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 smiled down at him, thoroughly amused by the question. Of course the way she'd been behaving said otherwise and really it was quite surprising how forward she had been acting. Guess that goes to show how she'd be when he was gone for long. "If I have a good enough reason,.. though I won't be pleased to." she answered loftily, "Do you want to give me one?"

That lofty look on her face suited Lenalee so well that Allen couldn't help himself but want to spur her on even more. She had that effect on him after all. Still he had to think up of a worthwhile reason.

"Mmmmm do you believe for a moment that I would answer that with No? You know how I am. You know what you do to me. Everything is in the palm of your hand and yet I have no problem with that." Allen all but purred before his hand reached up to run his fingers up along Lenalee's sides before sliding back to her front again.

"Anything. I would give you anything to have you here all to myself."

She chuckled softly, "Be careful, saying things like that, Allen," she teased, "I'll get greedy." ... greedier. She closed her eyes, swaying a little, rocking on top of him with a hum of pleasure as his fingers moved over her sides.

"...anything...?" she opened her eyes, smiling thoughtfully. "..close your eyes."

"What if I went you to be greedy. Greedy like me. The greedy me who wants you on top of me and around, to feel every part of you holding me close. Even those lovely legs you've gained~" yes Allen found her legs to be so alluring and eyecatching.

Her command caught him off guards for a moment. However the instant that moment passed, Allen closed his eyes with a nod and waited.

Well now.. Lenalee felt her cheeks warm at his declaration, her smile widening softly. "That's dangerous talk, Allen," she teased gently, "If we're both greedy, it'll be difficult to ever leave each others rooms when we have free time." And then there really -would- be questions.

Still once he closed his eyes, he could feel her shifting a little - not getting off of him or anything and she was deliberately being quiet. "But I already don't want to share you with anyone else." She couldn't resist seeing him with his eyes closed though, and she leaned down, pressing her lips against his cheek before she whispered, "Now you can open your eyes."

And once he did he'd see her sitting back again, only this time she'd slipped out of her uniform jacket, leaving it neatly folded on the foot of the bed - though the shirt underneath was unfastened save for one button that kept it barely closed.

"You say that like it is a bad thing." Allen retorted. To be able to just stay with Lenalee all day. That was nothing short of a dream for ALlen even if they didn't spend it all engaging in more intimate games.

With his eyes closed he had to rely on his other senses such as hearing and scent. Hearing her words brought a smile to his lips but he didn't open his eyes even as she kissed his cheek. It would take her say to get him to open them again and luckily enough she gave him the permission to do so soon enough.

But he wasn't ready for what he saw. His eyes widened to the size of dinner plates and even his mouth hung open in a mute O.

"..."

Okay it would be rude to burst into laughter, but the -look- on his face. It was priceless. She watched him for a moment, a hand hesitantly reaching up to scratch her cheek.

Erm. Was that too forward? Did she just break her sweet Allen? Sure they were finally intimate just a week ago, but... "A-allen...?" Maybe she should fasten her shirt again. She started to reach up to close her shirt a bit more, flustered.

Geez, she didn't mean to break him! Maybe all the teasing was too much for him. In which case -- oops.

"Wha? No no don't!" Allen said finally snapping out of the daze she'd managed to throw him into with her surprise. "I'm sorry. I was just...really surprised. But don't. I didn't think you could possibly become any more irresistible. I'm glad I was wrong...." With that Allen put his hand over Lenalee's and threaded his fingers together with hers before pulling her forward a little bit to let him kiss the top of her palm by turning her hand to his lips.

Lenalee startled at Allen's cry, her hand resting at her chest. Blushing at his explanation, she let him pull her hand away, her blush getting moreso at the kiss to her palm.

"YOu had me worried..." She smiled, relieved, "I wasn't sure what I'd do if ... well.." it was kind of egotistical to say 'if I put you in a stupor just from unbuttoning my shirt' wasn't it? "I'm just glad you're all right. I wanted to try --" well it was obvious Anita's tips had been pretty successful so far, so she doesn't need to mention that.

.. "You know, though, Allen.. you're pretty irresistible too." She pointed out, reaching down with her free hand to caress the side of his face, her thumb tracing over the curse mark.

Just how much did Anita tell her? Wait did she know all along about these feelings Lenalee held for him? Well those were questions that were impossible to answer right now and honestly given they were already this far in, it hardly mattered.

"Am I? Even with all these scars I have?" The eye one aside he did have that enormous gash over his chest from that one time he did a really smart thing and impaled himself with Crown Clown. Still Lenalee had shown no repulsion towards that at all. Which was another reason his love for Lenalee would explode so quickly into absolute adoration. She accepted all of him.

It was puuuure genius. At the question, she tilted her head slightly, then leaned down, "I don't care about that...what I love is you," she said softly, taking the moment to tighten her hand on his as she stole a small kiss between each word, "Everything you are and will be, everything that makes you who you are. And I always will." After a moment she reached for his other hand so she could lace he fingers through both hands, "Do you still not believe me?"

Closer still and then her kisses met his lips like a gentle rain each short and yet still managing to leave him utterly breathless. How could he deserve someone so wonderful? No that was an insult to Lenalee's feelings so he didn't voice that thought. His hand tightened softly around Lenalee's and he leaned in a little closer.

"No I believe you. There is no way I wouldn't believe your words. It just feels like a dream. I'm sorry for asking these stupid questions." Allen said and closed the distance this time kissing Lenalee first and lingering like that for a while longer.

Feeling his hand tighten on hers, she gently caressed it with her thumb as her smile warmed. "It feels like a dream for me too. And if it is, I dn't want to wake up." she falls silent after a moment when he kissed her and lingered into it, humming softly, pressing her body against his more firmly the longer the kiss continued.

HE linked the long kiss into a series of smaller quick ones before he finally pulled back with the most reverent of smiles on his face.

"I love you so much, Lenalee Lee. So much I don't even know what do do with myself around you." Allen murmured softly, He had never looked more tranquil and outright happy. Not even Jerry's cooking could bring that smile to the surface.

Seeing that peaceful, happy and reverent smile made her indescribably happy to see, and she just drank in the sight until he spoke. Her heart felt like it'd burst from the sheer joy in those words, and she let go of his hands in order to snake them under his back to hug him tightly. "Allen, I love you so much I could fall in love with you over and over again.." her arms tightened, "And I do. Every day we're together."

If anyone were to walk in on them right now they would be in for the biggest of misunderstandings. Not that it could be blamed. Lenalee was looking especially enchanting in her half dressed state and yet the words they were speaking could not be any more pure or innocent.

"It's the same for me. I don't know how but I just keep falling more and more for you." Allen nodded with a small chuckle before his hand trailed down Lenalee's side and over her hip.

But would it -REALLY- be a misunderstanding, after all they've done? Granted they haven't done anything -yet-..today, spending more time in tenderly appreciating each other for the moment, but still.

"But that's a good thing, isn't it." Lenalee murmured with a smile, her own hand stroking his face gently, falling silent a moment to watch him intently, memorizing every bit of his face.

Well technically it wouldn't but for the immediate circumstance they would be. That being said Allen really didn't want to be interrupted right now. Not when he could bask in Lenalee's warmth and happiness so openly.

"It's a very good thing. Because you are my home, the one I will return to no matter what"

~~Better be her and not that damn johnny loser!~~

"Allen..." That was the sweetest thing he'd said to her today - and it obviously meant a lot to her. "You don't know how much it means to me to hear that..to know that." it meant everything to her. She smiled softly at him, "And I.. I will always believe in you."

"Well it's true. It always will be." Allen vowed and pulled her hand back to his lips again. Hearing her reply though made his heart beat that much quicker. Her faith in him meant the world to Allen. So he pulled his beloved Lenalee down so that her head would be on his chest.

"Listen."

She was caught by surprise when he pulled her down like that, but listen she did. To the rhythmic sound of his breathing and the quickened sound of his heartbeat. "It's like music.." she murmured softly after a moment.

The heartbeat, the breathing, all that culminated into how much he loved her - how alive he was. There was no greater music than that. Well, except when they were 'singing' at each other in the throes of intimacy that is.

"If it is music then you are its composer." Allen answered softly before his hand moved to lightly toy with a strand of her growing hair, using the tip to gently tease her cheek. "I would love it if this song would be the last thing you hear at night and the first thing you hear in the morning~" He then went on, his other hand slowly creeping up along Lenalee's back.

She watched him out of the corner of her eye as he played with her hair, and giggled at the feel of it being teased on her cheek. "Oh Allen.." She sighed wistfully. "I would love that.. it would be heavenly." She smiled, "And every morning you'd see me first thing, to greet you with a smile, or as we went to sleep. ... now that would be a perfect world."

That giggle was so charming and it made his heart beat a little quicker with joy. Any pit of happiness Lenalee felt made his own joy rise as well. He had subconsciously tied his life to Lenalee's that much.

"We will make that world come true. I don't doubt it for even a moment. Because I will have you by my side to help me do it~"

"Absolutely," She agreed, without any hesitation whatsoever, "You couldn't get rid of me if you tried," she teased, nuzzling against his chest, then shifting to crawl forward a little, "I'll always be with you."