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Chapter 6, Tears behind his mask

"Yes, Allen! Please… take me away from here… from this place…" Lenalee told him, clutching the paper in her hands; tears flowing down from her eyes.

Hearing this, Allen smiled. "Of course, Milady." He went down on one knee, bowing to her as if she was his princess.

"If that's your wish, then I will fulfill it for you…for your freedom and for your happiness…"

More tears cascaded down from Lenalee's eyes when she suddenly dropped to her knees in front of the teen and wrapped her arms around his body.

Allen wasn't very surprised when she did this as he also returned the hug by placing his arms on her back, gently patting it.

"You okay, Lenalee?" He asked.

He could feel the girl's nodding as she snuggled closer to him.

"Please…just let me stay like this for a while, Allen…" she told him. He could make out the small sniffing in her voice.

Allen sighed and rubbed her back gently. "Sure…you can."

'Déjà vu…' he thought to himself as a small memories flashed against him.

"Allen…"

"Yeah…?"

"Thank you for doing this for me…" She murmured gratefully in a small soft tone.

The white-haired smiled. "You can say that again once we get out of here." He told her teasingly.

Lenalee giggled. "That teasing part of you… it never changes. And I'm glad it doesn't…"

"Me, too…"

"Hello? Knock! Knock! Are the lovebirds here?! No they're not cuz they're busy comforting each other!" They heard someone shouted jokingly.

The two pulled away from the hug and turned to the side. Lenalee felt her face flamed up when she saw Lavi and Kanda standing beside the tree. Lavi was grinning while eying the two carefully while Kanda was just being himself, scowling.

"L-Lavi? Kanda? You guys were here all along?" The teal-haired stuttered.

Lavi smirked. "We were here from the very beginning."

He began to laugh his head off when the girl's face became redder.

"Stop laughing already, stupid rabbit!" The teal-haired shouted in embarrassment.

"Allen and Lenalee are sitting under the tree while K-I-S-S-I-N-G! Ahahahahahah!" Lavi sang teasingly only to cause the girl's face including her body to turn red.

"Stop laughing already, stupid rabbit!" The teal-haired shouted in embarrassment.

"Allen and Lenalee are sitting under the tree while K-I-S-S-I-N-G! Ahahahahahah!" Lavi sang teasingly only to cause the girl's face including her body to turn red.

"LAVI!"

After some time…

"So…what were you guys doing here in the first place?" asked Lenalee once Lavi has finally calmed down and stopped laughing.

Kanda sighed and told her.

"We were planning to tell you about your brother after beansprout sneaked you out from your prison. But…"

"Allen said that he wanted to be the one to tell you all by himself because this kinda remained us of that day from two years ago. He says he wanna celebrate our second year anniversary of friendship here…" Lavi continued.

"He's being unreasonable…" he added.

Lenalee giggled. "Indeed…this situation really reminded me of that day from two years ago…though the situation seems a bit different."

Kanda and Allen nodded in agreement.

"So…beansprout…" Kanda glanced at the white-haired.

"When do you plan on taking her back to her brother?" He asked.

This caught everyone's attention and all the heads turned to look at the masked teen.

"Eh? We're not leaving right away?" asked Lenalee, sounding a little disappointed.

Allen scratched his head nervously.

"Well…actually… I wanted to leave right after I've told you…but…"

The three waited patiently for the teen to continue.

"I have a feeling that if one or two of us suddenly disappear from this town along with you… your parents would've figured out where we are." The teen said in a nervous tone.

"I see…" said Lenalee, giving him an understanding look.

"And…about the time…I've been thinking about leaving when the circus leaves the town. If I disappear with the circus, it doesn't sound suspicious, right?"

"Yeah, now that I think about it… You're right, Allen." said Lavi as he fist-bumped with his hands.

'You've predicted too far, baka moyashi!' Kanda thought to himself. But, he then smirked. 'Well…being a little extra cautious wouldn't hurt…'

"Will that be okay with you, Lenalee?" Allen asked as he turned to the teal-haired.

"When will the circus leave the town?" Lenalee asked after looking a little thoughtful.

"Well…they say they'll be having a one-night show tomorrow night. Three days after that, they're planning to leave for another town." Allen told her.

The teal-haired nodded. "I don't mind waiting until then. As long as I'm away from here, I'm fine with everything."

The white-haired smiled at this.

"Also, Allen?"

He glanced at her. "Hm?"

She averted their eye contacts to look at her hands, her cheeks flushed pink.

"When we finally get out from here…there's something I want to tell you…"

The teen gave her a questioning look but nodded. "Sure. I'll be waiting until then."

Lavi and Kanda smirked as they shot Lenalee a look. 'That guy's as dense as ever!'

"Well then… let's work out on the escape plan, shall we?" Lavi said in excitement as he walked up to the two and propped down beside them.

"Come on, Yuu!" He called as he patted down the grass beside him.

Kanda sighed in annoyance but did as Lavi told.

"Okay! Let's us start from predicting the time!"

After some time….again… (^^!)

Lavi placed a hand over his mouth as he let out a yawn.

"It's almost dawn…Time flows so fast, doesn't it?"

Lenalee sighed as she glanced across the sky.

Allen stood up. "Since we've already set up our plan, I think it's about time Lenalee returns. Or else her parents would find out that she has sneaked out."

"Can't you send her off by your own?" asked Kanda, raising a brow.

"I can but… I guess I'm gonna need your help a bit, Kanda, Lavi." Allen said with an innocent smiled.

Lavi and Kanda's eyes twitched at his bright, sweet and innocent smile.

'Why do I have this bad feeling when he gives us this smile?'

Lenalee blinked as she stared at her three friends.

Lavi was gritting his teeth as his entire body was shaking.

"O-Oi, A-Allen? Is this what you mean by needing our help?" He asked in a low growling voice.

"Yes."

"Che!" Kanda scowled. He was the same as Lavi, but he seemed to be having a harder time than the red head.

"Y-Yuu! Don't move around or you'll make us fall!" The redhead whimpered.

"Why the hell do I have to do something like this?" Kanda hissed.

"Sorry, Kanda!" came Lenalee's voice. "Just a little bit more."

"Can you reach the frame?" Allen asked.

"Yes. Just a little more!"

All of them were currently at Lenalee's house, under her bedroom's window. The four of them were standing on each other's shoulders so that Lenalee could climb up to her bedroom.

"That damn Moyash! I swear I'm going to send him to hell after this!" Kanda snarled.

"I didn't know you were this strong, Kanda!" Allen commented teasingly as he glanced down at the black-haired teen.

Lenalee was at the top of them; standing on Allen's shoulders. Allen was sitting on Lavi's shoulders while Lavi was standing on Kanda's. The black-haired was standing at the bottom and was doing a very great job though he was trembling a little….

"Got it!" exclaimed the girl softly as her hands finally got a hold of the window's frame.

Getting the message, Allen slowly stood up on Lavi's shoulder, lifting the teal-haired up higher. When she finally reached a certain height, she gently tip-toed her legs and climbed into her bedroom.

The three sighed when they heard a soft 'THUD!' from her room. Kanda has finally gave out and shook the two off his shoulders. Lavi and Allen yelped as thye landed butt-first on the ground.

"Are you guys alright?" asked Lenalee from above.

"Yeah! Hopefully we'll survive!" Allen responded while rubbing his head.

"But my cracked bones definitely wouldn't!" Kanda snarled in wrath, glaring at the two, cracking his knuckles.

"Uh-Oh…."

At the circus

"That really hurts…" Allen murmured as he rubbed his head painfully. After sending the teal-haired off, both Lavi and he was chased and beaten by Kanda for using him as a ladder.

He chuckled. 'Some things will never change…'

He stopped when he arrived in front of his tent. He glanced at his silent surrounding.

'Well… I guess everyone's still sleeping…'

After glancing around for a few moments, he entered his tent, not knowing that someone was watching him.

'I'm gonna kill you, you damn clown!'

The next day…

Lenalee was on her bed, reading a book when she heard someone knocked on her door.

"Lenalee, it's me!"

The teal-haired jerked up from her bed. 'Gilbert?'

"I have something to ask you, Lenalee. Can you open the door for a moment?"

'What does he want?!' She thought annoyingly. She was in no mood of seeing him. But….not wanting to be rude, she stood up and opened her door.

"Hi, there, Lenalee!" Gilbert greeted once she opened the door.

"Hello, Gilbert! Can I help you?" She asked. 'Just leave already!'

"Well…you see… Tonight, there's going to be a night show at the circus. So… I was wondering if you wanna come along with me. I've already bought the tickets." He said, pulling out two tickets from his pocket.

Lenalee thought for a while before giving him a nod. "Sure… I don't mind going to the circus."

The blonde smiled when he heard this, "Okay then. I'll come to pick you up at 6:00 then."

"Okay… I'll be waiting…" She said before closing her dorr.

Gilbert smirked. 'Tonight is going to be the night where that clown will be out of her life…for good!'

That evening…

Allen was standing in front of a mirror in his tent. He was wearing his clown costumes and was trying to tug his hair into his twin-tailed hat. He immediately snatched his mask from his desk when he felt someone entering the tent.

"Allen, I'm coming in!" Lavi shouted as both he and Kanda came in.

"Good evening, Lavi, Kanda! What brings you guys here?" asked Allen, fully dressed in his costumes. "Can it be…you're here to see tonight's show?"

Lavi grinned and nodded while Kanda said nothing.

"Yes, we are! Have a hunch that tonight's going to be one big night!" The redhead said with a silly smile.

Allen chuckled. "Indeed…tonight's show might be the last one after this…"

"Allen, are you going to take off your mask after leaving the town?" Lavi asked unexpectedly, seriousness could be seen in his green eye. Kanda also became interested in this.

The white-haired scratched his head nervously. "Well… I guess I will since I won't have any reasons to keep on wearing this…"

"And…will you tell her…what you're hiding?"

Allen's eyes softened. "Even if I won't tell her…she would have probably figured out about it…" He tapped his mask gently.

"Is that so?"

…

"You know…Yuu and I have been thinking about going to London, too…" said the redhead.

"Huh?"

"Well…not immediately… since it might suspect her parents if all of us were to suddenly disappear at the same time." He added.

"But… what about your-"

"Don't worry. I already told my gramps and my workplace. Yuu's also told his department." Lavi announced giving him a thumb-up.

Allen looked a little at this. "But…"

"Don't worry, Allen. Everything's going to work out! I can say that nuch! After all, the four of us have a lot of old times to catch up with!" The redhead interrupted with a grin.

Allen huffed. "If you guys say so…"

"Allen, you're up for the show!" They hurt someone shouted from outside.

"I'll be there in a minute!" The white-haired responded.

Lavi smiled and crossed his arms behind his neck. "Good luck with the show, Allen!"

The white-haired nodded and turned to leave.

"By the way, thanks for helping us, Lavi, Kanda." With that, he'd finally left.

Lavi grinned. "He hasn't change at all."

Kanda nodded in agreement. He then frowned.

'Why do I get the feeling that something's bad going to happen tonight?'

With Lenalee and Gilbert…

"I'm back, Lenalee!" said Gilbert as he approached Lenalee and sat beside her.

"What took you so long?" the girl asked. "The show's been starting for some time!"

"Sorry. I got lost a bit." He said in an apologetic tone. The teal-haired decided to shrug this off as she turned her attention to the show.

They have been at the circus for quite a while. After taking their seats, Gilbert has excused himself for a while saying that he needed to use the bathroom.

"Lenalee?"

"Hmm?"

"Tonight's going to be one great night, isn't it?" He asked with a creepy smile.

The teal-aired shivered as she felt chills in her spines. "Yeah… I guess so…"

Then, suddenly, the ringmaster appeared out of nowhere.

"Ladies and gentleman! Thank you for coming to see our show tonight! Now, here's comes Pierrot who will be playing for tonight's last trick! I hope you all enjoy this!"

After that, he disappeared. As the spotlights were pointed upward, all the audiences looked above their head and saw Allen, climbing up the ladder.

"Don't tell me that he's going to walk across that rope!" exclaimed a woman from among the audiences.

Lenalee's eyes widened when she heard this. But, she immediately relaxed knowing that it was Allen.

'If it's you, Allen… I know you can do it!"' She thought with a smile as she watched Allen stood on the platform, getting readied for the show.

She didn't notice that Gilbert's smirk as he glanced from her to the white-haired.

'Your time has come, you damn clown!'

Allen looked down at the audiences from the platform and smiled when he spotted Lenalee. He bent down to pick up a pole and hi unicycle before getting on it while holding the pole horizontally.

With that, he slowly took off, riding his unicycle onto the rope.

"This is my most heart-thrilling tight-rope walking ever!" exclaimed an audience as Allen has almost reached the middle of the rope.

Lenalee suddenly had this dizzy feeling in her stomach. Her heart was beating faster as he got further away from the platform.

'What's this? Why am I feeling like something bad is going to happen?'

She watched the rope carefully and her eyes widened. Fears immediately crept up to her body. The rope…it was… it has been cut a little. Now it's starting to rip.

She immediately stood up from her seat and shouted.

"ALLEN! GET AWAY FROM THERE!"

But…it was too late.

'Strange…the rope feels a little loose…' thought Allen as he continued on his show. When he reached the middle of the rope, he heard Lenalee shouted.

"ALLEN! GET AWAY FROM THERE!"

'Huh?'

Suddenly, the rope snapped apart, separating from each other. Allen could feel his unicycle slipped from his leg as he was falling from the broken rope.

'Eh?'

"ALLEN!" He could hear Lenalee and the audiences screamed in horror.

His clown mask slipped from his face as he fell. He tried to catch it but he couldn't reach for it.

His vision suddenly went white as a flash of memory hit him.

"I'm sorry…Father…"

As he continued to grieve in front of his Father's grave, he noticed someone walked up to him.

"Allen…"

He glanced up as he heard her voice. It was Lenalee.

"Allen, are you alright?" she asked. He didn't answer her question.

Seeing his surprised face, she gave him a small smile. Suddenly, his eyes widened in shock as she dropped to her knees in front of him and placed her arms around his back.

"It's alright…" She whispered. "It's okay… everything's going to be alright, Allen… so please… stop crying…."

'That's right… back then… you said those words to me…

And… you found me…. You found it for me, Lenalee….

My own face that I was about to forget….'

"-llen! Allen! Allen! Get a hold of yourself!"

When his vision went clear, he realized that Lenalee was holding him in her arms. Pain shot through his head as he felt blood dripped from his head.

Lenalee screamed in horror as she watched Allen hit the ground! Ignoring her fiancé's call, she immediately dashed towards the white-haired.

He was lying on the ground with a pool of blood around his head. His white-haired was freed as his hat slipped from his hat along with his mask. The mask was now broken, lying few centimeters away from him.

She dropped to her knees and held him in her arms. Tears cascade down from her eyes as she called out for him.

"Allen! Allen! Get a hold of yourself! Please, open your eyes!" Her voice was cracking.

When his eyes fluttered open, she could see them… the beautiful silver orbs… that she hasn't seen for a long time. She could finally see his face again…but…this wasn't the way she wanted to see it!

"L…Lenalee…" He whispered softly.

"Don't worry…..everything's going to be…..alright…." He smiled.

Lenalee bit her lower lips as she watched him smiled.

"Please, Allen…. Please stop lying…. Stop hiding your face!" She whimpered, her body shook as her tears fell onto his cheek.

Allen's eyes widened when he heard this.

'Please…no…Lenalee… Please don't cry!' He begged in his mind.

"I'm begging you, Allen…" Her grips on him tightened.

"Stop holding your pain in…" She sniffed.

"I-It's alright to cry when you're in pain! It's alright to scream when you're hurt!" She continued between her sobs.

"There's nothing to be shameful about, Allen!"

Tears began to from at Allen's eyes when he heard this. "Lenalee…"

She then held him closer to her. "It's alright… It doesn't matter if you can't laugh properly…It doesn't matter if you can't play your silly tricks…" More and more tears welled down from her eyes as she continued to whisper.

"It's okay if you can't bear the pain, Allen… Let it out… I'll cry along with you… I'll bear the pain along with you… so that… you won't have to hide behind your mask again, Allen…" She cried.

Allen wanted to smile, but he couldn't… he couldn't smile at all… He couldn't bear it anymore.

"Lenalee…" He whispered, tears flowed down his eyes when he saw tears in her eyes.

'"I love you…"

Lenalee's eyes widened when she felt his body went limp.

'N-no…it can't be…'

"Allen?" She shook him a little and paled when she received no response from him.

"A-Allen…It can't be… you're joking, right?"

No matter how hard she shook, he didn't response at all.

"ALLEN! ALLEN! PLEASE, NO!" She broke down.

"Please, tell me this is a dream!" She exclaimed, stating at his face.

"Allen…please…don't leave me! I'M BEGGING YOU…DON'T LEAVE ME!"

But…it was no use at all…because…he was gone…the pierrot…who hid his tears behind his clown mask….

I'M SO SORRYYYYYYYYYY! FORGIVE ME, ALLEN!

I feel like I'm rushing this again...oh well... thnx for reading and review, plz!