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It was one of those sleepless nights. I was lying on my bed looking at the same ceiling. While remembering the times of my world, I realized that I was more and more homesick. Sometimes I cried silently as I could. I did not want anyone to be bothered by my woes.

After a week from my first mission, I was able to walk properly from all the injuries that I got. While walking, I finally felt that my stomach was growling. I couldn't blame myself. More like, I deserved a lot of food today, but I wondered if that food I picked would affect my secret. They did not know that I was from the Philippines, not yet.

I guessed that everything that did not involve any tomatoes would do nicely, I thought. Contented, I made a trip to the cafeteria.

Along the way, I suddenly stopped by Johnny.

"Hello? Nicole" he said nervously "Going somewhere?"

"Yeah, I'm going to the cafeteria" I smiled and I was about to go inside.

"You can't"

"I can't?" I lifted a brow. "How come?"

"Uh... Well... The cafeteria's a mess because of Komui's inventions got berserk. I don't want you to experience trauma like Allen did"

"Komui's inventions?" it had been a long time since I heard those two words. It the only thing that can make a whole Order go into lunacy. I always wondered why he would do me such crazy inventions.

Since I did not like annoying things and I just recovered from my injury, I thank Johnny and went the other way... That was a big mistake

The moment that I turned around, I saw a hug robot with a white beret on his head. My body stiffened as its head was right in front of me. I knew what it was. It was Komurin

"Uhhh... J-Johnny?" I stuttered and shakingly pointed at the robot. "Is this his inventions?"

"Y-Yes..." it just had to be his answer. "Nicole run!"

Komurin went closer and closer. I stepped back, trying to escape its glare. I was not sure what abilities that that robot had and I did not want to find out.

"Exorcist Nicole" it said. "Has injury on the left shoulder" Then, robotic arms suddenly appeared. They wrapped around my waist and my arm.

"Time to change your bandages" I did not like it one bit. Why the hell was the bucket of bolts still alive, I thought. I struggled, but resistance was futile. I was immediately injected a dose of anesthetic to keep me numbed

My whole upper body could not move anymore. As I went closer to the robot's door, I saw little Komui robots with different instruments. When I was already inside, they had already taken off my shirt and change the bandages. I was relieved for two things: I did not have to go back to the infirmary anymore for my wound is properly dressed, and no one was around to see my bare skin.

"At least this one is decent" I said to myself. Then I heard a crash on the other side. I could not see what was going on because it was dark. "Hello? Is someone there?"

There was no response.

I thought it was my imagination. However the room tilted and I began to lose balance. Just when I was about to crash, I felt someone catching me. I felt warm and secured, but I could not see who that person was.

I heard explosions from outside, and I felt the room was going narrower and narrower until there was a small streak of light that appeared.

The minute that I was outside, I was about to fall to the hard ground. I suddenly sensed that I was already covered from damage.

"Are you alright Nicole?" I heard Lenalee's voice. I guessed that she was the one who destroyed the robot.

"Yeah, I'm-" I opened my eyes and I found myself in a very awkward position. Lavi shielded me the whole time, and that was a good thing. However, he was on top of me, and to make things worse, our upper bodies were almost bare and close.

Lavi lifted himself from me. He opened his eye and saw my flustered face. It was then he realized the position we had.

"P-p-princess-"

I shrieked at the top of my lungs and I kicked him on the stomach for my upper body was still a bit numb. I seriously was about to cry until someone covered me with a blanket. I forced my arms to wrapped it around me as I felt utter humiliation.

"There, there... You're fine now" Miranda was the one who placed the blanket on me. I suddenly made a childish voice right on the spot.

"Miranda..." I said bitterly. " I will never get married. This is sexual harassment. Komui is an enemy of women."

"Brother, say sorry to Nicole" Lenalee was beating his brother to a pulp.

"B-b-b-but Lenalee! I didn't do it this time" Komui wept as he tried to convince the others that it was not at fault... No one believed him.

"Are you alright?" Lavi went closer to me, but this time was wearing his usual shirt. He reached out his hand as he tried to pull me up. But I could not accept his offer. For when I saw his face, I remembered that moment.

"G-Get away from me!" I shouted and I hid behind Miranda's back. I blinked a few times and I realized my action.

"Uhh... I mean... I should go." I calmly stood up and walked away.

When no one was looking, I ran fast as I could. My heart was racing with an abnormal rate. This was the first that that someone, specifically a guy, saw my bare skin… and it had to be Lavi again.

Why? why did it have to be him? I did not get it at all. We was always with me, so I thought that it was normal because I was a record to him. What with this feeling? I felt so uncomfortable whenever I think about him. My mouth felt so dry and my eyes hardly met his. He was suppose to be my favorite character right? That was all there was to it.

"Ouch!" I realized that I had already bumped into someone. It was another girl. She was the same age as me. she had long black hair and brown eyes, and she was wearing a finders uniform.

"Sorry, my bad…" I said as I helped her with my free hand while my other hand was still holding the blanket.

"Thank yo-Oh my glob!" She panicked as she saw a peek of my skin. "Where are your clothes?"

"Huh.. Uh.. I was caught in an accident a few minutes ago, so I was going back to my room." I explained. She immediately grabbed me and pulled me somewhere.

"Where's your room? I'll cover your while you get there." She said. I was about to deny, but she pulled me almost immediately. She seemed nice, she was helping a stranger like me. So, I guided her to my room. Once there, she began rummaging in my closet. She noticed that I had a few clothes.

"What's with these clothes?" She asked and I laughed weakly.

"Well… My recruitment here was really unexpected" She sighed and took a shirt and gave it to me.

"Thanks" I said and I immediately wore it.

We sat down for a moment and she stared at me intensively. Was there something on my face, I wondered. Then she said.

"You have really cool eyes! Blue and red! You're the rumored Exorcist right?" she smiled so gleefully. "Ah, sorry. I'm new here. My name is Vronne"

"I'm Nicole." I smiled back. She reminded me from people from my school. I guessed it was not so bad thinking back. There were times that I really had fun and she helped me remember that. "So, where are you from Vronne?"

"Uhm… My home is really far, I can't really tell you…" She answered, but I understood her. I did not want to tell her about my home either.

"It's okay; you don't have to tell me. I know the feeling" I sighed. She looked at me again. And she smiled again and I asked.

"Am I really famous?" I said.

"Don't you listen to the rumors?"

"Not really, I don't really care much about silly gossips" I replied.

"Well you're one of the rare people who have different color eyes, which is awesome by the way." she said happily. "When I see you know, you look like a person in love."

"A… Person… In.. LOVE?" I was shocked of what I had heard. "That-that-that is impossible! You're talking to a person who does not have a crush since birth! You shouldn't expect that something from me Vronne; we just met after all and saying that too early-"

"Denial..." She interrupted

"Do not!" I retorted.

"Then what's this then?" She then pulled out something from her pocket and showed it to me. it was one of my drawings, my casual version of Lavi.

"Where did you get that?" I blushed as I immediately grabbed my drawing.

"I found it in your closet" She smirked. "It's a nice drawing by the way."

"Don't change the subject!" I huffed. "I am not in love with Lavi!"

"Oh, so that's his name."

"That's not the point here!"

"Then what is he to you then?" She asked. I wanted to answer that he was my favorite character in the series, or that he was one of the characters that saved in my dramatic highschool life. However, that would make thing a little more complicated.

"He's someone that I admire, but not in a romantic way!" I answered that instead, but she had that unsatisfied look on her face. "Just who are you anyway?"

"Like I said, I'm Vronne. And I am here to help you." She was weird, but I saw no reason for her to lie. I was confused and baffled. Why would she help me? I wondered if she knew about my situation, that I was from another world. But I couldn't say that in front of her, she might think that I was exaggerated in my story.

"Look, if I can prove that you are in love with him-"

"Weren't you listening?" I huffed, but she was not about to give up. She was about to say something until we heard a knock on the door.

"Princess, are you alright?" Speak of the devil, I thought. Why was he looking for me? I felt like he made the situation worse. I stood up and opened that door. He looked worried and guilty when he finally saw me.

"Is there something wrong?" I said as I wondered what worried him.

"I…I…just want to say sorry about earlier," I almost forgotten about the incident thanks for Vronne, so I smiled calmly and looked at him.

"There's no need to apologize Lavi, but I'm sorry for kicking you in the stomach" I said. Unexpectedly, Lavi gently patted my head.

"It's normal for a girl to act like that" he said. "I'm glad that you weren't hurt"

He smiled. I could not describe what kind of smile that he had. It was not his usual smile, and it was not his prank smile either. For some reason, I felt warm just by looking at him.

"You're face is red. Do you have a fever?"

"What? No no!" I squeaked. I was sure that made Vronne was laughing behind me.

"ooh~" She said. We both turned around and we saw Vronne smiling like she knew everything.

"Vronne!" I growled.

"A friend of yours?"

"More or less" I replied reluctantly.

"You must be Lavi!" She smiled. "Do you know that Nicole could actually draw-"

"You!" I was about push her down, but I was able to control myself because of Lavi.

"You can draw?" He was astonished and went closer to Vronne. "Tell me something I don't know" He whispered.

"No, I don't!" I denied.

"She can write stories and she has a very nice voice" She said as found my notebook filled with stories from my bag.

"VRONNE!" I realized her motive right away. She was selling me out.

"You're being unfair, Princess" He said so suddenly. "How come you can openly say everything about yourself to her than to me?"

"Wait! That's not-" I ran to him and pleaded. "That's not true Lavi!"

"I…I…" he then gently pushed me away."I need to go." after that, he immediately left my room.

I fell on my knees and stared blankly at the door. I did not know what had just happened. I felt so stupid at that moment.

"See what you did? Lavi is angry at me now!" I pouted. I could not believe I was blaming on Vronne, but I was utterly embarrassed that something like this had happened.

"Who would be angry with those puppy dog eyes" she said playfully.

"What puppy dog eyes!" I glared at her, but she just sighed at me like I was a disappointment. "Just you wait, I'll get my revenge!"

"Just admit that you're falling for him."

"For the nth time Vronne! I am not in love with him!" I concluded and I grabbed my bag and notebook and left the room.

I was not going to lose her easily. She followed me all the way to the training room. There, I took my arnis sticks and pointed at her. "What do you want from me?"

"Your realization" She answered and took one of the wooden sticks. "How about we do a duel? If you win, I won't annoy you anymore. But if I win, you have to confess your feelings that that person."

This might be a trap, I though. I began questioning her motives and objectives. What would she gain from all this? But then again, she did say that would not bother me anymore. So I accepted her challenge.

"Oh I may warn you. I'm was trained by a great Rain Guardian"

"Well... I was trained by a Demon King." we both exchange statements and began to fight.

We fought for more than an hour, and we have not found out who won. We were evenly matched. She was really good with the sword. I could not bring her down easily, but I did not want to give up. I was about to give a counterattack when I felt a strain from my scars. I fell down and felt the intense pain. It was not craps, it was like burns and I was suffering from it.

"Hey! What's wrong?" I could not answer Vronne. It was too painful for me to talk. She noticed this and began calling for help. "Help! Somebody!"

"What happened?" I suddenly heard another person coming this way. I had lost my vision temporarily and my hearing became bad as well. I did not what they were saying, but I tried my best to stay conscious. Then, I felt a sudden lift of my body.

That person said something but I could not hear it.

"What…" I said. Then I realized.

"I'm here now, just hold on a little longer." Lavi said it close to my ear. For some reason I wanted to cry. It was not because of the pain, but it was because of the warmth that he had given me from his back.

It was then I remembered how I fell in love with the series. It was not only because it was an action manga, nor it was those memorable quotes, but it was because I got to see someone like him in the manga and anime.

His smile, his pain, and his warmth... It made me want to be by side. it had always been my thought in supporting him in his goal. However, when I was at his side, it was not enough.

Those memories of him made me feel embarrassed and aware of my true feelings...

I knew now that he was more than just a Bookman successor to me.

I knew now that he was more than just a Brother figure or a Friend.

Because of this feeling, I knew now that I loved him.


Nicole: you seem to be in the festive mood

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