here, buu enjoy xP poor allen-kun. i hate school...

Alma grinned evilly. "Well then.. Yuu-kun. Let my game.. begin."

"Huh? Where am I?" I inspected the dark area around me. I couldn't see a thing, rather; there was completely nothing. I walked a couple of steps to the right, then to the left. I somehow noticed that it didn't even feel like I moved any inches, but I wasn't stuck either.

"Hello? Is someone there?" I couldn't erase Kanda's face out of my mind, but, right now I had other things to worry about.

I heard a faint, sobbing voice. "A woman?.. Man? Hello? Where are you?" I felt a bit scared. I shivered. It wasn't nice being alone in the dark. Something watched me, I could feel it. I could sense it. Eyes that are penetrating my soul. Someone, help me. It seemed like those eyes were reading my mind, every thought that had slipped in my mind, my memories, everything.

"A.. l.. m.. a.."

I started to run when the sobbing sound seemed to chase me. It only became louder and louder. I heard a strange word.. or.. name.. between the sobbing. Changing course of running didn't help either. I wanted to get out of this place, and fast. If I keep on running long enough, I'll reach an end, right?

What's with this never-ending dark labyrinth?

"Allen.."

I froze. I didn't knew what I saw, all I could do was shed a huge amount of tears without even noticing. My body felt like it started to react on its own.

"Allen.. my son. I see.."

Mana. Mana I knew you were alive! Mana, wait here! I wanted to see you! Let's go home together, MANA!

"MANA!" I ran towards him with my watery eyes; but.. every meter I lay off, Mana was still on the same spot. My heart ached. I knew something was wrong, his back was facing me. I froze, again. "Mana..?"

Mana got up and walked towards me. Every step he got closer, my left eye started to hurt. My vision blurred. Something happened with me. My left eye started to react to Mana's footsteps. The pain didn't matter. This was a chance for me to talk with Mana again.

My father, in front of me. I wanted to reach out to him, even so, my arms weren't moving. Why? Why have I been moving fine up until this very point? I can't speak. I want to shout, I can't.

The moment his eyes met mine, he mumbled something. Then, in only a mere second, he vanished. Completely gone. My left eye ceased to hurt. A puddle of blood made a stain on the black floor. I managed to kneel, only to find my own body covered in blood.

I cried, without any sound. I couldn't speak, it was terrifying. Mana, did you die? What happened, Mana? Where are you?! MANA?!

Those words.. did he mean them? It was my fault..? What is? What have I done.. Mana? Please, tell me!

Something grabbed me from behind. I didn't have time to react. I opened my eyes only to find myself in an isolated room. It was a little dusty. The blood on my body was gone, I heard a strange language coming from the other side of the locked door.

Sorry.. Mana..

I closed my eyes. When the door opened, I felt relieved. A smiling Kanda. Weird, I've never seen Kanda smile that brightly before. I got up and jumped on him, crying out of happiness. I wanted to believe that everything that had happened before this was just an illusion. Kanda was here, I didn't need anything else. I hugged him. He felt really warm.. oh Kanda. I missed your touch. Did you have a safe trip? Why am I in this room? He didn't even budge an inch.

I managed to speak.

"Kanda? Neh, Kanda?" I stared at his face, only to receive an emotionless glare. His eyes were cold. His smile disappeared. "Kan.. da..? Are you okay?"

"Allen, why?"

"Kan..-"

Before I knew it, I got stabbed. I stared down at my abdomen, only to find a katana stuck right in my abdomen. I was too shocked to say anything. It didn't hurt, I didn't feel physical pain. Mentally, yes. This pain..

"K-Kanda.. no.. why.. KANDA!" I vomited some blood.

"Allen, why have you betrayed me? Allen, I hate you. You're one disgusting brat. I never loved you. The one I love is Alma."

My heart felt like it snapped in two. I kneeled on the floor and nearly choked in my own blood. I placed my hand on Kanda's ankle, I even started to shake. I wasn't really sure how to react. The world I had slowly built around me after Mana died, fell apart.

"OI, MOYASHI, WAKE THE FUCK UP, OI!"

Kanda, that never noticed Allen's stigmata on his abdomen up until now, jerked the small teen roughly. The teen was crying, screaming, sweating, struggling. Kanda wondered why he had called out his name several times. He was trying to focus on getting the teen to wake up.

Allen sat upright with his watery eyes. Kanda's calls for the teen -to come back to the surface - had reached him. He quivered with a depressed shimmer in his eyes. No- he almost looked lifeless.

Kanda became serious. The thoughts of Alma rushed into his head. "God.. Allen..? What happened to you, you fucking idiot?! Did someone do something? What's this thing on your belly? Oi, answer me goddamnit!" Not knowing what to do, Kanda held him tightly. Was that thing always there? Che. I'm stupid.. .. If I find out.. this was Alma.. No- he can't learn anything about Alma. I don't want him to meet Alma. Alma needs to be thrown in hell, far away from my moyashi.

When Allen finally calmed a bit down, came to his senses, he clung himself on the samurai's body. Captivated in his own fear, he silently cried on his chest. Kanda didn't give a shit when he felt his shirt becoming wet.

It became silent after a while. The atmosphere had slowly changed. The Japanese boy decided to try to ask again, in a more.. gentle way.

"Idiot.. What happened?"

Allen listened to his heartbeat. "..Nothing much.." How could Allen possibly tell him all of that? Even so.. he didn't want to hide anything from him.

His answer got Kanda a little bit irritated. "Don't lie, I'll chop y-." Kanda shrugged. "I mean I won't forgive you."

Allen's embrace loosened, to be able to face his lover. Kanda reacted to that by moving his hands down to Allen's waist. He kissed away the leftover tears that rolled down Allen's cheeks.

"Aren", Kanda started with his Japanese accent. "Whatever happened, tell me. Share me all your troubles and worries, tell me everything you can not handle on your own. I will carry everything, if needed. There's no need for you to suffer this much, there's no need for you to suffer at ALL."

The small teen took a deep breath. He was moved by Kanda's words and decided to tell him everything, with every detail in a slow pace, but left the 'Alma' part out. Kanda listened to every word he had to say, he was prepared to do anything to make him feel better again. It made him feel bad in his stomach, seeing him in such a weakened state.

Everytime Allen was on the brink of bursting out in tears, Kanda would try his best to comfort him. Kanda felt like his body was acting on its own, but, it felt right to treat him like this. Care. This much, he thought he never had to offer to anyone. This afternoon proved him completely wrong.

"Thank you, Kanda. For listening to me. But.. Kanda..?"

Kanda snorted in response.

"There's this.. question I have for you. Do you know someone named Alma?"