Turns out, wandering around the Forbidden Forest was a big no-no. Allen was given an ear-full from Lenalee about this fact after Kanda found him and hauled him back to the castle.

Then Lavi showed up, and there was an awkward silence. Lavi cleared his throat, "I heard Allen was wandering around the forest?" That broke the silence as Lenalee ranted on how Allen was being irresponsible and overall a large idiot. Lavi agreed with her and they continued the conversation as the four wandered down the hall to the Great Hall. Apparently, it was only half-way through dinner time.

Allen slipped his hood back up and froze as a hand pushed it back down. Kanda's dark eyes were furious as he stared into Allen's grey ones. Confusion placed upon Allen's face, "What's wrong?"

Kanda glanced at Lenalee and Lavi, the pair was several feet away and had not noticed the lack of presence of Kanda and Allen.

Turning his attention back to Allen, Kanda's eyes glinted in the candle light as he hoarsely asked, "Why do you keep putting your hood up? Are you ashamed?"

Allen growled with sudden anger, pushing Kanda's hand off of his hood, "I am not ashamed," his tongue tied at the thought of looking for the right words before giving up and sighing, "You wouldn't understand."

"Like hell," Kanda snapped, "If they can't handle the sight of you then they'll leave."

There was surprise on Allen's expression at Kanda's fury—but fury for those that would dare scorn him for his looks and not Allen himself. Grey eyes softened, understanding dawning in them, Kanda truly did care, and he just had a harder time showing it than others.

"Alright, I'll leave it down…" Allen said, smiling brightly at Kanda's firm nod. They arrived at the Great Hall minutes after, Lavi and Lenalee had already taken their seats and were happily conversing with their new found friends.

Allen ignored the curious looks as he made his way to the Gryffindor table, making sure to sit as far away from everybody as possible. The whispers, where they had been barely noticeable, increased in amount and volume as Kanda took a seat right next to Allen.

Allen watched Kanda with curious eyes until Kanda gave him a glare and snapped out, "There are no rules saying that you cannot sit at other tables."

Allen stifled a laugh and instead gave a bright smile to Kanda, whispering, "thank you." Kanda's eyes softened a bit at the smile, but he gave a huff at the thank you and resumed to gathering some soba on his plate and pouring himself some pumpkin juice.

There were still murmurs, and gasps of outrage at such an act, Slytherins glaring at Kanda like he had killed one of their own while the other houses looked on in shock and confusion. A

llen didn't understand, the hat from before—a strange unnerving object that Allen quite disliked—only sorted them into "houses" that fit their personalities, it didn't mean that they were actually not friends or separated. After the hat had sorted them, Allen had refused to go back anywhere near the thing. It had been too personal, invading his mind like that. Allen was just glad that Neah had not been in a temper at the time.

Allen ignored the lot of them, gathering heaps of food on his plate, feeling the exhaustion piling up inside of him. It was better to have the strength to fight Neah, once he appeared again. There was still worry inside Allen, what was he supposed to remember? What had Mana—Neah, been trying to tell him? S

tifling down the thoughts Allen focused on the food before him, every dish was delicious but somehow it didn't compare to Jerry's cooking. The noise level rose in the hall suddenly once more and Allen watched, grey eyes widening in surprise as Lenalee and Lavi sat across from the both of them.

Lavi gave a shrug at Allen's questionable gaze, "It was boring over there anyways," but Allen knew better, Lavi was a bookworm and would die for the knowledge but here he was, offering Allen his companionship. Lenalee gave Allen a small smile before asking, "What do you think of the classes here?"

She put a slice of cake on her plate and sighed with wonder, "Amazing, are they not?"

Allen gave a nod, he hadn't seen much of the classes, and only passed by a couple, but what he had seen made him wish that he could have been born with such a gift. "Have you found anything about the Millennium Earl, Lavi?"

The question was already out of his mouth before even having the chance to think about it. Freezing, Allen watched as Lenalee's expression became upset, Lavi was watching Allen with suspicion while Kanda had narrowed his eyes at Allen.

"Moyashi, is there something you would like to tell us?" Kanda questioned with deadly intent.

Lavi nodded while Lenalee gave Allen an inquiring look, "There's something you're not telling us…"