The Fine Line

Yo! Niamh again (who else would it be?) dropping an A/N. Just a friendly reminder… Ilovereveiwssoooomuchtyvmforgivingthemtome! And, being you may have forgotten, the last line in the previous chapter was ‘Who’s the seme?’

Disclaimer of Deterrence: I don’t own D.Gray-man. If I did… I wouldn’t need a disclaimer.

WARNING: EVEN MORE MAN-ON-MAN ACTION! And the word ‘rape’.
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“The what?”

“Ah…er… we haven’t talked about it.”

“The what?”

“We might have, if not for Lavi…”

“I—I’m sorry!”

“The what?”

“Oh, that’s too bad. Be sure to tell me when you figure it out. I have money on it.”

“What?! With who?!”

“Who,” Kanda’s voice refused to be ignored further. “Is the what?”

Allen looked up at his lover with an expression half composed of embarrassment and half formed of amusement. He had never thought of Kanda as a sweet, innocent young man, but really that’s what he was. He had no clue what he had almost experienced the night before. He thought about it for a moment, mulling over how to explain such a thing without dying of giggles on the spot.

He leaned up and spoke directly in his ear. “She wants to know who…who…”

“Yes, Moyashi, I got the who part.”

He’s either going to rape me when I say this or kill Sable. “Does what.” He could feel the blush growing on his face and spreading to his neck. Why it was so impossible to explain it he could not say – he would have had no problem at all showing him the night before. “As in…who…leads…”

Kanda seemed to understand what that meant, because he smiled a little and whispered delicately in Allen’s ear, “Then wouldn’t you say that as of now, that’s you?”

Allen almost fainted. It was true though. He generally stopped things before they went too far, generally started things to make them go too far, knew more about not hurting Kanda than Kanda would know about not hurting him. It made him giggle fiercely just to think about wearing the pants in their relationship, but it seemed that fate would have it that way until his lover was better educated – or educated at all.

Sable raised an eyebrow at the two, curious as to why they would be talking in such hushed voices. Poor Kanda. The farthest thing from his mind was the thing Allen was thinking about most – and just gleaning that information made her want to stand up and just tell him flat out. Oh well, she sighed, scratching at her headband once more, I guess Lenalee owes me some money when I get back to the Order, even if these two don’t realize why.

Lavi waited until the two of them were done blushing cutely at each other before he struck up the conversation again, this time seriously. “Did you two get a hold of the Innocence while you were traversing Sweden? Which was against orders, I might add.”

“Che, I was told to stay with Allen until he recovered. After that, we went ahead with the mission, baka. None of that is against orders.” Kanda was glaring at him, just like normal, his deep sapphire eyes narrowed to slits. He really was the old Yuu.

Lavi shrugged. “Fine, you found a loophole. But still, did you get it?”

Kanda grew very quiet suddenly while Allen’s eyes flicked back and forth from empty plate to empty plate, seeming to not want to say something. Sable had the sudden feeling that maybe; just maybe it had been…

“Kanda was attacked by a Noah. I told Lenalee about it when I called the Order. I had never seen this one before; I don’t even understand what he did exactly.” Unconsciously Allen’s hand tightened around Kanda’s, Kanda’s fingers responded in kind. “But he knew my name even without seeing my face.”

Sable visibly tensed beside Lavi. Gently, fearfully, she touched the cloth that covered her forehead, her wide eyes unblinking. She knew. There was only one man who could steal another’s name without someone telling him. “What did he do?” She asked to be certain. If it was Uri she would never forgive him. Her hands shook at the idea of him trying to harm her friends.

Kanda gradually made himself answer, his expression hard. It was obvious that he did not enjoy retelling the tale. “He broke both of my legs and my right arm with nothing but his hands. He could tell what I was thinking just by touching my forehead.”

Sable thought that she was going to vomit. Her eyes fell on Lavi, her mouth opened and her complexion grew pallid. “It’s him. It’s Uri. He didn’t think I’d know. He didn’t know.” There were tears in her emerald eyes that made them sparkle like gems. “That fool. Now I have to kill him. I have to. There is no redemption. That fool.” She laid her hand across her face as the tears began to fall down her cheeks. “I’m so stupid.”

Allen blinked questioningly at her for a moment as Lavi placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder. Kanda stoically averted his gaze.

“The Noah you described,” Lavi tried not to look worried or freighted by the words, “Is Sable’s brother.”
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Once everyone was filled in on exactly how and why Sable’s sibling was on the other side of the war, they turned their attention to the task at hand: finding the Innocence regardless of who stood in their way.

Lavi found it nice that Kanda and Allen were not constantly connected at the lips while strategizing. They could function without touching each other if need be, though they seemed to like it more if they were in contact. There was something odd about it that made him smile. He was glad that they held hands, exchanged suggestive glances, but did not go so far as to publicly display their flamboyancy with anything more than small kisses and smaller hugs. If they had, he might have been jealous beyond reason.

The four at long last came to the conclusion that splitting up was not something that should be done – separately they would have no chance against a Noah – but it seemed exceedingly inefficient to move as one large group. So Sable and Lavi headed off together while Kanda and Allen set out, walking in the same direction on opposite sides of the street. It was then that Sable had an idea she knew would make her partner laugh, because his slow descent into depression was almost palpable.

“Oi, Lavi,” She said quietly.

“Hm?” He didn’t look at her. He was just watching his feet as they sloshed across the snowy street. He felt happy for them, but he didn’t feel like being happy for them. What is this? He thought darkly, How come I feel like groaning?

“Wanna play a prank on the lover boys?” Sable’s tone was far too enthusiastic. He looked at her from the corner of his eye and caught her grinning one of those evil looks that made him wonder if she really wasn’t evil. Her teeth might have been fanged ever so slightly when she made that face.

“What kind of prank?” He almost looked frightened to her, but she knew that it was going to be hilarious even if it scared him out of his wits. If fact, it would be even more fun if it did.

Kanda watched out of the corner of his eye as Sable took hold of Lavi’s hand and leaned into him, her great green eyes shining up as he blushed at her. He frowned at them, unsure exactly what to think about how they were acting, even more unsure about how Lavi was slowly looking more and more amused by his arm accessory. As far as Kanda knew the only person Lavi had ever been attracted to – for their personality and not their hot older body – was Lenalee, and he had always been more than against admitting his feelings to her, ever. Yet his elegant expression was not one he wore for any purpose besides seduction.

“Oi, Moyashi,” Kanda turned to the boy who was walking beside him.

“Yes, Love?” Allen chimed grinningly. Kanda had never heard him call him that before, and the named coupled with the British accent almost killed him. The blood went to his face in a rush, lingered there for a moment before traveling elsewhere. “Heehee! Kanda, I made you blush!” Allen smiled from ear to ear, almost as if this were his greatest feat since becoming and Exorcist.

“Shut up. Have you noticed Sable and Lavi?” His question prompted the younger Exorcist to glance at the two of them.

“They seem…”

“Too happy?”

“To be normal, yes.” He blinked at the pair for a few minutes, wondering what could be going on. While he watched Kanda turned away, and Lavi winked at him. Oh…this could be fun. “Kanda,” He looked down at his feet as they plodded through the snow – failing at looking innocent. “Do me a favor and kiss me really fast.”

“What?”

“It’s just an experiment.”

Kanda was seriously frowning at him, but he did as instructed anyways, just hardly brushed his lips against Allen’s as they walked. Allen glanced over to see Lavi graze Sable’s just a little harder. Oh, this will be fun.

Sable giggled as Lavi blushed like a tomato. “Stop any time you think your purity isn’t worth the joke,” She said softly.

“Are you kidding?” He cocked an eyebrow at her, “I’ll think of it as practice.” She laughed.

Allen tightened his grip on Kanda’s hand and smiled. This was a competition. They would hold hands if Allen and Kanda touched each other, they would kiss just an instant longer if Allen and Kanda kissed – so he was going to beat them with the royal straight flush of moves.

With strength a stranger might not have thought he possessed he turned Kanda with his weight and slammed him against the nearest (thankfully brick) wall. The Japanese man’s protests were drowned when the smaller boy pressed their lips together, not bothering with the formality of flicking his tongue to ask for entrance and instead plunging ahead without regard. Kanda’s questioning hands made to push him back a little but Allen would have none of it. With a forcefulness Kanda had never had directed against him, Allen took hold of his jacket and pulled him closer, only to press him back into the wall again with more frantic kissing. Kanda gave up fighting then. If Allen really wanted to kiss him randomly on a street corner, he wasn’t going to stop him.

When fingers graced the fabric of his pants, toying with the waistband, he had to call a stop to it. “Allen.” He attempted to say, but then his collarbone was under fire and he was wondering when his coat had come open that much. If there were people on this street, I’d kill him.

“Not now,” He said back, finding Kanda’s mouth again.

Self-control! Kanda’s mind screamed.
I don’t need it! It screamed back.

“St-stop.” He took the flushed boy by the shoulders and held him at arms length, breathing hard. If it had gone on for a moment longer it would have gone on for an hour. “What are you trying to do? Drive me insane? You do that again, I swear…”

Allen just grinned at him idiotically. His hands came up to his mouth as if to hide his snicker. “Sorry, I… just wanted to win.”

“Win! What the hell are you talking about, baka! You would have raped me if I hadn’t stopped you!”

“You can’t rape the willing, Love.”

“Che! Don’t give me that crap!” Kanda was blushing furiously, his voice breaking in the cold. “If you weren’t so damn cute I’d…grrr….” But he couldn’t really be angry. It had been fun. And Allen just looked so…nice when he was being timid and only half-sorry. “What did you mean by winning anyway?”

“Look,” He motioned with his head across the street.

“Fake it, Lavi! Fake it!” Sable chanted, pushing him toward the nearest wall.

“I’m not so sure that’s a good idea, Sable-chan.”

“Come on, it’s not like you’ve never really been kissed before right?”

“Haha, yeah, I’ve been kissed – in my dreams!”

“Aw, Lavi, it’ll be my greatest honor to—”

“No, no, no, let me think about this!”

“We’re going to lose because you’re afraid of girl-spit.”

“I am not afraid of girl-spit! I’m – I’m saving myself!”

Sable had Lavi held by the collar with something of hungry look on her face, he was pulling at her arm like an animal caught in the jaws of a predator. When he saw that Kanda and Allen were looking at them he grabbed the girl’s face and turned it as well.

“You win Moyashi-chan!” He smiled. “It’s not worth my purity!”

Sable dropped him into the snow and started walking. It had worked out more or less how she wanted – Lavi definitely wasn’t moping anymore (indeed he was stuck between feeling violated and laughing at Kanda), and yet she smiled sadly to herself. I guess that I am good, Lavi called for her to wait and she paused, looking up at the clouds high above them, threatening snow. I just have an evil way of doing things. And the thought made her smile.

Together and separately the four made their way out of town, calling dirty insults between them.
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Yay! Another chapter finished! I hope you liked it – though I must apologize for not going further with that little scene up there… I was so tempted… but they were in a street and they had an audience XP

Thank you so much for continuing to read and review!