I have a bad case of writer's block. DAMMIT!!! Y'all should be glad I got this story finished a while back XXD actually, originally, I was gonna finish it and then put it up cuz...well, there's more of a guarantee that I won't just abandon the story while half of it's been put up, right? But I suppose this is okay too...though I don't often finish the ideas I come up with so I hope this is a one-off :(

Anyway, enjoy and I'm glad you guys are finding this entertaining and not a total waste of time!

Oh, yeah, I just wanted to say; I really hope Kanda does know what Hamlet is. If he doesn't...O___O the hell...? Lol

Oh, and there's some cracky bits in this...but I suppose there's bits like that in every fanfic :D

"Why didn't you tell him yourself?" Lenalee asked.

Morgan chuckled uneasily, looking a little embarrassed. "Well…I don't know…he just…doesn't seem that approachable…so, ask him, okay?"

Lenalee rolled her eyes with a shake of the head. "All right. I'll ask, though it is short notice."

The ex-Finder laughed again. "Yeah, sorry. And, of course, you and Master Walker are to come too."

"Don't call him Master Walker. That's so formal!"

"Sorry, force of habit."

Morgan and Lily were about to depart the Black Order building. The ex-Finder had been bringing her daughter around every day for the last three days so Lily could play with Lavi (since Morgan really doubted Kanda would agree to coming over to their house or going to the park on a daily basis).

"Well, we'll be going then." Morgan said.

"Yeah." Lenalee smiled. She bent down to look at Lily. "Bye, Lily."

"Bye, Lenalee," the little girl mumbled timidly.

"BYE, LILY!" Lavi yelled.

"Oi, what're you shouting for? She's right there." Kanda grumbled, standing as far away from the group as he could without actually stepping out of the foyer. What was this stupid farewell thing? Why did they all have to come and see the little girl and her mother off? It wasn't like Kanda cared so why did he have to be here?

Right, because of Lavi. Lavi and Lily seemed to salvage every moment they had together, from the moment the little girl stepped foot in the building right up to when she left. They also had a penchant for holding one another's hands the entire time they were together. Well, more like Lavi established authority in that manner by taking her hand first, and Lily always followed him around without any complaint.

Morgan and Lily left. Lavi was glum and stalked off after Kanda. "Ah, hey, wait!" Lenalee called out.

Kanda turned back. "What?"

Lenalee came to stop beside him. "It's Lily's birthday the day after tomorrow. Morgan wants Lavi to come, since it'd mean a lot to Lily."

"No." Kanda said.

"Too fast! Think about it, Kanda." Lenalee protested.

Kanda shrugged. "I don't care. I'm not going."

"But papa!" Lavi cried. "We go! It Lily's birthday!"

Kanda sighed. "You're going too, aren't you?" he asked Lenalee. She nodded. "Good, then take Lavi with you."

"But papa has to come too!" Lavi insisted, looking up at his guardian earnestly. His green eye was beseeching.

Kanda could feel his resolve weakening. He stared down at Lavi for a long while before he turned and strode away. "Whatever."

"So you'll come?!" Lenalee called out, beaming.

"I said whatever." he grunted.

"Yay!" Lavi cried, running towards his guardian and clinging onto his leg.

"O-oi! I can't walk! Lavi!"

It was later, during their evening meal, when Lavi broached the subject of gifts. "Hey, papa?"

"Hmm?"

"Lavi get Lily a gift?"

"It's not necessary, is it?"
"But…don't friends give gifts?"

I never have, Kanda thought.

There had been one time when Lavi had given him a gift.

Kanda looked at the item on his palm. It was round and filled with water and there was glitter sitting at the bottom. And, standing up in the middle, wedged in between two panes of glass, was a picture of Kanda and Lavi. Kanda didn't look too happy in it, but Lavi was beaming. "What…is this?" he asked, looking up at the redhead with a frown.

Lavi grinned. "It's a snow globe, Yu!"

"What's it for?"

"It's a gift, of course!"

Kanda's frown only deepened. "But…it's useless."

Lavi heaved a heavy sigh. "It's not supposed to be useful. You just put it on display."

Kanda stared between the snow globe and the giver for a second more before turning around and pitching the item towards a nearby bin. He dusted his hands off as he turned back to face Lavi.

But the redhead looked like he was in shock. "Y-Yu?! What'd you do that for?!" he protested.

Kanda shrugged, "isn't that what you usually do with things which have no use?"

"No! No you don't! It was a gift! I can't believe you, Yu!" Lavi looked glum. "I won't ever talk to you again! You're so mean!"

Kanda watched as the redhead stalked off. What was the big deal? He didn't have the space to store such junk. But he did feel a little bad so he went to retrieve the "gift". Good thing the bin was empty.

Lavi had avoided speaking to him for a whole day…which was a big achievement for the stupid rabbit, because the last time he'd said he'd never speak to Kanda again, he'd lasted less than an hour.

"I don't see the point in them," Kanda shrugged, coming back to the present.

"But papa! It polite cuz they invite us!" little Lavi protested.

Allen cleared his throat. "The boy has more manners than you do, Kanda."

"Shut the fuck up, bean sprout."

"Don't toss words like that around so casually. I've heard him use it about ten times now! You really are a bad influence!"

"I said shut up."

"Or what?"

"You really want to know?"

"Enlighten me, please." Allen snorted.

A pair of chopsticks went flying through the air and lodged in his forehead. This seemed to have become Kanda's new weapon. "THIS KILLS! WHAT'RE YOU DOING?!"

Kanda shrugged. "You said you wanted to know."

Lavi giggled. "Hey, hey, bean sprout, say the "I am slain" line again!"

"No! I'm not dead!" Allen protested, pulling the chopsticks out and wiping away the ensuing blood. "Disgusting. You put these things in your mouth! Gross!"

"Tch, what's gross is that I have to watch you stuff your face every day." Kanda grumbled.

"No one told you to sit opposite me!"

"The kid's the one who always picks the seats, not me."

"Oh, so you can't refuse?"

"It's not about 'can' and 'can't'; if he wants to sit here then he can…whether there's a stupid bean sprout sitting across or not."

"Shut up!"

"Will you guys give it a rest?" Marie grumbled. "It's already hard enough to have a meal in peace when you have hearing like mine."

"S-sorry, Marie." Allen said.

Kanda merely grunted.

"So, papa, we get gift for Lily?!" Lavi asked again.

Kanda groaned. "Fine. Whatever."

"Yes! Lavi win!"

"…Tch…"

So, the next day, after breakfast, they went to town. Marie and Miranda came along, as did Lenalee. Since Allen wasn't going, Komui seemed content to wave the group off from the entrance of the building.

Lenalee sighed as they stepped outside the range of Komui's view. "Brother's going to bully Allen again. I can feel it."

Miranda chuckled somewhat nervously. "Don't worry. I'm sure he'll be fine."

"At least Krory's there," Marie added.

"Hey, papa?" Lavi said, tugging on Kanda's hand.

"What?"

"What if something happens to the bean sprout?"

"Then serves him right." Kanda scoffed.

"Hey, don't say things like that!" Lenalee protested.

Marie laughed. "Kanda was only joking…right?"

"Yeah!" Lavi answered in his guardian's stead.

"Oi, don't answer for me."

"But papa such a grouch!"

Lenalee, Miranda and Marie laughed. Kanda growled down at the little boy. "Say that again and we're goin back home right now."

"I'm sorry, papa," Lavi said, not looking in the least repentant.

"Tch…annoying brat."

Choosing the gift was easy. Both Lenalee and Lavi agreed that a big doll with a pretty pink frock was perfect. Looking at the price, Kanda wasn't too happy. He's going to pay me back, I will make him pay me back for this, he vowed.

After that, they loitered about town. Lavi wanted to go to the ice cream parlour they'd gone to the last time when it had been just him and Kanda. He ordered a parfait and left it half eaten. Kanda was not happy. I will definitely make him repay all this, he vowed once again.

But he didn't mind indulging the little child. Lavi had not gotten that many sweet things to eat these past two weeks, and he was very keen on sweet foods.

These sorts of sympathetic thoughts came to a halt when Lavi knocked the glass over and sent half-melted parfait dripping over the edge of the table and onto Kanda's lap. "Ooh, fuck."

"FUCK!" was Kanda's first word as he felt the cold wetness seeping through his pants. "And stop saying that! How many times do I have to tell you not to say that?!" he snapped, taking a napkin and attempting to wipe away the mess. But it wouldn't come off so easily.

Lavi pouted. "B-but papa said it just now."

"That's me! I can't help it! But you're a kid so you should watch what you say!"

Marie, Miranda, and Lenalee tutted. "That's hypocritical, Kanda."

"Like I give a fuck! I'm going to the bathroom!"

"Lavi come too!"

At two in the afternoon, the next day, the four people who had been invited to come to the party gathered at the front entrance. Lavi was struggling over the present he'd gotten for Lily, because it was almost as big as he was. Kanda had offered to hold it but Lavi insisted that he'd carry it.

Komui had come to see them off. He came to whisper something in Kanda's ear. "Make sure he doesn't do anything, ok? If he does, alert me and I'll have set up the best torture chamber you have ever seen."

Kanda looked bored. "Tch…as tempting as that is, I don't think he'll do anything." As much as he hated the bean sprout, Allen made Lenalee happy so Kanda didn't really have anything against their relationship…well, not that it was any of his business but he'd be kidding himself if he said he didn't care; Lenalee was an irreplaceable friend, almost like a little sister, and if the bean sprout ever did anything to hurt her, Kanda would personally make it his mission to kill the boy. Not that he'd ever tell anyone that though.

"Make sure he doesn't. My sweet Lenalee doesn't need anybody like that," Komui said in a little voice as he walked away. "Have fun and be home before dark, ok, Lenalee?"

Will he ever get rid of that sister complex? Kanda wondered. It's annoying. People grew up and lived their own separate lives; there was no helping it. Komui was a scientist; shouldn't he be able to grasp the nature of living things? How pathetic.

Lenalee sighed. "We'll be back in a few hours, brother. We'll see you later." They made to walk out of the huge entrance door but Komui zoomed back.

"Kanda, you stand between Allen and Lenalee, okay?" he smiled a fake smile as he attempted to nudge Allen away from Lenalee and push Kanda between the two.

"Will you shut up?! You're annoying me!" Kanda snapped. Lavi tried to unsuccessfully stifle a giggle.

Komui reluctantly backed off, with tears streaming down his face, and watched as the group of four left. "H-have fun, then, all of you…"

"Komui's going to kill me one of these days," Allen whined as the door closed behind them.

Lenalee's nervous laugh did nothing to help the gloomy atmosphere. "W-well…maybe he'll get used to the idea…eventually…?"

"Are you suggesting we tell him?! No way!"

"Tell him! Tell him!" Lavi cheered.

"Stop cheering! That basically means you want me to die, right?!" the white-haired boy cried.

Kanda smirked. "Perhaps it'd be for the best."
"That's so rude! Nobody asked you anyway!"

Lavi mock-glared up at Allen, "don't shout at papa."

"Eh?! Before you tell me off, maybe you ought to tell "papa" off. He's the one who says inappropriate things."

Kanda sighed. It would be a long afternoon…

When they arrived at the right address, they saw that there weren't many guests…in fact, the only ones there already were Lily's old grandmother (dad's mother), a middle-aged uncle (also from dad's side) who looked like he wanted to go to sleep, a thin man with neat black hair who wore spectacles and a suit who was apparently "dad", Morgan, and Lily herself. "Well, we tried to keep it fairly small," Morgan explained as she introduced everyone.

There were various games to play, like pass the parcel and musical chairs. Kanda gruffly declined the offer to join in, much to Lavi's displeasure. After the games, it was time to give the presents. Lavi wanted to go first, since he was so eager.

"Lavi got this with papa," he grinned as he lugged the gift after himself, "we hope Lily likes it."

But, just as he handed the gift over, there was a poof of smoke. Kanda frowned. What the hell was that?!

Realisation only struck when he caught Lenalee looking at him and mouthing the words "two weeks". How long had it been?! Shit! Two weeks already?! He thought. Two weeks ago, at around four – the same time as now – Kanda and Lavi had been cleaning out the old research department room. Kanda only remembered the time because he'd been thinking very eagerly about what he'd have for tea when Komui had come up to him and Lavi. It had been exactly two weeks.

The whole transformation would only last something like half a minute to a full sixty seconds! And the clothes that Lavi was wearing now would be in tatters because he was growing out of them. Kanda had to save his friend's dignity.

"Oi, Finder woman, get everybody out of this room," he ordered as he grabbed a small folded blanket on the nearby sofa and headed towards the rapidly decreasing cloud of smoke.

"Y-yes," Morgan stammered. "Everyone, if you'd all just follow me…"

"What's going on?" Morgan's husband asked.

"I'll explain later! Come on."

Lily's uncle was a little more awake now but he got up to go after his brother as the bespectacled man left the room, supporting their mother's weight as the old lady also hobbled out. Lenalee picked Lily up and left the room too, with Allen on her heels. It was a rather speedy evacuation.

The last of the smoke cleared just as the door closed. Kanda felt rather odd as he gazed down at his friend's normal self. "Yo, been a while." He greeted, throwing down the blanket and turning away.

Lavi looked a little disoriented. "P-Pa…I-I mean, Yu! I'm…back…"

"Just cover yourself up."

"A-ah, right. Man, this is kinda embarrassing, eh? I just crashed the party." Lavi said as he fixed the small blanket around his waist. "I'm done."

Kanda turned back around. "You look stupid." Indeed, the floral pink blanket was not a good touch…but it was either that or revealing his man parts for the world to see. At least the eye patch he'd been wearing before could stretch to accommodate the sudden growth of his skull, although the elastic was taut and would probably snap if it had to stretch anymore.

Lavi laughed feebly, "Y-yeah…but, man, I got so much to talk about! You won't believe it! It was incredible looking out through the mind of a child!"

Kanda balked. He…he…remembers…it all? He thought with dread. "Wh-what happened to the real you…while you were in there?"

"Well…I don't know how to explain it…it's just…I did get turned into a kid, mind and body, but…at the back of my mind, a small part of me remained the same, you know? You should try it sometimes, Yu; it was amazing! Everything was so simple yet…ah, man! Maybe it's just cuz I'm awesome but that mind was absolutely brilliant!"

Kanda gave the redhead a blank stare. As glad as he was to see his friend back to normal, he also felt a little glum. And, if he stayed, his moroseness would show and he didn't need Lavi asking about that. "I'm going home."

"Eh?" Lavi frowned. "Why? Wait and we'll all go back. It'd be pretty weird for me to stay here now."

Kanda walked to the door. "Take your time." he said without looking back. He opened the door and stepped out.

Out in the hallway, Lenalee saw him emerge. "Eh? Kanda, is Lavi okay…?"

Kanda made no response as he brushed past her and strode towards the front door. She frowned. "Kanda…?" The door shut. Frowning, she entered the room he'd come out of.

She saw Lavi standing there, with only a pink blanket around his waist. He looked silly but she didn't say anything on it…although she did feel a little awkward standing in a room with a practically naked guy. "H-hi, Lavi."

"Yo, Lenalee," Lavi greeted.

"I don't suppose I've anything to worry about? I mean, you didn't actually suffer from anything…"

He smiled. "Nothing to worry about at all. Hey, would it be too much trouble to ask for a pair of clothes? I'm really sorry to inconvenience everyone like this."

"It's no problem. I'll go ask Morgan."

"Thanks.

I love the scene with the parfait; it's probably the best in the entire story XXD kufufufu...(where'd the Mukuro laugh come from? O.o...I think I'm a little high on sleep deprivation at the moment...sincerest apologies, people)

And yeah, like I said; a little cracky, especially the useless flashback about the gift...it was kinda ghey and completely pointless O_O but I hope you enjoyed it anyway! Last chapter should be up by Friday! Thanks for reading!