Allen shoved all types of notebooks and pencils into his
backpack. He hastily tied his boot laces before running
our of the door with a "Bye, Mana!"
It was his first day starting at his new school and he
didn't want to be late. He had already missed the bus, so
he was going to have to sprint to school. Allen felt like
he was running forever when he could finally see the
school in the distance. Allen sped up a little, despite
how tired he was. The bell rang. 'Great. I'm late.' He
jogged to his class and slid the door open.
"H-Hi! My name is Allen Walker and um..." He looked
around at the blank faces in the room. "I uh... um..."
"Am a beansprout?" said a voice in front.
Allen looked at the face of the one who just said that
and saw a boy with very long hair and a smirk on his
face.
"N-no... I"-
"Yuu! Be nice to our new student! Continue, son."
Allen nodded. "What I was actually going to say was that
I skipped a couple grades so I'm younger than everyone
else here. I'm 15. Even though I joined in the middle of
the school year, I am no different than any of you, so
please try to be my friend!" Allen did a quick bow and
took an empty seat next to a green-haired girl.
The teacher began instruction.
Poke.
Allen looked over and saw the girl handing him a note.
Allen took it and opened it up.
"I'm Lenalee Lee! I'm just like you. I skipped a couple of
grades but I'm a year older. I'll be your friend, if you
want. (^_^)"
Allen looked over at the girl and smiled with a nod.
"Nice to meet you, Lenalee-chan. I'm glad that I already
found a friend."
Allen handed the note back to Lenalee.
Allen began to take notes before the note was tossed
onto his desk. He unfolded it.
"Call me Lena. Also, don't mind Yuu. He likes to crack
mean jokes."
Allen and Lenalee passed notes all period until the bell
rang.
Lenalee waited outside of the door for Allen.
"Allen, what class do you have next?"
"Um... Biology..."
Lenalee frowned. "Huh. I have English. Well, I guess I'll
be seeing you later and lunch the-"
"Lena, talking to the new kid?" A tall red-headed male
wearing an eyepatch walked up beside Lenalee. He
smiled at Allen. '"Hey there, Allen. I'm Lavi."
Allen and Lavi exchanged glances for a couple seconds
before Allen noticed Lenalee was there waiting. Lenalee
grabbed Lavi by his ear and pulled him away. "Time for
English, Lavi!"
"Wha- is Lavi your friend ,Lenalee?"
"Yeah! Later, Allen!"
"Yeah, bye, Beansprout!"
"Shut up, Lavi!" sai Lenalee as she dragged him away.
First period and Allen already had a cruel nickname. The
next two periods went by in a blur. Allen was so glad
when lunch finally came. He piled as much food as
possible onto his tray scanned the cafeteria for Lenalee.
When he spotted her, he ran to the table. She had saved
a spot next to her for him. He looked happily around
seeing who Lenalee was sitting with. He stopped dead
when he saw Yuu.
Lenalee saw the distraught on Allen's face and rubbed
the top of his head. "Don't worry, Allen-kun."
Allen began eating his food cautiously while carefully
watching Yuu.
"What are you staring at, beansprout?"
"Uh-"
"Yuu~ be nice!"
Allen looked over and saw The red-head from earlier
now smirking at Yuu.
"It's Kanda to you, Usagi!"
"U-Usagi?"
Lavi looked over at Allen from the acknowledgement.
"Well if you get to call Allen beansprout, then i get to
call you Yuu. It's only fair..."
"Um... I'd prefer if everyone just called me Allen..."
"Nobody cares about what you think, Moyashi!"
The name has changed forms.
Suddenly Lavi and Lenalee both stopped smiling and
stared intently at Kanda. Simultaneously they both said
"NOT. COOL."
The table was silent except for a few sobs. From Allen.
He got up, dumped his tray and ran out of the cafeteria.
Lavi and Lenalee and both got up to chase Allen. They
both could still hear the sobs outside, but saw no Allen.
"Um... Lena?"
"Hm? Lavi?"
Lavi pointed upwards and Allen was sitting in the tree
branches above them.
"Allen, why are you up there?" asked Lenalee.
"I uh- wanted to be unseen..."
"Allen, come down!" said Lavi.
"Nnnn... Okay... Allen started to navigate out of the
branches before he stopped. I'm uh... stuck..."
"Jump down."
"Are you out of your mind, Lavi? It's too high! I'll break
something from this height!"
"I'll catch you."
Allen looked down and saw Lavi with his arms
outstretched.
"O-Okay..."
Allen slowly lowered himself until he slipped from the
branches. 'Lavi, please catch me...' Allen felt the red-
head's arms catch him bridal style. Lavi lowered Allen's
legs to the ground so that allen was standing again.
"Hey, Allen?" said Lavi.
"Yes?"
"Do you live on campus?"
"No... I ride the bus."
Lavi smiled at Allen. "You should move onto campus and
be in my dorm room with me."
"Why?"
"You said you wanted friends, right? Well, no parents and
you practically live with your friends! Plus, i'm kinda
lonely in my room by myself..."
"I'll run it past Mana."
Lavi froze. "W-Who?"
"Mana. My father...?"
Lenalee looked at Lavi with a pained expression on her
face and he returned her stare. She shook her head at
him.
"Is... Is there something that I'm missing?"
"Just forget he said anything, Allen!"
Lenalee turned around facing the cafeteria. "Shall we?"
The three returned to the cafeteria. As soon as they did,
the bell rang. Lenalee turned to Allen. "What class...?"
Allen looked a his scheduel. "History."
Lavi's eyes lit up. "Me. TOO!" Lavi picked up, squeezing
him around his arms, and began to spin around.
"L-Lavi... Can't... breath!"
Lavi threw Allen down and he caught his breath. Lavi
suddenly intelocked his fingers his Allen's and began to
run to their next class.
"Lavi! My backpack!"
"Oops! Let's go get it..."
(After school ended)
Allen said goodbye to Lenalee as the red-head appeared
again.
"Hey, Allen, whatcha up to?"
"About to walk home... bye!"
Allen turned around and Lavi took hold of his right arm.
"Allen, can I- uh... walk you home?"
Allen was surprised at this question. "S-sure..."
The two walked. "Lavi, I ride the bus."
"Then I'll ride it with you."
They silently walked toward the bus stop.
"Allen, I have to ask you two questions..."
"Yeah?"
"One: Why is your hair white? And Two: Why do you have
that scar?"
Allen was surprised by these quesions. No one ever
asked him about these things, they just ran from him
when they saw it.
"Well, my hair has always been this way since birth.
Same with this scar. The doctors didn't know anything
about it. And... Lavi? Can I show you something else that
you gotta promise not to tell anyone else? Not even
Lena?"
"Uh... yeah..."
Allen stopped dead in his tracks and turned to the side
to face Lavi as he raised his left arm. The was a glove on
his hand which everyone had failed to notice. Slowly
Allen pulled off the glove and showed Lavi his left hand.
The skin was scaly and discolored. Lavi jumped back
slightly.
"..."
Allen put the glove back on. "I don't know why I just
showed you that..." He nervously laughed.
"N-no, Beansprou- Allen... It's okay!"
"You don't have to humor me, Lavi."
Lavi pulled Allen in or a tight hug.
"I'm sorry, Allen."
Lavi then turned on his heels and ran back to the school.
Allen, now a bit depressed, sluggishly walked to the bus
stop and took the bus home. As he arrived at his house,
he expected Mana to be on the porch waiting for him as
usual, but he wasn't. Instead, it was his uncle.
Tyki.