Alright so I didn't get the next chapter up as soon as I would have liked but I was having a hard time figuring out a proper punishment that wasn't completely evil. So I have desided that this will be the final chapter of Blooming Love. I really really enjoyed writing this. Its been a lot of fun. I really appreciate all of the feedback that I've gotten. Without further adu here is the last chapter.~
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Allen went to the bath wing of the order, this time of day it was rarely used so there was no one around. While Allen turned his back Lilly undresses and climbed into the bath, afraid to say anything and get Lenalee and Lavi into bigger trouble.
"Lets get you cleaned up before I deal with those two..." He sighed and poured a little bit of shampoo onto Lilly's head.
"Please don't be mad at them...its my fault..." She mumbled, eyes shut tight to avoid any stray soap.
"Lilly, he is the one person I don't want you to be around, he is an extremely cruel man. Lavi and Lenalee both knew that and still..."
"Its not their fault, I got lost and he helped me find where I was suppose to be. They didn't know I was with him until we got to the docks." She huffed.
Allen sighed and continued scrubbing her hair. "I just don't want to you be corrupted like me."
Lilly had heard enough she quickly sandwiched Allen's face with her small hands. "Mama, you save people, you keep people safe. Please don't say things like that. Maybe Marian was hard on you for a reason, maybe he did what he did to teach you how to adapt to different situations.'
Allen smiled softly before dumped water over Lilly's hair. "No he's just and ass, but thanks."
The next few minutes were spent with Lilly trying to get the soap away from Allen so she could stick it in his mouth, squealing something how potty mouths needed to be washed out with soap.
"So what are you going to do with Lena and Lavi? They are probably preparing for the worst." Lilly asked, while dressing behind a screen.
"I don't know, I'm not mad anymore but it would be a waste to let them off the hook so easily."
She popped out behind the screen with a devilish grin on her face. "I have an idea that would be nice for Lena and Lavi but bad for Marian~"
"That's my girl" Allen grinned. Lilly leaned in and whispered her plan into Allen's ear.
Lenalee, Lavi and Kanda were all waiting outside Allen's room, the tension was incredibly thick. Lavi spoke up unable to stand the silence any longer. "What do you think Allen is going to do to us?"
"Who knows, he was pretty pissed. I'm sure General Cross did that on purpose." Lena huffed, crossing her arms and biting her lower lip.
"You two better hope Allen didn't notice the fresh stitches on her arms and legs too." Kanda pipped up. Lenalee and Lavi froze, both of them turning white. "I made sure to have Nurse call me in case Lilly was injured, though she did explain she handled herself quite well in the surprise attack at the orphanage."
Lenalee turned to face Kanda to explain what had happened, but Kanda stopped her before she could say anything. "Of course I already knew what happened before Nurse had called me. I'm guessing you two didn't notice a small lotus pin she likes to wear."
Lavi's jaw had dropped and Lenalee was completely flabbergasted. Their reactions were priceless. "I had the guys in the lab put it together for me, for occasions where Allen and I wouldn't be able to look after her."
Allen had just come down the hall, one hand holding a large plastic bag over his shoulder and the other holding Lilly's hand. He had his best poker smile plastered on his face, of course on the inside he was laughing at what was to come. Lilly was trying her best to look like she was in trouble too. Though she looked more like she was about to laugh and cry at the same time.
"This isn't going to end well for us is it Lavi..." Lenalee gulped and grabbed Lavi's arm.
"Probably not, this is Allen we pissed off remember." Lavi sighed.
"Good to see you can follow some directions, now come inside." Allen's smirked and unlocked to door for everyone to come inside.
"Go easy on them Moyashi." Kanda spoke, sitting down on their bed waiting for the events to unfold.
"Of course not~" Allen's sickly sweet tone sent shivers through everyone in the room. "Now this will be your punishment~" He held out the bag and unzipped it. Revealing a costume princess dress, decked out in frills and enough glitter to coat anything that touched it.
"Do we have to wear that?" Lavi groaned, thinking about how many baths he would have to take to be rid of all the sparkles.
"No, no, no, You misunderstand. You two won't be wearing this lovely dress."
The pair prematurely sighed in relief.
"You two will be putting this on my master~" Allen was completely dead serious.
"Is it too late for me to wear the dress?" Lavi pipped up, dressing up like a princess was bad enough but being the one to dress up a very cranky General was a death wish.
"Nope~ This is actually way better than my original plan for you two, lucky for you Lilly saved you, and to make things easier Cross is already drunk so its just a matter of dressing him."
"Sorry guys..." Lilly was trying her best to hide the fact that she was enjoying the idea of Marian dressed as a pretty pretty princess. Kanda was quietly snickering in the corner of the room. Lilly pulled off the tiny little lotus pin that she kept pinned to whatever dress she was wearing, and pinned it to Lenalee's shirt. "I'll give my you good luck charm, just don't lose it okay Lena~"
Kanda was having a harder and harder time holding back the urge to laugh at their friends misfortune.
"T-thanks Lilly, thats really sweet of you." Lenalee smiled and gently patted her head.
Lavi grabbed the dress and zipped the bag shut. "Lavi, I just want you to know, if we don't make it back alive, I-I really like you!" She shouted, cheeks flushing bright red.
"L-Lena...I really like you too..." Lavi smiled sheepishly and scratched the back of his head.
"Now kiss!" Lilly cheered making a kissy face.
Everyone laughed, Lenalee shyly kissed Lavi on the cheek. "You get the real thing when we get back."
"No fair" Lavi pouted and flung the dress over his shoulder, also flinging a trail of glitter which instantly clung to his hair. "Lets just get this over with."
"Hehe right" Lenalee smiled and grabbed Lavi by the hand before running off to the general's wing. As Allen had said General Cross was already drunk and completely out cold. Unfortunately he was incredibly hard to dress since he was completely limp. Kanda, Allen and Lilly sat on the bed around a small screen watching their progress. The room filled with snickers and fits of laughter.
"Good idea Kaga, this is very entertaining." Kanda smiled softly and ruffled her hair.
"Thanks~ Serves Marian right for lying to me!" She smiled then stuck her tongue out at the screen.
"Heh like mother light daughter." Kanda smirked and gently kissed Allen's head.
"Uh-Oh looks like Cross woke up." Allen pipped up seeing the blob of glitter and frills on the floor start to move.
A very girly scream, followed by a very angry drunk groan echoed from the General's wing. The three poked their heads out the door, waiting to see what was going to happen, since something blocked their view from the lotus pin. First thing they saw was Lenalee running full speed, carrying Lavi bridal style. Lavi was screaming something along the lines of 'He's right behind us' and 'Run Lena Run!'. Cross on the other hand was in a full on sprint, the long dress did little to slow the very pissed off General.
"Get back here damnit!" Cross growled. Some of the braids that Lilly did in his hair were still sticking out of his hair, only adding to his new look. There was also a very visible trail of rainbow sparkles following Cross. Both Allen and Lilly fell to the ground clutching their stomachs in fits of unrestrained laughter. Kanda clung to the door frame trying his hardest to maintain at least some of his composure, unfortunately failing, leaving the samurai to join his little family in their ball of laughing fits.
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I really hope you guys enjoyed this last chapter of funny fluffy moments. Sorry to leave LaviXLenalee to the final chapter but it just kinda felt right. Everyone has had those "Now Kiss" moments with their favorite pairings before. I want to thank everyone for sticking with me through my long hiatus and through all of the chapters. I'm not quite sure what my next fanfic will be series or pairing wise, but I really hope to see you guys in the next fic. Again thank you for reading! Toodles~