Time Flies When You Are Having Fun...(D.Gray-man x Reader)

Chapter 15 - Get Out of the Kitchen!

Authors Note: Sorry if my writing is a little iffy or overall different from normal, I'm on some pretty heavy painkillers post surgery and it makes things quite difficult. Hope this is all good and I will try to have a chapter out once a day but we will see how that works out. It was nice to hear from some of ya'll in the comments, so don't be afraid to comment anything from thumbs up and recipes to criticism and spelling errors. Enjoy~

I turn towards a perplexed Allen and quickly suggest that I handle the recipe part while Allen deals with the actual baking. He seems fine with this as he doesn't really know how to bake and, like Skinn, only consumes. Now, what would be a good recipe that Skinn would like? Back while I was living with them I made him cupcakes time and time again, but I really want to give him something that will make him ecstatic. I glance over the ingredients we have to work with and a smile forms on my face. Yes, this will do quite nicely. I hurriedly grabbed flour, powdered sugar, butter, an egg, vanilla extract, cream of tartar, and baking soda. Alright, I have everything for the base. Looks good, what's the plan? You'll see soon enough. My smile grows as I begin to measure out each ingredient like I had done so, long ago. During the Christmas time of my youth, I remember baking this same recipe every year with my mother. We would smile and laugh as we found ourselves covered with flour. Eating the dough even though we weren't supposed to. It was memories I cherished quite a bit since... I won't see her ever again. The realization was delayed because I never thought about her until now. I won't see her ever again will I Chronea. That's not true, we can visit your world once I recover more of my powers. Promise? You'll have my powers soon enough when I... When you what? My consciousness will fade into yours eventually from what I've been told by the other Noah during their reincarnations. Since I am passive unlike the others, you will eventually have my memories and powers, and I will... cease to exist separate from you. No... we can change this, I don't want you to go. There must be something we can do. I-

"_____? Hey, please talk to me! Are you ok?" Allen had grabbed onto my shoulders and was shaking me back and forth, dragging me from Chronea and my thoughts. I blinked rapidly to try to stop any tears from falling.

"I'm fine, just was spacing. Reliving some lost memories." I nudge myself out of his grasp and turn back to the food. "Let's finish this dough and while we are waiting for them to bake we will make the icing." I start to knead the dough and look back to give him a small smile to let him know I was okay. He smiles back and grabs half of the dough from my hands. I don't want to lose you, I just met you, but you have been with me my whole life, watching from the sidelines, you know me better than anyone else.

"Like this right?" He starts to haphazardly knead the dough. I nod my head and stop kneading for a second. I will fix this.

"Yes, but take your time, my dad would always say, 'knead the dough softly like it is your lover'." I chuckle and turn back to what I was doing. Allen's face was plastered with red. Chronea's words slowly drifted from my mind and were replaced by Allen's kind smile. We roll out the dough and I take a knife and start to cut out little figures. Allen lets me handle that and he goes to check on everyone else's sweet treats. As I finish cutting out the cookies and place them onto the tray Allen comes back and tells me what everyone else is doing for their sweets. Lenalee and Lavi were making flat fortune cookies half dipped in chocolate. Chaoji and Krory were making a Banoffee Pie(banana and toffee). And Kanda was making red bean mochi. I was slightly concerned for Kanda because his dish was not the sweetest thing, and it might not be something Skinn will approve of. Maybe ... I begin to make the royal icing as Allen watches in interest. I mix up many different colors as the cookies are popped out of the oven and are cooling. I ice 8 different types as examples for Allen and tell him to ice them just as I have for the rest of the cookies. I then move on to my secret plan. As I finish my concoction I hear Tyki yell out.

"Five more minutes." Allen gives me a small smile and walks over to my side of the kitchen.

"What were you working on over there?" He asks as he peaks at what I have in my hand. I place a finger to my lips as I place the sweet into the freezer.

"you'll see, trust me, it will be great," I say as I shut the freezer door. Tyki walks over to where I am unbeknownst to me and leans close.

"What do you have planned?" He whispers in my ear. I jump back, slightly startled, right into Tyki, knocking him over in the process.

"J- Just something to assure everyone will make it." I stutter out as I offer a hand to him. He chuckles and grabs my hand, pulling me down onto him. But instead of trying something he just hugs me.

"Look, I'm sorry for saying what I did, it was uncalled for... I was jealous." I look up startled.

"I already forgave you, though I am glad for the formal apology. And you jealous? Why?" He looks away and pauses for a brief moment, a slight blush covering his cheeks.

"Because you make me more human, and when you are far away from me and with others I feel myself turning into a monster." My eyes widen, but quickly turn soft as I stand up and offer my hand once more with a stubborn yet slight blush on my face.

"You were never a monster in my eyes. Just a human like the rest of us, being controlled by a monster inside you. We all have a monster Tyki and I know you can master your own." Tyki sits for a moment as if frozen by my words. He looks up into my eyes as if they held the answers to life.

" Do you... never mind." He hurriedly grabs my hand and stands up. "We can talk about this another time, with fewer people around..." He says this while glaring at Allen, who all the while looks touched by my words but overall confused by the sudden situation.

"Are you sure you are ok? We can talk now if you want I am all done with my sweets." Tyki grabs my hand and walks about 10ft or so away from everyone. Allen looks concerned but I give him a small wave of my hand and a smile to assure that I am fine.

"Look ____, What do you think of the Noah?" I blink in surprise but answer right away.

"I see you guys as a family, Chronea's family. What are-" Tyki quickly cuts me off.

"Not us, but the Noah that took us over. The beings that make us want to end humanity. Chronea is one of them." I'm shocked, in part by the suddenness of it, but as in part feeling hurt for Chronea, to be lumped in with the Noah. He isn't wrong. What do you mean? At one point in the very beginning, I was the same as the rest of the Noah. I wanted the world gone, I was a monster... But, you changed, doesn't that mean all of the Noah can have a change of heart? ...Chronea?

"Tyki, I am the type of idiot, optimistic person who believes that everyone has an itsy bitsy tiny piece of good in them, even the Noah. Chronea changed, so why are the other Noah any different. And I have this small hope that if they have a reason for all this destruction, that we can prove that reasoning wrong." I stare into his eyes with the slim determination that I could muster. "I believe in you and the others to overcome the feeling of bloodlust on your own, I am merely a guiding hand." Once again I have managed to have stunned Tyki into silence. He smiles slightly after a few moments and ruffles my hair with his hand.

"I'm glad you are the way you are. I hope you are right about the Noah, it would be nice to go back to normal." His eyes shine just a tad bit and I know I have done my job, Tyki is human after all and no one can convince me otherwise. "Time to present the sweets to the big guy, I got to go and announce it." He walks over to the middle of everyone and starts shouting out numbers which I'm assuming is our time limit. I walk over to Allen as he is finishing up the last cookie with a triumphant smirk.

"Looks good Allen!" I state happily as I munch on the extra dough we hadn't baked on the side. Allen gives me a stern look.

"You shouldn't be eating that, it has raw eggs and could make you sick." He says as he tries to grab the dough out of my hand.

"Sorry mother." I stick my tongue out at him as I glide away, enjoying my little taste of home.