Chapter 16
Allen never heard his door open, but the nest second he was being dog piled by his sons. He yawned and tried to ignore them.
"Dad! Dad! Daddy! Dad! Wake up! Auntie Lenalee is making breakfast! Dad! Daddy! Dady!"
Allen unwillingly looked at one of his children. "Wha…?"
"Time to get up Dad."
Allen shook his head and rolled over. "Five more minutes."
"No Dad." The three giggled and tried to wake their father up.
Allen eventually sat up and they cheered.
Alice jumped off the bed and followed Rin, wanting to play.
Allen yawned and smiled at his remaining son. "Morning Aaron."
Aaron nodded. "Morning."
Allen ruffled Aaron's red hair. "Something up?"
Aaron shrugged.
Allen sighed, Aaron was so much like Kanda. "What's wrong buddy?" Allen asked, picking up Aaron who looked so uninterested.
"Why are they here?"
"Who?"
"Them."
"I don't know what you are talking about."
"Yes you do." Aaron crossed his arms, grumpily and looked at him with silver eyes.
"Nuh- uh."
"Yea-huh!"
"Nuh-uh." Allen took Aaron down and tickled the stubborn boy, making him giggle.
"Daddy, stop it." Aaron said between giggles.
"Stop what?" Allen asked, tickling his son. "Alright, I'll stop when I hear an 'I love you so much Daddy'."
"Stop." Aaron giggled. "Daddy, I love you!"
Allen released his son, who jumped up and tackled Allen to the bed. "No, I thought I had you."
"Think again." Aaron laughed.
Allen heard the fire alarm go off and sighed, he needed to get Lenalee out of his kitchen and fast. He picked Aaron up, upside down and carried him as Aaron fought against Allen's hold. Allen stepped out to see what Lenalee was doing, he set a struggling Aaron down and rushed over to try to save breakfast.
"Morning Allen." Lenalee smiled.
"Morning." Allen replied.
Kanda walked in grumpily. "What the hell are you burning Moyashi?"
"Language Kanda!" Lenalee scolded. "Don't say that in front of your children."
A loud clang sounded and the two turned to Allen who was picking up some pans he dropped. "Allen what's wrong?" Lenalee asked.
All these years and to him, they never were once anyone else's kids but his own, but now… "Sorry. It just slipped." He smiled.
She shrugged. "Okay."
Allen sank back into his own world and served breakfast. He called for everyone to come and sit down. They sat and ate, as they ate, Allen watched Lavi examine his…. Ummm, their children. He looked at Alice's green eyes, Aaron's red hair, and Rin's happy attitude, trying to find a way to deny the information I said last night. On the other hand, Kanda didn't car, but he did look at the three.
After breakfast, the three played with Lenalee as Allen picked up.
Lavi cleared his throat. "Allen…"
"Yes?"
"I need to speak with you."
"About what?" Allen asked.
"Are you mad?"
"Ummm… excuse me?"
"Are you mad at me?' Lavi asked.
"What! No!" Why would you say that?"
"Because I would be mad." Lavi said, softly. "Allen, I'm sorry. I can't and won't deny that they are mine. Allen, I am truly sorry if I ever hurt you."
"Thank you, I accept your apology."
"You do?"
"Yes." Allen shrugged, it was a simple mistake, every human makes them.
"Allen, thank you. I wish I could do more for you. I feel like I've failed as a father, heck I didn't know they existed til yesterday."
Allen laughed. "I'm sorry, I should have told you the truth. But I was embarrassed, I was so young when this all happened." Allen said, as if all this happened a long time ago.
"I understand, Allen…"
"What?"
"Please, let me be around them. I want to get to know them."
Allen nodded. "I would like that." He admitted, he was already imagining a vacation, he needed one.
"What do I need to know?" Lavi asked, now dedicated to fill his role as a father.
"Well… Ummm… Alice is the little girl, she is very timid of things so be gentle when you are around her. Aaron is the red-head, he is the most responsible of the three, He doesn't like to be messed with, he's like a mini Kanda. The last one is Rin, who reminds me the most of you. You will like him."
"Do you think they know?"
Allen looked at Lavi, "Not yet, but it won't be long if you two hang around them a lot. They are smart kids."
Lavi smiled.
Rin ran in and hugged Allen's leg.
"What are you up to?" Allen asked, looking down.
Rin smiled. "Can we play?"
Allen picked up Rin. "What do you want to play?"
"Tag!"
"Rin, you know that you're not supposed to run in the house."
Rin pouted. "Please?"
"How about Lavi takes you and your siblings to the park and you can go play?" Allen asked.
Rin looked at Lavi, unsure. "How come you can't take us?" He pouted.
"I go to stay here." Allen answered. "We are moving soon, so I need to stay and pack."
"Can I help?"
"No, go play. Packing is very boring." Allen said.
"Okay."
Allen set Rin down and he ran over and glomped Lavi's leg.
Lavi picked up Rin.
"Enjoy your first bonding experience." Allen smiled and exited the room.
Lavi looked down at Rin; he couldn't shake the feeling that he was just tricked into something.
