CHAPTER SIX: Here's a Slice
He received the text message earlier that day. 'Meet me at that gelato place everyone's always talking about, you know what I mean right? Time: 4pm. See you. –Rhode' of course Allen knew what place she meant, he heard about this place from everyone at work AND the Apartment Building (with the exception of his lovely ALMOST almost roommate of course). He dressed in above average clothes (above HIS average), combed his hair back, and even though it was still around 3:30, he opted to head for the gelato shop. Helps to be prompt, Allen always says, especially on important 'thank you dates'. Yes, this was the date Allen promised Rhode in exchange for his early pay check (which of course, he used to pay for that bill he'd gotten from his dear step-father).
"What's with the hair?" Lavi asks, as he opens the front door for the Englishman
"I got a date" he replies truthfully, casually
"With Yuu?" and to that, Allen just rolls his eyes and walks away, he swears he heard the doorman laugh in his wake. 'Not today Lavi...' he thinks to himself '... not today...'
Lavi continues to inwardly chuckle as he watches Allen walk away, always one to enjoy himself when teasing others. Turning back to his usual doorman stops, he spots a long-haired slender looking beauty walking towards him, but before he could react the way he usually does to pretty women, he realizes it isn't a woman at all. "Mornin' Yuu! Off to get that daily dose of vanilla frappe?"
"Saw you starin' at me rabbit..." and the doorman knew this was Kanda's way of asking 'why?'
Lavi laughs "Here's something funny, I almost thought you were a girl when you were walkin' over here..."
Kanda raises an eyebrow, although he strangely does not look the least bit annoyed "So you've got a boob fetish?"
The doorman looks a bit surprised, but he still wears a grin "If that's your way of saying 'straight', then I am a VERY straight guy indeed" his expression grows cheeky "Why, do you WANT me to swing the other way? I didn't know you were into guys Yuu"
Kanda frowns "I'm not" he says, and then he begins to scowl "Generally, I'm not really into people"
"And from this we can conclude that I am HETERO-sexual and you are A-sexual."
Kanda rolls his eyes "Whatever, get away from me..."
Lavi opens the door and the Japanese man exits. Grinning, Lavi thinks about how it was Kanda who started the conversation.
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Kanda Yuu remembers the day before he left well. Because, for one, his 'father' was going about some nonsense like how he would 'Not be able to sleep well because his youngest son was moving out' or 'How time flies, my baby's now all grown up' or 'Blah Blah Blah –Sentimental crap—blah' (of course that last one is not what he really said, it's just what registered in Kanda's mind). It was all very annoying really, and this while Kanda was both, a) having trouble packing his clothes (because of his father's blabbering he was always loosing count), and b) stressed about packing his precious Mugen. That day, the day before he left, was one of the longest days of his life.
"Why don't you put the damn thing in that glass box?" Daisya humbly suggest tired of thinking of ways to help his 'brother'
"Oh right, a glass box will SURELY not break" Kanda rolls his eyes, expression and aura giving off his utter frustration
"Daisya's right you know, if you put it in the glass box, the movers will take EXTRA care of it, and that's what you want right?" hit the nail on the head Marie
At this point, Kanda is just staring at his tall (obviously not blood-related) 'brother', then he shrugs as if to say: "You're right Marie."
And Daisya ignores the fact, that Kanda ignores him. "Why didn't you ask our..." he coughs "...house-help... to do your packing" see Froi Tiedoll discouraged the terms 'maids', 'butlers', and the like around the house, because as rich as they were, he was a fine FINE man (who made some fine FINE paintings)
The Japanese man throws him an apathetic look and says "If I want something done right, I have to do it myself."
"Leave him Daisya..." and Marie steers the slightly irked one away, Kanda continues his packing
Of course for a while, there is just silence, Kanda stares at his piles of clothes, neatly organized by brand and use, briskly recounting them before he finally stuffs them all into suitcases. He is only one pile away from finishing this task, when his 'old man' speaks behind him.
"I'm going to miss your fights with Daisya..." Froi Tiedoll says as he looks at Kanda in that fond fatherly way
The dark-haired one mentally curses that he lost count, but tries to remain calm, he shrugs "I won't" he says
There is a laugh "I'm sure you don't mean that"
"True" another shrug "I don't just MEAN it, I REALLY mean it."
Not surprisingly, the reply to that is yet another laugh. "Won't you give your father a hug?"
"That's disgusting old man..."
"Come now, it's a touching gesture between father and son"
Kanda rolls his eyes and turns away, but (not surprisingly (again)) Tiedoll hugs him anyway. It is only a few seconds later when we hear the incessant, boisterous, FURIOUS shouting.
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Kanda Yuu thinks that the 'weekdays barista' is insufferably annoying. Why doesn't the prick just give him his vanilla frappe? It wasn't very hard to do was it? And he was a paying customer! The Japanese man thinks (though begrudgingly) that the 'weekend barista' is better (even though, you know, that barista happens to be the normally insufferable bean). But really, at least the bean knew better than to piss him off, this weekday guy... He's just always... stepping WAY out of his bounds.
"Give me my fucking frappe Mikk" Kanda says, his glare was sharp, and his teeth were bared like an a carnivore's
"Watch your mouth sir, this is a family place, and also, PLEASE, call me Tyki!" and the Japanese man practically GROWLS when the barista he calls Mikk (but prefers to be called Tyki), winks at him
Trying all his might to be civil, Kanda says "Just let me leave in peace, with the damn frappe in hand"
"Oh well on one—" the frappe is abruptly taken from his hand by the cashier "—condition... Aww, Lulubell what'd you do that for?"
"You're holding up the line..." the blonde says, and Kanda quickly decides that he prefers THIS cashier over that short girl who has quite a THING for the bean
"Well, goodbye then Vanilla frappe man!" Tyki shouts "...also known as Kanda Yuu from down the street" he mumbles to himself with a grin
"Tyki, the orders" Lulubell 'shouts' (except you know she doesn't shout, so Tyki's just assuming this is her way of 'shouting')
"Yes, yes... I'm coming" and the barista finally proceeds to do his work.
That little bell on the door rings, and it's as if everyone is now breathing a sigh of relief as the furious Japanese man leaves. Now Kanda brings his dark aura to the streets where the bean just so happened to just pass by with that short cashier girl. Not because he means to, but because he's just preparing to cross the street, he overhears their conversation.
"This is where we part I guess" and because it's a female sounding voice... wait no, it could have been either of them Kanda thinks
"It was fun today Rhode" ok, this was definitely the bean, unless the girl had some weird conversational habits like that
There's a laugh, familiar, because Kanda hears it when he's on the line waiting to buy his frappe (on weekends) "Oh please, don't force yourself"
"Who's forcing himself? Really, it was fun" the bean was REALLY just disgustingly nice and polite
"Oh, well I had fun too..." and Kanda is only assuming about why there's a long silent (but not poignant) pause, but heck, he doesn't really care (or does he?"No I don't!" he mentally screams). "I'll see you Saturday!" and from the corner of his eye Kanda catches her patting him on the back
"Yeah..." a pause, most likely to beam a smile "You too..."
Not long after, Kanda and Allen are now waiting side by side to cross the street. "You've been standing there for a while now" the Englishman comments
"Fucking cars won't stop" the Japanese half-lies
"Then we make them stop" Allen says, and he holds out a hand, making that 'stop' gesture. Surprisingly (?) enough the coming vehicle stops, and the Englishman is now crossing the street. Kanda stares for two seconds indifferently, and then follows.
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(Original A/N:This is turning out to be such a "slice of life" fic. More on Allen's date with Rhode in the next chapter, which will probably be more Yuullen than this one; ANYWAY. Just wanted to post another chapter before my summer vacation ends, cause when it DOES end I'm not sure if I'll be able to update soon cause I'm gonna live in a dorm that's close to my college (there's free internet there, but you know, studies first), I hope everyone's well. I'd appreciate reviews. ^^)
A/N after edit: Just changed a few of the stressed words, but this chapter's relatively unchanged