black laptop, which had one of those Wi-Fi thingies that let her hook up to the internet, some notebooks for story ideas, and clothes that would probably last her another couple of days. Oh, and her blue stuffed panda named Pickles. She never left home without it, and she certainly wouldn't leave it with those people.

After folding her clothes neatly and placing them in the drawer, she set up her laptop on the table, hooking it up to the charger, she grinned. "Oh Mr. Laptop, you and I are going to be up all night! We have to write up all this juicy Yaoi goodness and share it with the world!" She carefully placed Pickles on her bed, covering him with one of the white blankets. "Now, now, Pickles, this place is awesome, so don't be afraid. I'll be back soon, so feel free to take a nap or something." With that said, she gently kissed Pickles on the head and exited her room, heading downstairs.

"Are you serious Blood? This is my room? Really?" Vivaldi's room was exactly the same as Alice's room, but since Vivaldi was used to more luxurious things, she couldn't believe that she would be living in such a "small" room. Blood sighed, "I told you it was small, now hurry up and get unpacked, what if Alice is already done? Then she'll go downstairs, and you know who's downstairs? The people you called 'molesters'. Imagine if Alice were to go down there, all alone,-" "Shush! Okay, okay, I'll unpack quickly, so go downstairs and make sure no one touches Alice!"

Blood nodded wearily, sighing as he left her room. After Blood left, Vivaldi examined the room. "Well, at least it has a bed...*dramatic sigh*..." She picked up her suitcases and carried them to her bed. She opened one, which was full of her anime DVDs and her manga books. She scanned the room, finding that the only suitable place to put her collection was on top of the dresser. After meticulously placing her collection in just the right way on the dresser, she decided to just leave the rest of her things unpacked and head down to dinner. "Oh Ikuto, you're awesome, perfect face is still amazing, even after being squashed against all my other DVDs." Vivaldi said lovingly as she traced a finger over a Shugo Chara DVD case. After admiring some of her other books and CDs, she then started to head downstairs, walking quickly as she did so.

Who knows what those perverts could be doing to Alice?

Alice made her way downstairs, surprised that Vivaldi wasn't there yet. "Hmm. Wonder what we're eating tonight." Alice absentmindedly said, walking down the stairs. She soon reached the dining room, blushing slightly as she entered the room. Everyone stared at her from their seats at the extremely long dinner table. 'Everyone' being Ace, Boris, Pierce, Black, and Nightmare."U-um. Hi, again." She muttered as she briskly walked to the nearest available seat, she knew her face was as red as a tomato by now. Nightmare smiled at her as she passed, then excused himself to go use the bathroom.

As she was about to sit down, she heard, "No! No, friend! Come sit next to me!" Pierce waved at her from his spot, which was located at the end of the table. "P-Pierce, there's no room for me to sit next to you." Alice nodded politely at Black, who was seated next to Pierce. "But I don't wanna sit next to him! He's scary and mean, and he says a buncha bad things!" Black just stared back at Alice, who didn't like being the center of attention. "I-I think I'll just sit here, Pierce..." Alice smiled apologetically, taking her seat. 'Somehow, the air feels kinda... Tense.' Alice thought, were they still mad at her?

She shyly looked up from her lap, and was surprised to see everyone still staring at her. "What?" She asked, slightly flustered, and slightly annoyed that they obviously hadn't learned that staring at other people for a really long time was rude. Ace responded, "You're acting weird." Alice raised an eyebrow, "Weird? Could you, uh, elaborate a little bit more?"

Boris chuckled from his spot across from her. "You were being all loud and noisy earlier, going on about that Yaoi crap, right? And now you're being all... skittish... You were all blushing when you walked in here, like you were embarrassed or something. And even now, your voice is all soft. You're weird." Alice blushed even more, was she being loud earlier? She hadn't realized.

Then she got mad, what right did he have to be asking her this? It's not like it's any of his business. "Well sorry I'm not acting like I was earlier. Anyway, I could say that you're a weirdo too! You were all blushing and stuttering awhile ago, why aren't you doing that now? Also, wouldn't you be embarrassed if you were the one walking into a room, and everyone in that room was just staring at you? Just staring and staring, like those freakin' creepy dolls that some people collect. You guys didn't even blink, just stare, stare, stare, 'Oh, look! It's Alice, let's just all stare at her so she'll feel uncomfortable!' Really guys? Is this what your lives have come to? Staring at young, innocent girls until your heads explode? That's kinda sad, don't you think?"

Alice glared at Boris, who blushed when he was reminded that he was blushing and stuttering earlier. "Of course, I only meant to offend Boris, because he was being annoying, so the rest of you don't have to take it personally." She smiled at the rest apologetically, the rest nodded, Boris was being rude. Just then, Blood walked into the room, looking around. "Where's everyone else?" Only Black responded, his response being a shrug. Blood sighed, "I guess they're going to be starving tonight... Oh well, anyway, who's turn was it to cook tonight?"

Silence filled the room, everyone stared at one another, the same expression on everyone's face, one that asked 'Wasn't it yours?'

Blood scowled, "What the hell people?! Are we supposed to starve tonight just because one of you imbeciles forgot?! I swear, it's the same every single fuckin' time! Why can't you just do as I say?!'" Blood then went on a word rampage, curses and some words that could be described as 'colorful' rushed out of his mouth as he stalked out of the room.

The room became silent again, and Alice could feel the awkward tension begin to rise once more. "S-so, um... Wha-" "Good news!" Blood suddenly announced loudly from the entrance, "Elliot can deliver."

Beep Beep BeepBeep BeepBeepBeep BeepBeepBeepBeep!

Alice's inner writer/fangirl began to stir from deep within her. Who was this Elliot? Was he yet another *bishonen in this already beautiful place where all her potential yaoi scenarios could come to life? Most probably -Grin-

And that's that! Finished, for now...
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