The forest was dark and damp. Allen wandered around aimlessly in search of a way out of the never-ending forest. Everything was silent except the drips of raindrops falling off of leaves and onto the forest floor. Allen pushed back a branch to walk on the overgrown path that was once made by the wildlife that was surly still lingering. The trees that soured into the grey sky broke, and Allen stepped into the clearing, happy to be out of the dense woods. Allen sighed and sat on a fallen tree, not wanting to go any farther. The silence of the woods was killing him, and Allen began singing to himself to fill that void.
"Soshite bouya wa nemuri ni tsuita Ikizuku hai no naka no honoo hitotsu, futatsu to Ukabu fukurami itoshii yokogao Daichi ni taruru ikusen no yume, yume Gin no hitomi no yuragu yoru ni Umare ochita kagayaku omae Ikuoku no toshitsugi ga..." Allen sang, a small smile on his face as he remembered the lyrics to the song his adoptive father had once taught him. He wasn't sure what the words meant, it wasn't in a language that he understood. Allen quickly ended his song as he heard a branch break behind him. He stood and quickly ran off before he could get a good look of the person.
Allen bolted awake and draped an arm over his tired eyes. Kanda stirred next to him and wrapped his arms around Allen, who sighed and allowed him. Allen stared at the ceiling for the longest time, before giving up on sleeping once again. He shrugged Kanda off of him and rolled out of the bed. Kanda reached for the absent Allen in his sleep, then buried his face in the pillows when he couldn't find him. Allen chuckled and grabbed his new clothes from the bag beside the bed. He quickly pulled on his clothes and threw away the old ones. Allen sat down on the edge of the bed and shook Kanda's shoulder to wake him. Kanda slowly woke and got dressed. Shortly after, Tyki kicked in their door with a large smile on his face. Lavi followed in after him, yawning and stretching as he did so.
"You love birds ready to leave?" Tyki asked
"I guess we are." Allen replied, pulling on his boots. Kanda grunted in response as he tied back his hair.
"So how are we getting there now? Don't tell me..." Lavi stated, trailing off at the end realizing what Tyki had in mind.
"I've rented a car for us all. We can all take turns driving and all that good stuff." Tyki smiled.
"I guess I was wrong." Lavi commented with a slightly embarrassed look on his face and Tyki smiled.
"How can you be so cute and not even try?" Tyki questioned as he crept closer to Lavi. He smiled and pulled Lavi close.
"What are you doi-" Lavi began to question before Tyki kissed him gently. Tyki broke away not a second later and smiled.
"Alright, now let's go." Tyki said as he left the room. Lavi absent-mindedly followed and Allen and Kanda trailed after. Tyki led the three to an old, beat up truck.
"Shotgun!" Lavi screamed and climbed into the truck. Kanda frowned and climbed into the back of the rusted vehicle and Allen joined him, leaving Tyki to drive.
"Preferences on music?" Tyki asked as he turned on the truck. Nobody seemed to care, so a random station was chosen. Lavi began singing along not half way through the second song and Tyki smiled in amusement as Lavi sang off-key to a Taylor Swift song. Allen leaned against Kanda and slowly fell asleep in the warm glow of the sun. When Tyki finally let the truck roll to a stop it was at a back-wood gas station. Allen jumped from the truck and yawned still half asleep. Kanda stayed inside and Lavi basically rolled from the passenger seat.
"So what was that earlier?" Allen asked Lavi as he took package after package of candy off the self. Lavi shrugged and grabbed a bag of chips off of another shelf.
"That kiss? I have no opinion. All I have to say is that I'm not gay." Lavi replied, dumping his armful of food on the counter. Allen did the same and the cashier began ringing up their pile of junk food.
"You aren't gay? Don't make me laugh. You are, if anything, bisexual...you like men, Lavi." Allen laughed. The cashier raised an eyebrow in question and continued to ring up the candy.
"What makes you think I'm gay, or bisexual or whatever?" Lavi asked, slightly hurt by what Allen said.
"You seriously don't remember last summer? Oh well, you'll remember eventually." Allen shrugged, handing the money to the cashier and grabbing the three plastic bags that were over flowing with his sweets.
"Wait! What did I do last summer?!" Lavi called chasing after Allen as he walked out of the store.
"Try and remember stupid, because I'm not telling!" Allen smirked, climbing into the back of the truck next to Kanda. Allen pulled out a bag of lollipops and unwrapped a strawberry flavored one. Allen licked the treat happily and failed to notice Kanda staring at him. Half way through the ball of flavored suger on a stick, Allen noticed Kanda's gaze.
"Want a lick?" Allen asked removing the pop from his mouth and licking his lips to remove the sticky syrup that stuck them together.
"Huh?" Kanda asked snapping out of his dream. Allen held out the lollipop and smiled.
"Want a lick of my lollipop?" Allen asked again. Kanda shrugged and quickly kissed Allen before he could react.
"Strawberry?" Kanda questioned as he pulled away from a blushing Allen.
"Uh-huh." Allen noised and Kanda smirked, taking the lollipop from his hand and popping it into his mouth.