Um so I got bored after posting chapter 10 and just decided to work on the next chapter...who knew that I'd finish it in 3 hours? :D Is there a holiday today? Yes! There is! Don't ask me how I know this. Happy Juneteenth everyone ;D Thank you to Nora678, Gyneth-Coral-Melody-Laterza (I particularly like PP one-shots...I don't know what it is about them, but they're always cute x3), and VeridianSoul (if you said 'oh buuurn' to that, just wait until you see the burn that's coming up ;P) for reviewing!

Allen was glad that Lavi and the others weren't outside when Tyki came to pick him up for his hospital trip the next morning. The teen was tired and Tyki let him take a nap on the way there. He didn't question what was wrong when Bak told him to stay outside. Allen did get a message from Lenalee saying that they were currently at Denny's eating breakfast. For now, Allen ignored the message and took off his shirt for Bak to examine his arm. Currently he was poking near the cut that still never bothered to close. Bak looked up from where he was poking at Allen's annoyed face.

"Well, I think for now just try putting this on it." Bak said and placed a container of some sort of healing cream beside him. "Put it on after you wake up and then again around the afternoon." Bak instructed and twisted the lid off to apply some to the cut. "It's going to hurt a little..." Allen flinched when he felt the cool ointment burn his arm.

"If by a little you mean like a thousand burning suns then okay." Allen grumbled. Bak chuckled and wrapped a bandage around Allen's arm.

"It should close up in a week and if you faint again make sure you come back as soon as you can, alright?" Bak asked. Allen nodded his head and slipped his jacket on, zipping it up. Bak felt a small smirk slide on his face. "By the way, you might want to keep that jacket on. Don't want anyone to see that mark, do we?" Allen fought his hardest against the blush but it wasn't working. He grumbled and pulled the collar past his shoulders embarrassingly. Bak laughed as Allen left the room. Tyki gave him an amused smirk before standing up and walking off. Allen followed him out into the car, absentmindedly playing with the container of cream in his hand.

"So how did it go?" Tyki asked.

"H-huh?" Allen asked, looking up at Tyki as they walked to his car.

"Your appointment."

"Oh...yeah...it was fine. Everything should be fine in a week..." He mumbled and waited for Tyki to unlock the doors as they arrived to the car. He pulled out his phone and decided to text Lenalee back.

Sent: Lenalee Lee, 10:12am - You guys still there?

Received: Lenalee Lee, 10:14am - *sigh* we haven't even ORDERED yet.

Sent: Lenalee Lee, 10:15am - Okay.

"So, are you still going to go hang out with your friends?" Tyki asked as he started the car. Allen nodded his head shortly. "Where at?"

"Denny's." Allen answered.

"Got it." Tyki hummed and drove him there. He turned on the radio to break the silence and they arrived to the restaurant shortly after. Allen unbuckled his seat-belt and Tyki spoke up. "By the way, if you have my name in your phone, you might want to change it. Lavi's quite a curious one. As well as the others." Allen opened his mouth but closed it and pulled out his phone to change it to 'TM'.

"Th-thanks for the ride..." Allen mumbled and got out. Tyki beckoned him to come over on the other side. Allen hummed and walked on the other side. Tyki rolled down his window and Allen leaned against the car. "What is i-" Allen was cut off when Tyki gave him a quick kiss.

"I'll see you later, boy."

Allen blushed and lightly touched his lips. "O-oh...uh...okay..." Tyki smirked before rolling up his window and driving away.

Sent: Lenalee Lee, 10:17am - I'm here...did you guys order yet?

Received: Lenalee Lee, 10:18am - NO WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR LAVI TO SHUT UP ABOUT HIS LONG STORY ABOUT I FORGET WHAT!

Sent: Lenalee Lee, 10:19am - xD good to know he stalled for time?

Allen walked in the entrance and quickly found where they were seating because of how loudly Lavi was speaking. The topic was changing randomly and Allen chose then to sneak beside Lenalee. Daisya was too busy banging his head on the table to notice, Kanda was glaring at the ceiling, Lavi was talking the waitresses ear off, and Lenalee was just glaring at Lavi. Allen knew the pain five minutes later when Lavi was still talking and none of them noticed his presence. Allen laid his head in his hand and waited for Lavi to shut up. Luckily, the waitress was getting tired of his story too.

"Excuse me, but you've been talking for about twenty minutes and I'm sure the five of you would like to order now..." She said awkwardly. Lavi's mouth snapped shut and he tilted his head.

"Five of us?" He questioned and looked over. "Wh...what...when did you..." Lavi shook his head and looked away from Allen and at the waitress. "Alright." All of them ordered and sat in awkward silence. It was only awkward because Lavi didn't know what to talk about because of Allen's presence and Lavi usually never shut up so it made everyone else quiet as well.

"Hey, Allen..." Lenalee mumbled, looking under the table curiously. Allen looked over at her curiously.

"Hm?" He hummed.

"...did you..." She trailed off and looked up and looked back down. Allen frowned at her confusingly.

"What?"

"...why were you in the hospital?" Lenalee asked quietly but everyone still heard her because of the awkward silence. Allen opened his mouth and closed it before blushing.

He still had his hospital bracelet on...and he tried so hard to not let them know.

"Erm..." He mumbled awkwardly and looked anywhere but them. "...my fainting problem..."

"Oh...wait you're still fainting?" She asked.

"Can we talk about something else...?" He asked, his hand muffling the question as he laid on it.

"Wait, then what happened to your face?" Lavi blurted. Allen blinked several times. He was a bit surprised that Lavi was actually talking to him to begin with. He then narrowed his eyes.

"What's wrong with my face?"

"Everything..." Kanda muttered and Allen's eye twitched. Daisya snickered quietly in his corner and Kanda smirked Allen's way. Allen glared at him and Kanda wasn't afraid to glare right back.

"Your mouth, Allen." Lenalee said, kicking Kanda under the table. The raven-haired teen grunted and looked away.

"My...mouth?" Allen asked, touching his mouth. "Oh!...that...uh..." Allen trailed off, messing around with his bandage.

"Your new boyfriend isn't abusive, is he?" She asked worriedly. Allen shook his head slowly.

"No, but his brother is."

"Allen! You picked a fight with his brother?!" She scolded.

"No! I didn't do anything to him! He's just protective or something..." Allen muttered and looked towards the kitchen, wondering when their food would get here.

"Oh...?" She wondered if she should be more concerned or not. "So how was your date?" She asked and all eyes were on him. Allen flushed pink and didn't make eye contact with any of them.

"It went well, I guess..." He mumbled, pulling on his jacket by habit. The waitress came by and dropped off their drinks, claiming that their food would be here soon.

"You guess? What did you do, sit at his house and make out or something?" Lavi asked lamely. Allen's eye twitched several times.

"No, we just had dinner is all." Allen muttered, glaring at Lavi.

"Eh? That sounds boring...you have a weird taste in guys." Lavi said a bit too bitterly.

"I agree, I did date you after all." Allen replied, taking a sip of his sweet tea. Daisya's jaw dropped.

"Buuuuuuurn!" He said, laughing so hard he was clutching his stomach. Lenalee tried to stifle her giggling, but you could see the small smile behind her hand as she tried to cover up her mouth. Kanda simply snorted. Lavi's eyebrow twitched and he glared in Allen's direction. Allen gave him a satisfying smirk back. "Oh man, Lavi, sorry to laugh but that was hilarious." Daisya said, his laughter dying down to chuckles.

"At least I didn't run away." Lavi said hatefully. Allen's smirk turned into a frown and he glared at Lavi.

"At least I don't play around with others' feelings." Allen snapped back. The joyful aura quickly turned into one that was full of hate.

"Funny, it didn't seem that way when you were hanging out with Narain." Lavi growled.

"Maybe you don't know what the two words of 'best friend' mean. Then again, I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't." Allen retorted. Lenalee sighed. She knew this was going to happen.

"Best friends don't casually ask each other out and shoot each other down like it's the most nonchalant thing in the world." Lavi countered. Allen opened his mouth but closed it when the waitress came with their food. Allen just ate quietly while Lenalee, Kanda, Daisya, and Lavi made little chatter. Honestly, Allen just wanted to leave. Yeah, he was ticked off at Lavi, but he was also upset. Upset in the hurt kind of way. He inwardly sighed and tuned into the conversation as he slowly nibbled on a fry.

"...really need to figure out a place to perform at. It's the only thing to do to get more popular." Lenalee said, her manager skills kicking into gear.

"We could play at the school." Daisya offered. "Charge tickets for like three dollars or something...you know how the students are, they hate expensive things and besides, I'm sure our friends would spread the word."

Right...they were the popular kind of people.

"I dunno, Daisya, we'd have to ask the principal if that'd be okay." Lenalee mumbled uncertainly.

"You're friends with Road, aren't you Lenalee? Mr. Camelot probably likes you." Allen choked on his food at that. C-Camelot? No one seemed to notice Allen's pale composure as they spoke about this principal of theirs.

"Yeah, but he doesn't like Lavi...or Kanda for that matter. Remember when Kanda beat up Tyki for trying to like murder you guys?" Lenalee reminded. Allen's gut twisted. Now just how ironic was this situation?

"Oh yeah..." Daisya mumbled. He looked over at Allen, remembering the time Tyki beat Lavi and him up. He deadpanned when he noticed that Allen was massaging his chest. "Uh, you alright over there?" Daisya asked.

"Peachy." Allen replied, disgruntled.

"Okay...well, what else are we going to do?" Daisya asked Lenalee. Allen's phone buzzed and Allen pulled it out, eating a fry whilst texting Tyki.

Received: TM, 10:39am - How's the hangout?

Sent: TM, 10:39am - Oh, you know, just choking while everyone is talking casually.

Received: TM, 10:40am - ...sounds fun?

Sent: TM, 10:40am - ...I didn't know your brother was a principal...

Received: TM, 10:41am - Where did that come from?

Sent: TM, 10:42am - They're talking about where to perform and suggested the school.

Received: TM, 10:43am - You guys aren't going to perform at the school are you...?

Sent: TM, 10:43am - Nope. Apparently he hates Kanda and Lavi too...hmm I wonder why.

Received: TM, 10:44am - ...

Sent: TM, 10:48am - So what are you doing?

Received: TM, 10:52am - ...talking to Sheryl...

Sent: TM, 10:52am - ...oh...

Allen wanted to laugh at the way they were awkwardly texting.

Sent: TM, 10:53am - ...I'm afraid to ask, but what about?

Received: TM, 10:55am - ...he wants us to break up...

Allen deadpanned at the message. What was he supposed to say?

Sent: TM, 10:56am - ...oh...

Received: TM, 10:57am - ...yeah.

Allen dipped his fry in ranch and wondered what he and Tyki were going to do about Sheryl. Would Tyki really break up with him because Sheryl wanted them to? If Neah wanted him to break up with someone he probably wouldn't do it...then again, it seems like Tyki and Sheryl are really close to each other. They are brothers after all...what if it'd be better to break up with Tyki for his sake? Allen didn't want to hurt their family ties...maybe he should sit down and talk with Tyki about it...he didn't want to break up with Tyki at all, they were just now starting to get serious...but would it really be worth it to get in the way of him and his brother just so he could have a boyfriend? Allen frowned; everything seemed to be telling them to break up...

Sent: TM, 11:12am - Well?

Received: TM, 11:13am - He just left...

Sent: TM, 11:13am - ...oh...

Sent: TM, 11:16am - ...do you think we should break up?

Received: TM, 11:17am - Nah, he's always like this.

Sent: TM, 11:18am - Are you sure? I don't want you two to get in a fight because of me...

Received: TM, 11:19am - I don't think you should be worrying about our family ties. What you should be worried about is meeting him in public. He's quite a popular man and a lot of people know him. He has all kinds of connections.

Sent: TM, 11:21am - It'd probably be best if you DIDN'T scare me into breaking up with you...

Received: TM, 11:22am - Hey, just avoid him and you'll be fine.

Sent: TM, 11:22am - What if he tries to kill me...

Received: TM, 11:23am - Then just make sure that someone is with you every time you go out.

Sent: TM, 11:25am - ...doesn't that seem a little bit extreme? And who would I go outside with? If I took Lenalee or one of the others with me he'd tell them that we're dating...

Received: TM, 11:26am - ...you have a good point...

Sent: TM, 11:27am - Not helping.

"Huh, well speak of the devil..." Daisya muttered and Allen slowly looked up from his phone to see Sheryl there.

Sent: TM, 11:28am - ...your brother is here...

Received: TM, 11:29am - ...I'm omw.

Sent: TM, 11:31am - That isn't scary at all.

Allen felt himself shrinking into the seat, watching Sheryl's every move carefully. Lenalee stared at him curiously. The teen blanched as he saw him sit down a few tables away. I'm so dead...so dead...yep, he's going to look over here and oh my god he's going to try and kill me...Lenalee tilted her head at him. "Hey, Allen, do you want t to switch spots?"

"Huh?" Allen questioned, looking at her curiously.

"I want to be on the outside...I need to talk to Lavi about something." She explained.

"Oh...um...okay..." Allen said and stood up to let her out. Oh my god, Lenalee, thank you I think I love you. Allen thought as they switched their trays and he sat on the inside. Lavi looked at her expectantly and she leaned over to whisper a question about if Denny's would hire her or not. Lavi was curious why she'd ask him of all people since he couldn't get a job himself but he shrugged at her question. Allen's phone buzzed and he looked down at it.

Received: TM, 11:41am - I'm here, where is he sitting?

Sent: TM, 11:42am - Like, four tables away from us...

Received: TM, 11:43am - Ah, okay, I see...

"Wow, that's really ironic. Look." Daisya said, pointing at Tyki, who was sitting down in front of Sheryl with his back to them, intending to block his view. Allen sweat dropped and couldn't help but smile a little.

Sent: TM, 11:44am - Genius, Tyki, simply genius.

Tyki's phone rang and Allen wanted to hit his head on the table. Sheryl cautiously watched him pick it up. Tyki chuckled a bit and shook his head before putting the phone down. Allen inwardly pouted when he didn't text back. Now what was he supposed to do, listen to Lavi's boring stories for another hour? Allen grumpily ate his fries and tried getting interested in Lavi's tale of going to China. He swore he was going to fall asleep while eating. At least Daisya was interested. Lenalee pretended to be interested and Kanda...well Kanda was just Kanda. I think my ears are bleeding...Allen thought.

"I'll be right back guys, I gotta use the bathroom!" Lavi chirped.

Thank god.

"Awe, man, at the best part?!" Daisya whined.

"Gotta love them cliffhangers." Lenalee commented, forcing a smile. They all watched as he got up and left to the bathroom.

"Finally the idiot shut up." Kanda grumbled.

"You didn't like the story, Kanda?" Daisya questioned.

"Fuck no."

"I think for once I actually agree with you." Allen muttered. He felt more awake now that Lavi had actually left. He finished off his food and the waitress came by, delivering their desserts. Allen was just about to dig in until a commotion erupted from behind them.

They all looked back to see Sheryl towering over Lavi threateningly. Tyki stood up as well with a sigh. Allen pulled at his hair. Kanda stood up as well as Daisya. Lenalee sat still, but glared at Sheryl. Lavi said something that had to push him over the edge and he actually tried punching him. In a restaurant. Kanda took a step forward but they all froze when Tyki caught Sheryl's wrist and dug his nails into it quite painfully. "Now, now, Sheryl, I think you have punched enough people this week." He said in a sickly sweet voice. Lenalee had stood up to make sure Lavi was alright. Sheryl seethed at Tyki and muttered something before storming away. Tyki pocketed his hands and stood there quite awkwardly. Lavi stared at him for a very long time.

"Why did you...?" Lavi trailed off, shaking his head confusingly.

"Hm?" Tyki hummed, looking at him.

"You...you just..."

Lavi was so confused.

"Well, I figured you didn't need another person to hit you. Not to mention he doesn't need to go around hitting my boyfriend's friend." Allen's jaw dropped and he shook his head at Tyki warily.

"Huh?" Lavi deadpanned.

"Oops, did I say that out loud?" Tyki said with a smirk.

Lavi was beyond confused.

"Wha?"

"I think what Lavi means is thank you." Lenalee said with a smile. "Would you like to have breakfast with us?" Lenalee asked, gesturing to their table. Tyki made eye contact with Allen.

"Oh I'd love to."