CinderAllen and his Fairy Godperv
By: Naoi
Poker Pair Week Submission (Tyki x Allen)
Summary: Allen Walker is abused by his stepfather and older siblings, made to work as a servant in his own home. Then, one day he winds up at the Prince's ball thanks to his best friend and his fairy godperv. What happens when our poor white-haired hero's life is turned upside down?
Warnings: AU, slash, crossdressing, mean!Timcampy, language
Disclaimer: I don't own D Gray-Man.
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Chapter Three: Towels
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Lavi watched as Yu greeted yet another of the 'eligible young men and women' who were here tonight to see him. He held back a chuckle as he saw Yu practically growl at one girl to get her to leave him alone.
As if sensing his best friend making fun of him, the prince turned and glared at Lavi. The red head merely waved happily to his friend and leaned more comfortably against his column in order to scan the crowd again, trying to spot the white hair of his date.
A butterfly had delivered a letter to him this morning saying that Allen would be coming to the ball and that the red head should simply wait inside, his CinderAllen would be delivered. Lavi had laughed at that. Very few people knew about the nickname that Lavi had given his friend, or the story behind it.
Lavi looked up and saw King Tiedoll leaning over the railing of the royal balcony to see if Yu would show any interest in the latest girl to be announced.
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"The boy's not cooperating!" Tiedoll cried as he leaned forward to see the latest girl, a vision in green and yellow, walk forward.
His son only bowed, growling lightly under his breath. Tiedoll sighed as the girl hurried away. He leaned back and slammed his fist on the edge of his chair.
"I don't understand it!" He cried. "There must be at least one who would make a suitable mother!"
Marie hurriedly shushed the king and pointed across the way to the other balconies where various noble families were sitting.
Tiedoll sighed and let his head rest in his hand, "A suitable wife," he amended quietly.
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Allen walked slowly up the steps to the palace, his heavy gown trailing slightly behind him.
After Tyki had bid him farewell Allen had taken the rife to look over his attire. He had then spent a good ten minutes ranting on the fact he was a boy and did not need to wear a dress. The next five were taken up cursing Lavi, Komui, and his fairy godperv. Allen made sure not to actually mention any names on the last one in case the man showed up again and made him wear something even worse.
The gown wasn't bad, considering what it could have been. The shirt was a full ballroom skirt, silvery blue in color with the overskirt made of some sort of glittery fabric, causing it to shimmer when they passed under the streetlights. The sleeves were fitted close to his arms-with just enough give not to show his muscles from cleaning, long, and had a small loop that slipped around his middle finger and held them in place down his arm. A white button covered the top of the loop and was also covered in the shimmery fabric. White gloves thankfully covered his hands from view. The top was cleverly designed to have ruffles placed just the right way to make him look like a small chested girl. A lace collar circled his neck and tied with a bow at the back. Red accents were strewn around the gown with some of the piping and stitches, but the overall colour scheme seemed to be silver and pale blue.
He didn't have a mirror to see his hair, but when he used his hands, he found that it had been pulled back into some kind of bun or something similar and lace had been draped to flair out to the side of the bun and a small part of it fell in a half-veil over his scarred eye. His bangs had also been pulled and styled to cover up his eye as well.
The worst part of it though was the shoes. He hadn't noticed them earlier since Tyki had helped him into the carriage, but when he looked, he noticed that he had been given glass slippers. Fucking glass high heel slippers with sparkles on top. Lavi would kill him if he saw him like this. Actually, now that Allen thought about it, Cross would kill him, Lavi would just laugh and then grope him.
Still mumbling curses under his breath, Allen made it to the top of the steps. Two rows of guards stood at attention to either side of the red-carpeted hallway. Sparing them a few glances, Allen wandered slowly further into the castle. He vaguely knew the layout from Lavi's rambling stories, but he wasn't truly confident enough to stroll casually through the place as it he owned it. Plus, the glass slippers-surprisingly comfortable as they were on his feet-were weird enough to walk in that he only trusted himself with small steps.
Using his gloved hands to lift the front of the dress, he cautiously started up the stairs that should lead to the main ballroom.
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Kanda was about read to kill someone as two simpering idiots came up to stand in front of him. One of the idiots had sewn his mouth shut for some stupid reason. It certainly didn't make the whore look any prettier if that was what the man thought. Gripping his sword and feeling a tic begin in his forehead, he looked up to glare at his father.
He paused though as his eyes focused behind the two. Wandering into the entrance of the ballroom was a short girl in a silver dress.
His eyes narrowed and the fools in front of him smiled seductively as they thought his attention was on them. Growling a quick "move," he shoved past them and over to the girl in silver. His eyes flashed as he noticed she didn't even look over at him. A small smile made its way onto his face as he loosened Mugen from his sheath.
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Lavi looked on curiously as Yu glared at the two men in front of him. 'No, not them…'
Lavi straightened and followed Yu's gaze over to a lost-looking girl who had come in late. 'Shit. Yu hates it when people show up late.' Dusting off his jacket, Lavi roughly pushed past several of the ball's guest and planned an intercept course to reach the girl before Yu did.
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Allen was spun roughly around as his arm was grabbed by someone. "Wha-"
"What the fuck do you think you're doing coming in late?" Came a gravelly question whispered almost furiously from the dark haired man in front of him.
Allen gulped and placed a calming mask on his face. He smiled politely and looked the man in the eyes. "Pardon me; I didn't realize the time when my…godfather…decided to send me out."
Kanda noticed the pause when the girl was saying godfather and frowned.
Allen quickly smiled brighter. "If you'll excuse me please…" He tugged lightly on his arm, but instead of letting go, the man tightened his grip. Allen was quickly getting annoyed and was contemplating simply punching the man when a familiar red head popped up beside the dark haired man.
"Hey Yu, I'm sure the girl didn't mean any harm…" Lavi's voice trailed off as he noticed who was being held captive by his friend.
Allen smiled nervously when he saw the grin on Lavi's face expand.
"I see you met my date then?"
Kanda looked over at the red head. "Really?" Yu gave Allen a once-over. "With such a small chest? That's unlike you, rabbit."
Lavi slung an arm around Allen's waist and smiled cheerfully at Yu. "Yes, but Elena here is special." The hand grew tighter and slipped down to rest on the back of Allen's overskirt. Lavi turned his eye to look at Allen. "You know, I was worried you wouldn't show up at first, and then you come in with a new dress! I almost didn't recognize you."
Allen assumed the blink at the end of the statement was a wink and swatted Lavi's hand away from his butt. "Oh, but I wasn't really planning on it. I was simply assaulted, manhandled into a new dress since my old one got torn to shreds, and shoved into a carriage. I had no idea I really would be coming here." Allen's eye was twitching when he finished and Lavi edged away slightly.
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Kanda looked on in slight curiosity. Something about 'Elena' was off to him. "Rabbit, your date insulted me." The red head looked about to protest whatever was about to happen as he saw Kanda finger Mugen thoughtfully. "Because of her, this fucking ball has to be extended. She's dancing with me to make up for it." The 'or else I'll slowly skin you alive with Mugen' was implied but not spoken.
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Lavi gaped. 'Did Yu just ask if he could dance with Allen?' He completely ignored the threat simmering in Yu's dark eyes. The red head looked over to see Allen about to decline and quickly shoved the boy forward.
"Normally, I wouldn't do this, but I trust Elena not to cheat on me." Lavi winked at Allen as the white haired boy looked back at him with murder in his eyes. "Only one dance though. She is my date." Lavi gave one more wink to the new couple and walked away to see if his column was still unoccupied. There was no way he was missing this if Yu actually wanted to dance with someone.
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Allen bowed hesitantly to the man Lavi had just handed him off to. The other man didn't even bother with more than a short nod of his head before sweeping Allen out onto the dance floor.
Stumbling slightly on the edge of his gown, he quickly picked up the edge and tried to match the flow of the steps the other man was leading his through. He had only danced with Mana when he was young, and that had been many years ago.
Luckily, living with Cross had taught him to be light on his feet and be able to read where someone was going to move. He used these skills now to twirl effortlessly along with the man as the lights dimmed and the court orchestra started up a waltz.
'Fuck, don't trip, don't trip, don't trip,' Allen mumbled to himself as he unconsciously tightened his grip on the other man in an effort to swing around gracefully. He hair slid to the side slightly and his eye fell half-shut in prayer as he prayed for the dance to end quickly.
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Kanda watched as the girl quickly adapted to his step and easily followed along, even when he changed from the normal waltz to something more strict and complicated.
He frowned when he noticed her hand pulling at the back of his jacket. He also noticed her closing her eyes as they danced. Taking the opportunity, he raked his eyes across her figure and watched as she almost stumbled in parts of the dance, but never really fell.
As the completed another circuit of the improvised pattern, Kanda finally pieced together what he was seeing and feeling into one accusation.
Changing the flow of the dance, he looked up to an amused Lavi. He smirked at the man and confidently began to twirl his new dance partner to the outside balcony.
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Lavi gulped when he saw Yu smirk at him from across the dance floor. He has been watching gleefully as Yu had begun to check out Allen, but now he was worried that Yu had noticed something he shouldn't have.
'Craaaaaaaaap! I'm coming Allen!'
Once again leaving his column to chase after his white haired friend, Lavi only made it halfway across the ballroom before he spotted someone else heading in exactly the same direction he was.
The red head paled as he noticed General Cross heading towards the outside balcony with a curious look on his face. 'Can this get any worse?' If it wouldn't be inappropriate, Lavi would have been chewing on his handkerchief right now with tears streaming down his face.
Without warning, a large red curtain swept down and cut off Yu and Allen from sight. Lavi looked over and saw Marie standing by the curtain pull, smiling slightly.
Watching as Cross pulled out a gun and began quietly threatening the king's attendant, Lavi snuck over to the side door that led to the top of the trellis over the balcony.
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"You're a guy."
Allen started. The way it had been said, it wasn't a question. Looking up at the dark haired man who was still twirling him around the dance floor, he pasted a quizzical look on his face. "What makes you say that?"
The other man snorted. "It's obvious, beansprout."
Allen paused, forcing the other man to stop or be forced to drag him around. "What did you call me?"
The other man smirked down at him superiorly. "You heard me, beansprout. Or are you deaf as well as short?"
Allen frowned, temper rising. "Those two things have nothing to do with one another. And my name is Allen."
"Tch. Whatever beansprout."
Allen was about to respond when the castle's clock tower rang out. His head swung around, lace covered hair hitting the other man in the face. "No! I thought I had more time than this!"
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Kanda frowned. 'More time than this?'
"What the hell are you talking about beansprout?" he questioned, arms tightening around the boy's waist.
The boy's head swing back around and a large blue eye pleaded up at Kanda. "Please sir, I must be leaving now." The boy ripped himself from Kanda's hold almost easily and began running back out into the ballroom.
Kanda frowned and started after the boy. "Wait!" He ran back through the flapping curtains and caught sight of the boy fleeing down the grand staircase before he was mobbed by the other partygoers.
Growling, he freed Mugen and began through again, the crowd parting this time as they warily eyed the sword in his hand.
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Allen heard the man still attempting to follow him as he hurried out the door. 'Were did the time go?'
One of the stupid glass slippers fell of his foot, but he didn't dare turn back around for it as he heard more people rushing behind him, calling for him to stop.
His white and gold pumpkin carriage was sitting just at the bottom of the steps. A handsome golden-haired footman was holding the door open and waving Allen hurriedly forward.
He had just stepped into the carriage when the dark haired man he had been dancing with appeared at the top of the stairs with Lavi.
"Let's go!" Allen called to the driver, being thrown back into his seat when the carriage actually started moving.
He heard someone call hurriedly for the gates to be closed. The carriage made it through though, just before the doors closed on top of them.
Allen glanced back through the window in the rear of the carriage and saw the doors opening again to let a host of black riders out to follow them.
"Faster!" Allen called frantically as the carriage almost rolled over going around some of the corners of the narrow streets in town.
The clock tower rang out a final time and Allen felt the seat of the carriage begin to waver underneath him. 'Fuck!'
The wheels started to droop and Allen flung open the door and jumped out into the bushes on the side of the road just as the carriage finally shrunk completely and turned back into a pumpkin.
Timcampy, 65, Lenalee, Reever, Miranda, Krory all scrambled to get out of the way as the black riders came around the corner and smashed the remains of the pumpkin that had been their carriage.
"Oh…" Allen sighed as he looked at the small orange squishy pieces of pumpkin littering the ground. Dusting off the back of his pants, he sat on one of the ricks to rest a bit. "Well…it was nice while it lasted."
Timcampy walked over to him and nuzzled his leg. Allen looked down and petted the cat, watching in case it decided to go after Lenalee and the others.
"He was nice, if you ignored the attitude and name calling." Allen huffed. "I never even got to meet Prince Kanda."
"Allen-ie! Look!"
Allen looked where Lenalee was pointing and saw one of the forsaken glass slippers on his foot. "Well…looks like Tyki left me a reminder."
Looking out of the bushes, he checked to see if any of the black riders were around. Seeing that the coast was clear, he headed back onto the road and began walking the rest of the way home, his various animal friends trailing behind him.
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Allen sighed as he towel dried his hair. As soon as he had gotten home he had taken a bath to get the dirt from the road off of him.
Closing the window to keep from freezing after he went to sleep, Allen sat down on the edge of his bed and looked at Lenalee who was jumping happily from bedpost to bedpost.
"Lenalee…" The small mouse stopped and looked over to where her friend was sitting. Allen held out his right hand and Lenalee jumped onto his palm. The girl looked up at him consideringly. "How do you…"
Frustrated at himself for not being able to vocalize his question, he ran his other hand through his hair. "You know Komui loves you, right?" Allen huffed and the small mouse ran her paws over his thumb gently. "Well…how do you know that?"
Lenalee grinned at him and opened her mouth before Allen quickly amended his question. "I mean besides when he shouts it to the halls and everyone else in sight."
The girl's smile softened and she sat down, leaning against his curled fingers. "Well, he does that, Allen-ie, but he also tries to make sure I'm happy. He'll come up with these crazy ideas to 'help' me do something all the time. And he's always scaring off any of the boys to make sure they don't bother me.
"Does that help you Allen-ie?" Lenalee asked softly.
Allen sighed and pushed his bangs behind his ear. "Yea…it does…"
He placed the girl gently down on the nightstand, waiting for her to hop off before he pulled his hand back. He smiled gently at her, "Goodnight, Lenalee."
Allen didn't even bother pulling the covers down, he just curled up on the bed and pulled the towel over his head so he wouldn't have to look at the worried and caring face of his friend. His thoughts were swimming and it was a restless night of sleep Allen finally fell into.
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a/n: So here's the reeeally late third chapter. The other's will be coming up as they get done. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed, favorited, and alerted this fic. I feel bad about being late, but after haunting the Poker Pair Week forum for a while, I feel better since everyone seems to feel bad about it too. (as a side note, I can't wait for Novelist Pup's fic!)
If you haven't noticed yet, I also have some side chapters uploaded as a new story. They're the parts of the movie that don't realy concern Tyki/Allen, so I didn't want to put in, but wanted to write. (yes, that was shameless self-promotion)
I feel like Allen is kinda OOC here, but hopefully it works. Suggestions, fanart, comments are all appreciated!