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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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.

To think they went so far..and yet she couldnt...didn't feel like they rushed any part of their intimacy. Hearing the cute, sleepy noise from her beloved Allen, she chuckled silently, thoroughly ruining the illusion of sleep for herself.

"...you're so cute when you're asleep." She grinned. "Good morning."

"Mmmm No fair. I was planning to watch you sleep first." Allen grumbled cutely without really trying. Still after another yawn he flashed her with a smile that almost glowed with joy and love for her.

"Good morning. Though I'd hazard that it's more than good for either you or me~"

Lena Lee grinned, unable to contain how happy she was. "I don't think I've ever slept as well as last night." She admitted.

She stretched a little against him, then shifted to pull herself out of his embrace, sleepily. 8f she didn't, she wouldn't be able to bring herself to. "Do you know what time it is?"

"Then that makes two of us~" Allen chuckled seeing that almost cheeky grin on Lenalee's face. So precious indeed. If he could be greeted by that face every morning. Why he'd almost say his life was perfect. Well other than the whole war business.

"Mmm? No but given how bright it is...and the rumbling in my stomach I would say we're late for breakfast..."

She sighed, though once she was alert she arched her back and stretched good like a cat that had been sleeping deeply in a sunbeam. "Nnnf," now th at she was more awake, she did feel a little sire, though it was already fading. She decided not to mention it to Allen, since they both got plenty rough last night, and she wouldn't want him to change how he was with her because he worried about hurting her.

"Maybe you should head on to breakfast ahead of me." She still needed to get dressed and sneak out of his room to her own.

...maybe she should bring a change of clothes with her the next time they were intimate..

Allen was most likely the better off of the two of them. So it was wise of Lenalee to keep her soreness to herself. Though she would have to practice walking so that it didn't look off. He sat up in bed when she straightened up and stretched on top of him like that. An image that he would gladly put on par with that of a goddess. If she were to show him a soft mischievous smile he would probably just skip breakfast entirely. Luckily she had not awakened to her powers over him that completely.

"I guess that would be a better idea. WIll you manage alright?" Allen asked.

When she did they may never bring themselves to leave the room when they had free time. Lena Lee n9dded, crawling off of him carefully. "I'll be alright I think." She grinned at him. "Save me a seat?" A quick glance around and she found where they had tossed their clothes. She couldn't help bug blush a little at the memory where they wanted each other so badly they didn't care where their clothes ended up.

"Of course I will. Why not tell me what you'd like to have so I can make sure Jerry has it ready for you?" Allen proposed as he finally crawled out of bed and streched as well, his figure highlighted by the sunrays coming through the window before he started picking up his clothes from the floor. Wow he'd really tossed them all over the place. Then again he came across just as many articles of Lenalee's clothing and he replayed the moments she had taken them off for a moment, tinging his cheeks red.