Disclaimer: I do not own D. Gray Man, it is a property of Katsura Hoshino.
Author's note
This story won't have unpredictable plot, it will be just about relationship between Kanda Yuu and Allen Walker. Any comment will be appreciated.
Also you should know that English is not my native language.
Edit: 08.01.11
I corrected some mistakes and stylistic, hope it will be easier to read now. And as I look at the story I think it's poorly described - for that I am sorry. Right now I am just playing with this language, and I am more focused on keeping everyone in character. So if you see some mistake or you think that I made someone OOC, please let me know.
The story takes place before Third Exorcist came.
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Lavi played with a small, crystal bottle. It looked ordinary, only with short note taped onto it. He tossed it up high in the air and caught it skillfully. He was sitting on his bed, wearing his casual clothes, but without his headband on. Bookman junior pondered over what to do with this, very useful, object. Slowly, he ran his hand trough his hair, messing them up. There was so much possibilities.
" Maybe Miranda..? No… she is too unpredictable. Krory? Nope, he is still loves Eliade, it would be too cruel… Marie?...Boooring. Lenalee? " – he shook his head – " No. But what about Bookman? It could be quite funny… Or maybe Allen. Or Kanda. Or Both."
The wild grin appeared on his face.
" Simple, yet genius – he thought ."
Young exorcist got up, grabbing his headband and stormed out of his room.
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Redheaded boy with an eye patch , entered the cafeteria with laid back manner, searching for a certain exorcist.
" Oy, Allen !" – he waved to a boy sitting in the left corner of the room, eating an enormous dinner. A mop of silver hair stuck out over the pile of food.
" Good afternoon, Lavi. How are you? " – not actually waiting for an answer, the young boy quickly returned to unfinished chicken.
The cafeteria wasn't crowded, occupied just by few people. It was rather quiet there, maybe except for sounds of Allen's consuming. It really surprised Lavi how Allen, being a gentleman, could eat in such way.
" Where is your watchdog? "
" He is talking to Rouvelier over the phone. So, luckily , I have some time for my own. " " And you spend it on eating. That's sad."Lavi sat next to Allen, quietly waiting for the second part of his marvelous plan to enter the room. They sat in silence, Bookman junior lost deep in thought. After a while, Allen stopped eating and curiously observed his older friend.
" What is the matter? " – when he did not get any reply, he looked in the same direction as his friend. Yet, he couldn't figure out what made him so interested.
" What are you looking at? " – he asked again, hoping to receive an answer.
" Huh? "
" I asked what are you looking at. "
Thinking quickly, he said first thing that came to his mind.
" Nah, I wasn't looking at anything in particular. I was just thinking about Lenalee. Like, how does she look naked. "
" Lavi! That is rude! How can you even think about something like that? She is our friend for Pete's sake! "
Lavi just laughed it off, ruffling his hair.
" Easy there, I was just joking. But, between you and me " – he leaned forward, taking quick glances to check if Kamui wasn't nearby – " don't tell me you had never thought about her, well, naked. "
" For your information, no, I don't have such indecent thoughts. You also should stop. "
Lavi laughed again, amused by his innocent thinking.
" Don't sweat it, I am not going to steal your girl. "
Allen's cheeks instantly became red.
" She is not my girl! She is just my friend! "
" You will change your mind when you hit puberty. "
Younger boy sent him a rather unpleasant look.
" Hey, aren't you thirsty? " – said the redhead, trying to calm the situation. – " I will get you some water. "
And before silver-haired exorcist could say anything, he was off to Jerry's. After a while, he returned with a glass of water.
" Here. " – he said, putting it on the table.
" Thank you. " – Allen stared oddly at him. He was about to ask him about his today's behavior, but he was interrupted by loud cursing. Allen and Lavi turned their heads at source of this noise. They saw Japanese exorcist storming trough the cafeteria in an exceptionally bad mood.
" Oh, lovely. " – Allen muttered ironically, rather to himself than to anybody else. He also wasn't in a mood for dealing with his violent so-called friend. So he buried himself in his food, hoping that his presence would go unnoticed.
" Oh, perfect. " – the young rascal smiled widely, with mischievousness gleaming in his eyes .
And without any warning, he hit Allen's back with an open palm. Hard. He began to choke on his food, rapidly gasping for air. His eyes were soon filled with tears.
" Here you go, pal. " - Lavi kindly handed the poor boy a glass of water.
He grabbed it and emptied quickly. While concentrating on his breathing, he did not realized what was going on around him. Like, for example, what his friend said next.
" Oy, Yuu-chan! How beautiful you look today. You are actually prettier than Lenalee! "
Kanda Yuu's eyebrow began to twitch ominously.
Today was a very, very bad day to annoy Kanda. He just returned from a mission, which did not go as planned, and he had to listen to Kamui's annoying complaining for at least an eternity. But it wasn't as bad as the pain in his left arm that was killing him almost all day. It made him feel that he became more and more useless. He hated that feeling more than anything.
" That's it. That's fucking it! You are a dead man! "
He drew his sword and ran swiftly towards Bookman junior. Lavi stood still, waiting for raging man to come as close as possible. When Kanda was close enough, he took Allen's head, placing his hands on the boy's ears and made him stand up to face angry-looking Japanese. That made Kanda stop, surprised by this turn of events. Firstly, he looked at redhead with mixed anger and curiosity. Then he looked down on Allen's face which showed puzzlement.
The bookman junior felt Allen's body stiffen under Kanda's gaze - " it is working " – he thought, pleased with himself.
After few seconds of glaring contest, Kanda's curiosity vanished and all that was left was pure anger.
" Out of the way, Moyashi. "
He placed his free hand on Allen's face and pushed him away. That made him land painfully on his food.
Finally, all of Kanda's rage was now focused on Lavi.
" Prepare to fucking die! "
The one-eyed boy jumped few steps back, now standing in a defense position. He was expecting at least dozen of attacks, but none of them came. Kanda was stopped by certain hand that belonged to white-haired exorcist - Allen was holding Japanese's arm steadily with sour expression on his face. Well, it wasn't a surprise considering that now he was covered with his own food.
" That was not nice, Kanda. "
" What? What the hell you want? " – Kanda fumed.
" I think you should apologize to me. " – Allen said with a stern look.
The whole room fell silent.
" What? " – By now Kanda's cheeks were flushed.
" I think you should apologize to me, BaKanda. Are you deaf or stupid? " – he said in a calm voice, not afraid of the other boy.
Kanda pulled his arm out of his grasp, forgetting about Lavi completely. He pointed his sword at younger boy, the tip of weapon slightly touching his cheek.
" Say that again you little … "
" Stop it! Allen-kun ! Kanda-kun! Please! " - Both boys looked at Lenalee who was coming towards them in a hurry. She stepped between two rivals preventing another foolish fight.
" Please, it isn't a place for a fight. " – she pleaded - " And you Kanda, haven't you just returned from a mission? You should be resting. "
" Mind your own business. " – he said harshly, but putting his guard down. She smiled to him weakly - she knew him long enough to understand his cold behavior. While his words were hurtful, his actions were, usually, kind. But apparently Allen did not realized that fact.
" That's not a tone you use when talking to a girl, BaKanda. "
" Allen-kun, please. " – she said sharply. So he also relaxed his body a little, not wanting to make her angry.
" Che, saved by a woman, huh wimp? " – he eyed him mockingly, then he turned around and started to walk away in the other direction.
Allen wanted to add few last words, but Lenalee's look made him change his mind.
His eyes followed Japanese silhouette with unreadable expression, until it disappeared around the corner.
" Why is it that you never can have a normal conversation? "
His attention was now turned to his female friend, he frowned.
" It's all Lavi's fault. He unnecessarily provoked him. What's gotten into you Lavi …. Lavi? "
He looked around, his eyes searching for his friend.
" I cannot believe it. He flew away, that bastard. "
" Never mind him, I will talk to him later. " – she looked at him from head to toes, and giggled quietly " Come, you should clean yourself now. You look like a mess. "
Allen scratched back of his head, feeling slightly embarrassed.
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" Reever, oy! "
The scientist looked at Bookman junior who was approaching him and eyed him strangely.
" What's it? I'm busy if you can't tell. "
" Your love potion is not working. " – he said without beating around the bush.
" What? " – he looked at the little bottle in his right hand. – " Where did you get this? " – He took it from him and began to examine it.
" I've found it. " – in your desk, first drawer on the left–he added in his mind.
" Really? Are you sure you didn't steal it? I was actually looking for that. "
" How can you even say that? " – Lavi tried his best to look innocent. But looking innocent just didn't suit him.
Levier shook his head. There was no point in arguing anyway. On the other hand – his invention was tested, which perked his interest.
" Who did you test? "
" That doesn't matter. I didn't work. " – he said in complaining tone.
" Hm… " - he pondered for a few moments, starching his chin. – " Are you sure you had done it properly? Did you remember about the eye contact between two test subjects? "
" Yep, but nothing happened doc. " – redhead confirmed.
Impossible. – he said, switching his sight between the phial and young exorcist. Then suddenly, he grabbed an empty glass and poured some water into it, then added a few drops of potion. Hell, he was going to prove him wrong!
" Johnny! Come here for a second! "
A short person wearing white lab coat and glasses appeared before them.
" Yes? " – then he spotted Bookman junior– " Oh, hello there Lavi. "
" I want you to try this and tell us how does it taste like. I said it tasted like orange juice, but Lavi here is not agreeing with me, saying it tastes like banana. "
Johnny looked oddly at them but, as naïve as he was, he agreed to do it. He took a few slips and swallowed slowly, trying to figure out the taste. Then he looked at Reever trying to say something, but his voice was caught in his throat and his face was becoming redder every second. He stared at his friend for at least few minutes with his mouth agape.
" Johhny? "
Feeling caught Johnny averted his eyes form Reever, now looking at anything but him.
" Well, um, … Mr…. Mr Reever …. I don't….. I am….. Well…. Orange juice! "
And then he ran quickly disappearing from their sight.
There was a moment of silence between two men.
" It really … worked. "
" Told you so " - he beamed - " now if you will excuse me I will give him an antidote, before he does something really embarrassing. "
" You have an antidote? "
" Of course. That the brilliance of it. Love is the most terrifying disease of all times. And I have the cure. " –he began laughing maniacally. When the laugh ceased , he brought his face dangerously close to exorcist and said in a low voice.
" Stay away from my drawer. "
And then he walked in the direction where Johnny took off.
" Hey! But why it did not worked earlier? " – he asked confused.
Scientist stopped in this tracks, turning his head a little with light smirk tugging at his lips.
" How should I put this… When you paint a red wall with a red paint you can't actually see the difference, can you? "
Bookman junior stood there trying to understand his words.
"But … it would mean … that…"- the sudden realization hit him like a ton of oranges.
" Holy Shit! "
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