A few months later Allen was just roaming around the palace since he didn't have much else to do. During the day he was left alone as Tyki worked and at night he would pleasure Tyki however the king saw fit. Lately though Tyki didn't do anything sexual with Allen. So far Tyki hadn't asked Allen to do anything weird, overly painful, or uncomfortable which Allen appreciated. Though Allen had earned a few piercings which Tyki had personally done to Allen but it wasn't horrible. Allen's ears were now pierced as well as his nipples which Allen didn't understand until afterwards. Tyki liked having Allen wear gold earrings, gold bracelets and anklets which meant Allen often jingled as he walked making Allen feel like he had a bell on. But he looked like a dancer which Allen liked, so it was fine. Though Allen had learned to walk without making so much noise.

As Allen was roaming down a hall he heard moaning coming from the library. Coming from a whore house Allen was used to keeping out of other people's business but for some reason he felt compelled to look. So he did peek in a little bit, and he regretted it. In the library Tyki was with his brother and some woman Allen didn't recognize. After watching for a few moments Allen ran down the hall as fast as he could. Why did it bother him that the king was sleeping with someone else. He knew that would happen, so why did it surprise and hurt him so badly?

"Hey, Ali-" Lavi started to talk to Allen but the albino didn't stop, he just kept running. Lavi looked from Allen to Kanda who just shrugged and kept walking down the hall on their patrol. Allen didn't stop running until he was out of the palace and down in the city below. He didn't exactly blend in with everyone since he had the gold jewelry and nice dress. So Allen stopped and traded the earrings he had for a light cloak so he could blend in and hide the fact that he was wearing a slightly erotic and sheer dress which left a lot of exposed skin. Wrapping the cloak around him and covering his head with the hood Allen walked through the city until he was sitting outside the city on the stone bridge over the river.

"Has anyone seen Ali?" Tyki asked the servants as he walked around. It was late into the night and he couldn't find Allen. Usually when night fell Tyki would find Allen in his room eager to do anything to please him. But tonight Allen was nowhere to be seen.

"Um... I saw him... Earlier today. He went running down the hall... I don't know where he went from there though." Lavi confessed earning the king's attention.

"Which hall? What direction?" Tyki demanded as he walked up to Lavi who flinched a little. After Lavi told Tyki everything he knew Tyki knew that Allen must have seen him earlier with Sheryl and one of the servants. So Tyki figured Allen either just needed space or altogether left. If that was the case...Tyki would let Allen go. Tyki assumed Allen probably felt...useless since Tyki hadn't been using him for sex or anything, in return he used some random servant. So why had Tyki bothered pulling Allen from that whorehouse if he wasn't even going to use Allen? The sex was great with Allen but Tyki lately preferred just dressing Allen up.

In the middle of the night as Tyki was sitting at the table reading, Allen walked in soaking wet since it had started raining. As Tyki looked to Allen, the albino pushed the hood of his cloak off as he looked to Tyki still upset about earlier.

"Am I not that good? I thought...I thought I was good... but... you haven't used me in months... and you go to other people? Am I doing something wrong?" Allen asked as he studied Tyki. Allen did feel useless, like a doll Tyki kept around for looks and to dress up. If that was the case there were plenty of other people for Tyki to do that with.

"No Allen…. You are good. Really good. And attentive… I just…. Don't want to sleep with you most of the time…. I like dressing you up." Tyki said as he closed his book since he was having a serious conversation with Allen. He couldn't explain why he just didn't want to have sex with Allen anymore. It wasn't like sex with Allen was boring, it was far from boring. But there was something about having sex with Allen that seemed…. Pointless? "I… that's what it is…" Tyki said after some thought. "I want to have children… I have to have children. As king I need heirs. And you can't give me that. As good as the sex is with you… Its pointless."

"I see…. That makes sense. I apologize." Allen said as he started to take off all the gold jewelry Tyki had given him. He set the jewelry down on the table where Tyki was sitting. "I'm sorry I can't give the earrings back. I traded them for some stuff in town…" Allen said softly.

"You plan to leave?" Tyki asked studying Allen as he put a hand over the jewelry Allen was giving back.

"There's no point in me staying if you don't need or want me. I can't give you what you really want. Thank you for freeing me from the whorehouse. I'm sorry I can't give you what you want." Allen said as he turned to leave.

"Here. You can keep these. All the jewelry I gave you, you can keep. Sell it, keep it, I don't care." Tyki said holding out the bits Allen had given him. There was more jewelry in a box that Tyki had given Allen to wear which is what Tyki was talking about.

"I can't…" Allen said as he turned to face Tyki again. He didn't feel right taking anything but the outfit he was wearing.

"You've more than earned it putting up with me." Tyki replied not backing down. Since Tyki ended up insisting heavily Allen did as Tyki told him to taking all the jewelry with him as well as a dry cloak. Before Allen left he gave Tyki a light kiss on his cheek.

"Hey Ali…. The king was looking for you earlier…." Lavi said as he was walking down the hall out of uniform since he wasn't on duty at the moment. He was actually on his way to the guard house for the night.

"I saw him… Thank you. Take care Lavi…have a good night." Allen said softly with a gentle smile.

"Ali…. Have you been crying?" Lavi asked when he saw that Allen clearly had been crying. Rather than respond Allen simply smiled and walked away. Lavi sighed because he knew that Allen was leaving…and he couldn't stop him.