+~+~+~Phantomhive Manor

Allen still waited for Lenalee and the others to return... It's been days since they've been gone. Allen felt more lonely than ever, even if Timcanpy's with him. He opened Lenalee's notepad to read some of her other poems.

We never talk

We never laugh

We always seem to frown every day

From him to her, she became happy

With a walk together, she had nothing else to say

Clinging on to you, I feel safe

Breaking the chain between us, makes me feel vunerable

With you by my side, everything's just wonderful

Laughing, crying, singing, screaming

Unhand her of these vicious crimes

Because leaving you would be a waste of her time

Awakening kiss from the boy she'd known for so long

And a bond between them becomes strong

Hiding her feelings, running away

Waiting for the time, any day...

Another one of Lenalee's poems Allen has read today. He felt that he was about to cry from this... He wiped the tears from his eyes and sniffled. The phone rang from Ciel's office, and Allen came to answer it.

Allen, "Hello?"

?, "Is this Allen Walker?"

Allen, "Sebastian, what are you doing on the other line? Where are you?"

Sebastian, "At the HQ relaxing. The others are somewhere in London right now, so I want you to come back here right now."

Allen, "O-Okay?" he hung up the phone and got dressed. Timcanpy flew above his head and followed him out the mansion.

"What about that transportation device Komui tested on me? I wonder if it still works..." Allen used it, and teleported to the HQ in about five seconds. The building was silent; Sebastian was standing outside, smiling and waving at the young exorcist.

"Ah, you made it, Allen."

"What are you doing outside?"

"Waiting for you to get back."

"Okay, then how come the building's completely silent?"

"Ah, Komui turned off all the lights and shut down all of his experiments to save some power. Oh, go to your room. Lavi's waiting for you; he wants to tell you something."

Allen stared at Sebastian and walked inside. Sebastian followed suit and closed the door behind him. Everything was dark, and Allen didn't have a problem with that; he's able to navigate through darkness due to nighttime training with Cross during his youth. Allen made it to his room, and Sebastian hid in the darkness. The exorcist creapt inside to see if Lavi was there; Sebastian lied. Lenalee was there instead. Then, Sebastian slammed the door on Allen and blocked the entrance using his body. Lenalee lit a candle to light up the room.

"Lenalee, what are you doing here? I thought Lavi was in here!"

"Oh~~~ Lavi really wasn't in here... Sebastian tricked you to come here.. I wanted to talk to you about something..."

"Oh." Allen sat down with Lenalee.

"You know that we've known each other for about a year now and... ALLEN WALKER, I LOVE YOU!" Lenalee shut herself up with her hands... She blushed madly, causing Allen to laugh. He understood her feelings since he read her poems.

"'Love her like you would a sister. I'll remember you. I hate hating you, because MY image became YOUR permanent scar...'"

Lenalee realized what Allen had just said to her; it was part of her poem that she partially memorized while alone in her room.

"You read one of poems... didn't you?" she shivered. Allen nodded and leaned towards her to kiss her.

"I love you." "Don't leave me."

Because I will break.

Lenalee hugged Allen and cried a little.

"I'm glad... I'm glad you read them..." Then she held Allen's hand and told Sebastian to move out of the way. By the time they got out, all the lights were on, and everyone went, "HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, ALLEN!"

"My anniversary? What?"

"Hehe! It's your anniversary of being an exorcist of the Black Order! I got something for you. BUT! We're gonna have to party all night before I can give it to you."

Hehehehe... Awesome! Allen drooled and giggled. Lenalee smacked him in the face and excalimed, "NOT THAT, YOU PERVERT!"