Back with another chapter~! Nothing much more to say, just that I love my reviewers to bits, and I love my favouriters and readers to bits too. And terribly sorry for the late update! I've had so much to do, and I was also away...

Oh, as for official pairing, it's strictly now Lavi/Kanda/TykiXAllen. So not exactly AllXAllen. But I'm sorry, it's all crack, and I'm not going to establish Yullen, Laven or Poker Pair. Or any other pairing, for that matter. Allen is single and going to stay that way. Sorry though. :)

As I currently write this chapter, I have no idea what direction it's going.

Enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own DGM.

Allen's in a daze when he's stepped out of his own room, and he bewilderedly walks around the corridors, not really knowing where he's going, and not really thinking about anything at all.

Eventually, he ends up at the cafeteria, and realises that he's famished.

So as he's got this huge cart of food, as usual, Lavi tears down the stairs, and sprints to the cafeteria, and finds Allen there. As usual. And while Allen's stuffing his face, Lavi tries to get Allen's attention, apparently with some important news.

But oh no, Allen isn't going to find out who else other than Lenalee likes him. Not yet.

"Are you okay, Moyashi-chan?" Lavi musses Allen's hair a little, sliding in to the seat next to him. The poor, unsuspecting victim of all these unfortunate crushes looks up from his bowl of noodles (Lavi thinks he looks positively adorable) and sighs, covering his face with his hands.

"I know I probably made her mad or something," the beansprout muses, shovelling another huge bunch of noodles into his mouth. "But what was I supposed to do? Lie to her?"

Lavi ponders his next step, and decides to follow Nike - Just Do It.

"So, moyashi, you really don't like anyone?"

"Eh?"

the naive boy raises his head.

"No, I don't like anyone, why?"

As Lavi bursts into tears and starts bawling his way out of the dining hall, Allen puzzles as to what made him suddenly break into sobs, and continues stuffing food down his throat.

Then Kanda runs into the same hall, breathless, and immediately returns to his emo self, and stalks over to Allen's table.

"Oi. Moyashi. I heard you rejected Lenalee?"

Allen once again lifts up his head, this time from a basket of fried chicken. (Kanda thinks it's positively adorable) "Yeah," he says, "but why do you care anyway, Kanda?"

Uhm. Uhm. Uhm. Kanda's at a loss. THINK, KANDA! Uhm. Uhm.

He goes with indifference.

"None of your business, moyashi" he mutters, and curses internally at his shaky voice. Allen, however, finds nothing wrong, and thank goodness for that. He continues to eat his fried chicken.

"Oh. And my name's Allen, idiot. Then why are you still standing here, Bakanda?"

Uhm. Uhm. Uhm. Kanda's at a loss. THINK, KANDA! Uhm. Uhm.

"Lookatthetimegottagobyeeeee!"

For a moment, Allen watches the fleeing Kanda, wonders why he's not exactly himself today, and moves on to his next dish, Japanese curry.

Komui charges in.

Allen holds up his spoon, not turning to face the incoming bull, and says "You're going to ask me something about Lenalee's confession."

"No," the scientist replies, "I was just wondering if you knew where my coffee mug was, but wait. WAIT." He pauses, eyebrows furrowing as his brain-gears start churning. "What do you mean by 'Lenalee's confession'?"

Allen then realises that he's landed himself in hell.

"Lenalee confessed to me," he blurts, and stuffs his spoon in his mouth to prevent him from spilling anything more.

The expected reaction. "WHAT? WHAT DID YOU SAY?"

Wince. "I said, LENALEE CONFE-"

"NO! I DON'T NEED TO HEAR IT AGAIN!" Komui starts sobbing hysterically, as the North Koreans did over Kim Jong Il. "AS IN, HOW DID YOU REPLY?"

Wince again. "I... rejected... her..."

Allen prepares for the wails and sobs and screams and kicks, but instead is greeted with a delighted "oh!".

Surprised, he looks to his left, where Komui's standing, his face full of gratitude. "Thank you for rejecting her, Allen-kun. Right now she doesn't need to get into a boy-girl relationship. I don't think she ever needs to. -nervous laughter- And anyway, her crushes always wear off. She'll get back to fangirling over some fictitious character. But I think it's time I had a talk with her."

And before Allen can do anything, Komui charges out of the cafeteria, and yells behind him,

"OH, AND TELL ME IF YOU FIND MY MUG!"

There is a reason why Allen's always found Komui kinda scary, as he looks back down at his new bowl of spaghetti, and starts devouring it.

MSN MESSENGER

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Miranda: Hey again! ^.^ So how's everybody coping? :)

Krory: after the whole incident, i dunno where lavi and kanda went. i think i heard lavi sobbing a while ago.

Miranda: Oh? :( He's probably sad that Allen doesn't like him, I guess. :P

Krory: lol i think so. then i heard someone sprinting past my door a while ago.

Miranda: ...maybe that was Kanda. xP

Tyki has joined the conversation

Miranda: ?

Krory: ?

Tyki: Well, hello, everybody. -smirk-

Tyki: I know what you all are talking about.

Lavi is available.

Lavi: Huh? What are we talking about? :{O

Miranda: Must be depressing for you, Lavi. -pat on back- I'm sorry for you. :(

Lavi: Huh? What? Ahaha... :{)

Tyki: This is war, shounen.

Miranda: Oh, don't tell me YOU like Allen too? xO xD

Krory: and HOW did you find out about the conversation?

Tyki: Two words: Road's Door.

Lavi: WHATEVER! I'm SURE I love Allen MORE THAN YOU. T^T -insert mustache-

Tyki: Yeah right, bunny, I know that my love for the white-haired shounen stretches no bounds.

Road is available

Road: Well, why not we test that?

Lavi: HOW DID YOU GUYS MANAGE TO HACK INTO THE SYSTEM? :{O

Tyki: We're Noahs. We can do anything.

Road: Hi-5, Tyki!

Tyki: -slaps screen- Oh dear, my computer monitor fell down.

Road: Anyway, I know that Lavi, Kanda and Tyki love Allen to bits. And of course, we don't know who loves the other more. SO, actually I'm over at Lenalee's room right now,

Lavi: HOW? :{O

Miranda: HOW? :O

Krory: HOW?

Road: Tsk. My door. Duhhhh.

Krory: ohhh right. lol

Road: Anyway, she's already gotten over her crush after Komui came in to knock some sense into her, and we've come up with this brilliant idea for a competition.

Lavi: WHAT! :{O

Tyki: WHAT!

Kanda is available.

Kanda: WHAT!

Miranda: Woah, Kanda, you're really OOC these days, aren't you? :P

Kanda: Che. Shut up.

Road: We're forming a Fanfiction competition.

Tyki: HOW COULD YOU BETRAY ME, ROAD?

Lavi: YEAH! I HARDLY KNOW HOW TO WRITE FANFICTION! D}x

Kanda: Insane idea.

Road: We don't care, if you want to show that you love Allen the most, you have to take part!

Kanda: ...fine.

Lavi: Fine then! :{(

Tyki: Fine.

Road: Okay then! -claps hands excitedly- So here are the rules.

Road: 1) This competition is every week. Once you have signed up, you are not allowed to back down. You are only allowed to get out when you realise that you don't love Allen anymore. The competition will end when everyone comes to their senses.

Lavi: BUT I'M NEVER BACKING DOWN! x{O

Road: 2) Never interrupt me or Lenalee.

Lavi: ...okay fine. :{(

Road: 3) There will be a theme at the start of every week that all of you will have to follow and write according to. Your own self will be your Own Character, or OC, and you will have to write a fanfiction with the pairing of your OC and Allen.

Road: 4) Lenalee and I are the judges. Our word is final. At the end of every week, you will email us your fanfiction, and we will judge accordingly and choose the winner, runner up, and loser.

Road: 5) And finally... we accept bribes.

Tyki: Seriously?

Lavi: AWESOME! :{D

Road: Just kidding. 5) We're always available to help beta-read your fanfiction, but with a fee, of course.

Kanda: Now we have to pay? -.-

Road: Hey, help from us isn't free. And we have to earn money for our monthly shippings, you know. Magazines and CDs and posters and stuff.

Tyki: Oh, so that's why you complain for no space in your room...

Road: Before I forget! Prizes!

Lavi: There are even prizes? :{D

Road: Sure! Only for the winner, though. The winner gets: 1) The empty room next to Allen's for a week, 2) Free beta-reading service for the week, and 3) Awesome yaoi pick-up lines from us to try on Allen. How's that?

Kanda: Reasonable.

Lavi: You KIDDING, YUU-CHAN? THIS IS AWESOMEE! 8{D

Kanda: OI, BAKA USAGI, DON'T CALL ME THAT.

Tyki: But it's only for the WINNER.

Lavi: Yeah, so? O.o -insert mustache-

Tyki: The winner's DEFINITELY going to be me.

Road: -snicker- says the Noah who spelt stencil as stancer!

Tyki: That was just one time.

Road: Still. ROFL.

Kanda: What does that mean?

Lavi: Rolling On Floor Laughing. Seriously, Yuu, who would've known you're so outdated?

Kanda: BAKA! WHAT DID YOU SAY?

Road: Enough! So today's Sunday, isn't it? Your challenges will be issued tomorrow.

Tyki: Fair enough.

Kanda: Ok.

Lavi: It's aw-oon, may-an! It's awwooon!

Kanda: ?

Lavi: TRANSLATION: It's on, man! It's on!

Kanda: -.-

Road: Well, that's all for today. Lenalee and I need to check for any new updates. Ciao, guys.

Tyki: Come back in time for dinner, okay.

Road: Whatever~

Tyki: I mean it.

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Miranda: Hey Krory, you still there? :)

Krory: huh? oh yeah.

Miranda: I can't wait to see what's going to happen. xD

Krory: lol yeah ikr? it's so crazy haha.

Miranda: See you later then! :) I'm going to grab some food from downstairs. :d

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Krory: k bye!

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Meh. This chapter was so short - but that just seemed to end it, and the word count wasn't too short, and I somehow felt that I HAD to get this up and posted on Christmas (although it's still Eve on most parts of the world).

That being said, Merry Christmas everyone!

'Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,

"Glory to God in the highest,

and on earth peace to men on whom his favour rests."'

- Luke 2:13-14 (New International Version)

I know everyone's writing Yullen Week now (which I wanted to participate in but lacked time and anyway I'm betaing Exile Wrath's stories so yeah I should shut up now) but I just decided to update my fic in the middle of nowhere! So if you're looking for comic relief: here it is.

(last sentence = not the right thing to say at the end of a chapter.)

Reviews would be awesome. Christmas present, maybe?