Sorry about the delay guys... but I got it done :D I honestly meant to finish it last night, but I sort of spent the day in bed... cause I spent the night sick... yeah... yuck.

On a happier note, I has a job interview ^^ so wish me luck guys

Also, my mother is determined to smother me so she's thinking of getting rid of the internet in an attempt to get us to "spend more time together"... because, you know, I'm not an introvert, just antisocial... anyway, that might mean "slower" updates for you guys and I'm sorry in advance.

Enjoy!

Soft hums slipped from the demon's lips as he woke slowly in comfort and warmth for the first time in what felt like an eternity to him, any whispering voices that threatened to plague him had since been silenced, a soft smile playing on his face as he adjusted over the warm pillow, his hand moving across the coat covering the muscled chest. Silver eyes fluttered open in confusion at the feeling of the pillow, his head lifting to look at whatever he was lying on, his eyes widening at the sight of a sleeping hunter, his own cobalt orb covered by gentle lids and his body propped up against the wrought iron headboard, the weight falling down Allen's back the arm the arm Kanda had wrapped around his waist in the night.

The pale slim body looked down at the Japanese he had slept on, his undead heart hammering as he remembered his ludicrous request, a request the Hunter had granted him. Allen's hands pressing on the mattress as his arms straightened out to look down at the Japanese, his smile slipping back on his lips as he lowered his body back onto Kanda's, his nose in the crook of Kanda's neck as his silver eyes fluttered shut, his lungs expanding as he inhaled deeply, his body stiffening almost instantly.

His nose snuggled deeper into the flesh as he sniffed at the nectar running through Kanda's body, the scent driving him mad with want, his fanged mouth salivating as the teeth elongated, his body shivering from need. Adjusting his body to hover over the Japanese's, his tongue extended to lick at the joint between his neck and collarbone, his huffing breath against the flesh of the elder, the aroma paling in comparison to the mere taste of Kanda, the flavour dancing on his taste buds and making his hunger grow, the conscious thoughts screaming in his head to ignore his desires fighting against said unseemly desires as his now clawed hands gripped the strong shoulders, his inner conflict at its peak as he paused with his pointed fangs barely touching the skin.

The conflict between his consciousness and his animal was resolved quickly as fingers threaded through his downy locks and managed to slam his skull into the metal bars, the headboard and his head ringing as his retracting claws reached to touch the crown of his head, the vampire whimpering softly in pain.

"Nice try," a dangerous voice hissed, the second body adjusting from the bed to stand beside it, "but I wasn't born yesterday."

Allen said nothing but rubbed the spot that had been all but jammed into the bars of the iron bed, his mouth shut tightly as he restrained any other exclamations of pain that threatened to slip out, his silver eyes turning to look at the now furious Japanese.

"This is why I never take pity on people," the elder growled, "it always screws you over."

"No, Kanda, wait!" Allen tried, the length of chain allowing him to push off the bed to chase after the Japanese, his feet hitting the stone for the first time in a month, his knees buckling after never using them for the period of time.

His fall to the stone floor was stopped by a pair of strong arms and strong chest, the silver eyes looking up in surprise at the Japanese, the smell wafting off of the hunter making him hunger anew.

"Moyashi-"

"Get away from me!" the younger practically shrieked, his body falling back on the mattress while shocked cobalt eyes watched him shuffle away from him.

"What the hell is wrong with you!?" Kanda snapped as the vampire's fingers gripped the blankets tightly, the lithe body trembling.

"Get away from me," Allen quivered, "just get… get away from me!"

The Japanese look once more over the now terrified demon before an understanding dawned on him, his feet taking him up the stairs, the vampire left alone in the cool, dark, dungeon, his face buried in the soft pillow as he willed his hunger to sate, his silver eyes scrunched tightly, Mana's mantra to "keep on walking" repeated in his skull.

"Here."

Two tubes of warm liquid tossed to Allen landed on his cheek, the confused eyes opening to the sight of the Japanese with his sleeve rolled up on his arm and a cotton ball taped over a bleeding hole, Lavi's black bag held in the other hand.

"Wh-What?"

"Drink it," the Japanese told him, "it's fresh, this'll tide you over until I get you more."

Allen refused to question Kanda as he tilted his head back and greedily took the contents of both vials down his throat, the clink of the bag settling on the ground ignored as the Japanese dug through and retrieved a fresh syringe and vial, the red liquid filling swiftly from his skin before he tossed the third vial Allen's way, the cap hardly staying on for a moment when it was ripped off and taken in greedily.

"Damn it Lavi," Kanda cursed under his breath as he filled a fourth tube for the demon, "fine time to take the day off."

"K-K-Kanda," the younger gasped, his nails digging into the soft mattress, "pl-please… help me…"

"Give me a minute-"

Wood clattered to the floor as Kanda felt something heavy land on his chest, the needle dinging on the stone as it slipped from his vein, the Japanese looking up at the hungry silver eyes while the breath sawed in and out of the younger's chest.

"Please… help me," Allen breathed as he lowered his lips to the bleeding vein, a hand to his throat pushing his elongating fangs away from the pale skin.

"Moyashi," the Japanese grunted, "get... OFF me!"

"Just… just a drink," the younger tried to reason, his longer nails scraping against the stone floor as his resistance slipped from his waning grasp, "please…"

"NO!"

Allen gasped as a knee met his stomach, his lungs coughing as he doubled over, the hand to his throat lifting the lithe body to the mattress, his form bouncing on the bed while Kanda readjusted the shackles onto the younger, the body struggling weakly as he was restrained to the bed, the angry Japanese slipping off him after a few moments.

"Freak," Kanda hissed as he applied pressure to the wound, the silver eyes turning away from the elder while the Japanese cleaned the blood from his arm, a bandage wrapped around his wound as he turned back to the demon, curiosity on his face at the quiet sobbing sound emanating from the shaking chest.

"K-Kill m-me…"

Kanda stilled at the words, his cobalt eyes growing wide while tears began to fall from the silver ones, the pale face turning from the other as Allen pressed on.

"I-I'm so sick of living like this," the vampire sobbed softly, "pl-please… just kill me…"

"Moyashi-"

"I'm going to be a m-monster soon," Allen sniffed, "please-please don't let that happen!"

"Look," Kanda started, trying to reason with the crying younger, "Lavi says he can cure you-"

"And you believe him now?" the younger spat back in incredulity, "face it, I'll be a monster before that happens!"

"But-"

"Please… just kill me…" Allen murmured, "I don't want to be a monster… death would be better than this life."

"You were the one who was so determined to get out here alive!" Kanda snapped, "where is that determination now?!"

"That was when I thought I could fight this thing!" the younger retorted, "but now-"

"Now you have a scientist, no matter how retarded, that is willing and, though I hate to admit it, able to help you," the Japanese pressed, "and you just want to throw that away?"

"No," Allen shook his head, tears still slipping down the pale cheeks, "I just don't want to kill anymore…"

The strong jaw twitched at the words, Kanda feeling his fingers twitch as they reached for his blade, the cobalt staring into mercury.

"Please Kanda," the vampire whispered, "just kill me… I won't hold it against you, I promise."

Allen felt relief fill him as he heard metal slide against its scabbard, the deadly-looking katana shining in the morning sun. Kanda watched as the silver eyes closed gently as the blade touch the pale flesh, his lungs expanding deeply and the Japanese raised the katana high above his head in preparation to fulfill Allen's wish.

"NO!"

Kanda felt his body hit the floor for the second time, a blur of red crashing into the strong chest while the sword clattered to the stone.

"LAVI!"

"Don't kill him!" the other pressed, his body sitting on the other and pinned him to the floor, Kanda struggling against him.

"Lavi-"

"I need him alive!" the redhead continued, "you promised me you wouldn't kill him!"

"He asked me too!" Kanda roared as he tried to push the other off of him, "besides, what happens if he can't change back next time?! Your work will be for naught if you're dead!"

"Then I'll work fast-"

"Lavi," Allen interrupted, his head trying to turn to see the other two, "Kanda's telling the truth, I asked him too-"

"I DON'T CARE!" Lavi shouted at the other two, the volume of his normally relaxed voice startling them, his own breath deep as he tried to calm himself. "Look," the redhead murmured after a moment, "I promised you I'd find a cure and that's exactly what I intend to do."

"Lavi-"

"And you promised not to kill him for another three months!" the redhead snapped at Kanda, effectively shutting the other up.

The green and blue stared at each other in mutual stubbornness before Kanda pushed Lavi off him, his hands grabbing the katana and slipping it back into its sheath.

"And just where the hell were you this morning," Kanda hissed as he stood, "Moyashi would've sucked me dry had I been unprepared!"

"Why would he have drained you-"

"Just answer the damn question!"

"I had a late night," Lavi told him, his green eyes narrowing, "I figured the world wouldn't end if I slept in for one day!"

"'Che," Kanda grunted as he turned from the other two, "you were practically bouncing last night about your new samples; you better have found something!"

"Um… well…"

"Nothing!?" Kanda snapped, his cobalt eyes throwing daggers at the other, "you found… nothing!?"

"I should've known," Allen scoffed quietly, his body relaxing on the pillows.

"Now, now hang on you two," Lavi protested weakly as he stood, "look, I just need a few days with them and-"

"Will you stop it!"

Both sets of eyes turned to the young vampire, the young man looking defeated for the first time since they met.

"A-Allen?"

"Just stop making it sound like there's hope for me," Allen sniffed, "just let me give up and die."

"No chance."

Both Allen and Lavi turned in surprise to Kanda, the Japanese standing with his arms crossed over his chest.

"You are not giving up because one retard lost his brain for five seconds," Kanda snapped, his eyes narrowing at the younger.

"This from the guy that was willing to kill me a minute ago!"

"Only because you hadn't given up, you made a choice!" the Japanese pointed out, "giving up and withering away is just pathetic!"

Allen flinched at the harshness in the voice, his lower lip quivering before the fat tears rolled down his cheeks, his shoulders shaking as he cried quietly.

"And will you stop, crying!"

"I'm just so sick of all this," the younger sniffed, "it's not like I have anybody who'd miss me anyway-"

"Then live long enough to meet someone who would."

Allen looked up at the Japanese, his silver eyes surprised as he stared into cobalt, Kanda holding their gaze for a moment longer before he turned to march up the stairs, his ponytail swinging with each step, Allen and Lavi remaining in silence for a few moments longer before the redhead broke it.

"Look," the elder started softly, "Allen, I'm trying, I really am trying, I really do want to cure you-"

"No, you just want to stop this disease-"

"Same thing isn't it?" Lavi teased quietly, a small smile pulling on his lips as one slipped on Allen's, "look, I promise you, I will find this cure, and make sure it works, before you become that thing."

"How can you possibly test this?"

"I have my methods," the redhead promised, "so please, trust me!"

"On one condition," Allen told the other after a moment of thought, "I'm no longer a prisoner, you let me walk around free."

"I don't think-"

"I know Kanda will be pissed," the vampire pressed, "and I know it's a risk but-"

"And what if that monster takes over again huh?" Lavi countered, "as much as I hate to admit it, Kanda might not be able to fend it off."

"Then lock me up at night," Allen compromised, "don't let me out of the lab, just let me be free," his arms pulled against the shackles, "I'm sick of all this."

The redhead bit his lip, feeling as though he was slowly becoming insane for even considering the idea.

"You promise you won't run away?"

"I promise," the younger nodded vigorously, "I-I won't attack either of you or interrupt your work-"

"Kanda's gonna have a fit," Lavi muttered as he reached forward to the shackles, his green eyes meeting the hopeful silver, "don't make me regret this."

Allen simply nodded vigorously as he felt more than heard the snap of the shackles as they fell from his pale wrist, his body now allowed to move free in over a month.

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