This chapters kinda short but hey! Slight lemon in next chapter i think...i still haven't 100 percent decided yet.

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Allen stopped talking after Alma's death and the psychiatrist said it was because of mental trauma. He gave Allen a set of monthly appointments to check his progress and a small chalkboard that strapped around his neck, complete with a box of colorful chalk. The psychiatrist said Allen would talk again when he was ready and that he shouldn't force it.

He didn't look anyone in the eye at Alma's funeral but he did cry, his face void of emotion as tears slid down his cheeks. He was like a doll, Tyki observed, his face the same mask of plainness. Neah's funeral was held a week later and at first the Noah's weren't going to have one, but Allen insisted they did. Tyki and Cross both didn't want Allen to attend but the boy went anyway, but this time, he didn't cry.

"He doesn't deserve to have anyone here to see him buried." Tyki said. Allen wrote a reply on his chalkboard and passed it to Tyki. It read No one wants to be alone at their funeral. Everyone deserves to have someone say goodbye. Tyki sighed but passed the board back to Allen. "Do you hate him?" Tyki asked. Allen wiped away his previous message as best he could, then wrote a new one. Is it okay to hate your father? Tyki lifted Allen into his arms. "Just because your blood, doesn't mean your family. That's something you have to earn." Allen then dropped the rose he was holding onto Neah's coffin and Tyki brought him home.

A lot of things changed over the next couple years.

Panda finally adopted Lavi, which didn't come as a surprise to many people and Kanda was adopted by Komui, who really just wanted to make sure Kanda wouldn't marry his little sister. (For some reason he thought Lenalee had a crush on the samurai.)

Cross stayed with Allen instead of leaving every couple of months to travel around the world, and managed to get Allen to laugh one day. It was small but it was an accomplishment.

Allen stopped having birthday parties, saying he didn't want to be around so many people at once. No one questioned it, thinking it had something to so with the trauma. He also avoided snow, and the color red.

Allen's symptoms seemed to become manageable, and hardly acted up anymore. This was probably because the boy had lost interest in most things and now hardly left his bed but it could also be the new medication Komui had Allen on. Cross and Tyki got fed up after a few months and forced him out a lot more. They didn't care what he did; as long as he wasn't in bed it was fine. After the second year the boy finally regained his interest in the piano, and after a few more years he was a prodigy.

Allen was given a personal butler to look after him when everyone else was busy. His name was Howard Link and Allen found him very uptight and boring. He always called Allen "Botchan" which was 'young Master' in Japanese or 'Master Walker'.

When he was around thirteen he stopped being a doll and began showing emotions again but still didn't talk. When he was around fourteen, he finally got a growth spurt but still wasn't as tall as Kanda and Lavi, who also grew taller with each visit.

Allen's tutor, General Yeegar, died the summer after the boy had turned fifteen. The silver haired boy cried but didn't take his tutors death as badly as he had Alma's. But the General's death did seem to change the boy as he asked for a birthday party in December.

"What do you mean they can't come?" Road asked Lenalee over the phone. Allen was sitting in a chair close by, shaking some salt on the table and using his finger to gather some and stick it in his mouth. He could hear Lenalee's voice over the phone.

"Sorry, but Brother thinks he might be on a scientific brake and he needs Kanda here to test it out after he is finished." Kanda it seemed had become Komui's test subject. So far he had never passed out of threw up, but one potion Komui made had Kanda healing faster than he was supposed to, and the effects had yet to ware off. "And this is the busiest time of the year for Lavi. It's sick season and there are a lot of new orphans around this time. They both said that they'd be over as soon as they can though." Road sighed.

"Tell Allen that." She said, hearing Allen stand and head toward the stares. "You little ease dropper." She added. "Well I have to go, I think Allen's mopping. Bubye!" With that Road hung up the phone and ran after Allen. She found him in the library, skimming the shelves for a good book. "Come on, its okay." Road said. "Everyone else is still going to be there." Allen looked over at Road and tried to suppress his glare. She had turned thirteen not to long ago and with her adolescence brought her small development of her chest. Road acted like she had something to show off, and usually had on clothes that were made especially to show off her small cleavage. But today she was wearing a white button up shirt with a black loose bow tie and a black and purple skirt with red and black tights covering her legs and black shinny shoes on her feet.

"Master Walker?" Road and Allen heard from down the hall. They both huffed before Link rushed passed Road. "Botchan, I only left your side for a second to clean your black board and when I came back you were gone." Link said, passing Allen the small chalkboard he had. Allen began writing immediately, the chalk tapping against the slate as he wrote. When he was done he turned it so Road could read. I don't care Road. It's just a party anyway. Road sighed, knowing it was a lie. Kanda and Lavi not being able to come was going to put a thorn in the boy's side that she was going to have to deal with.

"Whatever." She said with a sigh.

Finally, December 25th arrived, and everyone began busying themselves with preparations.

"Allen, you okay?" Tyki asked the boy as set his head on his arms. "Not feeling well?" He asked, feeling Allen's forehead. Allen shook his head and looked up at Tyki. "Well, I don't want to chance anything, so why don't you go take a nap, and we'll wake you up when some people show up, alright?" Allen began writing something on his chalkboard. No Link? He asked. Tyki sighed. "Alright, he'll stay down here and help out." Allen nodded and stood, making his way up the stairs.

Road examined Allen's sleeping face, moving some stray silver hairs out of his eyes. She was wearing a low cut black and lacy dress, her hair pinned up and curled and a single silver necklace shined around her neck. If Allen knew she was watching him while he was asleep AGAIN he would be pissed.

Tyki opened the door and told Road it was time to wake him up. She sighed but shook Allen, making him turn away from her. "Allen, come on, it's time to wake up." Allen groggily sat up and rubbed his eyes. He yawned before hopping off the bed and walking over to Tyki, stretching his arms above his head. Road grabbed the chalkboard and joined them and the three made their way to the party.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, the birthday boy!" The Earl shouted as Allen reached the stairs. He tried to stifle another yawn but failed, Tyki putting his hand on the boys shoulder.

"Time to wake up." He whispered. Allen nodded and made his way down the stairs but as soon as he stepped onto the floor, everyone began bumping into him.

"Sorry."

"Excuse me."

"Oh, excuse me." Allen tripped after the third person and fell forward into the crowd but surprisingly; a pair of strong arms caught him.

"Careful their Beansprout, wouldn't want you to get your tux dirty." A familiar voice said. Allen was wide-awake in an instant as he looked up into Lavi's green eye. The silver haired boy opened his mouth, gaping at the red head. He then quickly jumped up and hugged Lavi, before punching him hard on the arm.

"Ouch? Hey come on." Lavi protested as Allen raised his fist again.

"I thought you said you weren't coming!" Road yelled from behind Allen, looking absolutely pissed. Apparently, she had looked forward to Lavi not showing up.

"I lied." Lavi admitted with a smile, hugging Allen again.

"Looks like you're not the only one." Road huffed, her eyes resting on someone behind Lavi. Allen turned as gasped. It was Kanda, his long hair tied up in a ponytail and a smirk playing on his lips. He stepped forward to stand next to Lavi, his hands in his pockets of his suit, which he wore casually, like Lavi.

"I see Komui's treatments are finally working. He's got you on some type of pills now right?" Kanda asked. Allen nodded, the thorn officially removing itself from his side as Road stomped away.

The boy spent the rest of his night with Kanda and Lavi, listening to them tell stories about the orphanage and Komui's insane inventions. Like every time they came to visit, they kept trying to get Allen to talk, saying things like "What do you think Allen?" or "What's been happening in your life?" to which they would either receive a shrug of the clacking the chalk on the board. They blew it off and knew that Allen would talk when he was ready.

How long are you staying? Allen wrote.

"Well were not here on a house call or anything so I think maybe a few weeks." Lavi said with a smile, wrapping his arm around Allen's shoulder. Kanda held back though, keeping his hands by his sides. Allen noticed this but just leaned into Lavi, brushing it off. He felt like there was something in between him and Kanda now but he was determined to get it out of the way. He wanted his the old Kanda back and Lavi knew exactly how to help.

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