Hana: Sorry about the dealy everyone~ I'm actually elsewhere atm, and the Wi-Fi thought it'd be so funny to go down for a few hours after getting here. I kid you not.

Allen: Seriously?

Hana: Seriously.

Lavi: I feel bad for ya there, Han-chan...speaking of, neither authors of this fic own DGM, and maybe that's a good thing...

Kanda: Che. Just shut up and let them read.

Hana: ...okay then...what he said, just nicer, I guess?

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+ - Chapter 21 - +

Lavi and Lenalee…were weird. But not their normal weird, but weird, weird. "Um...Lavi, why are you staring at me like that?"

"Oh no real reason. I just got a pretty good question for ya, is all."

"I don't have romantic feelings for Kanda." The younger bluntly stated. This had been going on for about thirteen days now. Almost a full two weeks.

Lavi rolled his visible green eye, and waved his friend off dismissively. "Yeah, yeah, you said that but c'mon! You hadn't been saying anything bad about him as of late."

"What are you supposed to be smoking? I hate his guts. He's a pervert, RAPIST apparently and, and..."

"Drop dead sexy?" Lavi offered.

"Drop dead sex-hey! Stop putting words in my mouth, stupid Lavi!"

"So close." Lavi grumbled.

Allen cast a quick glance around him in search of something to throw at the idiot, and after finally deciding on one of the pillows behind his head, chucked it at the man. It was probably his lack of luck that at that moment, Lavi ducked out of the way, meaning that the pillow hit Lenalee who had only just returned.

"Lavi made me."

"EH!?"

"Did he now? Well...maybe I should return the favor?" With force neither boy knew she had, chucked the pillow right at Lavi, who this time couldn't' dodge it in time, the surprise making him lose balance, and falling onto the youngest.

"Gah! Get off! You weigh a ton!"

Propping himself up with his hands on either side of Allen's head, Lavi gave the boy his most flirtations smile, the younger uncomfortable with the compromising position he'd found himself in. Then Kanda walked in. And everything went to hell.

"I get off from the most fucking of shit-filled work, and I come to a rabbit who doesn't know his place." Lavi paled considerably at the darker than dark tone coming from his friend. "I'll give you two seconds to remove yourself from him, or else rather than an annoying boyfriend, Lenalee will have an annoying girlfriend."

"Mm...I don't think I really swing that way...Lavi please get off of Allen."

"N-no need to tell me twice..." Said rabbit was more than quick enough to remove himself from the younger.

Kanda's glare then travelled back to the boy who now trembled at the look he received. What was worse, though, was when that glare turned into a sadistic smirk, and Allen knew that there'd be hell to pay.

At least, until a clipboard came to Kanda's head. "You are NOT taking your sexual frustrations out on him!" At least not yet, I guess?

"The fucking hell was that for?"

"I could see that look you gave him; it screamed 'rape'!"

Kanda's eyes narrowed. "I'm not going to do it straight away."

"Hey!" Came Allen's cry of indignation. "I'm here, you know? And there is no way I'm ever going to let you do anything like that again!"

"Try being more convincing that you didn't enjoy that." Kanda rhetorically stated. "Maybe then I'll believe you."

"Jerk!"

"Moyashi."

"It's Allen, BaKanda!"

"Here we go again..." Lavi sighed.

Lenalee nodded, "Just their way of showing their love...I think..."

"You sure this is that 'Yullen' you were talkin' bout?" Lavi asked his girlfriend. "Because the only sparks I'm seeing now, are those of an imminent fight."

The woman just tentatively shook her head. "I'm pretty sure that this is the whole 'opposites attract' thing..."

"Hey, whatever floats your boat, I guess." Lavi said, scratching the back of his head. "Well, I guess I better prevent them from destroying your home."

"Please and thank you."

"Oi! Yu! Moyashi-chan! You can't leave us out of the color debate, yeah, yeah?"

"Call me that again, and I'll sell your hair to bald old men." Both boys venomously said. Lavi visibly shivered at how much in sync those two were.

Turning back to his girlfriend, Lavi's mouth twitched into a smile. "I was wrong; they're perfect for each other."

"Aren't they?"

"GOD DAMMIT! I KNEW YOU TWO WERE UP TO SOMETHING!" Lavi and Lenalee both flinched a bit, looking behind them to see Allen standing right behind them, albeit with a crutch. An earlier incident caused the boy to twist his ankle.

Seeing the betrayal on his youngest friend face, Lavi guiltily fixed his gaze to the floor. While Kanda WAS his best friend, Allen was like a little brother; albeit a little brother who could probably kill people with a spoon... The point was; he shouldn't be trying to set up his little brother with an attempted-rapist, no matter who that attempted-rapist may be.

Scowling at the two, Allen headed towards the stairs, before glaring over his shoulder. "I'm going to my room. And I don't want ANYONE" He glared pointedly at Kanda, "To disturb me."

After finally managing to make his way up the steps and to his room with his crutch, Allen slammed the door shut, the tell tail sound of a lock clicking into place following his soon after.

"Che. You two are idiots."

Lavi sighed, absently scratching his cheek with his forefinger, "I guess we are?"

"No need to make it sound like a Question; you just are."

Wincing, the young red-head tried to smile over at his 'best friend'. "But you still love us, right?"

"Get bent."

"Oh come on, Kanda! If you really didn't like us, you'd never even bother to talk to us, let alone, tolerate our existence." Lenalee scolded.

Frowning, the Japanese man crossed his arms. "You two are the idiots who are constantly involving themselves in my life; if I didn't talk to you, you'd screw something up."

With a comical hurt expression on his face, Lavi threw his arms around the man. "That's just harsh, Yu-chan!"

"Call me that again, and I swear it'll be the last fucking thing you ever say."

"Someone's in a pissy mood." Lavi muttered. Lenalee nodded in agreement, "Are you really that annoyed you can't seem to get our favorite Moyashi to fall for you 1-2-3?"

"So what if I might be? It's none of your damn business."

The Chinese woman let out a heavy sigh. "If you weren't such a pervert, he might've fallen for you by now."

"Hm...she's got a pretty solid point, Yu." Lavi said. "Touching him, almost raping him just a couple of weeks ago..."

"What's all this about almost raping?" Kanda visibly flinched, knowing that voice all too well. "I doubt that you had been talking about one of your cases, am I correct, Yu?"

"For the umpteenth time, old man...DON'T fucking call me that!" Kanda turned to face the older male who raised him when he was a child. Froi Tiedoll was an eccentric man, who always claims to loving his three sons. Grayed afro-like hair was loosely tied back, and it was obvious he'd been traveling for some time. Again. His attire seemed to have gained a few specks of dirt and tears where wind wore out the fabric of is pants and shirt. His shoes, from perhaps many steps taken in whatever journey, had worn the soles from overuse.

"It's only natural for a father to call his son by the name he was given at birth."

"Last I checked, you're not my father. You don't have that right."

"Uh...wait, I know you...ten years ago, you had a pair of broken glasses, actually! Froi Tiedoll, right?" Tiedoll looked to the young red-head with a little confusion before smiling softly.

"Ah, now I recall you. Lavi Bookman. Tell me, how is your grandfather?"

"He's still old, and still kicks like he's twenty-two. Still looks like a panda too."

Deciding he had enough of Lavi's idiocy, Kanda spoke up again, "Why the hell are you even here?" More importantly did this idiot know Kanda was here? Though that question remained unasked, because really, he didn't want to know.

"Am I not allowed to come and visit my son?" Tiedoll asked.

Developing a tick on his forehead, the Japanese man had the sudden urge to kill someone. Or skin something... Too bad the rabbit was hiding behind his girlfriend. "I'm not your son."

"Oh! Tiedoll, I didn't hear you come in! Please, come and make yourself at home!"

"It's been quite a while, Komui. I see your sister grew up to be a wonderful young woman...though I'm rather surprised you've allowed her to date Lavi."

"Why does it feel like I got insulted? Did I get insulted? Because I think I did."

"Che. Because you have a damn history of chasing skirts, baka usagi."

Lavi just gave everyone a wink, though with his eye patch, one couldn't really tell. "But I never tried to date any of them!"

"I swear, sometimes you can be worse than Kanda." The Chinese woman sighed.

Clutching at his heart, Lavi seemed legitimately hurt. "How could you wound me so?!"

Komui picked that insant to enter to living room where the group had been talking. "Believe me, if i had my way, he'd be rabbit stew."

Tiedoll nodded in understanding. "Ah, I see."

"Brother..."

And then Tiedoll turned back to Lavi, questions clear in his eyes. "Now what was it you said before about rape?"

Quickly glancing over at Kanda, the red-head had to decide whether or not telling the older man would be worth it... Screw it. "I don't know; what was I saying about rape, Yu-chan?"

Glaring at the rabbit with silent promises of a violent death, Kanda stomped down on the floor, the sound reverberating through the entire house. "DAMMIT, YOU BRAT! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!"

"SCREW YOU!" Came his muffled reply from downstairs.

Lenalee moved a hand to push the hair out of her face. "DON'T GO GIVING HIS ANYMORE PERVERTED IDEAS!"

Tiedoll, confused, looked to Komui for help, but the Chinese male only shrugged. "I more or less gave up trying to understand them." He honestly said.

"Probably...for the best, I suppose." Tiedoll uncertainly said. "Now, I should get down to buisiness, is Cross here?"

"He's the one who called you over?"

"I asked him to keep tabs on the going-ons around here."

Kanda looked to his adoptive father skeptically. "Explain, old man."

"He told me about your situation." Tiedoll informed the group.

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And there we go. Talk about hetic though...that's exactly how I would explain this day. :( Well, I'll be back home on Monday, so look forward to that at least :)

R&R, my struggles to get this chapter up was real. The struggle was that real, man...(TwT)