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"Damn!" Allen began his little search again inside his tiny bag and cursed for the fifteenth time.

They weren't there.

Those bloody things weren't here.

No. He wasn't going to submit. There was no bloody way in hell he would bend to that man's desire. He wanted this. He wanted Allen to snap and to finally reveal his hideous antagonism for him. And no. He wouldn't do that. He wouldn't –

"KANDAAA! BRING BACK MY BOXERS, YOU SHITTY ASSHOLE!"

...

It started two weeks ago.

"You were not going to finish that?" asked Kanda, left eyebrow was raised in amusement. He was referring to a dozen of hotdogs left on the plate. "They were cooked especially for you, you know."

Allen gently shook his head and politely answered, "Thanks, but I'm already full."

"I didn't know the bottomless pit has actually a... bottom."

Allen, despite the obvious taunt, remained passive. "I'm sorry. But I can't really eat anymore. I'll throw up if I finish that."

Kanda shook his head.

"You'll break the cook's heart, Walker-kun," Kanda stated, losing his interest in the food on his plate.

"I'm really sorry." Allen bowed before leaving the dining hall.

Kanda was taken aback. Well, inwardly. Not because Allen had refused the food himself but because of the sickly civility he was receiving from the white haired man.

His eyes reduced to slits.

...

The next incident happened at the garden where Allen was dreamily staring at the clear water of the huge pool. He was absent-mindedly leaning on the water, pleased with the clear image of himself reflecting back on him.

That was all he remembered before plunged to the deep, cold water. He didn't really know what exactly happened but there was only one thing that was swirling at his mind at that moment:

He couldn't bloody swim!

And then the next thing he knew, he was being cradled by Kanda.

And they were both soaking wet.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing?!" Kanda screamed, barely panting. Allen, on the other hand, was coughing like mad, like he was trying to take out his lungs.

He looked at the disturbed water on the pool and blinked.

What the hell happened?

"You fell asleep while sitting on the edge of the pool, you idiot!"

Eh?

Allen looked up and found Kanda's worried (?) slash angry slash irritated expression... disorienting.

"W-what?" he asked, more troubled of the hands that were coiled around his body than his allegedly drowning.

"You almost drown!"

Allen's eyes twitched. The bastard had been shouting at his ears for quite some time now. What, he thought he had lost his hearing capabilities?

"Don't shout, please" he lowly said, his throat surprisingly felt raspy. "I can perfectly hear you."

Kanda's hold on his arms tightened and Allen winced. The next thing he knew, he was already lying on his chest, face on the ground.

The bastard threw him!

"What the hell is your problem?!" Allen snapped, ready to put down his mask for once to kick Kanda's ass.

But the bastard was already on his way inside and that only made him madder than before.

And that was where everything started to escalate.

The next thing Allen knew, this had become a sick game.

Kanda had been trying his best to annoy Allen for the last few days while Allen was also trying his best to remain placid and unresponsive to the man's obtrusive taunts and horrifying mockeries.

The last straw, however, finally came to Allen Walker.

His drawer was just raided, and the box of his old underwear were now replaced with string of string panties meant for... well, he didn't what they were made for.

But that wasn't the point.

"KANDAAA! BRING BACK MY BOXERS, YOU SHITTY ASSHOLE!"

...

"What a-are we going to do with these, Kanda-sama?" A blushing maid asked, as she cradled the box with Allen's undies.

"Throw them," Kanda said nonchalantly. "And don't you dare keep them, Minerva."

"I-I-I don't i-i-intend to, K-Kanda-sama. Please excuse m-me," the maid stuttered as she further blushed and nodded as she sprinted down the hallway of the manor.

Kanda left smirking to himself. He looked in the garden to see Allen furiously looking at the pile of garbage for a box that would never appear again.

The war is on, Walker. Let us see how long you can keep this facade...

...

"He is a demon, you hear me?! A DEMON!" Allen hollered in the cafeteria. He was currently with Lavi who was nonchalantly sipping his iced tea while listening to him.

"Well, he is still your boss, so I suggest you lower your voice, Allen-chan..." Lavi sheepishly said and looked around. He was just thankful that no one was really paying attention to Allen's little rampage about his boss, Kanda Yuu which just happened to be their overall superior around here.

Really, Allen must have been so upset to forget that.

Allen had already started with his work a week ago and somehow, he still couldn't believe that what he was doing now had nothing to do with sweeping floors or wiping desks. He was placed under Lavi's care and was slowly learning the basics of Kanda and Lavi's job in the firm.

What Allen couldn't stand, on the other hand, was Kanda's presence wherever he goes.

"I know, alright? That was why I'm trying my hardest to remain civil to that man. But it's so difficult especially if he knows what buttons to push!"

Lavi munched his cookie. "You two really know each, huh?"

"We're classmates back in high school, Lavi. That's all."

Lavi shook his head. "Nah. I think it went further than that, man."

Irritation crawled up on Allen. "What are you implying?"

"Maybe... you two... you know?" Lavi suggestively winked at him, trying to make Allen understand what Allen perfectly understood even without the suggestive blasted winking.

"You're insane and I understand that, Lavi," Allen deprecatingly stated. "Do you really believe that Kanda is a homo? He'll kill you if he heard about that."

Lavi just sighed. "But he looks at you like –"

"He's had always been like that, Lavi."

"Hah. He's my cousin and I'm telling you that it was the first time I had seen him act like that. Kanda doesn't care that much about the people around him, Allen. But with you, it-it's kind of different..."

Allen shook his head. "You're just a rich, bored young man, Lavi. I know. I know. You love spicing things up, yes. Yes. "

"Will you stop that?!"

Allen glared at the red haired. "You started it, jerk."

Lavi sighed. "Anyway, are you free tonight?"

"I guess so. Why?"

Lavi scratched his head. "Actually, I've promised someone I'll bring you somewhere tonight."

Allen raised his eyebrows. "And may I know where is that somewhere and who is that someone?"

"It supposed to be a secret..."

"It is no longer a secret if I already know about it, Lavi," Allen dryly said.

Lavi winked at him. "But you haven't yet known the full details so it's still a secret, Allen-chan."

Allen stood menacingly in front of Lavi; his hands were on his hips. For his height, it's a wonder how he could do that. "Tell me now or I won't really come."

Lavi looked like he was being forced to drink poison.

He raised his eyebrow. Now, that was interesting. Lavi looked genuinely torn.

"I-It's just a little game, Allen..." Lavi hadn't really started yet but Allen could see him already breaking in sweat. "He wanted to try you out... or so he said."

"I don't follow, Lavi. Enlighten me, please."

Lavi scratched his head. "It's poker, damn it! He wanted to play poker with you!"

Allen's ears perked but his face remained placid. "Who?"

"Tyki Mikk. The man you met weeks ago. You remember?"

Next time: Allen meets Tyki for the second time.

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