Hana: Welcome one and all to another new chapter!

Kanda: You sound like shit.

Hana: Er...well, I am getting over a cold. But I'm fine now.

Tyki: Huh, so you are.

Hana: Where's Allen?

Tyki: Preoccupied.

Kanda: Get the hell out of here, Mikk.

Hana: Er...Neither Xavier nor myself own D. Gray-man!

Tyki: I suppose if they did, things would be very different. Happy readings.

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+ - Chapter 29 - +

Allen pouted, as he clung to his fiancé, who was currently giving him a piggy back ride down the street. "I hate you."

"Love you too." Kanda answered back. "When you were do such things while I washed you, how could I not have a little more fun?"

"Yu..." Allen growled. "For that, you need to get me at least two sundaes..."

"If I buy you three, does that mean you'll let me bend you over when we get back home?" The elder asked slyly.

In response, Allen tightened his hold on the man, trying to strangle his perverted lover. "Die."

Kanda retaliated by squeezing Allen's ass, the younger's grip instantly switching from neck to shoulders, hands digging into the flesh beneath the shirt. "Nice try, but if I die, who's gonna take good care of you, hm?"

"Pervert."

"You like it."

"I know, and I hate it." Allen muttered. "Ah! We're here!"

No sooner did Allen speak up, two eager children ran out, nearly knocking Kanda over, had he not been himself. "Daddy! Papa!" Lala exclaimed, actually running into the older male.

"Pops~! Mama Allen!"

"Seriously?" Allen asked. "Even Lala at least calls me 'Papa'..."

"Actually...I was kind of tempted to say 'Mama Allen' too..."

"Not you too," the Brit groaned. "Why are you all so mean to me?"

"What's wrong, Mama Allen?" Kanda teased, groping his lover's butt.

Allen blinked, then grimaced, and poked the man's cheek. "You call me that again and I'll leave you on a month-long dry spell."

"Threatening me now are you?" The older male felt his fiancé tense. "Do I have to re-teach you what happens when you do that?"

Lala and Timothy were watching the interactions of the two — mostly — adults with interest, grinning at each other when Allen's face pinked.

"Oii. If ya gonna do that stuff, then get a room." Timothy said, crossing his arms. "Seriously. There are kids here."

"Yeah." Lala agreed.

Kanda gave his lover's thigh a quick light squeeze. "What do you think, Mama Allen? Should we listen to them?"

The white-haired male suddenly had the urge to hit the man holding him over the head. Unfortunately, said man might then drop him, so he'd have to save that for later. "I think you should stop being such a pervert."

"All I'm doing is showering you with my affections."

"You're a perv," Allen deadpanned. "Don't even pretend to be otherwise."

"Fine, but only for you."

"I love how you two already act like a married couple." Lala said, smiling brightly. "It's cute~"

"There are two things I'll ever consider 'cute'." Kanda impassively stated. "First, is obviously the one on my back, and two maybe the two of you."

"I'm not cute!" Timothy and Allen cried out.

"I'm younger than both of you, and even I have to admit you're both very cute."

"I am a full-grown adult male!" Allen ignored his fiancé's snort. "There's no way I'm cute!"

"You sure about that, moyashi?" Kanda asked, shifting the younger's weight. He turned his attention back to the two kids, now a little skeptical. "So tell me, why are you two out here?"

"Um..." Both Lala and Timothy looks to each other, before suddenly finding else seemingly interesting.

"You're hiding from Emilia, aren't you?" Allen sighed.

"Emilia isn't here." Timothy said. "We're hiding from Mr. Johnson...he's been really creepy lately."

Lala nodded. "More so than usually."

"More so than...usually?" Allen asked. He and Kanda both knew the man was a former AKUMA, but up until now they never heard of him doing much...both wondered when Wisely would get—

"Hm? So these are Lala and Timothy?"

Both children blinked, before screeching in surprise, and hiding behind Kanda and Allen.

"Wisely, don't do that." Allen sighed, as the other Brit walked up to them.

Wisely shrugged, before eying the orphanage. "I'm only here to investigate the guy here. I say the sooner you two can adopt these two, the better off."

"We can't right now." Kanda grumbled. "With all the shit going on-"

"Is there more than Mr. Johnson?" Lala timidly asked, still eying Wisely wearily, "Mama Allen, is that your brother?"

Wisely started laughing the moment Lala said 'Mama Allen'. "Oh gods, that's rich!"

"HEY!" Allen already felt as though his life were over...his face was rivaling a blossoming rose.

Seeing Kanda trying — and failing — to hide his smirk, Wisely was sent into another bout of snickering and giggling.

"Wisely!" Cheeks stained red, Allen stuffed his face into the back of his fiancé's neck, hoping to hide himself from view. "It's not funny!"

The ex-NOAH of Wisdom reached up and ruffled Allen's white hair, smiling softly. "In my opinion, it's a much better title than your last one." He then cracked a grin. "Suits you way more, too."

The younger of the two white-haired males had no idea as to whether he should be happy with that or not.

"His last title?" Timothy queried, peering up at them innocently.

All three simultaneously stiffened, and then the couple glared at Wisely, who flinched.

Taking it upon himself to deal with this — because it was his fault and they all knew it— Wisely knelt down in front of the two children. "Don't you worry about that; all you have to know is that you're in good hands. I mean, you've got Allen and his scary FBI agent on your side."

"He's not that scary," Lala replied. She was intrigued, but still allowed for herself to be distracted from Timothy's question. They didn't want anyone to know, so she'd respect their privacy. For now.

"Well that's because you always get to see him on a good day," Wisely muttered ruefully. "You should see him when he's in a bad mood." He shuddered. "Or just ask Allen about how they met."

Timothy was interested now too. He'd seen his — older— father-to-be's infamous foul personality only once before, but since it hadn't been directed at him, he hadn't found it the least bit scary. "You said that you had to beat him off for the first few months, but you never said how you met him."

Kanda pinched both of his lover's thighs. "You said what?"

"Because it's true, you damn molester!" Allen growled, though squirmed when he felt hands steadily climbing his upper thighs. "Wh-what kind of FBI agent licks the person they're arresting?!"

Lala and Timothy stared owlishly at each other. Allen's been arrested? They both thought.

"Nope," Wisely answered, grinning at their shock. "Allen didn't end up getting arrested. He kicked Kanda between the legs and ran away."

Both children winced.

"And I can hear your thoughts; if you're being adopted by those idiots, you should probably know that. Also to answer what you asked before: no, I'm not Allen's brother. However, I do see him as family, so you can expect to see me around a lot."

"Makes you our uncle-to-be by default." Timothy pointed out. He grinned, "Hey, hey! Wanna hang out with us? Please?"

"I'm sure you'll have pleanty of time to hang out later." Wisely declined, "I have much I need to do right now, but maybe when you're both adopted, I'll pay for the biggest dinner you'll ever see in celebration. Dessert included."

"Most of that food is mine, I hope." Allen pouted. Wisely shrugged.

"Seems he found out the kiddies got out. You two should hurry up and leave before he catches you all."

"Alright...we'll go to the fair." Kanda decided. "I hear it's in town." The kids, and Allen, were giddy with excitement, already urging Kanda to hurry up.

Wisely chuckled as they hurried, Lala tugging Kanda's pant leg, and Timothy tugging the man's arm. He turned his attention to the portly man running out, and he stepped in front of the man, all friendliness gone. "Nice to formally meet you...'Gregory Johnson', or should I say the modern day "Jack the Ripper'?"

The man stopped, sweat running down his neck. He quickly shook his head and pointed off in the direction Kanda and the others had gone. "I have no idea what you're talking about, but you'd better move! I have to stop those two faggots! I didn't give them permission to take the children!"

"Do you know who I am, Mr. Johnson?" Wisely asked, his smile dead.

"No, why should I?"

"I'd...like to have a private word with you, my good sir~" Wisely's grin was threatening to split his face in half. "Myself, and a few others in fact~"

"W-What...?"

"You should listen." Startled, the man turned behind him, only to find nothing. "Over here." He turned again, this time finding a small female with an expressionless look on her face. When did she—?

"So, you're an ex-AKUMA, are you?" Another woman stated, eying the man. "Disgusting. To think you were in the ranks."

"We won't do anything. Besides, without you, my good sir, we wouldn't want that future family to never be."

"Stand down, you three." Wisely sighed, feeling bored already. "Tewaku, Kiredori, let's get this scum of the Earth to...interrogation." He turned his attention to the other male, "And Tokusa."

"Oh? Perhaps too much?"

"You are perhaps enjoying yourself too much." With those words said, Wisely followed the girls dragging their target away.

. . - * - . .

Allen looked around in awe as the fair came into view. "So amazing!"

"Never been to a fair before, moyashi?" Kanda asked, now playing Allen's crutch, rather than holding him.

"I haven't. It's better than I thought it'd be!"

"I second that!" Both Timothy and Lala exclaimed.

"That reminds me...Lala, just how old are you?"

Blue eyes looked to silver, before smiling, holding up eight fingers. "Eight years old!"

"And already so manipulative." Kanda mused.

"She fits right in," Allen pointed out. "All of us are like that in some way or another."

"Hn." Kanda mused.

"We should go there!" Timothy exclaimed pointing at the bumper carts. "Me and Lala against you and pops!"

"That wouldn't be fair if Kanda and I were in one team." Allen pointed out. "Plus, it looks like you need to be at least fifteen to drive these things."

"Aww! Fine then. He can come with me, and Allen can have Lala."

Allen thought about it, before looking up at Kanda, "What do you think?"

"I think I'll be dragged around regardless." Said man shrugged.

"Bumper cars it is," the white-haired male told Timothy, nodding.

"YES!"

"Let's go~! Let's go~!" Lala giggled, already tugging Allen's arm.

"H-Hey! Careful Lala!"

Kanda rolled his eyes as his moyashi was being dragged towards the cars. "Might as well get to it."

"Awesome~!"

(* - *)

"Party of four?"

"Yes." Allen answered. "We'll go two and two."

"Right, find cars 21 and 32." The employee told the four. Kanda and Allen nodded, before quickly going to find their carts.

While searching, Lala suddenly stopped, her eye wide in wonder, "Wow~! It's so pretty!"

"Er...it's also very pink..." Allen pointed out. "Either way, that's neither 21 nor 32."

"Oh..."

He smiled and took the girl's hand. "Let's quickly get to our car."

Meanwhile, Kanda and Timothy weren't having as much luck finding their own car in the masses either. "This is just fucking perfect." Kanda growled.

"I wonder if those cars are even real." Timothy wondered. "I see 20, 11, 25..."

Kanda fought the urge to roll his eyes. "I see that. But I don't see 21 nor 34."

"32."

"Whatever."

Kanda scanned over the nearby cars, frowning when he still couldn't find the ones he was looking for.

"There!" Two sets of voices sounded at once. Both the kids, glared at the other. "We were here first! Nuh-uh! Us! Don't copy me! You're copying me!"

"Hey now, we don't need to fight..." Allen tried diffusing the situation, "Obviously we found it first—"

"Like hell you did, moyashi."

"BaKanda."

"Moyashi."

"Fine. Rock Paper Scissors. Two out of three wins gets the car."

"Che."

Allen crossed his arms, smile forced. "C'mon Yu. This way it'll be settled fair and square."

"We found it first," Kanda grumbled, glowering over at his lover.

"Actually, we found it first, but since you're so insistent, we'll play to see who gets this car."

"Che. Fine then". Kanda stormed over to the younger male, "Let's get this over with, and when I win..."

Allen's face flushed realizing what the elder was instituting. "No. Because I'm going to win."

"You better make it a one round thing...people are starting to get pissed off." Timothy pointed out.

"I'm going to enjoy your loss," Kanda said lowly, giving his lover a hungry stare.

He'd teach the brat a lesson or two about what happened when the kid made a scene in public. The thoughts alone of what he planned were enough to make him nearly shudder.

Allen shook his left fist while Kanda shook the opposite, eyes on his lover's gloved hand, unable to trust his lover to not cheat in something…even if that 'something' was a child's game they were playing to decide who got to drive a certain bumper car.

"Now!" Timothy groaned, sharing and amused glance with Lala.

The younger of the two flinched, then unclenched his hand, playing paper. Meanwhile, the elder's hand had remained as a fist.

"Fuck."

"Ha! I win!" Allen flashed his fiancé a grin and high-fived Lala.

Kanda scowled. "Have fun with your legs while you can." Because afterwards, the brat had better learn how to get around without them.

"But... I didn't do anything wrong..."

The words were left unheard by the elder male who finally found the other car. Timothy slid in first, and looked to Kanda with an ear-to-ear grin. "You're such a sore loser~"

"Shut it." Kanda growled, taking his seat.

"You know, I think you should take it easy on 'im..."

"What's with you, all of a sudden?"

"Today...it kinda feels like this will be the last time in a while Lala and I will see you two again." Timothy admitted, buckling himself in. "It's stupid, but I feel like something's gonna happen."

Kanda stared impassively at the young boy, before snorting. "Even if something happens, the Moyashi and I will still visit. He'll make sure of that."

Timothy went to respond, but was interrupted by something that rammed into the back of their car and had them lurch in their seats.

The Japanese male growled, turning in his seat to hell a shit load of profanities at whoever the fuck had done that, but stopped when he found his fiancé and Lala smirking at them cheekily.

Allen then poked his tongue at the two.

"Hold whatever thoughts you have." He told Timothy. "We're going to show them why it's a bad idea to try and mess with us."

"Right!" Even with his troubles at the back of his mind, the youngest male was still worried. Lala had the same feeling he did, so when they saw the older duo coming up to the orphanage earlier that day, it was actually a relief.

"Moyashi, I swear!" Kanda shouted over the noise. "I'm going to screw you up later!"

"Yu's just a sore loser~" They barely heard Allen's teasing words over the motors.

"You know, there are others we should also beat the crap out of too." The French boy pointed out. "That guy over there was just staring at Allen."

At the child's words, Kanda's head jerked to the side, and he glowered at the man eyeing Allen Walker appreciatively. His hands tight on the wheel, teeth gritted. "Bastard shouldn't be looking at my Moyashi... Fucking idiot..."

Timothy happily sat up straighter in his seat.

This would be fun.

"Let's teach him a lesson on looking at Mama Allen in the wrong way!"

"I couldn't agree more, brat." Kanda grinned. "Keep an eye out for the other two, and let's be sure to teach those people who dare look at what's not theirs a lesson they're not going to forget."

Kanda, Timothy decided, was definitely going to be a great dad. He hadn't even been adopted yet and the two were already on nearly the same wavelength.

(* - *)

Lala giggled before feeling a chill running down her spine. She tugged on Allen's shirtsleeve to gain his attention. "What's wrong, Lala?"

"I feel like someone freaky is watching."

"Someone freaky, huh?" Silver eyes quickly scanned the area before finding the source of Lala's discomfort. He himself shuddered, noticing the gaze was on him. He grinned when he saw Kanda...'kindly' bump into him moments later. "Looks like they have it taken care of."

"Let's thank them with a love tap!" The deviousness wasn't lost, and Allen cackled. "Onwards!" Lala pointed to Kanda and Timothy's car, and Allen drove them into it, smirking when he could just barely pick up the Japanese male curse.

Again.

"Shall we get out before he gets us back, Lala?"

"I think...yes!"

"Shite!" Allen had barely managed to avoid his lover's next attack, weaving his car around some other nearby ones to get away.

Lala locked eyes with Timothy, and gasped when she saw him smirk and say something to Kanda. "Move, move, move!" She yelled, tugging on the white-haired boy's shirt sleeve insistently.

The Brit suddenly slammed his foot down on the brake, causing his fiancé's car to ram into the wall exactly where they would have been had the younger of the two drivers not stopped. "Stay away!" He maneuvered his car around the corner, glancing back only to find the man following close behind.

"Get your ass back here!"

"Don't bring my arse into this!" Allen shrieked back.

Lala was laughing as the motherly male of the older duo continued to race away from the oncoming car containing his fiancé and Timothy. "Faster! Faster!" Lala giggled, looking to her right, "OVER THERE!"

Allen looked to the right, just in time to see that another go-carter was about to hit them. Grinning, he made a sharp turn, the car aiming for them, instead hitting Kanda and Timothy's car instead. "Having fun yet, Lala?"

"Lots~!" The eight-year-old said with glee. "Let's hit Papa and Timothy from behind!"

"Alright!" Allen agreed, and slowed his car, keeping a lookout for any others.

Lala grinned when she saw Kanda now ahead of them, and waved cheekily when Timothy looked over his shoulder and spotted them.

"Charge!" She commanded, pointing to their car. She happily giggled when they both heard Kanda cursing, and glare over his shoulder.

Allen responded with a smile, before backing up, and getting out of the mess sure to follow.

(* - *)

"Let's go see the animals now!" Lala said, already tugging her fathers-to-be hands'. "I wanna pet the lambs!"

"But that's boring." Timothy whined. "I wanna go on another ride!

"Hey, there's no reason we can't do both...look, there are even carnival type games over there." Allen pointed out. "Maybe after the petting zoo and one other ride, I'll see if I can win you two anything."

"Those games are rigged and you know it, Moyashi." Kanda pointed out, still annoyed with losing their bumper car game. "I doubt even you can out do them."

"I take that as a challenge."

"Tell you what." Kanda leaned in, as so the kids couldn't hear him whispering into Allen's ear, "If you can outwit at least one of these rigged games, I'll consider letting you top some time."

Silver eyes widened, as he looked to Kanda in shock. "Y-You let me...?"

"I told you. There's a lot you need to earn from me if you're even going to think of topping." Kanda informed the younger. "Just bear in mind, I didn't say you could right off the bat. I said I'd consider, and not the immediate future. You're still uke in my book."

Allen pouted, but it turned into a smile. "I love you."

"Is that an agreement to the terms?"

"What do you get if I don't manage to win the rigged games?"

"Nothing I don't already get from you." Kanda smirked when Allen's blush painted his boyish cheeks. "C'mon, they're growing impatient, koi."

"H-Huh? Oh! Um, right!"

If he was motivated before, that had nothing on now.

His lover never let him top... that time he'd tied the man to the headboard of their bed not counted, because, technically, Kanda hadn't given him permission for that.

Allen realized that he'd have to learn how to not hurt his fiancé again. To do that, he'd probably have to practice a bit on himself and figure out what not to do.

Then he'd have to buy lube, which was something they hardly ever used. Normally it was just spit or whatever liquids Kanda had on him at the time. The bastard had used conditioner once while they were in the shower and it had been hell.

So yeah, definitely proper lube was necessary.

But, first things first, Allen had to find a game

A hand grabbed his shirt from behind, pulling him away from the booths. "Too soon, Moyashi."

Allen could only pout. "Really?"

"C'mon, already! I wanna go on the ride now!"

"I wanna pet the animals!"

"Yes, Moyashi, really." Kanda's amusement wasn't lost as he dragged the younger male to the ride Timothy wanted to go on. "You can decide which game to play after we're done with these two's requests."

"Fine."

The Japanese male shot his smaller lover a smirk. "The way you're acting, one would almost think you have another reason behind wanting to play."

Lala looked up curiously.

"Don't be silly," Allen responded, glaring across at the man. "You know I have a competitive streak. And really, not being able to act on that, is...what's the word? Oh, right. Eating me alive."

"That's a phrase, not a word." Lala alluded. "Miss Emilia told me so."

"You really listen to her?" Timothy groaned. "C'mon! What's any of that gonna do for us in the future?"

"More than you think." Allen and Kanda candidly told him.

"How?" The young boy grumbled.

Allen just smiled. "Her lessons with you guys are setting you up for when you go to school. You don't want to be behind, do you?"

"School?" Lala asked, excited written clearly across her face.

"But school is boring!" Timothy whined, "Do I really have to go?!"

"Depends..." Allen thoughtfully said, "Do you want to end up on the streets?"

"No..."

"Do you want to get a lame job?"

"Define lame."

"Working tirelessly at a burger joint."

"Hell no!"

"Then?"

"Fine, I'll go!"

Allen smiled brightly, ruffling the light blue hair on the boy's head. "Good boy~"

"Hey! I'm not a dog!"

"I'm not so sure about that," the white-haired male mused, laughing when a blushing Timothy swatted his hand away.

The child obstinately crossed his arms and gave Allen a death stare. "You're more like a dog than me!"

The Brit opened his mouth to respond, but didn't have the time to do so before his lover spoke first.

"Not at all, kid. He's a cat," Kanda said smugly, side-eyeing his speechless lover. "Isn't that right, koneko-chan?"

Allen punched the man in the arm for the subtle reference to their bedroom activities.

"Yu!"

Kanda merely shrugged, before deciding on moving everyone to the ride. "While the line isn't too long, let's go."

Although miffed, Allen moved in the direction his partner had instructed, glaring at the man, who simply smirked and flicked his tongue across his lower lip.

The British boy shuddered, before harshly pinching himself. He would not react to the provocation, and he would control his himself. If he could not, then that was just pitiful.

(* - *)

The ride Timothy was so inept on going on was one of those stereotypical coasters you'd see at the fair. Fast to put up, quicker to put away. It was a ride Allen couldn't be happier to get off of. He had no quarrels against coasters, in fact, he'd always find them interesting. He did, however, have a thing against coasters he could literally feel moving with the cart as it zoomed along the track.

"You look like shit." Kanda said, handing Allen a cup of water. "Never been on a coaster before?"

"I've never been on a coaster that really could literally be considered a death trap before." Allen otherwise took the cup, taking small sips of water in case his stomach decided to return the breakfast he had that morning. He wouldn't risk lunch until he knew his stomach wasn't going to give anything back. "That thing isn't safe."

"We're fine, Allen!" Timothy complained, "C'mon, it wasn't that bad."

"Did you not feel the track swaying?!"

"Maybe a little..." Lala confessed. "But it was fun! Plus, we didn't go splat on the floor."

"...I'm just going to assume you meant breakfast going splat..."

"Oh no." The blonde girl smiled up at Allen. "I meant us."

First he tensed, then the Brit grimaced and groaned.

Kanda sighed, before removing the cup from his partner's hands and giving it to Timothy. He silenced Allen with a quick glare, sat down, and pulled the boy up onto his lap, stroking his young lover's back.

Once he got over his initial confusion, the white-haired male relaxed and stuffed his face in the man's neck. The warmth Kanda offered was rather nice.

"Aw, isn't that just cute~?"

Silver eyes snapped opened, before blushing. "L-Lavi?!"

The red-head grinned hands in his pockets. "What? I can't say 'hi' to my lil'buddy and best friend?"

"The fuck you doing here." Kanda demanded.

"Ain't it obvious? I'm on a date with the prettiest girl in the world — OW! Hey!"

"I told you not to go bother them, Lavi." Lenalee's voice sounded as she stepped from behind. "Seriously...I'm so sorry Allen, Kanda."

"Uh...are you sure Lavi didn't just see us, and decided to follow us into the fair?" Cobalt and Silver eyes saw the red-head flinch, and both knew Allen had his answer in that moment. "Lavi!"

Lala tugged on Allen's sleeve, looking up at the newcomers. "Who are they?"

"Baka usagi, and Lenalee." Kanda muttered.

"He means Lavi and Lenalee...though I think I'll let the baka usagi part slide in this instance."

"That's just mean, moyashi-chan!"

"It's Allen." The British male growled. "Lavi, Lena, these are Lala and Timothy."

"They're so cute~!" Lenalee was quick to gush over the children, both whom seemed unsure of what they were to make of their parents-to-be's friends. "You didn't kidnap them did you?"

"Eh!? O-of course not...we got permission to take them every once in a while...sorta..."

Kanda snorted.

"Yu..." The boy warned, only to yelp when his lover hugged him tighter to his broad chest.

"We didn't get permission. The asshole there is too much of a fucking homophobe." Kanda scowled at the mere mention of the orphanage's head, but shook himself out of it and looked down at the male in his arms. "By the way, you shouldn't be talking. It'll only make you feel worse."

Allen grunted, then rested his head on the man's firm shoulder.

Almost immediately, Kanda pecked pale column presented before him.

"YU!" Did he really have to do that in front of their friends like that?

"The irony of it is, they can't do anything 'cos calling the cops would be callin' Yu over here." Lavi laughed.

"It still doesn't make it right." Lenalee sighed, but there was no scolding in her tone.

"Not letting us adopt these two isn't right either, Lenalee." Allen pointed out. "We have a court date within the end of the year of the matter."

"I hope they'll win." Lala said. "I really like Papa and Mama Allen..."

Lenalee blinked, before pointing at Allen, "Mama..."

"...Allen? Ah! Brilliant! Of course, why didn't I think of that?"

"Lavi~ keep that up, I'll make sure Junior disappears~" The laughing stopped as suddenly as it started, and the red haired male decided it safer to hide behind Lenalee.

"Lenaaa! He's scaring me!"

"Your fault," she sighed, not moving to help her boyfriend.

"Hey! You're supposed to be on my side!"

She moved her hands to her hips and turned on her lover. "I'm on the side of the person who's done nothing wrong. Which, in this case, means Allen." Lenalee looked back at said male just in time to see Kanda apply a kiss to the boy's red ear.

"Yu..." Allen mumbled.

"Don't be such a baby." Kanda grouched, and pressed his lips to his fiancé's cheek.

"That goes without saying...Kanda, don't molest Allen in front of the kids!"

"We've seen it before." Lala and Timothy both informed the Chinese woman.

"Oh, really now?"

The threat didn't go missed by Kanda, who stiffened.

"Mhm." The youngest male of the group nodded quickly. "He was doing it when I first met him, and the first time Lala met him too. He does it all the time."

Kanda growled lowly, really wishing the kid would shut his mouth. Timothy hadn't met Lenalee before, so he didn't know how she reacted when she was mad. Especially when it had to do with the brat on his lap.

"Yu Kanda!"

The Japanese man flinched.

"Do not violate Allen in public! Especially in front of these two!" She commanded sternly, attracting the attention of some people in their vicinity.

"Um...L-Lenalee..." Allen timidly pointed to their audience. "You're...causing a scene..."

"Huh?" Lenalee looked around, before blushing, "Oh...oops..."

"Che." Kanda's strong arms came to rest protectively around the boy's waist. He hated it when people stared too long at his fiancé. The brat was his and his alone. "Maybe I should lock you away where no one will ever find you," he murmured quietly. "That way I can have you all to myself."

"Yu, don't do that." Allen sighed, "I'll always be yours, but it's unhealthy for everyone if you didn't let me interact with others."

"You don't know that."

"I do, actually. I lived through that hell before."

Stuck between feeling guilty for what he'd said and feeling furious for what the boy had admitted, Kanda squeezed his lover tightly. "Tch. Then I'll just have to make sure I give you my utmost attention whenever we are together." His lips met the pentacle marring the Brit's pale forehead, and remained there for much longer than they usually did. "You won't end up like that again. Not while I'm here," he vowed, speaking against the mark, eliciting a shiver from his young lover.

"What are they talking about?" Lala asked, interestedly watching the way Kanda and Allen interacted

Lenalee glanced across at her two friends, frowned, and then knelt down in front of the confused children. "Papa and Mama Allen need to talk a bit. It's nothing you need to worry about, alright?"

Lala stubbornly shook her head, messing her long blonde locks. "But it sounds important." Was this another thing they were trying to hide? Just like what that Wisely person mentioned before?

"It is important, but those two have a lot of skeletons in their closets," Lenalee said in a hushed whisper. Quite a few real ones too, she thought to herself, purposefully keeping her eyes away from Allen.

"I don't really care." Timothy voiced his opinion, perhaps a little louder than he should've. Either way, it got the young adults' attention. Realizing he did, he lowered his voice for only the group to actually hear him, "Besides, Allen could totally be Crowned Clown and I wouldn't care."

"Uh...why...?" Allen was actually quite curious. Most people who spoke of Crowned Clown did so with fear or disgust.

"Because even if he had killed all those people, I heard he turned against the NOAH." Timothy's grin widened as he spoke. "It takes guts to even stand up to those guys, and even if he was a part of them, it must've taken even more guts than normal people."

"But he's dead." Allen pointed out.

"I know...but that didn't seem to stop that imposter though."

"Im...poster...?" The British male moved closer to Timothy, slipping his left hand in his lover's larger one. "What makes you say that?"

"Well, it's all over the news...whoever he is, it's obvious he's not really the same guy from before..." Timothy stated. "In the beginning this guy was doing almost everything the real Crowned Clown used to do. But then his MO changed, and—"

"Yu...did you know about this?"

"Moyashi?"

Allen whipped his head to glare at his lover, "Yu. Did you know about that imposter Crowned Clown? Why didn't you tell me about that?!"

"M-Moyashi..."

"Don't 'Moyashi' me, Yu Kanda!" Allen was now standing, both his hands at his side, clenched into tight fists as he outright scolded the man. "You knew about some sick imposter doing that, and you kept it from me?!"

"Allen..." Lavi tried calming the younger man down, however was silenced at the intense glare he'd seen once before. he backed up, fearing for his life, for in that moment, it wasn't 'Allen Walker', but 'Crowned Clown' who was taking control. The red-headed male gulped, before steeling himself again. "Calm the hell down, beansprout!"

"IT'S ALLEN!"

Okay, so that hadn't worked.

"And why the heck haven't I heard about any of this until now?"

"Che." Kanda wouldn't admit that he'd been distracting the brat and switching TV channels whenever the news came on, nor would he tell his fiancé that he'd asked Fou to not mention Crowned Clown, and if someone else did, she was to steer the conversation into a different direction. The boy never talked to that many people outside of his group, so the chance of him finding out about the imposter any other way was highly improbable.

"Yu! What did you do?!"

"Don't let this control you!" Lavi urged, and tried to rest his hands on the boy's shoulders, only to have them both swatted away by the enraged ex-assassin. Truthfully, he'd known about what his friend had done, and agreed with the man's decision wholeheartedly. The kid didn't need this. Not again. "This isn't you!"

Allen's entire demeanor shifted, and his silver eyes became a cold hard grey that narrowed cruelly. "Don't you dare patronize me, Deak."

Lavi flinched at the name, his own green eye blown wide in panic, heart thundering against his chest.

The other two adults exchanged glances and shook their heads, not understanding both Allen's words and the red-head's reaction to them.

Allen's attention returned to his lover, who really didn't want to be under that horrible glare. "Tell me what you've been hiding, Kanda."

The Japanese male winced. His partner hadn't used his first name. Not good. "There's an Crowned Clown imposter going around," he said slowly, carefully, watching the boy to see what he'd do. "Nothing important."

"'Nothing important'?" Allen scoffed. "How th' bloody fuck is tha' nuthin'?"

Lavi shrunk back, shivering slightly. He stiffened as something squeezed is bicep, and he looked down at the slim hand he found there, before his eye travelled up the arm, only to rest on Lenalee's worried face. Then he saw the two children, who were hiding behind her, frightened.

"I... I'm not Deak... Right... Lena?" Lavi asked numbly, reaching up to touch the warm hand still on his arm.

Lenalee didn't know what he meant, but she didn't need to, because she knew what he needed. "Of course not." She smiled, and pulled him close. "You're Lavi, right?"

Nearby, Allen hissed, "Ya can' keep these things from me! I 'ave a righ' ta know!"

"No, you don't," Kanda replied coolly. "If you could look at yourself right now, you'd understand."

"Maybe I'm reactin' like this 'cuz ya kept it from me!"

"Crowned Clown is dead. You have no business in these matters anymore." Before the kid could speak, Kanda took his fiancé's face into his hands, and refused to let go. "You're my Allen Walker. No one else," he growled. "So fucking act like it. Don't hide it. What are you really angry at me for?"

Allen paused, breath coming out in little pants. Lips quivering, he tried to pull his face from the man's hands, but he couldn't. He didn't have the strength to try harder. Grey eyes became silver once more, and they quickly squeezed shut when Allen registered that they were filling with tears. "Why now?" He whispered brokenly, whishing he could do something to hide the pain from his voice. But he couldn't. "It's been a year. I-I can't..."

"This is why I kept it from you." Kanda used a thump to wipe away the tear that had snuck past his lover's defenses and slid down a pale cheek. "You've been through enough. I wanted you to rest."

"B-but I..."

"You deserve happiness," the older male stated, and went to continue, only to have his breath taken away when the boy's eyes opened, and he was met with the most beautiful silver orbs, framed by white lashes, filled with clear crystalline droplets. Clearing his throat, he brushed his lover's white fringe out of the way. "Now I don't know what the fuck you meant before, but apologize to the rabbit."

Allen's jaw clenched.

"Now."

Slowly, the Brit looked over at Lavi, and he bit his lip when he saw his shaken friend standing there in Lenalee's arms. "Sorry Lavi," he said apologetically, eyes downcast.

Lavi nodded silently.

"I-I'm sorry," Timothy mumbled, confused and scared and so, so regretting what he'd said, even though nearly nothing they'd yelled at each other had made a lick of sense.

Lala trembled. "Don't fight." This was a good family, and she wanted to keep it that way. "Please d-don't fight..."

Timothy swallowed, nodding along to Lala's words. "I d-didn't mean to say a-anything wrong... I won't do it again... I'm sorry..."

"You did nothing wrong," Allen assured them, and when his fiancé finally let him go, and hugged them both. "I should be the one apologizing." He'd get the rest of his answers later. From Wisely.

There'd be less yelling that way.

"I'm going to get Lavi home." Lenalee told her friends, "I don't know what that was all about, but I think he needs some rest after all that."

"I really am sorry about that, Lena..." Allen was really feeling guilty again. "I lashed out at him, even though it was Kanda I was mad at..."

"I know you didn't intentionally mean it, Allen." Lenalee smiled, before taking her youngest friend in a hug. "I'm sorry you had to find out about any of this."

"Mm." The younger mumbled, returning Lena's hug. "I'll try making it up to you both."

They parted, and Lenalee waved them off, before taking Lavi's hand and leading him out of the fair. The four were left alone, two quivering, two calming down.

"Can...we stay with you two?" Timothy was first to speak up after a long uncomfortable silence. "We don't want to go to the orphanage."

Skeptical, Allen turned to face Timothy, a brow quirked, "Is there something you didn't tell us?"

"Mr. Johnathon...was looking at all of us weird lately..." Lala said, "That's why when we rushed out to meet you..."

"He didn't try anything, did he?" Kanda was very concerned at that moment. He knew the man was an ex-AKUMA, and if that wasn't bad enough...he internally shuddered just thinking about that.

"Not...yet..." Timothy said, "But everyone is super scared he's going to do something really bad."

Lala nodded in affirmation.

Allen didn't even give the idea time to mull over in his head before he too nodded. "Then yeah, you can stay."

"Thank you!" Both children exclaimed, the sudden happiness nearly caught the younger adult off guard.

"BUT! First things first."

"Huh?"

"I need to prove I can beat those blasted games over there." Ah, there was dark Allen coming out. "I never lose a bet, and I' not starting now~" He was already marching towards the carnival games.

"I was half hoping he'd forget." Kanda mused, before shrugging. "How about we make sure he doesn't scare anyone else."

"I second that." Timothy said, raising his hand, and then went after the white haired male.

"Up!" Lala demanded, holding her hands up. Kanda rolled his eyes, and lifted the small girl up, placing her on his shoulders. "Wow~! I'm on top the world now!"

"Enjoy it while you can. You're not staying up there all day." Kanda then proceeded to walk over to his fiancé and Timothy.

"Alright, five bucks for three chances. Shoot the bull's eye, and get a top prize." The man said, in a bored tone. "Think you're up for it, kiddo?"

"I'm nineteen." Allen glowered.

"Still a kid." He handed Allen the BB-gun. Kanda watched with an amused expression as Allen took aim. He noticed the younger purposely missed.

"Hm...I see how this works now." He aimed higher, making it look as though he were aiming for the center, but Kanda could tell he was aiming a little higher. the bullet must've been heavier than it should've been. So a higher arch would allow the bullet to actually hit its intended target. Allen fired, the pellet hit right in the center.

The man seemed confused as he eyed where the bullet landed. "You must've cheated!"

"Even if I did, you wouldn't be able to tell~" Allen cackled in glee. "But I didn't. So I'll be taking that teddy bear over there~"

"One more try! You got one more, try shooting that target up there." Obviously most people lost at this game.

"With pleasure, my good sir~" Allen took aim, and hit the mark. He handed the gun back to the man, holding out his arms for his prize. The man grumbled before handing the biggest teddy bear there. "For you my fair lady." He said, holding it to Lala.

"Wow! It's as big as me!" Lala looked at the bear longingly, "Is it really okay for me to have it?"

"I did win it, you know. Timothy, see any prize you want in any of these booths?"

The twelve-year-old eyed each of the stands, before grinning, and pointing to a farther one. "There."

"Roulette game?" This was going to be fun.

"Now that I know you'll cheat on." Kanda grumbled.

"Whatever do you mean, Yu-dearest~?"

The Japanese male rolled his eyes. "Gambling games are your strong suit."

"Oh you know me so well," Allen said happily, and clapped his hands together once. "I do hope you'll eventually hold up your end of our deal."

"Yeah, yeah."

Allen grinned, before turning to his next victim. Kanda sighed, wondering just what the hell he got himself into.

"Papa Kanda, what kind of deal did you make with Mama Allen?" Lala innocently asked.

"Nothing you need to know about." Kanda said. "I mean it."

"What about that scary episode?"

"Hn...that's another story." He said, watching as the woman explained the rules of the game to Allen. Dumb bimbo was flirting with him...Kanda noted with ire.

"Hey! Stop flirting with him, and just let him play already!" Timothy said, glaring up at the woman Kanda claimed a dumb bimbo.

"Rude little..."

"I dare you to finish that, old lady!"

"Timothy!"

"Well she is!" Kanda made a mental note to get the kid a gift for making the bitch stop flirting with what was his. He felt a tug on his hair.

"What?"

"Will you and Mama ever tell us about that?"

"We'll discuss it tonight, then let you know if we will or not."

"Promise?"

"Promise."

She smiled and hugged her teddy bear. A second later, the girl asked, "Is it bad?"

"The Moyashi... He hates it when people hide things from him." The Oriental male shrugged. "I'd do it again though. I don't want him involved anymore."

"And what about that man with the red hair?" Lala was too curious for her own good, and she knew it. But that wouldn't deter her. The Italian girl had loved the people who wanted to adopt her and Timothy since the instant she'd met them, and wanted to know much, much more about the both.

"Che. Lavi and I have known each other for a while. I used him and his girlfriend to get close to the Moyashi," Kanda admitted shamelessly.

"You used them? Couldn't you just go up to him?" She closed her mouth, and then an idea popped into her mind as she connected what he'd just said to something else she'd heard earlier that day. "Oh! That's right! He kicked you!" Lala tapped her chin thoughtfully. "Why'd you try to arrest him though? Did he do something wrong?"

"He'd always doing something wrong," the elder muttered gruffly beneath his breath. His eyes flicked back to his fiancé, who was in the midst of fist-pumping the air. The brat must've won. That was quick. The again, Kanda really shouldn't expect any less from his devious lover. "And yeah, at the time, he did." Kanda reached back and tugged on his hair rope, making sure it stayed tight in place. He then realized that he was fidgeting and immediately dropped his hands. "He was my case." While he didn't want to reveal too much, he knew he'd need to soften the blow for if -when- she found out what they'd done.

"I don't understand."

"I'm a FBI agent," he explained patiently. Odd. Usually he had no patience for people in general. "We get cases sometimes. He was my only lead on a big one that had been going on for years. Many people had already died. Hundreds. Thousand, even."

Lala's big blue eye blinked. She remained silent.

"They gave me the case, and a little way in, there he was. My lead." Kanda shook his head and snorted. That lead hadn't exactly been a very willing one in the beginning. In more ways than one. "Originally I only needed him for information, but then I started liking him." And Yu Kanda was a very persistent man. If he wanted someone, he would get them.

"You like him lots." It wasn't a question, but a statement.

"That's why I asked him to marry me," Kanda replied by way of agreeing. That day after his lover's birthday, in the hotel room he'd booked. It'd been their first time using toys together. His then-boyfriend had been a beautiful squirming mess who was still getting used to the pleasures of sex. The kid had still been so very inexperienced in every way. Now, his partner had experience, but the poor brat couldn't keep up. Not that Kanda would blame him.

"You know..." Lala mused, resting her chin against Kanda's head from he perch on his shoulders, "I think I understand some things...even the blank spots..."

"Really now?"

"Uh-huh. Allen acted really upset when Crowned Clown was mentioned...I have a hi-pot-e...hipo-tee..."

"Hypothesis?"

"Yeah! That!" Lala giggled, "I think Allen had deep ties with Crowned Clown...that's why it upsetted him...I also don't think keeping things from his a good idea at all..."

"He doesn't need to be involved."

"You keep saying that, Papa, but I think keeping secrets like that is bad...wouldn't you feel really upset if Mama kept a huge secret from you?"

He didn't think the brat would do it, but Kanda knew he'd be absolutely livid if his lover kept something that big from him.

"You would, wouldn't you?"

"Tch."

"We both felt it, you know...a feeling of really bad for...for-bad...ing?"

"Foreboding."

Lala nodded. "It was the other reason we rushed out to see you two."

"I worked too hard to win his affections. Why would I throw it all away so easily?"

"Because of skeletons." Timothy's voice said, having wandered away from Allen. It looked like the woman was annoyed he kept 'winning', but couldn't figure out how. "It has to be the calm before the storm...that's what this feels like...and I don't like it at all."

"You don't have anything to worry about." Kanda sighed. "There won't be any storm brewing."

"I wonder about that." The trio, surprised by the new voice, turned just in time to see a man Kanda was a little more than familiar with. I leaned against the wall, being sure to stay out of Allen's line of sight should he turn around. "I got word from Wisely things are probably going to be quite dicey soon."

"Why the fuck are you here, Mikk?"

"I just told you." Tyki sighed, looking curiously at the kids. They were cute, but he believed the boy-Allen-was cuter...and more his type, if he was being honest. "Kid, don't give me that look, neither of you are my type. Not to mention much too young for my liking."

"Who're you?" Timothy asked, glaring at the Portuguese male.

"Just someone working under that guy. Of course, the boy doesn't know, so let's keep that a secret, hm?"

"Hurry up and say what you have to." Kanda growled. Lala look between the men, she didn't nessciarly get a bad vibe from this Mikk person, but at the same time, she was still very wary.

"Fine, fine. Wisely wanted me to inform you that we did get some juicy information out of that man from the orphanage. Turns out he's with Apocryphos as well. The original owner of the Orphanage was a middle aged woman, a nun, in fact."

"Mother Superior..." Timothy stated, recalling the woman in question. "I remember her...she was really nice, and Emilia's father himself even asked if she would run the orphanage at the time...she did agree, but she got super sick, and hadn't recovered."

"Emilia's father..."

"He's the guy who put my old man in jail for stealing that gem he threw at my head." Timothy said, "Inspector Galmar."

"That doesn't sound very fatherly." Tyki muttered. "Oi, you sure the kiddies should be hearing this adult conversation?"

"Go back to the Moyashi and keep quiet about this," Kanda instructed, removing Lala from his shoulders, standing by the two children protectively. What was it with all these people appearing today? "And Mikk. If you touch them, I'll really kill you this time."

Tyki pulled a cigarette pack from his pocket, but didn't open it because the Japanese male shot it a baleful glare. "You're fiancé excites me far more than those children ever could."

Kanda visibly bristled, and grit his teeth. "How many fucking times have I told you not to speak about him like that?"

Timothy and Lala looked between the two men, before the former dragged the girl back to Allen, who was still winning at that stupid game and confusing that even stupider woman.

"Scary~ I'm amazed you even had such a soft spot for anyone other than the boy." Tyki half taunted. "But I suppose work before play."

"I'll work you to your grave before I even let you 'play', sick bastard."

"Now that's just rude."

"Don't expect me to be nice," Kanda grouched.

The Portuguese male only sighed. "So I take it I'll be receiving no thanks for rescuing your princess?"

"You fucking listen here—"

"Hey, hey, no need to be so…violent." Tyki mocked surrendered. "I am only stating some cold hard facts after all."

"Did you forget the part where you broke the rules and separated yourself from Wisely and twin-mole."

The darker-skinned male's lips curled up at the corners, and he raised a brow. "But if I hadn't, imagine what would have happened to the boy."

For that Kanda had no words. It was true, had Tyki of not gone his own way, he wouldn't have been nearby to save his fiancé. Muttering profanities under his breath, he checked the trio, before turning his attention back to Tyki. "What did you find out?"

"So you're not mad anymore?" Oh how much he was enjoying this.

"Shut the fuck up and tell me what you found."

"You're no fun at all." Tyki grumbled, losing interest in teasing the samurai before him. "Fine then. We got quite a bit of information out of him. However, there are things that seem a little sketchy at best."

"Sketchy? You got information from that son of a bitch, didn't you?"

"We did. But it seems there's more to it than we thought." Tyki continued, "The thing is...it counters some things we were told from another source."

Of fucking course it did. "Well? Out with it."

"We have the strong assumption people are covering for the bastard."

"What."

"Just as I said." Tyki stated, before eying the man. "Johnson said one thing, another guy said something else. However...I have a rather pressing question to ask of you though, now that I've thought of it."

"Then get on with it."

"The twins. I heard from the grapevine their bodies were never found at the mansion."

"What. The. Fuck." Kanda grit his teeth, as he fought every nerve ending in him telling him to punch the Portuguese male. "Are you saying?"

A look of surprise passed the elder male's face, "You...didn't know about it at all?"

"Are you telling me that two other NOAH just might be on the loose?!" Just fucking perfect. "They were supposed to be dead, for the love of-"

"Mind your volume." Tyki side glanced to the trio, and Kanda was met with concerned silver eyes.

"Text me what you know." He muttered, before walking to the kids and his fiancé.

Taking his leave, Tyki walked off. He was quite interested in learning that the FBI agent never knew the twins weren't among those slaughtered. The real question was, if their bodies were never found, then did that mean...? But that didn't seem likely considering Road and Cyril were slaughtered, as well as most the other NOAH. However...perhaps they pulled a switcheroo? Now, if that wouldn't be so much like them, then he didn't know what would.

"But if they really are alive...then how have they been under the radar until now?" For the first time for as long as he could remember, Tyki Mikk felt a strong sense of dread.

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