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Allen thought Lavi was doing an amazing job with the resent novel the redhead had written. The second book – he was reading at the moment – had him sucked in the second Allen had open it. Lavi first told him about wanting to write a book based on Allen's life while traveling with Cross when the saw each other again a few months later. The young teen thought it was silly and simply told Lavi not to waste his time, but the green eyed male of course couldn't leave the thought alone.

The first book Lavi wrote came out on the first year they reunited. Allen couldn't believe it and Fō thought it crazy. The redhead had used a lot of the young teen's adventure with his guardian. The book however was fantasy and the supernatural genre. The man protagonist was a boy – very similar to Allen in character – that had powers and fought against demonic beings and such along with his friends.

Once Allen read the first book he was really surprised at how good it was. Later on he heard from Bookman that Lavi was going to publish a second book. It was the continuation of the first novel. Allen knew it was nothing for Lavi to write a book and publish it. The redhead love literature, had time to spare, and Bookman owned one of the best publishing companies after all.

While the elder Bookman's main publishing building was in London, he as well has one in Japan. The primary reason for why Lavi came to live in Tokyo was because the company in the city wasn't doing so well.

Bookman took charge of the building after leaving it for a few years to someone who didn't know how to run it. The one in London stayed under the care of someone Bookman knew wouldn't disappoint him. The man would only go to England for a short time only to see how everything was going.

Lavi would later inherit both of the publishing companies, and the redhead already began to work around the many ropes he would manage in the future.

Allen would laugh when ever his friend whined at how hard and boring things got. Although Lavi still very much enjoy reading the many books being published and the male even got to publish two successful books so far.

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He was in the middle of chapter three, and so far the story was exciting and Allen couldn't put the book down. The moment he arrived at Lavi's house he began to read the story. It's been at lest two hours since he arrived, and Allen was glad he wasn't at work today and that he had sometime to rest.

Allen notice that the Cafe had become very busy lately and because of that he hadn't his regular days off. It would normally be two days off somewhere during the week and the other during the weekend. So far today was his first day off.

Though, at the moment he had completely forgot about work and focus solely on the book. While Allen sat on the carpet and use the coffee table between the couches to read, Lavi sat lazily on a couch surfing the many channels on the television.

"Hey Al, look that survival show is on." Allen nod at the words but wasn't really paying attention to what his friend said. After a while Lavi continue to surf the channels again and stopped at the news reporting the weather.

"So far the week looks good." The redhead mumble to himself.

"And in other news. Summer may be a couple of months away but that doesn't mean the Summer Fashion Show will wait. Many designer are getting ready for the most waited season for fashion. This year the The Summer Fashion Show will take place in Tokyo and everyone is very enthusiastic about it! But the most talked about topic in The Summer Fashion Show is probably not the designer or the clothes but who will be wearing it on that night. This years will finally re-welcome one of the most famous and wanted model. The one and only Kanda Yuu!"

At the loud announcement of the ravenette's name, Allen completely stop reading and stared blankly at his book. The teen didn't know how he manage to hear beyond the sound of his own voice in his head.

"Yes everyone, Kanda-sama will be present as he'll be modeling the new Summer Collection of MAI! It's been over a year since he was last been seen on the runway and everyone can't wait to see him again. We tried to get an interview with Kanda-sama, but he was too busy with his schedule at the moment."

Lavi turn to his friend and saw the younger teen looking at the book, but Lavi knew Allen wasn't reading anymore. The way the teen became stiff was a good sign

"We can't wait to report this years Summer Fashion Show and see the return of one of the most popular models Kanda Yuu..."

Slowly the rest of what the television said fade into nothing but background noise. It was dead quiet, and Lavi was thinking about a few things as the silence continue between the two friends.

"Um... Allen can I ask you something?" Lavi said and sat waiting until the younger teen signalize that he was listening. "Do you think Kanda is the same as Mikk?"

As Allen came back from his long absent state he stare at the letters and at the words in the book. The word 'remembering' glare back at Allen. He let his mind wonder back to the time he met Tyki Mikk and compared him to Kanda Yuu.

Allen can still remember the day he first saw Mikk. The famous actor had easily and quickly told the teen who he was and what he did. Then there was Kanda. The ravenette model didn't say anything about his professional life just his name. With Mikk there were those unwanted presents and daily visits that only got creeper by the days. Kanda didn't bring him anything – not like he wanted something – on the second time he saw him almost a week later. There was the stalking from the actor that ended in a kidnap slash love confession. The event made the teen think Mikk a crazy psycho. Yet, the situation didn't repeat with Kanda who he hasn't seen in the past four days.

So when Allen really thought about it was Kanda Yuu and Tyki Mikk the same?

"I don't know?" He found himself saying.

Lavi stare down at the carpet thinking to himself before he spoke. "Well, there is one way you can figure it out if you're not sure."

Allen finally lift his gaze from his book and look honestly confused. He was waiting for Lavi to elaborate before the teen could talk and after a minute he got a reply

"Get to know him."

It was silence again inside Lavi's living room as Allen digest what his friend had just said.

"What?"

Sighing softly, Lavi gaze at his friend and decided to slowly tell the confuse boy what he was talking about. "Look Allen, I have known you for all my life and for you to just judge someone without knowing them isn't you." Allen had to agree with his friend and motion for Lavi to continue. "I was just thinking that if you can't tell if Kanda is the same as Mikk, you should give Kanda the benefit of the doubt. Get to know him. You know the real Kanda Yuu not the famous model."

At Lavi's last words Allen frown slightly at the redhead. "But, what if he ends up the same or worst than Mikk. Then what Lavi? Do I runaway again when it gets ugly?"

Lavi shook his head, stood up and took a seat next to Allen on the carpet. "Look, I'm just saying that you have the opportunity of find out for yourself if Kanda is just like Mikk. Or you can simply keep thinking that he is and leave it at that."

The redhead pause for a moment.

"But if Kanda isn't like that way you could be losing a good friendship. Remember, if you decide to get to know Kanda and things don't turn out well then you can just leave it to me alright buddy?" Lavi place a reassuring hand on Allen's shoulder to get his point across.

Allen look at Lavi deeply in the eye and saw that whatever he decided to do his friend will be there to help him.

"Alright, I'll think about it."

Lavi smile his charming smile while fulling wrapping an arm around Allen's shoulder. "Good, and anyway if things don't go well Fō is here for you too don't forget that." At last Allen laugh and wonder at the same time about what Lavi just mention.


As the head of The Black Order Modeling Agency, Komui Lee always tried to find something to do before he fell asleep in his office. It was habit of the man ever since he can remember. He wasn't lazy, but his job was tiring and at the moment he was checking on all the models and other employees under his agency. So far everyone was busy whether in Japan or overseas. Scanning through the many schedules, Komui got to one of the most busy and full one. The schedule happen to belong to Kanda Yuu.

Hm. Kanda hasn't had a vacation yet.

He just realize that the busy model was overdo a vacation. He look over Kanda's full agenda once more and wasn't surprise to see how busy the long hair model would be for the next few months. Komui could give Kanda a break, but that meant rescheduling some of his work. Afterwards the result of that would be Kanda being more busy than he already was. Not good.

As the man sat pondering about what to do with the model, his office doors open with a loud bang and in walked his current dilemma.

"Oh come in Kanda, what can I do for you?" Komui didn't had to look up to know who had enter and simply kept looking at the screen before him. The situation was typical between them, and nothing would change it. Not matter that Komui is actually the model's boss.

"I want a vacation."

At the surprising stern voice and odd request, Komui glance away from his computer and wonder if Kanda could read minds. "A vacation? But Kanda you have-"

"I don't care, reschedule or cancel them. I want a break." Kanda wasn't taking 'no' for an answer. He would get what he had come to see his boss for.

After brief exchange of differences between the two, Komui gave up. There was simply no way to fight the model on the matter. "I can just give you a week. When work slows down you can have as much time as you want."

"Fine." It was better than nothing and Kanda turn ready to leave the ridicules large office. His boss stop him thought with what he said next.

"Say Kanda, you asking for a sudden vacation has nothing to do with you seeing someone or is it?"

Komui saw how the ravenette squared his shoulders for a moment and wonder if the model would reply. If what his sister had said the other day about Kanda was true, Komui wanted to hear the side of it from the model.

"It may be." That was all he would say to his superior.

"Oh Kanda wait! I wanted to tell you something else. It's very important." The younger man turn around to his boss sitting on the other side of the desk.

"I met someone a few days ago who I think could be very-"

"I don't care who you met." Kanda glare before he stalked out of the room.

"But Kanda! He was so unique and his-"

"I don't care." This time the ravenette didn't bother to glance back and just went straight for the exit.

"-eyes oh they are lovely you should see them, but wait his hair-"

"Don't care." Kanda was a few feet away from getting the hell out of Komui's office. After a couple of long strides he made it out. With the same loud bang he entered with, Kanda was gone not hear Komui's last words.

"-was white like the color of snow."

Releasing a loud sigh, Komui went back to do what he was doing before he got distracted. "I wonder what you would say if you met him." He told himself as he made himself busy.

Like Kanda had the time to listen to Komui and about the idiot who he met. At the moment he was heading somewhere more important and could not waste time. He was still glad though that at lease he had sometime for his personal matters. To hell with Komui and whoever he encountered.

Kanda quicken his pace after seeing Lenalee turning a corner. The last thing he need was for the cheerful model to stop him. A few days ago he spoke to her and he had said something to the female that might not have been completely true. At the moment he wasn't up for questioning on anything.

Nevertheless, Kanda would make that lie – that was rather spreading quickly – come true if he kept heading the right way. Finally he made it to his car and drove to his destination.


After a long day Allen was very glad to be home and simply relax. He had spent most of his day at Lavi's house where he read his book and played the piano. His friend had store away the instrument for him in the large unoccupied room in his house after Allen had didn't knew where to keep it.

The young teen would have like his piano to be in his apartment, but it was too large and it couldn't fit through the door or window. However it didn't bother him, Allen could go anytime he wanted to Lavi's house and play the instrument. The piano was a gift Lavi and Bookman gave him on his sixteen birthday. Allen was so excited that he almost cried. It was a special gift for the young teen because it was something that his father had taught him how to play when he was little.

As he ponder in his thoughts, the doorbell made Allen sit up from the couch and head for the door. He open the wooden frame only to find the most unexpected person.

"Kanda?"

Standing at his front door was none other than someone Allen had thought about earlier.

"Moyashi."

The nickname still irk him and Allen felt his brow twitch. "It's Allen and can I help you with something Bakanda?" He was satisfy when he saw the taller male narrow his eyes.

"Can we talk?"

At the question Allen lost all amusement and thought about it for a moment.

… get to know him.

Give him the benefit of the doubt...

… the real Kanda Yuu not the famous model.

Lavi's words echo inside Allen's head and he made a choice. "Come in." He softly close the door after Kanda entered.

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After making some tea for his guest and for himself, Allen took a seat on the opposite couch from Kanda. An awkward silence took over the apartment and Allen couldn't think on what to say. He only stare at steam the hot tea made.

Minutes later Allen decided to just start talking. "So, what did you want to talk about?"

Kanda couldn't take his eyes off the boy in front of him. Just looking at the small figure sitting a few feet away Kanda tried not to jump the Moyashi and ravish him. By the way the teen sat, Kanda could tell that Moyashi was stiff and uncomfortable.

The moment he had enter the apartment, Kanda knew things weren't going to be very relaxing or easy. There was a small tension for most of the time. When the Moyashi spoke Kanda was gad he did. He didn't knew how long he could stand the silence before he did something rash.

"You're acting weird Moyashi. Is it because I didn't tell you who I really was?" Kanda decided to get to the point seeing that waiting around would waste time. He had other things he'd like to talk about that were more appealing to him.

Moyashi look up from staring down at his tea and nod once. "It's Allen and it sort of does."

"Why is that?"

Kanda saw how those silver hues got a distance look as the younger teen seem to be thinking about something before talking. "It's something I don't like to talk about." It was all the Moyashi said.

Yet, Kanda wasn't going to just leave it at that. "Tell me the reason."

Dark cobalt eyes met silver-gray and Kanda gave him the stubborn look that said he wouldn't stop asking until the boy said more. He saw the younger male exhale and how his shoulders drop. The Moyashi shift on the couch before he began to talk.

Allen thought it would be better to tell Kanda the reason why he was acting different with the ravenette. Well, if he was going to get to know Kanda, he might as well tell the model a bit about himself.

"Two years ago I met someone like you." Kanda raised a lean eyebrow not understanding what the boy said.

Allen could tell that Kanda would need more explanation on what he was saying. "What I mean is, that I met someone who was famous and had a lot of money. Things didn't go so well though."

Kanda didn't expect that from the boy and found himself wanting to hear more about the story. He has to know what had really happened with Moyashi and the person for things to end bad.

"What happened?"

Allen took a deep breath and just told Kanda some of what he had told Fō a few days ago. He was to busy looking down at the rug under his feet while talking, Allen didn't get to see how Kanda's frown deepen. The topic about his past with the amber eye male was still a sore spot on his psyche.

"And that was what happened." Allen look up after a few minutes and waited for Kanda to say anything, but the model was silent.

"Kanda?"

To say Kanda was angry was an understatement. He was furious. Who in the hell lay their hands on his Moyashi. The words 'stalk' and 'kidnap' didn't sat well with Kanda at all. Specially the kidnap part and the ravenette wanted nothing more than to find that man and kill him. The thought of blood had to wait, the model first needed a name.

"Who was it?" Kanda look dead on at the boy. Refusing to let the Moyashi stay quiet until those lips – Kanda wanted nothing more than to taste – answer his question.

Was telling the older teen about who it was a good idea? Allen slightly wonder what would happen it he did.

"Who was it Moyashi?"

Apparently Allen had no choice but to say the name of the man. A man he loath the most and never again wish to see. He rub his knees a moment while looking into Kanda's eyes before he finally spoke. "I don't know if you have heard of him, but his name is Tyki Mikk."

What the fuck?!

Kanda stare wide eyed for a few seconds before frowning once again. The arrogant bastard was the person the white haired teen met? He hope to any entity listening to him that Tyki Mikk would die in a hole for what he did to his Moyashi. Kanda never did like the actor since the day he had seen the man. Now Kanda perfectly understood why the Moyashi was acting differently towards him. Nonetheless, the ravenette had one more thing to say. "Do you think of me the same as him?"

Here Allen was again with that question. He didn't really know what to say. The younger male thought back at the conversation he had with Lavi earlier for a moment.

"I don't know, but if I could get to know you, I might tell you later on."

What? Did Moyashi just ask Kanda to spend time with him? Things just began to look better for Kanda.

He was to busy thinking about the things the two could do together now that Moyashi had offer to spend time with him, Kanda didn't see the boy raise and stand in front of him on the other side of the coffee table.

"-iends"

The ravenette miss almost all of what the boy said and only got his hearing back after snapping out of his trance. Kanda look up at the hand in front of him then at the face that waited for him to say something. "What?"

"I said if you want to be friends."

Kanda had never had someone ask him for friendship before and to be honest with himself he like it. If that was what he had to do first to be with the boy then so be it. He stood up, took the smaller hand - that fitted perfectly into Kanda's hand - and grip it before he have a nod. Kanda got rewarded with the smile that he first saw when he met the boy.

Allen was glad Kanda had accepted to be friends with him, and hope things would go well. He just wanted to keep living his easygoing life. Maybe befriending Kanda was a good idea.

Hope this works, Lavi.


A/N: So this his chapter seven. Man! I am lagging it with this story. Sorry! I wanted to upload earlier but didn't had the time.

I'm going overseas and had to pack a lot of things. I will be gone for a month or so. Because of that trip I don't know when exactly the next chapter will be out.

The story may be on hold I really have to look into that. Hopefully I can update.

Well for the mean time thanks to everyone that like his story so far.

I'm really happy you guys like it. Thanks for reading and reviewing.

See ya!