My Heart

Disclaimer/Warning: -Man does not belong to me. It belongs to Hoshino Katsura-sensei, and it shouldn't be any other way. I don't claim to own any of the characters, places, or names stated in this fan fiction. ((I just like making the characters do crazy stuff.^_^))

Yes! This IS the sequel to "Nightmare"!! I know that I never said 'yes' or 'no' to any questions of whether or not there would be a sequel, but now you know for sure! As the chapter title states, this takes place a month after the end of "Nightmare", not including the epilogue (which was really a sneak peek, truth be told.^_^)

Chapter One: One Month Later...

A contentedly stretching figure could be found tangled in white sheets, making contented noises as it detached slowly from those sheets. A similarly white head popped up from among the sheets, a smile on the face partially hidden from the almost shoulder-length hair. Pale grey eyes popped open, shining brightly, and began searching the room.

Allen was, once again, sleeping in her lover's room. She searched for the foul-tempered man who she proudly claimed as her boyfriend, but he was nowhere in sight. She figured that he must have left early to go train in the trees around the Dark Order.

The almost-sixteen year old girl sighed. This was the fourth time, out of about ten times that she had slept in Kanda's room, that the older man hadn't been in the room when she woke up. In spite of the fact that she knew Kanda's reasoning for leaving, Allen was still somewhat disappointed. The early-morning struggles they had as either one of them prepared to leave amused Allen and made her heart warm with affection and love. The older man was still an asshole, that had not changed, nor did Allen think it ever would, (as if she wanted it to!), and he still had issues with expressing any affection towards his lover. In fact, he had never told Allen that he loved her, in spite of the many times that Allen had told him throughout the past month, Allen could still see it in his eyes. Like when he would look at Allen from across the room, and she would meet his gaze, or when they were in the throes of ecstasy during their love-making, she would look up and those dark, almost black eyes would be filled with love for her, a growing love that consumed them both.

Allen stretched fully, arching her back, finally free of the sheets. She realized that she was wearing one of Kanda's button-up white shirts, only three buttons actually fastened. This revealed Allen's stomach, which sported a not-very-subtle spot next to her ribs, closer to the middle of her stomach.

"What a jerk," she sighed. She had discovered early that, whenever she slept in Kanda's room, she always came away with a hickey or two...Sometimes even three. After a brief search, Allen found only one more mark on her left shoulder. She counted herself lucky and got up from the bed. When she stood up completely, a wave of nausea and dizziness washed over her, making the girl fall to her knees, limbs going numb. Something churned in her stomach uncomfortably and Allen clapped her hand over her mouth. Sensing that she didn't have much time before her stomach would release its contents, she got up and ran to the bathroom, almost running into the wall as her dizzy spell had yet to release her.

When Allen was finally finished emptying her stomach, her ribs were sore from convulsing violently and her throat had a horrible after-taste. She groaned unhappily and pulled herself up to the faucet to rinse out her mouth. After doing that, Allen flushed the toilet and sat on the ground, leaning against the wall opposite the sink. This wasn't the first time in the past month that she had woken up to the need to throw up, but it had only started a week and a half ago. Allen really didn't know why, but she figured that she should go see the Head Nurse to see if she could do anything about it.

Allen got dressed quickly after taking a short but hot shower, daydreaming about the three words that she had almost made Kanda say the previous night. She had come so close, but the Japanese man had managed to escape it (Allen was sure that he didn't think of it that way, but that he was just unsure and embarrassed, which seemed like Kanda) by giving her a mind-blowing kiss that had led to Allen pinned to the bed, Kanda lavishing her throat and collarbone with kisses. Of course, Allen didn't mind not hearing those words yet, as she knew that Kanda loved her as much as she loved him.

The door opened as Allen stepped out of the bathroom, wiping water from her nose. Kanda walked in, saw Allen, and walked past her to the bed.

"Good morning, Kanda."

"Che. What are you still doing here?"

Oh, great. He was in a pissy mood.

"I just woke up half an hour ago." Allen answered, keeping her voice calm. It was always too easy to upset Kanda, and the white-haired girl didn't want to add to the anger.

"Lazy ass." he muttered, his tone just a little less hostile than before. Allen smiled and walked over to him. She could have sat down next to him, she could have just stood to talk to him, but she went for the alternative. She straddled his lap, placing one hand on the side of his face.

"So, what happened?" she asked as Kanda looked up her in slight surprise. He blinked and the surprise disappeared.

"What makes you think something happened?" he asked in a tone that was a little less than a question and a little more like a statement. Allen gave him a pointed look, one that told Kanda that this girl knew him better than he thought. Kanda sighed through his nose.

"That baka Usagi. He refuses to relent in his foolish jokes." Kanda said venomously. Allen had figured as much and immediately understood. She had never heard these jokes before, as Lavi never said them around her, and Kanda didn't tell her about them either, so she didn't know what kind of things Lavi said about Kanda, but, knowing Lavi, they were probably vastly irritating to the poor Japanese man. In truth, Allen was surprised that Kanda hadn't beaten Lavi senseless yet. Though...Come to think of it, Allen had seen Lavi limping a few days ago, favoring his left leg. And just yesterday, Lavi had had a light bruise on his cheek that Allen had asked about, but Lavi had just grinned and said it was because he ran into a wall.

Allen smiled, shaking her head helplessly.

"You're such an idiot, Kanda..." she said before kissing his soundly on the lips to prevent a sharp retort. When she released him, all he could say was a defiant, "Che."

"I'm going to go to the Medical Wing, now, Kanda. After that I'm going to go to the cafeteria." Allen said, detaching herself from Kanda's lap. Kanda's hands had been encircling her waist, deft fingers stroking the skin of her lower back through her shirt under her vest. Kanda stood up with her and pulled her back into a soft, loving kiss that made Allen's toes curl appreciatively. He then released her without a word and sat back down on the bed, removing his boots and then laying back to relax. Allen smiled, touching her lips before saying, "Goodbye to you, too." Kanda only sniffed in response, eyes already closed.

Allen left the room and headed immediately to the Medical Wing, true to her word. The Head Nurse was bandaging a certain red-head's bruised and bloodied knuckles. Lavi sported a darkening bruise on his cheek, just under his eye patch. He looked like he had been roughed up pretty badly. Allen had a sinking feeling that she knew who his assailant was. The Head Nurse was lecturing him sternly.

"I swear you exorcists have a death wish! Can't I have one day in which one of you won't come to me, sporting some injury or another?" she demanded, pulling Lavi's bandage tight with each emphasized word. Lavi did his best to hide his winces at the rough treatment, and did his best to look ashamed.

"Been fighting walls again, Lavi?" Allen asked, alluding to his previous excuse about running into a wall. Lavi looked up and really did look ashamed when he saw Allen.

"Oh, hey, Moyashi-chan." he greeted, choosing to ignore her question.

"Lavi, pay attention to me. Now, I swear if you don't stop antagonizing Kanda, he is going to do more damage than my staff will be able to fix. Why must you make my job harder than it is?" the Head nurse asked, glaring at Lavi, who shrunk in the face of Doom.

"I-I'm sorry. I'll try to leave him alone in the future..." he said, though he ended up putting more emphasis on the end of the statement, making it sound like a question. Allen laughed a little, shaking her head again.

"You are just lucky that Mugen is being inspected by Komui for the next week. If he had had that sword...." she trailed off, leaving the rest of Lavi's (over)active imagination. Lavi shuddered a little.

"Now, get out of here, Lavi. Allen and I have some business." the Head Nurse said, somewhat surprising Allen.

"We do? I mean...We do. Right." Allen said uncertainly. How did the Head Nurse know that Allen was here to see her?

"You forgot...didn't you?" the Head Nurse asked, looking displeased.

"For...got? OH!" Allen was scheduled to have her injuries checked, to see how they were healing. The final bandages had come off a week ago, but Allen still had to get checked every couple of days.

"No, I didn't forget," Allen lied, smiling. The Head Nurse looked uncertain and distrustful momentarily, but then shrugged.

"Out, Lavi." she commanded distractedly, her attention focused on Allen.

"Yes, ma'am."

"And close the door behind you."

"Yes, ma'am." Lavi said, leaving with a smile on his puppy-like face. Allen watched as the door closed. The Head Nurse was pulling on a pair of gloves, turned away from Allen.

"Take off your shirt, please, Allen." The Head Nurse said kindly, turning back around. Allen nodded in compliance. She was quite used to this and began unbuttoning her vest. Next she pulled on one end of her red ribbon and laid it on the bed next to her vest, and then she unbuttoned her shirt and pulled it off. It was draped over the vest and ribbon, leaving only Allen's corset**. She unfastened all the clasps and then set it on the bed, too after taking it off. Allen covered her chest with her arms as the Head Nurse began prodding at the healing scar on Allen's back.

"Umm...Head Nurse?"

"Yes, Allen?"

"I have a question." A cold finger poked a part of the scar that was still sore and Allen flinched.

"And that would be?"

"Well, I have been getting sick every morning for almost the past week and a half. I was wondering...What does that mean?"

"Well, it depends on the kind of "sick" you mean, Allen. If you just get queasy, then it may have something to do with your injuries. After all, a lot of your body's energy goes into healing these scars."

"Oh. Well, I have been....throwing up...every morning...for several minutes. And I have been eating a little bit more than usual."

The older woman had to wonder how Allen could tell the difference of "a little bit more" amongst the massive amounts of food that the young girl consumes on a regular basis. After thinking a little, the nurse decided that she probably knew the reason why Allen was "sick".

"Well, Miss Walker, let me run a few tests on you right now, and by tonight, I will have the answer. Come, put your shirt back on and we will go right to it. Is there anything that you have to do right now that could be interrupted by this?" the Head Nurse asked. Allen thought a moment, then shook her head as she replied, "I was only going to go have breakfast, but that can wait."

"Okay, then. Hurry up so that we don't waste any time between now and when you fill that monster in your stomach." the older woman teased lightly. Allen smiled in response.

**Okay...No, she is not wearing a bra, but that is because girls didn't wear bras back then...as they hadn't even been invented. Instead, girls wore corsets that covered a lot more. If you have seen the episode when Lavi, Lenalee, and co. were aboard the ship on their way back to Japan, after all the Akuma had been defeated, and Lavi had returned to the ship with Lenalee in the crystal thing....You know the white thing that she was wearing under her shirt that had been burnt off? Yeah...That is a corset...and while it doesn't squeeze the hell out of everything like typical corsets do, it serves the same purpose as a bra.... That is what Allen is wearing. *nods*

Yay! That is the first chapter of the new series! Are we happy?! I am.^_^

Review, please?

I'll love you if you do.^_^

-Maze Puppet