I'm sorry for the confusion. Kanda is 19, Lavi is 18, and Allen is 15 in this story. And Allen's left hand is normal cuz there's no innocence...
oops forgot disclaimer: I don't own D.gray-man
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Lavi woke up to the sound of running water. He groaned and stretched his limbs out. The couch could get uncomfortable at times. He realized there was a blanket on top of him. He smiled. Kanda did care once in a while.
He stifled a yawn and sat up.
Oh right, Cross visited yesterday and left him with another burden. He looked over to the space where the kid was yesterday and panicked to find an empty space.
"Shit" He cursed and got up looking around. The place was too small for a place to hide. The water stopped and Kanda came out of the bathroom patting his face with a towel.
"Good morning." Lavi greeted him. Kanda grunted as his response and sat on the chair of the dining table. There on another seat was the kid. Lavi sighed in relief. Kanda just stared as the boy still continued to draw in his sketchbook.
"Who is he?" The first words out of Kanda since he came back.
"Dunno, Cross left him here yesterday.He's living with us now.", Lavi looked at the clock. He had to get ready for school.
Kanda furrowed his eyebrow and looked at him in disdain.
"Be nice to him, we're getting paid for this." Lavi said and went into the restroom to get ready.
When he came out, Kanda was drinking coffee still seated in the same place. Kanda didn't go to school since he had dropped out a long time ago. At times Lavi seriously thought of dropping out too but he wanted a future. It was his dream to go to a university and study as much as he wanted to. Intellectually, he could easily do it. Financially, it was a far reach, plus he couldn't do much with Kanda and now this kid that popped out of nowhere.
He went to the kitchen to get a cup of his own coffee. "Look Kanda, I have to go to school, so can you please do me a favor and look after him?"
"Why should I?" Kanda sounded uninterested.
"It's the least you could do for me." Lavi stated simply. He wasn't in the mood for another long argument. He was too tired.
Kanda didn't give an answer so he took that as a yes and left for school.
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"Hey Lavi! How are you?" It was Lenalee. Sweet Lenalee who still remained a loyal friend to Lavi.
Lavi smiled and responded, "I'm good, you?" It was lunchtime and they sat down.
"I'm alright! Just my brother managed to embarrass me once again in class." Lenalee smiled sweetly and Lavi felt more relaxed.
"How's Kanda?" Lenalee asked. The three of them were friends since they were little but times changed. Komui didn't even like
the idea of his precious sister still hanging out with Lavi.
Lavi sighed, "He came out of the hospital yesterday."
"Oh...I should visit sometime." Lenalee smiled and Lavi just nodded. Lunch passed in silence.
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Lavi worked part time at the convenience store. It was small and the old lady was kind. But the pay was small, he would have to get another job. He was already behind in paying rent.
"Lavi, you look tired. Maybe you should take the day off." The kind lady worried about him.
"I'm fine ma'm! I already missed yesterday so I don't think I should take off another day." Besides, I really need the money Lavi thought grimly. He put on his fake smile that fooled almost everyone. Kanda was the exception. The kind old lady just nodded and let him be.
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"I'm back" Lavi muttered to himself as he entered his small house. He was praying that Kanda didn't do anything drastic while he was gone.
He sighed in relief when he saw Kanda smoking while looking out the window.
He looked towards the boy and sat across him. Today was Friday so he could finally rest.
"Hey kid, what are you drawing?" Lavi attempted a conversation. The boy ignored him and continued to draw with his variety of crayons. He was currently holding a red one.
"His name's Allen." Kanda said without much care.
Lavi was surprised. "How do you know?"
Kanda snorted, "He told me, stupid." He threw the cigar out the window and closed it.
"He talked?" Lavi was still surprised.
"Yeah, well that's what people do." Kanda said in sarcasm.
Lavi shut his mouth before he said anything wrong and looked towards Allen. Having been caught staring, Allen quickly looked down at his sketchbook and frantically started coloring in it. Maybe he wasn't as stupid as Cross had proclaimed.
"Hey Allen, nice to meet you. I'm Lavi." Lavi introduced himself to Allen. Maybe he had given the wrong first impression and had scared the kid.
Unfortunately, the young boy ignored him once more and continued coloring, this time with a green crayon. While coloring frantically with one arm, he was shielding the drawing from view with his right arm. Lavi gave up trying to start a conversation. He didn't feel like talking anyways, he just wanted to rest.
Kanda came over from the window and sat down on the dining table with them. His arm was resting on the table. Lavi's one eye shifted towards it and noticed it was too skinny. Just skins and bones. He felt disgusted with Kanda's self harming habits.
"Did you eat today?" Lavi knew the answer already.
Kanda just snorted and looked away. The only noise was the scratching of the crayon against the white paper.
"I'm tired today. Let's just microwave some frozen food." Lavi got up from the table and opened the fridge. He grabbed a package and put it into the microwave.
Cooking properly required lots of ingredients. Lots of ingredients required lots of money. Lavi didn't have that money. He was good at cooking but it was rare he ever cooked anymore.
Kanda was just staring silently at Allen's drawing. Allen was still in his own little world. Lavi looked at them picturing them in different situations where the world wasn't so messed up. Where Kanda smiled freely (although that was hard to imagine) without hurting himself and Allen laughed and acted like a normal teenage boy. He was brought out of his reverie with the beeping of the microwave.
"Here kid eat some food." Lavi was still in the habit of calling Allen kid. He didn't really want to give him a name, it would only make him feel attached to him. He only wanted to keep him here for a while and immediately let go of him once Cross came back. Maybe Allen could feel this and so pretended Lavi wasn't there.
He passed another plate to Kanda and sat down with his own plate of food. He started eating but noticed both Kanda and Allen weren't touching their plates. Kanda was just sitting with his head resting on his hand and Allen was still coloring.
He was starting to feel a little pissed. He was trying so hard yet these two didn't give a care in the world. Lavi rarely got extremely angry but his ignored emotions were slowly piling up.
Kanda seemed to notice and slowly picked up his fork and started eating. Kanda could always tell how Lavi felt even though he was good at hiding it probably because they had lived together for such a long time.
Once Kanda started eating Allen furtively glanced at Kanda and started eating slowly on his own too. Lavi stared, his anger slowly dissipating. He smiled slightly and resumed eating.
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"I think I need a new job." Lavi said to no one in particular. It was nighttime and they were on the roof of the apartment. Lavi and Kanda
always went up to the roof at nighttime. It was the only time things felt peaceful. But this time Allen was with them.
Kanda was laying on his back gazing towards the dark sky. Stars were barely ever visible from all the city lights and pollution. Allen was sitting next to Kanda for once not drawing in his sketchbook, probably because it was too dark.
"I think he's comfortable with you, Yuu." Lavi said in a teasing tone to him.
Kanda glared at him then smirked, "Jealous?"
Lavi snorted. He looked towards the sky. The large full moon was shining over their heads. He looked towards Kanda and could see he had a content look on his face for once.
If only things could remain this peaceful all the time. Lavi truly wished for that.
End Chapter 2
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Nothing really happened in this chapter but it's still only the beginning and their relationships are slowly developing.
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