Disclaimer: I do not own -Man or No.6. All rights go to Katsura Hoshino and Asano Atsuko, their respective owners. Only the plot is mine.

Kanda and Allen looked at the large brick building before them with comically different expressions. Kanda was looking at the building as if it had just stated that Allen was a better exorcist than him, and then proceeded to touch his hair.

Allen, on the other hand, was staring as if the place had just offered him all the food in the world.

He walked up the gravel path eagerly. Kanda followed him, not so eagerly.

Allen set down his bags and turned to face Kanda.

"Isn't this great?" Normally, Allen wouldn't bother even trying to talk to the 19 year old. Even though they were supposed to be working together, whenever Allen so much as attempted to speak to Kanda,he would just immediately be rebuffed. But, the prospect of meeting new people excited him.

Kanda rolled his eyes and glared at Allen.

"No. It's not. Being forced to spend time with you of all people really doesn't say 'great' to me. "

Kanda set down his bags as well and ched.

"Are you going to use doorknocker? Or is it too high for you, Moyashi?"

Allen glared at him. "Of course I'm going to knock, BaKanda!" Allen slammed the knocker against the door several times in rapid succession.

"And I've told you. Don't. Call. Me. Moyashi!" He punctuated each word with another slam against the door. On the last syllable of 'Moyashi' the door knocker came off in his hand. Allen stared in growing horror at the poor, completely innocent, mouse shaped door knocker in his hand. Kanda looked at it as well, only, with a condescending smirk on his face.

"Wow. We just got here and you've already broken something. How do you even break a door knocker? You must have some talent, to be able to break a door knocker, Moyashi." Kanda said, rudely.

"It was an accident!" Allen yelled indignantly. "And stop calling me Moyashi, Pretty Boy!"

Kanda glared threateningly at the shorter boy and reached for his sword.

"What did you just say to me you-"

Kanda was interrupted by the door being wrenched open. A very irritated, very attractive, dark haired person wearing a dress appeared in the doorway.

"What the hell do you want?" She, or more likely he, that was a very deep voice for a girl, demanded.

"Oh! Hello! Um, sorry. We're the, um, new tenants. Allen Walker and Kanda Yu. I'm sorry." Allen stammered. This new person's glare was quite intimidating, and Kanda was offering absolutely no help, just standing there and watching Allen amusedly.

The person in the dress cocked their head and said, bemused now instead of annoyed, "New tenants?" Their greeter yelled over their shoulder "Shion! Come here! Some guys are out here saying they're new tenants!" Then, they turned around and left, muttering something about the uselessness of apologies.

"Ah! Hello." A new person came to the door. He had short white hair, red eyes, and a pinkish scar on his cheek.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Shion." Shion smiled and stuck his hand out to Allen, seeing as how Kanda looked just as unapproachable as usual. He got a strange sense that he had seen the taller one somewhere before though...

Allen smiled as well and shook Shion's hand.

"Hello. I'm Allen. This is my...associate, Kanda. We're the people who were looking for a place to stay awhile."

Shion took a chance and shook with Kanda as well.

"Well, why don't you come inside? I'll show you around." Shion went through the doorway, gesturing for Allen and Kanda to follow.

"I apologize about Nezumi, if he said something rude to you that is. He can be like that, sometimes."

Shion led them to the stairs and past several rooms that all seemed to be filled to the brim with books.

Since Kanda had at some point decided to forgo speech in favor of glaring at everything in sight,it was up to Allen to continue the conversation.

"Oh, no it's fine. He didn't say anything rude. " Allen said while frantically waving his hands back and forth.

"Oh, that's good. I won't have to lecture him on how to correctly interact with people this time. Not that he'd even listen to me if I did lecture him." Shion sighed in exasperation.

Poor Shion! If Allen had to put up with someone who acted like Nezumi, he'd...well, he didn't know just what he'd do. What he did know was that it wouldn't be pleasant.

As they ascended the staircase, Allen and Shion talked and discovered they were fairly similar, personality-wise. Kanda, who could see both of them, was wondering why they looked so similar.

At the top of the stairs was a hallway that split both left and right. Shion led them down the left of the hallway and to a door. A few feet past it was another door. Shion turned to face Kanda and Allen.

"These will be your rooms. I hope you'll be comfortable here!" Shion smiled warmly at them, bowed and then walked back the way they'd come.

"Well, he seems nice." Allen said once Shion had disappeared down the stairs. "Except for that last part. That was a little bit creepy." He added in his mind. Saying that kind of thing aloud was rude, and Allen always tried to be as polite as possible. The only exception to this rule was a certain tall, dark haired exorcist who was standing a few feet away from him. Allen didn't care how rude he was to him. Whatever it was had probably been Kanda's fault anyway.

"Yeah. Sure. What I want to know is why you two are so alike. One thing I don't need is two Moyashis running around." Kanda turned and opened the second door that Shion had shown them.

"Hey! I'm not that bad! You're the annoying one, BaKanda!" Allen said indignantly, as he opened his own door.

Kanda growled.

"Yes you are. Plus I have a low tolerance for stupidity, Moyashi." Kanda ched as he tossed his bag inside his room. Then, he turned around to face Allen.

Allen threw his own things inside his room and whirled to face Kanda.

"I'm not stupid! I'm not short!My name is Allen! A-L-L-E-N. I think you're the stupid one since you can't seem to remember 5 letters, Pretty Boy!" Allen yelled.

"I swear if you call me Pretty Boy one more time...!" Kanda also raised his voice. Anyone who knew them also knew that they would continue until they were either interrupted or in the hospital. Luckily, Kanda and Allen's new housemates would not allow their fight to continue.

Nezumi appeared at the entrance to the hallway, no longer in a dress and with his hair put up into a style similar to Kanda's. Shion was being dragged by the arm behind him.

"Shut the fuck up before I kill you both. I am trying to read and I would appreciate it if you two imbeciles would stop yelling for absolutely no reason."

Shion looked apologetically at them. Nezumi was making approximately the same expression he had made at the door, except maybe angrier. Sort of like a cat that's been dunked under water and then has suddenly turned into a lion to exact its revenge.

Nezumi's eyes showed that he was not joking, in any sense of the word.

"I wouldn't go as far as murder, and neither will you Nezumi, (At this, Nezumi glared at Shion) but please do stop yelling. And," Shion eyed their stances, " if you're going to fight, please take it outside."

How Shion said all this with a completely straight face, Allen did not know. What he did know, was that he and Kanda would have to get along if they were to remain at this house.

Allen looked down shamefully.

"Yes sir. You're right. We shouldn't have been yelling when you so kindly allowed us to stay here. We're sorry." Allen said, raising his head.

"Hey! Don't lump me in with you." Kanda glared at him.

"Thank you, Allen. Now, why don't you two start unpacking, then Nezumi and I can show you around the house!" Shion said brightly.

"Alright. Thank you Shion!" Allen said, smiling.

"Che. Whatever. I don't care." Kanda walked into his room and shut the door with finality.

Allen, too, walked into his room and shut the door, just less rudely.

Nezumi started down the hallway, Shion followed him a moment later.

"I can't believe he called you sir!" Nezumi cackled, apparently finding it very amusing.

"Yeah, I didn't expect it either. And you! You can't just go around threatening to kill people!"

"Oh please. I wasn't going to kill them. Maybe just maim them." Nezumi said nonchalantly.

"Nezumi!"

"What'd I do this time?"

They continued arguing, albeit with less murderous intent, as they walked down the stairs together.

A/N please review if you have the time and opinion! Constructive criticism is very appreciated! Rudeness is not :)