While they laid on the bed together, Kanda's thoughts kept drifting back to the news Allen had given him earlier. It was hard to believe that the boy was actually pregnant. But on the other hand, the randomness of an akuma having an attack that made people so aroused that they would have sex with the next person they saw suddenly made perfect sense. Pregnancy not only took Allen out of action for the next several months, but having a child would change all of his priorities. It was quite an effective way for the enemy to get rid of an exorcist. Kanda could only imagine the chaos that would have ripped through the Order if Lenalee had been its victim. Then again, this was Allen, the Order's Noah ally, so having that akuma hit him was probably just as effective.

But Kanda's thoughts never drifted far from the boy in his arms. Allen's noisy sobbing had finally stopped, but the tears were still streaming down his cheeks, and Kanda knew that the way the Moyashi snuggled closer to his chest was simply a reaction to being held; it was no secret that Allen had lost everyone he'd ever gotten close to - the way he had cried after General Cross' death had made that painfully clear to Kanda - and any physical contact was considered precious, even if it was from someone he didn't like. Life had been very unfair to the Moyashi, and this pregnancy was just another unfair thing for him to suffer through.

Eventually all that remained of his tears was a few sniffles and hiccups, allowing Allen to finally focus on the way Kanda had held him without complaint for the last two hours. His confusion towards the samurai finally outweighed his distress over his pregnancy. "What are you doing here?"

"You're pregnant with my baby, Moyashi. Where else would I be?"

Allen could only gape at Kanda following his clearly rhetorical question. "But you don't like me."

To Allen's surprise, Kanda didn't try to argue with him. Instead, the samurai gently brushed a hand into his hair, caressing his head as he placed a kiss on his lips. The kiss caught Allen completely off guard, and the look of astonishment on his face almost made Kanda smile. The decision to pursue the boy had been a gut reaction to learning about his pregnancy, but that look made it hard to doubt his decision; the Moyashi was adorable when he was confused.

Allen finally blinked, still unable to wrap his head around the fact that Kanda had just kissed him. "I don't understand."

Kanda sighed and let Allen pull away from him. He knew that what he was about to say wouldn't be taken well; it would have been beyond stupid to hope that Allen would return his feelings, but he had to go for it. "I've been fighting my feelings for you for a long time now. You've driven me absolutely crazy from the moment we met, and I've never been able to decide if I want to kill you or share a bed with you. And after what happened last month, it's only been worse. I've been kicking myself for weeks trying to figure out if I want you or if it was just the drug that made me feel that way. But I've reached a decision. You being pregnant with my child means that I want you."

He stopped talking when Allen placed a hand over his mouth, waiting in silence for the Moyashi to collect his thoughts. Allen eventually decided that he needed more information; he had no idea what to make of Kanda's confession. "You want what exactly? Cuz I can tell you right now that it better not be sex."

Kanda snorted in amusement before brushing his hand through the Moyashi's hair. "I want to marry you. I want us to raise our baby together, as a family."

The honesty in Kanda's voice scared Allen. And so did the gentle way he was touching him. These things were not at all like the man he had hated for the last four years. Honestly, he was half-expecting Kanda to kill him for getting pregnant. Kanda being nice to him was not something he could handle. "This is not how you were supposed to react. You weren't supposed to want the baby. I can't-"

Allen cut off with a sob, his tears returning as he got worked up. Kanda's arms were around him once more, pulling him back into a firm hug. "Moyashi. Calm down. I don't need an answer from you right now, so don't push yourself. I'm only telling you this so that you know what I want. You've got a lot of decisions to make in the next few days, and I want you to have all the information. Just think about what I said, ok?"

Once again, the way Kanda was behaving severely confused Allen, and he had had enough of trying to make sense of why the samurai was suddenly being kind and patient, when all he'd ever gotten from the man was curses and insults. "I swear, if this is some sort of trick you're playing on me-"

Kanda cut him off with a quick kiss; he was a little offended by Allen's distrust, but he had known that the Moyashi was going to doubt his sincerity, so he wasn't too upset. Plus, kissing the Moyashi was becoming more enjoyable each time he did it, and it was proving to be a very effective way to shut the boy up. "I'm not messing with you, Allen."

The use of his first name had the desired effect. Allen's eyes grew so wide that it looked like they were going to pop out of his skull. After a moment of staring, he began sobbing harder than before, snuggling as close as he could get to Kanda's chest. That was the closest anyone had ever come to saying "I love you" to him, and despite how much he hated Kanda, he could only focus on the fact that there was someone out there who cared about him.

Allen cried himself to sleep in Kanda's arms, and to his surprise, the samurai was still there when he woke up. Even after everything that Kanda had said that morning, Allen had expected the samurai's patience to have worn out by then. The confused look on his face made Kanda snicker. "It's only been half an hour, Moyashi. You weren't asleep long enough for me to get bored."

He was of course leaving out that he had very much enjoyed watching the Moyashi sleep and didn't think he'd ever get bored of it. And it was only going to get better as their baby grew; Allen was going to be even more gorgeous once his pregnancy started showing. It was amazing how quickly deciding that he liked the Moyashi had put all of his inner conflicts to rest; he was perfectly content to lay there with the boy, when just the day before it had taken all of his self-control to not stab the brat for talking with his mouth full.

They watched each other in silence, neither wanting to make the next move, but a sudden wave of nausea overwhelmed Allen's awkwardness. "Can you let go of me?" When Kanda only tightened his hold on his waist, Allen was quick to explain before the samurai could refuse his request. "I need to go throw up."

Allen was off the bed and across the room the moment Kanda released him. Kanda followed him warily, but when Allen knelt in front of the toilet and threw up, he no longer doubted the sincerity of the request. He was torn between keeping his distance and trying to comfort the Moyashi, but the bout of morning sickness ended more quickly than it took for him to decide. Neither young man said anything as they moved back into Allen's bedroom, as Allen had expected Kanda to leave once the vomiting started and was completely baffled as to why he hadn't.

The moment was broken by a knock on the door. They both looked towards the door out of instinct, and it opened before Allen could ask who was there. Komui stuck his head into the room, his expression filled with relief as he saw Allen, but it shifted to stunned confusion when he noticed Kanda's presence. Last he'd heard, they hated each other more than ever after their forced intimacy, and he had anticipated Allen's pregnancy making that worse, so he couldn't figure out why they were not only alone together but not fighting. "Sorry for interrupting. I was just wondering if you'd calmed down enough for us to finish our talk. But you're clearly busy, so I'll come back later."

Allen shook his head as he sat down on the edge of his bed. "You're not interrupting anything. I was just telling Kanda about the baby, that's all."

Following the explanation, Allen gave Kanda a very pointed look. "You can go now."

Kanda opened his mouth to argue, but Komui beat him to it. "Actually, Allen, he should stay. This thing affects both of you. He should have this information too."

Allen scowled fiercely at both of them. "Why does it matter? Can't I just have an abortion and be done with it?"

Komui sighed heavily as he sat in a nearby chair. He had been hoping to lead into this gently, but Allen's anger had forced his hand. "Actually, that's exactly what I wanted to talk to you about. According to the Order's rules and regulations, having a body that can bear children makes you female."

Both Allen and Kanda swore. Allen tried to argue with him over how stupid that was, but Komui was quick to cut him off. "Look, I didn't make the rules. I don't like this any more than you do, but I've looked into it and there's nothing I can do. Because you're pregnant, you're a woman, and that's just how it is."

When both boys just stared at him, he brought the subject back around to the original topic. Though with how angry they already were, Komui didn't want to do that; he was pretty certain that he wasn't going to leave this room alive. "And because you're a female, the decisions about what happens to your baby aren't yours to make. It's the baby's father who gets to decide if you can have an abortion."

As Komui expected, that immediately set Allen off. He hadn't known whether or not he wanted an abortion and was only asking out of anger and curiosity, but being told that he wasn't allowed to make his own decisions simply because he was pregnant, combined with the circumstances that had caused him to become pregnant in the first place, made him want that abortion, and he was going to do everything he could think of to get it.

While the Moyashi argued with Komui, Kanda frowned in thought. He wasn't the brightest of bulbs, but he wasn't so stupid to have missed the fact that it was up to him to make the decisions about their baby. And while Allen was right, and it was a monumentally idiotic rule, Kanda could only be thankful for it. He knew Allen would hate him for this, but this was a situation where he had to be selfish and do what he wanted. And hopefully, someday, the Moyashi would forgive him and return his feelings.

Kanda fixed Allen with a very meaningful stare and cut him off mid-sentence. "Moyashi. No."

That one word made Allen's blood grow cold, and he could only watch as Kanda swept calmly out of the room. As soon as the door closed behind him, Allen's tears began to fall, and he curled up on his side and bawled. He had calmed down a little and was back to not knowing whether or not he wanted an abortion, but hearing that Kanda wasn't going to let him have one was devastating. It was even worse that he should have known that that was coming; Kanda had made it perfectly clear that he thought that having a baby together meant that they were in a relationship.

Allen's tears confused Komui. He had breathed a sigh of relief when Kanda had refused to be involved in this train wreck. "I don't understand why you're so upset, Allen. Isn't it a good thing that Kanda wants nothing to do with your pregnancy? The decisions are yours now."

Allen only blinked once in confusion before he realized that Komui had misunderstood the situation. He wanted to keep his mouth shut, but he was so emotionally overwrought that the truth slipped out. "Kanda wants the baby. That was his way of telling me that I can't have an abortion."

Komui's stunned silence just made Allen cry harder. He didn't know how much more of this he could take. "And as if that weren't bad enough, not only does Kanda want the baby, he wants us to get married and raise it together. It's completely ridiculous. How on earth are the two of us supposed to be a family? And marriage? Like I'm going to be his happy little wife and cook and clean for him or something? That's never going to happen!"

When Allen finally stopped ranting, Komui sighed heavily, pulling off his glasses and pinching the bridge of his nose. "You really shouldn't have told me that, Allen."

"Why not?"

Komui fixed Allen with a solemn stare to show him just how serious he was. "Because now you're going to have to marry Kanda."

Allen couldn't believe what he was hearing. "What?!"

The supervisor sighed heavily as he replaced his glasses. "Much like how abortion is the decision of the baby's father, so is marriage. If Kanda wants you two to get married, you have to get married. And now that I know that, I'm duty bound to report it."

The words made Allen hop to his feet in outrage. "But-!"

Komui shook his head, placing his hands on Allen's shoulders and guiding him back to a seated position. "I can hide it for a week or so, to give you both time to cool down and think things over, but that's it. My hands are just as tied in all this as yours are. The cold hard truth is that if Kanda hasn't changed his mind by Friday, you will have to marry him."

Allen wanted to scream at hearing that, so he did. He curled up in ball and cried, mildly surprised that he had any tears left. Komui waited a few minutes to see if Allen's hysterics would die down, but when it became clear that the boy wasn't going to calm down, he excused himself.