Aaaaah! I don't know how I'm supposed to complete all of this in time! I have to write a SoRiku two-shot because...well...I just HAVE to! It's a little Christmas shot but since it's two chapters, I'm gonna try and post one today and one tomorrow! It's gonna be so awesome. SoRiku is a pairing from Kingdom Hearts if you didn't know...anyways, I'll probably limit the chapters to 3k from now on because 4k is way too much for me...I learned that from writing FI xD Right...so...I don't own DGM, hope you enjoy this chapter!
"...come again?" Lenalee asked, incredulously confused.
"Well you see...you know how I'm volunteering at Black Order Hospital? Well, I was assigned to a Mental Ward patient there and I need to get him to talk to me so I can make him feel better, ya know?" Lavi explained.
"I thought all you did there was pass ice and staple documents." Lenalee said with a blank stare.
"We clean too, but my job's a little different now. I really want to help this Allen kid too! He was framed for parricide and I need to get him to-" Lavi was interrupted when Lenalee let out a gasp of surprise.
"Do you even know what parricide is, Lavi?!" She asked, wide-eyed.
"Of course I do!" Lavi countered. "But do you really think an eight year old kid could kill his father?" Lavi reasoned. Lenalee clutched her chin in thought and nodded.
"You do have a good point there...if only there was some way I could get close to him so I could help..." She mumbled under her breath. Lavi still heard her though. Lenalee could practically see the invisible light bulb go off above his head. She didn't know whether to be scared or not. Lavi's ideas were usually either very dangerous or very stupid.
"That's it! Lenalee, you should volunteer with me too! I'll just tell Nurse Eliade that I know you and that you're a good person too! She'll hire you for sure! Then you could work with a different Mental Ward patient and we can let them talk to each other so they can be friends and then you can help me then! Oh, we should have Yuu-chan volunteer too!" Lavi snapped his fingers after his speech. Lenalee blinked.
"How did you just think up that entire plan just now?...I think I really underestimate you sometimes, Lavi, you are pretty smart...huh..." Lenalee complimented with awe.
"Of course you underesti-hey!" Lavi shouted and Lenalee giggled.
"Oh come on, Lavi, you know that your ideas are usually stupid." Lenalee reasoned.
"They are not!" Lavi whined like a little kid. Lenalee crossed her arms.
"Really? Because the last time you had an idea, you almost got your throat slit by Kanda because of his lavender purple hair." Lavi was silent at her words.
"...but it was funny..." He grumbled.
"...and stupid." Lenalee added. Lavi nodded his head in agreement. It was pretty stupid of him to put that dye in Kanda's shampoo. He literally nearly had his head cut off. He was so glad that dye was temporary for once...if it wasn't...he probably wouldn't be here right now...
"...so anyways, do you think Yuu-chan will volunteer at the Mental Ward too?" Lavi asked with hope shining in his eyes. Lenalee gave him a blank stare.
"You're trusting Kanda...with a Mental Ward patient...maybe you should be put in there too." Lenalee shook her head. Lavi seriously was insane sometimes.
"Oh come on, it wouldn't be that bad. It's just...Yuu...okay, maybe he can just visit." Lavi reasoned.
"I don't even know if that would be safe, Lavi." Lenalee replied honestly.
"What wouldn't be safe?" A cold voice asked from behind them. They both stiffened and turned their heads behind them to see Kanda standing there with a mean glare on his face...but when didn't he have a mean glare on his face?
"Putting you in a Mental War-ow! I didn't mean it like that! I don't think you're psycho...wait, yes I do-ow! I was just kidding!" Lavi grumbled at his long-haired best friend who had just hit him over the head twice. "I mean it wouldn't be a good idea for you to volunteer in a Mental Ward!" Lavi corrected himself.
"Why wouldn't it?" Kanda growled.
"Oh...well...um...you don't have...you...uh..." Lavi found it impossible to say anything that wouldn't insult Kanda...and he did not want to insult his best friend. Believe it or not, he did value his life.
"Are you challenging me?" Kanda asked, cracking his knuckles.
"No! No! I'm sure you'd be able to get a job in the Mental Ward and succeed! I just didn't think you were into that kind of thing...you know, I just didn't think that you would like that kind of job..." Lavi said, hoping Kanda would take that excuse. Kanda crossed his arms and grumbled 'stupid rabbit' before looking at Lavi again.
"Why are you even interested in some insane asylum weird shit anyways?" Kanda asked bluntly.
"It isn't an insane asylum, it's a Mental Ward. It's just that I'm volunteering there and Lenalee says that she'll volunteer too to help me out with the patient I have to see." Lavi explained. Kanda nodded his head as he listened to Lavi explain.
"So then why would you go to Lenalee and not me? Is there something wrong with asking me about some psycho guy?" Kanda asked in a low growl.
"No! Definitely not! I just figured that you didn't want to be bothered with something like this..." Lavi lied.
"Why do I have a feeling that you're lying to me?" Kanda asked with a bitter stare.
"I'm not! If you really feel so unsure about it, you can volunteer too! But just keep in mind you'll be surrounded by...well...mentally ill people..." Lavi mumbled, hoping Kanda wouldn't take him up on that offer.
"Alright, I'll do it." He smirked at Lavi. Lavi's eyes widened.
"...what?" He asked with disbelief.
"I'll prove to you that I can do it." Kanda replied.
"It wasn't even a bet!" Lavi panicked. Putting Kanda with a bunch of mental people was definitely not a good idea. "Wait, don't you already have work?" Lavi asked.
"I have a flexible schedule." Kanda responded with a smirk. No you don't! Lavi didn't dare speak his thoughts aloud. Then again, Kanda terrified his own employer so he basically set up his own schedule. Lavi sometimes wished he was that badass. Kanda got to work whenever he wanted and they were too afraid to even think about firing him. Why couldn't Lavi do that? Except...be less mean? Lavi pouted at his thoughts, causing his two best friends to stare at him weirdly. "So where is this mental place?" Kanda asked lamely.
"...Black Order Hospital..." Lenalee and Lavi mumbled together. Kanda nodded.
"Well, I'll see you two morons there then."
Kanda said his 'goodbye' and stormed off. Lavi paled when he thought about that Alma kid...hopefully, him and Kanda wouldn't be paired up together...Lavi wouldn't hear the end of it. Alma talked way too much and he was pretty sure he'd be murdered in a split second. The only other people Lavi met was that psycho girl and that annoyed dude. He kind of hoped Kanda nor Lenalee would get Road. She might end up murdering them...on accident.
"Lavi? Hello, Lavi? Earth to Ginger!" Lenalee yelled, waving her hand in front of Lavi's face quickly. Lavi was brought back to reality and hummed towards Lenalee.
"Hm?"
"I was just reminding you that the bell rang three minutes ago...meaning we only have two minutes to get to class or we'll get a detention...and I'm pretty sure you have work after school so you can afford that." Lenalee spoke with a serious tone...when you had a school like theirs, you tended to be serious about getting to class.
Their school was so packed the principal painted yellow lines on the floor so everyone could get through. He even threatened to put up traffic lights in the hallways. Lavi just thought some hallway monitors with bright construction uniforms could do the job pretty well...especially if that hallway monitor was Kanda. Now that would make some progress. His attitude plus his patience would do just perfect.
"Let's go." Lavi nodded and Lenalee followed him to class quickly.
The day went on like any other day and Lavi felt nervous when he started his bright orange truck to leave to the hospital. He didn't know why he was so nervous, even Lenalee admitted that he was really good with people...so why was he so nervous? Well there is a possibility that Allen could have actually murdered his father when he was eight years old so...Lavi reasoned his thoughts. He sighed and put his car in reverse to back out of his parking space. He then shifted his gear and moved forward. I can do this...you can do this Lavi, no sweat! Lavi attempted encouraging himself. He put his black and white apron on while he was at a red light and slipped on his ID badge. His stomach started knotting when he actually pulled into the hospital's parking lot.
He didn't even get to walk through the front door when he already had a problem on his hands. Kanda was cursing out the security guards who were trying to shove him out of the building. Lavi hurriedly ran up and showed the security guards his badge, literally feeling like an FBI Agent just then. Not only did he feel cool, but he felt awesome when they actually backed down. Lavi apologized to the security guards and 'escorted' Kanda inside.
"What did you do to piss them off?!" Lavi asked incredulously.
"I just told them to fuck off and let me through." Kanda seethed. Lavi rolled his eyes.
"Yuu-chan, you can't just do that-ow!" Lavi whined when Kanda smacked him upside the head.
"Don't call me that!" He snarled.
"Yeah, yeah, just follow me and be cool." Lavi said and professionally walked through the halls of the Black Order Hospital, up to the third floor and entered the Mental Ward Office. He leaned on the desk and smiled coyly at Nurse Eliade. She raised her eyebrows at him. "So how have you been?" He asked flirtatiously. Eliade rolled her eyes.
"I have a boyfriend, Bookman." She informed. "Also, I'm way out of your league. What do you want, tough guy?" Eliade asked. "You already know where Allen's room is, don't you?" She asked, starting to look through her stack of papers for a map of the hospital.
"Yeah, I do. But...I have a friend that would also like to work in the Candy Striper field with me. Well, actually I have two, but Lenalee isn't here yet." Lavi explained, completely ditching his flirting act. Kanda rolled his eyes at Lavi's actions.
"Oh really? Do they also want to work in the Mental Ward District?" She asked, still searching for that map...Lavi was so tempted to say Well why else would I come to the Mental Ward Office? but kept the comment to himself.
"Yup!" He replied cheerfully.
"Well, aren't we the lucky ones?" She asked smoothly.
"Lavi! I'm here! I got a little lost on the way here so it took me awhile but I'm-oh hello there." Lenalee greeted politely at Eliade. Eliade nodded.
"You must be the other Candy Striper Lavi is talking about. You guys do know what risks you're taking by signing up to be in the Mental Ward District, correct?" She asked, all casualness gone. She now had a professional aura around her and it sort of scared Lavi. I hope not all nurses are like that...Lavi thought. Lavi and Lenalee nodded to Eliade's question and Kanda just grunted in reply. "I'll need you all to sign a form, are any of you under the age of eighteen?" Eliade asked. Lenalee raised her hand hesitantly.
"Can I just...give you my brother's number and you can call him up? I really don't want to bring him here..." She mumbled bitterly. Eliade nodded and handed Kanda and Lenalee both an application. Kanda filled it out with ease, having done this so many times before. No, Kanda had never been fired, he just quit a lot because he didn't want to put up with society's 'bullshit.' He handed it back to her in less than two minutes.
"...thanks?" She thanked uncertainly and put it in a file before putting it in a cupboard full of other files.
Lenalee filled hers out a little more slower and turned it in after about ten minutes. Eliade went to the back and dialed Komui's number. She returned shortly with a disdained look on her face but stamped Lenalee's file all the same. She then went into the back once again and returned with two uniforms. It was a lot easier than Lavi expected the process to be. He smiled with delight when Lenalee tied the apron around her no problem. He looked over at Kanda and sighed.
"Glaring at the apron will not help you get it on, Yuu-chan." Lavi informed. Kanda moved his glare over im Lavi's direction.
"I am not putting this thing on." Kanda said sternly. Eliade rolled her eyes and put her hand on her hip.
"You're required to wear it, bozo." She informed. Kanda shifted his glare to her.
"Why?" He asked. She shrugged.
"Fine, fine, be identified as a Mental Ward patient, the hell if I care." She said casually. Lavi grinned and Eliade sent him a smirk back. She was so using trickery on him. Kanda grumpily tied the apron on and crossed his arms stubbornly.
"This is so dumb...why can't we just wear a leather coat or some shit like that?" Kanda asked with that permanent glare of his.
"Because only a creepy guy like you would want to wear a leather jacket." Lavi teased. Kanda glared at him and he immediately cowered. "I was just kidding!" He squeaked.
"Okay, now where the fuck do I go?" He asked rudely. Eliade walked past him and beckoned them all to follow her. She stopped by Allen's room first and gestured for Lavi to go in.
"Allen's in there now but he doesn't seem to want to eat his lunch today...I hope you can help him out with that. You two, follow me." She smiled and led them away. Lavi waved them goodbye and looked back at the door to Allen's room. The butterflies came back full force and his stomach knotted together painfully.
"You can do this, Lavi." Lavi told himself. He took a deep breath and knocked on the door before entering the room. "...hello?" He greeted, slowly walking inside. He almost felt the need to tip toe with how quiet it was. He sat down in the chair next to Allen, who was staring ahead exactly like he was yesterday. "...hey..." Lavi waved. Allen slowly looked over at Lavi and widened his eyes again before looking away bashfully. "Nervous, huh? Me too! I'm not usually nervous when I meet new people, but for some reason I am today." Lavi spoke just as Miranda did to the boy yesterday. "So how are you feeling today?" Lavi asked.
"Mm..." Allen hummed and looked over at Lavi cautiously. He looked around to make sure no one else was in the room with them. "...g-good..." He mumbled in a whisper. Lavi's face brightened up like a Christmas tree on Christmas day. He talked to me! Lavi inwardly cheered. Good, we're making progress!
"That's good, so do you have any friends here?" Lavi asked. Allen shook his head, his eyes slowly starting to narrow to their normal width. "If you want, I can ask the nurses if you can meet the other patients, I'm sure it'd be a lot of fun...but...you should probably eat your lunch or your stomach would growl and you'd scare everyone off." Lavi smiled at him.
Surprisingly enough, Allen smiled back.
I don't care if this chapter is kinda short, I said 3k words and this is good enough. I really need to get started on that other story though xD I have been out and about for the entire day and I haven't been able to work on this as much as I would've wanted. I did get boots thought that I will definitely be using for my Allen Walker cosplay :3 But other than that...I don't believe I have anything else to say...
Tyki: -snickers-
Vira: -snaps head to side- why are you laughing?
Tyki: Oh, no reason, just remembering how you slipped and fell on your ass today is all. -snickers some more-
Vira: -3- -opens up door to glitter room-
Tyki: -runs away-
Vira: -smirks- ...I didn't really...fall on my butt...I swear...-lies-...anyways, thanks to-HOLY CRAP 14 REVIEWS ON THE FIRST CHAPTER?! I LOVE YOU GUYS!...right, I'm not crazy...heh...thank you to Snipperita, Pineapplebombgirl (*Feels so accomplished*), spoons-are-evil (pretty good guesses!...but no xD), VeridianSoul, TOLAZYTOLOGIN, the3leonine, Sparkle-de-Cat (Me give up on a story?! You're crazy!...-looks at other unfinished stories-...okay so maybe you're not that crazy...), emiwwy-17, NoName-Chan (*sadistic Road face*), midnightstardust, Shirubagure (No this is not love at first sight, I swear xD I'm not sure about adding Neah into this though...), CsillaDream, xXlovinlavenXx, Lyokni (I just didn't know if they bothered anyone or not xD I don't think it's possible for me to shorten my AN's though -stares at AN- Crap. I made it long again...-sigh-) for reviewing!
I know I'm kind of half-assedly thanking you all for reviews...would you rather me reply to your reviews instead? I just don't want to make the AN too long cause it makes it seem like the story is only 3/4 written and then 1/4 of it is an AN...(two AN's at that)...I...dunno...SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT TO DO!Without the AN's this chapter is 2.7k words long...and if you rounded that up it'd be 3k, right? So like...you guys are fine if it's shortened by like 300 words, right? RIGHT?!...I...I don't even know anymore...would you rather me tell you how many words this chapter truly is in each chapter? AM I JUST OVER-THINKING ALL OF THIS?! I think I'm just paranoid...anyways...until next chapter, I will see you all lovelies later~
