"What!" Allen almost choked on his own saliva. If he had been drinking something, this would have been the time for it all to explode out of his mouth. "What do you mean? No! I mean-" Allen's face grew red and made Lenalee know that something was up.

"Are you sure? I always thought that Yu was gay." Lenalee sighed, resting her cheek on her palm. She stared at Allen with her violet eyes.

"Me?"

"No, Yu." Lenalee knew that Kanda's first name always confused people. Whenever someone said it in whatever context , they always thought the statement was towards them. Lenalee had to clarify. "Y. U. It's Kanda's first name." Lenalee frowned. Since Allen didn't even know Kanda's first name, there was no way he could be the Japanese man's gay lover.

"Oh, well, no. I am not his gay lover. I hardly even know him. I'm just-" Allen's mind flashed to the night before. The dull pain still resided in his backside. " I'm just staying here that's all." Allen looked down to his clenched hands on the table. "So, what are we eating?" He was quick to change the subject.

Lenalee opened the bag she had brought with her and started up a conversation. Allen nodded a few times to what she was saying, all the while hounding down on the delicious food Lenalee had brought. Allen zoned out for a moment. He knew that Lenalee must have found it odd to see him in Kanda's clothes.

Allen was wearing an oversized black t-shirt. Much like a girl would do after what went on the night before. The shirt didn't belong to him. Again, like a girl. Plus he was wearing Kanda's boxers, well his already bought and unopened pair of boxers, but Kanda's nonetheless. Allen was in a bad situation. He couldn't lie to the girl. She knew what was going on. Girls always knew what was going on. Especially if they had a really accurate radar for homosexual tendencies.

"Lenalee?" Allen needed to end the silence. The Chinese girl seemed so friendly to him and he wanted to get to know her a little more, but when he struck up a conversation all he could think to ask about was Kanda. "How did you get your job with Kanda? I mean he seems a little... well you know. A little bit on the grumpy side."

Lenalee crossed one leg over the other. She leaned in, resting her elbows on the table top. "Well, Kanda owed my older brother a lot from some big deal they made with each other." Lenalee pulled out some food for herself. She messed with the seasoned noodles with her chopsticks. " So my brother managed to get me a job because Kanda owed him."

"What does Kanda do?" Allen stuffed his mouth with food and moved on to the next batch that was waiting for him in the bag. "Hish plashe ish..." He swallowed. " His place is huge! Not to mention his bathroom, with that hydro-jet bathtub. Man did that thing make my back feel so much better."

Lenalee's violet eyes widened. Her cheeks reddened. "Y-your back hurt?" Her thoughts went rampant. She was about to burst into fan girl squeals.

"Ah!" Allen stuffed more food into his mouth to avoid the question. He munched and munched until the silence got worse and Lenalee's stare was burning into him. Gulping the large amount of food down his throat, Allen finally continued. " Yeah, uh, my back was hurting from sitting on that long flight! Nothing else made it hurt. Really!"

Lenalee lifted a thing eyebrow. "Uh-huh..." Lenalee messed with her food again, still staring at Allen. She knew that if she kept up with her staring and silence, than she would get the real answer out of Allen. "So a plane ride made your back hurt? I guess it is possible." She rolled her eyes.

" Yeah! That's what happened." Allen laughed nervously. "That's what happened, and nothing else." Allen felt like he was shrinking under Lenalee's stare. "Oh fine! I can't believe I am telling this to a complete stranger. I slept with your boss, you happy now?" Allen pouted, crossing his arms over his chest. " It's so embarrassing! But he forced himself on me!"

Lenalee burst into squeals of happiness. "Ah! That's so great! You have no idea how happy I am for you two!" Lenalee couldn't keep still in her seat. She held her self down with her hands clenched to the side of the chair. Her legs were bouncing up and down. A wide smile formed on her face. "Allen! I need details."

"You need what?" Allen cocked a silver eyebrow upwards at the Chinese girl. " Are you crazy or something? Is there something wrong up in that pretty little brain of yours?" Allen set his chopsticks down and crossed his arms over his chest. "You're not getting anything else out of me, Lenalee." Allen smiled inwardly. The conversation was a serious one, but he still found joy in making a rhyme without even meaning to.

Lenalee pouted. "Oh fine, but you do owe me something for bringing you this food." She crossed her arms right back at Allen. "So cough it up." She ordered, a dark smile gracing her soft features. "Was he any good?" She crossed one leg over the other and leaned back in her chair.

Allen felt defeated, of course he had to give up something for the food that was given to him. He spoke under his breath, blushing fiercely. "Yes." Allen looked down to his lap, pulling at the black t-shirt he wore. "Very good."

Lenalee stood up, and extended her hand towards Allen. "Well, Allen. It was very nice meeting you. Thanks for making my day." Once Allen shook her hand, Lenalee swiped some hair behind her ear. She was so pretty that Allen couldn't look away. Maybe if he wasn't gay, he would go for her? Who knew?

"Uh, goodbye, Lenalee." Allen stood up and walked with her to the front door of the apartment. "Maybe, can I see you one more time before I leave at the end of this week? You are so nice and I'd like it if we became friends." Allen was hopeful to make the best of his short, accidental vacation in Japan. "So how about it?"

"I'd like that." Lenalee replied, nodding. The hair she has pinned behind her ear, fell forward. She smiled. "I'll try to get away from work some time and steal you away from Kanda for a moment or two and I'll show you around the city." She bowed before Allen, in traditional Japanese style, but Allen wasn't really familiar with it. When she straightened up he gave her a hug, which she was surprised by.

"Goodbye again, Lenalee." A sad expression had taken over his face, by saying goodbye to a new friend. " Until next time." He let her go and stood back. They both smiled at each other and Lenalee left the apartment, making up plans in her head for the next time she would meet with Allen.

Allen felt like a huge weight was lifted off his shoulders when Lenalee had left. He didn't have to go through any more embarrassing moments of telling her the things he did with Kanda.

He locked the door for safety measures and then headed back to the kitchen to clean up and put the leftovers in the fridge. That was when the buzzer on the clothes drier went off. Allen could finally change back into his old clothes and re-sheet the bed in the guest room. When he pulled his clothes out of the drier he couldn't bring himself to change.

The shirt he was wearing was cloaked in Kanda's smell. A flowery-man smell that only belonged to Kanda, and that Allen adored so much. He pulled at his collar and took in a deep breath. He smiled, blushing slightly. Just thinking about Kanda made him want to make something more of the disastrous vacation he was on.