Fractured

by gilraenstar

After the events of Edo, Lavi is stilling dealing with the emotional havoc of what had happened in Road's fabricated dream world. His identity as Lavi is starting to fall apart, and he doesn't know how to put things back together; or if he even can. Takes place directly after Edo. R&R if you would :D

1. Prologue

Fractured

Prologue

The Noahs.

Even the name was enough to send Lavi crawling up a wall. Everything about them was like the sickly sweet smell of rotten corpses and lollipops. And at one point Lavi had quite enjoyed lollipops.

He is glad that he can say with some confidence that at least two of the Noah's are dead. The incessantly apathetic Kanda states without any emotion that Bolic most certainly perished. The broken bits of Mugen and massive amounts of electricity still running through Kanda seem to prove his point. Lavi has been attempting to avoid Yuu and his static shocks all day, but he still hasn't been able to get out of the infirmary.

And Road… Lavi wants to believe with all his little shriveled Bookman heart that Road really is dead. But he can't know for sure and that is really what's got him on edge. The little girl had started pulling on thoughts and memories that were already pushing to the front his mind against his will; try as he might he can't shove them back onto the dusty bookshelf where they belong.

Edo was one of the worst experiences Lavi ever had the displeasure of going through, and he isn't sure if he's going to bounce back as quickly as he normally does. Ever since they'd gotten home, his thoughts were going to weird places and strange flashbacks. The things Road had said to him in that fabricated dream. They are all things he is anxious about. She must have known though. She was trying to mentally break him, and even after her demise she was still succeeding.

You're never going to be impartial. You're never going to be good enough.