A/N: To clarify something that a reviewer and my sister/proofreader were confused on: Allen has 3 vampire powers. Being psychic is his own natural ability, and seeing the past came from Mana. It's a secret that he also inherited Neah's, but I haven't decided what that specific power is yet (I'm hoping the manga will reveal something before I have to write that part of the story).

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Not long after Allen left, my phone rang. I glared at the caller ID. I was not in the mood to deal with Komui. But I had no choice; he'd go off into psycho-land if I didn't. "Hello?"

I immediately had to pull the phone away from my ear, he was yelling so loud. "MY DARLING PRECIOUS LENALEE! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?!"

I rolled my eyes at the wall; apparently, Komui was already in psycho-land. "What are you talking about?"

"YOU CAN'T BE DATING! YOU CAN'T!"

The sobbed words made me sigh in exasperation. "Komui, calm down!"

He mumbled and screeched some more things I couldn't make out. But I got the gist: he was upset over my date with Allen, which he had blown completely out of proportion. I pinched the bridge of my nose to calm myself down so that I wouldn't shout back at him. "Komui! Relax! It was one date. He took me to the zoo. We walked around and held hands. Nothing happened."

It was a lie, a whole lot had happened, but that was none of his business. And none of it was any of the things that Komui was worried about. Even if it was, I was twenty one; my older brother had no business worrying about my purity anymore. It was understandable back when I was a teenager and living under his roof, but I was an adult now, he no longer had the right to freak out because there was a possibility that I might have had sex.

After a few more assurances that Allen was a perfect gentleman, Komui calmed down. He was still crying, but the screaming had at least faded to a tolerable decibel. I answered his questions as best as I could, but some of them were just plain weird. There were also some that I just couldn't answer. "So what does this Allen do for a living?"

"Oh. Umm..." I couldn't tell him that Allen was an enforcer for the mob; Komui would explode if he heard that. The easiest lie would be to say that Allen worked at the restaurant, which was somewhat true. But that story would fall apart the next time Komui talked to Reever. So I settled for a different kind of lie. "I don't know. That didn't come up. I'll have to ask him next time I see him."

"You're planning on seeing him again?!"

I sighed and sank back into my couch. "Yes, Komui, I'm going to see him again. Even if the date hadn't gone well, I'd still have to see him. He's at the restaurant all the time."

My response was met with silence. I sighed again; I was tired of dealing with my brother and just wanted to sleep. "Look Komui, it's late. I need to go to bed-"

That comment set him off again. I rolled my eyes and screamed inwardly. "Komui! Nothing's going to happen! Allen already went home! Relax!"

It took ten minutes to calm him down and another five to finally get him to hang up. By the time I made it to bed, I crashed immediately; there was no time to dwell on any of the things that had happened that day.

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Leaving Lenalee was hard. Especially when Tyki's "emergency" turned out to be nothing special. It took all of five minutes to deal with the guys he was having trouble with. I grumbled at Tyki as I followed him to his next job. "I don't see what the rush was. That could have waited until my date was over."

The dark haired vampire laughed at me. "Come on, Shounen, you can't fool me. We all know that you screwed it up."

I was completely offended by the comment. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?!"

He laughed again. "It means that you said or did something that pissed her off, and she made you take her home before you even got to dinner."

"Hey! That's-"

Tyki continued to talk over my protest. He wrapped his arm around my shoulder like we were friends. "Really, Shounen. Trying to date a human is stupid. And you trying to date a human is even stupider. You don't have to pretend that you didn't crash and burn. I bet she didn't even let you hold her hand."

"I got to second base, thank you very much!" I shoved him away roughly. "We were making out on her couch when you called!"

Tyki laughed and ruffled my hair. "That's cute, Shounen. But thanks for trying to make the lie believable. I'd have been insulted if you'd claimed to have gotten further than that."

I pushed him away once more. "Whatever. I don't care if you don't believe me. It happened."

"Sure it did. And the Earl takes vacations."

Tyki tormented me the rest of the night with snide comments about my "failed" date. It was honestly worse than if I would have rejoined my friends at the bar. They would have at least let me talk.

It was four in the morning when I was finally able to leave Tyki's company. I was mentally exhausted. Of course, once I was done assisting Tyki, I had my own tasks to attend to, and that was just as stressful. After two years, I was growing used to the undercover work, and that bothered me greatly. I hadn't crossed the line yet, which according to Cross I was still nowhere near, but it still worried me.

But on the other hand, I really enjoyed playing poker.

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When morning finally came around, it took all of my willpower to focus on my classes. So much had happened the day before, but school wasn't the time to dwell on those things.

Not that Allen was helping with my concentration issues. Every time my phone vibrated, it made last night's revelation all the more obvious: ever since we exchanged numbers, we'd been texting like we were dating. Eventually I gave up and turned the thing off. It was the only way to keep myself from responding to the messages that were simultaneously nonsensical and heartwarming. I knew that Allen would understand. School came first.

The first thing I did when I arrived at work was chew out Reever for telling my brother about Allen. My anger at him turned to anger at myself when I heard his response. "I'm sorry, but you've been dating the guy for weeks. I didn't realize it was a secret. I'll keep my mouth shut next time."

Apparently, Allen and I were the only ones who hadn't known about our relationship.

In a repeat of the last couple days, Allen met me in the break room. I was wrapped in a tight hug and he pulled me into a kiss. "Sorry I had to leave like that last night."

"It's ok. You had a job to do." I kissed the scar on his forehead. "Oh, that reminds me: my brother asked me what you do for a living. I didn't know what to tell him..."

Allen gave me strange look, his white bangs falling into his eyes. "Why does he care?"

I laughed. "I told you that the day we met. Komui's a psycho when it comes to me and boys."

"Oh. Right." Allen sighed. His silver eyes darkened as he lost himself in thought. "Well, I usually tell people that I'm a vampire and I do whatever I want. Or I let them think that I'm still in high school. But your brother probably wouldn't like to hear either of those. I suppose the simplest answer is that I do odd jobs for my uncle."

"That should work." I kissed his scar again. "Thanks."

Allen pulled me in for a real kiss. "See you inside."

After he left, I put my things away and clocked in. I helped prep the restaurant for the dinner rush, and then I finally made my way to the Noah's room. I brought their drinks and took their order, all with the usual professionalism. Then something happened that hadn't happened in almost a month: Tyki made a pass at me.

I was so shocked that I dropped his drink. Allen was by my side in an instant, helping me pick up the broken glass. The look on his face said he was ready to hurt Tyki. But it was Road who spoke. "Tyki! How could you do that to Allen's girlfriend?!"

"What? We all know that their date went horribly. His story about making it to second base was obviously made up."

I was glad I was looking at the floor and they couldn't see me blush. As embarrassed as I was to hear the Noah talk about it, I was more embarrassed at myself for letting Allen take my shirt off in the first place. Though the look on Allen's face when he saw me topless was definitely worth it. And I had enjoyed letting him feel me up, so there truly wasn't anything to complain about.

Allen's protest was drowned out by Wisley, and I belatedly remembered that he could read my thoughts. "That wasn't a lie. They did get that far. Now can we change the subject? I don't want to hear any more of her memories from last night."

Lulubell voiced her agreement. I normally would have been offended by her tone, but I was too mortified to care that she was insulting me. "Please. We have better things to do than gossip about the waitress."

Tyki whined. "But if they're telling the truth, then that means there's a whole lot more we can tease him about."

Allen glared at him as we placed the last of the glass shards on my tray. "No. There's nothing more to talk about."

"Oh yes there is, Shounen. If-"

"Give it a rest, Tyki. Unless they slept together, we don't care." Everyone murmured their agreement with Sherril's statement.

The comment meant something different to me though. I frowned internally as I recalled what Lavi had said last night. Even with everything else that had happened it still seemed like too much information.

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Wisley suddenly burst out laughing. I looked up in time to see Lenalee clasp her hands over her mouth. Her eyes grew wide and her cheeks burned red as our gazes locked. "Oh god! Oh god! I'm so sorry, Allen. But it's not my fault! Your friends said way too much last night!"

"Lenalee-?" She ran from the room before I could ask what happened. I mean, I knew what happened, I just didn't know what it was that Wisley had read in her thoughts.

I moved to follow her, but the words Wisley spoke stopped me in my tracks. "You're a virgin?"

If I were human, I probably would have passed out from a lack of oxygen. If only it were that easy... Even though I knew what was coming next (and I didn't have to be psychic for that), I forced myself to remain calm and face him. I wasn't ashamed, it was a choice I willingly made, but that didn't mean I wasn't scared of their reactions. "Yes."

The rest of the vampires, including the stoic Lulubell, joined Wisley in his laughter. I just stood there, frozen in place, as one of my worst nightmares came true. It happened exactly like I had imagined it would too: Tyki and the Earl made sarcastic comments, most of which I couldn't make out because they were laughing so hard, the others were too disturbing to repeat. But the most embarrassing moment was when Road teleported into my personal space and offered to 'help me with my problem'. It made Sherril freak out, which only served to make the rest of the guys laugh even harder.

And when their fun and games were over, the lecture started. I had yet to hear it from them, but it went exactly the same as the ones from Cross, Alma, and Neah had. Though it was infinitely more mortifying hearing the Earl talk about that stuff. I stared at the wall, keeping silent and pleading for it to be over soon.

When it was finally done, I left the room as calmly as possible. I found Lenalee in the break room. I didn't really know what to say to her, but I knew that we had to talk. "Who told you?"

She looked conflicted, but she answered my question. "Lavi."

I pulled my phone out of my pocket and dialed the redhead's number. It unsurprisingly went to voicemail. I rolled my eyes at the cheesy message and waited for the beep. Keeping my voice level, I spoke. "I'm going to kill you."

As I clicked the phone off, I smiled at Lenalee. "I wish I could say that was a joke, but I'm pretty pissed at him right now."

She didn't smile back. Instead, she looked at me with an expression that was a mixture of fear and confusion. "What about me?"

I blinked at her. "Huh?"

"I'm the one who told the Noah. Aren't you mad at me too?"

"No." I sat down beside her and took her hand, threading our fingers together. "It's not reasonable to expect you to constantly guard your thoughts around them. So long as it was an accident, which you already said it was, then there's nothing to be mad at."

I could feel how nervous she was, her pulse was going crazy. She leaned against my shoulder and took a deep breath. "Is it true? That you've never...?"

"It is. Last night was the furthest I've ever been." There was no point in lying to her now; she already knew the embarrassing part.

She sighed and her pulse calmed down. "Me too."

"Really?" Her heartbeat said it was the truth, but I didn't believe her.

Lenalee laughed and shoved my shoulder. "Yes, really."

"How is that possible?"

"Allen!" The slight shriek she put into my name gave away how offended she was by what I'd said.

"Sorry. I didn't mean it like that. It's just that ... Ok, fine. I don't know how I meant it, but it's hard to believe that someone as gorgeous as you hasn't been with a guy before."

She shoved me again. "And the last time we were in this room, I told you that my brother is psychotic. He's threatened guys just for telling me I look pretty, after baiting them into saying it. If he weren't stuck in another country, you'd have been scared off by now."

"Then I guess it's a good thing he's not here." I cupped the side of her face, then leaned closer and kissed her. It was deep and intense, and I had to remind myself that we were in a public place so that I wouldn't lose myself in her.

Lenalee's violet eyes were glazed when I let go of her, a sight I loved more every time I saw it. But then they suddenly snapped wide open. "We've been sitting here for half an hour?!"

I laughed and kissed her gently. "Not quite. I've only been here for about five minutes. But if this is where you've been since you ran off earlier, then half an hour sounds about right. The Earl can get pretty talkative when he's lecturing me."

"They were lecturing you? What for?" I knew she was remembering the last time they'd chewed me out.

"Nothing important." Add one more thing to the list of things I've half-lied to Lenalee about. "Just the usual things that they think I don't know because I'm young."

Lenalee brushed her fingers through my hair. "Sorry. That must have been frustrating."

"More like mortifying." I sighed and pulled her hand from my head as I stood up. "I really don't want to go back in there."

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Edited February 2017