It had been two days since the day of the picnic, and everyone had let Allen off with a grin on their faces. All except Lavi, of course, who was absolutely peeved that he didn't witness it.

Allen walked into the cafeteria, his stomach pulling him towards the queue. Fou had to stay back to help a teacher, so he was alone. Even after a week, he still received whispers and stares as he walked to join the line. Especially from the table at the far corner of the cafeteria.

They were outcasts, just like Allen. They're skin was a deathly grey, which contrasted with their golden irises. The one that bothered him the most was the Portuguese-looking male whom the girls always seemed to swoon at. He was always staring at him, not out of discrimination, but more of interest, or if he daresay, want. Allen shivered, shaking his head to clear the inappropriate thoughts that were starting to form.

"Hey, Allen!" he heard a familiar voice call from behind. It was Shifu, his Chemistry lab partner. Beside him were Rikei and Loufa, who were also in their chemistry class. The three of them were friendly towards Allen, and never seemed to notice his hair or his scar, only his kind and friendly personality.

"Hi, Shifu, Rikei, Loufa." he greeted, flashing them a warm smile. He didn't notice Loufa's face turn beet red. As they queued, Loufa started ranting about how Mr. Cross kept picking on them during History. Allen wasn't paying attention to her rambling, and instead was focused on the mysterious grey-skinned family seated at the table. One of them - a girl with long, blonde hair – caught him staring. She said something to the Portuguese boy, and his eyes swiveled from the little girl with black, spiky hair next to him to Allen. He recognized the girl from his Literature class. His golden eyes bore into Allen's, and he gave a small smirk. Allen quickly turned away, staring at the person in front of him in the queue.

"He is so horrible and creepy! Don't you agree, Allen?" Loufa asked, staring up at Allen.

"Yeah, he is."

Allen sat at his desk as he waited for the lesson to start, idly playing with the small, mechanical toy that Mana had given to him long ago when they had first met. It was shaped like a ball, with two wings sprouting out from the sides. Mana had called it a golem. Allen noticed that it had started to rust a bit.

"Hey there!"

Allen looked up, and his eyes met with the girl from the weird family. She was grinning widely, hands clasped in front of her.

"I'm Rhode Kamelot." she stuck out a small hand, which Allen hesitantly shook. Her fingernails were painted black, and her hand was cold and uninviting.

"I'm Allen Walker."

"Yeap, I know!" she said, sitting down on the seat next to Allen. "You're the topic of the school, with your hair and eye."

"Oh, really?" Allen answered, deciding not to pay attention to the girl, and instead focused on the golem. He toyed it around in his hand, marveling at the amount of work put into making the tiny toy.

"Hey, what's that?" Rhode asked, reaching out to take the golem. Allen immediately snatched it away and tucked it in his pocket.

"I-I'm sorry, that's something important to me." Allen explained with a stutter. Rhode raised an eyebrow and was just about to say something when Ms. Nyne, their Literature teacher, walked in. Everyone scurried back to their seats, including Rhode.

"Bye, Allen." she waved. "I like you, you're cute!"

"Uh…" Allen managed, a bit stunned by her statement. Ms. Nyne started talking, and the conversation he had earlier with Rhode slowly faded from his mind.

Everyone lounged on the sofas beside the dining table, waiting for Froi to arrive. It was already twelve minutes past 7, and everyone was getting fidgety. Especially Eva, who was biting her lips nervously and twiddling with her thumbs.

"I'm hungry!" Daisya whined, clutching his stomach.

Allen's stomach let out a long, loud growl. Everyone stared at it in surprise, as if it were a monster on a chain. Allen scratched his head, slightly embarrassed. Just then, the door opened and Froi rushed in.

"I'm terribly sorry, kids. I was held up by something. Come on, let's eat!"

Everyone scrambled to the table and started eating. Today, Miranda cooked ramen, which was delicious, Allen thought. Well actually, to him right now anything was delicious. There was silence as everyone enjoyed the food, until Eva suddenly put down her chopsticks and cleared her throat.

"Um, I have an announcement to make." she started, hands folded on the table top. Everyone looked at her expectantly.

"I want to get married."

Emilia was the first one to burst out. "You want to get married? But you're too young, Eva! You haven't even graduated yet!"

"Think about what others will see in you." Lenalee urged.

"I don't really care about what others think." Eva smiled. "I know what I'm doing."

"Then, think about what others will think about the Home." Froi said, shaking his head. "They'll think we don't bring up our children well."

"It's okay. I'll be moving out with Daniel, so you don't have to worry!"

"But I don't want Eva to move out!" Timothy wailed. Komui shot her a look of disapproval, which she pretended not to see.

"I think you should wait, Eva." Lavi suggested, his tone serious. "First of all, you are too young. Secondly, you've only known him for a year. At least wait till you graduate and move out before deciding on anything."

Everyone started voicing their opinons; arguing with Eva that it was too soon, that she should wait. Thus, it was only Allen who noticed that Kanda was tensed up. He was holding on to his chopsticks tightly, his knuckles turning white. The look on his face looked like he was annoyed (which he always was), but if Allen deciphered it in another way, it was a look of pain.

"We've already settled on getting married, Froi. I know what I'm doing, you can trust me. Fou, you trust me, right?" Eva looked at her best friend hopefully, her deep, grey eyes silently pleading.

"I don't know, Ev. I say wait. But if that's your decision..." Fou trailed off. She sighed, looking at Eva with a smile. "Then I can't do anything other than to support you, I guess. Daniel is a good person, after all."

"You do know this means that I have to call your mother over, right Eva?" Froi said, casting her a warning look. Eva hesitated, before nodding.

"She can come over tomorrow."

"Is this what you've been teaching my child all along?" an angry voice yelled, the sound bouncing off the walls of the Home. Lavi and Allen were seated in the middle of the room, concentrating on a game of chess. Lavi threw his head up, groaning.

"Man, that bitch is noisy!" he complained.

"Check." Allen said, bringing his knight forward. He smiled proudly, pleased with himself.

"W-What? That's not possible!" Lavi scrutinized the board carefully, rubbing his chin in thought.

Down at the guest room, Eva's mum and Froi were having a fight. Eva sat on the couch, hands folded on her lap.

"Here she is, getting married when she hasn't even finished highschool! Are you telling me that you tolerate this kind of behaviour?" Eva's mum, Sara, shouted as she jabbed a finger at her daughter.

"No, I'm no-"

"Well, it sure seems as if you are!"

"Mum, Daniel isn't what you think. He'll take care of me, and he's loyal. He's coming over right now, so you can see for yourself. I know what I'm doing. I love him, and he loves me." Eva looked her mum in the eye, daring her to oppose. Sara glared back, before striding up to her daughter and slapping her across the cheek. Eva instantly recoiled from the touch, holding her cheek in hurt and disbelief.

"Madam, there was no need to-!"

"You don't know what love is. You're too young and foolish." Sara spat. A smirk slowly spread across her lips. "Fine, then. I'll wait here for the guy. Let's see if he even turns up at all!"

Eva glared back at her. "He will, you'll see. I'll go find him now." With that, Eva grabbed her bag and stalked out of the room.

Eva walked down the road to the 7-11 where Daniel worked as a part-timer. Pushing the door open, a bell rang, recognizing her presence.

"Is Daniel here?" she asked the man at the cashier. He was reading a magazine, and didn't even look up at her as he shook his head. Eva pursed her lips and walked out. Just as she stepped out of the door, she heard the roar of a motorcycle. Looking up, she saw Daniel removing his helmet and getting off the bike.

"Dan!" she called, running towards him. After seeing her, his face seemed to fall a little.

"Dan, thank goodness. I was wondering why you weren't at the shop. Come on, let's go to the Home. My mum is waiting for you." Eva grabbed Daniel by the wrist, and was about to walk off before Daniel pushed her away.

"I-I have to finish my shift." he muttered.

"Oh, it's okay. I can wait." she smiled at him, shoving her hands into the back pocket of her jeans. Daniel looked down, his brown irises darting from side to side.

"Don't wait, Eva. I won't ever be done." he said slowly, emphasizing on each word.

"What do you mean?" Eva asked, looking at him in confusion.

"I can't marry you, Eva!" he said exasperatedly. "I mean, I know I said so at first, but... After thinking about it for awhile, I decided that it's just too much trouble. I barely have enough money to support us, and I still have my dreams of going to university and graduating." He looked up at her, and winced at her hurt expression.

"But... But you said you wou-"

"I didn't know what I was saying, Eva. You just suggested it and it seemed fun. I thought it was going to be just us, and nobody else. But then it dawned upon me that I had to talk to your mother and everything. I still have a life, Eva!"

"Are you saying that I don't have a life?" Eva cried out at him. He seemed at loss for words. Quickly shoving on his helmet, he jumped onto his motorbike and started it up again.

"We'll keep in touch, okay?" With that he just rode off, leaving Eva standing at the roadside, confused and hurt.

Most of all, hurt.

"I told you, didn't I?" Eva spun around and came face to face with her mother. She was wearing a grin of triumph, her arms folded.

"You're just young and foolish, Eva. So naive to believe everything a guy tells you." Sara sneered at her. Tears welled up in Eva's eyes.

"You're the one who doesn't know anything about love!" she yelled, her face scrunched up in anger and disbelief. "You're the slut who goes around dating any guy who pleases you, and once you accidently messed up and got left with me. You're the foolish one!" With that said, Eva ran as fast as she could back to the Home.

Kanda was on the couch when she came stumbling in, sobbing uncontrollably.

"Eva, wha-?" he began, but couldn't even finish his sentence before Eva collapsed in his arms, unable to control the tears that flowed down her cheeks.

Kanda tsked, but didn't say anything. He just stared at the clock on the wall, it's hands ticking ever so slowly.

It was 10.56pm.

Kanda stood up as he saw a figure walk out of the door of the convenience store.

"Daniel!" a girl exclaimed, appearing out of nowhere and wrapping her arm around his neck. "Finally! I was thinking that your shift would never end!" Daniel laughed as the girl unwound her arms from around his neck. "Let's go then." He wrapped his arm around her shoulder and started walking off.

"I want you to apologize to Eva. She's badly hurt."

Daniel twisted his neck to look behind him. Kanda stood there, leaning against a pillar. He stared at Daniel with a look of hate and malice.

"Another one from the Home. Gah, you guys sure are annoying!" he dismissed Kanda with a wave of his hand before walking off.

His face contorted with rage, Kanda dashed forward and kicked Daniel in the back, causing him to land face-first onto the road. Picking him up by the collar, Kanda punched his face repeatedly, ignoring the screams coming from the girl who was standing in a corner, terrified. He ignored everything and just kept bashing him, unleashing his anger onto Daniel's face.

"You." punch.

"Are." punch.

"Such." punch.

"A." punch

"FUCKING ASSHOLE!" punch.

For Eva.

Author's note; Ahh, this one is late again. Basically, I was re-reading Kiss! Kiss! Love You, Baby! for like, the third time. That took me at least 3 hours. I never grow tired of it, I swear. Aaaaaand, I was also raping KurtHugoSchneider's Youtube channel for Sam Tsui's awesome voice.

In short, I was procrastinating.

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