AN: yay new chapter! Im glad to see it seems to have two fans already! So there is some poorly written sucking in this so yeah... oh there are other pairings in this but its mainly a cross x allen story.

"Enjoy the shower?" Cross asked with a grin as he watched Allen sit on the couch again and started brushing out his wet hair to make sure it didn't tangle up again.

"Yes. It was really nice thanks." Allen braided his hair tying it off so it would stay out of the way and tangle free for now.

"The shower has a price you know~." Cross smirked clearly hinting at something. It was common for people to barter for resources like water and such. Especially Cross who was rather stingy about what he had for himself.

"Not right this second please... I just got clean..." Allen begged softly as he looked to Cross knowing the price Cross wanted for the shower. It was always pretty much the same price any time Allen asked for something.

"So let's compromise~." Allen studied the man who was smirking at him. Sighing softly Allen stood up walking over to Cross before kneeling on the floor between Cross' legs reaching out to undo his belt and pants. Freeing Cross' already half member Allen started to stroke the base of Cross' long thick member as he sucked on the tip dipping his tongue into the slit making Cross groan in his throat. Cross gently gripped Allen's hair pushing on the top of his head trying make Allen take more of him into his hot, wet, skillful mouth. Being the nice lover he was Allen cooperated taking more of Cross' member into his mouth sucking on it using his tongue to massage it as he did. Over time Allen took all of Cross' length into his mouth setting a slow pace as first before sucking harder and faster swallowing and humming around the flesh stopping to tease the tip grazing it with his teeth or the slit with the tip of his tongue. It was clear Cross was reaching his limit by how he was gripping Allen's hair, panting just a little, and was thrusting into Allen's mouth as much as he could. With a grunt Cross released deep inside Allen's mouth leaving the younger no choice but to swallow all Cross had spent.

Pulling away from Cross' member Allen wiped his lips standing up in front of Cross. Cross redressed himself watching Allen walk over to his closet pulling a white button up shirt out of it dropping the towel to the floor pulling on the overly large shirt. The shirt was so much bigger than Allen's slender figure because it was Cross' shirt and Cross was much larger than Allen. The man was a good few feet taller than Allen and a whole lot of muscle. Allen had muscle too. Just not as much as Cross. Not that that meant Allen was weak, his figure was most definitely misleading. Once he had the shirt buttoned up Allen walked to the other side of Cross' bed crawling under the covers. It was very common for Allen to stay in the same bed as Cross. They were lovers after all. Smirking in amusement Cross turned laying in bed again pulling the covers up over him as well before he pulled Allen close wrapping his arms around him.

"Uh-uh. Go change." Allen reached behind him trying to push Cross away. He could feel Cross' belt buckle press against him and it was cold and uncomfortable. Huffing a little annoyed at how easily the brat could have his way Cross climbed out of bed changing into some pajama bottoms before getting back into bed holding Allen close once more. Both soon fell fast asleep Allen held securely against Cross' chest. Sitting up quickly in bed the next morning Allen was breathing heavily and was covered in sweat, the results from a nightmare. Placing a hand over his heart Allen closed his eyes focusing on calming himself down. The memories were still so vivid even after so many years. All thanks to the damn nightmares he had most nights. Cross stirred a little in his sleep rolling onto his back grumbling but not making any sense.

Climbing out of bed Allen got changed pulling on his coat and boots he gave the sleeping red head one more glance before he left the apartment and mall all together. Making his way over to the hospital Allen looked to the dim sky. The sun hadn't even started to rise yet. Of course Allen knew his hunting partner was already awake as well.

The hospital was sort of split into two parts. The first few floors were used for it's original intended purposes as a medical facility but the rest of the floors were used as a sort of housing for hunters. The people of the compound had thought ot only fair that those who kept the compound safe and running deserved decent housing. Allen had a room in the hospital but he mainly only used it to store his weapons and clothing, not to sleep there.

Allen grabbed his bow, arrows and sword form his room. Silent weapons were much better since it was bad to alert your enemies where you were. Stealth allowed one to pick off the enemies one by one without being seen or hopefully injured. After grabbing his weapons of choice Allen went off in search of Kanda.

Kanda was in his room meditating when Allen knocked on his door. He had been waiting for his "slow" partner so he was already ready to leave. Without saying a word kanda left his room walking past Allen. Used to this Allen said nothing as he followed Kanda out of the hospital and towards the single exit to the compound. The exit was really an underground tunnel way that had an opening about a mile outside the compound. There was a large underground room that led to the tunnel, it was for defensive purposes really. The tunnel in the large room was rather narrow so if enemies tried to break in only about two at a time could enter the room allowing the hunters in the entry room to pick them off one by one so the hunters didn't get overwhelmed by the enemy's forces. But if there were hunters in the tunnel it could cause some issues. That's why only two hunters at a time were allowed in the tunnel at a time and they left a few feet between them so they weren't tripping over each other should they need to fight or retreat.

"So I plan to go to the city today. Is that okay with you?" Allen asked as he jumped down into the large underground room with Kanda right behind him. Kanda scoffed as he landed behind Allen standing up dusting himself off.

" Does the General know?" The "General" who Kanda was referring to was Cross. Everyone called him General because he was actually ex military and he ran the compound like a General would...well sort of. Cross was the one who usually gave the hunters jobs to do outside the compound.

"Yes I told him. Said I was going whether he was okay with it or not." Allen replied hopping down to the next level where the gate was. Kanda gave his usual 'che' response signalling the end of that conversation. Despite the darkness Allen had no trouble traversing the tunnels that were laid out like a maze to get enemies trapped in since he had traveled the tunnels for years and had even helped build them. He had been in the compound longer than anyone except for Cross. The two hunters traveled in silence since talking was dangerous outside the compound. Outside the walls enemies could be anywhere so hunters had to always be on guard and do their best to keep the element of surprise on their side not the enemy's side.

an: the part from the hospital down I had actually ended up accidently deleting so I had to rewrite it. Some parts are better tha. The original and some arent. Sorry if any of it is unclear. I was pretty pissed off about having go rewrite it...