CHAPTER THREE

"Um… Allen-kun, are you sure they're not your kids?" Lenalee asked uncertainly the white-haired boy seated beside her at the dining hall.

After bathing the twins and getting a shower himself, Allen had gone to the dining hall with them or breakfast. There' he had met up with Lenalee and the four of them had gone to order their food.

Lily had ordered a small mountain of food; larger than the normal amount for a grown up adult but smaller than Allen's usual amount of food. Akira had order only a small quantity of tempura soba.

Now, the four of them were seated at an empty table and were eating. Akira was eating slowly with grace (if it was possible) and Lily was stuffing the food quickly ion her mouth. Allen and Lenalee were seated opposite the twins, staring at them, dumbfounded.

"Er… I'm sure," Allen replied hesitantly. "Though it's getting weirder at each passing second."

"Are you sure they are not akuma, Allen-kun?"

"I'm sure," Allen stated. They stared at each other uncertainly but then shrugged and resumed eating.

Moments later, Kanda entered the dining hall and ordered his usual tempura soba. Seeing the moyashi with the crazy scientist's sister and the two kids, he quickly made his way to an empty table, on the other side of the ding hall, as far away from them as possible. But it seemed like luck was not on his side as no sooner had he made a couple of steps than he suddenly heard a surprisingly loud and high-pitched voice calling, "papa!" Kanda stopped in his track when the hall became silent.

Kanda heard rapid, small footsteps and moments later, a certain little girl jumped on his back, giggling. He suddenly felt stares all around him.

"Kanda!" He then heard Lenalee call. The said swordsman turned and glared at the white-haired exorcist.

"Get your brat of my back, bake moyashi!" he ordered.

Allen frowned. The both of them had been ordered to take care of the kids. Kanda could at least be nicer to them.

"Kanda, why don't you join us?" Lenalee asked. Said swordsman clicked his tongue in response but complied anyway. If he made the crazy scientist's sister upset, God knows what Komui would do to him. So he went to their table unwillingly, with a still giggling Lily on his back, glaring at everyone who was staring on his way, making them go back to their own businesses.

Arriving at the table, Kanda sat opposite Allen, glaring at him full force. He was surprise to see a hurt expression appearing on the moyashi's face but as quickly as it had appeared, his expression changed back to his usual one. Kanda nearly blinked but Kanda Yuu does NOT blink, so he did not.

"Lily, why don't you continue eating and let Kanda eat too?" Allen asked. The little girl nodded, sat on Kanda's left and resumed eating. When Kanda saw what the little boy was eating, he raised a delicate eyebrow but did not comment on it. So far Kanda preferred the younger twin since he was so silent and now they both liked eating the same thing. There was also the fact that Akira was lot like a mini-moyashi. But he would never say that aloud. So he started eating.

Kanda suddenly felt two pair of eyes on him. He looked up and raised an eyebrow, seeing both Lenalee and the moyashi staring at him with wide eyes and mouths hanging open.

"What?" he barked, making the other two exorcists jump.

"Nothing!" Allen squeaked, with a blush on his face.

Lenalee giggled and added, "It's just that Akira-kun and you are eating similarly. Your movements are the same. It was as if there was you and a mini-you." Lenalee giggled again and continued eating.

Kanda looked to his right and in fact, the little brown-haired brat ate in a similar way than Kanda. The swordsman shrugged and resumed eating. Lenalee and Allen chatted animatedly across the table and sometimes, the little girl to his left also joined in. as he expected, the little boy to his right uttered no word and just kept eating.

Moments later, their breakfast was interrupted by someone clearing their throat beside their table. The chatter died down and everyone turned and stared at Reever who stood beside Allen with a stack of papers in his hands.

"Good morning, Reever-san!" Allen greeted good-naturedly.

"Good morning, Allen," Reever replied. "The supervisor needs you in his office. He has a mission for you. You'll be going alone with a finder. Well' that's what I heard. You better get going, Allen."

"Alright," Allen sighed. He sat up, and looked down at his unfinished food with regret.

"Mama is leaving?" he suddenly heard, making him look up. Both the little girl and the little boy was looking at him with sad eyes. "How long are you going to be away, mama?" Lily asked. Allen stared at the kids stunned. It was as if the kids were used to their mother leaving for some time.

"Hopefully, not long," he finally replied when he was able to talk again.

"Okay," the twins replied simultaneously. They stood up from their seats and jumped into Allen arms, giving him a hug and a kiss. "Come back safely, mama!" they both exclaimed, jumping down and going back to their breakfast.

"Sure!" he replied happily. "Good bye! Bye, Lenalee! Bye… Kanda." Kanda just ignored him and continued eating. Allen felt his heart clench but said nothing and followed Reever to Komui's office.

Lenalee, who had been staring at her friend, frowned when she saw a sad expression appear on his face. Her 'little brother' seemed defeated.

'I see,' she thought, turning to Kanda. 'So it's like this. Hm… Let's go see Lavi and see what we can do.'

Lenalee jumped from her seat and exclaimed, "Well! I've got work to do too! So, I'll be leaving. Good-bye everyone!" She quickly exited the dining hall before Kanda realized that he had he had to take care of the kids himself since both Allen and herself were gone.

Back in the ding hall, Kanda starred at Lenalee's retreating back. Why the hell was she in a hurry? He then shrugged it off since he did not care anyway.

"So,papa, what are we going to do today?" he suddenly heard, making his eyes snap open. Kanda jumped out of his seat and stared at the two aliens.

'The fuck? Don't tell me that woman left them with me!' he thought angrily, his eyebrow twitching.

"There's no 'we'!" he barked. "I'll go training and I don't give a fuck what you do!" With that, he exited the dining hall. Walking down the corridors, Kanda found the finder stop whatever they were doing to stare at him.

'What the hell?' he thought. He accelerated his pace and it was then that he realized small footsteps behind him. He stopped in his track and turned around. There in front of him, stood two little toddlers holding hands and staring back up at him. His eyes twitched again, realizing that he would not be able to get rid of them that easily. 'Fuck!' he thought.

AN: I'm sooo sorry! But I really had not the time to update my fic! I was not even allowed to use my computer because of my exams! Well, it was my first international exam… sooo…

Anyway, I snuck today to be able to update! My exams are not even over yet! Well at least I finish this Friday. So the next chapter may be up next week maybe…
There's also gonna be lots of parties I'm gonna attend so I'm not really sure…

Anyway! I hope you guys did enjoy this chapter, though I kinda hate it…

Anyway! Please review!