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Allen returned late that night, boy in his arms. Lenalee was shocked when he came through the door. They had talked about having another kid but...never about just bringing one home.
"Allen, who is this?" She asked, closing the door. Allen set the boy on the couch. He was asleep.
"He's an orphan. I don't know his name. He watched his mother die right infront of his eyes, lenalee. I couldn't just leave him at the hospital to get taken to an orphanage."
"I...understand, but I don't know if we can keep him. What if he has other family?"
"We can atleast take care of him until we find his family." Allen answered, watching the boy sleep, his eyes gentle.
"That's fine. And if he doesn't have a family?'
"We can take him him, can't we?" he asked, glancing at her.
"I was about to ask you if that was what you wanted." she smiled, "I put Rosura to bed, she might still be awake if you want to say goodnight to her." Allen nodded slowly before going upstairs.
Rosura was sleeping peacefully, her brown hair lying across her pillow, still damp from her bath.
Allen knelt next to her bed, running a hand through her hair gently. He kissed her cheek before leaving.
"You shouldn't take so many orders from Nii-san." Lenalee told him as he came down stairs, "It makes me nervous to have you away so often."
"It's fine, Lenalee. I am an exorcist amd you are too. We need to fight as many akuma as possible." He said with a slight smile. Lenalee sighed. He was right but she still didn't like it when he left so often and so sporadically.
"I'm going to bed." Allen murmurd, glancing at the orphan.
"I'll be there in a moment. I don't think he should sleep on the couch."
"Ok, goodnight." he kissed her quickly then made his way to their bedroom. Lenalee went over to the couch, picking the small boy up. He stirred as she moved him.
"Shh, go to sleep." she whispered soothingly.
"M-mommy...I want mommy." he whimpered, snuggling against Lenalee's chest.
"I'll take care of you." she murmured, "What's your name?"
"E-Eden."
"We're going to find your family tomorrow, Eden." she told him. To her surprise, he burst out crying.
"Mommy...Mommy, I'm all alone now!" he wailed. Lenalee realized that he must not have anyother family.
"All you had was your mother?" she questioned. She felt him nod against her.
"Then we'll take care of you." she murmured, wrapping a blanket around him as she carried him to her room. He was still too scared to let go of her and she wasn't about to leave him in a seperate room alone.
oOo
Rosura stared across the table at the intruder, eyes narrowed.
"How old is he?" she asked, looking away. Eden was watching her, a bit afraid.
"Why don't you stop asking me the questions and ask him yourself?" Lenalee suggested.
"Fine...how old are you, Eden?"
"E-eight."
"Eight?! You're too small to be eight!"
"Rosura!" scolded Lenalee, "Apologize!"
"Sorry, Eden." she huffed.
"I am eight." he insisted, looking timid.
"Fine, you're eight." she snapped, glaring. This earned her another scolding fom Lenalee.
Eden had been living with them for a week now. And, to Lenalee's great surprise, Rosura had started treating him like little a brother. Well, at least in the arguing aspect.
"Where is Mr. Walker?" Eden asked, glancing at Lenalee.
"Eden, call him 'Allen' or 'father'. He doesn't like being called 'Mr. Walker'." Lenalee said, clearing the table of breakfast remnants.
"Y-yes, Mrs. Wa-- Lenalee." he answered. The green-haired woman smiled and put the plates in the sink.
"What's that funny mark on your forhead?" Rosura questioned. Eden had just brushed his hair aside on accident, revealing the cross mark above his right eye.
"Eh...erm..."
"What mark?" Lenalee questioned, glancing at them.
"He has a green cross mark like daddy above his right eye!" Rosura informed her, staring at her new brother.
"Really?" Lenalee came over to the table, "Eden, sweetie, can I see?" Eden paused then nodded, pulling his hair back.
"What is it?" Eden asked Lenalee, "Mommy didn't know what it was either."
"It's Innocence." she informed him, staring, "You could easily become an exorcist."
"Like Mr. Wal-- like Allen?" he asked. Lenalee nodded.
"What happens when you activate it?"
"Activate it?"
"Never mind. Allen can teach you how to use it when he comes home." she told him.
"Ok, thank you."
"Eden, do you wanna go play Noah clan?" Rosura asked, causing Lenalee to frown. She highly disaproved of that paticular game of pretend.
"What's that?" Eden questioned.
"It's where we pretend we're the Noah clan and we do what the Millennium Earl tells us to!" Rosrua said, grinning.
"Rosura, you know I don't like that game." Lenalee told her, "Please don't play it." she ordered. Rosura looked quite unhappy about the new rule but obeyed her mother.
"Then can I teach Eden how to fight with a knife?"
"As long as you use the wooden ones and not the actual ones."
"Yey, ok!" She hopped up, grabbing Eden's hand and dragging him away.
Lenalee chuckled, putting the dishes away.
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Allen walked up the front steps and paused, hearing laughter coming out of the upstairs window. He smiled slightly and went inside, commenting about it to Lenalee.
"Rosura is teaching Eden how to fight with a knife."
"Why did we teach our daughter how to do that in the first place?" Allen asked, "It doesn't seem safe to teach a seven-year-old how to use a knife."
"Well, she'll be able to protect herself. That's better than being pathetic." ((so...there...now she's not a mary-sue))
"Oh, Allen, Eden has an Innocence." she told him.
"Wh-what?"
"Eden has a parasite-type Innocence. It's right above his eye." she said, smiling, "You could teach him how to use it."
"Wow...ok, I'll go have a look." He told her, walking over to the stairs.
"Come on, Eden, like this..."
"Eh...I can't do that."
"Yes you can!"
"I...I don't want to!" Allen knocked quietly.
"Come in!" Came Rosura's voice. "Daddy!" she cried when she saw who it was. She ran up to him, hugging him.
"Hey, Rosura. Hi, Eden." Allen greeted, letting go of Rosura. Eden smiled at him, "Lenalee told me you have an Innocence above your eye."
"Oh...yeah. She said you'd teach me how to 'activate' it." he said, excitement in his voice, a rare thing.
"Yeah...what I need you to do is concentrate on your Innocence and say 'Innocence activate' in a commanding voice." He explained. Rosura watched, curious.
"O-ok..." the boy's eyes snapped shut, "Innocence activate!" Allen stared as the boy's eyes mutated.
"Y-you activated it." Allen confirmed as Eden opened his eyes. His eye was a blood red, a black cross centered in his eye. Three black rings surrounded his eye, getting smaller as they moved away from it.
"It feels funny. Everything is all rainbowy in that eye!" Eden told him, panic coming into his voice.
"It's alright...It's just active. It's not going to hurt you." Allen comforted.
"O-ok..."
"See what it does."
"Erm...ok" he looked at a toy on the floor, feeling the need to concentrate on it. Allen watched, waiting. Suddenly, the toy burst apart.
Rosura cried out in surprise, staring at the pieces of melted plastic scattered on the floor.
"You can destroy things with your mine..." Allen murmured, thinking, "Thats...I've never heard of that before."