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AN: Wow...I cannot even...I am so, so, freaking sorry. It has been too long, and I have no excuses, I just have not written for this story for so long! And it's unlikely I'll be able to update often this year, as some may know, I'm heading into my final year of high school -WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FRICK YEAH EXAMS AND STUFF...shittake mushrooms. I will be keeping the status of this story updated on my profile (you can also check my facebook page, there's a link on my profile but I don't use it too much XD)

Most likely you will have to reread the prior chapters to even understand what's going on here, I know I had to XD There are actually a few mistakes and stuff, but eventually I will fix the story up, as well as my other stories :D Anyway, sorry for any oddities and such, but I hope you enjoy this extremely late chapter!


"Kanda! You came…out…" Lenalee slowed down as she caught sight of the dishevelled swordsman, a sigh coming out of her mouth. He seemed like a shell of his former self, dark eyes even duller than they usually were and posture slightly slouched over.

"Daddy, you're finally out!" Ayu jumped up and down, dashing over excitedly.

"Are you okay?" Lenalee asked tentatively.

"…Mm," he made some sort of grunting noise, eyes flickering over her briefly. He came to a halt, eyeing Lenalee intently, eyes narrowing on her body. Lenalee shifted a tiny bit uncomfortably, as he had never done that unless to check for injuries.

"U-Um…"

"Your…" he began slowly, an odd, nauseous look coming over his face. "Your body is messed up."

"Kanda!" Lenalee's face turned red and without hesitation, she aimed a swift kick at his face. She wasn't expecting to make contact, but probably because Kanda's brain was currently a puddle of mush, he took the hit with a casual bangand slammed into the wall.

"Wha…! Kanda! I didn't think I would actually…" she trailed off, running over and followed by an amazed Ayu.

"Linlee-nee! You can hit Daddy! I knew you were amazing!" she exclaimed, clapping her hands. She tugged Kanda's sleeve eagerly through the settling dust. "Daddy, Linlee-nee kicked you!"

"Shut up…" he muttered, brushing debris out of his hair and ignoring the Kanda shaped hole in the wall. "You and I, brat. We're lucky," he said to Ayu, a tiny shiver running through his body as he walked away.

"Why am I lucky, Linlee-nee?" Ayu asked, quizzical expression on her face.

"Because your daddio learned some stuff not for your ears, A-chan." Lavi plonked an open palm on her head, leaning his weight on it. "It's okay, Lenalee! I think your body is perfectly fine!"

"...That would sound like a perfectly good compliment from anyone else, but from your mouth, Lavi…it just sounds wrong," Allen sighed. He looked at his arm, used to the scrabbling limbs up his side as Ayu climbed up to hang onto his shoulder.

"Dadda, what did you tell Daddy?" she tugged on the ribbon around his collar persistently.

"Uh, well, it's…it's something you'll learn later on, okay?" he smiled at her exasperatedly.

"Hm…okay then!" She grinned, sliding back down his arm. "Will Daddy be okay?"

"You know what, A-chan? I have no idea." Lavi shook his head, looking wistfully in the direction Kanda had left. "A cold hearted swordsmen that doesn't get flustered by brains and guts exploding everywhere, piles of dead bodies and near fatal injuries, but he gets mentally traumatised by a sexual education lesson. I guess everyone has a weakness, hey?"

"One of the stupidest I've heard yet…and I've heard quite a few." Allen scoffed.


"Don't fall asleep while brushing your teeth!" Allen poked the little girl in the head as she started to tilt forward, toothbrush slipping out of her mouth.

"Spufgh!" she choked, almost stabbing herself in the eye with her flailing hands had Allen not quickly intervened. "Sorry Dadda…"

Allen just chuckled to himself, patting her on the head. "I think we really have to go to bed."

Ayu nodded sleepily, yawning and eyes falling half closed again, blinking them open again when Allen flicked a little water onto her face.

"Not while standing, silly." Allen set their toothbrushes away. "Oh! That's right, won't you be happy tonight, Ayu? You get to sleep with your Daddy!"


"No." Kanda swiftly slammed the door shut on their faces, stopped only at the last minute by Allen's hand. The door trembled and looked like it was going to splinter with the effort being put in from both sides. "Get your hand off the door, beansprout."

"Come on, don't be like that. I thought we agreed on this?" Allen smiled icily, nudging the half asleep girl into the crack of Kanda's door with his knee. There was a long, electric, fierce staring battle that caused even the people walking past to shudder.

"There's no room," Kanda finally growled.

"It's okay, she curls up, all you have to do is keep an eye on her." Allen maintained his icy smile. "Don't be so darn stubborn."

Kanda's face twitched, and the door handle he was holding onto snapped off. Without a second delay, he slammed the broken off piece into Allen's face with a snarl.

"Damn it, stupid Kanda…!" Allen angrily threw it on the ground, rubbing his face, cursing softly when he realised the door had closed on him. Not that it was that effective with the doorknob missing.

Wait a second…Ayu's gone…

Allen couldn't help but smile a tiny little bit, stretching in satisfaction, almost willing to forgive stupid Kanda for throwing the doorknob at him.

Almost.


Kanda stared in slight revulsion at the little child waddling up to the bed.

"Daddy, I'm gonna…gonna sleep…g'night…" she slurred, trying to climb onto the bed and failing pretty horribly. Normal people would help.

Kanda was not a normal person. So he just stared, and watched almost in a sort of fascinated state at how anyone, even a child, could be so damn uncoordinated when they were tired. He sighed, not wanting to watch this pathetic show any longer. He grabbed the collar of her light coloured, bunny rabbit covered pyjamas, another thing he hadn't wanted to comment on. It reminded him uncomfortably of Lavi, and thinking of that damn red head always made him slightly—scratch that, very, pissed off. He tossed her onto the bed, watching her wiggle underneath the covers and curl up into a ball.

What the fuck am I doing…?

He sighed, his head hurting even more. He had received far too much unwanted information today, and to be completely truthful, he wasn't sure he could ever look at parents in the same way ever again. He folded his jacket and put it away, sitting on the edge of the bed, extremely reluctant to lie down, lest the brat crawl over and do…children things, like slobber and be unpleasant. Maybe he could just fall asleep sitting there. It's not like he hadn't done it before, in fact, he had probably fallen asleep in more awkward positions than that. He didn't even know if he could fall asleep, it was uncomfortable enough with another person in the room, having an annoying kid right beside him…

"D…s…aw…" a quiet mumbling drifted out from beneath the sheets, and Kanda glanced at the bump underneath the sheets. "Daddy…dadda…funny…married couple…"

Kanda's brain felt like it was going to melt.

"Awesome…Daddy is super strong!" she suddenly cried happily, grinning like an idiot before curling back up. Kanda blinked, looking at her from the corner of his eye, confused at how happy go lucky someone could be. He had certainly never seen someone so simple, or someone who so naively expressed her excitement at his strength.

"Dadda…more food…you're cheatin'…"

"…Shut up," Kanda muttered under his breath and slumped to the side, closing his eyes.


AN: Thank you so much to the reviewers as usual, and to all the followers and favs! I love you all so much, rest assured I dance at every one! I really appreciate it! Thanks for the support up to this point, and I'm going to do my best to keep this story going :D Woot woot woot! Have a great day and I'll see you all next time!