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Chapter 14

"You heard me when I said that I could choose anything I wanted to touch, right?" Without waiting for an answer, Tyki plunged a hand into Allen's chest. Allen froze on the spot, his eyes travelling downwards to meet the sight of Tyki's hand in his chest. Shaky breaths left his mouth as he felt the weird sensation of someone touching his heart. He could feel his heart thumping against the other's hand and he held his breath.

Tyki chuckled lightly as the heart in his hand accelerated and squeezed none too gently.

"Gah!" Allen spluttered out, his mouth spilling out its bloody contents. He flinched at the coppery taste in his mouth and coughed, desperate to get the taste out. Blood definitely did not taste nice.

"Do you fear death, boy?" A look of shock crossed Allen's features before he let his gaze drop to the forest ground. The question repeated in his head over and over again. Did he? Did he fear death? Realisation dawned on him and a slight smile was seen dancing on his lips as he looked up.

"No." Tyki pulled back in surprise at the determined look on the boy he was going to assassinate. It was going to be fun killing him.

"Tease." Tyki called out. A purple butterfly appeared in the middle of his right palm. He took a step forward, and before Allen could react, kicked him in the ribs. Crack. Allen doubled over in pain as a rib cracked under the pressure, digging slightly into his lung. His breathing became erratic as he fought to breathe, collapsing into a heap on the forest ground.

Tyki stepped on him again, aiming at the exact same spot. Allen's eyes shot wide open as pain became more unbearable, a high-pitched scream filling the silence of the forest. A tear slid down Allen's right cheek and Tyki looked like he was watching a comedy. He leaned down and placed a hand right over Allen's heart. The Tease in his hand seemed excited at the smell of a human, its jaw opening and snapping shut incessantly, clacking noises filling the air.

Allen turned his head to the side, his vision blurring at the sudden movement, and called out the name of the person he was looking at.

"Kanda! Kanda!" Kanda stirred slightly and tried to open his eyes at once, only to shut them back as his head felt like it was splitting in half. Through his half-open eyes, Kanda saw Allen lying on the floor, his eyes looking straight at him.

Tyki saw the exchange between Kanda and Allen and a wide grin appeared on his face.

"Tease, just bite a small hole in his heart. A slow and painful suits best for people like him." With that said, Tyki slowly pushed the Tease into Allen. Allen froze at the sudden intrusion and called out to Kanda with even more vigour. Hearing his name, Kanda finally opened his eyes fully. There lay Allen, tears streaming down his face as he repeated Kanda's name over and over again. Tyki had a hand inside Allen's chest, slowly pushing deeper and deeper.

It felt like Kanda was moving too slowly as he released the sword in his hand for the briefest moment and pulled the dagger out of his left hand, not caring that his hand needed treatment immediately. It felt like everything was making it heavy for Kanda to move as he ran towards Allen, watching his face contort in pain as the Tease gnawed a hole in his heart, coughing out blood. Allen merely muttered out one word before his silver eyes lost their glitter.

"Kanda…" Kanda froze at Allen's words and slammed his fists on the ground.

"Damn it, bean sprout! You weakling." Kanda muttered before looking into Allen's lifeless orbs once more, and closed them.

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