Chapter 10- Christmas Party
Author's Note: We are jumping ahead to Christmas. Thanks to skmichel for picking Christmas. Enjoy!
"We wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year. Good tidings we bring to-"
"SHUT UP!"
Allen, Lenalee, and the student carolers all froze as Milly glared at them angrily while snow fell off of her head.
"S-Sorry, Milly…" The carolers muttered in fear, and Milly slowly calmed down as the students quickly walked away to go annoy Melissa at her locker.
Milly instantly smiled as she brushed off any extra snow from her head, and Lenalee smiled as she closed her locker.
"So it's the last day before vacation?" Lenalee asked, and Milly nodded while sticking her thumb into the air.
Suddenly, a piece of paper fluttered in front of Milly's head, and they all stared at it as it was suddenly pulled behind Milly's head, and Allen was sent to the ground as Kiki glomped him.
"Hi, Allen!" She said as Allen muttered in pain while standing back up.
Lenalee and Milly stared at the small fishing pole in Kiki's hand with the piece of paper attached to it until Kiki noticed their stares.
"Oh yes! I completely forgot!" Kiki said in surprise, and she quickly handed a piece of paper to the three.
"All three of you are invited to my Christmas party!" Kiki said happily, and the three stared at her in surprise.
"Really?!"
"Yep. It's only going to be us as well. Of course, I did invite some others, but it doesn't really matter…" Kiki muttered with a sly grin, and Allen felt a sinking feeling as he glanced at the invitation.
"Hope to see you there!" Kiki said as she skipped down the hallway, and Lenalee narrowed her eyes at her invitation.
'Why did she give me an invitation…?'
A few days later, Allen and Lenalee and Milly all stared up at Kiki's mansion as Lenalee and Milly stared at it in shock.
'It's freaking huge!' The two mentally shouted in unison, and Allen sweat dropped as he stared at the two's reaction.
Allen rang the door bell, and the sound of quick footsteps was suddenly heard.
The door swung open, and Kiki smiled at the three. "You made it!" She said happily before pulling Allen inside while Lenalee and Milly followed.
"Why'd we come again?" Lenalee asked, and Milly smiled happily.
"Cause it's a party! It would be terrible to miss a free party!" She stated, and Lenalee nodded while grimacing at the surrounding walls.
"Like it? Quite an interesting collection we made…"
Lenalee and Milly jumped almost five feet in the air as they stared behind them in utter shock as Gin stared back calmly with his hands in his pockets.
"That's a neat face." He stated with a smirk, and Milly started to sweat nervously.
'When did he show up!? Who is he anyway?' She thought, but the answer came when the three walked into the dining room, and Kiki happily waved over.
"Come on, Daddy! Hurry up or we'll start without you!"
"Or the other guests or the food or the presents or the…"
"Okay, I get it!"
Milly and Lenalee sweat dropped at the two, but they stared at Gin in surprise.
'Daddy!? He looks more like her brother!' Lenalee and Milly thought in unison, and they sat down in their chairs as Kiki sat down next to Allen with her arms around his arm while Gin was staring at the blank wall blankly.
"Daddy, if you're bored then why don't you go wait for the rest of the guests?" Kiki asked slightly annoyed, and Gin shrugged as he calmly walked toward the hallway.
Later, the guests came, and Kiki was smiling happily while still attached to Allen's arm while Lenalee and Milly sweat dropped at the guests.
Ms. Zipper was calmly taking her scarf off as she chatted to Krory.
Mr. Coldhart was glaring at the bunny biting his finger while Miranda stared at the bunny in fear.
Lavi was grinning from ear-to-ear as he happily annoyed Kanda.
Kanda was actually restraining himself from grabbing Mugen and slicing Lavi's throat.
Tyki was off drinking by the wall with Road sitting down at his feet with a deck of cards in her hands.
Tiedoll was at the fireplace while he drew a picture of the dining hall.
Cloud was calmly playing with the small monkey on her shoulder.
Bookman was scowling at Lavi and Kanda as he tried to read his book.
Steven was waving to Lenalee as he removed his coat, and Lenalee waved back calmly.
The last guest was still getting his black jacket off as he bitterly grumbled about the snow outside, and Takai glared angrily at Steven as Steven had taken the last coat hanger.
Milly was still sweat dropping as she stared at the guests and Allen sighed at them.
The food finally came out, and people started to talk as they ate, and Allen sat calmly at the table as everyone else was eating while standing up.
Lenalee was also sitting as Milly and Kiki were talking to some people.
'I thought she said it would be small…' Allen and Lenalee thought in unknown unison, and they glanced over at each other before looking away.
Nobody was paying attention to the two as Lenalee watched Steven chat to one of the teachers, and Allen was eating.
After Allen finished eating, he slowly stood up to go walk around, and Lenalee watched him get up before sighing sadly.
"Hey… Lenalee?"
Lenalee looked to her right to see Kiki smiling at her.
"What is it, Ms. Hâna?"
"Kiki."
"Kiki. What is it, Kiki?"
"Allen said he wanted to talk to you over by the corner there." Kiki said calmly as she pointed over to the corner with nobody around it as Allen stood there staring at one of the pictures on the wall.
"Okay…" Lenalee muttered as she slowly got up, and Kiki watched her walk over there with a sly grin.
"Where'd Lenalee go?" Steven asked when he walked over to where Kiki was, but Kiki just shrugged as she pointed in the opposite direction of where Allen and Lenalee were.
"Try over there."
"Okay. Thanks." Steven said before walking toward where the door was as he scanned the area for Lenalee.
"Heh, idiot…"
Lenalee stopped near Allen, and he glanced over at her calmly.
"Hi, Lenalee."
"Hi… What did you want to talk about?"
"… Eh? I was told you wanted to talk to me over here." Allen stated slightly confused, and Lenalee stared back in surprise.
"What? Why does this sound familiar?" She muttered, but perked up as the two saw a piece of paper fall down between the two.
They both looked down at the paper, and they raised an eyebrow at what the piece said.
"Look…"
"Up…?"
Lenalee and Allen looked up, and Allen mentally froze as a bunch of mistletoe hanged above them.
"What's that doing in a corner…?" Lenalee muttered slightly pink as she blushed.
Allen shrugged, but looked at Lenalee as she looked over at him.
She looked away before shifting her foot to walk away easier.
'What a dumb trick…' Lenalee thought as she started to walk away, but she stopped as Allen suddenly grabbed her shoulders, and firmly kissed her on the lips.
Lenalee's eyes widened as she stared at Allen's closed eyes, and he pulled back with a small smile.
"Sorry, I just moved on my own…" Allen muttered with his hands still on Lenalee's shoulders, and she brushed them off with her face growing red.
"Okay…" She muttered, and she then slowly walked away while Allen stared after her.
Allen slowly looked back down at the paper on the floor, and he picked it up before raising an eyebrow.
'It's the same handwriting like the one that I found that told me to see Lenalee in the gym…' He thought in confusion, and Kiki started to bite her nail while grumbling while watching Lenalee walk away from Allen.
"Darn it. It didn't work! Some plan, Gabriel." She muttered, and Mr. Coldhart sighed as he shrugged from across the table with the demon bunny still clamped down on his finger.
"At least I fooled them again with the notes like you asked me to." He said calmly, and Kiki nodded with a sigh.
Gin was staring at the fork in mouth as he rested his head on the table in boredom. "At least he kissed her, right?" Gin asked, and Mr. Coldhart and Kiki nodded in agreement.
"Don't worry of course. I fixed one more trap for those two later." Mr. Coldhart stated calmly as he glared at the demon bunny on his finger, and Kiki nodded before taking a sip of the drink in her hand.
Mr. Coldhart waved over to Tyki, and Tyki nodded with a grin as he slowly passed through the wall without anybody but Mr. Coldhart and Road noticing.
Road smiled happily as she left the dining room to the hallway, and Mr. Coldhart smiled slyly as he finally removed the bunny from his finger. "Time to get started now."
Out in the hallway, Lenalee leaned against the stair's railing while she hide her face with her hands.
"He kissed me…" She muttered from behind her hands, and she didn't even notice Road silently walk up the stairs.
"Lenalee? What's the matter?" Milly asked as she poked her head out into the hallway, and Lenalee lowered her hands with a small smile.
"It's nothing…" Lenalee said slowly, and Milly nodded in confusion as she saw Lenalee's red face from her blush.
"Okay then." Milly said calmly as she went back into the dining room.
Above Lenalee, Road sat on the chandelier above the staircase.
Tyki glanced around as he appeared out of the wall behind Allen, and grinned as nobody saw him.
"Hey, Walker." Tyki said, and Allen perked up as he looked behind him at Tyki.
"Oh, Mr. Ikyt. What is it?"
"I just thought we could talk."
"Okay, about what?"
"Just stuff."
"Okay, well…"
"Ah, not here. It's too loud in this room. It'll be hard to hear each other. How about the hallway?"
"Okay, I guess…"
Allen followed Tyki out to the hallway, but Allen paused as he saw Lenalee against the railing with her hands over her face.
"Um, could you wait a moment, Mr. Ikyt?"
"Sure thing." Tyki said with a grin, and when Allen had his back turned to him, Tyki went through the wall, and appeared back in the dining hall with nobody seeing him.
"Lenalee? Are you okay?"
"I'm okay…" Lenalee muttered without removing her hands from her face, and Allen walked over so he stood in front of her.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes…"
"Then why do you have your hands in front of your face?" Allen asked with a small smile as he slowly pushed Lenalee's hands off her face, and she froze as she saw Allen.
"Oh! Allen-kun! I thought you were someone else!" Lenalee muttered as her face became red again, and Allen stared in confusion at her red face.
"Um… What did you want, Allen-kun?"
"I was just worried cause of you being out here instead of inside the room." Allen stated calmly, and Lenalee nodded slowly.
"I'm okay, Allen-kun…"
"Okay, but if you ever need any…"
Allen was cut off as something hit his head from above, and the two looked up in unison.
The two froze again as they saw mistletoe hanging from the chandelier that Road had tied up there earlier.
"You've got to be kidding me… What's with all the mistletoe!?" Allen muttered in shock, and Lenalee turned bright red as the two glanced at each other.
Allen and Lenalee both shifted their feet so they could walk away, but they didn't look away from each other.
Lenalee perked up when something went through her mind, and she stopped moving back.
Allen paused when he saw Lenalee stop, and he stopped as well. "What is it, Lenalee?"
"Melissa's not here…"
"So?"
Lenalee stared at Allen until he started to feel uneasy.
"So this." Lenalee said, and Allen froze as Lenalee put her hands on the sides of his face, and she kissed him on the lips.
Allen slowly closed his eyes as he put his hands on Lenalee's waist and they leaned against the railing to support themselves.
Unknown to the two kissing, Kiki and Gin were spying from the dining room, and they hi-fived each other happily.
"Score! We did it!"
"Now the only problem is when school comes back…"
"Oh yeah… Melissa."
"Yep."
The two sighed, but shrugged it off as they continued to spy on Allen and Lenalee.
"You sure about this though, Kiki?" Gin asked as the two turned away, and Kiki nodded with a small smile.
"You told me to always help me friends, and Allen's my first ever friend. So I'm going to help him get through the school year with that newspaper coming out." Kiki stated, and Gin nodded with a smile before patting Kiki on the head.
"Good girl." He said, and Kiki giggled as she got another drink from the table.
"I'll always help my friends. You know that, Daddy." She said, and Gin grinned with a nod.
Mr. Coldhart hi-fived Road as Tyki grinned with his drink to his mouth.
"That went better than I thought it would…"
"Doing this is fun!"
"If we were found out to be Noah, we'd probably be attacked, but I want to stay a science teacher!" Road said happily, and Tyki nodded with his grin.
"Yeah, being a teacher is fun."
"Except that you don't do anything with your class, Tyki." Mr. Coldhart stated, and Tyki grinned slyly.
"Oh, I wouldn't say that when vacation ends…" He muttered, and Mr. Coldhart chuckled nervously as he grinned.
"Next is to get rid of that garbage of a newspaper."
"How are we going to do that?"
"Simple." Mr. Coldhart stated as he jabbed his thumb behind him to a certain raven haired boy who was glaring angrily at Steven still.
XD Did you see that coming, Insane!? I fooled you all! XD -clears throat- Anyway, next chapter will still be in Christmas break, so no more jumping forward for a moment.