midnightstar | A SURPRISE LENALEE APPROACHES; Command?

Despite all of everything the Black Order has been through, it was business as usual for the various teams. Lenalee and Allen were in one team with Miranda and a few Finders. Lucky them, their mission took them to the mountains - beautiful scenery, but cold weather. Fortunately they managed to find a small inn with vacancies, so they could stay indoors. Amazingly, Miranda was actually sleeping more peacefully than Lenalee at the moment.

Although after all of the scenarios and seeing all of the deaths in the war with the Earl and fighting the akuma, (...not to mention what she personally has been through), it really should come as no surprise that Lenalee's sleep was less than restful. While she managed to snatch an hour or two here and there of sleep, worries about her friends, her brother, and one exorcist in particular all contributed to making her nightmare particularly bloody and gruesome. When she jerked awake for the second time that night (or was it third, she wasn't sure), she knew she wouldn't be able to get back to sleep right away, so she silently slipped out of her room, padding down the hall. Maybe a glass of water would settle her nerves.

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"It won't. Not if I have a say about it~" Allen chuckled softly and nuzzled against her hair with a loving smile she would probably feel pressing against her ear.

"Y-You are? Hahaha well I'm g-glad I'm not the only one then." Well they'd both put their cards on the table and both agreed this was something they would want to revisit. "Still...as tempting as it might be...we should...you know...probably try and sleep now." Though to be frank he really didn't want to do that yet. He wanted to admire Lenalee a while longer.

He wasn't actually tempted to go -again- was he? It was a joke right? She'd be amazed by his stamina -- no, she was already amazed by it. Still, she supposed he had a point - they should get to sleep or they'd be no good in the morning, especially when they needed to go out on missions.

She sighed softly, "I don't want to," she almost pouted. She didn't want to go to sleep, when morning meant they would have to briefly go their separate ways. And not just for the mission. But she leaned down to give him one last kiss, shifting to climb off of him, since he probably didn't want her still on top of him while he slept. It'd be like a cat sleeping on one's face. Though even that much movement was difficult to do.

Actually if this was earlier in the night, he would definitely want to go for a third round. Still he had to contain that desire of his and while he wasn't happy to do it, he still forced himself to behave.

"Haha. I don't either. I could stare up at you all night long and not grow bored of it." Allen chuckled before he felt her try to move off of him. Something he quickly put a stop to as the arm around her back locked Lenalee in place on top of him.

A pity she crept to his room so la- i mean. OH isn't that interesting!

She had no idea her dearest love was harboring thoughts like that. Though... she really couldn't say she didn't either. She already knew she'd never say no to him, and she certainly knew she'd initiate it sometimes herself.

When he kept her from slipping off of his body, she glanced at him in surprise, but lay back against him, "I thought you wanted to sleep...?" He couldn't do that with her lying on him, right?

Oh he would only grow bolder once they had a few successful escapades outside of their room. Allen liked the current situation much much more though So he flashed Lenalee a charming smile while leaning in closer to whisper.

"I do but I want you on top of me too. UNless it's really uncomfortable for you~"

Well then she would have many things to be surprised by and look forward to in the future! But more importantly, that smile made her melt everytime she saw it, and the whisper turned her insides to jelly.

"It's not uncomfortable at all..I thought I'd be uncomfortable for you like this," she shifted just enough to settle comfortably with a broad grin on her lips at the feel of his arms around her. "This is ..it feels like heaven." she pillowed her head against his shoulder so she could nuzzle close to him.

He would look forward to making those things a reality. Part of him still felt slightly wary about it since he had to figure out ideas and places where they wouldn't be interrupted and....wow he was getting ahead of himself. He shook his head faintly before Lenalee spoke up again, his lips softening into an adoring smile.

"Holding you close like this is heaven to me~"

Goodness, Allen! SO much planning! Lenalee would chuckle about that if she knew his thoughts. Fortunately, she was no mind reader. She was however, getting comfortably sleepy so close to him like this, and her lips curvd into a soft smile at his response. She moved slightly, her hand coming up so she could gently touch his cheek, "I wish I could spend every night with you like this."

... wait, she could, couldn't she? ... sort of, anyway.

She had just as much to blame for that as he did. Not that ALlen would every say that to Lenalee and actually mean it. He leaned into the touch on his cheek, lips curved into a tranquil smile as his eyes closed for a moment.

"I'd like nothing more." Allen murmured softly, not seemingly put off by the idea in the least or the fact that he'd just spoken his mind so openly.

Lenalee chuckled, watching him with a warm smile as she gently stroked her thumb against his cheek. "Every night..?" If the nights were anything like tonight, they'd wear themselves out in no time. "Maybe we should pace ourselves. Every other night.."

Or try anyway, she knew she'd have trouble sleeping without him. Which would be perfect reason to ask for her brother to have her room modified for a 'quieter' room. She yawned slightly, snuggling against his body, "You're so warm."

"If you think that's best..." ALlen on the other hand would always open the door for her if she came knocking ahead of that established time. Because he would quickly discover that he too slept much better when in Lenalee's warm soft embrace.

She sighed softly as she felt herself get more relaxed. "Hmmm...I don't know if it is...or even if I'll be able to keep from wanting to be with you, like this.. but I don't want to neglect my brother either and...the way I feel about you I want to spend every minute with yiu."

But she wanted to keep her brother company too, so he would see he had nothing to fear with her being with Allen.

Well it wasn't like Lenalee had to spend her nights with her brother. So really sharing the same bed was more than allowed from a time allocation standpoint. IT wasn't time Komui got to experience with Lenalee in the first place. Naturally that sort of thinking was very easy to critique if others ever got wind of it.

"I guess it can't be helped." Allen said squeezing Lenalee a little closer to his chest in return.

True, but other hours of the day on the other hand. ..welll it would be dealt with as it happened. More importantly she knew she should try to sleep and let him do the same since they had missions to go on, but it was difficult to so.
She chuckled and tucked in against him with a sigj. "I'm ashamed of myself. .I should let you sleep and I want to talk to you all night long."

That may be true but just forfeiting the bit of time they really do have all to themselves? That was something Allen was simply not eager to undertake. But that was something to think about more after they got sleep.

"Don't be. I like talking with you too. Maybe we can give that a try next time you come to my room." Though after tonight the odds of that had certainly...'reduced' a fair bit.

Yeah. It was easy for her to say but in actual practice it was pretty unlikely. Once she was actually with him her carefully laid plan got discarded in favor of her desires to be close to him.

"Heehee, then I'll look forward to that too." Her visits would have every intention of chatting, and even start out that way but once the got cozy...

"My door will always be open to you. Always." Allen elaborated almost a little stubbornly as he intentionally or unintentionally subverted her decision just a little bit. He didn't want her to stay away. Especially not when they weren't on missions.

The smile on her face at that insistence only grew wider, as she nodded and nuzzled into his neck comfortably. "Then I'll find it hard to stay away when I'm supposed to." She teased. "But I would never want you to close your door to me...any more than I would you."

Her own way of saying she was going to take him up on that unspoken wish to spend most of her free time with him. She often did anyhow so no one would think anything of it. Her nightly visits on the other hand...she may have to be discreet until Komui had relaxed and accepted their relationship. She didn't want him going after Allen because someone saw her going into his room at night and mentioned it accidentally to her brother after all.

..hopefully Komui wouldn't take TOO long to cope with the revelation of their relationship.

"I'll look forward to it then~" And boy would he ever. If he hadn't opened up the Ark for everyone in the order he might have even considered opening a door that led straight to either of their rooms. Unfortunately with people exploring the arc and new doors being discovered all the time the odds of someone walking into one that led to his or Lenalee's room was incredibly high especially with his brand of luck.

"Now you're doing it again~" Allen chuckled feeling her nuzzling against his neck like that.

"Doing what?" She grinned at the sound of his chuckle. "I'm just getting comfortable." She just happened to want to nuzzle against him before she fell asleep. Pulling herself closer, a thought occurred to her. "Does it bother you?" Gasp, was she keeping him from sleeping?

"Being cute." As if he would back down from saying what was truly on his mind when with her like this. And it was all truth. He wasn't embellishing it in any way. She was simply too adorable when burrying herself against him like that.

"Bother me? Not a chance. It's more like I can't get enough of it~"

She giggled softly against his neck, "Well..., when we come back from our missions I'll do it all you like until you can get your fill." Or close enough to it. Not that that would be the only method of affection she'd show with him.

"For now I guess we ..really should rest though. " She admitted finally and with reluctance. But before that she leaned over to give him a gentle kiss. "Sleep well, Allen."

Such a lovely note flowed into his ear. Everything Lenalee was, it was beautiful, precious and dear. Allen smiled adoringly up at his beloved after she pulled away from the kiss.

"With you here? I know I will. Sweet dreams, Lenalee." Allen said softly and pulled her a little closer before his eyes finally drifted closed.

She sighed happily as she drifted into sleep herself. She didn't even have the slightest worry she would have a nightmare.

And she didn't. When she felt herself start to wake again almost 7 hours later, longer than her usual 5 or 6, she felt the puzzling disorientation of waking on someone else's room.

Not the infirmary either and...she was naked?? Naked and it felt warm and comfortable and...safe. As her brain started to put things together, her memories caught up with her.

Oh. Oh gosh. She remembered. .she'd gone to Alken's room and they ...uh...TWICE. So the feel of arms around her had to be...

She fought to keep the giddy smile from her face, and then fought to stay asleep on his arms. Her amazement and joy at the state of things wasn't having that though. So instead she kept still so as not to disturb Allen quite yet, while she mentally recalled the events of last night.

She wasn't the only one who found themselves oversleeping way past their morning routine. The same morning Routine that had more or less lead to the current state of things. Well he'd gotten quite the exercise last night so skipping out on it for one morning wouldn't do that much damage.

While Lenalee remembered the wild passionate events of last night, the thumping in her heart slowly brought him back to consciousness, close as she was on top of him. So a few minutes later a slow sleepy moan left his lips as she shifted beneath Lenalee, his eyes slowly cracking open.