Okay so Internet is up for awhile. Dad moved the date we were supposed to move so now were moving at the end of march instead of the end of February .

On the up side, you get chapters, but on the down side, in one month im probably going to loose Internet again.

I do not own DGM n_n

"Um…Kanda." Allen began, nervously fidgeting with his fingers. Kanda looked at him, his usual scowl on his face. "Would you…like to go on a w- winter picnic with me and Lavi and Lenalee? Alma can come too if he wants." The silver haired boy said, shifting his eyes around the room. "There's going to be hot chocolate a-and soup and I even made rice-"

"Sounds stupid. Who would want to go on one of those." Kanda said, making Allen deflate. Alma, standing next to Kanda, had like the idea and was smiling but his smile faded when Kanda spoke. He looked back and forth from Kanda to Allen, an unsettling silence spreading throughout the room.

"Allen! Come on and get ready!" Lenalee called. Allen didn't miss a beat, turning and running down the hall.

"It sounded like fun Yuu." Alma said, tugging on Kanda's sleeve. Kanda gave his usual 'Tche' and looked out the window.

Allen buttoned up his coat, having already covered the lower part of his face with a thick scarf, put on thicker than usual boots, put on thick winter gloves, and put on a warm winter hat. Tyki didn't want to take any chances of him getting to cold and getting sick. Tim crawled out from beneath the scarf, finding it to hot and curling up on Allen's head. Lenalee took the basket that contained all of their food from Tyki while Lavi picked up the large fluffy blanket they were going to use to sit on.

"Alright, all set?" Tyki asked. The three nodded and the Noah opened the door for the kids.

"So…Kanda didn't want to come along?" Lenalee asked as she, Lavi, and Allen looked around for a perfect spot. Allen sighed, a puff of white smoke coming out as his breath.

"Nope." The silver haired boy said, looking at his footprint in the snow. Lavi put his arm around Allen's shoulder, smiling.

"Hey, look over there!" The red head said, pointing to a pine tree whose needles were frozen, pointing up instead of down. It reminded Allen of a women who just had a gust of air shot under her dress, making it puff up and out. "That's perfect!" He said, pulling Allen with him over to the tree. They set the quilt on the snow, straightening it out before crawling onto it, slipping their shoes off so as not to get the blanket snowy. Lenalee pulled out a small pot and set it on the blanket, then pulled out the large loaf of bread. Lavi grabbed three bowls and passed on to Allen, then set one in front of Lenalee. He spied the rice balls at the bottom of the basket but didn't get them out.

After Lenalee served the soup, they all began talking while eating. "Remember the time me and Kanda got in a fight," Lavi popped some bread into his mouth, "And ended up knocking over the bookcases in the library." Allen and Lenalee laughed.

"Yeah, that was the last time you guys ever had a serious fight." Allen dipped his bread into his soup, waiting or it to get soggy before spooning it into his mouth.

"That's because you started bawling your eyes out." Lavi said. He turned his attention to Lenalee. "We were fighting over who should get the library because we kind of hated each other back then and didn't even want to be in the same room with each other. This was like…what a month after you arrived?" The red head asked Allen. The boy nodded, slurping his soup with a smile. "Allen was the one thing me and Kanda liked and we didn't know he was in the library. So I had Kanda by the hair and I was about to deck him one when, next thing I know Allen's bawling his eyes out, hanging off my arm. It took the both of us to get him to stop crying."

"That's so sweet." Lenalee said, flashing a smile.

Allen had his head on Lavi's leg, curled into a ball and fast asleep. "He's always taking naps." Lavi said with a sigh, sipping his hot chocolate and moving some silver hairs away form Allen's face.

"It's a symptom." Lenalee said, scooting to sit next to Lavi. "Fatigue, loss of appetite, and the list goes on. It must be awful to have to live like this."

"Ya know… Allen never liked pity." Lavi said with a small smile. Lenalee slightly smiled back at him and then looked down at Allen. There was something in Lavi's gaze that Lenalee recognize. It was understanding.

'You pity him to.' she wanted to say.

"Our little secret." She instead said quietly.

"What are you two idiots talking about?" Kanda asked, making Lavi jump. Lenalee wiped her head around to see Kanda and Alma walking toward them.

"What are you doing here?" Lavi asked. Kanda reached into the basket and pulled out a rice ball.

"Tyki said Allen made Yuu some rice balls and I thought it would be fun if we came along. Yuu is so stubborn though!" Alma explained, receiving a smack to the head from Kanda. Kanda sat down by Allen's feet, glancing at the boy for only a second before closing his eyes and finishing his rice ball.

"So, if it's not to personal of a question, what's your guises relationship?" Lenalee asked. Kanda and Alma exchanged a glance before both cracking a smile.

"Were kind of like…" Alma thought about it for a while, putting his finger on his chin. Kanda glanced at Allen again but this time longer, really looking at the boy for the first time since he had been there.

"Brother's." Kanda finished for Alma. "Out mother's grew up together and our father's were partners at a dojo." He explained. Lavi sighed a silent sigh of relief. Allen had nothing to worry about. "Why do you ask?" Kanda asked.

"Just curious." Lenalee said with a smile, grabbing a rice ball and offering it to Alma.

The Earl taped his fingers on his desk, looking out his window at the children all gathered on a thick quilt in the snow. Tyki was leaning on the wall near him, smiling from ear to ear and Cross sat in a large arm chair near him. A small knock came form the door and then opened as a maid walked in.

"Excuse me sir, but I fetched Mr. Walker as you requested." She said, stepping aside to let Neah into the room. She bowed and then left to leave the four men to their business.

"Why am I here?" Neah asked, boredom imminent in his tone.

"I went down to the court house today," Tyki said, "And talked to a new judge who, as it turns out, is a very good friend of the family." Tyki and Neah's golden eyes met. "I explained to him about Allen, and about how you treat him…and well, he gave me this little piece of paper." Tyki grabbed a piece of paper from The Earl's desk. "It says right here that you are no longer qualified to be Allen's guardian. In fact, I quote, 'Sole custody of Allen Walker will be given to his guardian Marian Cross.'" Tyki gave the paper to Lord Millennium. "It also goes on about a restraining order but we don't need to cover that do we?" Neah ground his teeth as he glared at Tyki.

"You can't hurt him anymore." Cross said, staring Neah down. "Now leave. You are to have no more part in Allen's life. If you even so much as talk to him again, you will be arrested."

"This isn't the end of it! I'll get you back for taking away my toy." Neah spat, turning and leaving the room.

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