Chapter 7

Allen sat on his bed staring down at the sleeping teen next to him. He felt jealous, envious. He had come to know his new life as a gift and a curse. He was given youth and an ageless life for as long as he could survive and then the down sides. None of them affected him more than the fact he couldn't sleep. He missed it, the time when his body would stop and rest for a while, where he could dream and escape reality. He had no body parts that need sleep for re-growth; his brain did not need to re-charge so to speak. But still he missed the worlds he had visited when slumber used to take him. Dreams where he would fly or swim in the deepest oceans, dreams where he was the adventuring hero setting out to save the world from dark shadows. Dreams of a loving father and mother. He could remember them, clear as day. His father was a tall respectable man, a man of the theatre, a joker and a clown. Allen smiled at the memories. His mother on the other hand, she was small and quiet but not in a submissive way, he could remember that one look from her would silence the son and fathers late night story times when Allen was supposed to be asleep.

His mother had died a few months before his seventh birthday, she had seemed smaller and paler in those last few days, always up and working at something. He didn't blame his father, she had told him not to.

"Mother, are you sick?" A young brown haired boy lay next to his mother, clutching her hand.

"I am sick, in the sense of the love I've always felt for your father."

"Fathers making you sick?" The small boy jerked in surprise.

"No Allen," her voice was stern, yet quiet. "Never blame you father, I chose this path, one that I would walk down with him, I knew what might have become of me." The pale women rest her hand on her son's head.

"Are you going to heaven soon?"

"I suppose I am, so while I'm away you must look after your father, promise me Allen." She smiled down at her young boy.

Allen nodded, tears forming in his eyes, "yes, I promise."

"Good boy, now go get your father for me, I have a few things for him to be told."

Allen smiled and ran from the room to fetch his father.

He did not know what she had said to Mana, but whatever she did say had struck him deeply, he'd done his best from the day of her passing to teach Allen about love and all human emotions and a promise to never forget how to be human.

"Keep walking forward son, there's a great big world to see."

Allen smiled; a tear fell down his cheek and landed on the bedspread. He watched as it soaked into the fabric. Vampires rarely cried (they could) blood did bring moisture back to the body but never enough for more than a few tears at most. He promised to keep his humanity and even past the first few months into his new life he had held onto that promise, it pulled him through and his father had been proud of his now forever 18-year-old son.

He knew now that his mother had died because of her lifetime of sacrificing her blood for her beloved husband, she had refused to change saying she didn't have the will to last forever but a lifetime with him would be enough. Allen laughed at the sappy-ness of it. But it seemed right to him. He would hold his mothers choice in his mind. He looked over at Kanda again.

"I promise to give you the choice, be however you wish to be with me, if you still do after this is all over." He pushed some of Kandas' long hair from his face; he felt the warmth of the blood flowing beneath the surface. He moved to lie down next to Kanda and rested his head on the younger mans chest and listened to the heartbeat. He felt his fangs lengthen but ignored the call to bite the human, his human. Allen rolled his eyes at his own possessive thoughts and smiled and settled down into a meditative state, the closest thing he now had to sleep, drinking in the scent of steel and lotus.

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Road sat on her pile of cushions watching Linali, type out something on her laptop. The smaller girl smiled and crawled over to the other girl, pushing the laptop out of her lap and curling up in its place. Linali smiled down at Road and pushed her fingers through the thick short hair.

"What is the matter now Road, another vision?"

"No, I only get them when I concentrate on them, I was too busy watching you."

Linali rolled her eyes but smiled all the while, "what where you thinking about?"

"How we owe Allen."

Linali stilled her hand and smiled sadly. "Yes we do, and we have eternity to pay him back, you have your eternity because of him, I've never been so grateful."

Road sat up and nudged her head into Linalis' neck. They really did owe him.

When Linali had brought back this quite boisterous girl who had looked her in the eye and stretched her bony arms out to her, back to the house clinging to her. She'd found in this small girl a blinking of hope for her, she held the girl close as she told her family how she felt, and her eyes beseeching. Louis had been unsure his old prejudices making him frown but when he looked down to were Allen ha grasped his arm he shoved them aside and gave his consent, Linali then turned to Allen and asked him to change Road, he'd been as shocked as the rest of them, Linali had been found by their family already changed and fighting hard to survive the new world, her reason was that as Road changed she could take her strength from Linali and in turn she'd belong to some one in this family she loved dearly, with a boy who was her brother and protector.

Allen couldn't have said no to this.

Road looked into Linalis' face and traced her cheek, bringing the girl back to the present, she blinked and looked at Road who pressed her lips gently to her others. Linali kissed back and when they pulled apart she hugged the smaller girl to her tightly and swore no one would steal her hope.

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Lavi was busy perusing the books on Tykis' shelf; he was decidedly ignoring the leering man that sat on the bed watching him. One book caught Lavi by surprise; he took it off the shelf and turned to Tyki one eyebrow raised.

"A bible?"

Tyki chuckled, "Yes probably the only thing in the room older than me, it was my fathers and then mine."

Lavi stared at him "You're religious, and a vampire."

Tyki hummed, "Not so much, I like the stories and listened to my fathers preaching but it never really touched me, its more sentimental than anything, I take wisdom and ideas from that book but not the beliefs, but the irony of a catholic vampire does seem quite amusing." He smirked as he took the book from Lavi and turned the pages gently and Lavi sat down next to him, "Read me one of your favourites."

This startled Tyki, then he smiled and flicked to a slightly worn page and began to read; "Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled…"

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Sophie Sat by a window staring out at the quiet drive that rolled away from the house, she wasn't sure what she was looking for. She sighed and swung her gaze to the two men sitting at the desk discussing matters. She only wished that whatever happened she and all of her family could come out of this in one piece. She felt Louis gaze on her and she turned and smiled at him.

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Kanda slowly woke up and looked down at the weight on his chest to see a mass of white hair. He stared for a minute longer trying to get his sleep muddled brain working. Allen noticed the change in Kandas' heartbeat and looked up into drowsy midnight eyes.

"Good Morning Kanda."

Kanda grunted in return and laid his head back down on the pillow. Allen sat up and grinned down at the older (?) boy, Kanda gave him a mild glare, "Time 'sit?"

Allen looked out the window, "I'd day around half past six in the morning."

A groan was heard from Kanda and Allen chuckled. "You can go back to sleep you know."

"Nah, I'm awake now."

"You certainly aren't a morning person are you?" Allen tilted his head to the side and this look in Kandas opinion was cute so he didn't glare too hard at the white haired boy.

"No."

Allen watched as Kanda stretched, his eyes zeroed in on the pulse in the boys' neck as he arched said column. He reached out a hand and pressed his index and middle finger to the pulsing life point and closed his eyes.

Kanda had stopped stretching when he felt the cool touch on the skin of his neck. He turned his head slightly and watched the pale boys eyes shut with a slight smile curling those light lips. When the fingers fell from his neck he saw the smile also fall and watched as Allen opened his eyes, Kanda sat looking at the sad looking boy. He felt a great urge to hug him and berated himself for having such girly feelings but a he watched Allen get up to leave the bed he reached out and pulled the boy to him.

Allen was surprised to say the least when Kanda had reached out and hugged him, his face currently pressed into the warm flesh of Kandas chest, he could smell steel and lotus again. He pulled back after a few minutes to see a light dusting of pink on Kandas face and he smiled at the embarrassed boy. The blush grew as a rumbling noise emitted from his stomach.

"Breakfast?" Allen asked.

Kanda nodded.

"Hmm, why don't you go have a shower, the bathrooms just through that door, I'll get your breakfast." Allen smiled again and Kandas' lips twitched in an almost smile. Allen hopped up and was out the door before Kanda knew what happened. He shrugged then made his way to the door Allen had pointed out and got ready for his shower.

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Allen had had to dash quickly from the room, as images of a showering Kanda would not be good for his blood lust or libido. He could feel his fangs itch at the thought of what was currently happening in his bathroom, not that much happened in there a lot, he only used it for bathing, toilets weren't really needed considering the vampire diet but they gave the bathrooms a finished look.

'Yes think about toilets and what you are going to cook for Kandas breakfast.' He thought to himself. He cast his eyes to the ceiling and searched for his bathroom and promptly snapped them away after getting the tone Kandas shower had taken. If he could have blushed he would have made a tomato jealous.

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Kanda made his way down to the kitchen after his refreshing shower feeling quite satiated. He sat down with a towel around his neck, gently drying his long hair out and watched as Allen moved lightening quick around the kitchen putting together Kandas meal. He couldn't help his eyes growing wide as he watched these speedy movements. When Allen turned round and saw Kanda he looked a mixture of shocked and cautious.

"Ah Kanda I didn't hear you come in."

Kanda stared a little bit more them cleared his throat, "You're fast." He instantly felt stupid for pointing out the obvious and watched as Allen smiled slightly and walked around the island in a purposely slow pace and placed Kandas plate in front of him.

"Yes well, I find it hard to keep up the human guise when I'm here, well I find it hard to keep up anywhere, I'm sorry if I scared you..." He trailed off.

"You didn't, just surprised me."

Allen watched him for a few seconds before moving off again at his normal pace and was sitting next to Kanda before he could blink.

"You should eat it before it gets cold." He nudged Kandas arm then turned to his cup and sipped from it.

Kanda started to eat his plate of bacon, eggs, mushroom and toast. He realised the Allen was watching him with a wistful smile, fingers stroking the rim of his cup.

"What?"

Allen looked at him startled then looked down at his cup, expression saddened. Kanda felt like a jerk until Allen spoke up,

"I miss little from when I was human, but what I probably miss most is eating," he paused staring at the plate, "I used to have such a huge appetite, nearly ate my parents out of house and home." He smiled at the memory.

"Of course I can't eat food now, a liquid only diet though keeps me going doesn't seem to satisfy me as deeply as food did."

Kanda had finished his plate and stood up to carry it to the sink, he then turned back and walked behind Allen. He felt foolish but he wrapped his arms around Allen's' middle and rested his chin on white hair. Allen gripped one arm slightly in a thankful gesture and leaned back into the warm body behind him. When Kanda let go after a few minutes Allen turned and smiled to him again. He reached up and cupped the warm cheek and pulled Kanda into a gentle kiss. When it ended Allen looked at him for a few seconds then hopped off the stool and pulled Kanda by his hand to the rather large living room that was quite empty of people but the TV was on.

"Where's your family?"

They got such a fright, (more Kanda than Allen) when Lavi popped up over the side of the couch and yelled a morning greeting to them "GOOD MORNING!" He could then be found curled up cradling his head from the punch Kanda had delivered him.

"Baka Usagi."

Kanda sat on the couch next the form of Lavi in pain and pulled Allen down to sit net to him (practically on his lap) to watch the TV.

When Lavi managed to sit up again feeling the bump on his head he pouted at Kanda.

"That was very nice Yu-chan"

"Don't call me that usagi."

"Ahhh Yu-chan is so mean!"

Allen prevented another punch from landing on Lavis' head when he grabbed Kandas' hand and turned to Lavi himself.

"Lavi do you know where my family is?"

"Huh, oh yeah they went out for breakfast." Lavi smiled widely and turned back to the TV "And I was watching the news to see if anything weird was reported last night, nothing so far though, only a death of a homeless person but it was blamed on teens taking Halloween to far, no ones been caught yet."

Allen mulled over this information, it didn't sit quite right with him, and he had the tight feeling inside him he didn't like. He continued to watch the TV and ignored the 'friendly' banter that was going ion between Lavi and Kanda.

Allen excused himself from the living room leaving the two humans left behind to stare after him.

Lavi turned to look at Kanda, "He looked a bit troubled Yu chan."

Kanda grunted and hesitated then took off after the pale boy.

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Allen stood in the middle of his room, not really seeing anything, he could sense his family still out hunting, he let his mind drift to the news story. He knew it wasn't a vampire killing but it was a vampire that had killed the homeless man, he remembered the picture of where the body had been found on the news an it had been near where the party had been a block or too off. It wasn't a feeding kill it had been a message, a weak one. No human is safe around them. Allen clenched his jaw and his face took on a predatorily nature, they were messing with the wrong vampire. Allen hadn't realised he's bared his teeth and a slight hissing could be heard. Crow didn't seem to be able to realise when to back off. He could see his reflection in the window, fangs bared and extended and his eyes were glowing white and his eyes widened when he saw Kanda standing back against the door standing absolutely still. Allen felt a thrill go through him at the look of fear in the taller boys eyes. Allen quickly covered his face and willed his features to regain a human look. He stiffened when he felt a hot body right behind him and growled slightly when arms wrapped around him.

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Kanda had walked into Allen's' room to find him glaring at the window. It was apparent he hadn't noticed the other boy enter his thoughts seemed to be troubling him. He watched, worry for himself as he saw Allens' face transform into a rather frightening sight and when Allen had noticed his presence in the room and covered his face.

The darker boy walked up behind Allen and wrapped his arms around the smaller middle, ignoring the growling that came from the moyashi.

"Moyashi's don't growl moyashi."

Allen sighed and slumped back against him.

"Sorry."

"What are you apologising for?"

"Growling at you."

Kanda smirked and buried his face in Allens' hair. Allen turned round and looked up at Kanda, his teeth back to normal but his eyes still lighter than normal. Kanda stared back, he was starting to get uncomfortable and shifted a little. Allen smirked cheekily and detached himself from the taller boy.

"Silly human boy," the smirk widened and Allen walked off to one of his shelves leaving behind a confused and slightly irritated Kanda.

"Oi moyashi watch what you say or you'll be on the sharp edge of Mugen."

Allen turned to stare at Kanda with his eyebrow raised.

"Please say you haven't named parts of your anatomy mugen?"

Kanda flushed pink and scowled, he crossed his arms, "No baka, Mugen is my Katana."

Allen looked genuinely surprised, "You have a katana?" The dark haired boy nodded, "Is that even legal?"

"Its and heirloom, as long as I don't kill anyone with it its fine."

"You logic is strange and morbid Kanda."

"Che."

Allen shook his head and went back to perusing his shelves, smiling.

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AN

I am sorry, it has taken 369 days to get this to you all.

Uni and life had become very busy for me and I had no time to update any of my stories, hopefully with my holiday I'll be able to update a bit before I get back to university.

Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter, RxR as usual and till next time.