I'm baaaccckkk. Didja miss me? I spent most of Saturday getting dragged around by my friend and Sunday sleeping and reading smutty Bleach fanfiction... then I didn't feel like writing but somehow this chapter still managed to happen.

So yeah... I said last chapter that this one would have them at the ball... that didn't happen. This is preparation for the ball. ish.

Oh well. A chapters a chapter. I'm kind of in a slump. Don't feel like doing anything, including my english paper that is due tomorrow... I'll do it later...

I don't own D. Gray Man or Harry Potter. These disclaimers are starting to get annoying. w/e. enjoy.

Kanda glanced at his lover as he dressed; still not quite believing that he was with Allen in the same appearance as from his memories. He had resigned to the knowledge that he could be with Allen, even if it was only when he was a magical wolf. Knowing now that he could hold his lover as a human was amazing. He had missed the other's human appearance and had wished for the contact they had had in their previous lives. He sat on top of one of the student desks and glanced at his watch. It had been several hours since he had first ran off with Allen. No one had come to find him so he assumed they were safe from any eavesdroppers. "Oi Allen." Those silver eyes turned to him, a happy glow in them, "Why did you stay at school if you could change your size? You could have come home with me."

Allen smiled at him, making Kanda's chest tight in a way it had not been in years, and chuckled lightly. "I just recently figured out that I could do so. I wandered around away from school during the break and found another Gorgin in a very remote area. She taught me how I could change my size so that I could hide in smaller places if necessary. She also helped me learn how to change my shape. I can mainly take this shape since it is the one I am most familiar with and therefore the easiest to change into. Human transformation is much harder since I have to focus on every part of the form; it needs to be very detailed. But since I have the memories from the Holy War it is not as hard for me to take this shape. It takes a bit longer to change to this shape than it does to revert to my normal form but I can do it for as long as needed. I will stay in this form until I consciously desire to regain my usual body."

Kanda let out a sigh in relief, he didn't know what he would do if Allen couldn't change to this shape again or had trouble going back to his wolf form. He didn't want his lover to have any problems. Then he realized what his lover had said, "there are other Gorgins around?"

Allen shook his head, some of his long white hair getting in his face until he grinned and pushed it behind one ear, "I only found one, a female who was staying in a range of mountains several hours away. The mountains are very steep and dangerous so she is very safe from humans there. She thought I was foolish for living so close to Hogwarts but she doesn't understand." He smiled softly at his dark lover and Kanda had to restrain himself from jumping the smaller boy all over again. Allen smirked as if he could tell what was going through Kanda's head and change the subject, "So how had your year been going? Other than terrorizing the students as your usual Bakanda self."

Kanda snorted, "You would know, you were with me for the most of it. Even that annoying French girl. Pestering people who want nothing to do with you.." he grumbled to himself for a bit and Allen smiled brightly.

"So what are you going to do then?" Allen swung his legs in front of the desk he was sitting on, looking at Kanda's face closely.

"What am I going to do about what?" Kanda scowled, he had no idea what Allen was talking about.

Allen rolled his eyes. "About the Yule Ball of course! Seriously Bakanda, sometimes I think your pretty head is such a waste of space. Use your brain more silly!"

Kanda growled at the 'pretty' comment but then thought about it. If he went to the ball with Allen it would get all those annoying girls who wouldn't give up on him off his back. Plus he could show him off. He smirked and stared at Allen, who was looking a touch nervous. "Yeah, you and I'll go. I can get these annoying girls off my back. They won't leave me alone. Plus you can eat some real food for once, unless your appetite is still the same, if it is you might have to reel it in a bit. Don't want to make my classmates nervous."

Allen huffed; looking insulted, but grinned after a bit. "Great! What will I wear though? All I have are these clothes." He pulled at his scuffed up shirt.

Kanda snorted and got up from the desk. "I'll just have my pain in the ass father get you something. I'll have to write him anyway to send my clothes so he might as well get you something." He groaned at the thought of having to write to Tiedoll, already predicting how annoying the man's answering letter would be. He motioned Allen to get to his feet but paused, thinking about the weird reaction people might have to Allen's sudden appearance. He turned back to his lover, "Can you change back to the little wolf? It might be easier to avoid questions then."

Allen nodded and pecked him on the cheek before a cloud of smoke surrounded the boy, leaving a little white wolf sitting where he had stood. Kanda leaned down and scooped him up, helping him to get up on his shoulders before leaving the room. He ignored the whispers and weird looks he was getting from the students still in the halls, making a beeline for his dorm. He had to write that damned letter to his annoying father and then he wanted to sleep. He was tired after the reunion with Allen after all; he deserved a good night's sleep.

Kanda was tucking in to his soba, Allen perched on his shoulders and looking around him with sleepy eyes. It had been a few days since Allen had shown up in his human form and the rumors were finally starting to die down. Allen had not been seen in his human shape since that first night, not to anyone except Kanda of course. The couple had snuck out to the Forbidden Forest a few times since but of course no one saw them. Since no one had seen the strange white haired boy since and no one could get any form of answer out of Kanda, the gossipers had given up on getting any truth and just made up whatever sort of stories they could possibly come up with. After Kanda's announcement about his sexuality, the first rumors were that the boy was the dark student's boyfriend or something, the rumors stemmed from that main idea, getting more ludicrous as they spread. Kanda was definitely not going to help them at all, the less people who knew about Allen, he figured. He didn't want the Gorgin getting any more attention than he already received. Who knew what would happen if people learned that Gorgins can take human shape?

Kanda was wondering why he hadn't heard from his adoptive father, he usually received a response immediately after he sent a letter, his father was that enthusiastic about his 'adorable' son. The doors opened suddenly and an older man with frizzy light brown hair and mustache walked in. The man looked around the room with brown eyes behind round glasses before stopping on Kanda. Oh shit. Was Kanda's thought before the man was running down the aisle towards him, yelling, "Yuu-kun!~"

Kanda reared up off of his bench and sent his father a burning glare, "Shut up Tiedoll! What the fuck have I told you about calling me by my first name!"

The man, Froi Tiedoll, was not perturbed by the teenager's rage. He got as close to Kanda as possible and continued to gush over his adopted son, "Aww Yuu-kun! You don't mean that!"

Kanda snarled. "Shut up stupid father! What the hell are you doing here anyway?"

"Aww Yuu-kun! You sent me a letter asking for your formal clothes! It's been so long since you've worn them I thought they wouldn't fit so I decided to come and make you a new set!"

Kanda was smoldering, glaring at Allen who seemed to be enjoying the exchange more than he would prefer. He had to admit his father had a point; he rarely wore nice clothes so his last set probably did not fit him anymore. Especially since he had been growing at a faster rate these past few years. He just growled at his father and got to his feet, grabbing his father's arm and proceeding to drag the much larger man out of the Great Hall. He pulled Tiedoll into one of the classrooms in the less used part of the school, shutting the door behind him firmly. He turned to his father, stripping off his black robes so that he was wearing the closer fitting black pants and white button down shirt. "Well?" He demanded impatiently until his father put down his work bag and got out the materials needed to measure him for tailoring. Kanda would never admit to it, but he sometimes thought it was nice to have a father who can make your clothes, then you don't need to deal with people at stores, at least for the more proper clothes. Kanda stood silently as Tiedoll measured him, watching Allen who was sitting on one of the desks watching Kanda.

"So who is this other person who needs formal wear? You said you needed two different pairs of suits." Tiedoll asked him, still measuring.

Kanda figured there was no way he was going to get out of telling his father about Allen so he just nodded to Allen, who disappeared in a puff of smoke while Tiedoll was looking at Kanda. "It's for him."

Tiedoll looked behind him in surprise, not having noticed the presence of the strange boy. He got a strange feeling from the boy who looked at him with interest in his sparkling silver eye. Tiedoll could only see the right side of the boy's face, his entire left side covered by a curtain of thick white hair that glowed faintly. "And who is this?" The boy just smiled brightly at him.

"He's Allen. An old…. Friend."

Tiedoll understood the implications of that one word, he was Kanda's father and had raised the boy from a young age. He knew full well where Kanda's preferences lay. The most curious thing about Kanda's answer had been the use of the word 'old.' Tiedoll adopted Kanda when he was 8 and had never seen this boy in his life, nor had he ever heard the boy speak of a white haired boy. He sensed how stiff Kanda's body was at revealing the boy's identity and decided to stay out of it, Kanda could take care of himself. He wondered if the boy could handle himself but one glance into those shining, silver eyes was all he needed to see the wild fire in them. He set to magically sewing Kanda's clothes using fabrics in colors Kanda had requested before starting to measure the other boy who stood easily but did not seem completely relaxed. Tiedoll carefully measured the boy and stepped back when he was done, starting to tailor the pale boy's clothes once Kanda's were done. Teidoll smiled at the colors Kanda had picked out for the boy, they complimented his looks greatly, even if they would make him look a tad otherworldly. He handed the finished clothes to the pale boy who smiled at him in thanks before turning back to his son, "Is that all you need from me Yuu-kun?"

Kanda growled a bit at the persistent use of his first name but let it slide, since the man had just done him a favor. "Yes, thank you Tiedoll." The man proceeded to gush over his son, babbling nonsense about Kanda getting in to trouble and this somehow being a waste of his looks. He raised an eyebrow at Allen, remembering how similar this was to what Allen had been saying a few days ago, Allen had a hand over his mouth and was shaking silently. Tiedoll bid farewell to his son, saying, "I leave my precious son to you Allen-kun! Keep him out of trouble!" Before skipping out of the room. Kanda glowered at the door, grumbling about not needing anyone to watch him before he saw the curious look in Allen's eyes. He raised an eyebrow in question and Allen grinned.

"He's exactly as he was before. Does he…?" Allen tilted his head to one side, much like the animal he was.

Kanda shook his head. "No. he doesn't have any memories of when he was a general."

Allen snickered in to his hand. "And yet, he acts the same. Bizarre."

"It's fucking annoying. You'd hope that when you have no memories of your last life, you would act different. Lucky me to be stuck on who doesn't." he scowled at the door and down at the clothes in his arms. "At least he's useful for something. An annoying jack of all trades with any sort of craft. Saves me from dealing with annoying clothes clerks."

Allen hopped off the desk and gave his clothes to Kanda to hold, "You'll have to keep track of these. Unless you want me walking around in them." He smirked at Kanda's head shake and turned back into his miniature wolf form, draping himself over Kanda's shoulders with a sigh. Kanda left the room and headed towards the dorms to put the clothes away before they wrinkled. At least he didn't have to take those stupid dance lessons.

So yeah... Got some background information about Allen that some of you were wondering about and Tiedoll came back. I wasn't actually intending to have him in it anymore but I needed at way for Kanda to get Allen ball clothes and Tiedoll popped in to my head. It worked so I don't really care.

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