A million and one apologizes for the slow update! Been busy with work and school and stress and blaaaah. Anyway, here's the second chapter, but before you continue reading let me answer a question:

No, I did not take this from No.6. I haven't even watched the anime, much less know what it's about or know the characters, and I honestly don't care to. This idea came to me in a dream. I had no idea that it was similar to that of the plot or whatever of No.6

Now that that's out of the way, on with the chapter~

It had been nearly a week since Allen's first encounter with Kanda. The man's wound hadn't gotten any better and Allen only kept insisting he take Kanda to the hospital. With ever mention of the word, Kanda would snap, but his answer would always stay the same. He just simply refused to go to that filthy establishment they called a hospital. Allen had all but given up on convincing the man to go by the third day. He had skipped school and had stopped working just to take care of Kanda's needs. Thankfully his Master was too preoccupied in other… important matters that he didn't seem to care that Allen was skipping work.

Allen wouldn't have that luxury anymore though. If he skipped anymore days of school he'll have to repeat the year, then he'd have his Master beat him half to death; he didn't want that. At the moment, Allen was getting ready for school. He had taken a quick shower so his white hair was dripping wet; little droplets of water rolled down his back, making him shudder. Allen quickly slid up on black jeans and white dress shirt; his fingers flying up the buttons quickly as he grabbed his uniform jacket and walked out of the bathroom.

As soon as Allen walked out, he was welcomed by the sight of a half naked Kanda spread out on his queen size bed. Kanda's chest was still bandaged; specks of red decorated some parts of the white bandages. Kanda's long black hair was spread around his head; it was a mess of hair that tangled itself around Kanda's shoulders and back. Allen noticed that each time he watched Kanda sleep, the man's strong features softens as if he only allowed himself to relax when he was deep in sleep.

Allen sighed a bit and walked over to the bed. He grabbed the light blue blanket he used to cover Kanda and pulled it up to Kanda's shoulders. The man grunted a bit but didn't wake up. At this, Allen smiled a bit and whispered, "Sleep well, Kanda."

Allen quickly made his way out of the room, grabbing his coat and left the apartment. It didn't take long until he reached the subway and meet up with Lavi, his best friend. The redhead smiled brightly as he saw the British boy running to him, his mood instantly brightening.

"Hey, Allen!" Lavi called to him, walking a couple steps to meet said boy. Allen smiled warmly at Lavi and hugged the older boy.

"Have you been waiting long, Lavi?" asked Allen when they broke the embrace.

"I've been waiting for a week!" Lavi huffed, crossing his arms over his chest as a small pout crossed his lips. "You know I almost got to school late like four times."

Allen frowned and looked down. "I'm sorry, Lavi. Things kinda came up and I've been busy." Lavi laughed softly and placed an arm around Allen's shoulders, bringing the boy closer to him as they walked into the train. Lavi let Allen have the seat as he stood in front of him, almost towering over the boy.

"You gonna tell me what it is?" Lavi asked as he grabbed hold of the pole next to him to hold on as the train began to move. Allen quickly noticed how packed the cart had become. He was pressed against the arm of the chair he was sitting in and another man who was trying not to spill his coffee and read the paper at the same time.

"Well… the thing is… I found someone wounded in an all—" Lavi held a finger up, pressing it to Allen's lips, stopping Allen from talking.

"Tell me when we get off. Wouldn't want anyone over hearing." Lavi said as a small grin spread across his lips as he glanced over at the person sitting next to Allen, who was looking at them through the corner of his eyes. Allen gave a small nod in responds.

The rest of the ride went out in silence, well, silence for the two friends at least. The cart was packed with people chatting on their cell phones, talking to people around them, and begging others for money. A good half an hour later, Lavi and Allen got off at their destination, only to have a flood of people block their exit trying to come in. Lavi quickly grabbed a hold of Allen's arm and pushed passed a couple people, gaining angry responds from them, but he only smiled foolishly as he got Allen out of the way. When they were safe and out of the way, Lavi sighed and ran a hand through his hair.

"Tell me again why we take the subway?" Lavi asked as they began walking out of the station and heading towards their academy. Allen could only laugh softly at Lavi's question—the same question he usually always asks each time they left the station.

"Because taking a taxi would take too long and walking would take even longer." Allen answered, and having Lavi not respond, a soft silence fell between them. Allen glanced every-now-and-then towards Lavi, taking in the man's appearance. Lavi was much taller than he was, but then again, everyone seemed to be. He was practically one of the shortest people in his class. Lavi's red hair was always pulled up by a headband that was given to him by his grandfather, and an eye patch decorated his face. Most people thought that it made Lavi look unattractive, but Allen thought differently. He thought that the black eye patch just made Lavi look fierce, sexy even, but he would never voice it in fear of what Lavi would say.

"So, you should tell me what has got you all wrapped up and busy that you've been skipping school?" Lavi said as he glanced down at Allen, smiling at the boy softly.

"Oh right." Allen smiled back at Lavi but his nerves started getting the better of him; he just didn't know how Lavi would react. "I was walking home after going to the market and it started raining…" Allen begun, recalling just how hard it had rained that day, and almost laughed seeing it very comical at how he hadn't started with 'It was a dark and stormy night…'

"I found someone in an alleyway. He was hurt, I'm not really sure how but he had a gash across his stomach." As Allen spoke, Lavi's eye never left the boy, curiosity washing over him. "I offered to take him to the hospital, but he refused so I took him to my place…" Allen's words were cut short at the look Lavi gave him.

"You what?" Lavi stopped walking and turned to face Allen.

"W-Well I wasn't just going to leave him there, Lavi. He could have died." Allen protested a bit, seeing nothing wrong with his actions.

Lavi sighed in irritation. How can one boy be this naïve?

"I've been taking care of him since then… his name is Kanda." Allen looked up at Lavi with those puppy dog eyes that begged Lavi to understand. "He's a bit of a jerk, but he's rather nice when you start to get to know him…" Allen's words were, once again, cut short with Lavi's glare.

"I'm going to meet this so called 'Kanda' today right?" Lavi asked, a warning was clear in the tone of his voice. Allen nodded quickly.

"Yeah, of course." Lavi huffed as a responds and they began walking again towards the crowded academy.

The day went by rather uneventful. Allen got an earful from their teachers, demanding why he had skip a whole week, but Allen just smiled politely and agreed to take the punishment they were giving, having no need to argue with them. He had gotten a ton of homework, but it was fairly easy to do during lunch, and as usual, he always had a ton of food with him as he worked on his homework.

Lenalee had also been curious about the Asian he had picked up, and apparently Lavi had told many, many people. Allen was upset about it, but there was nothing he could do about it now, so he just answered questions Lenalee, Lavi, and Johnny had about Kanda the best he could since he really didn't know the man that well. All he knew is what Kanda had told him: he had gotten jumped and the bastard that was fighting him had a knife and that he was lucky to have gotten away and even luckier that Allen had found him.

After school Allen had lead Lavi back to his apartment, and after a few bad comments from Lavi on how much he disagreed that Allen was taking care of this man, Allen finally allowed his friend into his house.

"Kanda, I'm back." Allen called, wondering how the Asian was. He quickly removed his coat and bag and walked towards the room, but stopped when he spotted Kanda in the kitchen. The man was wearing a long sleeved black shirt and black pants; the shirt was a bit big on Kanda. The man was also wearing his hair up in a pony tail with Allen's red ribbon he used for a tie sometimes and was drinking some water.

"Welcome back, Moyashi." Kanda set the glass down and raised a brow at the sight of the redhead behind Allen.

Allen puffed his cheeks in a pout. "I told you to stop calling me that!"

"Moyashi?" Lavi asked, interested to what the forging word meant.

"It means bean sprout…" Allen answered and glanced at Lavi from the corner of his eye. "When he woke up after I bandaged him up he said I reminded him of a bean sprout."

Lavi stared at Allen for a while, and then burst out in a fit of laughter. He had tears forming in his eyes as he held his stomach, bending over slightly as his ribs began to hurt. Allen narrowed his eyes at his laughing friend.

"Stop laughing!" Allen huffed and tried his best to ignore Lavi. He walked over to Kanda with a smile, seeing as how Kanda was gripping the glass tightly in his hand and a mask of annoyance covered his face. "Sorry… Lavi's a bit annoying sometimes."

"Tch." Kanda set the glass down and leaned back against the counter, the mask of annoyance soon left and was replaced with that of pain. Allen was quickly at his side, touching Kanda's arm.

"Are you alright? You shouldn't be moving too much, Kanda." Kanda narrowed his eyes at the boy and moved his arm away from Allen's touch.

"I'm fine…" He said and moved away from Allen as he made his way to the couch, moving pass Lavi who had finally regain himself. Lavi kept his eyes on Kanda, studying the man as he sat down, slowly, so he didn't hurt himself. Kanda narrowed his eyes at Lavi, almost as if the man had done something unspeakably horrible to him that the mere sight of Lavi disgusted him. The way Lavi was squirming under his glare reminded Kanda of a scared rabbit.

"Usagi…" Kanda mumbled, narrowing his eyes more at Lavi. Lavi blinked a bit in confusion and stared down at Kanda. The redhead opened his mouth to talk but Allen made his appearance from the kitchen finally.

"Lavi, are you going to stay for dinner?"

"Oh, um, no. Gigi's waiting for me at home, and Tyki's probably wondering where I am, so I should get going." Lavi said, walking over to Allen and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "I'll see you tomorrow okay?"

Allen's cheeks redden a bit from the kiss; he nodded his head once, making his hair bounce a bit from the movement. "Alright, tell Bookman I say 'hi'!"

Lavi nodded, waved goodbye at Allen and Kanda and left the apartment. In reality he didn't want to stay there any longer. Something about that Asian man named Kanda gave him the chills. There was something about Kanda that didn't seem right. Maybe it was just him being paranoid; he'll just talk to Tyki about it later.

Kanda stared at the door for a good five minutes after Lavi had left. He wanted to make sure that the damn usagi wasn't coming back. When ten minutes pass, he relaxed his tensed shoulders and glanced at the kitchen, where Allen was cooking him another feast. Of course, he wouldn't eat most of the food Allen served. In all honesty he didn't like the type of food Allen made, he missed his usual food; his soba. But he wasn't going to just tell Allen off either. The boy was letting him stay in his house, use his bed, and is treating his wounds. Kanda wasn't that cold hearted.

"Kanda, food's ready." Allen called from the kitchen. Kanda walked over and picked up his plate, watching as the boy balanced around five plates on both arms, and walked to the table. Allen easily spread his plates out in front of his seat and moved to the coffee table in front of the TV to grab the remote. He walked back and turned the machine on, putting on the news. For about ten minutes nothing intrested neither one of them and they ate in silence. Kanda was about to get up to put his dish in the sink when something caught his attention.

"In today's top news, a serial killer has struck again. So far there has been at least five victims, but the police say there might be more that haven't been found. The last one to be found was Daisya Barry, a nineteen year old boy who attended The Black Order Academy..."

"Isn't that the same school you go to?" Kanda asked, leaning back against his chair to look at Allen's pale face.

"Yeah..." Allen nodded his head slowly as he continued to stare at the TV as the news reporter spoke about how the serial killer killed his victims.

"... Each victim was found with their hearts missing, but the police say that the organ was removed after death. They have all died by strangulation..."

"Who could do something like that to people?" Allen asked, reaching for the remote and turning off the TV, not wanting to listen to anymore of the story. Kanda shrugged his shoulders but didn't answer the boy as he quickly lost interest in the story. The Brit stood, picking up all the dishes on the table and disappearing back into the kitchen.

Without a word Kanda stood and moved to the room, closing the door gently behind him. He walked towards the dresser mirror and examined his face. He looked much better; color had been restored to his pale skin so he didn't look sickly pale anymore. His dark black hair still made him seem paler than he really was; his dark eyes still seemed to be a black hole sucking all life and emotion into them.

Kanda reached up and pulled the red ribbon lose, his hair falling like a waterfall around his shoulders. He set the ribbon down and stared down at his hands; his lips turning into a wide smirk. "They found him too late..."

So guys... guess who's an idiot?

I aaaammmmm. I deleted Microsoft Word from my computer by mistake... Yeah. I'm an idiot |:

This would have been uploaded sooner if that wouldn't have happened... So Merry Christmas, and Happy New Years everyone (better late than never huh? XD) Sorry for any grammatical errors and whatnot. Feel free to point them out.

~SaYa

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