Ugh, I'm all sick. I hate cold weather and I can't tell you how many times I've sneezed today. Yeah, random lady that works with my mom came in and was talking to her and stuff. I know her a little because she used to come over and stay the night while I was upstairs in my room because...they were random and creeped me out xD Yeah, well, she dropped some stuff off for my mom and when she was getting ready to leave...she hugged me. It was so awkward! For one, I barely know her, for two, people don't hug me on a regular basis! Except for my friend *cough* Liza Daniels *cough* but yeah, I didn't go to school today and slept in til 3:30pm xD Then I made a Panda Lick Icon on dA and...I dunno what else...but whatever. Ugh, I need more tea...throat...burns...ow...anyways, enjoy the chapter!

It became quite awkward in the car as Allen started driving to the new amusement park. It was probably about an hour away and Lala and Lavi hadn't said a single thing since they got in the car. It was quite odd for Lavi to not speak for a long time and Allen started to get worried about him. What if he's thinking about what I said to him earlier? What if he's really not playing around with my feelings and actually...likes me? No, that can't be true. He said he just needed to do that kind of stuff and that we were just friends. Allen thought and glanced over at Lavi, who was looking at the road with a concentrated expression. He glanced over at Allen and they both looked back at the road, blushing. Lala giggled in the back and Lavi turned to face her with a puzzled look. Allen did the same in the rear-view mirror.

"You guys are so cute." She complimented. This just made both of the young adults blush deeper.

"Pfft, I'm not cute, I'm sexy." Lavi boasted and turned around in his seat. He clicked on the seat warmer and turned Allen's on as well. Lala just rolled her eyes and gazed out the window.

"It's so quiet in here, how about some music?" She suggested. Allen chuckled and turned up the radio. Lavi looked over at him, confused by his actions. What was so funny about it being quiet? Lavi opened his mouth to ask the question on his mind when Allen spoke up.

"Lala and I took Choir together." Allen explained, not even looking at Lavi. Lavi closed his mouth.

"...oh..." He mumbled. Lala giggled again and both Lavi and Allen repeated their actions and looked at her again.

"You guys would be a great couple." She stated truthfully. Allen grunted and turned back towards the road. Lavi then looked at Allen with a puzzled look. What's he so grumpy about? Lavi and Lala both wondered together.

Paper bags and plastic hearts
All are belongings in shopping carts
It's goodbye
But we got one more night

"Oh hey, I like this song!" Lala said in a sing-song voice. Allen said nothing, though he agreed with her. He loved this song. Both him and Lala started humming along with it as well. Lavi felt left out, he wasn't exactly the perfect singer. He heard Allen sing before, and he thought Allen sounded great.

Let's get drunk and ride around
And make peace with an empty town
We can make it right

Lala sang along with the singers singing the song. Lavi thought she didn't sound so bad actually. He was waiting for Allen to join in though, but Allen didn't seem like he was going to sing along. Lala hit Allen's arm. Allen gave Lala a confused look through the mirror. He didn't want to get distracted from the road so he didn't sing. By the look on Lala's face, she really wanted him to sing with her and it wouldn't be the first time. He had to pair up with her in choir because his voice was too 'high' and she had to 'balance him out'. It was quite embarrassing to say the least. But Lala always assured him that he was needed to balance her out too.

Throw it away
Forget yesterday
We'll make the great escape
We won't hear a word they say
They don't know us anyway
Watch it burn
Let it die
Cause we are finally free tonight

Allen and Lala sang together. Allen didn't look at her at all though since he was trying to keep an eye on the road. Lavi was dazzled by their voices. They should like, try out on The X Factor together or something! They make a great duet together. Lavi decided as he listened to them sing. I wonder why Allen doesn't sing regularly. Lavi thought as he stared at Allen. Allen noticed Lavi's stare and tried his best not to get nervous and snap. Lavi was actually watching him sing.

"You know, you should sing more often." Lavi commented. "You should sing karaoke at my next party!" Lavi gasped. Allen snapped his mouth shut, remembering the last time he sang karaoke at Lavi's party. Lavi didn't even listen to the rest of the song. Yeah, sure Lavi wouldn't know that Allen was singing about him, but he could've at least stayed to listen. Lala stopped singing as well and looked at Allen.

"You had a party?" Lala asked Lavi. Lavi nodded.

"Oh yeah, my birthday party. Huh, that reminds me, when is your birthday, Allen?" Lavi asked. Allen didn't expect that question and suddenly felt really nervous. He didn't often think himself of having a birthday. Mana adopted him on the 25th of December, but it wasn't as if that was actually his birthday...he didn't know when his birthday was since he was abandoned as a baby but Mana and Neah often celebrated his birthday with Christmas.

Allen really didn't know how to answer Lavi's question.

"Um...why?" Allen asked. Lavi frowned at his reply. Why else? So he could get him something!

"Oh c'mon, Allen." Lavi playfully hit Allen's shoulder. Allen sighed and took a turn.

"I don't know..." He mumbled and continued, seeing a sign for the amusement park. It was five miles away. Lavi blinked.

"What do you mean you don't know?" Lavi asked.

"You do realize that I'm adopted, right?" Allen said seriously. Lavi opened his mouth but then closed it. He repeated this action a couple of times. Neah did say that he and Mana found Allen off the streets...Lala was absolutely quiet at this point.

"Oh, well then shouldn't it be your adoption date then?" Lavi asked.

"December 25th." Allen replied.

"Dude! Your birthday is on Christmas?! That's legit." Lavi commented.

"My adoption date is on Christmas." Allen grumbled and pulled into the large parking lot and paid the parking fee. Lavi deadpanned.

"You've never celebrated your birthday, have you?" Lavi asked.

"I have." Allen mumbled. "I just...don't anymore..." Allen said quietly.

"Why not?" Lavi asked innocently.

Then, for some reason, two tapes came up in his mind. There was the one he watched: AMD 12-28; and then there was the one Neah took: DMD 12-25. That was the one Neah said we couldn't watch and it was on Christmas...MD stands for Mana's Death...but then what does the D mean? Lavi was so tempted to just text Neah and ask about the whole thing. If only the label was labeled BMD it would be 'Before Mana's Death' but it wasn't...so there wasn't a before, but there was an after and a D...during? No...but then how would they get the tape? Unless they implanted cameras in Allen's house...that would make sense since Mana was involved with The Akuma and they were investigating them. So does that mean...Mana died on Christmas? If that's true then...Mana died on Allen's birthday...oh.

I really gotta see that tape.

"Well...this just got awkward-woo! Let's go, let's go, let's go!" Lavi hopped out of the car before Allen had fully even parked.

"Lavi! That was dangerous!" Allen scolded, braking to a stop. Lala lurched in her seat and grumbled. "Sorry, Lala..." Allen apologized. She nodded and opened the car door. Lavi was running around in circles, excited. Several little kids and girls were pointing and laughing at him. Allen grabbed onto Lavi's arm and he was yanked back towards Allen and caused them both to fall on the car.

"Ow! That hurt my arm! What was that for?" Lavi asked as he turned around to face Allen, who was holding onto his stomach from the pain.

"Please behave, Lavi, you're older than I am." Allen wheezed. Lavi stuck his tongue out at Allen and Allen face palmed. "Let's just go." Allen sighed, shaking his head.

"Yeah, yeah! I'm excited! C'mon, Allen, let's go!" Lavi exclaimed excitedly and grabbed Allen's hand. He started dragging Allen off.

"Hey wait for me, you guys!" Lala shouted and ran after them. Allen blushed and looked down at their hands that were entwined together. Lavi would usually drag him by his wrist...but they were actually holding hands...

"L-Lavi, stop running so f-fast!" Allen said, blushing. Lavi grinned wider at the blush on Allen's face. He bumped into a photographer that was too excited to move out of the way...and Allen was dragged along with them. All three of them made a replica of the Human Pretzel.

"My, my, I'm so sorry! I didn't see you standing there!" Lavi apologized and jumped off of whoever he ran into, sending Allen on his back.

"Oof..." Allen wheezed and arched his back against the pavement. It knocked the air out of him. Lavi turned around.

"Oh, my bad, sorry!" Lavi said and grabbed Allen hand, hoisting him back up. Allen blushed when Lavi was still holding his hand.

"Um...Lavi..."

"Hm?" He hummed.

"...you can let go of my hand now..." Allen mumbled. Lavi blinked.

"But why? I'm still dragging you!" Lavi said. The photographer in front of them squealed. Lavi had totally forgotten that she had been there. He looked down at her excited face.

"Are you two a couple?!" She asked excitingly. Allen face palmed and Lavi beamed.

"No, we're not..." Allen grumbled.

"Awe, can I take a picture of you two anyways?! I'm advertising for the park! We're making a brochure and I need pictures!" She explained. Lala finally caught up and bent over to get some air.

"Jeez, you guys run fast!" She said. "What's going on?" She asked, seeing the photographer.

"This girl wants to take a picture of the most sexiest guy on earth, with little Allen here." Lavi said, patting his hand on Allen's shoulder. Allen rolled his eyes.

"Why don't you come here, Lala?" Allen said, waving her to come over. Lala jogged over cautiously and Allen put her in between him and Lavi, letting go of his hand. Lavi pouted.

"Awe, you're no fun." Lavi stated. The photographer giggled and held up her camera.

"Everyone say cheese!" She commanded.

"How cheesy." Lavi commented. They all laughed and the photographer needed time to compose herself. In this time, Lavi reached his hand past Lala and grabbed Allen's within it. Allen blushed and looked over at him with a weak glare. Lavi gave him a cheesy smile. The girl came back with a smile on her face and directed their attention to the camera. They all smiled and she flashed the picture at them.

"Thanks a lot, you three." She said, smiling. Lavi started dragging Allen off again. Lala sighed.

"Wait up you guys!" She yelled and started running with them. They all bought their tickets at the front gate and continued to pass through. What was unexpected, was that you had to go through a small security phase where they check you for any weapons.

"They're pretty tight with security, huh?" Lala asked as she watched them check people for weapons. She looked at Lavi and saw a serious, somewhat glare on Lavi's face as he looked at the security guards that checked people. They happened to be some high school students...and Allen's neighbors.

Tyki's brothers.

The other security checker was Tyki.

Well shit. If they lay one hand on Allen in a perverted way...I'll...agh, I'll do something! Lavi threatened inside his mind. Lala struck up a small conversation about Lavi with Allen and Allen was denying any feelings of love towards Lavi while he was distracted. Lala didn't seem to believe him though. She patted him on the head and smiled, assuring that everything was going to be okay. He just gave her the most confusing look he could give anyone. She simply laughed at him. Her laughing attracted the attention of the security checkers and all of their eyes widened when they saw Allen, who was puffing his cheeks out at Lala. Lala giggled at him. Devit and Jasdero neglected their duties and walked over towards Allen. Lavi was keeping his eye on them the entire time. They both appeared at his sides and slung their arms around his shoulders. Allen froze up.

"What's cooking, good looking?" Devit said. Tyki looked over to see his brothers flirting with Allen and neglecting their duties. Allen didn't look very comfortable. Allen gently took their hands and brought them off his shoulders.

"Oh, nothing much..." He replied sharply.

"Oh c'mon, don't make that face, you make me seem like a pervert." Devit said. Jasdero snickered at Allen's frown. Devit just grinned. Tyki watched them with narrowed eyes. He was quite impressed that Allen didn't freak out on them for touching him. Maybe his phobia was gone now. Tyki's gaze traveled over to Lavi, who seemed to be glaring at the twins the entire time. Tyki looked back at Allen, who was trying to avoid looking at Devit while he spoke to Lala. A short gust of wind blew through his hair and Tyki's eyes narrowed.

Is that...?

Tyki pushed his way past the crowd and stopped whenever he stood in front of Allen. Allen looked up at him and gave Tyki a wave and greeted him. Tyki didn't even hear the words Allen greeted him with, instead, he was looking solely at the scar above Allen's left eye. It looked more fresh and was filled in...it was...different from before. Something had to have happened to Allen because Tyki knew Allen wouldn't have just done something like that to himself. Tyki raised his hand and pushed Allen's bangs back to look at the scar. Allen blushed at the contact and stared at Tyki with wide and confused eyes.

"Your scar...it's different...what happened?" Tyki asked seriously. This caught Lavi's attention and he looked at Allen's scar. It was different indeed. That's right...that one time Allen had a bandage over his left eye and blood was coming out...but what happened? Did someone hurt him? He looked beat up and everything...but...when Lavi thought of the words 'beat up', he remembered what Narain had told him about Allen...the fact that Allen got the crap beat out of him everyday and it was Lavi's fault. This killed Lavi's mood by ninety percent. Allen was seen to avert his eyes and look away from Tyki.

"...it's nothing..." He said and pushed Tyki's arm down. Tyki gave him a worried glance and Allen just didn't look at him. How could he? If he told anyone about what happened...it would be like a nightmare or memory all coming back to him. He was supposed to be spending time with Lavi and Lala at the new amusement park, not getting depressed over what happened to him and Cross...Allen rubbed his throat, remembering what happened. It started to burn. "Well...it was nice seeing you I guess..." Allen mumbled and backed away until he was beside Lala. Tyki gave him a 'I'll talk to you later' look before walking off and getting back to his duties. The twins stared at him curiously before wandering back over with Tyki.

"...awkward..." Lala sang. Allen laughed.

"Yeah, that was a bit weird...anyways-"

"It has changed, hasn't it?" Lala asked, looking at Allen's scar.

"...I don't want to talk about it..." Allen mumbled. Lala nodded.

"I understand. Anyways, enough with the doom and gloom! Let's go have some fun! You too, Lavi, let's go." Lala grabbed both of their hands and started skipping over to the security phase of the whole thing. Lavi really didn't want Tyki to check him, but he didn't want the perverted twins to either...but it was better him than Allen, huh? So he switched with Allen to have Tyki check him for weapons. Lala seemed awkward about the whole thing and had a woman named Lulubell check her. Devit and Jasdero sent Tyki an envious look until Lavi stepped up. They looked at him with gleams in their eyes.

To say Lavi felt uncomfortable, was an understatement.

He really felt like he was being molested, rather than being checked for weapons. No one just grabs his butt to 'check for weapons'. He could only hope that Allen was having a much better time than he was at this. Of course, though, Allen was being checked by Tyki, who neglected him as a friend after he heard the news about Neah and Mana being in the Akuma gang. Allen awkward stepped into the security stall where Tyki was standing there. Tyki gestured for him to come in further and shut the curtain behind him. Wow, talk about awkward...Allen thought. Tyki seemed completely serious though when he started feeling for anything sharp. These things aren't supposed to be awkward...Allen thought. What was the whole reason of the curtain anyways?

Things only seemed to get more awkward when Tyki's hands went higher from his knees and Allen could feel Tyki's hands resting right below his thighs. Tyki looked up at Allen seriously. Allen blushed from the look and looked away. Tyki shrugged and continued his search upward. He felt Allen's pockets-all of his pockets-and then started moving up again. Nothing seemed to be hidden in his shirt. Tyki really didn't think Allen would carry weapons with him anyways. He just didn't seem like that kind of person. While Allen wasn't looking, Tyki held onto Allen's chin and tilted it upwards to meet Allen's soft, gray eyes. Tyki used his other hand to look at Allen's scar again. Allen found himself staring at Tyki. He just couldn't stop staring. Many question buzzed around in Allen's head and he seemed to only feel warmer when Tyki's eyes met Allen's.

Was it just him...or was Tyki getting closer?

Tyki was in fact getting closer. Is he going to...? Allen trailed his thoughts off when he felt Tyki's lips pressed against his own. This is...just...why...I...oh brother...what do I do?! Allen thought, flustered. A-am I supposed to kiss back? But what about Lavi...wait...why am I thinking about Lavi? Lavi's just my friend...he doesn't love me...but...does Tyki? Now I'm really confused. Allen was only used to people telling him what to do. Tyki wasn't saying anything at all, or reasoning anything at all. Allen was just so used to Lavi needing what Allen gave him...so did Tyki need it too? Poor Allen was so confused. Tyki was glad Allen wasn't pulling away, and didn't necessarily know what this meant, but he was confused that Allen just wasn't doing anything. Allen knew he had to do something when he felt Tyki's tongue on his lips but he just couldn't decide what was right and what was wrong.

Lavi wasn't his boyfriend or anything, so he was free to do whatever he wanted with who he wanted...but Tyki most likely only liked him and didn't love him. Lenalee did say that he had a crush on Allen...but that was four months ago...so what was he supposed to do? Since Allen couldn't decide what he wanted to do, Tyki's tongue forced it's way through Allen's lips. Allen made a noise of recognition and Tyki draped his arm around Allen's waist and pulled him closer. It felt so wrong to Allen, but that could be because he was just used to kissing Lavi. Allen felt all restless once Tyki and Allen's tongues met. He couldn't help but kiss back and Tyki was simply overjoyed. Neither of them knew about the feelings they held for one another, but it wasn't as if anyone could see or judge them...

Tyki knew Allen loved Lavi, but he liked Allen. Found him attractive. So it wouldn't hurt to give Allen some love until Lavi took over, right? Tyki could only see this as helping Allen. He knew Allen didn't love him, or maybe not even like him, but he knew Allen found him attractive. They could just be friends and talk about things they thought about and could just vent to each other about, right? That would work for the both of them. Allen could tell Tyki his problems and Tyki could tell Allen his own problems.

This could definitely work.

BAM. DONE. Okay, that last part with Tyki kinda wrote itself. I wasn't expecting it either...Poker Pair fan-service? *weak smile* I thought Tyki honestly needed more lovin...he's lonely, okay? Maybe I'll hook him and...and...um...Narain up together or something random like that xD Hell, with Suman...only that would be weird because in the anime Tyki tried to (SPOILER ALERT) kill Suman and all...and Narain was already (SPOILER ALERT) dead...lil' help here? Who should I hook Tyki up with? xD Oh and I just got the most perfect suggestion! I'm not saying who suggested it though because then it would give it away...but I'll definitely give a shout out to that person once it's done...no kid, it's an awesome idea. So glad I got a suggestion! ;D And NO Lavi isn't going to know about Tyki and Allen. It's hard for me to write embarrassing walk-in cheating-like things...if that made any sense...distracted once again by dA and No *cough* Name *cough* chan *cough*. STAHP DISTRACTING ME! XD I kid, I kid, I'm too lonely to deny you xD Woot! Right, so thanks to the 42 voters! And last but not least, my reviewers! -squeals loudly- ...ow, my throat...I'm totally not doing that again. #Sick#Hashtagsareweird#Idon'tunderstandhashtags#ST FUwiththehashtags! Right...anyways...thanks to Lyokni (did I ever mention how much I LOVE your profile picture?), xXxPhantomxXx, Jazebeth (OMG THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME! DX), ellarockabella, Shirubagure, The Amazing Emiko-chan, Kinue, NoName-chan (-insert horrified Allen face-), the3leonine (yeah, sorry, it's one of my favorite words xD), midnightstardust (!), Lavi Bookman 2 (congratulations?), smileysparklea, Guest, bookspazz55, and Sparkle-de-Cat (Ooooh...) for reviewing!