This chapter was so hard to write for some reason so I'm sorry if it sucks ;-; I tried. Sorry for any errors I seriously need a beta =_= I've tried messaging some but no one replies. *sigh*
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Allen sighed as he dumped his bag on his bed and began unpacking. They had left the day after Kanda had taught him to skate and Allen couldn't help but feel a little depressed. He knew that he would see Kanda's family for a long time and he would miss them. They had treated Allen like family and it made him happy to be accepted so easily.
Allen had just finished unpacking when he heard Kanda shouting angrily at something. Quietly, Allen sneaked down the hall and stuck his head around the corner and saw Kanda shouting into the phone.
"I don't want to go! We just got back from a trip to my Dad's and I'm just really not in the mood!" Kanda fell silent then his face morphed into a look that looked like he had just sucked on a lime. "Fine, I'll go!" Kanda slammed the phone down and rubbed his eyes.
Allen meowed as he walked to his owner's side, touching his hand in concern.
"What's wrong Kanda?" Allen asked after a while and Kanda sighed.
"We have to go over to the baka usagi's house because he's throwing a New Year's party." Kanda explained, irritation lacing his voice.
"Why go if you don't want to?" Allen asked, tilting his head. Kanda didn't do anything he didn't want to do.
"He threatened to call or come over every single day and he's too damn annoying for me to not take that threat seriously. I need to get a restraining order against him." Allen nodded in understanding. "Are you even up to going?"
"If you're going then I'll come too." Allen said and Kanda nodded.
"Alright, but just to let you know, he throws very rowdy parties so try not to get into trouble." Kanda said and Allen frowned.
"What do you mean rowdy?"
"I mean everyone always gets smashed face drunk," Kanda explained then he gave Allen a suspicious look. "I don't want you getting drunk either, I think your little drug incident was enough. Let's not add getting drunk to the list."
"Alright, it's not like I mean to get high though." Allen said with a pout as he began to go back to his room, not seeing Kanda roll his eyes behind him.
Lavi's house was huge! It was on par with Froi's cottage except of course that it wasn't in the forest. It was three stories high and from the looks of it the building had a lot of rooms. Kanda smirked at Allen's look of amazement.
"Lavi's family is rich because they were all very successful animal vets." Kanda explained and Allen just blinked at him. He had never been near so many rich people in his life!
"Welcome to me humble abode!" Lavi greeted when they entered the mansion (yes in Allen's mind it was a mansion and he didn't care what anyone else called it). "Try not to break anything if you get drunk, or in your case Yu, lose your temper."
"Don't call me Yu! I swear I'm going to skin you baka usagi!" Kanda shouted and Allen edged away from him only to edge back when he saw all the people inside, dancing to the loud music playing. That's another thing that changed when he started living with Kanda, he was always near crowds!
"Ah, you don't like people?" Lavi asked when he saw Allen eyeing the groups of people nearby.
"It's not that I don't like people I just don't like being near so many at once." Allen explained and Lavi nodded in understanding.
"Well there's a room somewhere where most of the humanoid pets decided to stay so maybe you'll be more comfortable there." Lavi suggest and Allen nodded. Perhaps he could see Lenalee.
"I'll go and find it myself." Allen said not wanting to trouble Lavi or Kanda.
"You sure moyashi?"
"Yeah, don't worry just have fun!" Allen said, giving Kanda a big smile.
"Fine, I'll find you when we're ready to leave." Kanda said and Allen nodded before he began wondering off. He was lucky that he was so small, he got through the dancing crowds easily and he only got accidently kicked once or twice.
"Oh, Allen!" The neko turned around and to his relief he saw Lenalee walking towards him. "I thought you would come. Here I'll bring you to the room where everyone else is staying."
The bird grabbed his wrist and began pulling him past everyone. They went through a few hallways and went up a couple of flights of stairs before they entered a room with dozens of humanoid pets hanging around like it was a separate party.
There was music different from the one playing downstairs, there was a table that held a bountiful amount of food and there were no humans to be seen.
"LENALEEEE!" Allen yelped when he was suddenly thrown across the room. Luckily he landed on a nearby couch so he wasn't hurt, more startled than anything.
"Oh! Allen!" He heard Lenalee gasp and he looked up to see Komui hugging her, restraining her from going to the neko to help him up.
"You can't go out with him! I forbid it!" Komui cried and Allen tilted his head in confusion. What exactly was going on and what did he do that was bad?
"I'm not going out with him! I was helping him get here!" Lenalee said kicking her brother away from her. "I apologize for him, he's overprotective." She explained with a sigh.
"It's okay," Allen said with a small smile. "I take it he's the brother you told me about?"
"Yes, unfortunately."
"Lenalee how can you be so cruel!" Komui cried and Allen swore he saw tears. Lenalee just sighed and shook her head.
"Come on let's get some food." Lenalee said as she pulled Allen to the buffet table. Allen grabbed a plate and began piling on food. There was so much food that he didn't have to worry about eating everything. "So how are you liking it with Kanda?" Lenalee asked when they sat down on a couch.
"It's great! I'm doing new things everyday and he takes very good care of me. I really like him." Allen said with a soft smile.
"How much do you like him?" Lenalee asked suggestively and Allen sputtered and began to shake his head.
"N-not like that!" He said unconvincingly, his blush giving him away.
"Don't worry your secret is safe with me." Lenalee giggled and Allen's face grew to an even deeper red. "Besides, I have a secret too. I also like my owner." Lenalee whispered in Allen's ear so her brother wouldn't hear.
"Lavi!" Allen exclaimed and Lenalee quickly covered Allen's mouth.
"Shhhh, yes Lavi. Anyway there are plenty of human and humanoid pet relationships you know. So it's not that weird." Lenalee said in a matter of fact tone and Allen nodded unsurely.
"Yes, but I can't see Kanda being in a relationship with anyone, never mind with me." Allen said and Lenalee gave him a studious look.
"You know, I think if he was to get into a relationship, you would be perfect for him." Lenalee finally said and this time, Allen was so red that he was beginning to resemble a tomato. "Let's change the subject, if you blush anymore you'll explode!"
Suddenly there was a loud crashing sound that came from downstairs and Allen jumped thinking something was wrong but he realized that no one else looked worried. He looked at Lenalee when she sighed.
"Don't worry about it. I'm sure it was a priceless vase or something that got broken. Something always happens during these parties. They're probably just getting drunk now." Allen nodded slowly, still not convinced that everything was ok.
"I'm going to look around if that's alright." Allen told her.
"Well okay. But I'm going to stay here. It tends to be a bit risky to go down there when they're drunk." Lenalee replied. "You should bring someone with you. I'm sure if you ask my brother he'll come with you." Allen looked across the room where Komui was eyeing them darkly.
"Ah, no I think I'll be safer alone." Allen said before he waved goodbye to her. He left the room and nervously went downstairs where all hell had broken loose. Somehow a chandelier had broken and Allen had a funny feeling someone had jumped on it, there were people, particularly girls, dancing on the tables and the smell of alcohol made Allen wrinkle his nose. He really couldn't see Kanda being among these people. Allen shyly made his way past people, trying to make himself small and unnoticeable, walking in places where people were less likely to look down. He wanted to meow for his owner but he knew that would bring attention to himself and Kanda would never be able to hear him against the loud rock music.
Suddenly someone stepped on his table and Allen screeched loudly. The offending foot immediately stepped off and Allen held his tail gingerly, tears in the corner of his grey eyes. Nothing hurt more than a tail that had been stepped on. He felt a hand touch his head and he immediately flinched away.
"Awww I'm sorry putty cat, I'll make it much better." The man who had hurt him leaned forward and tried to kiss him, his breathe clearly smelling of alcohol. Allen hissed before he scurried away. Maybe this was a bad idea... but he just wanted to make sure Kanda was alright before he went back to the room with all the humanoid pets. Allen sighed, and looked around. Okay, if he was Kanda where would he be? Allen scratched his head, not knowing the answer and it didn't help that he wasn't familiar with the house at all.
"GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!" He heard a very familiar voice roar and Allen perked up, knowing that he had found his owner. He ran to where he had heard Kanda's voice, sighing happily when he spotted the dark haired man sitting on a couch, a knife in his hand that was pointed to another man. Beside Kanda was Lavi who was trying to unsuccessfully calm him down.
"Okay I'm leaving, I'm leaving!" The man said as he turned around and began walking away. "If you didn't want to be hit on then you shouldn't dress like a girl."
Allen jumping on Kanda's lap was the only sole reason that the man got to live that night. Had Allen been to seconds later, Kanda would've jumped off that couch and stabbed the man. Instead, Kanda looked at Allen in surprise, his hand still holding the knife. Lavi carefully got up and plucked the very sharp knife out of Kanda's grip and went to the kitchen to put it away. How Kanda had gotten a hold of it was a complete mystery.
"What the hell are you doing here moyashi? Weren't you going to go upstairs with the other humanoid pets?" Allen shrugged before he sniffed at Kanda's breath suspiciously.
"Kanda, you've been drinking!" Allen exclaimed. He didn't think that Kanda was the sort of person to get drunk.
"Of course I've been drinking! It's the only way to get through the night!" Kanda growled. Allen got off his owners lap and sat where Lavi had been sitting. He didn't have good experiences with drunken people and even though Kanda was a good person, alcohol had a way of changing people. "Oi, what happened to your tail?" Allen looked at the appendage, huffing when he saw that the man had left a black mark on it when he had stepped on it.
"Some guy stepped on it." Allen said with a bit of annoyance as he began to lick it clean.
"Where is he? I'll kill the bastard!" Kanda growled and Allen shot him a surprised look.
"I don't know I didn't really get a good look." Allen said uncertainly, wondering why Kanda was so livid. He looked up when a hand landed on his shoulder and saw Lavi grinning down at him.
"Don't worry Allen, Kanda here's just someone you would call an angry drunk. When he gets drunk he gets a little...well angry." Lavi explained. "Ah, don't worry he won't hurt you or anyone he cares about and it gets quite funny after a while." Lavi said quickly when he saw Allen's expression turn worried.
"Oh." Allen replied, watching as Kanda began yelling at some random person who passed by apparently too closely. "I think I'm going to go upstairs again."
"Ah, you can't!" Lavi exclaimed and Allen gave him a confused look. "The countdown to New Years is coming up and you can't miss that!"
"Countdown?" Allen asked curiously.
"Yeah, where everyone counts down to the last 10 seconds to midnight." Lavi explained and Allen nodded in understanding, grabbing hold of Kanda's shirt when the man jumped up to pummel someone. Kanda sat back down and if Allen didn't know any better he could've sworn the Japanese was pouting. Allen's ears perked up when a couple moved near them.
"I can't wait to kiss you at the end of the countdown." The woman said dreamily and the man shook his head.
"I don't understand why you're so keen on that."
"Don't you know? You're supposed to kiss the one you care about most! It's supposed to mean that you will stay with the one you love for the rest of the new year." The woman explained, upset that her partner didn't know.
"Well, you were always the superstitious one." The man replied before they moved away to dance to the music. Allen looked at Kanda curiously, mulling over what he had just heard. He wondered if Kanda knew that superstition. What if they didn't kiss? Did that mean that he wouldn't be able to stay with Kanda next year?
'I want to kiss him, but I don't think he likes me that way. If I kiss him, he might like me anymore. I was lucky that I was high the first time I did it or things might have been awkward between me and him.' Allen thought sadly, his ears and tail dropping a little.
"Baka usagi, can't believe you forced me to come." Kanda complained, crossing his arms.
"Oh come on, it's not like you're going to stay here long. I mean after the countdown you're probably leaving like always which means you only stayed here for like a half hour." Lavi said as he sat beside Allen. Kanda che'd before he picked up a glass and drank it. Allen watched Kanda drink all the liquid up and he knew that his owner wasn't going to be happy the next day. "You won't even remember being here at this point!"
"What do you mean?" Allen asked.
"Kanda can't usually remember anything when he gets drunk." Lavi said. "I can call him Yuu all I want and he won't remember! That's why I stay here with him to make sure he doesn't do anything stupid. Anyway I have to go, the countdowns going to start soon."
Allen watched Lavi leave and looked at Kanda uncertainly, the other being too preoccupied at yelling at another drunkard to notice. He had his chance but did he dare do it? He didn't want Kanda to know his feeling for him but he wouldn't remember. Allen jumped when a loud screeching sound resounded through the room and he saw Lavi on top of a table, a microphone in his hand.
"Alright everyone the time you've been waiting for! The countdown is about to begin!" Everyone cheered and looked at their watches. They all began to chant, Lavi being the loudest because of the microphone.
"10." Did he dare do it?
"9." What if Kanda remembered?
"8." But this was his only chance.
"7." Ah! The confusion!
"6." To do or not to do.
"5." Only 5 more seconds left...
"4." Crap...
"3." Come on think think think!
"2." No, he wouldn't do it, it was too risky.
"1." But he wanted to spend the rest of the upcoming year with Kanda...
"HAPPY NEW YEARS!" Everyone shouted and Allen kissed Kanda on the lips. It was quick and Kanda was so out of it he didn't even notice. Allen licked his lips in satisfaction, happy to have gotten away with it. There, now he could spend the rest of the year with Kanda.
Will they ever kiss without some kind of substance effecting them? Lol. And I find it curious that no one is wondering who kidnapped Allen in his past...I know I'm evil for making you guys keep guessing but hey at least I made this chapter longer than the others right? It's not by much but I'll try to make each chapter longer and longer. And cheers! I made it to the 20 000 word mark so I'm going to celebrate somehow!
Also can anyone tell me if you're offended by swearing because I'm getting tired of censoring what Kanda says.
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