Chapter Eleven:

~Allen~

Damn Lenalee for leaving alone with Tyki and damn him for accepting it. I really didn't like the idea of spending my time with the man that I had just happened to meet on the train. I had believed it to be a once off and that I'll never get to see or hear him again.

But life was out to get me because as soon as I heard his voice call over I went rigid. My thoughts instantly reminded me about the time he had kissed me… What made it worse was the fact that Lenalee noticed something and she wasn't Komui's little sister for no reason.

I walked through the crowd with him beside me as I led the way around to the food stalls. The smell of deep-fried donuts, crepes and Dutch pancakes was making my mouth water.

'You're drooling shojo,' came an amused chuckle behind me as I spun around and glared at him. I was consciously touching my mouth to make sure it wasn't true as I stared into his circular glasses.

'No I wasn't,' actually I felt that my mouth was moist around the edges but I'd be damned if I admitted that to him. Luckily enough he didn't push further and just smirked before pointing to the stall that I had been staring at.

'You want some?' I went to say no but my stomach beat me to it and growled loudly to the point some people looked my way. I felt my cheeks burn with embarrassment and for once I hated being a parasitic type.

This further amused Tyki but then I remembered that he was paying for everything I buy… may as well start with this. I walked up to the vendor, who greeted me with a bright smile.

'What can I do for you lad?'

'A dozen fried donuts and two crepes please!' I glanced at Tyki wanting to see his reaction. But if he was feeling anything, he did a good job at hiding it as the man gave me the food and Tyki paid.

'Can you eat all that?' Tyki seemed amazed than disturbed by my eating habits so I ignored the question and quickly wolfed down the food and wiped the corner of my mouth with the back of my glove.

'Next stall!' I announced happily because the food was rather nice, though not on the same level as Jerry's but very satisfying. I caught Tyki flinching in the corner of my eye and I couldn't help but grin.

The next few hours went about in a similar manner and there was still no sign of akuma. I kept the fact that I was enjoying being paid for, which I hadn't ever experience to this extent before.

It was usually always me having to get the money and pay some debt that Cross left for me. The change was nice though I began to wonder what the wage of a miner was since Tyki didn't seem too bothered paying for the amount of food I had eaten.

'It's almost time Shojo,' Tyki exclaimed suddenly as I felt his hand wrap around my left hand and he pulled me quickly through the crowd. It shocked me but I couldn't do anything but follow as he made his way to a hill overlooking the festival below.

'W-why are we here?' I said wanting to pull away from his grasp but found out that I didn't have the heart to do so… Why? It made me feel slightly giddy being held by the hand, it felt gentle and warm.

'You'll see,' I snapped my head to frown at him but his eyes were fixed to the speckled dark sky. A second later a loud explosion could be heard and the sky light up in blues, greens and reds.

'Fireworks!' I sounded like a kid again but I hadn't seen those since Mana had taken me to see them. My heart pained at the thought of my foster father but a slight squeeze to my hand stopped me from the feelings of nostalgic.

I glanced up at the man holding it and my heart almost jumped from my mouth when I realized how close he was. Tyki leaned closer his lips brushing across my own… almost like what had happened before.

I gasped at the strange sensation and he pushed his tongue into my mouth. His spare hand combed through my hair and pulled me closer to deepen the kiss. But I was surprised at how compliant I was to such an unknown feeling I got when this happened.

As much as I was enjoying it though, my left eye reacted and I quickly pulled away as explosions of a different kind echoed from the festival.

'Akuma!' The word left my mouth as I saw the bound akuma souls drifting about the festival. There was a good number of them, at least thirty from what I could count. I quickly turn to Tyki.

'Please stay here,' I said urgently and dashed off before I could even get a reply from him.

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