Taking place after the events in Edo and the Ark, assuming everybody got back safely, the Millennium Earl's brooding over his loss & Lenalee and Lavi getting together after the Lulubell/Mimi incidents (from the anime). (Lavi/Lenalee/Allen)

"Lavi, we're leaving tomorrow." Bookman's voice echoed in Lavi's head and the red headed boy sits up instantly. "What are you ranting about, old panda? We just got back! How can we leave?"

"Obviously, we're done with our duties here. We're all safe, the generals are here, and our main aim; Allen Walker, has turned out to be the boy who changed the course of time. Before your innocence turns out to be able to evolve further, we must be moving." The redhead didn't even get a chance to speak before Bookman left the room, but not without saying, "And the train is for tomorrow morning. The farewell party's in an hour. Get cleaned."

Lavi slumped straight back. The truth dawned on him: They didn't need him or Bookman have Allen, and all the other exorcists and generals to take care of things. He? He wasn't good at anything he did. It was true that he should just pack his ass and get the hell out of everyone else's way.

Sighing, he closed his eyes and thought of Lenalee almost instantaneously. Her beautiful green hair, eyes always filled with love for the world, and even the way she talked and laughed. His hand reached over to the wallet lying on the bedside table and flipped it open. He reached for the photo tucked deep in, where not even the nosey Allen or his grandfather would think of looking at, and pulled out a picture of him and Lenalee together. Smiles were plastered on their faces, with hers as sweet as ever and his, a goofy grin. She was the most serious thing that had ever happened to him. There was just no way he could force her to be part of history, like everything else he had recorded.

The cafeteria never looked as chaotic or as crazy as tonight had been. Everyone was in a celebratory mood for the win after the Ark and Edo, and also for Lavi and Bookman before they were off to pursuit their future discoveries. Yeah right, thought Lavi. The slaps on his back and the clinking of glasses against his seemed unreal. The smiles he gave and the laughter he hears from him felt wrong.

Numbed, Lavi could no longer tell his real feelings apart from the ones he never felt. Allen Walker, his comrade, confidante and lunch buddy walks up to him, and gives his a light punch on the arm, "Leaving so soon, Lavi?"

"Hah, yeah. Nothing I can do since the old man's had his mind made up. But hey, I'm really gonna miss you guys."

Allen nods, "Yeah, but you can always visit right. It'd be boring without you. Kanda's no big help either."

Lavi laughs again, "Aye, Allen. What's the mail for, huh?" And he clinks his glass of wine against Allen's fruit punch, while wrapping his arm around the boy's neck in a makeshift attempt to choke him.

From the corner of his eye, he spots a familiar frame of a young girl. When he turns his head fully around to see better, he spots Lenalee, her eyes never leaving his even while receiving a glass of juice from a fellow finder. He watches as she rejects the drink almost as instantly as she received it, before bolting out of the cafeteria doors.

Lavi apologized to Allen, while pushing him his glass to the boy. "Problem's came up. Be back in a sec," he mumbles, and runs out after the tearing girl. He was pretty sure this would take more than just a second.

It was lucky he had pretty awesome eyesight. Almost immediately, he could spot Lenalee running quickly towards some stone benches in the courtyard, before collapsing on one, burying her face in her hands. Lavi slows his speed down when he got nearer to her, his heart breaking as he watches her tears stream down the side of her face.

He wished he could cry too, because he knew he was leaving her as well, but nothing seemed to be coming out from his eyes. Kneeling down next to the her, he laughs sadly, "Lenalee, you're missing the party. The chocolate cake waits for no one, silly."

Lenalee looks up at him, her eyes teary, "How could…how could you still think…of food now?"

Ah, but that was so like him. He wanted everyone to be happy around him, that he hated it so much when Lenalee cries. "I want to have one last piece of cake with you before I…" He could even feel himself tripping on his own words. After all, this would technically be the last meal he has with anyone here.

Then, he pulls her into a tight hug. Lenalee cries out even louder, as her arms reached around his back, her hands tugging at the fabric of his shirt. "Lavi…" she chokes.

"I'm sorry, Lenalee. I don't have a choice," he says sadly, as his fingers ran through her short cropped hair.

And after awhile, Lenalee's wails trailed into soft sobs, but her hold on him never loosened. "Lavi," she manages while pushing herself back. Lavi looks at her clearly; Her eyes were red and her cheeks wet, as she attempted to wipe her face clean with the back of her hand.

"Lavi, I don't want to see you go. You can't go." She tried to sound demanding, but looks like she was about to cry again. Lavi leans in to kiss a stray tear away from her face.

"I can't. I can't do that."

Lenalee's face falls once more, and then she asks, "Then, will you…will you forget me? I mean, when…when you leave."

He smiles, "Never in a hundred years, Lenalee. No other pretty girl from any other part of the world can compete with you."

"Yeah, right. You're just doing your sweet talking thing to me again, aren't you?" She says, looking up at him, a smile tugging at the end of her lips.

"Nope. I meant that." And then he lowers his mouth to hers, just to kiss her again, afraid it might be his last.

Lavi couldn't even be bothered with the party anymore. He didn't know how long it had already been over, only remembering so clearly about the talking, the kissing and the short silences he had with Lenalee. She'd been so afraid that he might go that she kept holding onto his arm or locking her fingers with his. Somehow or rather, the girl had fallen asleep with her head on his shoulder.

Lavi carried her gently, but she had been fast out for some time now. She's so light, way better than that old panda of a grandfather, he thought, as he went right into her empty room and laid her on her bed. Covering her up in case she got cold, he kissed her on her temple and walked right out, his eyes lingering just a bit on her.

He was so tired, and his back, head but mostly his heart, kind of hurt too. Lavi dragged himself back to his room, resisting the urge to just pass out on the floors of the hallway, while his mind went over the details of Lenalee's face and features, along with thoughts of how he was going to pack up his room that looked more or less like a tornado just struck it.

"You're back early." Bookman sat still on the chair, as Lavi pushed the door to his room open. Ah, sarcasm. It never gets old.

"What?" Lavi ignores him, despite Bookman's hard and angry eyes on him. He even had his arms crossed, which was another bad sign altogether.

Lavi never got close to even having his head on the pillow, when he felt Bookman wrinkly fingers on his collar, pulling him up. He spat, "You're the successor of Bookman, Lavi! Throw away your unimportant feelings, especially for Miss Lenalee!"

Lavi felt his face go red, but mostly from anger, "And how long must I keep doing this? I don't want to just live on without bringing any moments worth remembering with me!"

"Being an exorcist, searching for innocence and Miss Lenalee; they're all history! To be kept away and never looked at again unless you must! Those worth remembering should be of history, idiot! How old are you that I have to keep teaching you that?"

Bookman tossed him aside, his eyes still on Lavi with obvious disapproval, "You should never have come here in the first place. Being with Miss Lenalee and missing the party till one in the morning is hardly the focus you promised me you'd have, Lavi. I ignored those feelings in the beginning, but after last night, you should have nothing to do with her."

"I can't." Lavi said, his voice hardly audible.

"You can't what, you idiot?"

"I can't forget about her, Gramps."

"Then make it happen."

The elderly man stared at Lavi for awhile, before walking off swiftly, slamming the door in Lavi's face. Lavi sat there, still as a rock, but unable to comprehend the whole truth. Suddenly, the burden of being a Bookman and his want of being one seems to be a blur.

It was barely five in the morning. Taking a shower at such a bad timing almost froze Lavi right off earlier on, but now, he and Bookman were already all ready to board the train for Turkey. Who knows where they'll go after Turkey? It was going to be the same all over again, war after war. So much has been recorded but nobody seems to be learning anything from it anyway.

Lavi felt a wash of déjà vu over him. Would he feel disappointed at human's stupidity again? It was almost a surefire thing, because he knew he cared less now. Bookman poked at Lavi with his ticket, before nodding toward the steps leading up the train.

"Okay, alright already. I'm going." Lavi said, annoyed. Was this it? Was the 49th 'him' coming to an end?

It was kind of stupid, feeling attachment to anything, but he really missed being in the exorcist headquarters right now. He should be all curled up in his warm bed there, damn it, before waking up to the smell of Lenalee's freshly brewed coffee, bickering with Allen over who gets the last bagel before annoying Kanda to no end. He shouldn't even be here. At least, not without his friends, his comrades.

And then he saw her. Lenalee, standing right there in the flesh, the moment he lifted his head up to gaze out of the window of the carriage. She was all wrapped up in her exorcist coat, her eyes filled with sadness. It was almost like she was beckoning him to come see her for one last time.

He vaguely remembered Bookman thunderous shout, as he dashed out of the train altogether and into the cold morning air. He came to a halt, just a metre away from her.

Lenalee grinned, perhaps seeming a little too happy for him to believe, "Lavi. I…I came to see you off. Couldn't get Allen or my brother out of the bed though."

"Oh. But you really came," he could hardly bear to face her, "How'd you know?"

"You left a note at the call counter to wake you up at 4:30 in the AM. I just figured the train would be the one at 5 or so. I was right, aren't I?" Lenalee smiled.

The train blew a long, sharp whistle and more people started to say goodbye to whoever was seeing them off. Most of these people would probably see who was sending them off again. But he didn't know when he'd ever see Lenalee, Allen or his other friends again.

"Lavi, I brought you this," Lenalee took two steps closer to him, pushing his exorcist jacket into his arms. "I just thought that maybe you might want something to remember us by."

He slipped it right on, and it fit perfectly, much better than any of his other clothing. Lavi looked up at her and Lenalee was already wiping the tears from her eyes.

"Oh man, what am I doing?" Lenalee tried to muster another smile, "Here I am, crying when I should be just sending you off happily. I…I'm really happy, Lavi, for you. That…you get to…go after something you really like to be doing." She was sobbing already.

The horn went off again, in another longer whistle. The last call wouldn't wait for anyone, Lavi knew that.

"Go on, Lavi. Bookman's staring. You wouldn't want to miss this train." Lenalee begun to babble a bit, but Lavi ignored all that. He really wanted to hug her, kiss her, before he left.

Lenalee was quicker than he was. She pushed him toward and up the steps of the train. "Please have a safe trip, okay? And remember to sleep on time and eat well, Lavi. Don't make Bookman get all worried for you."

The door shut in Lavi's face automatically, as he stood silently on the last step. He could now only see Lenalee from a piece of transparent plastic. "I will, Lenalee! I…I'll come back,"He yelled, but she couldn't even hear him.

Lenalee read his lips though, and the final smile he sees seems genuinely contented and relieved. Goodbye, she mouths, as the train pulls away slowly and then picks up speed.

Lavi kept his eyes glued on her, as after a wave, Lenalee breaks down on the ground, her hands cupping her mouth as she cried the hardest she's ever did in her life. It was a typical reaction from her, for she cried if she feels hurt. Lavi's sight turns into a blurr, as the train goes even faster. He didn't get a chance to even feel her hand in his for one last time before he had to leave.

The 49th him had just came to an end too; "Lavi" had just turned into history.

10 Months later…

Lenalee sits in her room, letting the brush run through her hair. "It's already growing out so quickly, my dear," the head nurse says as she combs Lenalee's straight medium hairstyle, while the girl beams back into the mirror at her.

"I know. I really like it much better now," Lenalee says, running her fingers through her hair.

"I'm glad you do. You haven't been yourself for the many months back and many of us got so worried, especially Allen, you know." The head nurse laughed as she made her way out, just as Allen appeared at the door. "And speak of the devil…" she continues with a laugh.

Allen Walker. He was practically the whole reason Lenalee picked herself back up after Lavi had left her broken-hearted. He never stopped taking care of her, or lost his temper when he did. He was just so…so Allen.

"Allen! You're here!" Lenalee smiles, getting on her feet. Allen had changed so much over the months, but in a good way. He'd became stronger, trained harder, and proved to so many others he wasn't just your average seventeen year old kid.

"Hey Lenalee. Just dropped by to see how you were holding up." Allen smiles at her.

"I'm fine. I'm getting better every day, you know I am."

"Well, everyone's just being concerned for you. Especially me," Allen says, his eyes filled with concern.

Lenalee tried to shake off the tense atmosphere in the room. "Please, Allen, everything's just fine. Besides, it's been ten whole months since he's left. No phone calls, no letter, nothing. I've already given up, really."

She remembered how she'd stayed hidden away in her room when Lavi had first left. The boy had left her torn, while she didn't know what to do, or where to continue from. Most people around didn't know the full story, but Allen did, because she confided everything to him as he let her lean on his shoulder whenever she needed it. She'd tried in the first two months in vain to search for him but given up. There was no way to track him, when she didn't know where to begin.

Allen had been her pillar of support. And surprisingly, Komui even encouraged her to be with Allen, upon realizing Lenalee was no small kid. She had a life, and it didn't revolve around her brother. Komui never knew Lavi and Lenalee's relationship but she wasn't ready to speak of it either.

Allen furrowed his eyebrows, "Are you sure?" That question was asked wayyy to many times.

"Thanks, Allen. But I'm fine, honest!" She ruffled his soft white hair, and pulled him out of the room behind her. "Come quick, I've got something to show you."

The entire headquarters was busy at work again, of course. Everyone was running up and down, minding their own business. Lenalee dragged Allen along down the halls, into the dome-like piano room. It was a quiet place, more like a rest area, which Lenalee found comfort in. Nobody really visited the place but hey, the exorcist headquarters wasn't a jail. Nice places like these still existed.

"The piano room? What am I here for?" Allen asked, cocking his head to one side.

"I wanted to show you something, Allen."

Lenalee let go of her hold on Allen and sat down swiftly on the piano stool. Her fingers rested upon the black and white keys, playing a sweet tune that surrounded them both. Allen raised an eyebrow when her finger left the final key, "But Lenalee, that's The Swan. How'd you learn that?"

Lenalee smiled gently, "I heard you listening to it several times when you did your reading. Figured I'd want to learn how to play the piano well so I could play this song for you. I wanted to thank you, all in honor of our friendship."

"You didn't have to, Lenalee. A piece of cake would've made me very happy." Allen smiled with gratitude.

"It wouldn't do! It took me two whole months to get everything right, but I had to thank you for being there for me all along. I wouldn't know what to do without you, Allen. This is just the least I could do, considering you can play the piano so much better than I can."

Allen Walker did the most out-of-character thing he'd ever done in his whole life. Taking two steps ahead, his arms wrapped around Lenalee fully, with a smile playing at the end of his lips.

"Thank you, Lenalee. I would never stop being there for you."

"I know." Lenalee nodded, as she hugged him back.

It's been 10 freaking months, since Lavi has left the order. Currently, it sucks like shit to be stuck in Ye Cheng, China, and with the old panda to make things livelier for everyone. It was another day again, perhaps Thursday or Friday, either one. Lavi covered his eyes, shielding it from the sun.

"Wake up, Win," Bookman said, as he boiled a familiar pot of Chinese tea.

They were supposed to head out to the border now, before the Chinese and Indian authorities are ready to negotiate any further plans on what to do with the Himalayas. Frankly speaking, Lavi didn't care, nor will he respond to the stinking name he'd been given.

"Win!" Bookman raised his voice.

"Aye, Panda gramps," Lavi yelled back, sitting up to pull his shirt over his head. "And I'm still Lavi okay. Not Ashry, Demitri or any Win."

Bookman sighed. "It's your 52nd Alias. And I'm only allowing the name 'Lavi' for the moment, seeing it was my fault in the beginning to even let you come along to join the exorcists' side in gaining more information. Cross the line and you're dead meat, Lavi."

Bookman strode silently out of the house, ready to board the military bus to the border. Lavi didn't get up to follow. He didn't want to go to the Himalayas or have a new name. He only became a Bookman to know things nobody else knew, see the world and understand different people, but all he seemed to be able to remember now was the 49th him.

The rest of his life pretty much seems like shit, that's that.

Snapping back to reality, Lavi glanced up at the dark exorcist jacket, hanging over the arm of a chair. And maybe, he realized, the excitement he craved for when being an exorcist, when he had comrades too, was really never going to happen again. He'd been hoping for too much.

Lavi hoisted him off the edge of the bed, and headed for the bustling central of Ye Cheng instead.

Lenalee sat on a couch next to Allen Walker, both laughing over a ridiculous TV show.

"Honestly, having 250 channels is a real perk for training so much in this stuffy tower," Allen said, as he searched for the remote hurriedly because the last show just came to an end.

"I know!" Lenalee laughed, as she reached over to grab a cookie off the coffee table. Lately, it'd been getting boring around. The Earl seems to be lying low and there were hardly any missions for her or Allen. The latest mission had been to send Kanda halfway across the globe to China, and it didn't involve her.

Arystar Krory strode in not long after, breaking her train of thoughts. "Urghhh," he groaned, plopping himself on the other side of Allen on the couch as well.

"What's wrong, Krory?" Allen asked, still switching about for the right channel to watch.

"Been training all day. And worse of all, I'm running out of good ol' Akuma blood. It frustrates me when I don't even get a mission like the lucky Kanda," He ranted.

"Lucky? He's taking longer than he should, that Kanda," Allen went, "One mission doesn't need him to be gone for two weeks. I bet he's getting old so his actions are slower."

"DAMN BEANSPROUT, SPEAKING ILL OF ME BEHIND MY BACK," a voice practically roaring stepped into the exorcists' lounge.

Allen jumped, his eyes meeting the frightful Kanda's for a moment, where they just continued shooting daggers at one another. Lenalee laughed, "Come on guys, chill! It's a good thing Kanda's back already isn't it?"

Kanda looked pissed, "Che! Not if it involves the seeing the frigging beansprout it's not."

"It's ALLEN, YU!" Allen stuck a tongue out. Kanda looked even more annoyed than before, with murder in his eyes.

Krory tried to lighten the mood too, "Kanda, how was China? Surely it must've been good to spill the blood of an Akuma, is it not?"

Kanda looked at him as if he were insane, "NO! I don't go there for the blood of an Akuma, for crying out loud. And anyway, I took longer than before because I have my reasons."

Allen asked, "Oh yeah? What reason, looking for cheaper hair straighteners in China?"

Kanda really wished he could strangle the annoying Allen right about now. "No, of course not! I bumped into the damn Usagi at Yecheng when I went there from KunMing. Asked around if it was really him, but I think he goes by another name or it's someone else then, because no one knows who 'Lavi' is."

Lenalee's eyes widened. Of course, Kanda didn't know a thing between her and Lavi. Allen grew quiet, not bothering to insult Kanda further, his eyes on Lenalee instead.

"Excuse me, I need the washroom," Lenalee stood up and walked right out, ignoring the stares from her comrades.

She cupped her hands over her mouth, unable to believe that Lavi's actually at China. She was happy not knowing where he went, but what were the odds of an exorcist from the order actually bumping into him on the other side of the globe? She just couldn't ignore the fact that she knew where Lavi was now.

Lenalee burst into an all-too-familiar room, her head spinning. It was Lavi's old room. Unknown to everyone, she came here every once in two weeks or so, to just clean up. All along, she told herself she was only doing it because she didn't like rooms to be messy, particularly one of an ex-comrade's. Now, it looks like she had been doing it for a reason.

Lenalee bent down, just to cry her eyes out. Why couldn't Kanda save her from misery and kept his mouth shut? It hurts too much to even think about Lavi right now, when she thought she'd been contented with the people she had now.

A pair of warm arms folded around her, as she sobbed. Lenalee looked up to see Allen's handsome, concerned face but she couldn't resist crying out even harder.

Allen smiled, "It's okay to cry, Lenalee."

"No, it's no okay!" She yelled back. "I shouldn't even want to cry about someone like him."

Allen patted her gently, letting her continue. After quite a long time, where she sat on the ground with Allen, his arms still protectively around her, she stopped crying.

Lenalee sniffed, "Allen, I want to go to China. I want to find him."

Allen looked down at her, puzzled, "Why?"

"I don't know. I just want to see him really badly. I want to know how he has been and what's he been doing and…and everything else."

Allen sighed. "I won't stop you then, Lenalee. You do what you feel you have to." After all, he couldn't change Lenalee's mind because she was stubborn in her own way.

"Oh, Allen," Lenalee, being her usual emotional self, hugged Allen so tightly it caught the poor boy by surprise. He smiled, "But if you want to go, you must let me come with you."

Lenalee nodded, "I know you want to see Lavi too, Allen."

Allen gave her a look, "Not entirely. I need to go to make sure you're safe…"

Lenalee smiled as she rested her hand above Allen's. "Ok, Allen. I feel nervous just thinking about seeing Lavi in such a long time already." She didn't know why Allen looked a tiny bit disappointed to her but she continued, "I'm really going to find Lavi, Allen. I must."

-To be continued-

Hah, there's the first chapter. I'm still pondering if I should really make it a LavixLenalee story or an AllenxLenalee story. I mean, both couples are so cute and Allen in this story makes me pity him so much. It's so obvious he's got a thing for Lenalee, so I was thinking he deserves some love! HAHA! Kk, will just see how things go. ANW, read and review thanks so much! I know I can be sappy, long-winded and dramatic but that's me. :P