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"SURPRISE!" Everyone shouted as the new face walked into the cafeteria. The girl smiled a wide grin as she looked around at her new family. These were the people she was going to be living with. "WELCOME TO THE BLACK ORDER!" She couldn't help but laugh at the diversity of faces surrounding her. There was a white haired boy with a dark pentacle scar over his eye. Another girl was beside him with short black hair and a wide smile on her face. There was also a long dark haired male looking as if he would rather throw himself off of a cliff than be there at that moment.
Later that night, after she had been introduced to everyone from the white haired boy who she now knew was called Allen to the director named Komui who apparently had a sister complex much to the dismay of his younger sister, Lenalee. She sat with the dark haired girl and laughed at something Allen said when her eyes caught a flash of bright red hair. She shook the thought off and went back to her new friends.
Another flash of bright green caught the girl's eye. She froze where she was when she heard her childhood nickname come from behind her.
"Hey Buncha." She spun around to find herself with her face inches away from one bright green eye and a mess of red hair in a bandana. Tears filled her pale grey eyes with the impact of her hand against his face echoing through the now silent hall. She turned on her heel and ran as fast as she could out of the room, covering her face with her hands.
"MIA!" Lenalee shouted after her. She then turned to Lavi and slapped him on the opposite cheek, sending him a few feet back.
"I deserved that one too." Lavi rubbed his face which was quickly turning red.
"You made her cry." Lenalee stood shocked with Allen. "We were just getting to know her. What did you do to her?"
Lavi sighed. They'd hate him just as much as she did if they knew. But he knew that if he kept quiet, they wouldn't stop bugging him so he decided to go with a shortened version.
"A few years ago we went out and I had to leave at a minute's notice. I wasn't able to say goodbye." He said. "I hadn't seen her since. Obviously she's still mad at me."
Allen shook his head.
"Do you still love her?" Lavi nodded.
"I haven't stopped thinking about her since that day." He looked at the spot where the girl had disappeared. "But as you can see, she hates me now. There's nothing I can do. I wish I could though."
"Then go tell her." Allen advised, giving Lavi a gentle push. Lavi turned and looked at the white haired boy as he kissed Lenalee's cheek, snaking his arm around her waist after making sure Komui was out of the room. Lenalee blushed.
What I wouldn't give to be like that again with her. Lavi thought. He took a deep breath, gave Allen and Lenalee a wish-me-luck glance before walking out the door towards the snow covered grounds. The fresh snow that was falling around him was slowly covering newly made shoeprints. He followed the markings quickly and quietly.
When the prints finally stopped, Lavi had to laugh to himself. Mia was on a thick branch halfway up the tree. She had always found her solace by climbing up trees. She had once shared her favorite spot with him. The branch overlooked half of the valley they lived in. You could see where the ocean met the land and the land rose into its mountainous form. The only thing that you couldn't see was people. That was the way she liked it. Her purpose for climbing the trees was to get away from the world, not examine it.
"Extend." Lavi whispered causing his hammer to lift him into the tree behind the girl.
"I was a child, and she was a child / In this kingdom by the sea / but we loved with a love that was more than love / I and my Annebel Lee," Lavi quoted. It had been Mia's favorite poem. That stanza had been their own. Or so they claimed.
"What do you want?" Mia turned even further away from the red head, wiping the tears from her frozen cheeks.
"Another chance." He stated simply, moving to sit beside her. She moved closer to lean further into the trunk of the tree. Lavi sat, facing the opposite direction, yet not taking his eye off of her.
"At what?" she glared at him through pale swollen eyes.
"At being with you."
"You've already had your chance. You blew it." She argued, turning away to keep him from seeing the tears in her eyes. "The least you could have done was write me to tell me what was going on."
"I'm sorry Mia. I couldn't. The old panda," Lavi's eyes darted to the side as if checking to see that Bookman wasn't within ear reach to hear the nickname. "wouldn't let me. We were moving around so much, I didn't have a chance. I'm sorry."
"Then why didn't you at least say goodbye?" She still avoided his eyes.
"I couldn't. We left so fast I didn't have the chance. You know I would have." He reached over and pulled her face to have her eyes meet his. She tired to avoid his eye but the emerald captured her thoughts, hypnotizing her. "So what do you say? Give me another chance?"
"Lavi," she pulled his hand away from her, still keeping eye contact. "I'm not just going to pretend that nothing happened. I spent years seeing you in everything. You took me heart with you when you left. I stopped living. I can't get that time back. I came here thinking that I'd be able to get away from my thoughts of you but all I did was run into you."
"I know you can't. But I'm not going anywhere this time. I've changed. Now we don't have to be apart from each other." Lavi was nearly begging.
"Do you seriously think that I'm just going to forgive you and we go back to the way things used to be?" she asked. Lavi's hand had returned to cradling her cheek, wavering her angry resolve with the tenderness of his touch. Memories of their past flooded her mind.
"No." Lavi answered. Mia sat, stunned. She had half expected him to say 'yes'. "I can only hope that you'll forgive me and give me another chance to show you that I'm not the same Lavi I was back then." Mia shook. She wasn't sure if it was because of the chill from the snow that surrounded them both or from the feel of Lavi's sweet breath warming her face as he spoke.
"I can't." Her voice was shaky. "I don't… know if… I… I… can tru… trust… you again." She stuttered, her breaths becoming short the closer Lavi's lips came to hers. When the soft familiar feel reached her lips, it not only warmed her lips but her entire being. She gave in, placing her hand gently on his chest, reminding him of her previous boundaries. He had promised her that they would never go any further than a kiss. Lavi broke the kiss after a moment.
"I and my Annebel Lee." He quoted again, not taking his forehead away from hers. He caressed the side of her neck, swiping extra pieces of hair out of the way. Moving their chins parallel again, the warmth of each other filled them yet again.
Hey guys! Hope you enjoyed it! I'm not sure whether to leave this a one-shot or to turn it into a chapter story. Let me know what you think. I really need help here! Thanks!
