Update Date: 04:03:2015

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The large black dog was none other than Kanda.

Allen immediately removed himself from him and grabbed Kanda's arm to help him get up. He was sure some of Kanda's body parts were hurting right now as the spot they fell upon was anything but soft.

'I don't need your help, stupid!' Kanda protested as he tried to swat Allen's hand away.

But Allen would not budge. He saw Kanda wince slightly as he tried to hoist himself up.

'I am so sorry Kanda-senpai!' Allen said as he fussed over Kanda, patting his clothes off of dirt and checking if his clothes got ruined from the fall.

'What the fuck were you doing Moyashi?! Didn't I tell you to stay at the flower shop?' Kanda asked angrily.

'I did! I honestly did but this dog - fuck!' Allen exclaimed as he turned to look for the source of his current situation, 'The dog!'

The black Shi Tzu from hell was looking at them, seemingly confused as to what was happening. It tilted its head to the side, probably wondering why it suddenly garnered their attention.

'That thing was chasing after me, determined to chew me to death.' Allen said as he looked at it reproachfully.

Kanda directed his glare to the dog and upon sensing his menacing aura, the dog trotted back with a small whine, its leash trailing along as it made tingling noises after it.

'You got scared from it?! You got scared from a dog?!' Kanda asked scornfully, 'I know you're small, but fuck, you're much bigger than that dog! You could have kicked it if it was about to attack you!'

Allen ran a hand through his hair in frustration. He was unnerved and horrified at the same time when Kanda just mocked him again about his height and at the same time suggested to actually hurt an animal.

'Kanda-senpai, you do realize what you're suggesting is animal cruelty right? I could never harm an animal to save my life.' he said sullenly.

Kanda released a frustrated sigh before he arranged his features into a calmer expression, rubbing the bridge of his nose in the process.

'It would have been self-defence if you hurt an animal to save your skin.' he said.

Allen did not bother to reply as he busied himself from dusting off his clothes and smoothing the wrinkles on his shirt. He was checking if he had any unsightly dirt anywhere when he suddenly felt his cheeks stinging like hell.

'And how the fuck did get here when this is the complete opposite of the park, hm? You do realize you've caused trouble, Moyashi?' Kanda said as he pinched Allen's cheeks harder with every word.

'Awawaw! Stuhid! Lehee geo!' Allen said, or more like, he tried to say. He did his utmost to pry Kanda's hands off of his painfully reddening face.

'Hmm? Did I hear you say "stupid", Moyashi? Are you asking for more pain? How about I twist your ears next, hm?' Kanda said, seemingly enjoying the tears gathering at the corner of Allen's eyes.

'I gif, I gif!' Allen cried, grabbing on both of Kanda's wrist. He really could not take the pain any longer

Kanda released him.

'That's what I thought.' he said with a smug smirk.

The most annoying thing about it for Allen was Kanda was annoyingly handsome. That kind of smirk would make nearby girls swoon and go gaga over him. He just wanted to wipe that stupid smirk off of his face permanently.

'Let's go stupid Moyashi. I haven't got all day.' Kanda said as he grabbed Allen's hand and tugged him with him as he strode to where the park was.

Allen surrendered to his fate and let himself be dragged by Kanda.

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Lenalee was drawing small circles on the sand with her boot waiting dreamily when Lavi nudged her with his elbow and gestured to the corner where Kanda disappeared to earlier.

There, as they turned around the from the said corner, were Allen and Kanda, seemingly arguing as usual, oblivious to the stares they were attracting from passers by. What caught Lenalee's attention the most though was their connecting hands which the two did not seem to mind, at all. She saw Allen gave Kanda a contemptuous smile before he took his hand away and stomped over to where she and Lavi where.

Lavi did not give any inclination though that he noticed the same things she did and just wave enthusiastically at them with a huge grin on his face.

Lenalee decided to forget that little incident between Kanda and Allen.

For now.

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Allen jogged over to the bench where Lenalee sat and Lavi stood by. An apologetic smile plastered across his face.

'I am so sorry! I did not mean to cause trouble. I had forgotten to ask for both of your contact numbers and my cat broke my phone last night. I could not make a call not send a message to Kanda-senpai.' Allen said as he bowed in remorse.

'Yes! Yes! We totally understand Moyashi-chan! Don't sweat it! Come on, stand back straight man!' Lavi said cheerfully as he patted Allen genially.

'That's right Allen-kun. Of course you're just new around here. And I am sorry that I had also forgotten to get your contact details. It just slipped my mind.' Lenalee said as her brows furrowed, 'By the way, what happened to your cheeks? They're so red. Are you sick?'

Allen waived his hand dismissively, before he turned briefly glared to Kanda.

'I'm not. Don't worry about it.' he said as he returned his attention to Lavi and Lenalee.

Allen then examined what they all were wearing today. Lenalee was wearing a maroon sweater, short, pleated plaid skirt, thick, black tights, and dark blue-green fitted boots with black, cross patterned shoe laces at the side of the boots. Her normally silky straight hair was stylishly dishevelled but still in pigtails. She was wearing a light make-up that enhanced her purple eyes, making them look bigger and brighter, pale pink glossy lips that would surely attract the men's attention in town. Allen decided he found Lenalee really attractive.

Lavi meanwhile wore a long sleeved dark purple shirt with weirdly drawn cat in white ink printed on his chest. He wore white pants then tucked them in a loose dark grey boots with small gold metal studs on the side. His fiery red hair still fashionably wild.

Kanda, on the other hand, decided to wear all the dark clothes he could find in his closet. He wore a tight-fitting black pants similar to what Allen wore, then a matching black leather boots that reached his mid-calf, then a stylishly cut, greyish black turtle neck shirt. His hair tied in its usual high ponytail, giving him a classic high fashion model look.

Allen wondered if his companions were all into fashion.

'Phew! Allen-chan! You ain't so bad with clothes! That kind of style suits you so well.' Lavi said as he openly checked out Allen's attire.

'Thank you. I could say the same to all of you. You look like you have just gotten out of a fashion magazine photo shoot.' said Allen as he rubbed the back of his neck shyly.

'Aw. Thank you Allen-kun. Lavi and I like to read magazines once in a while so we are aware of the latest trends. Kanda here just have a natural instinct when it comes to clothes.' Lenalee said to Allen as she briefly looked at Kanda.

'Well, I guess that makes us a group of snazzy high school kids, eh?', Lavi said cheerily as he snaked his arm around Allen's neck to drag him to where the bus stop to and fro Shibuya was, 'Come on, we haven't got all day!'

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Time flew by in a blink of an eye and before Kanda knew it, it was time for late lunch in one of the many Chinese restaurants in Shibuya's Chinatown.

Kanda observed Walker on the corner of his eyes as he eagerly waited for his mountain of food to come. He wondered in disgust if the stupid beansprout was not feeling full yet. On the way to the cinema, Walker had bought, crepe, takoyaki, large honeydew milk tea as they had strolled the town. Then when they had to get popcorns and soda as Lavi had gone to get tickets, he had bought two large popcorns and two large iced tea for himself. The fucking kid had tried to reason with him when he had noticed his aghast expression that a bucket of popcorn was never enough for a guy especially when watching a movie. Well, who ever the fuck thought that having a gigantic bucket of popcorn is a must for every movie-loving chap then they could go and fall off of the cliff. If being glutton like Allen Walker was what would define a man, Kanda would rather kill himself.

He was pulled away from his thoughts when he heard Lavi clear his throat across the table.

'Ahem.'

Kanda quirked his brow.

'So,' Lavi began, 'I was wondering when didcha guys exchange numbers. The four of us were always together so it would be hard to kind of miss this thing happening under our noses, unless - there's something you're not telling us?'

Walker just smiled serenely but did not look like he would answer the question any time soon.

Kanda on the other hand, raised his brow even further.

'So? What's it to you, Usagi?' Kanda asked gruffly. He didn't like the path of this conversation was going.

'Oh come on! Why are ya guys being so secretive? That ain't fair man!' Lavi whined as he huffed and slumped on his seat.

'I'm sorry Lavi-senpai, I don't think it was quite important but if you must know, I had to get Kanda-senpai's number out of necessity and that's it.' Walker said with a strained smile.

Kanda noticed that Walker did not seem keen on idea of sharing the whole details of that certain afternoon, and as odd as it would seem, he felt the same way. His temple twitched. Why should this even be a big deal? Fuck, being invited over for lunch at Walker's place wasn't a big fuss but people should know when to stop bugging when a person did not feel like talking.

'Lavi,' Kanda said, his voice low and monotonous, he hoped he would get his warning across. 'Shut up.'

Lavi met Kanda's intense glare with eerily calm gaze. He was not angry, he seemed to be assessing Kanda's thoughts, though Lavi's expression was unreadable. In a matter of seconds, Lavi withdrew from the staring match and opted to fold his arms behind his behind as he leaned back on his chair.

'Ah. Dunno watcha tryin' to hide from us but whatever. Aren't the food comin' yet? I'm starving!' he said, abruptly going back to his normal demeanour.

Kanda crossed his arms over his chest and tried to relax. He could feel Walker's eyes on him and he in turn, observed Lenalee glance at Walker every now and then.

Kanda decided he found the atmosphere absurdly abnormal.

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When the group had made sure they all satisfied Allen's stomach, Lavi had decided to drag them all to places around Shibuya. Kanda groaned while at it, hating the idea of crowds. Allen enjoyed the sight as there were so many interesting shops in the area, mentally noting himself to save more money so he could buy himself something when they visit the area again.

They decided to go home at six pm. They had to part ways at the bus stop near the park where they all gathered earlier that day; Lenalee and Lavi going on the opposite direction of Kanda and Allen's place. Before they left though, they made sure to get Allen's number and Lavi promised he would make good use of it with a wink. Allen was not sure if giving Lavi his contact details a good idea. He hoped it was.

Allen and Kanda started their way back. Everything was nice and quite when Allen remembered something which bugged him a bit the whole day.

'Kanda-senpai.' he called.

'What?'

'Why did you not tell them how I got your number. We just had lunch together that day, didn't we?' Allen asked as he peered at Kanda's face.

Kanda quirked his brow at him.

'I could ask the same of you. And I thought you didn't want them to know.' he replied.

'Ah. No, that was not it. It's just,' Allen paused, not quite sure how he would put into words his reason, 'It was my first time having a friend come over at my home and so the experience was quite special to me. I guess I was not keen to share my it because I want to treasure the memory without being sullied with unnecessary comments by others. Sorry, I know I'm weird.'

'Moyashi, I don't know how can you say something so cheesy with a straight face.' Kanda commented as he shook his head.

Allen chuckled with a small blush creeping on his face.

'But I'd like to thank you for not telling them.'

'I just find it troublesome to tell them, no need to thank me. I don't think I have to tell those two everything I do in my life.' Kanda replied curtly.

'Hm, is that so?', Allen said in wonder 'I guess I understand why you think so.'

Kanda did not bother to reply.

Allen found the night peaceful.

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Author's Notes: Sorry for the late update. As always. And also, this was hastily written, really sorry for the poor quality compared to my normal poor. Would love to hear your thoughts about this. Please review.

to anonymous who reviewed the last chapter prior to this, i'm not offended! on the contrary, I was happy to know you were actually following this and that you like my story. sorry I had no way of personally replying to you as you haven't logged in when you posted your review, but still, THANK YOU!