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This chapter contains short stories of scenes/events that occur during Kanda's stay with Allen's family. It will be somewhat fast paced or short or both, sorry about that.

I really wanted to post this on June 6th, but T^T stuff happens. Happy very belated birthday Kanda. BY THE WAY WHAT. Kanda is dog person D:? It's not a bad thing, but I always thought he'd be a cat person. So I wrote that first scene and relate him to a cat before that revelation at Komui Corner.

I'm sorry for any grammar mistakes and I hope I don't confuse anyone. Please enjoy reading!


Spending his time at the Moyashi's family with a sprained ankle was not part of the agenda and he glared resentfully at the black ankle brace that severely hindered his mobility. Though instead of berating his ankle for getting injured, he wanted to quickly get up and go through his bathroom routine without anyone's assistance. In short he wanted to get ready before the Moyashi woke up and burst through his door.

He flipped over the covers and as normal placed his the foot into his shoes without paying any attention. Instantly his eyes widen in disgust and he kicked his shoes off like it was a plague. Why in the seven hells were his shoes wet? He limped his way towards his shoes and the closer he got, he realized that his shoes had been chewed and mangled. Teeth marks and drool decorated his dark, leather boots.

Poor Kanda was about to have an aneurysm there. Those were his favorite pair of shoes.

Kanda limped as fast as he could out of his room to find the culprit with the evidence in his hands. He knew who it was, but just needed to find the mutt. He had a feeling to check the Moyashi's room first since Allen practically gushed nonstop about his dog.

Sure enough Kanda slammed the door open and found the dog resting by the boy's bedside. Allen who had been sleeping so peacefully, now found himself startled and rolled off his bed at the sudden intrusion. Nonetheless he groggily untangled himself from the blankets and sat up from the floor, while Timcanpy barely paid any attention and continued to sleep. The dog had no idea what was wrong.

"Kanda?" Allen yawned drowsily. "What in the world are you-"

Before Allen could finish Kanda brought up his maimed shoes in front of him and that completely shut the boy up,

"Oh…" The grey eyes became wider and wider with horror when he registered the item and its condition. "OH!" Kanda just dropped the boots in the boy's hand and instantly Allen dropped them on the floor when the slimy sensation reached his hands. "Gross!" Allen exclaimed disgusted and wiped his hands on his pajama pants. After being thoroughly disgusted, he turned to face his dog with a disapproving look.

The commotion in Allen's room woke a few people and they came to see what was wrong.

"What's going on?!" Neah cried frantically, bursting into the room with a bat in his hand. He fixed his night cap and prepared to hit the one person he hated in his nephew's room.

Allen sighed tiredly, one problem after the other. "Why do you have a bat in your hands?"

Neah scoffed. "Why not. "

Allen groaned, knowing the bat in his uncle's hand was going to be used for an intention that wasn't good. The Earl took the bat out of his brother's hand and threw it into the hallway. "Too early Neah and too messy."

Kanda wasn't sure if he heard right when the man said ''too messy.' Did he want to read into that before the day has even begun? After all no one was suppose to be awake as evident to them all still in their pajamas or nightgowns. In addition, he had to worry about what the Moyashi's dog did to his shoes.

Allen sighed and flashed his dog, laying on the carpet floor innocently, a scolding expression. "Sorry for waking all of you up, but it's just Tim and his unhealthy biting habit." Allen's directed his attention at the pair of shoes on the floor. This was not the first time Tim has done something like this.

"Very." Lulu Bell glared at the dog, standing by the doorway. "He's chewed through two of my Louis Vuitton bags and a pair of my Gucci shoe."

"I bought you one for your birthday didn't I?" Allen moaned sorrowfully through his hands. Everyone knew just how expensive those brands were and more importantly, how the boy hated spending large quantities of money. However Allen recovered quickly to wave his finger at his dog and sternly reprimanded the golden retriever. "Bad Tim! How many times have I told you to not chew anything, but your own toys?!" The boy pointed to Kanda's ruined shoes.

Timcanpy ears went flat and let out a low whine.

In the background Neah was actually flashing Timcanpy a thumbs up for ruining the Japanese boy's stuff. Though the Earl slapped his brother's hands to stop him from encouraging the dog's behavior.

So it was hard to tell whether Timcanpy was sad or very confused. Allen, one of his favorite person was scolding him and on the other hand, Neah, his other favorite was praising him.

Either way Timcanpy didn't like seeing Allen angry at him and so the dog mustered his best puppy eye look to get the boy to forgive him.

Allen paused in chiding his dog and his stern attitude fell. "Ah Tim… don't give me that look."

Kanda slapped his forehead. "Moyashi… don't you dare-"

"Oh Tim!" Allen cried pathetically and wrapped his arms around the large dog. "I can't stay mad at you for too long!" Just like that the dog cheerfully licked Allen's face.

"Oh my fucking god." Kanda groaned, unable to fathom how weak will the Moyashi was. The British boy didn't even stay mad at his dog for even one minute!

Lulu Bell seemed to share his sentiments and chastised Allen for his lenient teachings or rather lack of. "This is the reason why he never learns Allen."

Allen pulled his face away from Timcanpy and pouted. "I know, but take a good look at his face!" Allen attempted to justify his claim by making Timcanpy smile. Flashing all those pointy, pearly white teeths.

Lulu Bell and Kanda were not convinced or impressed.

"How can anyone stay mad at this adorable face!" Allen cooed proudly and lovingly at his dog as he petted the sides of Tim's heard.

"He has a point." Neah agreed.

When Allen took noticed Kanda's face, it was enough to incinerate all of Allen's bias feelings for his dog and bring him back to reality. "Ahem, I'm really sorry Kanda and see, Timcanpy is too! Right Tim?"

Timcanpy barked as if the animal knew and to prove that, well he did the unthinkable.

Kanda eyes became large when he notice the dog inching closer to him and ready to jump. He tried to back away, but his injured ankle prevented him from escaping. Instead he tripped backwards, making Timcanpy's job so much easier. He cried out absolutely appalled with his back against the carpet with nowhere to hide. "OH FUCK NO-!" In the end, Tim came crashing on top of Kanda and began to relentlessly licked the Japanese boy's face. Kanda did not want at all dog saliva on his face.

"Ahhh, see. Tim is sorry."

Kanda was certain the Moyashi was laughing himself to his grave, while his stupid and fat mutt was on top of him. Still he managed to yell at the top of lungs. "MO-YA-SHI!"

It was official, Kanda despised dogs with every fiber of his being and vowed to never get one.

XXXXXXX

Normally a sprained ankle took about five to fourteen days, but Kanda healed a lot faster than just five to fourteen days and apparently that amazed one of Allen's cousins.

So now Yuu Kanda was getting weirded out by Maitora staring at his ankle like some test subject. It didn't ease him that the man wore a hoodie that covered his face and couldn't see the other's face.

"Can you take off your shoes?"

"No."

"Can I touch it?"

"Hell No." Kanda scooted away, but that didn't deteriorate the freak from advancing closer to him… no not even him, it was his foot.

"Can I x-ray it?"

"The fuck?" What, now? How was the man going to x-ray his foot now? Wait a minute why was he even thinking about that? "No!"

"... How about a blood test?"

"What part of 'no' is too fucking difficult for you to comprehend?" Kanda seethed aggravated. What was he going to do with his blood? When did his mornings become unbearable?

"Stop that Maitora, you're freaking him out." Allen scolded.

"But does it not fascinate anyone that he healed his ankle faster than average? In fact, his wounds seemed to heal faster than most people!" Maitora reasoned, almost giddy.

"Kanda is a special boy." Allen replied and hopelessly prayed that answer would somehow quench his cousin's curiosity.

However that didn't work and instead they saw Maitora's eyes seem to gleam even more with interest at the word special.

"Thank you so much Moyashi."

Maitora was similar to Lavi when they become interested in something. They become overly enthusiastic and the need to satisfy their thirst was great. Though Maitora was more of a hands on person than a bookworm, still his hobbies ranged from a variety of things. Sometimes it drove Wisely up the wall at how much of a racket Maitora hobbies could make. Poor Wisely's headache got worse from it and sometimes Maitora did it on purpose.

"... how about now Kanda?"

"Don't do it Kanda!" Allen quickly warned as he saw the murderous intent burn in the Japanese boy's. "You'll regret it!"

"I already regret that my fist hasn't met his face!" Kanda spat, clenching his fist to punch the other. Suddenly Maitora's hands shot out to touch his chest… touching him without his permission.

Allen paled and was speechless. He could practically feel Kanda's anger boiling and ready to erupt.

A note pad was suddenly flipped in Maitora's hand and as he scribbled down some notes, he muttered. "Subject: Yuu Kanda. Gender: Male. Short tempered. A hundred and eighty-one centimeters tall. Sixty-three kilograms in weight and- "

Kanda lunged violently causing the pillows that decorated the couch to fly all over the place and hit Allen. Maitora easily dodge the pillows in the air and continued to write. Sadly Kanda never made it to Maitora when he fell flat on his face from tripping on a pillow with his twisted ankle.

Allen meekly called out his name. "... Kanda?"

"Nobody say a fucking word."

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"Ah!"

In front of him was a delicious piece of food and by no means would ever refuse food. Food was sacred to him. He loved food and eating. He practically ate everything and anything, especially if someone prepared the dish for him or bought him a meal. He would never say no to a meal. It would be quite rude and a waste. However... in this situation Allen really hated himself and reluctantly he opened his mouth as his uncle fed him a piece of vegetable. He chewed awkwardly and uncomfortably at his uncle's actions. He could not believe how embarrassing his uncle could be.

"Good!" Neah gushed, preparing to scoop another bite for him.

Being with Kanda for a while meant Allen's learned to read the boy much better than most people. He could tell Kanda was never going forget this moment go and most likely going to use this for blackmail or as a comeback one day.

"Hey! I want to feed Allen too!" Road huffed, thoroughly upset at how much fun her uncle was having and not including her. Though Allen would disagree about how fun it was to feed him like some child.

"No way Road!" Neah wailed. "I need time and support! I need to prepare since I have no choice, but to give Allen away!" One glimpse of his nephew's face brought the man to tears and into a tight embrace.

Allen mouthed a "help me" however no one was willing to lend a hand as they didn't want to face Neah's wrath or worse, be near the man when he's feeling the empty bird nest syndrome. Even the twins, who were usually the first one to tease Allen, truthfully felt pity for the younger boy. Especially when the Earl was holding a video camera in his hand to record all of this.

"Say ah!"

XXXXXXX

Hardly anything frighten or intimidated the Japanese boy. However Kanda needed to confess that Road did have a creepy collection of dolls and puppets. Those beady and painted soulless eyes were staring right at him. As if staring right through to his soul. The smile on their faces never changed.

"That's Frank, that's Mary, that's Theresa, that's…"

Kanda wasn't even listening as she name off each and every one of her dolls. He was too busy staring back at the dolls around him. He had this nagging, paranoid feeling that one of them might spring to life and attack them. Now this was more of realistic and disturbing haunted exhibition than his school could ever pull off. Every year the Black Order Academy would do a festival and every year there would be a horror tour. Without fail, the horror tour wasn't scary and more on the cheesy side. The only part that actually terrified him was going through the tour with Lavi. The idiot rabbit never shut up, making comments along the way and studying each and every inch of the tour. Hell, one time Lavi scared Miranda when she was suppose to be the one doing the scaring.

"Okay Road!" Allen anxiously said after seeing the giant doll head without a body. "You don't have to show us all of them!"

The Moyashi was clinging so tightly onto his right arm that Kanda was about to lose all sensation in that arm.

"Oh but Allen!" Road pouted. "We haven't even hit the main bulk of my collection!"

Kanda swore he saw an unnatural sadistic glint in the little girl's eyes. He glanced down at his watch momentarily and swore under his breath. They've been in this freakin' room for two hours! Just how much dolls could a girl collect?! "Don't girls normally have a room full of clothes?" Kanda whispered to the Moyashi clinging close to him, which wasn't unpleasant. One, the boy couldn't get lost in here and two, he didn't have to go searching for him in this hell hole.

Allen opened his mouth to reply, but Road had heard Kanda. "But being normal is overrated!" She giggled gleefully. "Besides that's Lulu Bell's issue. Now come on! We're burning daylight!"

As if there was any light to shine in this room.

Kanda groaned mentally, how did he get himself into this mess? His mind replayed what conspired this morning that lead him to this troublesome situation.

Kanda woke up feeling a sense of dread. What new shit would be waiting for him today to go through? He buried his face into the pillow and let out a groan of frustration. Well whatever shit it was, he could do it because he wasn't that weak. He was mother fucking Kanda Yuu.

He raised his head up and looked around. No one was in his room and it was eerily quiet at how peaceful it was. He flipped over the covers to see under if anything was wrong with his body. Nothing. He examined his new shoes and poked them to make sure it wasn't covered in mutt drool. On that note, he found it ridiculous how fast they replaced his old boots. It was the same exact style too. His clothes? He searched the closet and nothing out of the ordinary. He scratched his head almost confused, but thankful nothing was wrong.

He shrugged, maybe there was nothing for him to be paranoid about. So he went into the bathroom to brush his teeth, wash his face, and comb his hair. Then that's when it hit him…

WHERE THE FUCK WAS MUGEN?

Kanda haphazardly tied his hair, not in his usually high ponytail, but a low and loose one. He flipped his room inside out for Mugen and when he got up from searching underneath his bed, he heard an amused giggle.

"Looking for something?"

He glared hatefully at the little girl. It was plain as fucking day when she spoke in that manner, she had something to do with it. "Give back Mugen." It wasn't even a question, but a demand.

"Mugen? Cute how you named it."

Mugen wasn't an "it" and he had no time to play this game with her. Again he grinded out his demand. "Give. Back. Mugen."

"I'll tell you after we have some breakfast. Come!" She sang out cheerfully as she skipped down the halls.

Hurriedly Kanda went after her to the dining room. As soon as he entered, Allen knew something was wrong and judging by Road's mood, she was the source of the Japanese boy anger.

The Earl sent Neah a very confused expression at the sudden tension the Japanese boy was emitting and why Allen appeared apprehensive. He whispered to his brother. "Neah… did you have anything to do with this?"

"Really?" Neah feigned a look of surprise and hurt before grinning amused. "As much as I would love to take all the credit, it wasn't me… well this time."

"Road, whatever you've done to Kanda, stop it now." Allen paused from eating his breakfast.

Kanda didn't have any patience and grinded out angrily. "Give. Back. Mugen."

"You took Mugen?!" Allen yelled horrified, surprising everyone because they didn't know who or what 'Mugen' was and the value it had to Kanda. Moreover why was Allen so bewildered.

"Maybe!" Road chirped.

"Road, give it back now." Allen sighed seriously tired and emphasized the now part. Allen knew how important the sword was to Kanda and anyone that tried to mess with Mugen… didn't have a happy end.

"Alright everyone calm down and you." Sheryll glared at Kanda. "Don't you dare hurt my daughter."

"I wouldn't dream of it." Kanda spat sarcastically. "As long as she gives Mugen back."

Sheryll glanced at his daughter perplexed. "Road, why did you take 'this Mugen' from the boy?"

"I'm just playing around." Road answered with a sickening sweet and innocent tone that made Kanda disgusted.

"There. She's just playing around, no harm there." Sheryll concluded. "She'll give it back later."

Tyki rolled his eyes at his brother's blind and bias love for his daughter. "No, not there Sheryll. Road stop it with your games and tell us why you took…"

"Mugen." Wisely supplemented. "His sword."

Tyki raised an eyebrow, finding it strange that someone owned a sword and why in the world Kanda brought it with him. However Tyki didn't voice his opinion about that because he didn't want to get cut up by a person with a short temper. "...his sword…?"

Road frowned and huffed. "Shut it Tyki and stop ruining my fun! It's not like I go around to your friends and tell them that you're actually not some poor hobo!"

"Are you still doing that?!" Sheryll yelled angrily.

The Earl smiled, but his patronizing tone betrayed how he felt. "Tyki-pon, come to my room after breakfast."

"I don't see what's wro-aaahh…" Neah's opinion on this matter was cut short at one glance at his brother's face. "We'll see you in the Earl's room after breakfast Tyki." Neah repeated, suddenly changing his mind.

"Ugh…" Tyki groaned, tensed and nervous of what was to come from their conversation. Obviously it wouldn't be pleasant. How did the conversation shift from Road to him?! "I'm a grown man and still being told what to do." Tyki muttered unhappily.

Allen scoffed. "Now you understand my complaints."

"Now Road." The Earl started seriously. "Why did you take this boy's belonging?"

Road whined resentful that everyone seemed to be attacking her, even the Earl! "I just wanted to show him my dolls! That's all!"

Kanda didn't know what to say because he didn't understand the girl's motive. All that effort to piss him off, just so the girl could present her stupid toys to him?! All she had to do was ask, albeit he would have said no… so maybe she did needed to go through all that trouble.

With that response an uncomfortable expression spread across everyone's faces and the clattering of utensils stopped. Even Sheryll attitude changed slightly. "Road, honey, what have we talked about forcing people to see your doll collection?"

"You guys make it sound like he's going to die!"

"No, he's just going to come out mentally scarred for life."

Kanda couldn't believe these people! Don't they know anything called privacy or to not touch anything that didn't belong to them?!

All he wanted was Mugen back in his hands and Allen was only here because he bravely volunteered to come with him. As if he needed an escort or any protection because he was pretty sure that was what he was doing for the Moyashi.

How did Road manage to sneak into his room and steal Mugen from him…? However the little brat wouldn't give it back unless he went with her to see her dolls. His first impression was that, it couldn't be that bad. However it was real apparent that he was wrong when Neah, he quotes: "I'll never forgive you for taking Allen away from me, but seeing Road's dolls is something even I don't wish to befall on you."

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The floor of the abandon house creaked with each step he took and he shivered involuntarily. He was by no means cold, but there was something, something, unsettling him. There was an eerie silence that filled the house that not even the rain and the thunder outside could fill the emptiness. However if he closed his eyes and strained his ears he could hear a haunting melody of moans, scratches, and even a whisper that somehow was beckoning to him.

He peered out the window of the cracked glass, but saw nothing but fog, rain, and thunder cackling. No use trying to see a what was out there. It all started out as fun and games. They were bored and had heard about the haunted house. It was abandon in the middle of the forest where no one ever went. They decided to go explore to find the reason behind why the house was… haunted. They went their separate ways to make exploring the rooms faster.

In hindsight, it wasn't the best idea.

He couldn't describe what was happening, but that it was just strange and odd. It was infinitely more odd as he delved deeper into the house. Now he wasn't joking when he saw a mist, but shaped as a person…

The sound of a crow cawing cut his thought off short and a gust of wind whistled behind him. He turned, his heart pounded with a sense of dread.

Something was wrong.

To prove his point, the thunder and rain began to beat harder against the broken windows causing him to jump startled.

"Why so scared Shounen?"

Again, he was not expecting to meet anyone ever since they parted their separate ways. In fact, this was not the person he wanted to meet first. This was the person he wanted to run from.

"Tyki!" He squeaked and when he something glimmer in the man's hand, he became nervous. Even more so than the predatory smirk on the man's lips and he knew he had to get away from Tyki. LIttle by little he inched away and in return Tyki inched closer. Whatever friendship they once had was gone.

Quickly he made a break for it, but the man was faster than him and managed to trap him in a room. He held up his hands, pleading for Tyki to stop. "Tyki, you don't have to do this! We can work this out!"

"Sorry Shounen, it's all part of the game. I have to do this." Tyki shrugged nonchalantly while twirling the knife in his hand. "Trust me. It hurts me more than you think it does, I mean! I have no one to play poker with after I sacrifice your corpse to the demon king."

"Demon king?" Allen sputtered shocked, out of all things, why a demon king?

"No hard feeling, right Allen?"

In a flash the spear in Tyki's hand attacked the defenseless Allen and a scream echoed throughout the house.

"TYKI! Why did you have to kill Allen!" Road cried utterly devastated as she swung her legs unhappily against the living room table. The table shook causing Allen and Kanda to make sure none of the game pieces were ruined by the girl's objections.

Tyki frowned perplex. "Isn't this part of the game? It's called Betrayal for a reason, Road."

"NO!" Road hollered with a very hostile glare towards Tyki.

Tyki shot his niece a deadpan expression. "Road, you were the one that dragged me down here to play." Why was he always the one caught in Road's shenanigans? He had better things to do then amuse the girl.

"Yea, but that doesn't mean you could kill Allen!"

"His character was the closest to mine. What do you want from me?!"

"To kill someone other than Allen! I mean how could anyone want to kill him?!"

"Fucking christ, can we just play the fucking game!" Kanda snapped. He didn't even want to take part in this stupid game, but they had burst into his room and dragged him to participate. He only agreed because the weather was a fucking nightmare outside. It was raining heavily and thunder could be heard from outside. There was literally nothing to do, especially since this wasn't his home. Though annoyingly enough, he had this stupid OCD of always finishing what he started, no matter how ridiculous. "Who cares if the idiot got his ass killed! Shouldn't have gotten himself killed in the first place."

Allen smiled, but his twitch signalling that he was annoyed at Kanda. "Are your eyes too small Bakanda to see my character doesn't have that much speed to run."

"Obviously you fight him, but guess you're too much of a weak Moyashi to fight."

"He had a weapon equipped!"

"Not my fucking problem, figure it out."

The Earl sat in one of the armchairs and was doing his usual daily knitting. "No fighting children!

Neah grabbed his nephew and wrapped his arms around his head. So Allen's face was pressed against the man's chest. "Don't worry! I'll protect you!"

All of Allen's replies were muffled.

"Well good fucking job because he's dead now." Kanda scoffed.

Neah stuck his tongue out at Kanda. "But honestly Tyki, Kanda would have made a lovely sacrifice."

"And you know what else is lovely? Mugen against your neck."

Allen broke free and gasped for air. "You two need to stop fighting!" Allen grabbed the guide book and smacked the two for fighting.

"Ow!" Neah cried as rubbed his head, while Kanda blinked surprised by the sudden hit.

"Now work together to stop Tyki from winning!" Allen wouldn't lie, but he had hoped by playing these silly games, then maybe Neah and Kanda could work together. Being on the same team meant they would be forced to work together… right?

"Shh Shounen." Tyki hushed mockingly. "Stop being the voice of reason, you're dead. If they want to fight and let me win, then I'm okay with it."

Allen began to talk, but Road and Neah shouts drowned the boy out. "He's not dead!"

Kanda sighed, they were never going to finish with the two complaining about Allen getting himself killed. And it was just a game...

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Kanda mumbled out broken strings of curses as a way to show how he was not pleased to be woken up at all by an air horn. Especially when the loud pitch had been directly right at his godforsaken ear. He fell off the bed, losing briefly his sense of hearing. Though not his sight and was able to send the most hateful and spiteful glare at the Moyashi's smug uncle. He didn't need to hear himself say. "Fuck you." The words rolled off his tongue as natural as water flows.

Neah smirked. "Get up, we have an emergency!" And strolled away to terrorize the next victim.

When his hearing came back, he heard the air gun go off in someone else's room. "ROAD!"

Everyone gathered, many dressed haphazardly and hair untamed. Some struggled to keep their eyes opened or fell back asleep when they say down. While the Earl, Neah, and Road looked prim and proper, awake and ready for anything. That was a sign that they were the mastermind behind the rude awakening at early in the morning and were planning something.

"So." Neah began seriously. "I bet you're wonder why we woke you all up like that."

"Geez I wonder?" Wisely grumbled sarcastically.

"Well it's cause we have an EMERGENCY!" Road cried frantically and out of nowhere dropped stacks of books onto the table. Those with their heads down on the table woke up with a jolt from that sudden slam.

Sheryll moaned tiredly. "Road… not again. How many times have we told you?" Still the man grabbed a pencil and aided in his daughter's pile of homework.

"Yes again!" Road whined and stomped her foot. "It's not my fault they give so much boring work!"

"Road, this is starting to happen on a daily basis." Tyki sighed, flipping through one of the books he was given with disinterest.

"Regardless!" The Earl roared and started to distribute the textbooks, papers, pencils, and workbooks. "This is an emergency and Road need us! This is a crisis only family can do to get this done, so my dear family… and Kanda." He smiled cheerfully at the Japanese boy, who did not find the feeling mutual. "Let us begin!"

Kanda stared at the work in front of him. Were they for real? They woke him up just to do the girl's homework?

"Kanda staring at it isn't going to get it done." Allen whispered to Kanda.

Kanda glared at the boy and grinded out. "You woke me up just for this? To do your cousin's freakin' homework?"

When Kanda puts it that way... why Allen needed to consider his words carefully because Kanda was right. Yes, they were all awake to do Road's homework. There was kind of no choice since the Earl and Neah wanted them to do this. So he cheekily answered. "Do it because I'm the love of you life?"

"No, you're the pain in my ass so hell no."

"Ah, you say the most affectionate things."

Road frowned and pointed her pencil at Kanda and Allen. "Hey cut the chatter you two! All these problems aren't going to get itself done!"

"The whole point of homework is to do it yourself."

"But it's really no fun!"

"Tough luck kid." Kanda snapped. Truthfully he hated homework too and if it wasn't for Tiedoll getting all over his case about school. Then hell, he wouldn't bother with it. He didn't mind learning… as long as the topic is relevant to him and something of interest. If not then he couldn't care less because why, why in the world did he need to know imaginary numbers? Didn't they know the definition of imaginary? How can those numbers exist if they aren't real?! Anyways… that doesn't mean she should pawn off her problems for him to do.

"Let's look on the bright side-" Allen started, but Kanda interrupted him.

"I fucking hate you."

Allen ignored Kanda's sour attitude and continued on. "This is a good review for the basic knowledge that you've learned." He scribbled in answers and not just random ones like the twins and Tyki would do, but actual and correct answers.

Road sighed. "Alright Kanda, do my homework please…" She emphasized the please just to butter him up. "And I'll give you a picture of a sleeping Allen!" Road took out a photo from her pockets and waved it around like it was a piece of candy.

"Why the fuck would I want that?" Kanda answered deadpanned.

"Who doesn't?!" Road gasped.

Chorus of voices rang out that said otherwise. "We don't."

"Why not?!" Neah exclaimed, shocked at how anyone could refuse his sweet nephew. No one dared met Neah's gaze or they would be caught in a god awful long lecture of how cute Allen was. They were glad to dive their noses into the books.

"Don't you want a picture of him for when you think about him?!" Road pouted.

"No." Kanda scowled. "Why would I want that when there's the real one?!"

"..."

"..."

No one said a word, but blinked surprised at the Japanese boy's statement. It was actually romantic for him to say.

Kanda frowned perplexed. "What?! What the hell are you all staring at?! Hey Moyashi, what the fu-" Kanda stopped when he saw the stuck and stunned expression on the boy's face. What in the world was going on with these people? What did he say?!

Allen's face flushed and he buried his face in one of the books from Kanda's gaze. Kanda had no idea the meaning behind his words.

"What?!" Kanda snapped, irritated at everyone's reaction. He just said what he thought was normal. Why would he want some inanimate object compared to the actual living fuck breathing person? Makes no sense.

"Nothing! Ahem…" Allen coughed embarrassed, but not the bad kind like his family was doing to him. He just couldn't believe Kanda said something to cheesy and romantic like to him, especially around his family.

Kanda muttered under his breath at what freaks the Moyashi family was. He still couldn't figure out what was so weird about what he said.

Allen wondered how did she get a picture of him. "Road, why do you have that?"

"Well, you can be a little defenseless at times." Road replied with a shrug.

"All the more reason why we need to keep him safe!" Neah shrieked.

"A.K.A we gotta baby him." Devit clarified.

Somehow they could see the unnatural flames of determination glow brightly and dangerously from behind Neah. "I must save my nephew's chastity!" Neah began to furiously scribble his answers onto the homework.

Road raised an eyebrow at the speed her uncle was working at. "Hey… make sure it's correct…"

"Or the lack of it." Tyki teased and instantly, an eraser hit the side of his head and a foot smashed against his knee cap from under the table.

Tyki couldn't see the gentlemen smile that Allen was giving him since he was too busy cringing in pain. "Oh pardon me Tyki, I didn't notice your leg was there."

Out of nowhere Wisely spoke offhandedly. "Who knows, maybe Kanda's dumb and can't do this?"

The little voice in Kanda's head told him to use the pencil to stab the boy. Kanda was half inclined to do it because sometimes it was okay to listen to the voice in his head.

Wisely hoped his plan would go accordingly because honestly it wasn't hard to figure what buttons to push Kanda. But still he swallowed nervously when Kanda snapped the pencil in his bare hand into two like it was wet tissue paper. He didn't just insult the boy for nothing, well not for nothing... he'd have to fight for his life and that would be really tiring.

What gave Kanda the strength to break that pencil was pretending the pencil was Wisely's neck.

"Kanda, Kanda, Kanda!" Allen hurriedly calmed his boyfriend down, knowing fully well what Wisely was trying to play at. "Don't pay attention to him, he's doing it on pur-" A hand, rather two hands shot out to silence him and Allen's eye shifted bewildered at what the twins were doing. "Mmmpff!"

"Shhhh!" Jasdero shushed annoyed and close to one side of his face.

While the other side was Devit hissing at Allen. "Quiet! Four eyes knows what he's doing and it's working!"

Finally Allen pried their hands off and gasped for air. "You bloody nitwits! I can't brea-!" The hands came back to cover his mouth, but at least the twins allowed their hands to give some air this time.

The twins leaned into his ear and harshly shushed him. "Sssshhhhh. If Wisely gets your boyfriend to do the work too, then think of how much we don't have to do!" That was probably why no one reacted, they were hoping for it to work.

Allen pushed their hands away and flatly stated. "You mean how much you don't have to do."

"Yep!" Jasdero affirmed with a nod.

Allen rolled his eyes. "I can't believe you two sometimes."

"Ah come one Allen!" The twins begged pitifully. "We don't want to do this! We've got our own work to handle and stuff!"

"Enough, I'm-" Allen paused when another hand shot in front of his face and gaped, startled at who the culprit was. "Kanda… you aren't-!"

"Book Moyashi, give it here." Kanda interrupted him and seriously.

"Wha?" Allen did a double take when he heard because he still couldn't believe that Kanda took the bait.

"Did I stutter? Give me a fucking book." Kanda growled. Sure he wasn't a brainiac, but he wasn't dumb as shit. He'll show the punk.

Allen sighed as Road happily handed Kanda a workbook. He could foresee Kanda going to murder Wisely now when the Japanese boy figured it out. Kanda could be a simple minded person at times.

XXXXXXX

Currently Allen sat on the floor cradling a bowl popcorn in his arms and absentmindedly popped a handful of popcorn into his mouth. There was no pause in between, he just continued to stuff himself.

Tyk and the twins walked into the room, who had been here an hour earlier, to find out if anything new was happening. Tyki exclaimed incredulous. "Wow, are they still at it?" He received no answer and wondered why, so he glanced down at Allen to find the boy appearing traumatized. He waved a hand in front of the boy, but wasn't fazed by it. Instead Allen continue to stare, transfixed at the floor and ate more popcorn.

"Hey!" The twins began to make funny faces at Allen to get a reaction out of him, but nothing. Allen was like a soldier that belonged to the Queen's Guard.

"I think he's dead." Devit scoffed disappointed at the lack of reactions.

"Don't be an idiot." Tyki rolled his eyes and smacked Devit on the head. "Shounen, drowning yourself in popcorn isn't going to do anything. Besides ruin your diet and health." Considering he bet the boy has gone through more than a bowl, the servants were probably ordered to bring him more popcorn in here. He reached over to take the bowl away, but his hands were slapped away and the slap was quite painful.

"No." Allen finally spoke. "But at least it'll be a distraction, better than to see my boyfriend and uncle trying to cut each other." The morning had begun pleasantly or as pleasantly as it normally was with Kanda visiting. He had planned to stroll and show Kanda the different style of gardens they had. He knew Kanda had an affinity for gardening and plants. It was quite a pleasant surprise to find out, especially to go as far to threaten anything that wanted to harm his flowers and trees. Though his favorite moment had to be when he caught Kanda talking to one of his plants.

Trust his uncle to foil his plan and come over to Kanda, challenging him to a duel or something about a test of strength. What was it that Neah said? "I won't give my nephew away to someone who can't defeat me!" Typical of Kanda to have no qualms about that statement and in fact… practically jumped all over it. Most likely Kanda wanted to fight Neah and wasn't thinking at all about the other part involving him. Of course he tried to stop them, but they were so eager to beat each other that... well he went unheard.

The sound of wood smashing against each other and insults flew in the air.

"Don't tell me you're all tired out kid?" Neah panted heavily.

"Not even old man." Kanda spat, the sweat dripping from his forehead.

So here was Allen sitting here stuffing himself with popcorn to help him forget about this whole ordeal. He didn't know why he choose to stuff himself with popcorn, but it was Road who brought the popcorn in when this all first started and from there, he hadn't told the servants to stop sending the popcorn in here to him. He should leave, but he was the reason behind this and therefore, it was his responsibility to stay and watch.

Tyki patted Allen in the back and couldn't imagine what it feels to be him, not that he wanted to. "You should be glad they aren't using real swords."

The first half of this challenge was them debating about to use real swords or not. No one was convinced when the two tried to reason that metal was a slightly sharper material than wood. Some people, in particular Allen and the Earl, were not amused that some people were encouraging the two. Using wood was not child play, it was safe play.

"Thank goodness for small miracles." Allen muttered. At least... that saved him from reporting to the police who was the murder and visiting whoever would be at the hospital. Honestly he wasn't sure who would be who and he wasn't exactly keen to find out.

"Ah, I think they decided sword fighting was enough." Tyki commented and pointed to the wooden swords now broken in half.

Allen turned just in time to see Neah on his boyfriend's back and locking Kanda's arm in an awkward position, sobbing. "ALLEN!"

Was it surprising to find what was suppose to be a simple test of strength turned to a brawl between them?

XXXXXXX

"What?!"

Allen sighed with a deadpan expression despite the other boy's aggravated tone. "Nothing."

"Doesn't sound like fucking nothing."

Allen let out another sigh, an annoyed one.

"What?!"

"Nothing." Allen insisted.

"Tell me or I will cut you up."

Allen rolled his eyes. "Really?" The grey eyes gazed directly at the broken arm in a sling around his boyfriend's neck, the one graciously done by none other than his uncle.

"I can fucking try." Kanda growled weakly.

Allen could not believe Kanda was even trying to argue with him right now. The arm that happened to be incapacitated was the dominate hand. He had quite a time watching his boyfriend put up a show for him during breakfast. So he repeated again in the same annoyed tone. "Really BaKanda?" He could see Kanda's frustrated glare and cheeks tinted red.

"Che." With that answer, Allen knew he won that conversation.

Neah had his own issues to nurse, a neck injury and couldn't poke fun at Kanda. Even if Neah tried to mock Kanda, it didn't work and was easily shot down. Though more importantly, Neah had difficulties in following them and they were left to wander the gardens of the Campbell estate without letting Neah know.

Allen thought things might be different after their hiking adventures, perhaps Neah's objections would have been lighter. Apparently not. Was this just those two way of dealing with each other or could they truly never get along? He wasn't sure, but he was sure feeling quite… exasperated. Well exasperated as he was, he was glad none of this turned out be a drama show and he had to give credit that Neah was trying. The worst thing Neah could have done was to outrageously deny Kanda or denouncing him out of the family. Moreover he had to be thankful that Kanda was still here with him because really, no sane person would still be here with him. He paused at that statement and scoffed to himself, as if Kanda was anything but sane… well then again the same could be applied to him.

Kanda frowned irritated, still sore from losing the early conversation. "The fuck you smiling about."

Allen thought to tell Kanda about it, but decided it wasn't important enough, not as important as to irritate the other. He answered in the most cheerful tone with the one word that was getting on Kanda's nerves, all of them, today. "Nothing."

Sure enough the Japanese boy exploded. "Stop it with the nothing!"

The first garden up for show was the English style, a personal favorite of Neah and Allen. However after dating a certain Japanese boy, his opinion was slightly changing.

They arrived at a hedge maze and Allen knew the flat look on Kanda's face. Okay, so what if he had a track record of getting lost on several occasions. The hedge maze design and what lies at the end was beautiful. "I am not going to get lost in there."

"I am filled with reassurance."

"I've been through this before!" Granted Allen's only made it to the end with someone accompany him each time… He frowned and began to walk in the labyrinth. "Well I'm going in, up to you to follow or not!" A hand suddenly grabbed a hold of his causing him to momentarily halt, coming face to face with Kanda.

"Aren't you a little too eager to get lost?" Kanda huffed.

Allen tapped his finger against his chin in contemplation, glancing at Kanda. "If I do, I'll trust you'll be there to find me?"

Kanda blinked, taken aback and then closed his eyes with his eyebrows furrowing. He could not believe what embarrassing nonsense the Moyashi was spouting out. "Causing me more trouble to go find your stupid ass." Allen smugly grinned at the tinge of blush on his cheek. Immediately he tightly held onto Allen's hand and began vigorously walking into the maze without warning. Allen almost tripped and had to quickly match his pace. "Che, as if I'd allow you to get your stupid ass lost in the first place."

It was Allen's turn to blush and the smugness wore off. Honestly Kanda was getting good at making him blush now. Kanda's knowledge in romance was pretty close to nothing when they had first started dating. He was the one that had been more experience. The worst part, Kanda probably wasn't even doing it on purpose. Well if he wanted to get lost, at least they could do it together… that way there was no way for Kanda to make fun of his sense of direction.

In Allen's opinion, half the fun of this maze was to get lost though Kanda didn't share his opinion. There had been lots of scowling and che's. They had finally arrived to the end and walked up to the gazebo.

Kanda took a seat at the bench and sighed tiredly. Took him a lot longer to get here and he faced too many dead ends. The Moyashi insistent teasing all along the way didn't make it easier.

"Don't tell me you're all tired out from that?" Allen chuckled lightly as he took a seat besides Kanda, watching him gaze intently at the surroundings.

"Fuck off." Kanda grumbled.

The atmosphere between them became relaxed and the two began to chat about random topics. Neither of them could bring themselves to start a banter and ruin the mood, perhaps one cheeky comment here and there. However nothing said to spark an argument like they usually fell into. It was a nice day, they were alone, no one knew they went out, and Allen felt it was a shame to let it all go to waste. Kanda's broken arm could easily be overlooked.

"No."

Allen blinked perplexed, he didn't even say anything. "No to what?"

However Kanda was able to read the boy's expressions. "No to whatever the fuck you're thinking."

"Maybe you'll change your mind if I tell you?" The obvious tone in Allen's voice and the corner of his mouth curled into a mischievous smirk. It was a dead giveaway.

"Your psycho insane family is right fucking there."

"Are you scared?"

Kanda seemed to bristle angrily like a cat when Allen said that. "No! But in case you haven't fucking noticed I have a broken arm!"

"I noticed, and?"

"And?" Kanda repeated mockingly before growling. "Use that brain of yours!" It was one against all of the Moyashi's family and he had a feeling they were going to get caught.

Allen shook his head condescendingly at his boyfriend's worries. He maneuvered carefully to sit on Kanda's lap, facing him with a suggestive smile. "I am. We're alone, no one knows where we are, and Neah can barely walk." He wrapped his arms around the Japanese boy's neck, while being mindful of the sling.

Kanda could practically hear: "What could go wrong?" as the underlying message and he was ninety-nine point nine percent certain that practically everything will go wrong. Though his objections were all cleared away when Allen's lips captured his. If Kanda had both his hands then he would have pushed the Moyashi off of him and if the Moyashi didn't make such a compelling argument then he would have definitely said no.

What started as light kisses, deepened and eyes closed, letting themselves be taken by the heated feelings. Clothes were removed and Kanda wanted to to bring Allen closer to him so their bodies would touch. He wanted his hands to run through those soft and, white locks. However the injured arm prevented him from doing all of that and his uninjured arm had trouble deciding what to do first.

They were a bit clumsy, eager after days of never finding time alone. In addition, there were a lot of pauses due to Kanda's broken arm and trying to figure out how to proceed. The ache in Kanda's arm went ignored by him for much better feelings. As they were nearing the end...

"ALLEN!"

The familiar voice registered into both of their ears and the two froze. The look of disbelief on their faces as if they heard a ghost.

Allen licked his suddenly dry lips, praying he didn't hear the same thing as Kanda. "...did you…"

Unfortunately Kanda did and answered, stunned. "I did."

A beat passed between them before finally it dawned on them… they were fucked. Their eyes widen and faces burned, along with their hearts racing. It wasn't even the good kind of feeling either. After that things started to go in fast motion and they had no idea what to do. The answer was obvious, but in their position and the oncoming hysteria… it wasn't quite so.

"Oh shit shit shit shit." Kanda hissed. "Shit shit shit shit!" As if one set of shit was not enough to explain how much of this was an oh shit moment.

An accursed shriek from his uncle sent chills to them both. "ALLEN!"

Allen felt the same rising panic and slapped Kanda's arm urgently. "Bloody hell, bloody hell!" Neah was getting closer to them and there was no way, no chance that they were going to get caught naked. Then it was just icing to the cake that he was on top of said naked Kanda.

This was the stuff of nightmares. Kanda wasn't sure what he should be feeling first? Pain? Horror? Nervous? Discomfort? Or just plain utter anger? "Fucking hell!" Kanda swore under his breath and did his best to somehow help Allen get off of him.

"Oh my bloody god!" Allen cried as he uncomfortably pulled himself off and slowly to not hurt either of them.

"ALLEN!"

Kanda groaned and the Moyashi's uncle banshee screams were really of no help either. When Allen finally got off of him he muttered. "I fucking told you so!"

Trust Kanda to point fingers now. "It's not like you protested earnestly!" Allen snapped. Neah was not even suppose to be up or able to walk! In fact he should be resting his injured neck like he was suppose to! How did his uncle know where to find them?!

They were both frantically searching for their clothes, moving from left to right, looking up and down. If there was enough time to debate about this then they would be all over each other on whose fault it was.

"ALLEN!"

Neah's was horribly close that they could hear his footsteps. They weren't even close to being fully dressed or appearing as if they weren't doing anything. Strings of curses left Kanda's mouth and whispered harshly. "Fuck it all!" With no more time to spare he grabbed the Moyashi roughly causing the boy to give him a funny expression.

"Kanda what are y- AH!" Kanda spent no time in letting the half naked Allen finished when he pushed him over the railings and into the thick bushes. Allen's face met the ground dirt and the leaves poking all over him. The weight of clothes dropped on top of his head.

Hastily Kanda scrambled to the hiding spot and ignored the branches that grazed him. A few tiny scratches, dirt, leaves and insects were nothing compared to the other alternative. He leaned his back against the bottom wall of the gazebo as if he wanted to be a part of it. He grabbed the Moyashi towards him and pressed their bodies closely together. If they were squeezed tightly together then that meant they would take less room, therefore less likely to be seen. He winched at the pressure on his arm, but had no choice to endure it.

"Did you have to push me?!" Allen hissed quietly. He figured out quickly the reason behind Kanda's actions, however that didn't mean he couldn't be angry at him for doing it.

Kanda rolled his eyes and grasped the black jacket that he had been wearing earlier. He threw it over the boy's head and pushed his head down. The white was a dead giveaway and needed to be covered. Allen never got a chance to protest when footsteps became loud and clear. Neah's shadow loomed over them and was currently confused. Suddenly the two kept their mouths shut and stayed still, their breathing was even to a minimum.

"Allen?!" Neah called. "Hmm… not here? Did we just miss him?"

"Wisely I thought you said they would be here!" Road whined upset.

Wisely groaned, sounding he did not want to be out here and at being accused that he was wrong. "I said they might be here and why did you bring me out?"

Allen leaned his cheek against Kanda's bare chest and his breathing hitch at the sound of the voices so close by. Kanda seemed to be in control, but he could tell the Japanese boy was just as nervous as he was.

"Wisely, you shouldn't stay in all day."

"And a way for me to go outside is to find Kanda and Allen?"

"You don't understand Wisely." Neah said grimly before yelling out. "We have to find Allen!" Frantic footsteps were heard running out.

Kanda injured arm was aching in the position he was in and he wished they would hurry the fuck up and leave. He saw Allen lips mouth an apology.

"Let's go find him! It'll be like Where's Waldo, but it's Where's Allen!" Road cheered pleasantly.

Wisely sighed, quietly muttering. "If I were them I don't think I'd want to be found by those two."

The two stayed in the same spot and position for a long time, they had to be absolutely sure everyone left. It wasn't hard to speculate what they had been doing since they were half naked and in the bushes right now.

Allen took the first step and carefully lifted his head up to scan the area. He was in a much better position to check than Kanda. It was empty. He let out a loud relieved sigh and Kanda felt all the tension in him disappeared.

The two sat there for a little longer to collect themselves before Allen spoke up. "So… still want to continue where we left off?"

And Kanda's response was shoving the Moyashi off of him.

XXXXXXX

"Get the fuck away from me." Kanda snarled venomously.

"Kanda, we can talk about this."

"We're talking and now we're done. Now get the hell out." Noises of the two shuffled in the room as the unwanted audience strained to hear clearer what the couple were arguing about. It was late at night when they all heard the… strange sounds coming from Kanda's room and immediately, everyone scrambled to get up to find out.

The girl did her best to contain her curiosity, but still ended up repeating her questions. "What's going on?! Why do they both sound upset?"

"Shh!" Everyone shushed at Road and continued to press their ears against the door. Listening in on other people's conversation was a thing in the Campbell family. There was no such thing as privacy. If one person knew something then it spread like wildfire.

"Just try it out please?" Allen practically begged and then sound of the lamp crashing on the floor and the bed rustling. "I need you. It has to be you."

The want in Allen's voice was too real and Neah's jaw dropped, the man clamped his mouth shut in order to not scream. While the Earl eyes widen in shock.

The twins looked at each other and then everyone oddly. "Uhh… should we be listening in on this?"

"No, we should be." Sheryll disagreed. "This is for his own protection."

"Keep begging because I don't care!" Kanda yelled causing them all to jump.

"Shh, you have to be quiet! You'll wake everyone up!" Too late for that.

"I'll make as much noise as I want too!"

"Stop being such a baby, it won't kill you." Allen scolded and more clattering sounds were heard. If Skinn and Maashiima weren't there to prevent Neah from ruining everything, Neah would have busted down the door. No one wanted Allen to know that everyone, everyone, was eavesdropping on them. The boy would be utterly furious with them and the Japanese boy? Well it was hard to tell since he always seemed to be in a foul mood.

Kanda scoffed. "No, but it's going to hurt like hell."

"I'm just going to-!"

'Really?" Wisely raised an eyebrow from his father's statement from earlier. "It seems like Kanda is the one that needs help."

"Don't put it-mmpf!" They could only hear partial of what the two were saying because of all the other noises in the background. Kanda was somehow struggling for his life apparently.

"Stop it!" Kanda shouted out and desperately.

"Hah! I win Tyki!" Road grinned as she nudged her uncle for the cash.

Tyki mumbled and begrudgingly handed the fifty dollars over. "I could have sworn Allen was the bottom." Neah was practically foaming at the mouth from what Road and Tyki had just said.

"Argh, hnnn… you motherfucker." Kanda groaned unhappily and uncomfortably.

"Tsk, it's a bit tight and-"

"And it's fucking painful, now hurry up and move so I can- ah!" Everyone jumped at the surprise cry Kanda let out and the amount of ambiguous grunts, groans, and pants go on. Neah reminded himself to douse his ears with cleaning chemicals. He could not believe what his nephew was doing with that Japanese boy! Especially so late night! What happened to Allen! Clearly it was all that Japanese's boy fault!

"I apologize, what were you saying?"

"You did not fucking do that!" Kanda sounded tired and Allen very smug.

"I believe I just did the deed-"

Neah could take it anymore and fainted dramatically in his Skinn's arms. Only because Skinn just happened to be there to catch him. He could not believe what his nephew was doing with that Japanese boy!

Skinn frowned confused, while holding onto his uncle. "Uhh, what do I do with him?"

Lulu Bell sighed. "Just hold on to him for a while. He'll come back."

"Ohhh Allen is going to get it." Devit laughed when they saw the displeased expression on the Earl's face.

The Earl also had enough and slammed the door open. "Allen Walker how could you be doing such a thing when you're-...eh…. home." The Earl's words fell short and everyone, who were still at the door and behind, peered to see what changed the Earl's attitude.

It was a very surprising scene as Allen was on top of Kanda, but not for the reasons that they had originally thought.

"What the fuck are you all here?! This isn't some circus show!" Kanda spat infuriated that now the whole Moyashi family saw him when he looked ridiculous.

Allen huffed. "You are making a big deal out of this. I happen to like it."

Neah suddenly stood up, miraculously no longer unconscious, and stuttered incoherently. "Awaha, you… he… but-we… but-I-... wha-?"

"What the fuck is wrong with him?" Kanda asked as he and Allen stood up.

Wisely gave his grandfather a strange look. "Didn't you just faint earlier?"

"Wait! So you two weren't really doing it?!" Neah shrieked, appearing traumatized and ignoring Wisely completely.

"Doing what?" Allen eyebrows scrunched up confused. "Forcing Kanda to wear a sweater his father knitted for him?" Sweater…. And with that magic word, everyone sweat dropped at the truth. Some breathed out a sigh of relieve. Then everyone turned to eye the clothing that was the cause of their assumptions.

"I mean… I-uh, why were there so many wie- ah, many noises and why was he making all those sounds?!" Neah attempted to get words out of him..

Allen gave his uncle a sheepish expression. "I'm sorry were we causing a racket with all the noise we made."

"Fuck that. You'd be the same too if you were forced to wear this shit with someone crushing you to death." Kanda muttered grumpily and snapped at Allen, who sent his boyfriend an apologetic look. "Fucking whale."

"I wouldn't have had to if you just wore it!" Allen retorted defensively.

White snowflakes and reindeer decorated the green, fleece sweater. All the designs against a red background, horizontally. There were gold trimmings at the edge of the collar and sleeves.

"Ah man." Devit began disgusted. "It looks like Christmas had too much eggnog and decided to vomit all over this."

"Yuck." Jasdero grimaced at that.

Neah breathed out and looked up relieved, the weight lifted off his chest. "There is a god."

"Hah!" Tyki exclaimed quietly to Road. "The bet is still on!" Road's begrudgingly hands back the money.

Lulu Bell agreed that the design was dreadful. "That is something worth kicking up a fuss about."

Allen shook his head when Kanda flashed him a look that said "I told you so."

Allen chided his boyfriend. "But your father made that for you! Think of how much time and love he put into it."

"Don't care." Kanda snapped and stripped off the sweater, not caring he was half naked in front of everyone. "It's coming off and it's going to burn in hell."

A few others raised an eyebrow confused at the Japanese boy's attitude towards his family. Wisely clamped his sister's mouth from making any comments because then no one would ever get any sleep.

"Remember when you thought about changing majors? Maybe you should look into theater BaKanda."

"Hah, you'd make a great clown Moyashi."

Tyki yawned. "As much fun as it's to watch you two argue like a married couple-"

"We are not a married couple!" "They are not a married couple!" Kanda and Neah both objected annoyed, but were seriously annoyed at the fact they kept speaking together at the same time… again.

"For the love of god, will you stop that?!" Neah snapped.

"If their was a god, then he wouldn't have put you on this fucking earth with me." Kanda retorted snidely.

The two gave each a nasty glare and it was amazing how energetic the two were when they wanted rip each other's throat out. Tyki rolled his eyes and left the room for his sleep; along with everyone else.

Always and it seemed only Allen was the one to snap the two back to reality. A reality where no one was going to get killed. Allen sighed at his uncle and boyfriend before asking the Earl with a puzzled expression. "So Neah, Earl what did you think we were doing?"

The Earl gave Allen an anxious smile, trying to come up with an excuse. It would terribly upset Allen if the boy found out they were listening in on them and assuming not so wonderful thoughts. "What?! Whatever do you mean? I wasn't thinking of anything! I was afraid… uh…"

As the Earl trailed off, Neah finished for him. He didn't want to upset Allen that he thought they were having sex in the middle of the night. "We thought you two were getting hurt and arguing!"

"Yes that's it! Back to bed everyone! Glad to know no one is hurt!" The Earl hurriedly pushed everyone that was still lingering to watch as he saw Allen becoming very suspicious.

"Wai-!" Kanda slammed the door shut before Allen could get a word out causing Allen to scratch his head awfully bewildered. "What were they thinking?"

"Does it matter?"

"Yes, as a matter of fact it does-AH!" Allen yelped as he was thrown onto the bed and the Japanese boy's heavy body trapping him. He felt the covers over him and their bodies pressing closely together. "What are you doing?"

"Sleeping, now shut the fuck up."

"I'm not blind, I can see that." Allen frowned, his finger tapped impatiently against the boy's arm to get Kanda to release him.

"So there is a working brain in there." Kanda muttered dryly.

It was three am. Allen had felt bad about doing it so late and had hoped to not wake everyone, but guess that didn't work out. If only Kanda had cooperated with him, then it would have gone a lot more smoothly.

"Who told you to come up so late and fucking do that?"

"It was the only moment I thought your guard would be down. I promised Tiedoll I'd get you to wear one of his sweater." Allen felt bad for Tiedoll. Sure the sweater was rather silly, but anyone could see that it was filled with Christmas spirit and love. Tiedoll spent all his time knitting the sweater for his son and Kanda, the insensitive jerk, wasn't going to wear it. Though... Allen left out the tid bit where he also wanted to see Kanda in the sweater. See Kanda wear something extremely out of his taste.

Figures Tiedoll would be clever enough to ask Allen to get him to wear that ridiculous thing. "That damn old geezer... " Kanda yawned grouchily and grumbled something, but the words were too broken up to be heard correctly. Allen assumed it was suppose to be an insult because what else comes out of Kanda's mouth?

Finally Kanda eyes closed and the grip loosened, allowing Allen to wiggle free. Yet Allen still stayed and instead propped his elbow on the bed so his face could lean against the palm of his hand. He was in a dilemma where he wanted to leave, but he didn't. How can anyone leave the warmth and a sleeping Kanda?! Kanda hardly let his guard down around people. He found himself doing something sort of... creepy... which was staring at Kanda's face. There was just something about the Japanese boy's sleeping face that enchanted him and reminded him of Sleeping Beauty. Well, maybe it wasn't accurate to say Kanda reminded him of Sleeping Beauty per se, his boyfriend was hardly lady-like in anyway. They were similar when both were asleep.

A thought crossed Allen's mind, would Kanda wake up if he kissed him? So he did another creepy thing and focused his attention to the Japanese boy's soft lips. The curve of the the Japanese boy's thin mouth was always in a frown or scowl. However when Kanda does give a genuine smile and it was directed towards him. God he swore time just stopped in that moment and he forgot how to breath. Unknowingly he inched closer wanting to kiss his boyfriend, but would Kanda be mad at him? He was attacking him while defenseless and it just didn't seem right to do that.

Allen was lost in his inner debate with himself that didn't notice ebony eyes gazing right at him. When he did realize the Japanese boy was awake, he almost fell off the bed and he would have if it wasn't for Kanda's arms wrapped around him."Weren't you-!" He paused to lower the volume of his voice, not wanting to wake his family again. "Weren't you asleep?!"

"Who can sleep with a pervert staring at me?"

"I am not a pervert!" Allen pouted indignantly, his cheeks flushing. "There's nothing wron-!" He stopped midway when he felt Kanda place a chaste kiss on his forehead. He blinked, half dumbfounded and touched the tingling sensation on his forehead.

"Don't need fucking special permission to kiss me, just do it. Now hurry up and sleep." Kanda grumbled grouchily, closing his eyes, which better be for the final time.

Allen knew for sure Kanda was definitely knocked out. By the way the older's boy chest rose up and down in a slow rhythm, to his relaxed breathing, and especially when the small twitches started. He didn't mind, it only meant Kanda was comfortable enough to fall into a deep sleep around him. Now Allen felt his will dwindling, unable to stay awake and his last thought was before he fell asleep in Kanda's arm was: 'Guess this isn't so bad.'

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Moments later Neah bolted up from his bed in utter fear, screaming into the pitch dark night. "I LEFT ALLEN IN HIS ROOM!"


So that mini "horror" story is actually them playing a board game called, Betrayal at House on the Hill. I'm sorry if it doesn't make sense to anyone unfamiliar with that board game.