The next morning, Fou began to ask very suspicious questions about him.
After a few embarrassing pictures of him sleeping, he woke up to the sound of screaming. He bolted downstairs to make sure no one was in any life-threatening danger...but, alas, it was just Rikei setting spaghetti on fire...again...which made Allen wonder briefly why he was making spaghetti in the morning anyways. Dismissing it as being insane, he continued on with his conversation with Fou, which started out with a "What do you think of Lavi?" from Fou.
"Why?" Allen asked suspiciously as he poured a certain bitter, morning liquid into his coffee mug and added necessities to make it more sweet.
"Just curious. I figured I'd start with him."
"What do you mean?" Allen sipped his coffee and winced at the hot temperature. Too hot.
"Like, Lenlaee, Kanda, all that. Just answer the question."
"Lavi, huh?" He hummed to himself. "He's a dork."
"...that's it?"
"That's all that needs to be said." Allen insisted, taking an ice cube from the freezer and plopping one in his too-hot-sweetness.
"No 'he's cute'? No 'he's funny'? No 'he's stupid'? None of that?"
"I question you on the first one, but yeah. None of that. He's just a big dork."
"Describe 'dork.'" Fou asked with air quotations. Allen rolled his eyes.
"Like..." He thought for a moment. "The kinda guy who sings in his underwear and dances around the house when he's home alone."
"Pfft. Yeah, he does seem that way."
"He is that way."
"How do you know? You've never met him."
"Um...we talk everyday?" Allen supplied.
"Everyday?"
"Yes, everyday."
"But Lenalee said that the chat is quiet at times and there's been a time where no one talked for a few days."
"By talking I mean we message each other directly one on one."
"Oh?" She asked, a sly smile forming onto her face. "What do you guys talk about?"
"Why are you so curious anyways?" Allen countered.
"Because that's just how I am. Now spill."
"We talk about the weather." Allen replied shortly. Fou gave him a long stare before shaking her head.
"Who the fuck talks about the weather?"
"You sound like Kanda..." Allen grumbled. "And we do. We just talk about everyday things. It's been quite a cold Spring this year." He muttered sourly, looking down at his phone to see that he received a text from Lavi about one of his dates the other week and what Allen thought about it. Allen clicked his screen off with an eye roll and pocketed his phone.
"What else?" Allen paused and lifted his mug to his mouth, sipping it.
"Dates." Fou felt her heart skip a beat.
"Liiiiike?"
"Dates that he takes girls out on? He talks about that a lot." Fou's heartbeat slowed down extremely, hearing those words.
"Oh." But Lenalee said...Fou took out her phone too and begin to message said pig-tailed girl.
Fou: I thought you said Lavi had a crush on Allen...
Lenalee: He does, why?
Fou: Allen just said that Lavi messages him about dates he takes girls out on -3-
Lenalee: ...I didn't even know they messaged each other one on one...what do they talk about? Other than Lavi's odd dates?
Fou: ...the fucking weather.
Lenalee: ...who talks about the weather...?
Fou: Them apparently.
Lenalee: Well at least we're slightly progressing...
Fou: Slightly is an understatement.
Lenalee: ...actually...maybe not...Lavi doesn't talk about his dates with a lot of people. I mean, if something reminds him of one of them, he will, but he doesn't go out of his way just to tell one of us about it...maybe it's a sign...
Fou: ...maybe...
"So what does he say about these dates?" Fou asked, continuing her messaging with Lenalee.
"Usually he points out flaws or little things about the girls." Allen paused. "Now that I think about it...I don't think I've ever heard him compliment them...I wonder why he even bothers going out with them if he isn't interested. I heard some people date each other for sex...do you think he's doing that?" Allen asked bluntly.
"The way you so calmly put that impresses me, Allen." Fou replied. Allen shrugged.
"I've learned a lot since high school."
"Obviously, but where was I?" She mumbled. "Anyways, how does bowling sound?"
"Bowling? Last night was swimming...what's got you so hyped up lately?"
"This bitch has a job." She winked.
"Really? Then shouldn't you be saving it to buy a car or something?" Fou waved him off.
"Nah, Bak's gonna give me his old piece of shit."
"Aren't old cars death machines?"
"Yeah, but who cares? As long as it gets me where I need to go, I'm good."
"If you insist."
"When are you getting a job?" She asked, sweat dropping when Allen's expression darkened.
"I already put in a few apps two days ago. I'm going to see if they call me first and then I'm going to call them after five days."
"Seems legit. Get ready, we gotta go do some stuff before I go to work."
"Where do you work?"
"Taco Bell."
"Ah..." Allen mumbled and dumped the last sugary bit of coffee down the sink before heading to the bathroom to change his clothes. My wallet's upstairs, I should get that...I don't think Fou would be so happy if I ate her wallet to a hole. Allen thought and headed upstairs. Fou, meanwhile, began to talk in 'the chat' as they liked to refer it to.
Fou: Fuck yeah, bowling~!
Lenalee: O.o?
Fou: We're going bowling ;3
Lenalee: Sounds fun c:
Lavi: I wanna go bowling!
Fou: ...then go bowling?
Lavi: I can't, I have work to do v-v
Fou: ...work?
Lavi: Yeah, like, homework. I am in college, after all
Fou: ...really?!
Lavi: Um...yeah...?
Fou: Pfft, I didn't realize idiots could make it into college
Lavi: QnQ
Lenalee: xD so mean
Fou: I try ;D
Lenalee: So are you taking everyone bowling?
Fou: Yep!...everyone is here...except Allen, he went upstairs to get something I think I wasn't really listening :l
Lenalee: xDDDD ouch. Poor guy.
Lavi: Send us a pictureee
Fou: How about a video? All us babes deserve spotlight~ even if Shifu does look a little creepy
Lenalee: ouch. Again. xD
Fou: ;)
Fou sent a video message.
Everyone clicked on it and watched it with a smile. She had to've recorded this beforehand to get it to be more than fifteen seconds long. Lavi watched as she showed and introduced everyone to the camera. "I wonder what's taking Allen so long..." She wondered to herself. "This sunlight is killing my eyes ugh." She moved the screen to shield her eyes, just as Allen was coming downstairs in the background. "So, question, how are we getting th-" Allen tripped over...whatever the hell that thing was and face planted the floor. Lavi winced just watching it. The boy sat up with tears that had to be from pain in his eyes. "Uwahhh, owwww...what did I trip over?" Fou smirked towards the camera and gestured to the cute, little white haired teen. "Allen Walker, everyone." Allen looked up and blushed, seeing a red icon on her phone screen. "Please tell me you did not get that..." She grinned. "I so did."
Lenalee: omg xDDD what did he trip over?
Fou: ...a rug...I think? Yeah, it's all wrinkled so...
Lavi: Omg he is so bae xD
Fou: AWE
Lavi: o^o;;?
Lenalee: xD
Kanda: Wow, what a fucking idiot.
Allen: Takes one to know one, BAKAnda. -3-
Kanda: Fuck you.
Fou: xD
Fou: Sorry, Kanda, I don't ship it.
Kanda: The fuck are you talking about
Fou: ;D
Kanda: Bitch
Fou: Thank you~
The chat grew a little quiet, so Lavi messaged Allen to tease him.
Lavi: Smooth move there, babe.
Allen: -_-
Allen: My name is Allen
Lavi: I know~
Allen: That rug shouldn't have been wrinkled.
Lavi: There, there *pats shoulder* everyone fucks up sometimes.
Allen: Shut up
Lavi: D:
Allen: Don't you dare
Lavi: ;n;
Allen: Stop
Lavi: QnQ
Allen: UGH
Lavi: TT^TT why you no love meeee (~;n;)~
Allen: What the heck is that
Lavi: That's me reaching out to hug you but your too cold to accept it
Allen: you're*
Lavi: Oh no...you're turning into Lenalee...
Allen: xD you got it right that time! :D
Lavi: -_-
Allen: Love youuuu xD
"Whatcha talkin' bout?" Fou asked, looking over his shoulder. Allen quickly clicked Lavi's face to minimize his messenger bubble.
"Hm?"
"Who were you talking to?"
"Lavi. He made fun of me. This is your fault, you know." Fou beamed at his accusation.
"Cute. Anyways, are we going to go or what?"
"Yeah, like I was trying to ask earlier, how are we going to get there?"
"Walk."
"Fou, please..."
"It's not that far! Come on!"
And so, they spent the rest of the day bowling and then hanging out and going out to eat. From time to time, Fou would capture pictures of Allen nearly dropping his ball, or catching a few videos of him accidentally throwing his ball and it landing with a loud thud on the floor. They ended up having to get bumpers put on because he sucked...really bad. She sent many of said embarrassing moments to the chat and grinned away as he sulked in a chair. They had fun though. Fou ended up winning with Shifu in second and Rikei in third. Lou Fa was in third, and she tried cheering Allen up, but seeing as her score was higher than his, it just wasn't working. They ate at a Chinese place, bringing up the topics of Pandas in the chat.
Lavi: I call my grandfather panda. He looks like a panda.
Allen: How can someone look like a panda?
Lavi Bookman sent a picture message
Fou: Holy shit he DOES look like a panda
Allen: o_o;;
Lenalee: xD he is quite unique, huh?
Lavi: See, Lena? He looks like a panda, I TOLD you.
Allen: That reminds me, I saw this one shirt at the thrift store the other day and it had a picture of a Kanda with a mustache on it
Allen: OH GOD
Allen: NO GUYS NOT KANDA
Allen: PANDA
Allen: PANDA I MEANT PANDA
Lavi: PFFFFFT OMG I
Lenalee: *dying*
Fou: Pfft, he couldn't even finish a sentence.
Allen: I meant panda ;n; why is Kanda saved into my pho-FOU
Fou: It kept trying to correct it when I jacked your phone so.
Allen: Dx
Lenalee: xDD
Lavi sent a picture message.
Lavi did something dangerous just then. He sent a picture of Kanda with a mustache photoshopped onto his face. Despite the danger he would soon be in, Fou and Allen started laughing hysterically in the crowded restaurant. They were literally dying of laughter. Allen definitely made sure to save that picture. They continued to laugh until Shifu and Rikei elbowed them, gesturing to all the glares they were getting for the disruption.
Kanda: I'm going to fucking KILL you, rabbit.
Lavi: Shit...I'm sorry Yuu, I'm dying...can't kill me if I'm dying xDDD
Kanda: The next time I see you, you're dead.
Lenalee: I love you guys xD
Lavi: Omg now I want to make this a shirt
Kanda: I'll rip it apart. And then I'll rip you apart. And then I'll burn you with it.
Toma: ...pfft.
Lenalee: EVEN TOMA IS LAUGHING I CAN'T EVEN RIGHT NOW
Allen and Fou wiped tears from their eyes and apologized to their friends. They tried keeping a straight face, but ended up giggling every so often. After they were excused to leave, they all went their separate ways back home. Allen collapsed in his bed and grinned to himself. He probably looked insane. If Cross were to see him...wait...Allen paused and walked downstairs and then into the basement and searched every room. I haven't seen him since yesterday...where did he go? Allen shrugged, figuring that he would be back whenever. He did tend to disappear for a few days and come back for dinner or booze. Allen preferred to not think about what he did when he wasn't home. After once again falling on his bed, he took his phone out and clicked on Lavi's bubble after unlocking his phone.
Allen: That. Was. Amazing.
Lavi: I am amazing, aren't I? ;D
Allen: Yes.
Lavi: :)
Allen: Anyways, I'm going to bed now...it's so late.
Lavi: ikr like 1...22 am holy shit I have work tomorrow.
Allen paused and looked at the clock curiously. It read 1:22am...did that mean...?
Allen: I don't want to freak you out or anything, but where do you live? I mean, we don't have different timezones...so
Lavi: I live in North Carolina, you?
Allen: o_o;;; that's surprisingly closer than I thought
Allen wasn't the only one excited about this at the moment.
Lavi: WHERE DO YOU LIVE TELL ME NAOW
Allen: xD Ohio.
Lavi: O_O DUDE! That's like only EIGHT hours away!
Allen: Yeah, I suppose so xP
Lavi: That is so cool.
Allen: I suppose...
Lavi: WE SHOULD MEET EACH OTHER IRL SOMETIME
Allen: Irl?
Lavi: In real life. Duh. xD
Allen: Uhh...don't you have college? I don't really have any funds to go anywhere...
Lavi: v~v once again, the miserable thing called life strikes us down
Allen: Of course...I could always go acquire the funds
Lavi: o^o?
Allen: :P
Lavi: Hug me I'm scared
Allen: Omg no
Lavi: Time is a wonderful thing :D
Allen: More like creepiest thing ever. And I thought my stalker was creepy, but that's on a whole new level.
Lavi: ...you have a stalker?
Allen: More or less. No worries, though, he lives in Portugal.
Lavi: o-o;;;;;?
Allen: right?
Lavi: Anywaaaays, I have to get some sleep.
Allen: Same here, goodnight Lavi :P
Lavi: Night, Alleeeeeen~
Allen clicked his disturbingly bright screen off and laid his phone beside his pillow, closing his eyes. It'd been a long time since he was able to sleep peacefully. Ever since he met Lenalee and the others, that changed drastically. It was like his entire life lit up. He was so...happy. He'd never been so happy...not since Mana...and that was saying something. Yeah, he was happy around Fou and the others, but since they all had different lives and they didn't see each other as often as Allen would have hoped. So what if his best friends were online? He already knew what they looked like...what they liked...who they were. He knew nearly everything about them. We should meet in real life sometime...somehow, Lavi's voice echoed through Allen's head. He's only heard it a couple of times, but enough to be able to get an idea of what he sounds like. And now he was in Allen's head. That would be fun...but it takes a lot more effort than that...he thought, sighing.
To meet them in real life...Allen would be the happiest person in the world.
Vira: Yay it's finally dooone. I took too long on this chapter...and it's not even as long as I wanted it to be ;n; sorry, I've been so busy lately getting ready for Colossalcon and working and sleeping and working and *sigh* I went to work at 10pm last night and haven't been to bed since *looks at the clock* it's 11am. I'm gonna die. Oh and I made Lavi, Lenalee, Kanda, and Toma live in North Carolina and Allen live in Ohio because it's going to mostly be in his POV and I live in Ohio so it's easier to talk freely about it...I lived in North Carolina before, but I haven't been there in forever so I might fuck up something like state laws or something o-o;; In the beginning, I was thinking about making Allen live in England (because of his accent and he "used" to live in England) but then I realized I've never been to England or know the rules of it and I'd definitely fuck up then.
Tyki: Please get on with it.
Vira: -3- Anyyyywhoodles! I'd like to thank xxFall3n-Ang3lxx, Will of the Abyss - AllenxRoad (kitteeehhhh you revieweddd, such happinesss and yeah I agree. Prissy does always have pictures of Syd-chan xD), CaptainoftheRirenShip (uwahhh another kitteh QuQ. And thank you, I try. ;3), Asuka Rae (thanks x3), dcdc123 (yayyy *heart*), VeridianSoul (you're welcome~! It was so much fun to write. It reminds me of 'the chat' so much...my babes...), Jui-Imouto-Chan (tanks ;u;), catspats31 (not really thanking you all that much, but the rules say that having complete chat as in no plot whatsoever is forbidden. The story is not a complete chat so ^u^ even if it was, I would not change it because it is perf and no admin has complained to me, so until one does, I will not be changing it), CsillaDream (LOL SUMAN. Oh kitteh.), Pineapplebombgirl (I'm kinda thinking Lenalee is combined with Jessi-chan and I xD Jessi-chan's sexualness and my grammar naziness. I do plan on having more people added into it, but so far, I'm not sure, though I think Nami might be Toma since he barely goes in the chat and usually reacts quietly to everything xD), "Lost in a World of Idiots" (lol your name contradicts you. Yeah DEFINITELY not thanking YOU. "without attempt at plot" please read the story before you go spouting nonsense, please. The first half of the story was about Allen's life, the chat wasn't introduced later until later on), NoName-chan (All my kittehs are reviewing for the FIRST TIME IN FOREVERRRR xD QuQ makes me sooo happy. Star-chan's gonna kick your ass btw. ;D), SHIPPER OF ANIME, and Guest for reviewing!
Tyki: ...do you even breathe...?