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This little plot bunny popped into my head one day and told me," You-must-write-me-or-else-face-the-wrath-of-all-plot-bunnies". So that's what I did.

Chapter 7 - Girlfriend

She knew it shouldn't bother her, but Lenalee sometimes can't stand it when people refer to her as Allen's girlfriend.

There was nothing wrong with Allen. He was a friendly, nice boy and one of her good friends. They walk, eat, joke among each other, laugh and talk together without a care in the world. They often on go missions together, seeing it more as a trip or adventure than a job. There was nothing wrong with socializing with a boy who's around your age, is a friend and not a boyfriend.

The first time it happened, the two of them were chattering off about nothing in the rec room when Komui sent for Allen to come to his office for another mission. Allen, being Allen, smiled sweetly at Lenalee, waving goodbye at her like he usually does before he went on his way. Many onlookers saw this and scrambled towards her the moment Allen left.

" Are you and Allen dating now?"

" You two look so cute together."

" Took you guys long enough."

" Komui better not hear about this ..."

Several "No, Allen and I aren't dating" and disappointed people later, Lenalee told herself that it was a common incident that could happen anytime. A typical mistake among friends. No big deal.

That was until Komui stormed over to his sister later that afternoon, wailing and threatening to kill Allen once he returned from his mission. He grabbed Lenalee by the shoulders, shaking her wildly, tears spewing from his eyes as he cried. " It's not true! Lenalee, tell me that it's not true! You – and Allen – dating? – impossible – false – all lying – must kill Allen! – where is Komui IV!?!?!?"

It took several hours before she is able to calm Komui down and assure him that she and Allen are not dating. And even then, Lenalee told herself that this was also a common occurrence. It was a natural thing for her brother to overreact. After all, she was his baby sister and his only family member left. It was normal for things like this to happen in Headquarters because they're all one big happy family anyways.

How wrong was she.

A few months after the "Dating Incident" as she had now dubbed it, she and Allen went together on a mission in France, following much displeasure on Komui's part. They were walking down the main street, already completed their mission, eating some ice cream. Some had apparently landed on Allen's nose as he hungrily licked and lapped up his strawberry vanilla ice cream with chopped nuts on top. She had giggled, pointed out the fleck of ice cream, laughed with him and proceeded to wipe it off his nose with her handkerchief.

Just then, a little girl, walking with her mother, saw them and asked her mother in her unusually loud voice. " Look, mommy, look! Those two look like mommy and daddy!"

Heads turned and both of them found themselves the center of attention as strangers began whispering and pointing at them like some sort of animal or artifact on display. One little, old lady actually came up to them and gave them a good lecture about how they were too young to be dating and even wagged a bony finger at Allen, warning him not to get Lenalee pregnant anytime time soon, at least not until they were married. She could have sworn her face couldn't be any redder and Allen looked like he could faint from embarrassment.

Many more incidences also occurred since then. And not just at the Headquarters or in the country. Komui kept threatening, arguing, sobbing hysterically, doing every in his power to keep those two away from each other and failing miserably each time. Lavi, Reever and the rest of the Science Department delighted in teasing them whenever they passed by together, calling them "lovebirds", "the modern Romeo and Juliet", "sweethearts", "loving friends" and every other definition in the dictionary that defined "couple".

For their part, Lenalee and Allen decided not to take the matter too seriously. They mostly brushed the comments and mockery aside, ignoring them rather than denying them as that would merely cause more suspicion and questioning. They would even play along with some of the acts, just to get on Komui's nerves.

But even now, after knowing Allen all these years, Lenalee still gets annoyed when people still refer to her as Allen's girlfriend.

Because it isn't "Allen's girlfriend".

It's "Allen's wife".