First of all, I'm really sorry for not updating for a long time, schoolwork was stressing me out and I was so tired during free time, so again, I'm very sorry for taking too long. To be honest, I'm not satisfied with this theme, it just felt so...I don't know how to put it, it just left a bad taste in my tongue when I read it over, probably it was because I write the theme too long, I don't like writing long themes.
Okay, I'll stop babbling, hope you enjoy the theme.
Thank you AllenWalker16, Fan2, Sadistic Yaoi Queen, Blaxis, krone weiss, Cutiepie120048, Lena-luvs-cats, AmbertheCat for choosing. And thank you darklovelysecrets, that was very flattering
Disclaimer: I don't own D. Gray-Man.
Theme: Adoption
Kanda couldn't believe it.
This was so un-fucking-believable.
"The fuck do you mean I have to take care of the kid!?" he yelled inside a certain sister complex's office.
He was on a mission to get rid of some criminals that had slaughtered a family and fortunately, the kid was the only one alive. However, he had seen his parents being murdered in front of him, so apparently, he was going through a trauma.
The sister complex looked like he was frustrated himself, which didn't sooth his mood one bit.
"I understand this is very unfair to you, but we are trying to look for the reason why the child's parents are being murdered. The child is in a trauma and it would be difficult for us to ask him for information. My dear sister Lenalee tried to help him, but he refused and told her he wants to be with you." he explained before sniffling "My dear Lenalee had to go by herself and do all the hard work, my poor Lenalee."
Kanda 'che'ed, on one hand, he wanted to deny the request, on the other, he wanted to finish this case so he could go home and spend the rest of his day with his husband.
Yes, you heard him right, husband. He and Allen Walker, a.k.a moyashi, had been married to each other for a year now, and today was the anniversary of their 1 year of marriage. He had promised the moyashi he would be home early today, but seems like things didn't go as planned, as always.
Fine, he'll fix things his way then.
"I'll take the damn brat home with me, I'm running late right now so I'll see what I can do." without waiting for a reply, he stomped out of the office and went to the couch where the child was sitting.
The report said his name is Alma Karma, seven years old, born somewhere from Asia he didn't even bother to remember.
That's all he needed to know.
The brat, Alma, looked up when he was directly in front of him, and the kid gave him a shy smile.
He 'che'ed again, grumbling inside his head why was it him that has to take care of the brat.
"Follow." he said before spinning around with his heels and walked, he heard the brat shuffling behind him and felt eyes at the back of his skull "Listen, if you want to stay with me, we're going to have some ground rules, got it?"
"Yes." the brat mumbled.
"First, no mumbling." seeing the flush on the brat's face, Kanda believed he got the message crossed "Second, don't disturb the moyashi when he's working. Third, you're going to help me pick a present for the moyashi."
Alma had been nodding nonstop, so he blinked when the third rule finally sank into his head.
"Hu-Huh?" was his intelligent answer.
But the man didn't answer, instead he kept on walking, Alma wore he could saw a small, almost unnoticeable, blush on the man's cheek.
With a cheeky smile blooming on his lips, he soon followed after the man.
-0-
Allen was humming a tune while making his husband's favorite food: soba, along with his tea, too.
He couldn't believed it.
He really couldn't believe it.
It had been exactly one year since he married the man he loved, and it had felt like a dream to him. He had never imagined the man would have returned his feelings with the same affection, and he would walk down the aisle with his uncle, Neah. It was too good to be true, he thought he would woke up to an empty cold room, dreading each day and still mourn over Mana's death, but his husband had changed his normal patterns and replaced them with a better one, the one which he enjoyed very much and hoped each day would come.
"Baba!" a gurgle brought his attention back to reality.
He turned around and smiled at the baby sitting on the baby stoll.
"I'm coming, I'm coming." he dried his own hands and poked the baby's nose "You really want all attention on you, don't you, Raphael?"
The redhead baby gurgled happily as he picked him up, clapping his hands together and snuggle into his chest.
Allen cooed inwardly at how cute his godson was, he really wondered how this cute little boy could be the son of his master.
He patted him on the back while walking around, still keeping an eye on the small pot that had his husband's favorite tempuras inside it. Probably around 3 to 4 minutes before he could take it out.
He heard a small burp and smiled as Raphael started to giggle.
"Ready for your nap?" Allen asked.
Raphael seemed to not like that, because he started to wiggle inside his grip.
"Come on now, Raphael, you know how important naps are." the white-haired man went to his and Yu's shared room and put him down on the bed "Do you want me to sing a song?"
Raphael grinned, showing two front teeth that were poking out of his gums.
Allen chuckle before he took a deep breath, and sang:
Soshite bouya wa nemuri ni tsuita
Ikizuku hai no naka no honoo hitotsu futatsu to
Ukabu fukurami itoshii yokogao
Daichi ni taruru ikusen no yume yume
Gin no hitomi no yuragu yoru ni
Umare-ochita kagayaku omae
Ikuoku no toshitsuki ga
Ikutsu inori wo
Tsuchi e kaeshitemo
Watashi wa inori tsuzukeru
Douka konoko ni ai wo
Tsunaida te ni kissu wo
He glanced down at Raphael and smiled softly as he watched the boy's chest rise and fall evenly, his face donned with a peaceful and quiet look on his face. He leaned down and kissed the baby's forehead.
"Sweet dreams, Raphael." he murmured before draping a blanket over small body, then he left the room and closed the door silently. He saw Timcanpy at the corner of his eyes and knew what the dog wanted.
"If you be quiet until he wakes up, I'll let you play with him and make extra food for you." The golden furred dog still didn't relent, so he added another offer "...I'll invite Neah over next time, too."
Now the dog looked satisfied, and he trudged silently to his place in the living room.
Shaking his head in amusement, he went back to the kitchen to turn off the fire. The blue-haired male had promised he would be back early today, but he reminded himself to not get his opes up too high. Yu's job was a dangerous one, not many was willing to risk their lives to go catch international criminals, no matter how big or small they were. Being an FBI requires putting your life into a gamble, like poker, and Yu was up to it. Allen squeezed his hands together, what if Kanda…
No, no, he mustn't think too pessimistic, his husband had swore that he will not leave him alone in this world, that both of them would be old and die peacefully without any regrets. Yu wouldn't break that promise.
The unmistakable sound of the door being unlocked and chatter told him that his husband had returned, but who's the other guess? Maybe it was Lavi? Yu sometimes brought guests home, mainly Lenalee and Lavi.
"Welcome home." he called, finishing the last touch to the tempuras.
That definitely wasn't Lavi, his voice wouldn't be that young.
"Moyashi." a familiar voice called.
He turned around and was surprised at the item on his husband's hand. A simple bright red rose, a lily in the valley, and a peony.
Allen stared.
And stared more.
And he started laughing as he approached the man, he wondered how awkward the man must felt when he carried those bright colored flowers on the way home.
"Thank you, Yu." he accepted the flowers and grinned as hands wrapped around his waist.
"Happy anniversary." the man grumbled, only to both of them.
"That must have took a lot of guts, doesn't it?" he asked.
"Che." his husband glared at him, before it softened into an affectional gaze and both of them were kissing.
It's always the best thing when his husband kissed him, it meant that their love was strong, they hadn't been diminished in the slightest. He moaned as the taller man deepened the kiss, hands starting to roam around his back.
A yelp made him break away from the kiss and stared behind his husband. There was a boy being tackled into the floor by Timcanpy, that set a bright blush onto his face.
Oh God, did that mean they kissed right in front of the boy?
"Timcanpy, down!" he ordered, separating himself from the man and approached the small boy "May I know your name?"
"Alma, Alma Karma, sir." the child muttered.
"What did I say about muttering?" Yu demanded.
The child blushed and Allen bit back a smile, his husband must be very fond of the child if he's reprimanding him.
"Well then, Alma, why don't you join us with dinner,?" he offered.
"O-Okay." he said with a pink blush on his cheek.
A wailing was heard, and Allen requested Kanda to set the table while he went to check on Raphael.
He opened the door and saw the redhead baby already squirming on the bed, the blanket was kicked off and he seemed to brighten up as he saw the man.
"Ah-wen!" he gurgled.
Said man cooed as the baby tried to say his name.
"Nice job, Raphael." he said, picking the baby up and walked to the dining room "We have a guest here, so behave, ok?"
"We should teach him how to say moyashi instead of Allen." Kanda said while giving the dishes and utensils to Alma, who eagerly went back and forth to set the tables.
"Or I can teach him to call you BaKanda." he smirked before frowning at him "I told you to set the table, not Alma."
"Che, he wanted to." The blue-haired male grumbled, approaching him and kissed Raphael's forehead "Brat."
"Anga!" Raphael squealed as Allen handed him to the man, the baby seemed to be determined to pronounce Allen and Kanda's name correctly.
"It's Kanda, not anga." said man frowned at the baby.
Meanwhile, Allen was having an enjoyable chat with Alma. He thought the boy was nice, and he kinda looked like Yu, if it wasn't for that mark across his nose and his cheerful personality. But he had to be careful with his words, Alma seemed to look like he was in a different place when he asked where his parents were, so he tried to push his curiousity down and asked about that later.
"Then do you want some mayonnaise for the shrimps?" he asked, Alma seemed to love mayonnaise very much, since all he said about the topic of food was mayonnaise, mayonnaise and mayonnaise.
"Those are mine." Kanda interrupted their conversation with a glare.
"I made plenty, Yu, sharing some won't hurt anybody." he rolled his eyes, although he noticed the flinch Alma made when he uttered the word 'hurt'.
"I-If it troubles you…" the boy hesitated.
"It doesn't." he said firmly before smiling "Don't worry about that, Alma, Yu is just a selfish kid who doesn't like to share things."
"Hey!"
-0-
Later, after dinner and tucking all the kids to the bed and went to their own, Allen decided to ask him about Alma.
"He was the brat of the victims, they died." he said curtly, and that's all Allen need to understand.
"Then what are they going to do with him after the case?" he continued to ask.
"Probably dropping him off at an orphanage." his husband let his eyes connect with his own silver ones "Why the question?"
Allen bit his lower lip and avoided eye contact, he didn't want Alma to go there and experience the feeling of lonely and envy when he was surrounded with many strange kids and waited each day to get out of that hellhole, it reminded him so much of himself.
"Hey." a hand held his chin and brought his face back up, and dark eyes made him forgot about those memories.
"I'm sorry, it's just…" he wavered, but then thinking about Alma's innocent smile and his flinches when the word 'hurt' was uttered made his resolve firm "Can we adopt him?"
"..." Kanda couldn't answer because he was busy processing the question inside his head.
Adopting a brat? That sound so fucking annoying to him at first, but then he rethought about tat.
It didn't sound as bad as it would be, money wouldn't be a problem because he earned more than he can spend, and the brat wasn't as annoying as the others that he had seen and met a few times, it sounded kinda nice now.
"...I'll think about it for the night." he said finally.
The younger man actually was very shock right now, he thought the man would complain or actually oppose against the idea, but he was thinking over about it, that thought alone made his mind blanked out a bit, but warmth started to spread inside his chest.
"Thank you, Yu." he kissed his cheek and snuggled into him "How someone so cold could be so warm is beyond my imagination."
"Hey!"
-0-
The reactions to Kanda's request on adopting Alma Karma had different kinds.
Komui looked like lightning striked him.
Lenalee dropped the tray that held her brother's coffee (which made said brother wail out loud at the waste of the 'holy' water after he recovered from the shock).
Lavi's single green eye widened out until his eye seemed to be the only thing that was one his face (Kanda reminded himself to rub that in his face everytime he sees him).
"I'm sorry, could you repeat that, Kanda-kun?" the supervisor said.
"We're adopting the brat." he repeated, before adding another sentence "There's no problem about that, right?"
"Of course, that was, in fact, very good news. We didn't have anyone to adopt him, and you just solved our problems for us." the sister complex said before frowning "If you don't mind, would you tell me why?"
Lavi's photographic memory seemed to be working this time "Is it because it was Yu and moyashi-chan's anniversary yesterday?"
That was a mistake when Lenalee was inside the room, she squealed so loud before rushing out of the room, saying that she will make up for her forgetfulness.
"So this is a gift for moyashi-chan?" the idiot rabbit asked.
He shrugged, it could be for the white-haired man, or it could be for both of them, but this could also be a gift for the brat. All in all, it could be a gift for all three of them.
"So when can we adopt him?" Kanda wasn't a fool, the brat was involved with the case, so of course they can't just adopt a brat out of nowhere and expect things to go fine.
"Actually, the case had just ended this morning, the criminals had been questioned and had been sentenced to jail for the rest of their lives. So the kid's all yours." Lavi grinned.
Kanda grinned
Everything's going his way.
He just had to wait to tell the news to those two and see their expressions. That would be the best gift for their anniversary.
-0-
Alma liked them.
He liked Kanda Yu and Allen Walker-Kanda, they were nice people and he enjoyed their company. He hoped he could stay with them longer.
But alas, hoping is like having a dream, you'll wake up to reality that slapped you in the face.
He knew what would happen after this, the dark-haired man was just taking him in because the mission required him to, soon, Alma would be send to an orphanage when the mission is over, and the view of the world in his eyes will change.
"What's wrong, Alma?" the soft voice asked, and Alma looked up to see the white-haired man smiling kindly at him.
He smiled back and shook his head "Nothing."
Allen looked at him for a few seconds before going back to his new piece of song. According to their conversation last night, Allen was a pianist who was starting to become famous after his new piece of song, 'The 14th Lullaby, Revised Version', he said his manager was his uncle, Neah, who's also a former pianist that retired three years ago, saying it was time for him to stand back and let the other generations to shine.
Allen's phone suddenly rang and Alma's sat up from where he was leaning on the man's side on the couch.
"Hello?"
…
"Really? That's great, Yu! I didn't think they would approve so easily."
…
"It's Allen, BaKanda! Why can't you remember my name even after we are married?"
…
"Fine, I'll see you tonight then."
"Was it Kanda?" Alma asked once Allen ended the phone call with a large grin on his face.
"Yes, and he said there's going to be a surprise for you once he comes home." he said.
"What is it, can you tell me?" the boy asked, looking at him like a puppy asking for a treat.
Allen laughed "Then that wouldn't be surprise anymore, just wait until Yu comes home, then we'll discover the surprise together."
Alma pouted.
-0-
Waiting for Yu home had never been so hard.
Allen had been going around the house, he couldn't sit still when he heard that the papers are coming in tonight and he wanted to tell the news to Alma already, but he didn't want to ruin the surprise.
It didn't help that Alma kept on pestering him with questions.
"Pleeeeaaase? Just a hint is fine!" he persisted.
"No Alma, if you behave, I'll add some mayonnaise to your food tonight." he offered.
Alma's eyes seemed to brighten more, if that was possible "What are we eating tonight?"
"Spinach stuffed chicken breasts." he said.
Alma frowned at the word spinach, they tasted so horrible, but thanks to mayonnaise, he can tolerate with it. So for the sake of enjoying his dinner, he obediently sat down, but he kept on fidgeting every 30 seconds.
"You can play with Timcanpy if you want, but you have to be quiet, okay? Raphael is sleeping right now." he put his index finger in front of his lips and winked playfully at him.
The boy giggled and played along, tip-toeing quietly to the living room to play with the golden-furred dog.
Allen chuckled and went back to the task at hand, having Alma around the apartment certainly was fun. He couldn't spend more time with Raphael, because he was only babysitting him for a few days when Cross and Anita was busy, which is rare like these days, having a child inside the house would be a good thing, Allen was sure of it.
He heard the lock of the door opening, and his excitement grew when he heard the unmistakable gruff voice of the dark-haired man, grumbling about something.
"Welcome home, Kanda!" he heard Alma said.
"Che, moyashi, come to the living room!"
"It's Allen, baKanda!" he glared at the man when he emerged into the living room.
He took a seat next to the man, hiding a smile when he saw the confused yet excited look on Alma's face.
"So Alma." he stared, waiting for the boy to listen to him "Yu and I had discussed something yesterday and we want to offer you something."
Alma listened tentatively, his heart pounding inside his ribcages as he waited for their next words.
"Alma, would you like to live with us?" Allen offered.
His heart seemed to stop as he tried to register the words into his brain. He couldn't believe it, he really couldn't, it was too good to be true. But the look on their face clearly said they weren't joking.
He tackled them into a hug as tears leaked out of his eyes, saying 'thank you' all over again.
Kanda was obviously caught off guard, and he was very reluctant to hug back, but he suppose he could give him a hug sometimes.
But definitely not often.
Allen chuckled when he saw his husband struggled in a hug, he hugged Alma back and whispered in his ear.
"Welcome to the family, Alma."
I was planning to let them go to the orphanage, but then it would be too complicated because there was so many kids and stuff so I switched to this version. Another idea came to mind and I originally was going to divide this theme into two parts, but it was too long so I abandoned that part.
And here's a bonus:
It was a calm day, the birds were chirping, the sun was bright, and Allen was making delicious food while Kanda was sipping his tea calmly when Alma said it.
"Guys...I have something to tell you." 23-year-old Alma started nervously while fidgeting in his seat.
"What is it Alma?" Allen asked while setting a dish with bacon with eggs in front of him and a bowl full of soba for his husband.
"I-I'm..." he stuttered.
"Spit it out already, damn brat." Kanda glared at him.
Alma flushed and blurted out what he was going to say.
"I'm dating Raphael!"
...
...
"What...?"
Okay, that's all I want to type for the bonus.
I'm going to write something angst-ish for the next theme, so here, have a pick, I promise it wouldn't be as long as this:
1/ Regret
2/ Losing