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Disclaimer: I, unfortunately, do not own D. Gray-Man. Otherwise, this would have happened a lot earlier in the manga.

Plot: I have a fly in my room! *smack fly* *smile* Chapter ten lovelies!~

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"No." Kanda answered stubbornly, suddenly not wanting Allen to feel like this was his fault, or feel like Solen had beaten him. In the end he won, he and Allen both escaped...though Kanda knew that wasn't the case. "Not...really." It stung, especially as Allen touched the edges of it; but Kanda didn't flinch, Allen wasn't poking it or anything; and he was a bit...busy. Anyone who said that Kanda Yuu wouldn't make a good nurse hadn't seen him wrap a wound. Though he had some practice on himself, his teacher that gave him Mugen wasn't the...most gentle of people. Maybe that's where he got it from...

Needless to say, he knew that it hurt like hell when you slipped up. So the care that he put into wrapping Allen's sore ribs was almost motherly. "I told you it's alright to drop the mister, you don't have to be formal around me."

Allen nodded and smiled a bit. He knew, but it was hard to break the habit. However, Allen would try harder if it really bothered Kanda that much. Keeping his eyes down and watching as Kanda wrapped his wounds (at this, Allen smiled. Kanda was almost motherly), Allen thought about the day, going from his world to this one, being trapped in this world, meeting Solen again, realizing that he wasn't fighting alone, and finally, Kanda admitting he had a crush on Allen. Suddenly, Allen felt a lot more tired. It was a long day. And he had a feeling that tomorrow was going to be even longer.

"Kanda? Where am I going to sleep?" Allen said, his eyes drooping agian. His words were slurred, and it was hard to tell anything between the small accent he seemed to have gained while tired, but the words eventually made there way out and clear to the world, just to present a problem. Where was Allen going to sleep? As far as he knew, there was only one bed. Was it custom in this world to sleep in the same bed as your host? Allen blushed. That would cause for awkward silences in the morning.

That was a very...valid question. Where would Allen sleep? Kanda wouldn't let him sleep on the couch, the leather thing wasn't very comfortable, especially for someone with broken bones...so naturally, Allen would be sleeping on Kanda Yuu's bed. So where was Kanda sleeping?

"What? Do you not sleep on beds in your universe?" Kanda finished wrapping Allen up, and he was about to stick his shirt back on until he realized that it was the same shirt that Allen had worn all day. Not just through sweat and tears, but chlorine didn't smell to good either.

Kanda disappeared a couple minutes, a clean shirt in hand. He yawned, but managed to tell Allen to raise his arms before hand.

Instead of complying, Allen took the shirt from Kanda and put it on himself, looking for all the world like a drowned bean sprout as the shirt engulfed his smaller form. Allen shrugged and tried to answer Kanda's question with a question. "When one is the leader of the dream world, does one dream?" Allen said, feeling cryptic and elusive all of a sudden. Then, snapping out of it, Allen smiled and did answered Kanda's question softly, as not to disturb the sudden peace that had washed over the apartment.

"Kanda, to answer your question, we don't sleep in my world. So no, I don't suppose that I've ever slept on a bed before."

"Well, that's where you're sleeping tonight." Kanda answered after mentally shaking off the sudden elusive statement. Not just any universe, dream world. Duh, who slept while they were sleeping? Kanda yawned, stepping back and giving Allen a final glance before putting some numbing cream on his own bruise. He looked pretty silly, wearing his shirt that was much too dark and much to big on the bean sprout. The raven couldn't help but snicker. "You can go lay down if you want, I have to grab a few extra blankets." Kanda was sleeping on the floor after all.

Allen grabbed Kanda's hand and looked confused for a second. Did he get cold when he slept? Or was it for Allen? Shaking his head lightly, Allen frowned, confused. "Kanda, what are you getting extra blankets for? Aren't we going to sleep in the same bed? After all, it is your bed, and I can't just kick you out of it..." Allen frowned. If Kanda wasn't going to sleep in the bed, well, then, neither was Allen. After all, it was his bed, and it wasn't fair for a guest to kick someone out of their own bed...right? That was proper procedure in this world, correct?

"No, you're sleeping on the bed. You're my guest." Kanda replied. He had been brought up to take care of his guests before himself; it was never something that he had to worry about because he didn't have guests...Lavi was a nuisance not a guest. Besides, they couldn't share the bed... that would be awkward and uncalled for.

Allen shook his head and did his best to drag Kanda forcefully to the bed. It didn't work all that well, but the point was that he tried. "No Kanda, I'm a guest, and it would be rude to kick you out of your own bed. If you're not going to sleep in the bed, well, neither am I. That's not fair to you." Allen stuck up his chin in defiance, as if daring Kanda to say try to go against his words. The younger boy tried to drag Kanda back to the bed again, but instead tripped over himself and fell to the ground, a surprised look on his face. He quickly scrambled back up, however, and grabbed Kanda's hand again for balance.

Kanda snorted at Allen's blatant defiance, not really fighting the younger boy's tugging. "As your host, I refuse to let you sleep anywhere but the bed." He answered simply, but then Allen fell, and Kanda immediately felt a sense of guilt. When Allen used him to support his balance, Kanda wrapped an arm around his side to keep him upright. "So as my guest, you'll take the bed."

Allen shook his head and leaned agianst Kanda, yawning deeply. No, he wouldn't sleep in the bed if he was kicking Kanda out. Allen opened his mouth to say just that, but instead yawned agian, closing his eyes and resting agianst Kanda. He was really warm and surprisingly soft...

Allen was asleep before he could count to ten.

Kanda expected some sort of retort, but when he looked over Allen was asleep. Of course, it would be just like Allen to fall asleep mid argument. Kanda sighed, picking the moyashi and sitting him on the bed. Who would have thought Kanda Yuu would be tucking anyone, but himself, into bed? Kanda certainly didn't.

"No bad dreams on my watch, you hear?" After Kanda's version of sweet dreams, he yawned, but went to change and grab a few blankets.

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That night, Allen was visited by none other than his mother. The woman floated in Allen's subconscious and looked surly, her arms crossed under her breasts and tight, angry lines framing her mouth. Allen distantly wondered what she was so angry about, but a more pressing question was on his mind.

"Mother? How did you get here?" Allen said in his native tounge. His mother's lips tightened agian before she answered in a barely controlled voice.

"Allen, you are in some serious trouble. Why are you not home yet, young man? We have some business to discuss." Allen frowned. What business?

"What buisness mother? And...well, the transporter was broken and the sholengofe is scattered, but I'm working on finding it!" His mother turned unexpectedly pale, but she frowned and sat, floating in mid-air. Allen sat too and watched his mother. It was silent for a moment, as if his mother was thinking hard about it. Then, in classic Allen style, she nodded and looked up at her son, fierce determination in her eyes.

"Allen, I have something to tell you. When you were born, your father and I made a deal. You were to be the new heir, and with that, the new ruler when your father passed on. As is with all rulers Allen, you were expected to get married." Allen nodded warily. Of course he knew this, but what was his mother getting at? "Allen, years ago, when you were born, a little girl was born. Her name was Linalee, and you are engaged to be married to her." Allen's eyes widened, and he stood suddenly, scaring his mother.

"What do you mean I'm engaged to be married?!" Allen shouted, loudly. "How can I be engaged when I'm no longer the ruler?" Allen's mother frowned, but she rose too, slowly explaining to Allen how this happened.

"Well Allen, what happened is this: you were born, she was born. Both of you were engaged to be married. Your father died and you became the new ruler of our world. When you gave this up, it did not change the details of your engagement. What changed was the details of who she was to be engaged too." Allen's mother shrugged elegantly, and Allen felt a tic forming under his left eye.

"Yeah, and how, exactly, am I going to get out of this?" Allen's mother frowned and stepped forward, coming closer to Allen with a disappointed look in her eye. Allen flinched but stood his ground. He hated that look, but he wanted out of this engagement. He never asked for this...

"Allen, if your father was still alive, would you want to disappoint him by asking him to break the heart of a young girl?" She asked. Allen flinched again. Oh, she was going to play that card.

"I've never even met her mother." Allen said. The woman frowned agian and placed her hand on Allen's shoulder.

"Your father and I were betrothed, and we made it just fine. I never met him before our marriage, and I turned out to love him. Who's to say that you can't do the same thing dear?" Allen frowned and shook his head. He wasn't going to do this. His mother just frowned and stepped back, this frown somehow fiercer than the others. "Well, Allen, I'm afraid you don't have a choice. The decision was made when your father was still alive, and in the presence of his death, I'm the one to execute the betrothal. You're getting married and that's final. Now, I'm willing to wait until you have the sholengofe put back together, but no longer than that." With a nod, Allen's mother disappeared, leaving Allen shocked and disbelieving in her wake.

Why did execute sound like the right word for this betrothal?

And more importantly...how was he going to get out of this?

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Okay, this ones a shorter chapter, but yes. Allen is, indeed, betrothed to be married to none other than Linalee. And before you go and check, yes, Kanda too had a "crush" on Linalee (mentioned in chapter nine). And yes, they're the same Linalee.

That will be explained later.

But how is Allen going to get out of this is the question that needs to be asked. And furthermore, what about Kanda? How's he going to explain this to him? Or is he?

And what about Solen and his buddies? Where are they? When are they going to come up again? Will they kill Allen? Or will he escape? And what's Kanda going to do when he finds out that his "crush" is actually engaged? Or will he find out?

Hm...all valid questions.

Too bad I'm not answering them.

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