Triangle Chapter 01
Summary: Kanda has always loved Allen deeply, but Lavi has feelings for Kanda. How will the triangle work out?
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This is my first fanfiction of D.Gray-man also the first one to submit here! Please be kind ;P
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It had been a few days since Allen had successfully returned with the Ark, along with the people inside it, to the Order's headquarters. Research into the mysterious Noah artefact was underway but little progress had been made in the time it had been present, despite the fact that many people were working at all hours of the day to figure it out. When Lavi had volunteered himself and a grumpy Kanda to help with the work they had been simply waved away, as they were of little use with their limited scientific knowledge.
Allen was still confiding himself to remain within the Ark, with none but Timcanpy and a mountain of food to keep him company. Occasionally, he would play the melody that was engraved onto the forefront of his memory on the large white piano that shared his room with him. Every time he played the beautiful tune, he felt more sorrowful than before, feeling unclear on why he knew the piano notes so well, why he was still in the Ark, and whether he was doing the correct thing or not. The boy was a wreck.
Lavi and Kanda, who were still meant to be resting in the hospital wing, had been punished severely when they had been found trying to reach Allen in the Ark.
However, determined as he was to help his friend, Lavi had once again snuck out while the head nurse was busying herself with calming a hysterical Miranda, who had accidentally knocked over the vase of flowers (courtesy of Komui) that sat on the new little table in between her bed and Lenalee's.
To the redhead's immense surprise, he found himself in the company of Kanda upon closing the door on his way out. The Japanese man had too, apparently, taken the same chance as Lavi and left while he could.
Lavi beamed at his friend widely, trying to hug him.
"Yuu-chan!" He said, suddenly deciding it wasn't a great idea to hug him after all when he saw Kanda's eyes glint dangerously. Even though Mugen was no longer present, the exorcist was still terrifying. "What're you doing out here? Did you manage to get out easily?"
"Don't call me that ridiculous name, Baka-Usagi," Kanda spat, stepping away from Lavi. He said nothing more, but stole a glance down the long corridor that eventually led to where the Ark was being held.
"Oh! Yuu-chan! Could it be that-?"
"Shut it, idiot."
"-You want to come with me to find Allen again!"
"… Che. Baka-Usagi."
"Aww Yuu-chan," Lavi teased, slinging an arm around the other man's shoulders loosely, "If I knew you any better then I'd be convinced that you care."
The so-called Baka-Usagi had to stop himself from adding 'you're so cute!' at the end of his sentence. He didn't want to die horrifically just yet.
Kanda sighed and removed Lavi's arm from around his shoulders. Of course he cared. Of course he wanted to go and see the dense Moyashi, to make sure he was alright and not dying of starvation or something like that. Despite outward appearances, he held Allen Walker dear to him. Especially since the Moyashi had come back from China.
"Like hell I do," he said, perhaps with a bit too much venom in his voice. "Like hell I want to see him. But if you go alone, and get lost, then I'll get the blame. They'll know I let you go."
The Bookman stared at his friend in mild confusion for a few seconds. Being under his intent gaze made Kanda feel uncomfortable; the idiot didn't have to stare that hard, did he? Lavi snapped out of it when he appeared to come to some kind of conclusion, and his cheeks turned a faint pink, much to Kanda's disgust.
"Yuu-chan" he said, his voice high and feminine, "You're showing indirect concern for me it's embarrassing!" And just to make the other exorcist shudder, he playfully added a 'kyaah' at the end of his sentence.
"Che. Do as you please. It has nothing to do with me anymore."
"Eh?! But Yuu-chan, you just said that you need to look after me! Or something like that, anyway…"
"Changed my mind."
"Wha?"
Lavi hurried after Kanda as he walked off, irritated with the redhead and his constant playfulness.
"OK, I'm sorry Yuu-chan. I'll behave now," he apoligised, desperately wanting to grab the man's hand and make him look at him. Properly. Truth was, he had liked Kanda for as long as he could remember. He had known that the chances of getting the Japanese exorcist to accompany him to visit their comrade were high, and had taken that chance. Just waiting for the time to go had been excruciatingly painful, as was having to sleep in the same room as him. It was all he could do to stop himself from attacking Kanda in his sleep with kisses.
The raven haired man never paid much attention to Lavi. He was always either off on missions with other people, or bitch fighting with Allen. They rarely ever spent any time together at all, and the only person that Kanda would go out of his to find was the younger white haired exorcist, even if it was just so that he could pick on him while in a bad mood. It didn't make sense to the Bookman: why did Kanda never act like that around him? A part of Lavi wanted his friend to treat him badly too rather than pretty much just ignore him, just so that they could be together a little bit more.
Why only Allen? The redhead asked himself. Does he really hate him that much? Unless, it wasn't hate…
"Hey, Kanda…" Lavi said quietly, catching up to his friend, "do we really have to go and find Allen? I mean, we're not allowed, and chances are we'll get caught again…"
Kanda stopped walking, causing Lavi to walk straight into his back. "You just called me Kanda," he stated, eyeing the Bookman carefully, wondering what kind of miracle had been performed.
"Eh? Y-yeah, guess I did," Lavi laughed nervously, annoyed at his mistake. He always called the samurai 'Yuu-chan' so as to keep the distance between them as great as possible. If he tried to get too friendly or too emotionally close to the cold hearted man, then it would hurt more. Rejection hurt.
"And you don't actually want to see Moyashi anymore," Kanda continued, a mix of feelings rising within himself. If Lavi went back, then he couldn't go on his own. It was too out of character, and people would get suspicious. Kanda, the man who hates everyone, was doing something for someone else's benefit? That's how they'd think. He really didn't need to put up with that.
But then again, if he couldn't go, then he would be in ruins. He wanted to see Allen so badly that it hurt. But of course, this was Kanda. Pride comes first over personal feelings.
"Yeah…" Lavi replied, cutting off Kanda's thoughts, "Y'know, since we'll be in trouble if we're caught, like last time… I don't wanna be in trouble again… Ahaha…" he finished weakly with a small laugh. Kanda was not convinced at all. But to be honest, he didn't care all that much.
"Do as you please," he said, pissed off at the suddenly quiet idiot before him, "If you want to see him, then fine, go. If you don't, go back to bed and sleep. I don't care."
God dammit Baka-Usagi, why must you be like this? I want to see him.
"Do as I please?"
"That's what I said."
"Anything?"
"What are you, as dense as the Moyashi? Yes, anything, if you must."
Blushing slightly, Lavi acted on impulse. Bending down ever so slightly since the height difference wasn't that big at all, he kissed a shocked Kanda gently on the lips briefly, and no where near for as long as he would have liked.
"That's all I want," he murmured, not looking at Kanda's face. "I'll go see Allen now."
Kanda stared at the redhead's back as he walked away, wondering just what on earth had happened there. Did Lavi like him? Or was that just another of his stupid antics? He didn't have a clue.
After a few minutes, he eventually followed after his friend. He'd see Allen after all today it seemed, and he was very much in the mood to try out Lavi's actions on the younger boy. If Lavi could do it, so could he.
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Ya. So, that's the first chapter! If people like it then I'll update; chapter 2 is already partly done so yey! And a thank you to azab for pointing out that Lavi is taller than Kanda : I always thought Kanda was the taller xD;