A/N: Thanks for all the reviews! Those of you hoping for less angst are going to be disappointed with what happens in this chapter...

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~Present Day~

I was standing outside the bathroom, debating whether or not I wanted to return to the cafeteria, when Kanda approached. He looked really pissed off, but his anger faded when he saw me. I smiled as he grabbed my hand and began to lead me away from the dining hall; holding hands in public felt a lot better than I thought it would. Kanda even slowed his pace to match mine, walking at a speed that was comfortable for me, with my heavy pregnant belly, to keep up with.

Kanda relaxed fully once we'd turned a corner and were out of the line of sight of the dining hall, and it wasn't surprising to me that he chose then to question me. "Now that that's over, why don't you finish what you were saying earlier?"

I laughed lightly as I moved closer to him. "According to Komui, Central can't punish us for being gay because we're both critical breakers. If the Innocence didn't approve of us being homosexual, we never would have been able to surpass one hundred percent synchronization. Which means that if they were to punish us, they'd be going against the will of the Innocence."

When I paused for breath, Kanda laughed at me and nudged my shoulder with his. "Not that part, Baka Moyashi. The part about us getting married."

I blushed slightly in embarrassment. "Oh. Well, basically, even though they've decided not to punish me for being gay, they can't have me thinking that that gives me permission to continue having sex outside of marriage. So if I don't want to get punished for being a whore, we have to get married."

Kanda remained silent, clearly lost in thought, so I began to babble. "Komui's already arranged a suite for us; we'll have a big bedroom and a private lounge and bathroom, and Lenalee has furnished the smaller bedroom, turning it into a nursery for the babies. We're not going to have to cram all four of us into your room anymore. It's all ready for us to move in, we just have to get married first."

"Allen." The sound of Kanda's voice saying my real name halted me in my tracks, like it always did when I was babbling. I looked up to find him staring curiously at me. "What are your thoughts on all this? Are you really as excited as you sound, or is this your way of trying to talk yourself into it?"

I blinked as I processed what he was asking, and then I couldn't help snorting derisively at him. "I realize we've never talked about marriage before, but we've been together for five years. I've been with you for longer than I've been with anyone other than Timcanpy, and he doesn't even really count because he's a golem. Of course I'm excited by the prospect of marrying you. Knowing that you will soon be my husband is-"

The rest of that sentence died as Kanda captured my lips in a fierce kiss. When he finally released me, I was dizzy and gasping for breath. I hadn't expected him to cut me off, but I had expected the kiss; he always got like that whenever I reminded him that I was with him because I wanted to be. Ironically, he was the one who was insecure because our relationship had started with sex rather than feelings. Kanda often told me that he wished he'd loved me from the beginning, and while I agreed, I didn't regret the way it happened; I had very much enjoyed watching him fall in love with me as our relationship grew.

Kanda laughed lightly as he watched me struggle to breathe. He kissed my forehead and pulled me as close to him as my pregnant belly would allow. "So, did Komui happen to say how this is going to work?"

I nodded slowly; this was the part that I was not so happy with. "In order for Central to consider us properly married, we have to have a formal ceremony for them to observe. Komui's making the arrangements for that to happen on Friday."

"Why wait that long? Why not do it right away?"

I couldn't help sighing. "Master Cross can't get here till Thursday."

The confused look on Kanda's face was priceless. "Why do we have to wait for Cross to get here?"

His deep cobalt eyes widened in realization as soon as the question was out of his mouth, but I answered it anyway. "In order for it to be a proper ceremony, our mentors have to be here as witnesses."

Kanda swore under his breath. "That's why Teidoll showed up out of nowhere today, isn't it?"

I nodded. "Unlike Master Cross, General Teidoll came the second Komui called him."

He swore again, but then he fixed me with a critical stare. I knew that he was trying to figure out what it was that I was leaving out. "Cross doesn't know you're pregnant."

I shrugged uncomfortably. "In that I haven't told him. He's probably heard the rumors by now though."

Kanda snorted. "Cross knows that we're sleeping together. If he'd heard the rumors, he'd have been here months ago to kick my ass."

I couldn't bring myself to laugh at the joke, and that unfortunately told Kanda that he was wrong about what it was that I was leaving out. "What is it that you're hiding, Moyashi?"

After a moment of internal debate, I shook my head at him. "Not here. I can't do this in the middle of the hallway where anyone could walk by."

Kanda laughed in response and pulled me into a nearby closet. "That better?"

I snorted at him, planning to protest, but when I saw the chair in the room, it immediately called to my exhausted pregnant body, and I allowed myself to collapse into it. I crossed my legs so that my previously broken ankle was resting on top of my thigh, and I began massaging the aching joint. The act made Kanda laugh, but as he leaned back against the door, blocking the only exit, he fixed me with a stern look.

I sighed heavily and stared down at my ankle, desperately wishing that what I was about to say wasn't true. "Cross is my biological father."

"What?!" I wasn't looking at him, so I couldn't see the expression on Kanda's face, but I could picture it. His whole body radiated his surprise. "How long have you known?"

"Komui told me this morning." I sighed again. "Back when we first found out that I was pregnant, he did a test on the babies to figure out who their father is. Your sample was the one that matched, but Cross' did too..."

I was pulled from my thoughts when Komui placed a hand on my shoulder. I looked up to find him staring seriously at me. "Allen. There's something else you need to know. When I did that test on your babies, Kanda's sample wasn't the only one that matched."

I blinked at him, completely confused. "How is that possible?"

He pulled his hand away and cleared his throat. "The second match was only partial. Which led me to conclude that that sample belongs to your babies' grandfather."

I felt my stomach drop. That wasn't at all what I was expecting to hear, and the true meaning of it was rather terrifying. "'Grandfather'? You mean-?"

Komui nodded solemnly. "Your father."

I knew that that was what he was going to say, but I still couldn't process it. I could only blink stupidly at the Supervisor as my pulse roared in my ears. "My father's here at the Order?"

"Technically, he's not here right now as he's out on a mission, but yes." Almost as if he knew what I was going to ask next, he stared levelly at me. "He's an exorcist."

I quickly scrambled through the roster of exorcists in my head. There were only a handful old enough to be my father, and of those, there was only one who was-... Shit. "No. Please tell me that's not true."

Komui shook his head and returned his hand to my shoulder. "I'm sorry, Allen. General Cross is your biological father."

Kanda stared at me in silence for a moment before he moved close and pulled me into an almost uncomfortably tight hug. "Sorry, Moyashi. That must have been awful to hear. Does Cross know?"

I shook my head. "We won't know for sure until he gets here, but Komui doesn't think he does, and I'm inclined to agree."

I sighed and moved Kanda's right hand from my shoulder to my belly. "Komui thinks I'm like our babies. He thinks Crowned Clown made my mother get pregnant with me."

Kanda laughed lightly and kissed the top of my head. "That would certainly explain its obsession with keeping you alive."

The joke made me smile, but only a little. Kanda kissed my head again. "Don't dwell on it, Moyashi. You won't figure anything out on your own, so just put it aside until you can talk to Cross. Stressing about it isn't good for the babies."

"I know, I know." I sighed heavily and absently rubbed my belly, trying to soothe the squirming babies inside it; I'd woken them up with my worrying. "It's just so hard not to think about it. Cross being my father changes absolutely everything. All of my memories of our time together are horribly tainted by all this. And then there's my pregnancy and our babies, and General Teidoll's going to be around for the next few days, constantly spewing nonsense about grandchildren and weddings, and that just makes it all even worse, and-"

"Allen. You're babbling." I froze and stared up at Kanda, surprised to see nothing but concern in his eyes. He placed his thumb on my scarred cheek and gently brushed away a tear I hadn't noticed had fallen. "Don't worry about Teidoll. I'll talk to him. He won't bother you anymore."

Though I was touched by the offer, I couldn't help staring at Kanda with a deadpan expression. "Really? You're going to talk to Teidoll? Because last I checked, you hated even the thought of doing that."

Kanda shrugged nonchalantly. "This is different. Knowing that you need me to do it will give me the strength to get through it." His confidence suddenly faltered. "I may have to get Marie to mediate it though. Or maybe I'll just get Marie to do it. He's better at handling the old man than I am. I-"

I cut him off with a brief kiss. "You're babbling, Yuu."

He scowled at my comment, but when I held out my hand to him, he took it and helped me to my feet. I kissed him once more in thanks. "Let's go back to your room. I need a nap."