Incubation
Part Eleven

A loud slam echoed into the lounge and several heads turned to the sound of a familiar redhead bursting in. "Holy hell! Twins!" He blurted with excitement practically radiating off him.

Two particular pairs of eyes stared at him; both maintaining a strange blank look of disbelief. Of the two, Kanda shifted more uncomfortably at this sudden outburst. Dark eyes narrowed and the owner of those eyes scowled, "quiet the fuck down, you imbecile. And who the fuck told you?"

"Oh man! So it's true! Twins!"

"L...Lavi, it's not that big of a deal, please calm down," Allen stuttered, trying to avoid Lavi unintentionally sending Kanda into a massive fit or worse. His dark haired partner may have come to relative terms with the concept, but they didn't need to test just how stable Kanda really was. Allen was still worried. He knew he really shouldn't be-according to Kanda-but it was just how he was. He was just going to make certain to keep an eye on his pessimistic lover.

"But... Twins!"

"Lavi, stop it," a soft voice chuckled behind him, coming into view. "I don't know if I should say congratulations or what," Lenalee smiled at Kanda.

"I take it your fruitcake of a brother told you?"

"Actually General Cross did."

"Cross? That mother fucker!" Kanda growled and kicked the coffee table in front of him. "He's out to upset me!"

"Nonsense," a deeper voice echoed in from behind Lenalee. She turned to look up at the sharp smirk of the redhead in question. "If I wanted to upset you, I'd tell everyone about what you and my stupid apprentice were busy doing last night." Allen's face contorted into one of strangled embarrassment being masked with a smile. He cast a glance at his two friends sheepishly.

"Oh...my...Allen~" Lavi teased.

"I thought you stupid kids were told to stop that activity."

"Do I look like I'm suffering, Cross? Now stay out of my business," Kanda scowled and shot him a terrible look. He was hiding his embarrassment the only way he knew how; with anger.

"Everything in your body is my business, boy." The General proved to be unaffected by this and simply pushed passed Lavi and Lenalee, moving toward Kanda-who was sitting with his legs curled up under him, next to Allen. He looked down over the frame of his glasses and challenged the boy to protest. "And if that includes this little idiot, then I will say something."

The 'little idiot' flushed at the context of those words-and tried not to make an outward sound of discomfort. "Master…can we please get back on topic."

"When Komui gets here we can. I'm just here to poke at your girlfriend and make sure you didn't break her insides."

"…Hey…" The tension in Kanda's teeth increased as he clenched his jaws together in irritation. Cross was insufferable; but he was being especially insufferable at that particular time. "I don't want you poking at anything if you can't be civil with Moyashi."

"Oh? What's this?"

Allen's eyes moved to watch Kanda, somewhat surprised by the tone of voice. Kanda's words were bordering on dangerous. His brows furrowed to the center, creating deep crease lines that Allen just wanted to poke and make them go away—and calm Kanda in the process. Kanda's moods were never the best, but he'd been a lot testier since they'd woken up. Of course, he'd woken up to a morning of gasping for breath after retching until his body was exhausted…so that could explain it.

"I'm not going to sit here and deal with you treating us like shit about this, because you're averted to being grandpa. Moyashi may be scared of you, but I'm not. So if you wanna fight, bring it mother fucker."

A moment of silence passed and Allen nearly covered his face with his hands. Cross could easily fold Allen in half, let alone Kanda—being as sick as he was. He didn't think Cross would be so cruel as to mess with a pregnant person of any degree; but sometimes, he really couldn't fathom the cruelty of his Master.

"Well, I can respect that. It's nice to see one with a bigger pair than my underling. However, that doesn't change that your body is currently my property to monitor. So, if you two want to play more, then I'm separating you," the redhead said with finality. No one was going to argue with it if they didn't wish to suffer for it.

"Don't worry. My sex drive is gone," Kanda replied bluntly—his expression showing no indication that it embarrassed him anymore all to say that.

"Kanda!"

"What? It's true."

"You really don't have to announce that, you know."

"It's not like you're the one who has to deal with it. You think I want to feel like a burnt out candle? No, I don't. And it's not like it matters. If they haven't figured out how you got twins in me, then they really don't deserve to even be in this room."

"Twins…~" Lavi said pleasantly with a big smile.

"Augh," Kanda made a face at him. "Why is he happy?"

"You seem to be a little more accepting of this Kanda. Did you have a talk with Allen about it?" Lenalee pushed Lavi out of the way and sat next to Kanda. She noted that he had a little more color to his skin than before and his face seemed a little fuller.

"Eh…we talked about it. Moyashi decided he's a freak and wants to attach himself to me out of the goodness of his twisted heart. Which, I suppose, is a good thing. Because they're his brats."

"You're…acting somewhat pleasant. It's kind of creepy, Kanda," Lenalee added, staring at him without even attempting to be subtle.

Allen made a noise, "no…he's not pleasant at all… He doesn't even know what he wants to be today."

"Shut up, Moyashi."

"See."

"Twins…~" Lavi said again, moving in behind the sofa to lean down and give the unsuspecting man a giant hug. "Two mini Yuus to love alllll over!"

Kanda made a strangled noise at the attack and turned his body to try and fight the annoyance off. "Damnit, Baka Usagi!" He growled, slipping into another tongue, pressing his hand against Lavi's shoulder. "I will shred you and spread you across the ocean if you don't get off me!" His breath felt like it was rushing out of him faster than it should and he had to ease up on his struggling in order to keep from getting dizzy. In truth, Lavi's hold on him was gentle and warm. His face pressed to the side of his and he could feel the tingling sensation of heat. The redhead seemed full of excitement and it confused Kanda, because twins weren't a good thing. Twins meant more chance of something going wrong in there. Twins meant more possibility of it killing him. Twins meant two things to take care of if nothing crashed into a pile of fail somewhere.

"I'm happy for you, Yuu! Two babies mean one for each of you. And two babies to name~ You should totally let me help name one."

Kanda grunted, but subconsciously lessened his struggle and just sat there numbly. "Why would I let you name my offspring?"

"I could help~ Just a little. Positive feelings, Yuu. That's important. Soak up positive happy things."

"Lenalee, what did you do to him on your mission. He's acting like he's just—you know what…I'm not even going to finish that statement," he stared at Lenalee, his eyes watching her reactions carefully, but not pressing on it anymore than necessary. All he knew for certain was that Lavi was being clingy and happy and annoying.

Yet, somewhere in all the man's annoyance, he realized at some point that his fighting had stopped completely and he was nearly lying against Lavi. The warm sensations against where Lavi's body was pressed to his made him not want to address it, but at the same time…he wanted to jack hammer the little bastard in the face for getting in his personal space.

But the sensation was relieving.

But it was Lavi.

But it was bountiful free energy to leech…

Yes, Lavi's.

But… Energy

No…

He's not using it anyway

…It's Lavi…

"Kanda?"

"What!" He snapped and opened his eyes, glaring at the face looming in his vision. Soft eyes bore down into his own and he wondered why Lenalee looked so concerned. "Why are you in my face? "

"You fell asleep."

"I what?"

"You were sound asleep when I came in. It was certainly a strange sight," the light voice of the more pleasant of Kanda's two doctors stated with a hint of amusement. He wasn't even aware Komui had come in and he didn't even remember falling asleep. He'd blinked at one point and the next he had Lenalee in his face. It made him realize he was really tired.

"Hnn," a grumble left his throat and he leaned his head again. Everything seemed to move and it confused him. Turning his head, he found himself staring up at Lavi. Dark eyes widened and he felt a wave of discomfort sink through him. "What the—"

"You were asleep, but you looked awfully content, Yuu. So I moved to sit with you~."

"Hnng, where's Moyashi?" Kanda moved away from Lavi, rather groggily. He really had fallen asleep.

"He went to collect his necessities," Komui answered, moving over to him and kneeling in front of him. The scientist's hand pressed against his face and moved his head back so he could check Kanda's eyes for any signs of unusual dilation. It was simply a standard vital check.

"Collect his necessities? For what?"

"I'm sending him on a mission."

Kanda moved back suddenly, glaring down the Chinese man and watching him for signs of I'm kidding! But when there were no signs of it, he sat back into the seat again and made a face, "how long will he be gone?"

"Probably two to three weeks."

…Two or three days…yeah, he could do that. A week…he'd gone longer without the bastard…but a couple of weeks...A couple of weeks, leaving him as he was? It made him disgustingly uncomfortable. Beansprout was constantly feeding his body with the energy pulled in by the greedy bastard of an Innocence…so what was he going to— "I can't function without bleeding beansprout of his energy."

"Yes, I'm aware of that. That's why I consulted with General Cross and had you all brought here. You're the only one I cannot send on a mission. I'm sending Lenalee with Allen, and I'm leaving you with La—"

"Hell no."

"Kanda…"

"Have you been paying attention to this fucker? He'll never leave me alone!"

"That's the point. He'll be staying with you for the majority of the time. If your body loses an outside energy source, it'll take from you and you could strain your body to the point of collapse. I would not like to test whether or not something like that can kill you. We're not dealing with anything normal here. I suppose since Lavi will be with you, I don't have to worry about unnecessary sexual activity?" Komui asked, raising an eyebrow—almost cruelly teasing.

Lavi choked next to Kanda and tried to breathe in through the airway he'd just swallowed wrong into. The redhead might have once glanced at Kanda with an appreciative eye, but Kanda was like romancing a volcano…and as much fun as Lavi liked to have…that didn't even sound like a fun challenge. His affections turned more toward the fairer sex anyway. Not like he was going to even bring that up in defense of himself. Allen would tear him apart if he found him doing anything to or with Kanda, anyway.

"I don't like this. Fucking…at all," the man grunted, turning to lean more into Lavi against his will. Being without the beansprout even made him uncomfortable in thought. At least with him there, he didn't feel vulnerable. He knew that Lavi could protect him too, but it was different with Allen. The Moyashi was his rock; and he'd disgustingly gotten too comfortable with depending on his presence—despite the repeated attempt to protest—since the beginning of this little nightmare.

"It'll be okay, Yuu. He'll be back before you even know it," Lavi tried to keep his ton light—suddenly feeling like he'd been thrown into a cage with an angry, pregnant, lion.

"Don't fuckin call me that," Kanda snapped, glancing up as Allen returned through the door with a bag slung over his shoulder and a faint melancholy smile. He must have heard enough of the conversation to see what Kanda's problem was immediately upon entering the room.

"It's not going to be so bad, Kanda…I'll call you everyday if I can, and you know that. You won't even notice I'm gone," Allen chuckled softly, moving in closely to ease the man as best he could before he had to leave.

Yes.

Yes. I will.

I will very much notice.

You idiot.

To Be Continued…

A/N: This is not one of my favorite chapters, but necessary. I hope it doesn't sound as bad in reality as it does in my head xD

I wanna take a moment to thank everyone for the kind reviews I've been reading over the weeks posting this. I used to have the chance to thank everyone, but that's kinda stopped, and I figured that it would be better to just give the damn chapter instead of filling it with responses. Anyone who reads anything of mine knows that I like going out of the ordinary bounds, so everything in this story has a chance to surprise you~ Don't forget that. Most questions, also, will be answered in the process of the story. Some things just haven't been addressed for reasons. I promise to make it a heck of a ride, in any case~. If nothing to make Kanda's suffering fun for everyone!