Dadada! I wrote this one a while back, and i let my older cousin and sister read it first. They bothed liked it. So with out further adue, the chapter where Ayume and Allen get together. Enjoy!

Chapter Nineteen: starlight kiss

Another sleepless night, another night to look at the stars. It's been about a week since she found Snowbell, who stayed in her room. Ayume walked slowly across the hallway of the order. Her right arm was unusually painful tonight. She sighed as she stopped in front of a window. She looked at the reflection. She was beginning to get dark rings under her eyes and her skin became paler from lack of sleep. She turned away, she wondered why she should try to sleep. Her arm would only wake her in the middle of the night, again. Eventually, she found my spot. A window that Komui was nice enough to install a large windowsill. She hopped up, trying no to use her right arm. She stared up to the sky, there were stars a right, but just the same amount she sees every night. She sighed as she looked down at the sparkling city. She looked back to the stars not wanting to see the city, she grip her right arm tighter.

"Ever since that time with Allen." Ayume said squeezing harder. "It's been tormenting me." A bright light glowed from her arm. A brand new, never before felt level of pain reached her body. She gave off a hard gasp before she fainted.

Ayume woke up with the sun right. in. her. eyes. She moaned as she quickly covering the sun. She had to get her right arm out of the sheet first. Wait, Sheet? She looked at the sheet that covered her, it was white and it had Allen's smell emitting from it. She looked at his room, which was on the other side of the wall. She was a bout to jump down when she felt something hit her hand. She looked down to see a note was placed in her left hand. She unfolded the paper until she could read the message. It just had one sentence. Please tell me about your arm. It said, she clenched the letter, it didn't say who it was from, but it didn't need to.

"Allen." She said. She got down and went to the door.

"Allen?" She said as she knocked on the door, and it practically flew open.

"Allen?" She said again, no response. She gave a small gasp when she saw him asleep in the chair pointed to the door. She blushed slightly when she realized he been watching her asleep on the windowsill. She slowly walked up to him, studying his sleeping face. He was asleep, she was sure of it. She took the blanket that was covering her and gently laid it down over him. Her fingers brushed against his neck as she pulled back. He's so warm. She thought, but then looked at her hands. No, I'm just so cold. She sighed in her correction. She placed the note in her pocket (she was still wearing her uniform). She kneeled down next to him and gently kissed him on the cheek, extra careful that she didn't wake up. She then left for breakfast.

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Allen didn't bother her with 20 questions about her arm that day. But somehow, he knew it was torturing her more than usual. Every time she looked at him, he smiled but his eyes were filled with worry. Natsu, was busy keeping Timcanpy occupied that night, as they flew off somewhere in the Order. Ayume was in the hallways late that night, again. Her breathing was deep and harsh as she slowly drifted across the hall. She looked at her star gazing spot. She smiled gently when she saw the folded sheet there. She knew that it was from Allen, but was surprised when she saw a note there. She picked up the note and slowly read it. Ayume, please be careful. You're in important to me you know. It said, this time Allen signed the bottom. She sighed as she reread the letter than put in the pocket.

Allen's POV

I slowly watch as Ayume got ready to go back to her spot, I don't know why. She never notices that I was watching her when she came there. I had to make sure she was okay. I bit my lip as I saw her clutch her right arm. It's doing it again. I thought. Ever since we came back from our last mission, it's been tormenting her endlessly. I tried again and again to find out what it was but she pretends she doesn't hear me. And when I try to force her to tell me, she just yells at me and tells me its none of my business. I frowned at the thought of her hiding so many things from me. But I want to know, so, so bad.

I saw her try to get up on the windowsill, but her right arm didn't work like it used to and she fell on the floor. I bit down on my lip, trying to keep myself to call out to her. Again, she stood up and tried again, this time she made it up there. I calmed myself down, trying to tell myself that there was so little I could do for her. I was too weak to help her, and this tore me up inside.

XOXOXOXOX

I looked out the stars though my window, I thought they were mocking me. They all shone though out the night, like they were laughing at me when I felt so helpless. I looked away and back to Ayume, I always felt a need to look at Ayume's sleeping face. I looked thought the crack in the door again, she looked asleep, and the blanket I left her was partly covering her. I slowly walked outside, my eyes stuck on her.

"Ayume?" I said, no answer, no respond. I walked closer to her, slowly I placed my right hand on her shoulder.

"Are you asleep?" I asked.

"No." She said softly as her eyes slowly opened, "Just resting my eyes." She gave me that smile again, the kind that warmed every part of my body, but her eyes looked so cold.

"What are you doing here?" I asked her, my left hand touched her right arm, trying to help her in anyway I could.

"Just looking at the stars." She said as she looked out the window and into the sky. "This isn't a good view but it was the best I could find in the tower." I looked over her and at the stars. I knew one place in the tower that was better, and realized that they were tormenting me.

"I know a better place." I whispered in her ear. She turned to me, with her innocent face confused.

"Where?" She asked. I offered her my hand.

"Come on." I said.

Ayume's POV

A better place? I thought as I looked at his right hand. Slowly I took it and he helped me get down. He smiled at me, helping me relax a bit, he then gently gave me a tug on the arm and I followed him slowly. He lead me back into his room, I became a tiny bit on edge, I don't know why. Maybe my Noah said want to be him to bring me to his bed, but I quickly shook it off. Allen isn't that kind of person. He led me straight to his window, but he stopped suddenly and looked back at me.

"You have to close your eyes Ayume-chan." Allen said. I wondered why he said that, but I did what he asked me. I could hear his footsteps slowly get behind me, then he covered my eyes with his own hands.

"What? Don't you trust me?" I asked him, a little tease in my voice.

"I trust you completely, but I don't want you to peek." He said next to me ear. I felt his warm moist breath hit my neck, sending pure shivers down my spine. He gently pushed me forward until I could feel his large window still. He removed his hands (though I really wished he didn't) and sat down on the windowsill, then helped me get on it, eyes still closed. I could feel his warm body around me as I sat down. Obviously he was behind me.

"Okay, you can look now. " He said in my ear giving me a brand new set of shivers.

Slowly I opened my eyes, then I saw them. There were some many stars in the sky, it was hard to see a patch that wasn't full of them.

"Wow, Allen! There's so many of them!" I said to him, i felt a big smile across my face. Allen just smiled and nodded his head.

"The view's great from here." I said softly. We sat there for a few moments, as I tried to taken it all in, the stars in the sky, the fact as was in Allen's room sitting partially on him, the smell coming off him, and Allen himself.

"They're all just so pretty." I manage to say, breaking the silence. I felt Allen's strong arms wrap around me, pulling me closer to him. He put his head down so it was practically in between my neck and shoulder.

"Allen?" I asked, I was confused to say the least, not that I didn't enjoy this at all. I loved the whole thing, from when he led me into his room.

"I think your eyes are prettier than all the stars put together." Allen said as slowly raised his head. I practically blush a hundred different shades of red, i opened my mouth but nothing came out. I closed it, rethinking the comment.

"Thank you." I said softly.

Allen's POV

I think my dark side took over a while ago. I didn't stop it like I usually did, I think I helped it instead. I held her in my arms placing my head against her. I took in deep breaths, trying to memorize the wonderful scent of flowers that came off her. I thought she was beautiful, I just wondered why on Earth I was doing all of this now. But it felt so right, no matter how wrong others might think. But, it was so weird. Ayume's whole body felt cold next to mine, it was as if she was dead, but she was alive, he could feel her chest rising and fall in his arms. It was silent for a little bit longer after she thanked me for my comment. But I lied a bit, no amount of stars in the universe could match the beauty of her eyes.

"Ayume?" I said to break the silence.

"Yes Allen?" She answered me in her heavenly voice.

"Do you know why you feel so cold?" I asked her. She shook her head, she didn't even know why. I was about to put my arms down, away from her chest, but she stopped me.

"Please don't." She said, her arms creating an imprisonment of mine. "This is one of the few times I felt warm in my enter life."

Now, I really couldn't help it. I let my left arm fall around her waist, but I didn't pull her closer. My right hand gently grabbed her chin as I pulled her face toward mine. I smiled as I looked deeply into those bright blue eyes, I felt like I was addicted to her. Ayume's eyes followed me, wondering what I was doing.

"Allen-kun?" She finally asked me. But I didn't answer her, I just let my lips touch hers, in a deep kiss. It took me a while before I realized what I was doing.

Ayume's POV

I was shocked to say the least, but I soon got over it. I closed my eyes to enjoy the kiss further. Allen's lips were soft and warm, and it tasted sweet; very, very sweet. All of a sudden, Allen pulled back and moved both hands away from me, and put them in front of him. Oh how I wished he didn't do that.

"Ayume! I'm sorry! I had no idea what came over me!" Allen said, his face was turning pink. I looked at him, head tilted as I blinked a few times. I reached out so my hands would hold his face in place. Now it was his time to be confused.

"Ayume?" Allen said, his face was getting redder. I leaned in to him as I gave him another deep long kiss, normally I would stop myself and think of the consequences. But apparently, My Noah said wouldn't let me ruin the moment. My eyes were close so I didn't see his reaction at first, but eventually he wrapped his arms around me again, pulling me in closer to deepen the kiss. One of my hands dropped to his chest, over his heart while the other when up to his hair, running my fingers though his snow-white hair. Eventually, we pulled away, and I went back to my original position, sitting next to him as his arms wrapped around my chest. If I died right now, I'd be happy.

Allen's POV

Her lips were smooth, and much warmer than the rest of her body, I could taste the sweetness in her lips, but also the sadness (if it had a taste). I could feel the emotions she was having right at that moment, love, fear, love, trust, love. I held her back in my arms when we broke a part. She looked back out the window, as I looked back down to her. She held my arms with her left one, as her right one was just laying on her lap. I felt my left hand slowly run down her right arm, feeling the outline of the mark that was there from the top of her shoulder to the fingers on her hand. I watched her and bit my lip when I saw her jerk and heard her moan in pain. I held her closer to my body, scared of what might happen to her.

"Tell me about your arm. Please." I said to her, doing my best to hide my fear.

"If you're about to tell me that you did all of this just to find out about that, I will never talk to you again, Allen Walker." She said, questioning my love for her.

"No, I'm asking because I love you." I said placing my head against hers. She sighed as her warm eyes looked me without moving her head. She closed them as she placed her head in my chest.

"It's a curse. A very, very bad curse." Ayume said, the sadness flowing though her voice.

"Who gave it to you?" I asked.

"Someone who used to be important to me."

"Why?"

"Because I betrayed them. Because they were evil and helping the Earl."

"What?!" I shouted.

"Don't worry, that was a long time ago." Ayume said as she burying her face deeper into his chest.

"But the curse remains?"

"The curse remains."

Ayume's POV

I felt it harder to hold back the tears. Slowly, one tear fell off my eyes followed by many others. I could feel the cold from the tears roll down my face until they feel off my chin.

"Ayume?" Allen said when he felt one tear hit his skin. He slowly turned me around so he could get a good look on my face. The tears were coming nonstop now, I did my best to smile at him though. He put his right hand against my cheek, using his thumb to wipe away my tears. He smiled at me, the so damn cute innocent smile.

"Please don't cry Ayume. It hurts me here." Allen said as he put his left hand over his heart. I shook my head.

"But these are tears of joy." I lied, amazing myself at how easy it was. He hugged me, drawing me closer to him again, my hands against his chest.

"Ayume." He said as one of his hands played with my short black hair.

"Did I tell you I love you and I think you're the sweetest person I've ever met?" I said as I quietly enjoyed him playing with my hair.

"No, not yet." He answered. "Did I tell you that I love you and your the most beautiful girl I have ever had the pleasure to know?"

"No." I answered. But I could feel that somewhere inside of me, there was a small girl crying. Scared half to death. I felt the fear deep in my core as one question ran thought my mind. Will he still love me when he finds out I'm half Noah? I bit my lip at that question. Not wanting to know the answer. That night, I fell asleep in his arms, dreaming of our starlight kiss.