Byul & Hoshi note: Just to establish what it now says on our profile, we're back and better than ever! No more late chapters BUT that means no "once a week" shiznit. We will update when we tell you we will though! This chapter was released November 11 at noon! You can expect the next chapter November 17 or 18 at noon, depending on how long Hoshi is in Houston for the PAUL MCCARTNEY CONCERT (lucky biatch).
Hoshi That's right! Suck my left ovary Byul! Who's seeing Paul up close!? NOT YOU!
Byul You shush your face. You shush your face right now. o - o
Hoshi :happy dances:
Byul :face palm: ugh. I'm friends with an idiot.
Hoshi Stop talking about yourself.
Byul AAAAGH!
Show Biz: Act I
Intermission Tres
Kanda was having a perfectly normal day. He had gotten up early with the moyashi to practice the dances for their new songs; specifically Someday (If You're Lucky). He had showered afterwards, taking a long time to tick the moyashi off! And got dressed in nice but casual clothing. A simple dark blue turtleneck and black pants. Then the duo proceeded to the kitchen to make soba and enough dango to feed an army (why the sprout loved it so much he'd never know) as Kanda settled down to read the newspaper. Except the newspaper wasn't on the counter where it usually was. Figuring that Komui didn't bring it inside today, he got up to look if the delivery boy had thrown it instead of placing it in the box in front of the building.
As soon as he stepped outside, he wished he could curl up into a ball and get swallowed by the Earth.
There, a small ways in front of the Order, was Lenalee. She was talking to an elderly man with bushy brown hair as she scrunched her eyebrows and pointed at the building as if saying, "But that's this building here."
The man then took on a look of shock, raising his bushy eyebrows high above his glasses, as if he didn't expect to find it so easily.
Of course. I usually make myself harder to find. Kanda thought.
The man looked up before Kanda could dive for cover and smiled as he shouted, "Yuu!"
"Fuck."
"So this is where you were! I flew into Korea as soon as I could after you left the note saying where you'd gone - by the way Yuu, you should put more than five words, people worry - and imagine my surprise when I'm sitting in an airport cafe and I see my Yuu on a huge poster for some skin care product. I asked the first person I saw if they knew where you were, and now here I am, Yuu!"
"Don't call me that," Kanda hissed as he covered his face in a rare moment of embarrassment.
"Kanda, you know this man?" Lenalee asked.
The man turned around to respond to Lenalee as Kanda was making frantic motions across his neck to her, but it was too late. The man smiled and said, "Why, yes! Nice to meet you. I'm Froi Tiedoll; Yuu's papa!"
Lenalee's mouth dropped into a little 'o' as Kanda smacked his palm into his face and growled. He heard a small gasp behind him and whipped around to see, not only Allen, but Komui, Reever, Lavi, and Miranda all huddled in the doorway, all with the same expression as Lenalee. Kanda threw his hands in the air as if saying 'I give up'.
He had already had enough when Lavi said, "Wow, Yuu-chan, your dad is way nicer than you!"
Immediately after it was said, Tiedoll started tearing up as he moved in for a hug that Kanda tried desperately and failed miserably to avoid.
"Oh, Yuu, you've made a friend! I'm so happy!"
And at the look of utter indignation on Kanda's face, poor Allen and Lavi just couldn't take it anymore. They burst into a huge fit of giggles as Komui, Reever and Miranda tried to disguise theirs as coughs and the occasional sputter. Kanda whipped towards them, not looking half as menacing as usual while there was a crying middle aged man clamped around his waist, and said, "Shut up baka moyashi! Baka usagi! Gah, old geezer, get offa me! Agh!"
However, Tiedoll ignored him as he pulled out a cell phone and called someone.
"Marie? Daisya? You'll never guess what happened! I fond Yuu, and he has two friends! I'm so happy I could die!"
Kanda, completely mortified by this point, snatched the phone from Tiedoll and growled, "The old geezer is getting delusional. Bye."
He tossed the phone back to Tiedoll with a glare, and sighed in exhasperation as he turned to face the others. There was no way he was getting out of explaining this one.
About an hour later, Allen, Kanda, Lenalee, and Tiedoll all sat around the dining table after a long discusion about Kanda's past.
"So, let me get this straight. You, Kanda, are a test tube baby. And this man, Tiedoll, is your biological father. You didn't meet him until a year after your mother's accident. He found you because he saw the name Kanda in the newspaper on his trip to Korea, and it sounded familiar. He keeps track of all the people his...donations...go to, and once he realized who you were, he arranged for your adoption?"
"That's it in a nutshell," Kanda grumbled. "And now I'm stuck with this sap of a father."
"You called me father! I need to tell Daisya and Marie right away! Hello? Daisya? You'll never guess-" Tiedoll cried, pulling out his phone.
"Knock it off!" Kanda growled as he snatched the phone and snapped it shut. He pinched the bridge of his nose and just gave the others a look that screamed, Do you see what I had to deal with?
Lenalee rolled her eyes and continued, "And several months ago, you awoke in France to find Kanda gone, with only a note saying Went to Korea. Don't follow me. Kanda."
"That's it. This wasn't the first time he's run off like this. I'm always worried whenever he leaves a note saying he's gone to some country or other, but I understand. I can be just a tad bit overbearing sometimes."
A tad bit? The others thought sarcatically as Kanda che'd. They'd already seen enough of this man's antics to tell he was even worse than Komui.
"Ne, Kanda, so do you know other languages?"
Everyone looked at Allen as he blushed. "Just curious is all," he muttered.
"French and German," Kanda replied with a smirk.
"That's amazing! I know German myself, but I haven't really learned much French. You should learn Italian. It's a beautiful language."
"If I have the time, sure. Sounds interesting," Kanda said, instantly interested at the prospect of learning a beautiful language. "You'll teach me?"
"Sure," Allen answered with a smile.
Tiedoll just looked at the interaction between the two and smiled. He looked at Lenalee and sent her a knowing look. Lenalee just shrugged and mouthed, Kids.
Indeed, Tiedoll thought to himself. He watched the two bicker a bit about something trivial. He couldn't stop watching the youth with white hair. There was something eerily familiar about him... Then he was distracted when he saw Kanda actually smile, a rare sight even though he had lived with the boy for years, and decided on something that he never thought he'd do...
Once night came around, Kanda was throwing away his soba tray as Tiedoll said goodbye to everyone. He hadn't wanted to bring it everyone's he others around, but whenever Tiedoll showed up, it was to bring him back home. Not that Tedoll coul force him to. He was already nineteen* after all, and he was prepared to use that card if it came down to it. But as much as he hated to admit it, Tiedoll had influence over him. He...cared for the man. How could he not? He'd done a lot for Kanda, and he was a genuinely good person. One of the few that Kanda had ever known. But damn was the man annoying.
"I see you still refuse to tie up that long hair of yours, Yuu. You should consider it sometime, since that's your namesake.*"
He jerked around in annoyance at the name. "How many times have I told you that it's not with those kanji?"
Tiedoll shrugged as he sat at the table and gestured for Kanda to sit beside him. Kanda scrunched his nose in distaste, but did it anyways. After a moment of silence, Tiedoll spoke.
"So you're planning to stay this time?"
Here it was. Just as Kanda predicted, Tiedoll was going to ask him to come home. He was going to have to leave. He'd have to say goodbye. Stop singing with Allen and dancing with Allen and spending time with Allen. Funny how much the little guy had squirmed his way into Kanda's life over just a couple of months. He opened his mouth to argue, but Tiedoll stopped him with one word.
"Okay."
"W...what the...?"
"I said okay. You can stay. As long as you promise me one thing."
"O...kay?" Kanda agreed dumbly, still in a bit of shock from the easy approval.
"Keep smiling, okay?"
"Che!" Kanda sputtered as he got up with a grumbled "Fine" and went upstairs.
Tiedoll chuckled, grabbed his bag, and stepped outside, surprised to see someonewalking by outside. Someone he knew rather well.
"Marian? Cross Marian?"
"Holy...Tiedoll? Is that you, you sentimental fuck?" Cross said with a crazy smile as he aproached the man and gave his hand a good shake. "I take it you hear your kid is here, huh?"
"Yes, but what are you doing here, Cross?" Tiedoll asked.
"...Nothing in particular," Cross said nonchalantly. However, Tiedoll had known this man too long, and he noticed the smal flick of his eyes as he looked at the Dark Order building.
And it clicked.
"Oh my gosh it's Walker, isn't it. Cross...what are you getting into exactly?"
Cross sighed and said, "Don't worry about it."
"I can't help but be worried if you're getting into something dangerous. Wait...you aren't still poking your nose into that incident, are you? You could be killed."
"Look, no offense, but shove off. I don't need you worrying about my business. I already get enough of that from Anita."
"Of course I'm going to worry if it involves the boy my son's in love with."
Cross was flabberghasted for a moment before he muttered, "Fuck."
He pulled Tiedoll a little off the ways and continued, "Look, I'll tell it to you straight. Tell your boy to stay away from Allen if he knows what's good for him. Shut up, I know what you're thinking and I couldn't give a flying fuck if they're gay or not. But if he starts getting too curious...it can get messy."
Tiedoll's eyes hardened as he said, "So you are still looking into the shooting. It was a freak incident. A crazy murderer out for attention. That's what the authorities said."
"Bullshit. You don't believe that any more than I do. There was someone else behind this whole thing, and I'll find them if it's the last thing I do," Coss growled before turning around and walking away. "Remember what I said Tiedoll. It's for your own good," he whispered. And then he was gone.
Tiedoll stood there for while, shaken up, before he looked back at the Order.
"I hope I'm making the right decision. Be safe, Yuu."
Then he too was gone, down the streets, leaving behind a heavy air surrounding the Dark Order and it's unknowing inhabitants.
[Scene end.]
T. B. C.
Hoshi That's right. I went there. HA! And you guys though this was going to be a happy, fluffly, teen angsty, fanfic?
Byul Well, it is, but it's more than that :D Oooooooh the plot! We're geniuses!
Hoshi Evil geniuses!
Byul Ohohohohohohoho!
Hoshi Mwahahahahahahaha!
Byul They're squirming in their seats!
Hoshi I can picture it now! The jaws dropping!
Byul And they all have to wait another week...
Hoshi Back to the writing board for me!
* In Korea the age of adulthood is 20, meaning they'd be 19almost anywhere else
* With certain kanji, Yuu can mean "to put up one's hair" but Kanda's first name isn't spelled like that.
