Author's Note: I'M BACK!! Woooo!! I am beat….literally!! But it's because of you reviewers that keep me to my resolve to write and complete this fiction along with "The Path He Chooses to Walk"!! Thank you for your support!! It's because of you guys that the two fictions are still functioning!! Now on with Chapter 4!!
Chapter 4: Benvolio and Juliet
Allen sat in Kanda's car quietly, looking into space as Kanda drove them home. Kanda was worried. He suddenly received a call out of nowhere from Allen asking whether Kanda could pick him up.
When Kanda picked him up, Allen practically ran into his arms and hugged him tightly, nearly making it hard for Kanda to breathe. Kanda, after he made sure Allen was in the car, was told by Anita that all she did was leaving him in the room for fifteen minutes and when she returned, Allen was sitting at a corner, head behind his knees that were hugged by his arms, tears flowing down his eyes.
Kanda pulled over at Allen's house. When Allen didn't make a reaction, Kanda decided to find out what was bugging his lover.
"Allen, did something happen?" Kanda asked gently, putting a hand on Allen's shoulder. The reaction was immediate. Allen flinched badly and threw Kanda's hand off him.
"DON'T TOUCH ME!!" Allen yelled in fear and anger. Kanda widened his eyes at his lover's reaction. That was much unexpected. He saw the fear and anger in his lover's eyes slowly starting to turn into shock and then into fear when he realized what he had done. Allen started to tremble.
"Allen, what's wrong?" Kanda asked, slightly cautious now in case he got another bad reaction out of Allen.
Allen threw himself onto Kanda and held Kanda closed to him. Kanda looked down at his trembling lover and cautiously touched Allen.
"Allen, please tell me what's wrong?" Kanda asked again, with worry level hitting the roof as he began to sooth Allen's back. Allen looked up at Kanda with tear filled eyes. He bit his lower lip as he blinked his tears back.
"I don't even know what is wrong." Allen hoarsely whispered as he snuggled up more with Kanda. Kanda decided that now was a good time to allow his arms to wrap around Allen.
"Just tell me what really happens. Even if it is crazy." Kanda whispered back as he continued to sooth the trembling figure's back.
"But will you believe me?" Allen pushed back a little and stared Kanda in the eye. "Will you be disgusted of me if I said something insane and……"
Images of his violation entered his mind like a bullet train. His screams, his plead, Allen could hear all of it. But the worse part of it was that some part of him, he didn't know what it was, was satisfied. Allen looked down, away from Kanda. He didn't need Kanda to feel anything since he himself was already feeling dirty and disgusted of himself.
"……vail?"
But what Kanda did was tilting his chin up and staring him back in the eye.
"That's my job." Kanda simply answered before he pulled the both of them to the back seats to be closer and more comfortable. Both of them sat opposite each other to have a face to face talk. Kanda patiently waited for Allen to get a hold of himself. It must have been some hell of a thing to cause his lover to be so broken up. Allen took a deep breath before he started.
"I was in my old room at the orphanage. I was taking a bath before I felt someone touching me." Kanda's eyes narrowed a bit in confusion. Allen, as if reading Kanda's mind, answered his question for him.
"In a way we touched when we're in the mood." Allen pursed his lips tightly when Kanda's eyes widened in surprise before they shone with anger.
"Did you have a good look at the asshole?" Kanda's harsh and dangerously hoarse voice floated into Allen's ears, causing Allen to shiver at the sudden change from calm and concern to deadly furious Kanda.
"What are you going to do?" Allen asked with a slight squeak when Kanda's anger practically started to shine like headlights and Allen was currently feeling like a deer.
"Not much. Slash off his penis and balls and flush it down the toilet. Then use the remaining parts of him for kendo practice." Kanda said with a slight growl and a wave of a hand like he was talking about the weather.
"Please don't. I don't want to see you in jail for that." Allen waved his hand at his lover as he felt Kanda continuingly thinking up more gruesome ideas that would make people traumatize for life. "And also, I don't think it'll help."
"What do you mean by that?" now Kanda was extremely confused. Since Allen had a good look and the bastard, they should be able to catch the asshole in no time. Unless Allen is trying to tell him the man who raped him was a shape shifter.
"That man……he was transparent and he……" Allen hesitated when Kanda stared slightly blankly at the word 'transparent'. "……is you friend."
Kanda's heart skipped a beat when he heard that. His friend?
"Which friend was it?" Kanda asked, his heat beating faster and faster. What was with this uncomfortable feeling in his chest? It was like the time when he had the dream of Allen kissing……
"It was the red haired one in the photo that you kept in your wallet." Allen's voice was heard. Then, whatever Allen said couldn't be heard. Kanda blinked his eyes. Allen's mouth was still mouthing that was for sure. But he couldn't hear a sound, or the rumbling of the car.
But he could hear his heartbeats, pounding loudly in his ears.
A sudden movement at the car window behind Allen caught Kanda's eye. The color of red was seen. Slowly, crawling up the glass, a bloody hand slapped itself onto the window, followed by another. Kanda inhaled sharply when the face, that was downcast as the hands crawled their way up, looked up. A half smashed up face of Lavi was seen. His form moved slightly to be behind Allen, grinning at Kanda as he did that.
"YUU!!" Allen shook Kanda when till Kanda snapped out of his trance. It was Allen's turn to be confused now. One minute, Kanda was listening to him and the next, his eyes went unfocused and he started to inhale sharply. During this time, Allen couldn't help but feel coldness on his neck, freaking him out a little.
Kanda placed a hand on his temples and rubbed. What was going on? This was worse than doing paperwork after paperwork. The question that he asked the previous day came back again. Why did he start to think and see Lavi after he had gotten over the illusions two years ago?
It was as if something was going to happen and Kanda wouldn't be at the winner's end.
A touch from Allen brought Kanda out of his thoughts. Kanda turned to see the beautiful grayish blue gems staring at him, questioning him if everything was alright. Kanda mentally slapped himself. This was not the time to think about such things. Allen needed him and it was his duty to be there for Allen no matter what.
Kanda brought Allen into his arms and held onto him. Allen immediately started to snuggle closer into his embrace when he was invited into the warmth from his lover. He then heard whispers of reassurance and love by his ear as Kanda promised him that no matter what happens, Kanda would always be there for Allen. That was all Allen needed. All he wanted. And Kanda had just reconfirmed it for Allen.
"Kanda?"
"Yeah?" Kanda murmured before he watched Allen pushed away from him o take a look at Kanda. Kanda saw a glint of something in those eyes that he adored so much that made his eyes twitch. Oh no, Allen can't be serious.
"Make love to me." It wasn't a question. Actually, it nearly came out as an order. Kanda made a sound in his throat when Allen's hands started to do circular movements on his chest. Though Kanda wouldn't mind it, this wasn't the best thing to do. Not after Allen had been raped. A part of Kanda did want to get it on with Allen, marking its mate. But after what had happened, Kanda didn't want to show his love in physical form, wanting to make a statement that his love for Allen wasn't for his body but for everything.
Kanda grabbed hold onto Allen's wandering hands. Allen looked at him with a cocked eyebrow as his hands tried to wiggle their way back to Kanda's chest. However, Kanda shook his head gently.
"I'll do it after you recovered from your ordeal. Just get better." Kanda whispered to Allen lovingly before pecked Allen's lips. He chuckled at the sight of the very obvious pout that was present on Allen's face.
Kanda opened the car door and got out. He turned back and gave Allen a hand. Allen's pout didn't disappear in the slightest as he took Kanda's hand and got out of the car.
"I was in such a mood too." Allen muttered disappointingly as Kanda smirked and closed his car door.
That was when Allen caught something on the glass. As Kanda walked to the front door o retrieve something. The backseat window started to have writings appearing from the vapor. They were slow and steady as the alphabets appeared one by one.
"REMEMBER"
Allen turned to look at Kanda who had just closed his car door and lock it and back at the window, only to find the window alphabet free. Allen shivered and ran to Kanda, latching onto his arm as they walked towards the house. Maybe Kanda was right about recovering after all.
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It was two days after the event of the car and the pair decided to set up the Christmas tree. Christmas was a week away and so was Allen's birthday. Kanda had woken up from a loud crash in the living room. He would have ignored it and gone back to sleep if it weren't for a missing person that was supposed to be with him in the comfy bed.
Groaning, Kanda dragged his feet out into the living room, to find Allen tangled up in the decoration for the Christmas tree. It was an amusing sight. The nation's top scorer was wrapped up in sparkling decoration and the star that was supposed to be on top of the tree was instead on top of Allen's head.
After a good fifteen minutes of untangling, they finally got Allen free. Allen frowned and told Kanda that if Kanda ever attempted bondage on him, he would kill Kanda. They started to decorate the tree. Allen taught Kanda patiently where the ornaments should go. It was Kanda's first time decorating a tree. Back home, the servants would do that job. Kanda would just be there to open presents or stare at the lights as they blinked occasionally. Allen widened his eyes in disbelief and made sure Kanda was with him to the decoration. How can anyone miss the joy of decoration a Christmas tree?
"Almost there……" Allen muttered as he stretched to place the golden star on top of the tree. He was already on tiptoes and the top of the tree was still not in reach. Allen blinked in surprise when he was lifted off his feet. Allen grinned and quickly placed the star on top of the tree. He was slowly let down and Allen stepped back next to Kanda at their tree.
"Let's give a round of applause for Kanda's first tree." Allen said cheerfully as he clapped his hands loudly as Kanda snorted. Though Kanda looked as if he really couldn't care less about this kind of stuff, being with him for a year and a half taught them that looks can be deceiving.
"Let's celebrate with some ice cream!!" Allen pumped his fist into the air before he ran into the kitchen. Kanda cocked an eyebrow. Ice cream on winter break? And in the early morning of the day? Oh well, he gotten used to Allen's weird combinations by now. Kanda went back to looking at the tree. A feeling of warmth filled his heart at the sight of the tree. He never felt so warm on any holiday back home. That was probably due to his family always away on business trips. The servants would be given the night off except for some who had no family to return to. But those were hardcore workaholics who were too concern about the house to care about the young master.
Every year, Kanda would sit in front of the television in his ridiculously large living room. He would get calls from his parents about being sorry for not being there and wishing him a merry Christmas. He would then off the television and watched in boredom at the servants busying themselves with the work. Eventually, he would walk up the room and try to sleep the holiday away.
Since he got attached the Allen. That little routine went flying out of the window, much to Kanda's pleasure. Kanda would be invited to Allen's house during this time. His parents wouldn't mind, they were, after all, away on business as always. The tree would already be decorated so they started with preparing dinner. Kanda remembered to charcoal like turkey that came out of the oven when he tried out the art of cooking. Allen was having at good laugh at it before he taught Kanda patiently how to properly roast the bird.
After that, they would watch a comedy. Allen would always say what would Christmas be if there was no joy and laugh. Kanda was just reply a "You should be at my house then." It would soon be followed by poker. A game Kanda was sure the younger had planned out very well, since it would turn from a normal poker to strip poker. And Kanda, who wasn't fond about these kinds of games, would be left at Allen's mercy when he was stripped bare mercilessly by Allen.
Not that Kanda mind. Especially when after the strip poker, Allen would get into the mood at the sight of a very naked Kanda and pounce onto him.
Allen then walked back into the room after a long while. He had brought along a box of popsicles and a small tub of cookies and cream.
"Isn't that too much?" Kanda questioned when Allen placed the tub onto the table and started to open the box of popsicles. Allen just smiled slyly before he walked quickly to the windows and started to draw the curtains. Ok……that was weird.
"I always wanted to try this out for a while." Allen whispered as he unwrapped the popsicle from its wrappings. He placed it in his mouth and sucked, hard. Kanda didn't know why but the actions Allen was doing to the popsicle was hot, or was it probably th heater of the house had been turned up.
Allen pulled the popsicle out of his mouth and licked the tip of the popsicle teasingly, never breaking eye contact with Kanda. He released the popsicle with a loud pop when a blush started to form on Kanda's face.
"It's a game on endurance. You can't do anything to yourself. No touching, no nothing. You can't touch me either. The longer you last, the better your Christmas present would be." Allen stated the rules as he started to unbutton his shirt and pushed the clothing off his shoulders slowly, making Kanda swallow involuntarily at the sight of the white haired boy. A little smirk was seen on the younger's face.
"Let's see how long you can last."
Allen popped the popsicle back into his mouth and opened the tub of cookie and cream. He stuck his hand into the slightly melted ice cream and brought his ice cream filled hand up to his face. Kanda's eyes didn't trail off from Allen's eyes as the hand started to flex a little, as if having a fell of the ice cream in his hand.
"Nee……Kanda?" Allen's seductive voice floated into Kanda's daze mind as Allen started to part his legs, giving Kanda a good view of his erection and his entrance.
"Like what you see?"
Kanda couldn't help but gulp when Allen's ice cream filled hand placed itself onto its owner's chest and massage the breast area. Allen's muffled moans and groans made Kanda's pants tighter and more uncomfortable as Allen's body squirmed and wiggled in pleasure.
The ice cream covered hand slid its way down and started to massage the hardness Allen had between his legs. The squirming got slightly more powerful as Allen continued to suck on the popsicle, eyes still in contact with Kanda.
"Nee?" Allen asked as Kanda attempted to cross his legs and turn away from the sight. Allen's voice made him turn back to have his eyes widen at the sight of Allen lifting his erection up and showing Kanda his entrance that was being fingered in a very erotic way.
"Am I beautiful?"
Allen inwardly cheered at the redness Kanda had on his face already and the obvious bulge in his pants. He had been in the mood since the car incident but he wanted Kanda to feel what it was like to not have something when you wanted it. A sweet, sweet revenge.
That was when Allen wanted to up it up a notch.
"Nee……Kanda-sama?" Allen placed the nearly gone popsicle on the table and crawled his way to Kanda's legs, fingers still fingering his entrance. Kanda gasped when Allen uncrossed his legs and stared at the very obvious bulge that was in front of him. Kanda growled at the mischief that shone brightly in Allen's eyes. Just wait till he get his hands on the younger!!
"Kanda-sama's very big, nee?" Allen rubbed his cheek against Kanda's erection, causing a pained and pleasure filled moan to escape from Kanda's lips. Allen's smirk widened as he stared at the bulge and experimentally licked it. A strangled sound came from Kanda while Kanda's hand clutched tightly onto the sofa.
"What happened to no touching?" Kanda panted out as Allen's free hand was brought forth and rubbed Kanda's bulge in a circular manner.
"Aaaah. I said you can't touch. I can do whatever I want." Allen replied. Before he pulled his fingers out of his entrance. "For not listening carefully……"
Allen straddled Kanda's hip. Kanda growled at the evil smirk Allen had on before he let out a yelp, as Allen started to rub his entrance on Kanda's still clothed erection. Allen moaned as well, as he felt the pulse of Kanda's erection slightly through the pants. Allen's https started to rotate and his entrance was continuously rubbed against Kanda's imprisoned hardness.
Kanda panted, in slight pain from no release and the pleasure of being rubbed. Allen then started to rock back and forth. His manhood was dripping with pre-cum and was wetting Kanda's pants. Man, did he want Kanda now!! And from the hazy and lust filled eyes of his lover, he could tell Kanda will be losing soon.
However, it was still too soon in Allen's timing.
Smirking even more mentally, he went next to his lover's ear, still rocking back and forth on the elder's bulge. Kanda shivered uncontrollably as Allen's warm breath was felt on his ear.
"You want me, don't you? You have me nice and hard till I scream your name like it was my lifeline. Guess what, Kanda-sama?" Allen pulled back to see his lover getting ready to pounce onto him. "I want this," Allen pulled the pants and boxers down Kanda's nether regions and grabbed onto Kanda's manhood. "Up in me and now!!"
Kanda growled loudly before grabbed onto Allen's shoulders and pushed Allen back onto his back. Screw endurance and self control!! If Allen wanted it that badly, he'll give it to Allen that or even more badly!!
"Nice game." Kanda's husky voice was heard by Allen's ear, making Allen shiver. He rarely got Kanda this into the mood. If Kanda was at this level, that means Allen was probably was going to be get back at before he got what he wanted.
"My turn." Kanda fished out another popsicle from the box. Curious how the popsicle is still in a frozen state, he looked into the box to find his answer.
"Dry ice, huh?" Kanda smirked and Allen started to have a bubbling excitement and nervousness in him. "It's as if you want to use the popsicle even more then just sucking. Or maybe that's what you wanted all this time."
Allen trembled at the look he got from Kanda in both fear and uncontrollable excitement. Kanda sucked the popsicle nice and wet while Allen watched. He panted at the sight of the long haired man taking the popsicle in and out of his mouth. Allen's erection started to twitch from being ignored. Allen whimpered and tried rubbed his lower region with Kanda's, but was held down by Kanda's hand.
"Why so impatient now, Moyashi-kun? I'm just doing what you wanted to do from the beginning." Kanda said as he pulled out the popsicle and circled the tip at Allen's entrance. Allen gasped and back arched his body from the cushions of the sofa. The cold sensation on his entrance was too much for him that he came, hard. The white substance was shot out and some went as far as to landing onto his face.
Allen panted heavily as he rode off his orgasm. He was too busy in his own bliss that he didn't feel Kanda rolling some of his cum onto the popsicle. When Allen opened his eyes groggily, he was face to face with the popsicle, covering with his liquid. Allen looked up and made eye contact with Kanda.
"Suck it." Kanda said as Allen looked back at the popsicle, blushing. Allen licked the tip, tasting the apple flavor of the popsicle and the slightly salty substance that was the result of his orgasm.
"How is it?" Kanda whispered into Allen's year in a cool voice. Kanda pulled out the popsicle. A trail of saliva connected the popsicle to Allen's lips before it snapped. Allen licked his lips in a hazy trance as he panted, this time softly.
"Delicious." Was all Allen could say as his mind was still half registering what was happening. Kanda smirked evilly as he placed the popsicle at Allen's entrance. Deciding to give Allen a wake up call, he plunged the popsicle into Allen, causing Allen to scream from the coldness.
"No!! I want-" Allen cried out as Kanda pulled the popsicle out slightly before plunging it back into Allen, hitting his prostate dead on, causing Allen to moan loudly from the coldness felt on the prostate.
"You want what?" Kanda questioned coolly as he pulled and plunged the popsicle in and out of Allen. Allen did his best to sit up, with the coldness and pleasure running through his body. Kanda stilled his hand, letting the popsicle slip out of Allen as Allen moved away from it and nearer to Kanda.
"I want……" Allen positioned himself on top of Kanda's erection and got ready to sit on it. "THIS." Both moaned in pleasure as Allen sat down onto Kanda's hardness while Kanda plunged himself into Allen. It was slightly cold due to the ice cream but other then that, it was amazing.
Kanda grunted as he went in and out of Allen while Allen cried out wantonly as his sweet spot was hit over and over again. Allen went down and found Kanda's lips and they started to kiss like there was no tomorrow, tongues dueled each other with they eyes connected with one another. Allen was so close, it seemed that Kanda was too as the speed picked up and Allen knew he was going to be sore the rest of the day, but in a situation like this, one doesn't really think very clearly.
Allen got the full course when Kanda took his erection in his hand and started to stroke it in nice and fast strokes. Allen couldn't concentrate anymore. He let Kanda dominant his mouth and he held onto Kanda as another hard and extreme orgasm hit him. Kanda's orgasm hit equally hard when Allen's now warm muscles clamped around his erection tightly, releasing his load in Allen.
Both fell back onto the couch, feeling the afterglow of their activity. Allen wrapped his arms around Kanda and played with his hair. Kanda made a satisfied sound from his throat as Allen began to massage his scalp, hearing a chuckle from Allen.
"And it's not even Christmas yet." Allen laughed light heartedly. Kanda chuckled as well.
"Then we'll have to think of something else to beat this one." Kanda simply said as he lifted his head off his lover's chest and stared into Allen's eyes. "Something that is fitting for a guy who it turning eighteen and having his independence."
Allen pretended to think hard.
"But that would be tough."
"Like that ever stopped us last year."
"I didn't remember us doing anything extreme before Christmas last year."
"You were doing me while I had a meeting with Komui under the table in my office three days before Christmas, remember?"
"……one of my finest achievements."
"When did you become such a pervert, Moyashi-kun?"
"The day you showed me the interesting things you could do with an office chair."
"Aaaahhh……what a mistake."
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"You seriously don't want to come?" Kanda asked again as took two steps out of the door. Allen, wearing only Kanda's large pajamas from the morning, smiled while leaning against the door. He shook his head. Kanda was going back to his house to grab a few stuff. Allen would have gone with him if it weren't for the after effects of the very satisfying morning. Along with the clean up from that mind blowing activity that left them nearly brainless.
"Need me to grab anything?"
"ICE CREAM!!" Allen chirped before he laughed at the crimson face of Kanda. Kanda coughed and regain composure.
"Other then that, my perverted Moyashi?" Kanda crossed his arms, acting serious. It would have worked if it weren't for the pink tint on his cheeks. Allen chuckled.
"Nothing. Oh, and you don't really have to buy the ice cream. I might have another idea for Christmas. Be back soon okay?" Allen said sweetly and waved. Kanda's expression was priceless. His eyes widened and the pink tint turned red and started to spread to more areas of his face.
Kanda coughed again and turned to his car. Really, Kanda regretted showing Allen what an office chair can do. Or the one about the pen. Allen watched Kanda drive off before he closed the door.
"I must as well clean up the area for the day, huh?" he thought aloud as he walked up to his room. A sudden coldness hit him and he turned in surprise. The area looked empty like it was supposed to be. He pursed his lips nervously before he padded up the stares, not knowing that a pair of footprints had started in the same direction behind him.
Reaching his room door, Allen looked behind him again. He was feeling paranoid now. He kind of wished he could have gone with Kanda. He took a deep breath before he went to open his door.
Only to have it opening slowly for him.
Allen's eyes widened as the door squeaked open. He swallowed and took a few nervous steps forward. He looked into the room cautiously to see if there was someone inside. His heart beat faster when he walked into the room, seeing that nobody was there.
"Stop being paranoid Allen. There's no one here." Allen said out loud as he shook his head and slapped his face.
SLAM!!
Allen nearly jumped out of his skin when the door slammed shut. He looked around and saw the room's window open, with strong wind blowing in. Allen sighed in relief as he shrugged the fear off, not entirely.
He walked over to his wardrobe and opened it. Allen smiled at his reflection on the mirror which attached to one of the doors before he looked inside the wardrobe. He and Kanda had unpacked already and their clothes were neatly hung up on hangers on a metal bar. Allen then kneeled down to the bottom of the wardrobes where there were drawers. This was the area where he kept some stuff that Mana gave him before he died. His foster father was a very loving parent. He would show and teach Allen many things and if Allen was lucky, he would be rewarded with an item Mana decided that was no longer a use for him.
Allen picked up the first thing he saw in the drawer. It was a camera. The type when once a picture is taken it will be produced right away. It was also the last item Allen received before the accident that stole his foster father away from him.
"I wonder whether it still works, if it does then I can take it with Kanda on Christmas." Allen thought as he held it up to his eye level and showed a peace sign. He was about to hit the button when all of a sudden, the camera started to take numerous amount of picture. Allen held his hand in front of his eyes as the flashes started to blind him. He had nearly dropped the camera due to shock but he kept it in his hand. No way was he going to break something that was so precious to him.
The pictures shot out of the camera one by one. After a minute, the camera stopped. A picture then slowly came out. Allen breathed in and out deeply. That was……much unexpected. Allen suddenly felt a weight on his left shoulder and he started to rotate it a little. It could have probably been due to his body being too tensed. Allen gathered up the pictures in his hands and looked. The flash wasn't as strong as it seemed as the room didn't look as if it was overexposed.
That was when something caught his eyes. In the picture, behind him was his bed. There was someone there. Allen turned around but saw no one. He blinked his eyes a couple of times before looking at the picture again. There was definitely a figure sitting on the bed. Allen picked up another picture. The figure behind him was in a half standing up position. It was almost like a picture book, these pictures……
A picture book?
Allen quickly flipped through the other photographs. He did his best to arrange them out in order, taking one photograph and sliding it to the back or the front. When he managed to get a somewhat correct arrangement out of the photographs, he placed the photographs at eye-level. He then bent the photographs a little with a thumb securing the side before he slowly released his thumb, letting the story be told to him.
The figure was at first not in sight. Its first appearance was when the bed sheets started to move and a hand was seen pumped into the air. The figure then sat up and looked at the camera. Allen couldn't see the face of the figure clearly as the figure looked like smoke and the flash of the camera made it harder to see. But what made Allen jumped was the green emerald eyes that was staring at the camera.
The same ones as his violator and the boy called Lavi.
The figure then sat up on the bed and jumped off of it. It was then on fours and was reaching for something underneath the bed. Allen turned back to look at the bed again. Was there something underneath his bed? He then turned back again and flipped through the last few photographs.
The figure gave up trying to reach something that he couldn't get hold off. It looked at the area for a moment before it turned and looked at the back of Allen. Allen's hair on his skin started to stand when the figure started to crawl its way slowly to him. The last picture made Allen's breath hitched. The picture was the figure having its hands on Allen's shoulder.
It was also at that moment another weight was felt on his right shoulder and his back. A soft breathing could be heard now near his ear as Allen's body started to tense. He then turned slowly and shakily to the mirror on his wardrobe. At the corner of his eyes, he could see someone else reflected on the mirror. His arms were around Allen and He was leaning down of him. Allen's eyes widened as he turned fully to see the figure's green eyes looking directly at his through the mirror.
Allen did what a normal person would do in a situation like his.
He screamed.
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Kanda arrived at his mansion. He really didn't miss it. Who would if your whole time in the place was boredom and feeling like a prisoner?
He walked past the servants who greeted his return as he neared his room. There was something that was bugging him. It was bugging him for two years now.
He opened his room door and shut it. It was the same room. A luxurious bed with a expensive study table. A workplace at a corner for hands-on work and a large wardrobe. Things that normal people would die for to have were in his room but he didn't want at all. If possible, he didn't want to see this place ever again.
Come to think of it, this was the place where Kanda for Allen before Allen went back home. Since discharged, Allen was alone. Klaud was away on business and wouldn't be back for another two weeks. Nobody objected. Well, maybe the bullies in school but really who cares? His family wouldn't stop him since they were away and his servants can't stop him because they can't.
Allen was quiet throughout the first week. He didn't smile, didn't talk, all he did was what Kanda asked him to do, such as bathroom, eat and sleep. Then, on the first day of the second week, when Kanda was asking him about his day for conversation sake while he gave Allen his medication, Allen spoke.
"Why do you look so lonely?"
Allen stared at Kanda straight in the eye for an answer. Kanda was silent. He knew the answer why but he didn't know how to express it in words. Then, a hand reached out and touched his hand.
"It seems that picture of being happy being rich with having everything you want……really is an illusion." Allen said as tears fell from his eyes. Allen wasn't crying because he pitied Kanda. Kanda realized that he was crying in his place. Also, something about Allen's beliefs was broken and shown in such a manner before his eyes.
After that, Allen and Kanda would engage in light conversation. For once in Kanda's life, the days that Allen was at his house were the days he was willing to go home. The mansion seemed to have certain warmth. Allen started to smile and eventually tease Kanda.
When Allen left, Kanda's reluctance to come home came back full force. He would stay back in school till it had to close and then the next place he walked to was unconsciously Allen's house. Allen would open the door and smile at him. Their light conversations would start again and then Kanda would sleep, on the spare mattress Allen had.
That was when he realized. What's the point of having a big house which seemed so empty when a small house with warmth was so much better? In the end, Kanda's mansion was a place where if he had to be there then he'll be there. Otherwise he would be at Allen's. Yes, the neighborhood was noisier and crazier then his with a womanizing Cross next door who kept thinking he was a girl. But it was more welcoming.
Kanda smiled a little at the memory as he opened his book cupboard and took out a little box hidden within the books. Another memory that kept Kanda from being close to Allen until Allen himself told him he wanted to be with him. Kanda opened the box and took out a silver ring. There were inscriptions under the ring.
"Lavi.Allen"
As Kanda stared at the ring, he could hear the voices of the time When the real owner of the ring had bought the ring.
"Yuu-chan!!"
"Yuu-chan!!"
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"Yuu-CHAN!!"
"I swear I'll kill you if you continue!!" Kanda threatened as he pointed the sharp end of the kendo sword he was training with before Lavi ran into the training area. Lavi was grinning like he had struck lottery. Well, a normal people that struck lottery. With their status, lottery wouldn't come into their minds.
"Nee! Look at these!! They were on demand and these were the last pairs I could get!!" Lavi kneeled before Kanda for more effect while he opened little ring box, revealing two silver rings that were intertwined with a cool and simple deco. Kanda stared at the rings like they were dung bugs.
"Lavi, these are engagement rings." Kanda said with a twitch of an eye. So happened a junior walked past, he stared at the two in shock. Who wouldn't when a guy is kneeling with engagement rings in front of another guy? Kanda and Lavi watched the boy gasp and run off in the opposite direction. Kanda was twitching with annoyance while Lavi laughed in amusement.
"They aren't for you so don't worry." Lavi took out one of the rings from the cushion and showed the inscriptions. Kanda raised an eyebrow.
"How did you manage to get two boys' names there?"
"The lady who did it was a yaoi fan."
"Look I just saw a rabbit fly."
"Fine!! I lied and said I was making it for a girl called Allenia."
Kanda's eyes widened and then he placed his hand at his temple. A sudden image of Allen in a cutsy putsy mini skirt had entered his mind. He would have enjoyed it if it weren't for the fact that a certain red haired was around.
Lavi was looking at the rings with a sense of pride.
"You know, I had a crush on him since we were little. It started of as looking at him as a new topic of interest to study in the time at the orphanage. I wonder when seeing him made me smile so much." Lavi let out a sigh before he closed the box gently. Kanda had known Lavi since age ten. He had seen every single fake smile to fake pain of the red haired face but he knew that the one Lavi had on his face right now was a genuine one.
"This would have to do till the day I am freed from Bookman's clutches." Lavi mutterd as he placed the rings back into his pocket. His expression became unreadable for a while before he switched back into his cheery self.
"So what does this have to do with me?" Kanda groaned in annoyance. Knowing Lavi, he's going to disturb Kanda non-stop and Kanda wouldn't be able to practice. Kanda drew his sword back into his sheath as Lavi hooked his arm over his neck.
"Well, just wanting to let you know, if there ever were to be a wedding, will you my best man?"
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"Could it be now you're angry that your best man is with your bride?" Kanda whispered at the ring before he shut the box and stuck it into his pocket. The thing that he had come for from his room has been found. Kanda started to walk out of the room. He looked at the picture of Lavi and him during their Junior High Graduation. He stared at it for a while before he let out what he wanted to say for a while.
"I'm sorry."
Author's Note: Yay!! I woke up 5 am to complete this along with "The Path He Chooses to Walk"!! May I be granted a sleep worthy sleep before I have another rush week in school. Second year really ain't kidding around!!
I wonder whether anyone after reading this chapter would look at a popsicle the same way again.(laughs)
I wrote this chapter from 5am to 1pm so if it is rush I'm sorry because this is the only day I'm free after crashing my homework yesterday to find free time for this fiction. Let's hope I can find another day of free day!!(cries)
Anyway, I really hoped you like the chapter!! Read and Review!!