Hana: We're back! With a fun chapter!
Allen: I hate you all.
Kanda: Che. None of these idiots own D. Gray-man. Thank fucking god for that.
Allen: Be nice, BaKanda! Where'd Hana go?
Kanda: ...hell if I knew.
Allen: Er...enjoy the story!
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+ - Chapter 36 - +
Lenalee was finishing the final touches, humming a nameless tune. In an hour or two her friends would be coming over, and luckily, Komui was at work. Kanda, from what Lenalee could tell, had made time to come over, although it was reluctantly. She giggled silently to herself; some people never did seem to change.
They had made these plans a week in advance only after Allen had called to ask her when their get together would be. With Allen and Lavi's bet being made in the works, they hadn't gotten around to actually making the date until then. It was silly on all their parts, really.
Still, at least they were coming. She smiled, smoothing down her dark skirt.
"Mm...I hope we have enough snacks..." She muttered, as she thought back to Allen's bottomless pit of a stomach. Chances were, she probably didn't, but not everyone was able to afford to keep the younger male filled. "I wouldn't be surprised if I had more plates after this though..."
They were due soon.
Lenalee glanced at the clock hanging up on the wall. She still had a bit of time left before her company arrived.
Deciding she would spruce herself up a little, Lenalee nodded once, and headed to the powder room.
. . - * - . .
Link glowered as he walked along the familiar path leading to the Lee's residence. Beside him was the ever bored Wisely, and for reasons he couldn't fathom, his childhood friends had decided to tag along.
"Don't be so grumpy, Link." Tewaku teased, "We only wanted to meet everyone."
"You didn't need to come."
"If Allen Walker is being targeted," Madarao reasoned, "You may need backup."
"You can't argue with that." Wisely said. "By the way, how do you manage to stay out of my range of mental hearing? It's rather impressive."
"We've studied the Noah." Kiredori stated.
Confused, Wisely looked to the smallest in their group. The only people not with them were the other two male friends of Link...who where they again? He didn't bother remembering.
He'd probably have to start though. Not many could hide themselves from his ability, and those who could deserved either his respect or his fear. Maybe even both.
"Anyway," Link spoke up, finally seeing the house Komui and Lenalee shared, "We're here."
"It's cute." Tewaku practically cooed as the family home came into view. "Hey, big brother, wouldn't it be nice if we all had a home like that?"
"It would be more spacious than where we are now." Madarao agreed. "But we don't have the funds for a place like that."
"Maybe if we were getting payed," she said, looking pointedly at Link, "we'd be able to."
"You know why you can't get paid for this particular job." Link sighed. "Why don't you start getting yourselves part time jobs to start?"
"He's not wrong." Kiredori shrugged. "We could do that too."
"Part time jobs would only get in the way," Madarao cut in. "We never know when we'll be called, or how long we'll be out."
"After this, then?" Tewaku asked.
"If it ever ends."
Link sighed, "Walker has held several jobs in the past. If he could balance all that, it should be child's play to you. It wouldn't be like you would all be working at the same exact time anyway."
"He's not wrong." Wisely said with a shrug. "Ah, look we're at the door now. Care to ring? You get to explain why they followed us like lost puppies."
"Lost puppies he says..." Madarao grumbled.
Link stepped forward and pressed his finger to the door buzzer.
Lenalee's voice came through the intercom from above the doorbell, "Hello?"
"We're here, Miss Lee." Link informed the Chinese woman. "And...we have a few tagalongs. I hope you don't mind."
"Tagalongs?"
"Long story." Wisely sighed. "May we come in now?"
"Sure. Just give me a moment."
A second later, the front door swung open, revealing a smiling Lenalee.
"Hello miss Lee." Wisely greeted, allowing himself in, Link and the other three following suit.
"I don't think I personally met you three yet." Lenalee said, looking to Kiredori, Madarao, and Tewaku. "I'm Lenalee Lee...you're...Link's friends, aren't you?"
"You could say we're basically family." Tewaku shrugged.
"Birds of a feather." Link muttered, inwardly chuckling at the irony of that phrase. "This is Tewaku, her brother Madarao, and Kiredori. She doesn't talk much to those she's unfamiliar with."
"Hello." The quiet girl greeted. Lenalee smiled with a small wave. "It's nice."
Tilting her head slightly, Lenalee asked, "What is?"
"House."
"Oh, why thank you." She then turned her attention to Link, "I guess that's what you mean by doesn't talk much?"
"Yes, very much so." The German male answered. "Are the others not here yet?"
"Lavi's going to be a little late, and Allen and Kanda should be here within the hour...I wonder if they're bringing the kids with them..."
"I'm doubtful." Wisely answered. "From what I gather, the other two who haven't come with us are keeping tabs on the orphanage."
"Stay the hell out of my head already." Link growled. "But he's right. Goushi and Tokusa are going to keep an eye on the orphanage. So Timothy and Lala should be safe there."
Lenalee looked relieved. "Now they can be with the other children again."
Wisely nodded, having read the Chinese woman's thoughts. "Spending all their time around adults probably wasn't the best thing for them."
He then blinked, giving Lenalee a confused glance, "Lavi and Allen...have a bet."
"Well...yes...that's why I'm relieved they're in a more child-friendly environment."
"Why?" Kiredori inquired.
"Seems Lavi Bookman and Allen Walker have set a bet between them..." Wisely was mostly concentrating on Lenalee's memories on the subject. "Interesting. I'm curious to see how this will turn out."
"What exactly is the bet?" Link asked, already feeling a migraine coming on. "And tell us yourself, if you would be so kind, Miss Lenalee."
"If Lavi can keep Kanda from..." She felt so uncomfortable saying this. …. molesting Allen, then Allen will tell Lavi about what he's been up to recently. Everything." And Lavi would know if Allen was lying. "However if Lavi fails, he has to pay for as many meals as Allen wants."
"That doesn't sound... like the terms are fair," Tewaku said, feeling as confused as her brother and Kiredori. "Information is far more important than food. And Allen Walker probably has many secrets."
"You haven't seen how much Walker can eat," Wisely muttered, more to himself than anyone else.
"What's that mean?" Kiredori asked.
Link, Wisely and Lenalee all sighed, before answering the trio in unison, "He eats enough to feed a small army."
"That tiny thing?" Madarao wasn't fazed by many things, but that certainly caught him by surprise. "But he's barely taller than Link."
"And what is that supposed to mean, Madarao?" Link asked, challenging his childhood friend.
"Actually..." Lenalee said, tapping her chin in thought, "now that's it's mentioned, you're around Kanda and Lavi's age...and yet you're about as tall as Allen is now."
"Bak Chan — who need I remind you, is the same age as your brother, by the way Miss Lee — is around the same height as Allen Walker."
"You three are all pretty short," the only white-haired male in the room stated offhandedly.
"Are...you one to talk, Wisely?" Lenalee probed, "I know you're not that much older than Allen yourself, but..."
"Do yourself a favor and don't finish that thought." Wisely monotonously stated. "We both are about average in height when it comes to our nationality. Yu Kanda and Lavi Bookman are only tall for their ages...but I wouldn't be surprised if someday Lavi will find himself being as short as his grandfather."
"Now that's just mean!" The unmistakable voice of the red-head in question voiced out. "Jeez."
"Lavi, I thought you were going to be late."
"I did too, but gramps let me off when business was slower than he thought. Yu and Allen ain't here yet?"
"They won't be here for another half hour." Lenalee explained, "And...we have extra guests that know about the bet you and Allen came up with..."
"Oh? Sounds like it's gonna be more fun. Ah! I think I need to include one more rule...but I'll wait for Allen to get here first."
"You're loud."
"And you're super quiet." Lavi retorted. "Who are you guys?"
"Kiredori, Tewaku, Madarao." Link sighed, reintroducing the trio.
"Gee, hold your enthusiasm, kiddo." Lavi muttered.
"How did you even get in here?" Lenalee asked.
"Door was literally wide open." Quickly thinking it over, Lenalee realized she had forgotten to close the door when they had migrated from the entryway to the living room...she hadn't even realized they moved. "Can't really afford being scattered brain, Lena-lady."
"I know that." Lenalee pouted. "Honestly, all this is just...too much most days."
"If you're thinking that now, just wait 'til Yu and Allen get here."
The Chinese woman smiled. "That's your problem though."
"One I'm looking forward to~" He grinned.
"I would personally laugh if Kanda somehow found out about your bet...do you think he'd sabotage Allen's chances?"
"To get his moyashi ass? Probably...but then he'd be helping me...so it's literally do things to let me win, and have him be grouchy about it, or let Allen win, and revel in my misery..."
"Sounds like Kanda would win regardless." Link mused.
"Yeah...I just realized that too." Lavi sighed.
(* - *)
"Sorry we're late!" Allen said once Lenalee opened the door for him and Kanda. "We didn't count on traffic being so bad."
"It is close to rush hour." Lenalee said. "Come in, come in...we have extra guests apparently...and Komui's here too now."
"What's he even doing here?" Kanda grumbled, "Bastard had a lot of work to do last I checked."
"Yeah...I still don't know what I'm supposed to do with him." .
"Then he's shirking his responsibilities again?" Allen asked, though he already knew the answer.
"Unfortunately..." Lenalee sighed.
"That idiot." Kanda hissed. "You letting us in or what?"
"Yu, be nice!" Allen scolded.
"It wouldn't be Kanda if he weren't his normal grouchy self." Said Lenalee, as she moved to the side to let her friends in. She made sure to close and lock the door behind her, before leading them to the others in the living room. "They're here, everyone!"
"Eh? Tewaku? Madarao? Kiredori?"
"Hello." Kiredori greeted.
"Long time no see, Walker." Madarao said. "You're looking better than the last time we met."
"Er...yes...uh, thank you..."
"You know them, Allen?" Lenalee asked.
"Kiredori stopped by my part-time job once...I met the others...after the fiasco at the hospital..." Why were they here though? Allen found himself wondering.
No, he thought. That's not what I should be focusing on.
Allen's goal here was to get his fiancé to press him against the nearest flat surface and have unspeakable things done to him, therefore assuring his win. He couldn't afford to lose, even if it meant willingly giving himself over to his lover.
Wisely chocked.
"From Kanda I could understand, but you?" Wisely asked in disbelief.
"Is something wrong?" Komui asked, as he set down a tray for their guests. "OH! Allen, Kanda~ welcome back to our humble abode~"
"You should be working." Kanda grumbled.
"Well, as it stands, had I known there'd be two other females at my dearest sister's get together, I probably would've...but I'm here anyway, so~"
"I couldn't really turn him down...it takes a while to drive from here to the office." Lenalee admitted. To that Kanda couldn't argue. Lenalee and Komui lived in the suburban area, it was a long drive from their shared home to the Lees.
"Whatever." Kanda inwardly smirked to himself. It'd be interesting to see how far the brat would go in order to keep his secret...a secret. He heard Wisely groan in distain. "Problem?"
"Not at all." Wisely sighed. "May I have a word with you?"
"Don't get into trouble, Moyashi." Kanda stated, before following Wisely to a more secluded room.
"So, how is it you found out about their bet?"
"I overheard the Moyashi talking on the phone."
"Okay. And I got the plan from Lenalee's memory. Do you want the whole story, or do you want to know what to fully expect?"
"Give me a brief summary of the bet," Kanda ordered, suddenly much more serious.
"If you molest Allen, he wins. If he wins, Lavi buys him as much food as he wants. If Lavi successfully keeps you from molesting Allen, he gets to find out the kid's been up to."
A sinister smirk took hold of Kanda's lips. "Oh?"
"Basically, Allen's trying to get you to touch him." The kid was also ruining his poor mind... Those two needed to keep it in the bedroom.
"Seems I personally win this bet no matter who wins." Kanda mused. "Moyashi wins, I get to deal with a horny brat. Lavi wins, I get the information that little spaz has been keeping secret."
"You're...going to eavesdrop."
"He won't tell me what's going on. I've been patient long enough, if he really trusted me enough, he would've told me right off the bat what was bothering him."
"But how would you react to the news should it be something you wouldn't like?"
"Alright. What is it you know, Kamelot?"
"All I will say, is that I know things won't end well." The man said, before leaving to rejoin the others.
What the hell was with people and being cryptic?
(* - *)
"So...we can't have help from the peanut gallery." Allen asked, once Lavi told him the new rule.
"Yup. And they can't tell Yu about anything we're up to."
Allen nodded. "Okay then. You just want any possible chance for you. But we both know Yu doesn't always know when to keep his hands to himself."
"True, true~ but I have my ways to win this bet until we all go home~ by the way. When I win, I'll meet up with you on a day Yu's at work to get that information...so tomorrow, maybe after you get home from school."
"Seems fair enough." Lenalee said, as she handed the boys some drinks. "Here you go, I just gave everyone else their drinks."
"Thanks, Lenalee," Allen told the woman, giving her a smile.
"No problem." She said, holding the tray close to her chest after the last of the drinks were taken. "Well, with that being said, I think we should get ourselves back with the rest of them, don't you think?"
"We probably should. Oh, and remember, Yu has to be in sight for the other. No sneaking off now~"
"To think, I'm literally putting my poor butt on the line to not say anything..." Allen sighed, as he and Lavi were ushered out of the hall, and into the living area.
"Your poor butt's on the line for what, Moyashi?" Allen almost screamed, but instead gasped in surprise, sloshing the contents of his cup dangerously high. Luckily, nothing splashed out. He sighed in relief, before scowling at his taller fiancé.
"You almost gave me a heart attack." he growled, ignoring the man's query.
"Keep making such a face, and I might not be able to help myself." Replied the Japanese male. "Sometimes, I think you half ask to be molested."
"W-what?! Wh-who would want something like that to happen to them?"
"Try not giving him any ideas, Al~" Lavi cooed. "Oh right! Yu, I got something fun to show you~"
"Like hell I'm going to—OI! Let go, you damn rabbit!" Lenalee and Allen watched as Lavi dragged the threatening man away.
Lenalee put a hand on her friend's shoulder, "I think you may need to try harder if you don't want Lavi to know." She pointed out. Allen sighed, deflating at the comment.
"And he can't be out of eyesight of either of us, huh?"
"Mm-hmm. I think it's safe to assume most of the action will be going on in the living room."
"Where's Komui?"
"...I'll be right back."
Allen winced. Komui was another person who was best kept in sight; that man did weird things when no one was there to supervise him.
"Even I question if he's really as old as he's supposed to be." Wisely's voice sounded, and Allen really did lose his drink that time. "Are you sure you want to have Lavi lose?"
About to scold the other male, Allen stopped, and looked to Wisely very confused, "Of course I want Lavi to lose this one. I don't want to tell him anything."
"But you should."
"Why?" Allen asked.
"It's better if you get these things out in the open."
"No, it's not." Allen stubbornly hissed. "Listen, no one is gonna know anything. All of this will be resolved and none will ever know the wiser. The end."
"I hope you know what you're getting yourself into." Wisely said, "I really do."
"There's no way I'm losing this."
Wisely's brows rose. "Are you that confident in your abilities to seduce Kanda?"
The younger Brit shook his head, a smirk playing at the corners of his lips. "Hah. More like I'm confident in the fact that he's a horny bastard who gets turned on at the drop of a hat."
Closing his eyes, Wisely groaned. "I... didn't need to know that."
"You would've probably heard the thought to that anyway." Allen pointed out.
"So...is that why you packed a skirt in your bag?" To that Allen felt his face heat up. "I see...should he resist your natural charms—"
"Shuddup!" Allen said, quickly covering the other male's mouth with both his hands.
Wisely grinned smugly, and removed the hands. "I doubt you'll need that either way. By the way, I do have information you might want to hear."
"What is it?" Wisely gestured to the hall, having Allen follow him. Taking a quick glance over, the silver-eyed male checked to see his fiancé was watching. He was too busy trying to get Lavi off him. Sighing to himself, he followed Wisely.
(* - *)
"You fucking idiot! let go!" Kanda growled, about ready to slaughter the red-head.
"But Yu~! We hardly ever hang out!"
"I fucking wonder why!" This time he succeeded in removing Lavi from his being. Sharp eyes looked around, quirking a brow when two people weren't there. "The hell are the mind reader and the moyashi?"
"Huh? They were here a moment ago." Lavi stated, equally confused.
(* - *)
Allen leaned against the wall, more so to support his weight than anything. "What?"
"Like I said, Tyki Mikk found this information."
"So...Yu has that man working for him?"
"He never actually told you?"
"No..." Allen said... "He said he'd tell me when we were at the fair that day, but..."
"Must've slipped his mind with recent events." Wisely sighed. "Listen, I'm giving you this information over Kanda because he still doesn't know about it." He held out Tyki's flash drive, handing it to the younger. "I doubt even Eliade had this information."
"It revolves around Raku Kanda?"
Wisely nodded in response.
"I...see."
"Is something wrong?" The ex-NOAH of wisdom asked, watching the boy intently.
"No... it's..." This would destroy his fiancé.
"If you're that worried about hurting him, then perhaps you shouldn't go through with everything." Wisely advised the younger, "You both wanted to be open with each other, but from my perspective, that doesn't seem to the case at all."
"I need to," Allen said, lips turning up in a painful smile. "For his sake."
"So you say." Wisely sighed. He then pulled something from his jacket pocket, and handed it to Allen. "Take this."
"What is it?"
"It's my place. Feel free to stop by should things go sour for whatever reason." Wisely explained. "In a sense, you're basically my little brother, it'd be too cruel to turn my back on you at this point."
"Thank you?"
"Don't question it. Kanda's looking for you now. You may want to go to him before he tears the place apart."
"Ah." Allen made to go to his fiancé's side, but stopped and stared back at the other white-haired Brit. I really mean it, Wisely. Thank you.
Wisely just smiled. "Yeah, yeah. I know."
"Yu~!" Allen called out as he opened the door, and ran up to the other man. "Miss me?"
"Che. Where were you and the mind picker hiding?"
"Are you...implying I'm seeing other men?" Allen asked in mock exasperation. "I thought you had more faith in me, Yu-sa-ma~"
Fuck. Kanda mentally cursed. It was obvious Allen wasn't going to make this easy on him.
"Hey! None of that," Lavi chided, pulling Allen away from the Japanese male.
Allen scowled.
"But Lavi~ I was only greeting him."
"I can't take any chances with ya. After all, you're my little buddy, ain't ya?" Lavi grinned, already leading the white haired male away. Wisely chuckled at the scene, bemused by the action.
"Well, seems Lavi has Allen's work cut out for him. How long before Allen cracks?"
"You're seriously trying to make a wager with me?"
"Heavens no." Wisely was appalled, as he looked to the Japanese male, "With their wager going on, I feel like he'll get pretty desperate. Will you be able to prevent yourself from doing anything?"
"It's hard enough when he doesn't intentionally do anything." The elder finally admitted. "There's something about that brat which makes it difficult to behave around him."
"You need to work on your control," Wisely observed, eying the other man. "Otherwise Lavi will lose."
"Che. I'll consider this a test of my willpower...to attempt to resist the moyashi, and to try and not kill Lavi."
"I just noticed you don't have Mugen on you today."
"I know other ways to put the rabbit in his place." Kanda shrugged. "I also don't want a repeat of the last time I was even here."
Wisely chuckled when the image came the forefront of his own mind. "Oh my, it was taken away from you? That's rather—"
"Finish that sentence, and what I'll do to you will be far worse than what I want to do to Lavi."
"Ah...noted."
"Good," Kanda grunted, eyes sweeping across the room to land on the Moyashi. This would be difficult.
This was going to be a long get together.
How right he was.
(* - *)
"You know, you're not giving much chances to have Yu even try anything with me most times." Allen pointed out. It had already been an hour since their game had begun, and honestly, Allen would be lying if he said he didn't miss the wandering hands of his lover. Not that he'd actually say that out loud, of course.
"That's the whole point, little beansprout." Lavi shrugged. "By the way, interesting group of friends two-spot brought over, yeah?"
"I guess they are. Tewaku is nice, and Kirderori is...actually, I'm still not sure what to make of her...she's so quiet."
"That Madarao guy's got some aura 'round him, that's for sure."
Allen couldn't really argue. "I've always wondered why Link never brought them up in our school days."
"Because it never came up, Walker." Allen nearly jumped out of his own skin, before turning to face the man in question.
"Don't do that, Link!" Allen glowered, all the while Lavi was laughing his ass off, making everyone else in the room look at the red-head in confusion.
"Is he okay?" Tewaku asked.
"That's normal for him." Lenalee said. "Allen, I haven't seen Kanda in half an hour, have you seen him?"
"Bathroom, maybe?" Allen guessed, speaking over the laughter that wouldn't stop from Lavi. Growing annoyed, he elbowed the elder male in the gut, earning a satisfying grunt of pain. Allen grinned, Lavi scowled.
"That hurt!"
"Good." Was the younger's smug reply.
"Brat!"
"I could say the same about you," Allen said, wanting to roll his eyes. "Now if you excuse me, I need to go to the bathroom."
"N—"
Allen didn't give the red-head time to finish, quickly hurrying off to search for his lover, a small smirk sitting on his lips. He knew exactly how his fiancé worked, so all he needed was a couple minutes.
He found his target drying his hands on a hand towel in the bathroom.
Schooling his expression, Allen wrapped his arms around the Kanda, pressing his body close to the Japanese male. "I~ found~ you~"
Kanda stiffened. Oh fuck.
"What do you think you're doing, Moyashi?" Kanda asked, allowing himself to relax his stiff form. "Trying to seduce me now?"
"Why would you think that?" Allen's voice was muffled, and he could feel the younger's face pressed against his shirt.
Sighing, Kanda rolled is eyes, but didn't turn to face the younger, he smirked, as he spoke his next words, "And here I thought I was the perverted one, as you said. What do you think you're doing now, hm?"
Allen looked up at the back of the man's head. "Y'see... I..." He mumbled, faking timidity. "I've been missing your hands... And I..." The Brit thrust his arousal right up into his fiancé's leg.
Kanda stifled a hiss, feeling the boy's desire throbbing against the back of his thigh. Fuck. He needed Lavi or someone right now so he'd have an actual excuse to turn down this delicious display the brat was giving.
The boy, hiding a grin, shoved his dick harder against his lover, and gasped when pleasure shot up his spine. He tried that again, shivering when his body gave the exact same response. Oh yeah. He really liked that.
Body tingling, Allen ground his manhood against Kanda's firm leg, hoping to bring the man to the same state as he.
Kanda didn't think this was fair. Not. One. Fucking. Bit.
He could feel his partner basically humping from behind, the kid really getting into it as he made all sorts of lewd noises, while he couldn't do a thing. Because, as much as people would claim otherwise, there were things more important to him than sex.
His hands clenched into fists.
If things keep going like this, Allen thought to himself, cheeks on fire, my pants will be ruined before he even touches me. But maybe that would get his lover to move.
What was the jerk even waiting for? Allen was here, throwing himself into this like a wonton slut, and his fiancé had yet to lay even a single finger on him.
"What are you doing?" Startled, and embarrassed to high heaven, Allen backed away from Kanda, though stood behind him in favor of hiding his arousal. Before them was Kiredori, with the same neutral expression on her face.
"Uh, ch-checking up on my fiancé.' Allen quickly said.
"More like checking out." Kanda smirked, catching Allen's reflection flinch in the mirror.
Kiredori sighed, before walking behind both males, and started pushing them towards the door. "Out." She said, before slamming the door behind them.
"So, pray tell what the fuck that was about...koi?"
"Nothing..."
"That," he pointed to the younger's tenting jeans, making the younger squeak and try to cover himself, "Doesn't really look like nothing."
"You're mean."
"You know where the other bathroom is. Just make sure you don't leave a mess anywhere they'll find it." He was being a little cruel, he knew, but Allen did deserve that one. He'd get an 'A' for effort though...an effort that nearly cost him potentially valuable information.
"YU!" His name was called by two people. Allen, as he complained, and then Lavi who had finally found the two of them together.
"What? You make it sound like I did something." Kanda muttered. "I'm going to see if they have any oolong tea hiding about."
Three eyes watched Kanda leave, before the red-head put an arm over his young friend's shoulder. "So, nothing happened."
"Shuddup." Allen growled, before he marched towards the stairs, feeling grateful no one else noticed the problem he sported, as he made his way to the upstairs bathroom.
(* - *)
Things were winding down as the get-together reached the two hour mark. Allen had been scolded by Lavi about breaking the rule of not having Kanda out of site of the other. It was Lenalee who had settled the matter by saying for every rule that was compromised, meant a penalty by her to be given. Much to Allen's horror, Lenalee firmly stated that for breaking biggest rule of the bet, Allen wasn't allowed to rid of his hard-on, the whole ordeal having happened while he was just about to open the bathroom door.
So here he was, super uncomfortable, horny, and irritable. Was this how Kanda felt when he couldn't do anything to him? Gods, he hated this. "So~ what'd you learn, little bean?" Lavi teased.
"I'm going to kill you, Lavi." Allen growled.
"Hey, I'm not the one who broke the rules."
Allen gritted his teeth. His insides were so damn itchy and all he wanted was for his lover's hands to work their magic on him. Not only would that make him the real winner of this bet, but he'd also be relieved of his little problem. Allen wondered if Kanda was still mad at him for keeping secrets. Was the why the man wasn't touching him?
He shot his lover a pleading glance, cock rubbing against the fabric of his pants uncomfortably.
Kanda looked away.
BaKanda... Allen internally hissed. If Kanda was allowed to punish him...could he get away with punishing the elder? Now that was a tempting idea.
"Anyway, I'm not here to tease ya." Lavi then said in a lower tone. "Lena-lady has taken pity on ya. Might wanna fix your lil' buddy there, yeah?"
Wisely held up a jacket to Allen without looking up from his book. He let the younger borrow it in favor of being able to hide the problem that no one else was aware of. Grabbing it, Allen tied the sleeves around his waist, and rushed to the bathroom.
"Lavi, did you only tell Allen now?" Lenalee asked, exasperated when she saw her youngest friend rush into the bathroom. She had gotten coffee and tea for everyone, expertly holding them all on the platter.
Lavi shrugged, before leaning back. "You may have taken pity on him ten minutes in, Lena, but c'mon."
"He better not leave a mess." Tewaku off-handily said, grinning as Lavi, Lenalee, and Wisely all looked to her in surprise.
"He's not that good at hiding it." Madarao claimed with a shrug. "We're just surprised he didn't sneak off sooner."
"You and I both." Link sighed. "You truly were cruel to him with that stunt, Bookman Jr."
"Very cruel." Kiredori confirmed. "We won't say anything."
"He's the one who tried to cheat," Lavi said with a shrug. "Right, Yu?"
The Japanese male looked back up and smirked. "The brat got what he deserved."
"Tough love," Wisely muttered, trying hard to not listen in on anyone's thoughts, because he could still hear Allen's mental curses and didn't want to have to witness what came next.
"Hn."
"Come to think of it..." Lavi eyed Kanda in wonder as he spoke, "I don't think you've made any attempt at so much as touching Allen's butt since getting here..."
Kanda quirked a brow, before shrugging it off. "I thought he wanted me to behave." He finally answered. "Is that such a bad thing?"
Lavi grinned and gave his 'bestest friend' the thumbs up. "Nah! Keep it up."
"Che."
Lenalee could almost feel that bead of sweat rolling down her temple. "Well, either way, I'm impressed. I didn't think you could hold out for as long as you have."
"Impressive indeed." Wisely mused.
"What kind of person do you think I am?" Kanda asked, dark eyes narrowing as he spoke.
"The kind to lick someone on the first meeting," Lenalee deadpanned, setting down the tray of hot beverages.
"I've only ever done that to one person."
Lavi crossed his arms, closed his eye and nodded. "Right. That's why we're surprised that you don't have that person pinned against the nearest flat surfa—"
"Do you want me to gut you?" Kanda interjected before the red-head had a chance to finish.
Lavi hid behind his girlfriend, peeking over her shoulder from his hunched-over position. "Scary..."
"Mm, you haven't seen Link when he's super angry." Tewaku said, taking one of the creamed-coffees on the tray.
"What does that mean?" Said German asked.
"You can also be 'scary' when you want to be," Madarao answered instead, grinning slightly.
"When on earth am I scary?"
Madarao grinned, ready to answer, when Kiredori spoke up first, "Salem."
"I was going to bring up the event in Amity...but I suppose that instant was quite terrifying, to say the least."
"That too."
Link scowled at his friends, "First of all—"
"Oh~ I'd love to hear those stories of good ol' twin-mole~!" Lavi said with his interest peaked.
"Calm yourself, Lavi." Komui chided as he rejoined them, "If it's not your place to know, you shouldn't pry."
"Boring~" Lavi sighed dramatically, his green eye scanning over every person in the room. "Our little Moyashi-chan sure his taking his sweet time."
Kanda knew what his lover was doing. As did everyone else.
However, he was the only one there who pictured it. He'd seen the kid touch himself enough times now to have a clear image in mind of how his fiancée looked at this very moment. He wanted to join the brat, really, but he also wanted Lavi to win, and that was even more important.
That didn't stop him from picturing his British lover whimpering and touching himsel—
"NOOOOO!" Wisely screamed, clutching his head in his hands. "DON'T YOU DARE, YU KANDA!"
Kanda calmly took a steaming mug of tea from the table, ignoring the stares. "Your fault for reading my thoughts."
(* - *)
"I must say, this get together was fun." Lenalee said with a gentle smile.
Komui chuckled, agreeing with his little sister. "And perhaps the most interesting."
Allen, defeated, managed a weak smile, "I'm really sorry this get together ended up being the battleground for my and Lavi's stupid bet."
"A bet, huh?" Komui said crossing his arms. "Well, that certainly explains why you were trying to get Kanda to do what you normally tell him not to do."
"Of all times for him to actually behave himself..." Honestly, Allen would be lying if he weren't a little suspicious of his lover's lack of action. Did he really upset Kanda enough to warrant this?
"Well~! Whatever the case!" Lavi grinned, mischief clear in his emerald eye. "The point of the matter is, I win, so you tell me everything that's been going on."
Link sighed, not completely understanding what this whole ordeal was about. "Madarao, I believe it's time to head back."
The other CROW nodded, before picking up the smallest of their group, Kiredori having fallen asleep. Tewaku yawned, but stood up, and quickly thanked the Lees for having them. Wisely sighed and followed them; after all, Link was the one to drive him and the others here.
"At least we weren't attacked." Allen said, before sighing. "You have the folder, Lavi. Read what's in it, and if you have questions after that, then as promised, I'll answer truthfully."
"Is it... that bad?"
Allen gave the red-head a pained smile, before looking down at his feet. "Please... keep quiet about what you read."
"Alright..."
"Moyashi, hurry up, we're going now." Kanda called from the door. "I have the engine running, don't make me waste more gas than I'm already wasting."
"Coming!" Allen called out, before looking back to Lavi, "Please...not a word, okay?"
"Sure," Lavi said, and Allen's smile turned relieved.
"Thanks."
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This was fun~ I think there was a lot of fun with torturing Allen in this one xD (Poor Allen~)
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