Title: 7 days in Hell

Pairings: Rabiyuu, potential AllenLenalee(?)

Disclaimer: D gray man ain't mine... The original concept/template of this sorta fics is owned by dreaming.critter (is that how you spell it?)...

DAY 1: Sunday

Awareness

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The day started off normally enough.

Like any other day, Allen could be seen at his usual table, gobbling down his piles of food with extreme gusto. Lenalee was sitting by him, laughing awkwardly at the sight, eyeing Allen somewhat warily as she ate her own breakfast daintily. Lavi was there as well, grinning away as he made a random teasing comment at Allen before tucking into the food laid out before him. About them, the cheerful chatters of the morning crowd carried on as usual, people smiling and waving as they greeted each other and settled down to eat.

All normality was smashed, however, when the great doors of the cafeteria were slammed open.

Hushed silence immediately fell upon the people like a thick veil as a raven-haired figure strode in angrily, making his grand entrance with a nervous finder trailing in his wake. There was silence, except for the sharp click-clack of exorcist boots, and the weight of all the gazes of the residents instantly and instinctively fell upon the two which entered.

Kanda immediately bristled. Whirling around, he snapped.

"What?!"

The finder behind him jumped visibly in alarm before making himself scarce, and there seemed to be a well-chorused crick of necks before the chatter resumed tentatively, every head in the room immediately whipping back to breakfast on the table.

All except one, that is.

Sighing, with a relaxed smile gracing his features, a certain redhead pushed himself up to stand. As he strolled to the pissed samurai's side, the expected vein popped up on the reticent Japanese's temple. The Bookman apprentice had to control himself from laughing outright, looking at a pale hand being forcibly restrained from convulsing around Mugen's hilt –all for the sake of an arm being slung over a shoulder too familiarly.

A casual comment, a harsh retort, a non-committal whine – and the duo were off, Lavi chuckling slightly as Kanda cursed under his breath.

It was only then did the voices resume their usual volume, knowing that the worse was over. As the finder from before went to his friends who welcomed him back with open arms ("Man, you actually came out alive from a mission with HIM?"), he gave a backwards glance at the two exorcists who were now bickering lightly, before voicing a question every finder (and exorcist as well) had never really registered.

"Why is Lavi-san the only one Kanda-dono allows to get close to him?"

There was a contemplative silence as the finders regarded each other, the truth of that seemingly-innocent observation sinking in only then. A pause, and then…

"Now that I think about it…," a finder murmured, frowning slightly.

"Those two are pretty friendly…"

Several nods, and then--

"Kanda has always had more tolerance for Lavi too, did you notice?…"

"And Lavi's the only one Kanda-san holds a decent conversation with without blowing up…"

"And ain't Lavi also the only one who is able to get away with calling Kanda by his first name?" one chirped up enthusiastically, blinking.

"Not to mention that Lavi-san has always been able to get away with annoying Kanda-san…," another trailed off.

"Also, Lavi-san seems to be the only one who can quite quell Kanda-san's murderous intentions…"

"But Lenalee-san?"

"Kanda-dono doesn't hit girls, remember? Lavi-san's the only guy…"

"That's true…but…"

"You don't think…"

"It can't be, can it?"

"…"

"No, I'm certain of it! To think it took us this long…"

Allen blinked, looking up as Lenalee met his shocked expression with her equally aghast one.

"Kanda and Lavi WHAT?!"

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Along the corridor, said two exorcists sneezed – rather on cue, rather simultaneously, and rather violently.

"Ah…," Lavi sniffed, rubbing at his nose. "Perhaps we are starting to get the flu…?"

"More like you've fallen sick with the idiot syndrome and passed it to me… Oh wait, I forgot, you already are one."

Lavi immediately halted in his tracks to pout in mock-hurt, whining when his friend showed no signs of slowing down to wait for him.

"Mou… Yuu teba!"

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Meanwhile, whilst the two were happily (and perhaps one not-so-happily) ignorant, the conversation which took place in the dining hall seemed to rage from one corner of the tower to the other. It was rather unnerving; given the speed it took for the entire tower to be aware of and gossiping.

By the end of the day, it was official.

Lavi and Kanda were dating.

And only the only two exorcists concerned were unaware.

-End Day 1-