Here's the next chapter guys. I am disappointed in myself I wanted so much more for this chapter but I got lazy and so here it is.
Chapter 10: Art Classes
(1 hour)
During breakfast everyone had agreed to head to the activity room together to sign up for their classes or shifts. When they'd arrived they found that only the classes sign up sheets had been put up for sign up and that the shift sheets would be put up later that evening.
Miranda and Krory had decided to browse the classes while they waited for Allen to pick out his classes, Kanda following him as he scanned the sign up sheets in hopes of finding one in particular.
"Ah! Yes!" Allen exclaimed as he spotted a sheet with the word 'Music' printed on it in large bold lettering.
Kanda let out a soft ^che^ at the younger mans enthusiasm when the word 'Art' caught his attention from the corner of his his eye.
'I didn't think they'd have art classes here... It's been so long since I've held a brush.'
"Are you going to sign up?" Allen asked a little to closely into his ear making him turn his head quickly in surprise.
Allen's question had startled Kanda, he had apparently been contemplating the paper longer than he thought, and the smaller male smiled at him not seeming to notice their close proximity.
"Hey, Backa, you signing up or can we go?"
"It's baka stupid, and... I don't know... it's been a few years since I've painted..."
Allen gave Kanda a look of amazement, "You paint?"
"Yes, and you don't have to look so surprised, I'm human, I have hobbies."
"Haha, yeah I guess," Allen chortled and moved to examine the list of future art students, "I just didn't think painting would be one of them."
"Well it is Moyashi."
Allen couldn't contain his smirk as he grabbed the pen that hung on a string next to sheet and scrawled a name onto the art classes sign up sheet.
"Whatever, you like what you like," he said trying to sound as uncaring as possible.
Kanda narrowed his eyes at Allen's tone but was silent as they made their way to the front of the room, grabbing Miranda and Krory from their browsing before they all headed off to the yard.
As the group crossed the pavement on their way to their usually spot, Krory lightly nudged Allen with his elbow making the youngest inmate tilt his head in curiosity.
"He's back" Krory said lowly and Allen's eyes widened as he scanned the area.
Tyki hadn't been outside the prison since their little scuffle and he was rarely seen around the prison, but now there he sat. He could see the unwelcome man sitting under the pavilion and atop of a steel picnic table like it was his throne and he was a king.
A bone chilling smile escaped the arrogant man as he noticed Allen's gray eyes on him and just for fun he blew a kiss to the white haired inmate and gave him a girlish wave, but he scowled as the motion backfired on him and the male inched much closer to that damned swordsman.
Tyki felt the slightest bit of annoyance make his nose twitch, 'damned swordsman...' He thought before allowing an evil smile, 'at least I'll be rid of him tonight.'
He watched as Kanda turned to Allen with a questioning look before he scanned the gangs usual spot for the inmate and his 'ring buddy'.
Their eyes met and they grew twin scowls, a mutual malice shining clearly in their orbs. Kanda put a comforting hand on Allen's shoulder, taking his attention away from the inmate, and they continued farther away from the gang.
'God damn Tyki, he just had to go for my Moyashi, why? He's young, kind, probably has girls all over him outside of this damn hell hole an- wait did I just?... I just thought of Moyashi as mine, didn't I? I did. Oh shit I did! I- I don't even know if it's remotely possible and I'm claiming him like so-!'
Kanda's eyes had widened from his thoughts and was interrupted by a concerned Allen looking up at him with those eyes, those shining god damn eyes.
"Kanda you alright?"
He just nodded and used one hand to rub his eyes at first but a second look at the Moyashi told him to reassure the younger male.
"Moyashi, I'm fine I swear, I was just thinking."
"You sure? You looked like you'd just seen a ghost."
"Yes Moyashi I'm fine."
"Ok whatever as long as your sure." Allen said with a raised eyebrow at the Samurai.
For a few minutes Allen talked to Krory and Miranda about his Christmas's with Mana as a child, and they too shared stories of their childhood at its best times until Miranda questioned Allen the classes he had signed up for. Allen smiled cheekily, stealing a glance Kanda's way to see the man had been only half listening, the other half was giving Tyki a death stare.
Tyki could feel the raven hairs cobalt blues burning a hole in his head. It made him smirk and inwardly chuckle.
"... Oh! And speaking of classes!" Allen said a little loudly, turning himself so his entire being faced Kanda, "I kinda, sorta signed you up for art classes."
Kanda had really only been making himself seem uninterested in the pasts of his friends, he had heard every word Allen had said about his childhood and how wonderful his Christmas's with his adoptive father had been, but at the Moyashi's little confession his eyes widened dramatically and he'd twisted around to face the white haired male with almost breakneck speed.
"YOU DID WHAT?!" Kanda exclaimed more surprised than angry at the moment.
"You said you hadn't painted in a long time so I signed you up for art classes." Allen merely smiled sweetly at the menacing glare that Kanda was shooting at him.
"Just because I said I hadn't painted in a while doesn't give to the right to just sign me up for the first art class you see!"
"But you sounded like you missed painting so I thought it would be good for you." Allen said innocently giving Kanda his best puppy-dog eyes.
"DON'T YOU PLAY INNOCENT WITH YOUR DAMN PUPPY EYE THING!"
Allen had discovered Kanda's weakness to his puppy-dog eyes on a particularly cold night when he'd begged Kanda to let him use his lotus flower blanket for the night after discovering it was as warm as three prison blankets and Kanda had ended up using both his and Allen's prison blankets that night to help him in his struggle for warmth, unbeknownst to Allen, Kanda had been up most that night cursing his cell mate and trying to figure out why he'd given in with such a small amount of resistance.
"I don't know what your talking about Kanda." Allen said with as much purity as he could muster while keeping on his puppy-dog eyes. Kanda could practically see the angelic halo hovering over the prisoners head of bright white hair, and he sighed from the irony of a prisoner feigning innocence.
"Damn it Moyashi, I'm not falling for that again," Kanda sighed untying his ponytail and running his fingers through his dark locks to ease his feelings.
"Again?!" Asked Miranda and Krory surprised but they were quieted with one scary glare from Kanda that seemed to affect everyone except the Moyashi.
"I'm not going to the classes." Kanda stated firmly.
"AWWW, but Kanda, please!" Allen had now eased off the puppy-dog eyes but still wanted Kanda to take the classes, he wanted to see him a little happier.
"No."
"Pleaseeeee"
"Nope"
"Awww, but why?"
"Cause I said no."
"Please Kanda! l'll owe you one."
"Seriously, you want me to take these classes that bad Moyashi?" Kanda asked tiredly.
"Yes!"
"No."
"Your so stubborn!" Allen pouted.
"So are you."
"I'll use the puppy eyes again! I will!" Allen threatened narrowing his eyes and raising his eyebrows making a look to back up his 'I will'.
Kanda closed his eyes and rubbed a temple like he was fighting a migraine, "please don't."
'I can't handle another look like that, he's a fucking adorable little baka, I don't think I could hold in my frustrations.'
The next few seconds of silence had told Kanda that he should just keep his eyes closed, but he opened them anyway to a large overdose of the younger males steel gray eyes wide, sad, and shining. The corners of Allen's lips tipped downwards as he gave a slight childish pout, his soft looking pink lips were pushed out slightly to accommodate the look, and his ever growing silky white hair sat tousled a top his head becoming in desperate need of some sort of maintenance.
Kanda's breath had escaped him at the sight, and he once again thanked the universe for baggy prison pants as he felt his blood rush to his private regions and his pants tighten uncomfortably.
With a large intake of air Kanda was letting his frustrations escape him in a sentence that he didn't think about before it left his lips.
"God damn it Moyashi! Maze anata wa totemo kuso kawaī?!" (Translation: "Why are you so fucking cute?!")
Allen was startled out of his puppy-dog eyes but the outburst and he blinked at Kanda who also seemed surprised by the sudden change in language, cocking his head to the side in curiosity.
"What?"
Kanda clasped his hand over his mouth once he realized what he said, his eyes wide, cheeks reddened and he turned away from the Moyashi to hide his embarrassment.
Why and how could the Moyashi so easily reduce him to such an open vulnerable state? Well... He knew why, but how?
'I can't believe I just said that out loud! I'm so glad I switch to Japanese when I'm frustrated.'
"Kanda what did you say?" Allen asked suspiciously trying to catch Kanda's gaze.
"Um... I mean...I'll take the stupid classes." He stumbled out in a horrible recovery attempt.
A large smile spread over Allen's face at the sound of his victory, "Yesss! I know you won't regret it!"
Kanda almost fell back, not expecting Allen to suddenly rap his arms around his neck in a tight hug.
Allen was surprised by his own actions as he hugged Kanda tightly, he could feel man's strong chest against his own, the raven haired man's strong arms hesitating a second before resting on Allen's back and lightly squeezing him back.
But Allen could also feel something hard jabbing him in his abdomen.
'Ow what is?-OH MY GOD IS THAT WHAT I THINK IT IS?!' He thought realizing what part of Kanda that area was pressed against.
'IS HE-?'
Remembering his little problem Kanda let a flash of horror cross his features and they both fought back a blush as they quickly stepped away from one in other in embarrassment.
'OH MY GOD I HOPE HE DIDN'T NOTICE.' Kanda thought trying to convince himself it was possible that the Moyashi hadn't felt the raging hard on that his pants were concealing.
'HOLY SHIT HE'S HIDING A FUCKING EIFFEL TOWER IN HIS PANTS RIGHT NOW, JUST LOOK AT HIM! HE'S FUCKING BLUSHING! OH SHIT!'
The two stunned inmates just stared at each other with wide eyes, Krory and Miranda watching confusedly at the exchange between the men.
Kanda really just wanted to run. And run and run and run. Until his legs gave out. Until his muscles exploded. He wanted to be anywhere but there. Be anyone but himself. Kanda wanted to run and hide so badly that he almost actually did run away. But his baka pride held his feet firmly in place. Fear and horror and embarrassment had overtaken all his senses, it was all he felt at the moment.
Allen could feel the initial shock slowly wearing off and a giggle escaped him. And then another. And another. As the shock left him he began to laugh more and more at the situation, every time he thought of its laugher left him until he was a mess rolling in the sandy dirt of the ground, clutching his stomach, tears streaking his face.
Kanda dropped onto his ass like a rag doll before crossing his legs and curling up into a ball. He sat quietly as Allen begun giggling like a mad man, but as his laugher grew he started to see just how funny the situation was.
With a quick glance in Tyki's direction Kanda could see the inmate watching them while angrily clutching the edge of the steel picnic table, violently gritting his teeth.
The sight made Kanda smile,'someone's jealous.'
And then Kanda laughed too. He choked out a lone 'ha' and then another and then a few more before he had joined Allen on the ground.
They laughed like that until their throats hurt, their laughter choking and sputtering to a stop and the both sat up off the ground and met gazes.
Allen gave him his signature smile rapping an arm around man he felt for so deeply, enjoying the closeness, and feeling a pang of something warm in his chest Kanda smiled back accepting the close proximity that the man he had strong feelings for offered him.
Krory and Miranda stared at them like they were crazy.
They probably ARE crazy... Oh well.