Disclaimer: D.Gray-Man belongs to Hoshino Katsura.

Chapter 3: Magnanimous Faith

Kanda was stuck there for a long time. When in reality, no more than ten seconds have passed before Allen pulled away. "I'm sorry, Tyki, but sometimes even the bottom has to initiate some action than sit and wait," and Allen answered Tyki normally as if he did not just KISS him. "MOYASHI!!! What the hell was the meaning of that?!" Kanda bellowed, too pissed and all too angry and embarrassed and a container of jumbled emotions. Allen smiled again, that infuriatingly beautiful and innocent smile which Kanda was sure that he used to hide all the evil deeds he had done and that Allen Walker, as pretty and cute, shit he did not think that, and rather sane which he looks to be, definitely belonged in the loony house.

"It's just a kiss, Yu," Allen retorted calmly, then paused with a look of confusion. "Unless...That was your first kiss?"

And Kanda blushed...Yeah, right, in your dreams, uke-Kanda lovers. Kanda growled even louder, prepared to make Allen into mincemeat as the boy beamed at Tyki and declared, "I got Yu's first kiss!! That's even better than seeing him strip naked!" Lenalee blushed, for she couldn't stop the image of a sexy Kanda stripping before her. Road frowned, and answered, "Not in front of my darling doll, Allen! He's going to steal her heart!"

"I would not! Komui would kill me!" Kanda snapped back, "And you, moyashi! Play time is over! Get back to your room and eat whatever medicine it is that you need to!"

At the mention of medicine, Allen's face fell. "But I don't want to eat medicine. I'm not sick."

"You most definitely are! Don't make me force-feed you," Kanda threatened. To his surprise, Allen ran to hide behind Tyki, shaking and close to tears. "I don't want to! You can't make me! Tyki, tell him to stop!" Road jumped up immediately and threw her arms wide in front of Allen protectively. "You bastard! Get the fuck away from Allen before I attack you!" To be completely honest, Kanda was taken aback by the sudden turn of events just by his one sentence. Lenalee tried to persuade Road, "But Road...You know you, Tyki and Allen have to take medicine everyday as usual. Just because Allen has a new friend today, doesn't mean he can wriggle out of taking medicine."

Kanda was about to protest about him being Allen's caretaker and not a friend, but Lavi slapped a hand over his best friend's mouth, warning him to be quiet without saying a word. "But Lenalee He's special! He's not Allen's friend! He's...!!" Road was unable to speak further as Allen closed a hand over her mouth, deathly glum as he stated monotonously, "I'll eat them. We can't tell anyone, Road. Never forget that." Road pouted, but she did not object. "Fine then, bring it on! We'll eat those horrible tasting pills together and hopefully die of an overdose," Tyki exaggerated, causing Lavi to reprimand him, "Tyki, don't say terrible things like that!"

"What else can you expect of us?" Road hissed aggressively, like a provoked kitten. "Living in this caged hell, being called as freaks and telling us that they can 'cure' us...We're not monsters! We don't need to be locked in this white inferno! We don't need medicine! Well, I do really hope I DIE!" Everyone fell quiet from her outburst.

"Don't say that, Road. We still need you. Someone on this world remembers who you are, Road, and I know I will never forget you," Allen answered in his kind voice. Tyki ushered the two younger ones out of the door. "Come on, let's go collect our meds," as he left, he tossed Lavi a hopeless glance which left Lavi feeling cold.

"You guys don't have to follow us. You can't help us the way you are now."

Brief silence settled following the exit of the patients before Kanda's temper got the better of him again. "What was that?!" He demanded from his two friends. Lenalee was wringing her hands, looking down at the ground. "It's your fault, Yu. You upset Allen," Lavi replied calmly. He knew he had hit Tyki's sensitive spot somewhere, despite having not said anything during the small dispute. "So it's my fault?!" Kanda shot back. Lenalee sighed. "Stop it, you two. We also have to take responsibility for not telling Kanda yet the full situation."

Kanda seated himself on the bed, and stared expectantly at them both. "Talk."

"Remember what I said about this patient who brought a new disorder with him?" Lenalee recapped. Kanda's eyes widened marginally. "You mean, that moyashi is the one?" Lavi nodded, and continued, "Three weeks into admittance to the facility, Allen's basic dosage was upped four times the normal amount. He had to take five tests a day and blood checks every fortnight. At first, he did everything he could get away from this place, but he was always brought back here and in the end, for security measures, they tied him down to a corner of his room,"

"His hands were free, but his legs were chained down. He didn't struggle much, but when he did, they injected him with heavy sedatives. I heard the first year he was here, he was as dead as a corpse. Allen learned to 'play nice', as the scientists up there say and became an obedient little boy. That's why, Yu, you NEVER ever threaten Allen. You gotta persuade him. Allen's the centre of the world here. The last guy to look after Allen, a regular worker named Piero picked on Allen's fear of being forced into doing something. The next day, a bunch of other patients beat him up badly. Last I heard, he's still recovering in the hospital."

Kanda was stumped by the long narration. No, it was not the length which bothered him. Obviously, it was the content of the conversation!

"That's why I offered to be Allen's overseer. His kindness isn't a cover like the researchers here think he uses to manipulate other patients. He truly is a gentlemanly and nice boy. But he refused me and suggested Road to me instead. He told me...That he was waiting for his own overseer to come," Lenalee said sadly. Sometimes, it was not fair that someone as nice as Allen was getting the short end of the stick. "And from how he took to you, Yu...I think you may be the one he's been waiting for," Lavi claimed. "What makes you think that?" Kanda quipped, a little apprehensive.

"Remember the disorder's effects? Past recollections of people they have only seen at first glance, and sometimes even people they've never seen. It's called the Walker Syndrome," Lenalee briefed. Lavi smiled mysteriously up at Kanda.

"And perhaps, Yu, that he has known you in his memories."