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"What?" Lavi exclaimed. "Well, I knew about Allen but KANDA?"
"You used to call me Yuu…." Kanda scowled heavily. "Damn rabbit." he growled.
Lavi's eyes brightened in realization, "Oh yea! Yuu-chan! You've come back to us! You continued with the violin too!"
"Don't call me Yuu!" Kanda shouted. "I'm sure we've been over this a thousand times!"
"We have." Lavi said grinning.
"Anyway, let's say what's happened to us since high school." Lenalee said clapping her hands together.
"Just to make things weirder and sappier," Kanda muttered. Allen chuckled and Lenalee ignored him.
"I went to the local collage and got a degree in business, but now I teach at the elementary school. I teach second grade and my students are wonderful." Lenalee gushed. "I cut my hair soon afterwards."
"I never agreed to that, I loved your hair." Lavi said. Allen nodded in agreement. "Anyway, I resumed to inherit gramp's old bookstore and have been maintaining it ever since. It's not much but it keeps me afloat." he shrugged. "Your turn Allen!" he said grinning.
"Well, right after high school my foster father died in a car crash." Allen said thoughtfully. Kanda's interest peaked. "I was with him and I got the scar from it. The star was formed by a seal that was on the other car's engine and burned there." he self consciously tapped his forehead. "Doctors think my hair turned white from the trauma. Anyway, after awhile I continued to collage where I met Tyki Mikk."
The small group frowned at the mention of the ass's name.
"We er…got together and I finished collage with a journalism degree. I moved in with him and started up a job with the local paper. Then shit hit the fan." he shrugged. "I moved in with Lavi and started in with the music business."
"Hn," Kanda said leaning back on the couch.
"You've had a lot more go on in your life than the rest of us," Lenalee said nodding.
"It's Yuu's turn!" Lavi exclaimed.
"Don't call me by that name!" he shouted. "I didn't go to collage, couldn't afford it. So I did odd jobs to stay feed and clothe myself until something came up," he shrugged. "The end."
"Guys!" Clair suddenly blew in. "I need you now! The record company guy called and wanted to do a few test runs with Neah's lullaby. We need to go!" she gestured wildly out the door.
"This is sudden." Allen said walking out the door after finding and grabbing the score for Neah's lullaby.
"I know," Clair said panting. "Pile in."
They all crammed themselves into Clair's car and she drove off in a speeding frenzy, slightly better than Lavi.
"I think I get what you guys meant earlier." Lavi said getting out and using the car door for balance. "That was terrifying!"
The rest grimaced, "We know." they said in unison.
"Come on!" Clair said dashing out and practically throwing Allen and Kanda out of the car.
They went inside and were greeted by a weird guy with earrings. "Hello," he said putting his fingertips together. "I'm the sound director for Black Order Records. I was told that there might be a couple…issues with Neah's Lullaby."
"Like what?" Allen asked curiously.
"Oh just stuff like how we might need more of a harmony sound coming from the violin rather then matching it up perrrrfectly." he purred.
"You high?" Lavi asked raising an eyebrow and earning a smack in the arm from Clair and Lenalee from both sides.
"No." he frowned then continued ignoring Lavi's protests of pain. "I would like to try a harmony I wrote for the original. Come with me." he gestured to the sound room. "Oh, by the way, my name is Shaun Phelps and I will be working with you until you set off big."
"Nice to meet you Shaun." Allen said politely. "My name is-"
"Allen Walker," he nodded, "Yes, you do seem to have the most interesting past. Compared to Mr. Kanda here that is." he looked over his half-moon glasses looking at him. "I was directed to do a back round check on the two of you. Including Ms. Clair."
Clair squeaked and Allen furrowed his eyebrows. "You checked up on us?"
"Just to make sure you weren't wanted or anything," he smiled warmly.
Kanda's eye twitched, 'Creepy bastard,' he thought venomously. 'If I had the right mind I'd beat him to pulp here and now.'
He and Allen walked into the sound room and Allen sat at the piano while Kanda got out his violin.
"Okay here it is," Shaun said putting a sheet of paper on Kanda's stand. "It's minor so it kind of gives an offset to the original."
"Tch, whatever." Kanda muttered tucking the violin under his jaw after putting on the headphones. "Just get behind the control panels."
"Will do," he said exiting and shutting the door behind him. "Now," he said through the microphone making Kanda wince. "Just start whenever you're ready."
Kanda looked to Allen who put his hands to the keys and silently counted off. 'One, two, three, four. One two, three-' Kanda counted the missing four in his head and drew his bow across the silver strings. The note was surprisingly low and it reverberated in the room.
"Raise the volume a little, Kanda," Shaun said through the microphone. Kanda gritted his teeth and moved the bow slightly faster. "Ah, perfect," he said.
'I really, really, REALLY don't like this guy.' Kanda said.
"Hey you two, I'm going to drop Lenalee and Lavi off. They're getting tiered and grouchy." Clair said.
"Don't talk about us like that!" Lenalee griped.
"I'll be back in awhile."
Allen nodded his head slightly indicating he got the message and Clair left, towing Lenalee and Lavi behind her.
A few minutes later Shaun came on again, "Okay, fella's take five." he said standing from the swivel chair.
"Thank god, I have to pee," Kanda grumbled putting his violin down and walking out.
"Good job, Allen." Shaun said sitting next to him on the piano bench and nearly shoving him off.
"Ah! Er, thanks Shaun." he said nervously tucking a strand of hair behind his ear.
"That's an interesting color," Shaun said taking the strand and rubbing it between his fingers. "Did you bleach it?"
"No," Allen said squirming uncomfortably. "That's it's natural color."
"Very interesting," he breathed in Allen's ear.
He flinched back, "Thank you I guess."
Kanda then walked in sighing heavily, "I want to go home." he stated.
"You can as soon as your ride gets here." Shaun smiled warmly.
~After awhile~
"How'd you do?" Tyki breathed through the phone.
"I'd say pretty well." Shaun said taking off his fake glasses. "I even got 'im to flinch." he chuckled.
"Nice. I can't wait until he comes crawling back to me." Tyki laughed into the receiver. "Make sure to make him as uncomfortable as possible, and don't let your disguise slip, Road."
"I'm the master of disguises, Tyki-pon," she laughed pulling off a brunette wig to reveal her black as night spiked hair. "Having it slip is highly unlikely."