A/N: So, I'm leaving for Japan, Vietnam, and China for a month in... five hours and I thought I should update one more time before I go because I'm not going to have time to update while I'm hopping around countries and cities.

If you go to any of these places, I'm the Chinese girl speaking English with her taller (but younger, damn you growth spurts!) brother about Yullen. Ehehehe... Come talk to me, if you can find me!

Disclaimer: Yes, I'm currently traveling to Japan to obtain ownership to D. gray man. Yeah, right.

Chapter 3: My Evil Manager, the Loving Parent

Allen had imagined welcoming smiles and formal introductions. He had imagined a tired yet thankful smile on a weary, age-lined face but instead he was greeted with this, this sex god in a business suit! Allen turned bright red internally, holding his face in his hands. He could not believe that he just mentally called his boss a sex god.

Kanda was almost the exact opposite of Allen. Slim, angular features made up Kanda's face whereas Allen's was soft and aristocratic. Dark cobalt eyes contrasted with his own monochrome eyes and it made Allen wonder how such menacing eyes could look down softly at his children. Kanda had a muscular and tall figure, showing years of obvious training while Allen's was lean and lithe due to malnourishment at a small age.

Distracted by Kanda, he barely noticed the fist coming toward his face.

"Gah!" Allen yelped and ducked.

Allen fluidly dodged Kanda's fist as it sailed past his head. Years of avoiding wine bottles that Cross had thrown at him endowed him with fast reflexes. As he felt Kanda's fist go past his head, he shot his hand up and yanked Kanda's wrist forward, using the older male's momentum against him. Normally a person would stumble and Allen would hear loud, uneven stomps but he didn't.

Allen turned around quickly, facing Kanda as one would face a sparring opponent. He could tell that Kanda had training in swordsmanship and possibly other martial arts when he observed the other male's stance with a critical eye.

"Fucking beansprout," Kanda snarled, reeling back again. "What the hell are you doing here?" Allen's eyes sharpened and he caught Kanda's hand.

"It's not what it looks like!" Allen shouted, panicking slightly. He gripped Kanda's fist and tried to push him away but Kanda wouldn't budge.

It's like he's made of bloody steel or something! Allen thought with alarm. His arm shook with the force Kanda put behind the punch and he fought to keep Kanda immobile.

"I'm asking you one more time," Kanda said slowly, narrowing his eyes at him. "Who are you and what are you doing here?"

Allen sputtered, the words barely registering in his mind when Kanda's other hand headed for his face. Clearly, Kanda was not waiting for any answers. He blocked it and turned in one sharp movement, elbowing Kanda in the stomach.

"You stupid idiot!" Kanda growled, balling his fists together. "I will fucking kill you and bring you back to that sorry ass excuse of an inventor!"

He would not go back to Cross because anything he faced from his master was a thousand times more painful than what this person would inflict on him. "I-I can explain! I'm the new nanny!" Allen exclaimed, waving his arms frantically. "I'm here because my master, Cross sent me over!"

Allen shut his eyes and turned away when he charged at him again.

Kanda stopped, staring at him incredulously. He lowered his fist. "That lazy ass bastard? You're the 'perfect' person he recommended?"

Perfect? Allen snorted in his head and rolled his eyes. That bastard would never call me perfect.

"Oh, you know him?" Allen asked dryly.

"Shit," Kanda cursed, looking almost apologetic as he drew back. "You're just a gender-challenged beansprout."

The words "gender-challenged" echoed repeatedly in Allen's ears. He froze up and stared wide-eyed at Kanda who was making his way toward Lenalee and Lavi's bedroom.

"Gender-challenged?" Allen squeaked. His anger flared and he glared at Kanda. "Excuse me?"

"You heard me," Kanda growled, ignoring him in favor of opening the door to the twins' room, "Or are you deaf too?"

No one insulted him like that. Allen's rain-colored eyes turned as sharp as steel.

"You're one to talk, you cross-gendered tranny he-she," Allen retorted, silver pools gazing at the other coolly.

Kanda wheeled around and Allen flinched when a glare that could freeze Hell itself centered on him.

"Shut you ugly mouth, bean," Kanda snapped. "I should just fire you on the spot!"

Instantly, Allen's eyes widened and he quieted. He actually really liked working here. It was better than gambling any day and though he tried not to, he loved Lenalee and Lavi. He was never close to anyone save for his foster father Mana and even then, he had lost Mana. Living with Cross had turned him bitter and he closed off his emotions in order to survive the world he now lived in.

Seeing Lenalee and Lavi though, changed everything. He had never felt so loved and needed when the twins stared up at him. He felt possibly, maybe he could be someone to them and that thought made Allen's heart warm.

"Yu-papa?" "Daddy?"

Both adults turned around and stared at two little children padding their way out of their room. Lavi yawned, rubbing his tired green eyes with his fists. Lenalee held onto the hem of her brother's shirt and stared cutely up at them, curious about the interaction between her beloved father and her beloved nanny.

"Lavi, Lenalee," Allen remarked automatically, eyes brightening at the sight of the twins. "Good morning."

"Daddy?" Lenalee repeated timidly. She shuffled her feet on the ground and pulled her brother with her to their father.

"I'm home," Kanda said gently. He knelt down as they clambered into his arms. Lenalee immediately reached up to pat her father's face in welcome and Lavi, still a bit sleepy from nap time, snuggled into the crook of Kanda's neck. Kanda embraced them tightly and offered both of them a small smile.

Allen's jaw almost dropped as he watched the scene with astonishment. Just moments ago, Kanda was about to pummel him to death and here he was, so kind and loving to his children that it almost seemed as if another person had taken the place of the rude and menacing man before.

"Daddy, daddy!" Lenalee chirped, tugging on her father's shirt. "Today was fun!"

"Really?" Kanda asked incredulously and shot daggers at Allen who tensed under the piercing gaze.

"Yeah!" Lenalee said. "Ask Lavi! Lavi will tell you!"

Lenalee stared with curious eyes at her brother before shaking him gently from across Kanda's arm. Lavi's green eyes opened and Lenalee shot him a meaningful look.

Allen looked flabbergasted as the twins silently communicated between each other. He turned to Kanda who looked calmly and patiently between their inaudible speech as if it were an everyday occurrence. Lavi turned to Allen and shot him a big smile. Instantly, Allen felt the fear melt away into a strange sort of calm. He smiled back reassuringly.

Lavi nodded fervently, full awake now that his twin was. "Yeah, yeah! Allen-nanny loves us a lot! And we like Allen-nanny!"

Lenalee smiled proudly as if an impossible feat had transpired. She stared at Kanda with enough intensity that made Allen question if she really was five years old.

"And he played with us!"

"And he played piano for us!"

"Yeah, it was pretty!"

"And he promised to be with us forever!"

"And he said he'd find-"

"That's enough, Lavi," Allen cut him off abruptly, turning bright red. He thanked his lucky stars when Lavi quieted and stared at Kanda expectantly. One more word out and he really would have lost his job.

Kanda's eyes widened perceptibly. Lavi and Lenalee squirmed in his arms and reached their hands out to Allen.

"Allen-nanny!" they both shouted. "Allen-nanny! We want to go with Allen!" Automatically, Allen came up to him and gently pulled them away from Kanda.

They latched onto Allen and giggled when he bounced them.

Allen smiled as they clung onto his shirt and buried themselves into his neck. He was never good with children but feeling both of their weight in his arms, he was overcome with a soft feeling of love and adoration. He nuzzled Lenalee's baby soft cheek and was rewarded with a loud shriek of laughter. Not one to be left out, Lavi bumped his nose against Allen's cheek in a pantomime of nuzzling that made Allen beam and chuckle.

The twins and Allen turned toward Kanda who was looking at them with a cold, calculating gaze that Allen could not decipher.

"Can Allen-nanny stay with us, Yu-papa?" Lavi asked hopefully, green eyes shining with so much cuteness that it was almost heinous.

"Allen loves us," Lenalee said convincingly. "He wants to stay with us forever!"

She threw out her arms in a large gesture as if it could measure the expanse of 'forever'. Allen almost lost his balance when she moved abruptly but it made him grin to see the twins defending him.

"And he cooks pancakes!" Lavi shrieked joyfully. "I love pancakes! Allen-nanny makes the bestest pancakes in the world!"

Allen flinched when Kanda's glare centered on him again. It was a look that plainly said, "What the hell did you feed my children?".

"Daddy," Lenalee whispered. "We can keep Allen with us, right?" Her bottom lip jutted out and her eyes sparkled with unshed tears.

Kanda tried to pull Lenalee away from Allen but she resisted with a frightened squeak and instead, pulled Kanda so that Allen's head collided with Kanda's shoulder.

"Ow," Allen winced. Lavi followed suit and pulled the other shoulder of Kanda's shirt making Allen collide once more with Kanda. Allen turned bright red when his head stayed planted in the juncture of Kanda's neck and shoulder. He tried to move but the twins held him tightly. He breathed shallowly, afraid that he would piss off Kanda in any way if he breathed any deeper.

Silver orbs peered at Kanda who looked unruffled by the turn of events. Cobalt eyes stared back at him with an apathetic expression as if daring him to say a word about their current position.

"We love Allen-nanny," Lavi sobbed, tears rolling down his pale cherubic face.

"Please let Allen stay," Lenalee whimpered, holding onto her father's shirt and Allen's shirt collar as if her life depended on it. "He's so nice and he loves us very very much and we love him and—and…"

Allen could see Kanda's faltering gaze as he regarded his daughter and his son.

"Fine, the beansprout can stay," he grumbled, defeated. Lenalee and Lavi cheered, tears automatically gone, and let go of Kanda's shirt. Allen stumbled back a few feet, his cheeks stained pink and his lungs heaving for air.

"Allen-nanny!" Lavi shouted worriedly. "Are you okay?"

"I-I'm fine, Lavi," Allen said, his voice hitting higher octaves than usual. "I'm perfectly fine!"

Lenalee giggled, "You sound funny, Allen!"

They both imitated Allen, sending their voices into high-pitched squeaks and then laughing out loud. Allen blushed.

Kanda came forward and the twins allowed themselves to be taken from Allen's arms.

"Go and play while I talk to your new nanny," Kanda said, turning to each of them. Lenalee and Lavi nodded, giving their father twin grins.

He lowered them down and gave them a little push toward one of the corridors. Lavi and Lenalee smiled brightly at their father and chased each other down the corridor. Their little feet made tapping sounds as they bounded for the yard.

"Listen, beansprout," Kanda sneered once the children were out of earshot.

Allen groaned inwardly and prepared himself mentally; this was going to be hell. He took a deep breath and schooled his expression to the one he used during poker games, cool and bright with a smile that could disarm anyone. He hoped that by showing a positive look, he could alleviate some of the anger at him but for some reason, he could see that this wasn't the case. If anything, Kanda looked even more ready to chop off his head when he put up his mask.

"Wipe that smug grin off your ugly face!" Kanda snapped.

Allen frowned as the smile slipped off his face.

"For some odd reason that I cannot imagine, my children like you so you can stay but if I hear any discrepancy I will shove that old man body of yours six feet under the ground where it's supposed to belong," Kanda snarled.

"Wouldn't dream of it," Allen snorted, rolling his eyes. "I don't have a lot of experience with children but I love Lenalee and Lavi. I would sooner stop paying Cross's debts and suffer his wrath and harm the twins."

"Regardless," Kanda said. "I don't deliver empty threats. I will end you if you so much as harm a hair on my children's heads."

The look on the man's face surprised Allen. He had never met such a protective and loving parent as Kanda. It made him smile inside when he saw past the anger.

"Wow," Allen regarded lightly. "You must really love them to be so gentle to them but an ass to everyone else."

"S-Shut up, beansprout!" Kanda shouted at him. He had obviously hit a sensitive nerve. "You're relieved of your job today. You can go to your room or whatever. Any other concerns you have, you can go to Marie." Allen could see a light, barely visible pink blush across the other's cheeks. Kanda stormed past Allen and went to find the twins, leaving him with his thoughts.

Allen bit his lip as his cheeks turned warm. He could not believe the nerve of this man! Emotions of envy, hate, and anger churned in his stomach, making his heart twist uncomfortably in his chest.

"It's okay to say you love your children," Allen whispered quietly, more to himself than the retreating figure in the distance. "It's okay for you, who has everything, to love them."

He's an incredible parent. Allen thought.

Kanda stormed across the corridors and into the backyard. It irked him that the children loved such a whiny, girly beansprout who obviously had no training in taking care of children. It irked him even more when Allen had questioned his love for his children. The stupid beansprout had no idea what he had gone through to gain custody of the twins and how he had suffered to rise to the top of the electronics market in order to provide for his two children.

Kanda was the head CEO of Mugen Co. which specialized in electronics. With Cross Marian, who Kanda grudgingly admitted was a competent inventor though a lousy person in general, he had patented golem phones, portable phones that were not only wireless but also hands free. He had also patented their world-famous Exorcist computer brand. Their sleek and innovative design was top of the line and their antivirus sweeper was the best in the nation if not the world. The two patents had launched his company to fame and now he was making enough to provide for his children and then some.

Moyashi, Kanda thought with anger, had no right to question how much Kanda had given up to see his two precious angels happy.

While he could not deny his children anything, he would make sure to fire the idiotic beansprout when they tired of him.

"Daddy!" Lenalee squealed, running up to her father. He gave her a soft smile and knelt down to catch her into an embrace. "Welcome home!"

Lavi followed his twin and ran into his arms, plowing into Kanda with enough force to make him lose his balance.

Kanda fell gently on the grass, careful to make sure he landed on his back so that Lenalee would not be hurt. Lenalee and Lavi giggled as they clambered onto their father's stomach.

"Yu-papa!" Lavi beamed brightly. "Welcome home!"

"Glad to be home, usagi," Kanda said fondly, ruffling Lavi's red hair. "How was your day?"

Kanda sat up and set Lenalee on the ground, where she joined her brother who was playing with the green ball.

"It was super duper fun!" Lavi grinned, gesturing wildly with his arms.

"Really?" Kanda asked again slowly. "Was the beansprout mean to you? Did he hurt you?"

Lenalee and Lavi gasped as if he had said something that was blasphemous. They clutched each other for support which made Kanda almost laugh.

"Allen would never hurt us!" Lenalee shouted with wide violet eyes.

"Allen-nanny is super duperly nice!" Lavi exclaimed. "We like him."

Lavi looked at the ball and then at Lenalee. She smiled back at him and nodded, holding out her hands. He rolled the ball toward Lenalee who bent down and caught it between her arms.

"He played us the piano until we went to sleep," she said softly. "It was really pretty, like the lullabies in the box Grandpa Tiedoll gave us." She rolled the ball to Lavi who caught it.

"Do you mean your music box?" Kanda questioned with surprise. The music box that Tiedoll had given them contained complex pieces of classical music. So the brat knew some music…

Lenalee nodded.

"Allen-nanny made us a promise too," Lavi spoke. "He said he will stay with us forever and ever. He will never leave us."

It made Kanda's heart twist to see how much love his children had missed out on because of their absent mother. Thinking about their mother made his heart turn dark and a pang of anger and hatred went through it.

Their mother was the reason he had to scrape and claw his way to the top of the electronics industry and why he had fought tooth-and-nail for custody of the children. She had made them suffer through so much and it hurt to see that Lenalee and Lavi would never know a mother's love for her children.

He gathered Lenalee and Lavi in his arms, holding them tightly and causing Lavi to drop the ball. Lenalee and Lavi looked at each other confused by their father's odd and sudden behavior. They hugged him though, sensing the situation.

"The beansprout can stay for as long as you want," Kanda sighed tiredly.

"Yay!" both Lenalee and Lavi cheered.

It looked like "Allen-nanny" was going to stay for a long while. Kanda frowned at the thought.

A/N: TBC?

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