What? Is this...is this an update from the trash queen? This is very surprising indeed. Well anyway, thank you all for any reviews, likes, favorites, or even just reading. And I know this may seem surprising to you , but...wait for it...I don't actually own D. Gray Man or any of its characters. I know, surprising right?

"Well that was certainly….odd?" Allen says as he turns back to look at Lavi after watching the strange man with the braid walk out of the restaurant.

"And you don't know that guy?" Lavi inquires while raising one eyes as he takes a sip of his water.

"Never seen him before in my life. I'm pretty sure I'd remember someone as suspicious as he is." Allen replies.

"Woah dude. I'm pretty sure I know who he is then."

"Oh? The please do share." Allen says while bracing himself for the stupidity that's about to exit from Lavi's mouth.

"I bet he's like, y'know, a stalker or something." Lavi says while sighing and looking down towards his plate of half eaten fettuccine alfredo. "Guess this means I have some competition, a stalker no less."

The comment causes a slight blush to grace Allen's face as he tries to cover it with his hand and look away. "Don't be stupid. There's no competition."

"What?! Of course there is! I had dibs on you first, and there's no way in hell I'm going to give you up to a stupid, creepy, perverted, braid stalker guy!" Lavi shouted, standing up from where he was sitting.

"L-Lavi! Sit down and shut up would you. You're embarrassing us, but more importantly, me!" Allen complained, voice a bit above a whisper. "And anyway, you promised to explain to me about the house and car when we got here, so…" Allen continued as soon as Lavi sat back down.

"Oh right. It's not really all that interesting, but my gramps happens to own a few bookstores around the world and has a little money."

"…A little? Lavi you live in a freaking mansion!" Allen shouts.

"I don't really own it per se. The old panda just lent it to me until I find my own place."

Old panda? I guess he's referring to his grandpa. "…Never mind. But bookstores huh? Guess that explains all the books in your mansion then."

Lavi's face brightens at this, his interest level skyrocketing. "Yeah! Books are really great y'know. Especially ones about history. I mean, learning about the past is just really interesting. There's just so much you can learn from history!"

"I-is that so? It's great that you're so passionate about something. It's really….cute." Allen says quietly as he turns his face away to hide the blush that reappeared.

"Huh? What was that? Sorry you were speaking too lowly and I didn't quite catch that, so could you repeat it a little louder this time."

Allen's blush died down as he turned back to look at Lavi, a blank look on his face. "….Nothing really."

"Wha?...If you say so I guess. Damn, I feel like I just missed out on something really important."

Allen sighed. "What an idiot rabbit." He said under his breath.

"Wait, why? It was important then wasn't it? What was it? Huh? Tell meee! C'mon Moyashi, I promise I'll love you forever and ever if you tell me."

"It's Allen, and I really didn't ask for you to love me in the first place."

"But don't you love me too?" Lavi asked as his pleading face turned into one of a mischievous little kid.

"I-I never said anything like that! Where'd you get such an idea?"

"Well you did agree to go on a date with me after all."

"This is just lunch! It's-It's not a date!"

"Oh? Really now. Then how about I make it a date." Lavi said while leaning over the table and inching his face closer and closer to Allen's. His lips were just about to collide with Allen's, when all of a sudden Allen's phone started to ring.

Allen came back to his senses and pushed Lavi's face away as he pulled his phone out of his pocket to answer it. He saw the name contact 'Obsessive Uncle' appear on the screen and thanked the heavens for his uncle for once. After answering the phone, he brought it up to his hear, hearing Lavi pout as he leaned back in his seat.

"Neah, good timing, what do you need?"

"Oh my darling little nephew, I have called to bring you great news!" Neah said through the phone.

Annoying. Allen thought as he kept the conversation going. "That sounds suspicious, but I'll bite. What is it?"

"This awesome uncle of yours has hired a private investigator, who will also act as your bodyguard. You may have already seen him lurking around since he said he wanted to see what kind of person you are."

"….Usually when people hire private investigators, they don't tell the person being investigated about it. And it's unnecessary, so fire him immediately." Allen says, a tinge of anger lining his voice.

"What? I thought you'd be happy that you darling uncle is looking after you!"

"Well I'm not, so fire him. He's the crerpy blond guy with the braid right? I don't want a suspicious person following me, especially when I know about it."

"Well I've already payed him in advance, so you'll just have to deal with. I wouldn't want my cute little nephew to get hurt after all. Also, if you don't accept it, I'll tell Road and Tyki where we live."

Allen's body stiffened, a scared expression taking over his face. "Y-y-y-you w-wouldn't dare." Allen says, trying to sound menacing.

"Oh, but I would Allen, besides, they're your cousins. You should spend more time with them."

"We're not even actually related and one of the top reasons why I moved out of master's house was to get away from them, so I'd like to avoid spending time with them if at all possible."

"Don't be so shy Allen. They love you and want to be able to see you from time to time."

"I know they love me. I can tell….mostly since every time I see them, Road almost chokes me with her hugs, and Tkyi always wants to play strip poker with me." Allen says, shuddering. Lavi looks over at Allen curiously, raising his eyebrow at the mention of strip poker.

"Exactly. That's how they show their love."

"This is not the first time I've pondered about this, but why is everyone in your family super weird and doting?"

"What do you mean Allen? You're a part of this family too. Mana brought you in, so there's no way you aren't family."

Allen tenses at the mention of his adoptive father. "Y-yeah….Anyway, just….just fire him."

"Huh? Are you o-" Is all Neah's able to get out before Allen briefly hangs up on him.

After locking his phone and putting it back in his pocket, he turns to face Lavi again.

"Sorry about that. It was just my uncle telling me that creepy braid guy was actually hired by him."

"Your uncle….hired someone to stalk you? Well that was…nice of him I guess." Lavi said while trying to make the situation seem better than it actually was.

"You don't have to lie Lavi. He was actually hired to be a private investigator who is also supposed to be my bodyguard. I don't really see why I'd need one though."

Lavi's face morphed into one of concern before he spoke up. "Allen, I need you to be honest with me but, are you in danger? Forget that guy, I'd be fine with becoming your bodyguard in an instant to keep you from harm."

Allen was silent for a moment, looking up Lavi with a look of surprise. "Lavi, you…"

"Of course, I'd also like a kiss for the payment."

Moment ruined. Anger flooded through his veins as Allen got up and walked towards the restaurant doors. "Take me back to school now. My lunch breaks ending soon." Allen said while storming out of the doors.

"H-huh? Wait for me!" Lavi said while also getting up, placing almost all the money in his wallet on the table, and leaving the restaurant.

After unlocking his car, Lavi went to open Allen's car door, but he hissed as he opened it himself and got in. Once Lavi was also in the car, he started it up and began the drive back to the school. Allen stared out of the window throughout the entire drive. The car pulled up to the school and when Allen was about to get out, Lavi grabbed onto his arm, pulling him back down onto the seat.

"Wait, I…I'm sorry. It's just that this is the first time.."

"What?"

"This is the first time I've actually felt something towards someone…Love I mean."

"….You're joking right?"

"I'm not! I've always had an endless supply of women surrounding me since before I could remember, but you…You're different." Lavi looked down, hand still gripping tightly to Allen's arm. "No matter how many women I was with, I was never satisfied. All they liked about me was my face, my body, a hot man on their arms, but that's not what I wanted. I've never met a woman who I actually liked. Sure, there were many beautiful women that I've been with, but you…The first time I saw you in line at that Ferris wheel, I couldn't take my eyes off of you. You weren't really beautiful.."

"Gee thanks." Allen said while rolling his eyes.

"Oh, sorry. It's just compared to the usual women I'm around you're-"

"I'm what? Go on, say it. I dare you."

"N-never mind. Anyway, I saw you and I…guess I fell in love right away. The fact that we were paired up on that Ferris wheel, I kinda feel like it was fate, y'know? So I'm just…trying to not let you slip away."

Allen sighed, yanking his arm away from Lavi's grasp. Lavi's face twisted into one of an abused puppy; hurt.

"Calm down idiot rabbit. Thanks for telling me all this, but…I wouldn't just leave you. So…just stop rushing things. Who knows, maybe things might go your way….Maybe." Allen said while turning away.

Lavi's face brightened up, the hurt disappearing from his face. "Then that means!?"

"It means nothing for now." Allen said as he turned to look back at Lavi. "Now, I have to get back to class."

"Wai-" Before Lavi could register what was happening, he felt the soft touch of lips gently placed on his cheek.

"See you later." Allen said as he opened the car door and got out. "That's all you get for now." He told Lavi as he shut the car door behind him.

Lavi reached up to his cheek, touching the place Allen had kissed gently. "I'm dreaming aren't I." Lavi told himself before pinching his arm. "…Ow, ok...not dreaming. Wait? Not dreaming?" The realization finally smacked Lavi right in the face and his face turned a light shade of red. "He's not beautiful….more like cute. Yeah, definitely cute." A smile overtook his face as he looked forward again and started to drive off.

Allen had entered the school building, hurrying to his next class before he was late. My perfect record will not be tainted. He thought as he turned the corner and entered his next class shortly after. It was his English class, that of which he was advanced in.

After English, Allen went to all of his other classes, nothing eventful happening the rest of the day. Once school ended for the day, he walked out to the parking lot to his car. He got in, started the engine and drove away from the hell people call school. He pulled up to his apartment building parking in his usual spot. Turning off his car, he gets out and heads through the apartment building doors, and once inside, he makes his way to the elevator.

Pressing the button for the 14th floor, he leans his back against the side of the elevator, eyes closed until he hears the ding indicating that he reached his floor. He reopens his eyes as he walks towards his door. Once he was standing in front of it he just walks in, remembering that he had left it unlocked.

When inside his apartment, he went over to his couch and flopped down onto it. "This is too much happening in so little time." Allen said to himself as he started to drift to sleep. Just then, he heard what sounded like a creak. It was quiet, but noticeable. He was still for a moment before taking his time to get up off the couch. Once he was up, he tiptoed over to his door and grabbed a baseball bat out of his umbrella stand. After picking up the bat, he brought it up to rest on his shoulder, gripping the it tightly with both hands.

Allen made his way over to the source of the creak, determining it to be his very own bedroom. He stood still in front of the door to his room, swallowing long and hard before taking action. Taking one hand off the bat, he used it to turn the knob before kicking the door the rest of the way open. He saw a dark shadow move at the action and swung the bat at the mysterious figure.

He felt the bat hit something, celebrating a little in his mind before he realized the strange figure had only caught the bat in his hand, pulling it roughly out of Allen's hands before pulling on one of his arms and using the leverage to kick a foot at Allen's ankle, causing him to fall. The figure then pinned him on the ground roughly.

"Allen Walker I presume?" The figure spoke out calmly.

Allen struggled at the figures tight grip, giving up when he realized it was useless.

He sighed. "And I'm guessing you're the private investigator, bodyguard, stalker, braid weirdo right? The one my uncle hired?"

"How perceptive. But yes, that would be me. I'd also prefer if you'd refrain from calling me a stalker. It just happens to be my job to follow people."

"That's nice, but can you get off of me now?"

The private investigator said nothing further, unpinning Allen as he stood up. Allen could see as he went over to turn on the light in his room. Once on, he could see the investigator clearly now. Not with shady sunglasses, not behind a newspaper, not in the dark, but clearly.

"You look different than how I expected."

"I'll assume to take that as a compliment."

"You still look shady though."

"….."

"Well you clearly already know my name, but If you wouldn't mind, would you tell me yours?"

"I apologize for telling you so late, but my name is Howard Link. Everyone usually just refers to me as Link though."

"Ok then Link, what are you doing in my apartment in my room?"

"I am a private investigator, but since I was also hired as a bodyguard, I thought I'd try to get a feel on what type of person I am to be risking my life for."

"OK, that's great. Can you get out of my apartment now?"

"…Your uncle didn't tell you?"

"Tell me what?"

"That I will be staying here until he decides to stop investigating."

Allen visibly sighed. I'm going to kill that idiot of an uncle I have when he gets home. Allen thought before continuing his talk with Link. "Listen Link. My uncle isn't the one who actually pays the rent for this apartment, so he doesn't really have the authority to be able to just invite another freeloader to live here."

"Don't worry. I have acquired quite the skillset through my years of training as an investigator. I am able to do chores around the house and can even cook."

This piqued Allen's interest quite a bit. "You can cook?...How good are you exactly?"

"I once infiltrated the highest class of restaurants and was even able to put the top chef's cooking to shame, so I'd say I'm pretty good at it."

"R-really?" Allen said as drool began to drip out of his mouth. "Th-then you wouldn't mind making a sample for me before I decide would you?"

"Of course not. Then if you will excuse, I will be borrowing a few of your ingredients and cooking utensils." Link said politely before making his way to Allen's kitchen. After about ten minutes, Link had finished preparing a full course meal for twenty people. "I assumed this would be enough considering how much I saw you eat at the restaurant and this morning."

Allen was about to dig in when he turned to face Link. "This morning?"

"Certainly. I was observing you this morning outside that window." Link replied while pointing at the window by the dining room. "Didn't you notice me though? I saw you look over."

"Wait, wait, wait. This is the 14th floor for crying out loud. And sure, I thought I noticed something outside of the window, but I was pretty sure it was my imagination. It was actually, honestly, really you? How did you even get up there?"

"Well I climbed up the side of the building until I had reached your window. I was about to keep climbing since I couldn't really tell which window was yours, but I noticed that you had sensed my presence, so I dropped down, clinging onto the outside of your window."

"So you basically almost died while trying to scale my building to look in my window?" Allen said while giving Link a strange look.

"To put it simply, I suppose you could say that."

"This is making my head hurt, so I'm just going to eat now." Allen said before picking up a fork and taking a bite of Link's food, still skeptical of how it might taste. After chewing and swallowing the little bit of food he inserted into his mouth, he froze. "Th-this is-" Allen started shaking, his eyes widening. "This is…AMAZING! I give up, you win. You can stay, no, please stay." Allen urged. "With cooking like this, I don't mind you staying forever, however…I do have to worry about sleeping arrangements.

"I don't mind sharing a bed with you. It'll be easier to protect you that way too."

"Ok, it's been decided that you'll be sleeping on the couch. There are a few blankets in that closet over there in case you get cold." Allen offered, pointing to a closet in the hall between his room and the bathroom. After he had pointed that out to Link, he continued to eat the rest of the food, save for some he left for Neah and Link. "Ah, I'm stuffed now. I probably have to go shopping again tomorrow to get more ingredients."

"No need. I will go shopping tomorrow since it will help earn my stay here." Link replied diligently.

"Huh? You sure?"

"Positive."

"Oh, then I'll make a list and give you some money."

"I have already compiled a list and the money is not a problem either."

"…Well if you say so." Allen replied uncertainly. "Then, I guess I should take a bath and head off to bed. Should I leave the water in the tub for you?"

"I would not wish to impose on you in such a way. I will have no need for a bath."

"OK, I guess it's decided that I'm leaving the water in then."

"Eh? But I-" Link stuttered out before he was shortly cut off.

"It's nice that you don't want to impose on me by not using my bath, but it'd be worse if the person following me around all day smelled like a dumpster before his surveillance was done." Allen snapped back.

"….Very well then. Then I thank you for letting me use your bathing facilities."

Bathing facilities?...Ok, definitely not weird. Allen thought before heading into the bathroom. After bathing, Allen got out, put on his boxers, and walked out before heading to his room.

Once he was in his room, he decided to start on some homework before going to bed. About half way through, he had a thought. Oh! I forgot to put a towel in there. With that, he got up from his desk and headed out of his room to the linen closet and grabbed a random towel. He walked over to the bathroom and knocked on the door.

"Link, I forgot to get you a towel, so I grabbed one for you. Do you want me to just leave it outside the door?" No answer. I guess I'll just leave it here then. Allen thought as he was about place the towel on the floor. Before he did, the door opened up slightly, part of Link's figure being seen. Link stuck out his hand.

"…." Allen was dumbfounded. Link's hair was not in its usual braid, but instead flowed freely down his shoulders and back. Though Allen could only see part of him, just that alone amazed him. He's surprisingly quite beautiful. The braid made him look good, but…I like his hair down more.

Link cleared his throat, noticing that Allen had become a bit distracted. "The towel, are you going to hand it to me?"

"O-oh, right." Allen got out before handing the towel to Link, looking down to hide his embarrassment. It was his mistake though since he accidentally started right at Link's manhood. Even more embarrassed, he just turned around completely. ""W-well, I'm just going to go to bed now." Allen stuttered before turning in the direction of his room and practically sprinting inside.

Once inside his room he ran over to his bed and jumped on it belly first. Well that went well. Allen thought sarcastically. The bed welcomed him, soft and plush, inviting him to sleep. Where'd I put my phone and keys again? Maybe I left them in my pants pocket. That's fine I guess. Allen pondered before falling asleep on top of his bed.

In the bathroom Link was drying his hair with his towel, putting it around his waist when he felt it was dry enough. While he was doing that, he noticed Allen's clothes in a corner on the bathroom floor. He walked over to take them to them to the boy. When he was walking out of the bathroom, he heard something fall out of from the bundle of clothes he held.

"A phone?" He searched the clothes for anything else, finding Allen's keys before bending over to pick up the phone. He exited the bathroom, walking over to put the keys on the kitchen table. After that was done, he took his and Allen's clothes and put them in the washer before starting it. Once his hands were free of anything but the phone, he turned the phone on, coming to a lock screen. "Four digits?..." Link said before thinking over the information he had on Allen Walker. He pieced a few things together before deciding. He entered the code 1-2-2-5. The phone unlocked soon after.

"…The day his foster father adopted him, almost too predictable." Link stated before going through everything on Allen's phone. Once he had seen everything there was to see on the phone, he locked it again and place it on the kitchen table as well. He then went over to the couch, nothing but a towel on, before laying down. He didn't even bother with a blanket as he stared at the ceiling, eyes closing as he also began to drift to sleep. That was when his own phone started to ring from the coffee table next to the couch. He went to pick it up, sitting up to take the call.

"This is Howard Link speaking." He announced into the phone before hearing the voice on the other end begin to speak.

"You're to uptight link. Anyway, that isn't what I'm calling for. I wanted to say that I'm probably going to be back in three days or so. I ended up going to the main house and I may be bringing a couple of them back with me…"

"Them?"

"My family…So please look after Allen until I return...He's probably going to kick me as soon as I return, and more so when he sees that I brought his favorite two cousins along….Will you help me write my will?"

"I'm sorry, but that is not included in my job title."

"Stingy. I'm asking you as a person, not a hired investigator."

"I will be hanging up now."

"Wait, you can't just hang up on your employer!"

"….Then, can I hang up now?"

Neah sighed through the phone."….Yes."

"Then, good night." Link said before finally hanging up the phone and closing his eyes again. After what seemed like forever, he was finally able to drift off to sleep.

Muahahaha. Yes, as I'm sure all of you have already guessed, it was indeed Link. I guess the braid was just a dead giveaway, huh? [Ryuakilover- Yes. I guess now Lavi knows to bring a little extra money for when he takes Allen out to eat. Deugemia- Are you a goddess? Thank you for reviewing every chapter thus far. I will bow down to your awesomeness. Candy Crackpot- You hit the jackpot..I'm sorry, I just had to make that joke. It was there and I couldn't resist the powers of the rhyme gods. jy24- I'm glad you could tel it was him. I guess you could say his braid doesn't lie(This a reference to the song hips don't lie in case you thought I was a crazy person talking about whether some braids lie or not). Usagi-Twins- I will try my very best to...I'm just really, really lazy. DuchessBatCat- Thank you for that. And look, it worked...I have written a new chapter you awesome, lovely person. Mana D. Cannibal-Psst...I like Neallen too...Don't tell anyone. And it would be an honor to be you friend. You have some very interesting ideas from what I've grasped after reading your review. Thank you Guests who review as well. It's enough for a trash person such as myself] Thanks for continued support, and I love you all...you probably don't want to hear that from me though. Anywho, trash queen signing out.