BAD APPLE!

Chinese Fairy: Oh my god, it has been such a long time since I submitted a story to fanfiction. God, I can't believe it. It has been way too long, but since I have been having a severe writer's block for my Naruto stories and nothing has stuck to my mind unlike this one.

Now let me get one thing straight please, this is an ALTERNATE UNIVERSE to the T! I thought this up during my winter break while listening to the "BAD APPLE by Cristina Vee, this and a mix of wondering what kind of life the Meisters would've have had a … Semi normal life.

There aren't a lot of Allelujah/Tieria pairing stories out there, so I thought I'd stake a claim to this fandom.

Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam 00 or any of its characters. I do not own "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll or the lyrics from the Disney movie, "Alice in Wonderland" which belongs to Disney. As other titles and works appear in different chapter, I will disclaim them either at the end or beginning.

Pairings: Allelujah/Tieria/Hallelujah, Lyle/Setsuna, and past Neil/Tieria. There is a few more implied, but these are the main ones~!

Summary: Tieria Erde is a young man who works at Ptolemaios Bookstore under Ms. Sumeragi Lee Noriega. One day he is offered extra pay to go to the Human Reform Institute to help a Dr. Billy Katagiri in proving a certain patient has been completely reformed and capable of living in the world. All Tieria has to do is interact with this patient for several visits to prove to the faculty that he is competent and once he is cleared he can be released. After a few visits, Tieria finds out why the sweet Allelujah Haptism is a patient at the HRI when he meets Hallelujah, his other personality. Both individual lives are now connected now that Allelujah and Hallelujah now covet what they mutually believe belongs to them: Tieria Erde.

Chinese Fairy: Now, once more, this is an ALTERNATE UNIVERSE so a lot of things will be changed, facts and names will be altered for the story and I will try my best to make this as best of a story as I can. Thank you for clicking on the story and enjoy~!

Barcelona, Spain 2312.

Living located in the EAU, or the Union, does not seem as horrible ever since the war ended. Lives have become peaceful and no one has any desire to shift the balance of power that is now equally shared within what has have become the World Sphere Alliance and the independent Pillars of Heaven that also benefit from the new world.

The war was long over and now everyone is capable of breathing and enjoying life instead of fearing an impending attack or radical movement. The real test now comes forth with maintaining peace. If the people of earth and space can make this impossibility possible, then maybe the Gundam Meisters succeeded where thousands of years failed the solar system.

This is fine and all, but how does this bother a 24-year old man who has a job and is barely gets by on his salary? Tieria Erde sighed inaudibly as he stared at the ceiling, which offered him shelter from the rain, but not his family. "I hate Mondays…" he murmured to no one. Silence replied nothing and he rolled onto his side.

Glaring red numbers were a stark contrast in the bleak hours of the morning and the time, "6:42 AM" were informing him that in three minutes, his alarm would go off and rouse him for the new day. Tieria's delicate hands moved to the digital clock and push the cancel button, so the alarm would not needlessly wake up his roommates. He pulled himself out of bed and began the morning exercises of getting ready for work. Still in his light purple flannel pajamas, he made his way through the dark hallway and into the bathroom that was shared between the three friends.

Brushing teeth; washing away remnants of sleep; combing straight locks into his preferred hairstyle; all of this was like clockwork that was nothing too elaborate. The youth made his way back to his room and saw it was nearing seven am. Lithe hands found the cord connected to the blinds and allowed the thin strands of light to stream into his boring room.

Nothing special adorned his room, a small desk, a nightstand, two bookshelves, a swivel chair, and his bed. A dark purple curtain kept his clothes and a few personal items hidden in his closet. Another sigh passed his lips as Tieria walked to his desk and picked up his rounded spectacles. They were no longer prescription glasses, but they were the one item that he treasured and went everywhere with.

"Neil…" the name passed through his lips without permission and his form stiffened unconsciously. He stalked off to the kitchen and began brewing coffee for himself and his roommates, who will be waking up soon. As the coffee maker began bubbling the hot water, the purple haired youth moved back to his room where he dressed in his usual attire: a yellow long sleeve button up shirt, with his favorite pink sweater over that, and finally his gray pants that hugged his thighs and then straightened out as they reached his bare feet.

He moved to the sock section of his closet and picked out a pair of white socks, slipped them on and moved back into the main portion of his room. Tieria picked up a discarded satchel that was leaning against his desk and left his room it its nonexistent devices.

As he walked into the kitchen, he saw that one of his roommate was already up and sipping on coffee. Large eyes that seem to glisten like rippling water turned to him, then back to staring at the wall. "Morning," he offered before his lips returned to the rim of the cup. Tieria nodded and set down his bag onto his chair of the dining table. The room was similar to everything else in their apartment: it was small, yes, but it suited them all. Setsuna F. Seiei took one more sip of his coffee before placing his favorite white mug with a blue stenciled Gundam head on the side down and moved to the refrigerator to pull out some bread.

"We're almost out of butter, could you put it on the list?" the slightly shorter man spoke as his eyes looked over the semi empty icebox. The other didn't respond, but moved close to the stove where the shopping pad was nestled. Right underneath eggs and ice cream went butter. Tieria turned to make his own cup of coffee when he was taken by surprise by a new mug being offered to him by his friend. Setsuna nodded and the other smiled,

"Thank you." Tieria took a small gulp, reveling in the hot liquid burning his throat as it went down. It was a masochistic pick me up, but it woke him up more so than cold water to the face. He placed the mug down and leaned against the wall, his gaze not focusing on anything in particular.

"Do you want me to go grocery shopping today?" he asked Setsuna who was now beginning to toast a slice of bread. The said man moved back to the refrigerator and pulled out the strawberry jam. "No, Lyle wants to do it today; he feels he is unconsciously turning you into the house wife."

Tieria glowered at the statement and inwardly cursed the twin. Sure, he looked like Neil, but there were of course subtle similarities, besides the looks and obvious contrasts in personalities. Thinking of Neil again made his chest ache, so the purple haired youth shook his head and turned to his roommate.

"I may be late tonight since Ms. Sumeragi is receiving a large shipment of school books." Tieria spoke softly and his fingertips pushed his glasses higher onto his nose, right in their proper position. Setsuna glanced up to see the movement and nodded, He's thinking about Neil again, he thought, but replied, "Alright, I'll tell Lyle and we'll leave your dinner in the microwave."

Nodding in thanks, Tieria picked up his side bag and moved to the entrance of their apartment and slipped on his worn out shoes that he's had for five years. They were worn and faded brown slip on shoes that we cheap, but sturdy. "Take care Setsuna," he said and not waiting for a reply, he opened the door and left the home that was stifling him.

The morning was crisp with fresh air and people were already bustling around their stands making sure their food was presentable for shoppers. Vegetable, fruits, jewelry, and many other different stands were already set up or in the process of being propped up by their owners.

He directed his gaze to the buildings that surrounded him; the place he called home for 8 years. The city of Barcelona was neither his birth city nor where his blood family lived, but it was better than his hometown where problems followed him everywhere and nothing could sever the connection he held with them. Not even moving away to Barcelona made any difference.

Tieria sighed and walked down the street to a bank and walked in. The sign on the door said it opened at 9 and he knew for a fact that it was no where near opening hour, he still walked in and made his way to the counter. Like clockwork, a lovely young lady was waiting for him with a warm smile and she spoke, "Good morning, Tieria. How are you today?"

He smile politely and replied, "I am doing well, Miss. Vashti, and how about yourself?" warm giggles passed from her lips as her smile widened. "I'm perfectly fine, and I already told you to stop with the title. If I can call you by your first name, you can call me by mine." He chuckled and nodded, "Of course Mileina. I already told you, it is a very hard habit to break."

A teasing pout made it to her lips and she mumbled, "Of course, your father would be proud." His fingers shifted his glasses from side to side in order to prop them comfortably in the bridge of his nose and he nodded.

"I would like to make a deposit." He stated, Mileina nodded and moved to login into her desk computer. "Same amount as usual?" she asked; her lovely chocolate locks bounced slightly as she turned to face him. Tieria pulled out a check and offered it to her under the bulletproof glass.

A nimble hand took it and her fingers were once again dancing over the keypad; this became a monthly tradition for the two ever since he moved here. Money, money, and more money for his family, he thought bitterly, but nothing showed on his face. Finally, Mileina turned back to him with a smile; he was grateful for that smile since she had no idea where the money went.

"All taken care of Tieria," she said. He smiled, "Thank you very much for helping me this early in the morning." Another traditional statement included in their monthly meeting.

"I've already told you before, I am glad to help you. Seeing as how you've said this a million times before, I can't break tradition." Her smile softened and a light blush dusted her cheeks. "You're welcome."

He nodded and began pulling back from the counter. "You take care, Mileina. I'll see you next month." As he was leaving, she shouted, "I'll look forward to that!"

Smiling and feeling like a weight has been lifted from his shoulders, Tieria continued walking down the streets until he turned right, and one block down he turned left and waiting there on the street corner was his boss: Ms. Sumeragi Lee Noriega.

Since summer was fast approaching, she already was taking the liberty of dressing in summer attire. A strapless white summer dress that held her chest suggestively and ruffled out until it ended at her mid-thigh. Yes, a summer dress indeed.

The purple haired youth walked over to her side and offered a smile, "I see you are getting our readers ready for our summer sales?" Sumeragi turned to face her employee and returned the smile.

"Of course, you know we always do better in the spring, summer, and early fall seasons. You don't think it is because people actually like books now that the Internet has stretched even farther so connection could be made to the satellite orbiting Jupiter?" she took the liberty to twirl once for him and he blushed when he notice the dress hike up slightly to flash more of her thigh.

Tieria coughed a bit to drive attention away from his blushing cheeks and turned to their bookstore. "I'll open up shop now. Call me when the new shipment arrives." Sumeragi nodded and opened the trunk of her car to fish out the new sign that would be propped outside their store on the sidewalk.

In stylish writing, the advertisement said, "New early summer sales inside the Ptolemaios Bookstore!" she smiled to herself and placed the sign on a four legged easel that would show off its message to the entire street and anyone passing by on bike or car. Yes, today is a good day to start our summer boom. She thought to herself, and then turned to face the two story lot that was hers.

Eleven years this coming October, marked how long the store has been in her possession. A sad smile crossed her lips, the first year was bitter and I almost failed to keep my business going. The bills, the novice means of catching attention… all of it was too new for me, until you showed up, huh? He who would never be brought up again, he was her only secret; a beautiful true love that made her wonder how crazy love made her… Emilio…

It hurts so much to think of him. After he passed away 11 years ago, alcohol and her old school friend were the only comfort she wanted. In truth, it was a one-night fling, but he thought it was more. "Billy, do you really think that there will be anything more between us?" she whispered to herself as her bangs swept into her line of vision. No matter how nonchalant she treated their one night of passion, he still kept in touch and made sure she was fine. Sumeragi let out a small sigh and her smile brightened slightly.

"Even when you ask me nowadays for another chance, you still have the compassion to ask me how my store is doing, you really are too sweet… Billy…" she murmured since no once was around. Even if she said that one night meant nothing out loud, I know deep down how important it was for me.

At that moment, the lights flickered on inside the bookstore and Tieria was moving the curtains in the front windows to one side to show off a small percent of their vast collection of books. Shakespeare, Tennyson, Dickens, Carroll, and more famous writers' and their works were propped on velvet blankets that adorned the shelves in the front. All books propped up on stands decorated with a little glitter and some painting and drawings done by patrons of their store.

"A very good store, indeed." Sumeragi said louder and made her way into the store to brew coffee for her and her worker. She glance at the old father clock by the cash register and pouted. "Feldt should have been here four minutes ago," she stated and Tieria popped his head out from around a bookcase. "Remember she just moved into that new apartment with Louise and Saji; it will take a few days to get used to the new schedule." He replied to her as he replaced empty parts of the cases with the same books to keep their stock full.

"Hn." Was her only reply for a moment then Sumeragi replied, "That would've worked the first time, the following twenty times, is making me wonder how far she moved…" she deadpanned and he laughed. "I keep trying to think of another excuse for her, but that one seems to just fit our unique schedule. It's not like you really matter when she comes in anyway. I'm the only one who has to hear about your bickering of how Feldt is late. You're just aggravating yourself."

"Who's aggravating who?" came the soft voice from the entrance of the store and both turned to see a slightly flustered Feldt as she rushed to the back in order to place her bag down in the staff area and took advantage of the mirror hanging in the employee area to straighten herself out.

Tieria stared at his boss with a knowing smile and returned to his restocking the bookshelves. Feldt returned to the large round room that acted as the first floor and asked her question again.

Sumeragi glance at her coffee maker and replied, "No one in particular. Do you want some coffee?" her voice lost the bit of annoyance that Tieria heard and his smile grew.

His boss sensed that same smile and with his back facing her she barked, "No smiling, boy!" she was wielding a newspaper, which made Feldt burst out giggling since his back was still facing Sumeragi. Their boss couldn't help it she chuckled.

"Yes, ma'am." The three workers worked together to straighten out the first floor and Feldt made her way up a metal coal black spiral staircase that lead her to the second floor that was reserved for collector books and other older tomes that were for sale, but not many people went up there. There were six rounded windows on the second floor and the pink haired beauty took the task of opening them all by pulling away the night blue curtains out of the way to allow more of the late spring sun light into their abode.

Like a dam being opened, sunlight filled the entire store with pouring light and Tieria flicked the switch that controlled the light settings and turned them off. No matter what, the sun always made their store shimmer and show off more so than any other bookstore in the area.

Even if she said no one reads books anymore, people still come to our store. Maybe for the eye candy that is my boss and coworker, but people do come here because there is something special about our store. Almost like it is meant to be a store for everyone. Thought Tieria as he saw Sumeragi opened a two step stool and she stood on it to pull the cord that was connected to the neon sign that showed everyone that came through the street that their store was open for business.

The longhaired brunette let out a happy sound and informed her employees, "Yes! 9 o'clock on the dot!" and as promised, people did read the sign and more people than their usual quota of patrons came into the store that day.

As promised, Tieria Erde came home later than his more constant time of 6 pm and walked over the threshold closer to 8. He kicked off his worn shoes and straightened them with his foot before moving to his room and putting his satchel away in its same spot against his desk.

He turned to go back into the kitchen to warm up his dinner, but something new on his desk stopped him and he was now paler than before. A manila envelope was resting on his desk with his address in the middle and the return address in the corner. Above his current residence number, was his name written in fine cursive.

"Regene…" he whispered. It took several moments to finally make his body move his hand to pick up the envelope and another minute to force his fingers to open the letter. His eyes skimmed over the letter and he read it again right after the first read through.

"Dear Tieria,

This is your brother writing to say hello and how are you. You never replied to my other letter, so I'll assume that because it was lost in transit." The natural purple haired youth scoffed and glanced to his bookshelf to see a small portion of the third wooden counter held several manila envelopes that held letters he couldn't bring himself to discard.

"I know you do not really care for your family, but we care about you. We miss you. None of us have seen you for eight years and it hurts that you will not come home, not even for Christmas or New Years. Everyone is doing well, incase you wanted to know. Ribbons is doing a little better and we have you to thank for that. Your Christmas and Easter bonus was able to help us buy better medicine for him. If this movement upwards keeps up, soon he will be completely healed and you could come home. He would love to see you. No matter how much I look like you, he misses you-"

Angrily, Tieria didn't finish the letter a second time and threw it to the floor like it was sucking energy out of him. "Damn it!" he shouted to himself as he dropped to his knees. In his moment of anger, he began beating his fists into the wooden floor and felt his eyes tear up, but he wouldn't let them fall. Not on the glasses Neil gave me! He thought bitterly.

Soon, two hands gently grabbed his wrists to stop his self-abuse and another pair of hands pulled his form in for a hug. "It'll be okay, Tieria. Come on don't hurt yourself for them; they're not worth it, Princess." Neil…? He thought pitifully as he stared up at the face that haunted him for years. "I-I'm so sorry," he cried painfully. He grabbed onto the unzipped green and white jacket that Neil wore and wailed. "Neil, they keep asking more of me… I-I'm not sure how… how much more I can give of myself before there will be n-nothing left of me." Sobbed Tieria. He now slumped into Neil's warm form and finally allowed his tears to crawl down his cheeks onto a forest green shirt.

Lyle looked up from Tieria to Setsuna and the golden-eyed youth nodded, "Let him believe that Neil came back for a little bit. He needs that now." The younger man said softly. Setsuna moved closer and rested his head against Tieria's back for support.

Lyle Dylandy, brother to Neil Dylandy who died in the war five years ago, glance down at the letter and inwardly cursed the family Tieria was a part of. No matter how much he gives you bastards, you still ask more of him. If I could, I'd ask Neil to haunt you, but we need him more than you petty assholes. He felt sobs vibrating through his friend and held him closer.

"A little bit longer, Princess, then the carriage will back into the pumpkin."

Chinese Fairy: Well, there is the prologue. I hope this caught some attention and there will be a few people interested in this windy story known as BAS APPLE! Thank you for reading and please take a moment to review, I'd really appreciate feedback pertaining to the story.

Thank you once again, and everyone take care!

P.S: This is unbeta'd. Sorry about that...