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Chapter 10
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The dark sky was all he saw when Allen opened his eyes that night. At first, he wanted to sit up and move his body a bit to avoid getting cramps. He then dismissed that thought as soon as he realized how exhausted his body was. Not to mention how comfortable it was for him to lean against the warm body near him. An arm was hanged around his waist, securing his sleeping position where he was curled up against Kanda. Their hair was undone, both his and Kanda's, he realized. He expected to meet with a tangle mess between their hair, but when he turned his head slightly to look around, he was surprised to find their hair in perfect condition. Although they no longer connect together, they still curled up against some other strands of different color.
Focusing his sight a little further, he found Lavi and Leenalee sleeping on a tree branch near them. Both of them leaning against each other, maintaing their balance on the tree branch as they do so. Allen moves a strand of his hair towards Lavi, careful not to wake him up as he checked up Lavi's wound, using his hair as a connecting wire. The hair curled its way up the male leaf tribe's arm and penetrated itself into the small scar gently before sending some blood samples of the patient back to its owner.
He healed up, Allen whispered to himself and let out a breath of relieve as he retreated his hair from the sleeping leaf tribe.
The arm around his waist tightens suddenly, alerting Allen of Kanda's presence beside him once again. When he turned his head back to face Kanda, all he could see was Kanda's sleeping face. With a smile on his face, Allen curled against his leaf tribe more. He was responded with a tighter grip on his waist and as well as the heavy feeling on his hair. He glanced sideways, observing how Kanda's strand curled up tighter against his hair.
It was such a weird feeling. It wasn't unpleasant, that was for sure. The more he feels it, the more he feels his cheeks burning up. What's happening? It felt so good... But how— why did it feel good?
Allen tried doing the same thing back to Kanda's hair and regretted it immediately. He started to feel an increase in his heartbeat rate and shortness of breath. Soon, he was gasping softly, his hands unconsciously gripping onto Kanda's clothes.
"...Allen?" Apparently, that action of his woke Kanda up as well. For some unknown reason, Kanda suddenly cut himself off and turned his head away, avoiding Allen's stare. Allen could feel Kanda's arm tremble slightly on his waist. He soon heard soft heavy breathing from Kanda's direction.
He was not sure what made him move his stare to Kanda's ears, he just did, naturally.
Kanda's ears were red.
"Allen... Stop doing that." The words came out in slight gasp. Before long, Allen felt Kanda's hair retreating back to their owner's back, uncurling themselves from Allen's hair. Puzzled, Allen stared and waited patiently for his leaf tribe's explanation. The blush on his face slowly fading away and his breathing as well as his heartbeat rate return to normal. After taking a deep breath, Kanda turned back to his flower, still avoiding Allen's stare.
"Don't ever do that again, Allen."
"... Why not?"
"... Who gave you the idea to... you know, curling your hair against mine?"
"You were doing it to me."
Silence rang out loudly.
"Just... don't do it to anyone."
"So I can only do it with you?" At this, Kanda appeared to be surprised, happy even, and then soon he looked... troubled?
After seems like years of waiting, Kanda sighed to himself. "Promise me you won't do it to anyone," he said.
"Even you?"
"...If you're expecting an answer for that, you can give it up."
Somehow, he had the feeling Kanda was feeling embarrassed. Even when he described what happened to Lavi and Leenalee, he could not receive any reason to Kanda's action. Lavi rolled on the ground, laughing so loudly with his hands clutching onto his stomach. Leenalee, on the other hand, looked as troubled as Kanda. She struggled in the inside for a while before decided to place her palm onto Allen's shoulder, smiling a gentle smile to the white flower.
"You will know when you grow up."
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"Lavi."
Said red-haired leaf tribe still rolling on the ground, laughing so loudly he could feel his stomach aching.
"Lavi."
"HAHAHAHA—"
"Lavi, seriously."
"BUT ALLEN JUST ASKED THAT! LENA, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!"
"Yeah, I heard him."
"OH MY GOD, I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING!"
She could already feel the glares from a certain cobalt-haired leaf tribe burning holes onto her back, along with a curious stare of their current flower.
Allen had accepted them as his leaf tribes now, thus allowing them to follow Allen in his journey, much to Kanda's dismay. For days, they could feel Kanda glaring at them, as if trying to scare them away from their side. The situation turned worst when Allen decided to ask Leenalee and Lavi why he can't connect his hair with others but Kanda.
Thanks to his sharp hearing, that sentence shocked Kanda so hard, he almost banged onto the tree before him. Well, he will if Allen did not stop him in time.
Lavi started laughing as soon as Allen finished asking so she was the one left to answer Allen's question. As those silver eyes stared into her soul, she gulped nervously. Kanda was already glaring harder at her at the side, she was unsure if she should be the one telling Allen this. How should she break it to Allen that it actually meant the two are exchanging genes through their hair as it connects? It's the same as making out when the hair connects. Yet, it can heal any deadly injuries of both partners. So, she was slightly confuse herself.
Flowers only connect their hair when they mate or during emergency, for instant, healing each other. As Leenalee understands it, connecting hair means making out or healing. How about hair curling against each other? That's plain intimate movement between two lovers. Or, in human language, some call it the "making out without making out". Human language was always confusing to her, so she did not understand it fully either.
That aside, leaf tribes could not control their hair at all, yet Kanda manage to do it with Allen, to the extend connecting it. Perhaps because Kanda and Allen are connected?
Anyhow, she was okay with Kanda merging his hair with Allen's back then because it was an act to save Allen. However, to think that Kanda would wound his hair with Allen's as he sleep... That's the same as molesting... Oh damn it, how should she tell Allen all this?!
She battled inside her head, struggling to find the right answer.
"You will know when you grow up."
Let's just hope Allen mange to get someone else, like Kanda Yuu, to explain fully what it means to him. Now, she should think of something to stop Lavi from continue his laughter. If not, they will most probably having rabbit stew for dinner.
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Before they knew it, they reached their destination—the place where the Eastern leaf tribes used to stay. It was Kanda who announced their arrival. The leaf tribes started building shelter for themselves, while their flower wander around the woods, eager to gather his past memories with Kanda before he died in the past. The humans were long gone, so the woods were in safe condition for them to stay. For safety purpose, they even disguised themselves and slipped into the nearest human village, which took them 2 days to reach from the woods, to confirm that none of the humans coming across this wood find out about their identity.
With the absence of humans and other leaf tribes or flowers, they were free to use their magic as they please.
It was like a paradise to them.
Lavi and Leenalee getting along with the plants and animals in the woods; Allen and Kanda spending time together beside the lake, all the while guarding the safety of the woods. Sometimes, a human or two would try to enter their wonderland, but none of them manage to live through a certain leaf tribe and his flower's trap.
Kanda could still sense a certain flower watching them from a distance. He was worried at first, but he soon let his guard down, seeing that Neah never strike them.
"Kanda, there's another child at the borderline of the wood!" Allen's voice snapped him awake from his thoughts. He swirled around, walking towards Allen to the direction of the new addition of member to their wood.
He knew that it was Neah who left the child here, as usual. Neah would leave some unwanted leaf tribes of other places to their woods all the time. He was worried initially, but when he caught Neah's face when Allen accepts the new members with a gentle smile, he chose to dismiss his negative thoughts.
It seems like Neah was on their side secretly.
When Allen found out about Neah's presence, he managed to convince Neah staying in the woods with them as well.
Slowly, Allen's leaf tribes' population increased and a clan was formed.
A clan with two flowers.
A clan with magic using leaf tribes.
It was peaceful for a period of time, until someone passed the words around.
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A new clan?
Yes, leaf tribes use magic there.
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None of them realize, the peaceful time they enjoyed, was actually the calm before a storm.
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I feel... uneasy.
Looking to my sides, leaf tribes were getting along. None of them afraid of magic anymore.
They started to accept themselves.
It's a good thing, so why am I feeling such premonition?
The tugging in my heart was so strong.
Especially when I see the interaction between Allen Walker and Kanda Yuu.
Ah, I see. I miss you.
I miss you so much I'm feeling jealous of the couple before me.
If only, we could end up like them.
If only, I could hide my feelings well enough back then...
Say, Tyki, did you ever regret your choice?
Did you regret...
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Falling in love with me?
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Neah D Campbell
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TBC
A/N : The calm before the storm~
REVIEWS
Silent Death Walker : Hope you enjoy this chapter too!
OtakuShipping : Well, now you know what connecting hair means :3 Kanda oh Kanda, you just have to connect your hair too when asleep? xD
candy crackpot : Nope nope nope. Neah will still in the story so no worries~ As for Kanda's truth, I've revealed it the chapters before ^^lll Under the diary named "Yuu K". As for other character, I still can't confirm anything. Hope this chapter is nice as well~
DarkestWritterEver : No worries. This is not the official entrance of Tyki yet. This is just like a prologue for his entrance :)