Because of my success in 'Love can Kill' I have finally come up with the sequel! The reason for the crappy ending of the last story is because I starting thinking of more ideas I could use for such a story. But one thing's for certain…
Lavi and Nella are back!
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Lavi sipped the coffee that Lenalee had passed around moments earlier. He focused on the hot liquid as it spread its bitterness over his tongue before he swallowed.
It had been months after concluding his last case with the serial killer that decapitated his victims. But even so… it had been awfully quiet as of late. Not that he was complaining.
He was glad he no longer had to answer calls to head out to a scene where a gruesome murder took place. The disembodied states of the victims from the last case were quite enough.
'Lavi, why are you still here?' Reever's head popped in through the door and he seemed to be wearing a stiff frown most likely because of Komui. Lavi glanced up from the paperwork of a home burglary.
'I thought I'd stick around a bit longer,' Reever sighed at Lavi's response and walked straight up to his desk.
'What's going on Lavi?' Lavi knew he wasn't going to get away with his answer. It almost reminded him of a certain elder individual who was his former guardian.
'Nella's been pretty moody lately but she won't tell me why,' Lavi grumbled as he leaned further back in his chair and his cup still firmly in his hand.
'Maybe she still believes that Mikk guy will come after her or even you again,' Reever suggested. Lavi waned a smile at the blonde man and placed his coffee down on the desk.
'I suppose he wouldn't be satisfied with taking only my right eye during the fight,' Lavi gingerly touched the eye patch that covered his right eye.
'If that was suppose to be a joke Lavi, that was not your best! What would Nella say if she heard that?' Reever scolded him as Lavi winced at that thought.
'Not say but do…' Lavi said softly before standing up and gathered his things.
'Fine, you win Reever but I'll be back same time tomorrow.' The Australian's responds was to run his hand through his hair in exhaustion.
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Ruffling through his pockets, Lavi found his keys and finally opened the door to his apartment he shared with Nella. The delicious smell of roast wafted from the kitchen as Lavi poked his head around the corner.
The table was set for two and the roast sat in the middle, steam rising off the cooked slab of meat.
'Why are you late?' Lavi jumped in surprise and turned to see Nella standing right behind him with her arms folded over her chest. She had hardly changed from the first time Lavi had meet her. Her white hair pulled to one side, hung loosely over her shoulder and her silver eyes pierced him like bullets.
'Got caught up writing reports again,'
Nella didn't seem to say anything but Lavi was sure that she wasn't satisfied with his reply. They ate dinner in silence and Nella collected the plates and began washing up. Lavi watched her back before standing up and wrapping his arms around her.
'I'm sorry,'
'You should be,' Lavi whimpered at her harsh words and nuzzled into her curve of her neck. He took in her alluring scent and gently bit her neck.
'Lavi!' Nella protested as she almost dropped the plate she had been cleaning before Lavi felt a wet glove slap the side of his face.
'Not here…'
'But I'm really sorry, will you forgive me?' Nella dropped the wet gloves at the sink and swiveled around in his grip so that they were facing.
'I suppose so,' Lavi smiled as they locked lips but just as they deepened the kiss the phone rang. With a sigh of annoyance, Lavi reluctantly let Nella go and answered the phone.
'Hello!'
'We need you over here pronto Usagi and don't make me wait!' Lavi winced as he held the phone away from his ear. He knew who was calling on the phone and quite rudely too.
'Where's my hello Yuu?'
'Shut up Usagi just get your fucking ass over here,' Lavi scratched his head and groaned as he hurried about for a pen and paper.
'Just tell me the address okay and I'll be right over,'
'34 Oxford avenue, I got the newbie waiting outside for you,' Lavi jotted the information down quickly knowing the man's impatience.
'Right, I got… it…' Lavi blinked as he heard the line caught off before placing the phone back down on the receiver.
'Lavi?' Nella was staring at him from the sink. The look he saw on her face told him she already knew what was going on.
'I'm sorry Nella but I have to hurry or Yuu will have my head,' Lavi hurried down the hall and grabbed his coat before heading out the door.
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Lavi got out of the taxi and walked up the steps towards a tall apartment building. The huge complex was thirteen stories high with only a few lights shining in the windows.
Standing outside the door was a young officer who had unfortunately got paired with the stoic man for this nights shift. He was new to the Black Order Investigations department and Lavi believed this would be his first report.
'Bookman, sir, Kanda's waiting up stairs,' the young man greeted him with a quick shake of the hand before leading him inside. They headed to the third floor and Lavi was surprised to see the Japanese man talking quite calmly to a stout looking woman in a modest maid outfit.
'Hey Yuu, what's going on?' Kanda flashed him an irritated glare that stopped the younger officer instantly but Lavi wasn't the least bit fazed. Kanda then quickly dismissed the woman and grabbed Lavi's collar.
'Call me by my first fucking name again and I'll kill you,' Kanda hissed as Lavi nodded hastily before being dumped onto the ground.
'Geez, you don't have to be mean about it,' Lavi complained only to be shot down by another death-like glare.
'Just shut up and get in here,' Kanda pulled out a card and opened the room with the numbers 32 on it. Inside, the room was dark until Kanda flipped the light on and the three of them proceeded inside.
'What's going on?' Lavi asked as they moved through the living space and kitchen. Lavi gazed around and saw that there was a bottle of wine and two glasses on the small coffee table.
'Komui got a call about a dead body in this complex so he contacted me to investigate, but as far as I've heard, it doesn't seem good,' Lavi frowned as he remembered the woman Kanda had been talking to.
'So she made the call,'
'Of course baka usagi,' Kanda growled as if it was obvious before they reached the bedroom through a small hallway. Kanda then stood to the side and allowed Lavi and the younger officer into the room where Lavi saw the feet of someone laying sprawled on the ground at the foot of the bed.
The lingering smell of vomit made Lavi pinch his nose in disgust before he got a better view of the body.
It happened to be a young man, probably in his late twenties, lying on his stomach. A dark blood-coloured substance pooled from the wide-open mouth with tiny bits of half digested food.
Other than that, Lavi placed his fingers along the man's neck. When he found no pulse, he ran a hand down the man's arm. The limb was stiff and chilled.
'The body is already in a state of rigor mortis,' Lavi confirmed as Kanda grunted while leaning on the doorframe. Lavi then noticed the young officer was a little green in the face.
'You may go,' Lavi said quickly as the officer took his leave and Kanda came into the room.
'Is it suicide?' Kanda asked as he began searching through the dead man's belongings to rule out the possibility of a robbery. Lavi kept quiet for the moment and just gazed at the clouded eyes of the man lying on the ground.
Funny enough, Lavi remembered the old saying that the eyes were a window to the soul and sure enough, this man's eyes showed fear and… disbelief?
Lavi wasn't too sure though something definitely seemed off but Lavi had yet to place his finger on it.
'The man probably had a guest over,' Lavi commented remembering the open wine bottle and two glasses on the coffee table.
'Maybe it didn't work out,' the Asian man stopped what he was doing as Lavi shrugged at that.
'Help me turn him over,' Lavi said as he moved his position and placed his hands under the corpse's shoulder and hip but Kanda shook his head.
'We need to wait…' but it was too late as Lavi flipped the body over with a bit of effort. Moving a stiff cold body wasn't an easy task but Lavi tried to ignore the perilous rage growing behind him.
'Huh? Yuu look at this,' Lavi was eyeing the man's face again but on the other side. The left side hadn't been visible to them until Lavi had flipped him over. Now they both stared down at the three lined scratch etched deep into the man's cheek.
'Looks like it's the only visible injury,' Lavi contemplated as he tilted the head towards him. The wound wasn't deep but it was strangely decomposed around the edges.
'How far away are the others?'
'Fifteen minute,' came Kanda's short reply as Lavi slowly stood up and brushed his hands against his pants.
'We better wait for Komui to do an autopsy on him then,'
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Sorry the story took forever to post despite the announcement I had made on 'Love can Kill' but here it is and I hope you enjoyed it!
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