Laven Week

August sixth: Culture

"Eat them."

"No."

"Eat them."

"No..."

"Eat them."

"Bugger off, Ba-Kanda. There's no way in hell I'm going to eat THOSE!"

"Che. Not my problem that you have to uphold your end of the bargain, Moyashi." Kanda smirked, watching Allen as the 15-year-old shivered in mild disgust whilst staring at the large bowl before him. "Besides, I won fair and square."

"By fair and square, you're actually saying that you pinned me down with that bloody sword of yours before threatening to chop off my hair to sell to some old geezers! And my name is ALLEN! You cheating prick... "

"Says the beansprout who cheats at every game of Poker he's ever played~" both Allen and Kanda jumped in surprise, turning towards Lavi, who had once again appeared out of thin air before sitting down beside Allen. "What are you two arguing about this time then? I'm quite surprised that Allen is refusing to eat some-"

Lavi froze as he glanced at the same bowl that Allen was staring at few minutes ago, mildly surprised at the contents within it the ceramic object.

"Beansprout... ("IT"S ALLEN!!") Are...those...grubs?"

Sure enough, squirming in a vain attempt to escape their doomed fates, were ten fat, white coloured grubs. Lavi looked at the insects, glanced at both Allen and Kanda before staring at the grubs again.

Allen sighed in frustration. "Yes, Lavi. Those are grubs. Witchetty grubs, apparently. According to Ba-Kanda over here ("Che."), these are a delicacy in central Australia. I'm surprised you actually know something, Ba-Kanda. Had them before?"

"Fortunately, no." Kanda smirked once again before pushing the bowl closer to Allen, much to the others disappointment. "Now, eat up Moyashi. Or I'll have Jerry give you nothing but beansprouts for a month."

"LIKE HELL I WILL! I rather have Komui fix my arm than eat those!"

"Don't know why you're complaining, Allen." Lavi said to his boyfriend, rubbing the younger's back in an attempt to calm him. "I've seen you eat stranger things than this. Remember when you ate that haggis and those cow tongues last week?"

"Don't remind us, Baka-Usagi. I'm still having nightmares about that."

"Would you like a night-light in your room, Ba-Kanda?"

"Go to hell, Moyashi."

"Already there, Kanda. Already there." Allen sighed in an over-dramatic fashion before turning towards Lavi, burrowing his face in the red-head's shoulder. "To answer your statement, Lavi. I have eaten things worse than cow tongues and haggis, but at least they're not bugs that are still alive and I've never seen haggis leak brown stuff when you try to grab them."

Lavi hummed to himself, mulling over the information while Allen and Kanda started verbally abusing each other...again.

"As far as I know, Allen lost against Yuu-Chan in another spar and is being forced to eat ten Witchetty grubs and if he doesn't, Yuu-Chan will have Jerry make Allen beansprout-related meals for a month. Which would equal an unhappy Beansprout...aw, man~! That would mean no nookie for ME! For a whole MONTH! Come on Lavi, think of something!!"

"Beansprout~! ("MY NAME'S ALLEN, GODDAMIT!") You should definitely eat the delicious delicacy Yuu-Chan ("What are you getting at? Baka-Usagi.") has kindly assembled for you~!"

"..." Allen said nothing as he stared at the red-head, looked at the squirming grubs before turning towards Lavi again with a look on his face, mixed between mild disbelieve and suspicion.

"What's in it for me?"

It was Lavi's turn to smirk lightly, leaning towards Allen's ear as he whispered lightly into it. Kanda had no idea what he said, but he had his suspicions when the white-haired teen blushed brightly, glared at the grubs again before plucking one from the bowl...and tossed it into his mouth.

If bugs had the ability to talk, these grubs would have been screaming "BLOODY MUDER!" before falling into the bottomless pit known as 'Allen Walker's Stomach'. However, fortunately for us, the only thing they could do was writhe in fear before floating towards the pearly gates of 'Insect Heaven'.

"There, Ba-Kanda." Sighed Allen, patting his chest before covering his mouth with his hand as he belched lightly. "I ate your stupid bugs. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go and eat a tube of toothpaste to get rid of the taste of bug in my mouth."

And with that, Allen Walker trotted out of the cafeteria. Leaving a somewhat stunned Kanda and a perverted-smiling Lavi in his wake.

"...Che. How the hell did you get Moyashi to eat those things?"

"Wouldn't you like to know, Yuu-Chan~!"

"...Friggin' perverted, Baka-Usagi..."

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Yay! My first chapter of my first fanfic done! Ah, the culture of food~!

Funfact: Yes. You can eat Witchetty grubs. Apprently, they taste like almonds when eaten raw and they taste like chicken when cooked.