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In the middle of the night, Allen couldn't stop tossing and turning. Eventually, Kanda got the kitten to wake up. "What's the matter?" Kanda grumbled.

"Nothing." Allen muttered.

"It was definitely something, or do you like kicking my in your sleep and tossing your favorite toy to the floor?" Kanda huffed.

"…I had that dream again." Allen admitted.

"The one with your owner and your dad?" Kanda asked.

"Yeah." Allen nodded.

"Why not talk about it? Maybe that'll help." Kanda pulled Allen into a small hug. The white kitten took a breath before deciding that Kanda was right. Talking it out would help.

~Flashback~

It was raining. Allen was just a newborn kitten that had just opened his eyes a day ago. His father, a kind brown cat who went by Mana, was holding him by the scruff and was carrying the kitten to a much dryer place. When the rain began pouring harder, a woman had appeared with an umbrella in hand. "Oh my goodness, are you kitties okay?" She carefully picked up both cats. She then quickly ran home with them. "You poor little kitties, stay right there, I'll bring you something to eat." The woman had walked off.

"Meow?" Allen looked at his father in confusion. The brown cat only gave the kitten a bath. "I'm back, I wasn't able to find any fish, but I did have some old cat food. *sigh* I miss my old cat." The woman placed a bowl full of cat food on the ground. At first Mana was hesitant, and he sniffed at the food. But he soon gave into hunger. Then when Allen looked into the bowl, the woman spoke up. "No, no kitten. You're too young for food, come here, I have some pet milk you can have." This comment made Mana bristle his fur slightly. "Oh, daddy cat, I'm not going to hurt him, I promise." The woman stared at the brown cat. It took a few moments before Mana calmed down and the woman finally brought Allen a tiny bowl of milk. "Mew!" Allen squeaked happily.

"My name is Hevlaska, would you mind if I can be your new owner?" The woman smiled and stroked Mana down his back. The brown cat purred. And that was Allen's family. At least until some mad man had attacked Hevlaska's house a few days later. Both she and Mana were killed, while Allen was scarred down his left eye. Left in the streets to die, Allen felt hopeless. That was until a young ebony-colored cat showed up.

~Flashback over~

"See, the end and beginning weren't that bad." Kanda stroked Allen's head softly.

"I guess… But that evil man." Allen shivered.

"Forget about him. You have me, and Tyki, and Lavi, none of us will let anyone hurt you." Kanda smiled, just a little.

"But I don't want you all getting hurt either!" Allen squeaked.

"We won't get hurt. Now quite being a big cry baby." Kanda sighed.

"I'm not a cry baby." Allen flicked his tail.

"Yes you are. And if you speak again, I'll take that stupid toy of yours; it'll be gone before you even wake up." Kanda stated and tried to go back to sleep. Allen wanted to hiss at Kanda, but wasn't putting Tim in any danger. So the kitten just went and got Timcanpy off the floor, and went back to bed. Meanwhile, Lavi had been eavesdropping on the whole flashback. "Poor kitten…" Lavi wanted to cry.

"Ugh, Lavi, is something wrong? You left for the bathroom like, ten minutes ago, and are now on your way back." Tyki grumbled tiredly as he stood in his doorway.

"…I just heard the saddest story." Lavi told Tyki as he walked closer to the man.

"In the bathroom?" Tyki raised a brow.

"No stupid, from Allen." Lavi sighed.

"Need a shoulder to cry on?" Tyki asked.

"No… Maybe." Lavi shook his head and walked over to the bed. Tyki pouted slightly and went to sit on the bed. "There was one thing kind of funny about the story." Lavi muttered as he sat next to Tyki.

"What?" Tyki asked.

"It started on a rainy day." Lavi nervously chuckled.

"Everything seems to start that way." Tyki sighed.

"Um… You know, a hug sounds good right about now."

"All you need to do was ask." Tyki smiled and hugged the red-head.

"I guess it's time to go back to bed." Lavi sighed.

"Kill-joy." Tyki rolled his eyes.

"What? It was just a hug."

"So? Hugging you is awesome."

"Child." Lavi muttered.

"Whatever." Tyki smiled.

"Meh, good night." Lavi got under the covers, and was once again asleep for the rest of the night.