/ A/N: More update of February 5th: I've forgotten the divider lines here and there. D: So I'm going through all the chapters to put them in. /
2. Koko ni iru yo!
They had gotten interviewed. Lavi didn't like being interviewed to the TV – he didn't want to appear in front of everyone anywhere, he didn't like being recorded into whatever the film-material was. It had always been his way: staying on the very top of news, knowing maybe even more than the people themselves, but hating his knowledge being used by others.
He was a bookworm, yes, but it didn't mean he was a weak soul who only lived to record things. No, he was a bookworm with intelligence and one who always knew where he was and where he was going to be. Not many knew he was adventurous and a good fighter, a tactic with abnormal skills.
One of those "not many" who knew was Lenalee Lee – the sister of the craziest science teacher EVER. Lenalee knew many things about people around her and she was somehow easy to be with. Her beauty got most fooled, but she was actually one of the brightest young women Lavi had ever seen, met or read about. Also Komui – that crazy brother of hers – knew the truth about Lavi. Komui was a genius – at least as far as Lavi could know, for that teacher about NEVER came to his own lessons and made Reever Wenham (the analytic living next door to the school) come instead.
"I can't say what happened, I didn't see", the Lavi in TV had told the reporter. Lavi in person, currently watching TV, groaned in anger. He had never thought an empty comment like that would end up in the evening news. What would Gramps say to this? No, of course he wouldn't be able to say a thing – no one could say a thing from beyond the grave (peace to his soul) – but his opinion still weighted a lot more to the redhead than most.
"C'mon old Panda" he said to the empty room, "lend me your head for a while. This is becoming a BIG mess."
There was no answer, but that wasn't so big a surprise. Even when the Panda still lived, there would mainly be silence around. Peace to his soul.
This dilemma was making the redhead angry, so he shut the TV by pressing the remote's red button with his toe and then knocked his forehead, in order to make himself think harder.
He gave everybody a huge smile when entering the podium.
"Good morning everyone, it's ever so nice to see you all here this early in the morning," he greeted his audience, "Under the strict surveillance of our beloved history teacher Marian Cross, I am here to talk to you all today, since a little…mishap happened earlier, forcing me into the position of teaching you what happened in England through all 19th Century… The clock is ticking, so yeah, let's begin… At the beginning of that Century, England was ruled by…." and so on, he talked and talked with a motionless smile and lively eyes, captivating most of the students present. His knowledge surprised their "beloved history teacher" Cross, though he didn't show it of course.
When Lavi Grayman walked down from the Punishment Podium he quietly hoped that Allen would've been present during this. He would've cherished the smaller boy's encouraging smile, and maybe he would've been able to ignore The Yu's Glare™. The fact that Allen wasn't here worried him, though. Really, really worried him. Allen was his very good friend, had been for years, so it was natural. Normally Allen would've at least sent him an empty text message if he was going to skip Cross' lessons again…
The final five minutes of the lessons consisted of Cross giving them huge piles of…let's just call it STRANGE…homework. Many misunderstood it today, too, Lavi was sure. As for himself, he wouldn't necessarily HAVE to write down all of that, everything was clearly written inside his head, anyway.
So, as he strode outside, the day was opening before him as a homework free one! More than cool, for once…
Then, he found himself gasping aloud. The scene was far from what he had expected to come across, anytime, anywhere.
"Oi, Usagi! Get your mother fucking butt over here, carrying this bean around is not my job, it's yours", the cold voice belonging to no other than the feared athlete samurai, Yu Kanda, sure as hell reached the redhead's ears. He did like Kanda though, the guy was icky and picky, but Lavi knew he had a heart inside, too. Or…well…he trusted Lenalee at that. And Komui had given positive reference for the Japanese at his entrance to the school, too…
"But I thought you were strong, Yu…" Lavi pouted, seemingly giving the Japanese an ulcer.
"That has nothing to do with beans. Take him", he grumbled and pushed the seemingly sound asleep sleepwalking Allen Walker to the redhead he preferred to call "Bunny" or "Carrot".
"Oh…you know, beans are light to carry, I just thought you'd be strong enough to…" okay, maybe showing Kanda that he had not gotten Lavi's message right wasn't the brightest of ideas in the middle of a school day when everyone's having a break outside or going home. No, it wasn't the best of plans, yet it had already passed. Lavi gave a faint squeak and within milliseconds he was on his way, carrying Allen bridal-style and just barely managing to hold the space between his dearly beloved thighs and that cursed sword the samurai had secretly been carrying.
Lenalee gave him the odd eye. She still had her phone at hand and the other hand was at her hip, making her posture even more like that of a scolding mother. Lavi had no idea what more to say so he just grinned stupidly and hoped he would be forgiven this once.
As if realizing the intimidating situation he was in, Allen suddenly started to wake up. Yawning with superb technique that made some small cracks sound from his jaw and his neck he nuzzled closer to Lavi just before opening his hazy eyes and slowly grasping the place.
"Yu…where are we? Oh…hello Lenalee", he mumbled and Lavi raised his eyebrows. Yu? Was Allen really calling the infamous samurai by his first name?
"I have to say, you really make your moves quickly when you have a relationship at hand. Never knew Yu-chan would buy it, though", Lavi grinned and the grin grew into a laugh when the white-haired boy in his arms suddenly realized he was not in Kanda's arms, but Lavi's.
Oh…shit.
"Allen…umm…what's happened to you? You kind of look like you've been run over or something…" Lenalee raised her sweet voice. At least her presence made Allen feel a little bit better…though he really would've preferred a little more scary-no, no. No way!
"…Heeey…did Kanda do this to you?" Lavi teased
"No. No, he didn't", Allen answered honestly, then quickly and more suspiciously continued, "What makes you think he would have?"
"Well…maybe that you were calling to him when you woke up, kind of like you were totally used to snuggling with him in the morning", Lavi laughed at Allen's shocked face and then screamed when the smaller boy started whacking him:
"I-DO-NOT-SNUGGLE-WITH-HIM! I HATE HIM, LAVI, I HAAAAAATE HIM!"
