Ah! 4 reviews, so kind of you people. :) Glad you like it so far, and yes the plot line is quite the twist. Sorry for all the stuck up formality for the character right now. It will loosen up! :D
Edit in random while working on this : I read the recent manga updates for man, so if this chapter suddenly becomes crazy, that's why. XD ( It was indeed that ... emotion poking that I'm still anxious and off balance for the last 4 hours. )
Disclaimer : I don't own Man.
Also, any errors I had last chapter, I'll try to catch this time round. Sorry about that. ( Just noticed them ^^' )
Lenalee gave her bags to the butler to haul down the stairs. Hana had decided to stay during the weekend, to help reassure Lenalee for the upcoming tasks she may need to face in the next several years. Kaito stayed secluded in his room and Komui was working on a 'secret' project. Something to be used for Lenalee's future references if needed.
" Hana, I think I've gotten everything. Clothes, books, some other supplies, and so forth. Forgot to ask, but is Mr. Reever okay with you being here?" Lenalee asked somewhat quietly.
" Oh! He's fine with it. The fact that him and Komui have been friends since elementary, and everything else, it's so easy to speak with him! I wonder if you and Lavi will become closer..." Hana snickered, a sly smile on her face.
" Hana!" Lenalee exasperated with a flustered expression.
" Awe!~ So cute of an expression, Lenalee! You should really be more open sometimes. Being in your room and such is boring. I don't know how you do it! Kaito too, he's been stuck there for... well most of the weekend! He should at least come and talk to you! Or maybe more and school too, I hear you two are basically 50ft away from each other!" Hana exclaimed, shaking her arms animatedly.
Lenalee gave Hana a side glance. " That's normal. He and I never got along, maybe he's happy that I'm gone. Also, we do too talk at school. Just how me and him communicate is through arguing verbally while him and Kanda physically fight often. It's just how it is." Lenalee explained. " Oh don't think that Lenalee! He will too miss you. Your his baby sister! Also the fact your getting sent away to live with his best friend might end up really interesting, don't you think?" Hana spoke in a sing-song voice.
" You're being too optimistic about this. Way too optimistic! What are you thinking about, Hana?" Lenalee questioned, slightly afraid.
" Oh nothing that I need to corrupt your mind with!" Hana stated.
Lenalee looked at her horrified. " I don't want to know. I REALLY don't want to know. Sorry for asking." Lenalee's sweat dropped.
A light knocking came from the other side of the door. Lenalee opened it lightly to see her brothers. Both of them. She blinked a few times, letting them in. " It's rare for you both to come in here. You usually just come to wake me up, or poke at me about something. And why the down faces?" Lenalee looked at them both, poking at their cheeks.
Kaito smiled to her commentary. " Oh nothing irrelevant. Is it bad to see your little sister before she goes to live with your best friend?" Kaito stated, the last part slightly in a cold tone. Lenalee's sweat dropped. " I don't think being in the same house with Lavi is going to end really badly... I think?" Lenalee pondered out loud.
" YES IT WILL!" Komui hollered, hanging off Lenalee in a sobbing fit.
" Uhhh..." Lenalee stood there, wondering how to react to her brother this time. Hana stood there in a thought, disregarding her brothers dismay to the marriage set.
" I wonder if they will make you two have a wedding ceremony. I remember mine from last year. But since you're moving there today in a few hours, I wonder when things will get set then!" Hana clasped her hands together.
Kaito and Komui were stone to the comment.
" NO. Just no! I cannot imagine/go to that/see my little sister getting married to Lavi! Just no! Gahhh!" Kaito held his head, ruffling his hair he spends his time on, yelling to the ceiling. " Uh... Kaito. I'm not fond of it either, but the faster you come to accept it, the better? I didn't have a choice in this. I know you know that." Lenalee pointed out.
" ... If I have kids, them being girls, they aren't EVER getting married. I swear!" Kaito exclaimed. Komui only nodded to that statement. Lenalee's sweat dropped.
" Have you two ever considered talking to Lavi about it? He might understand, considering he has two younger sisters too. Just they're both way younger." Lenalee stopped in mid thought.
" You could be right, for once my little Neet geek sister!" Kaito huffed triumphantly. Lenalee glared at him. "Perverted older brother." She stated back. " Weird defiant.. uh.. child." Kaito failed the comeback.
" Haha! I win!" Lenalee smiled. Disregarding the time that was spent chatting, it had been nearly two hours amongst the four siblings. A maid came in to speak.
" Miss Lenalee, you need to be ready to depart in 15 minutes." The maid then blanked. " Blah! Is there such a thing as being lazy when it comes to needing to go do something?" she pondered out loud. " Yes, but it's time to get ready." Hana stated.
The two girls walking out the room, the boys followed in their trial through the mansion to the basement near the doorways. A black vehicle that had been there most of the day doing transport, had returned again. This time, to pick Lenalee up and go. Komui had entirely disregarded their father being there with them and leaped on Lenalee while creating rivers worth of tears.
" Oh don't go my sweet Lenalee! WHYYYYYYY!"
Lenalee's sweat dropped. Kaito, who soon pulled off Komui from Lenalee gave her a brief hug. " See you around, and better not be stuck on the computer over there. I'll find out about it." He 'lectured' in a way. Lenalee rolled her eyes. " And stop reading those 'magazines' Kaito." Lenalee chuckled. Hana smiled, " Be on your best behaviour. But just because your fiancee is Kaito's best friend, and also the head of the home doesn't mean you can't voice an opinion when needed." Hana stated in a dark voice.
Lenalee nodded while smiling, " Well, I'm off! See you all.. whenever?" Lenalee rubbed the back of her head, at a loss for words. Her father, looking at her expectantly had nodded. " Whenever it may be. Now focus towards that family for this is no longer a place you can come back to so frequently." He stated, then turned his back and left. Lenalee stood there puzzled by what he said, shrugged then left. She stared out the window to see her siblings standing outside in the cold, watching her go. Light white speckles began to fall from the sky. Snow, their mother's favourite weather. Lenalee smiled softly to herself and waved, and watched as her house grew smaller into the distance.
About an hour had passed from leaving her old home. Lenalee sighed with a bored expression. How far does he live from here anyway? She pondered to herself silently. Looking back outside, it had gotten warmer again and it was now rain, rather then the snow before. Looking ahead to see a fairly large estate, her eyes widened. Large black brick patterns, a golden gate, and a fairly large mansion was before her. Obviously Lavi's family wealth was much higher up then her own. That or it was just different architecture in effect. The vehicle pulled past the gates and near the establishment. The chauffeur opened the door and let her out, she nodded lightly and began walking towards the building. Lenalee stared out in awe, which was only for a brief moment before she was tackled by an 'unknown' source.
" I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!" A feminine voice yelled through the air, or more like into her ear. " Chomesuke, you shouldn't tackle people to the extent they fall over. I know you've been taught better. Now come inside, before you both get cold." another voice had spoke, an elderly man of a sorts.
" Ahh, Chomesuke, and Bookman-san. It's fine, I'm used to it by now." Lenalee let a light chuckle escape her lips and she got up and dusted herself off. " Sorry Lenalee-chan. I just found out! Why wouldn't you tell me when you found out? Seriously." Chomesuke huffed. " Busy weekend?.." Lenalee looked at Chomesuke with no excuse.
Chomesuke smiled lightly and dragged her inside.
" Lavi's working in the Library. The ass of a cousin won't come and greet you to his own home. It's bizarre. Maybe the twins would give you a tour with me. They're pretty sociable, but they don't really trust older women. Since you know.. Lavi and his.. uh.. well. Past habits. He's not allowed to anymore, of course since you're here." Chomesuke explained. " To be honest, I could really care less what he does." Lenalee stated looking away.
" As much as that may be a good statement on your behalf, Miss Lena. It may be best to watch what he does do, and what he doesn't. Sometimes he can be hot-headed and jump in before thinking. It would be in yours and his best interest if he had a second opinion towards some things." Bookman explained alongside the two girls.
Lenalee looked at Bookman for a moment and thought about it.
" That can be true. But I can be overly blunt sometimes, which might cause issues.. to the best of times. Depends." Lenalee's sweat dropped to her own statement. Bookman blinked, nodded slowly and carried on. " Well I must go accompany the boy with the work. He should be around later, if you wish to speak with him." He explained, then left quickly. Chomesuke smiled. " Well! Let's introduce your... supposed new immediate family! I'm not around often, I just came to help you out here on your first day in. Seeing I myself have a fiancee as well. But he isn't in High School, nor do I live at his place." Chomesuke explained.
Lenalee shot Chomesuke a look. " And you were getting at me for not telling you things..." She muttered. Chomesuke laughed nervously.
" I'll explain while we find Yuna and Yuki. I'm engaged to a 21 year old. His name is Tyki Mikk. He's an actual biological cousin of a friend of mine who's coming to our school tomorrow. Weird right? Anyway! Yeah, his family is interesting. His niece, Road, can be seriously mischievous! It's adorable!" Chomesuke began to go on and on about her fiancee's family, then suddenly stopped at a door, in the west wing hallway. Chomesuke made a rapping noise with her wrist on the door. " Well this is their room. Yuna! Yuki! Lenalee's here! Would you like to meet her? Oh, and Lenalee, another thing. They're as blunt as Lavi. So... uh.. beware. But they're nicer. " Chomesuke stated, her sweat dropping.
The door slowly opened to show two young 6 year old's. One with her hair in a pig tail, the other with twin pig tails.
" Nii-san said we had to have something different about us so Lenalee would be able to tell us apart. I'm Yuna, and this is my younger sister Yuki." The one with one pig tail stated. " Hi." Yuki stated simply. She was holding on tightly to an orange bunny. Yuna had something similar, but it was pink. Their eyes were identical however, they were the same green colour as Lavi's, but more vibrant with emotions.
Lenalee smiled softly. " It's nice to meet you both Yuna, Yuki." She replied simply. Lenalee looked at them for a moment. More then their eyes were identical. Their height, skin tone and hair colour which was like a deep reddish-orange, was all similar. The only difference was maybe the voice tone, and possibly personalities.
The two girls exchanged glances and looked back at Lenalee with a peculiar face. After a few moments had passed, the resumed their other activities without saying much. " Nii-san's in the library if you want to and talk to him." They spoke simultaneously. Lenalee stood there a tad surprised. " And what makes you think I would be out to go look for him?" She questioned. The twins exchanged glances once more. " Well all the girls that come here are stuck to him like glue." Yuna explained. Yuki nodded and added on to her sister's sentence. " And usually they're pretty rude, I think they just put on the mask of make up and false lashes in failed attempts to impress people."
Lenalee placed a finger on the side of her face. " Sounds like about half the girl population in our school. It gets worse as you age though. I'm sure they're not like that in your grade at the moment." Lenalee pointed out. Chomesuke nodded. " Here's a fun fact! Lenalee doesn't wear make up! Or does much to her hair." Chomesuke chimed in. Lenalee just looked at her. " And that information is relevant because..?" She pondered. Yuna and Yuki walked back over to Lenalee. " Can you kneel down to our height please?" Yuna asked, a look of curiosity on her face. Lenalee blinked a few times nodding after, and did what she was asked. The twins began poking at her face and hair. " Oh! She doesn't have hair spray in! Or make up!" Yuki piped up. " Can I ask why this has anything to do with.. whatever this maybe about?" Lenalee's sweat dropped. "Ahhh, we didn't explain it. Well all the girls Lavi brings home, or follows him, or visits, they're usually not very nice. Some are, but they all have some sort of.. well intention. I don't know what, because Nii-san wouldn't explain it to us. He said not until we were older, that he would explain it. Or he would get a female to, because it's awkward for him to explain." Yuna stated. Lenalee's sweat dropped. " .. I see where he's going with that. I can explain it to you, in a few years. Not long from now, let's just say this material isn't.. for innocent minds." Lenalee laughed awkwardly. Lavi, you've dug yourself a hole when it comes to these two. She mentally slapped herself.
Chomesuke looked towards her wrist for the time. 5:30 PM
" Ah! Lena-chan, I gotta go! Sorry, I'm sure the twins will help you if you need assistance. If not, the maids or Gramps would help. Not so sure on Lavi. He might just make a sarcastic remark. Who knows... anyway. See you!" Chomesuke waved, walking off in a random direction. Lenalee blinked a few times then sighed. She smiled towards the twins. " Well I better go find my way around here, and get settled in I guess. I'll see you two around later I'm sure." Lenalee spoke. The twins nodded and resumed once more with their previous activities.
Lenalee wandered the halls and asking one maid to lead her to her designated room. She nodded lightly with a smile on her face. She had white hair, an aged face with blue eyes and went by the name of Cynthia. " Thank you once again Cynthia!" Lenalee bowed deeply with a light blush. The elderly woman waved her hand. " It's fine dear child. I am the head-maid in this house. The younger members do get lost often at first. I was glad to be of assistance to you. Well I must resume carrying these papers around. Have a nice evening now, my lady. Don't be afraid to come and ask me for more help if you need it. " She stated kindly. Lenalee smiled. " Please just call me Lenalee. And thank you! I will if I need to." Lenalee waved the woman off and walked into the room.
Dark blue curtains near a pristine and clear window with a ledge to sit on. Bookcases filled with novels and encyclopedias. Two clothing wardrobes, a walk-in closet, a bathroom, a massive bed and two side tables on each side to go with the black lamps on them. As well as two alarm clocks. Lenalee stood there for a moment. Two of mostly everything for two people. " Don't tell me..." Lenalee muttered lightly.
" You're not the only one who isn't so happy about it either, princess." A blunt voice came from behind. Lenalee looked over her shoulder to see Lavi, carrying a stack pile's worth of books and reports and placed them briskly on a desk near one of the two bookcases in the large room.
Lavi spun around on his heel to face Lenalee. " You're not going to have to worry about it much though, Lenalee. I work most of the time, and either pass out at the desk or on the couch usually. You're stuff is already set in, you can thank some of the maids who had done it. I heard you met my sisters too, according to Chomesuke before she left." Lavi stated simply in a neutral tone.
" I did. They're nice girls. Also they seem much like you, considering your 'grand' influence." Lenalee spoke sarcastically about the grand influence part.
" Glad your so proclaimed 'impression' of my 'grand' influence. I doubt you're any better. Or Kanda for that matter. When he visits, he doesn't censor his words too well. Anyway, if you have complaints go to Gramps about it. It's not like I care of your misery anyhow." Lavi shrugged leaving the room shortly after. " Not like I had any, jerk." Lenalee muttered under her breath again. " I heard that." Lavi stated half way down the hallway. Lenalee shuddered slightly at his hearing range. " Okay then.." she sighed. This was going to be a long, long part of her life. Setting towards the hallways once more she headed to the dining hall, had some food, took a shower and was prepared for some sleep.
She stared at the bed which was neatly made and had velvet patterns across it. Almost like fire patterns on a blue silk cover between the sheets. Lenalee poked at the bed at first, in precaution considering this was Lavi's room before it became a shared one between the two.
She lifted the covers and looked at the bed again. She placed herself into the bed and laid there a moment just staring at the ceiling. " Well.. better get used to this then nothing." She pouted lightly. She left her eyes drift off while staring at the moonlight peering in from the window and after that, all was black in a light dreaming wonderland.
Lenalee's eyes darted open after being shaken softly a few timed. Cynthia stood a bit over the girl with a smile on her face. " It's time to wake up, Lenalee. Did you sleep well?" Cynthia asked.
Lenalee sat up and stretched, bending the arch of her back. " Yeah.. just fine thanks." Lenalee muttered rubbing her eyes." I'm sure you didn't notice the other occupant in the bed last night. The young master didn't get to bed till about 2 am. He's already awake though. It's 6:45 AM, so you have time to prepare for school and eat." Cynthia explained. Lenalee sat there, slid out of the bed and got ready. Slowly and surely all the words in Cynthia's explanation sunk in.
" What?" Lenalee jumped.
Cynthia laughed softly. " Ah, such shyness! It's adorable Lenalee. I'm not sure how the young master has gotten such a jewel! Nor do I know how well he fairs with this situation, but I'm sure his grandfather knows. It seemed to not affect you. But I thought I would mention it, in the least. Hopefully it assures you that it's not bothersome to have someone sleep beside you." Cynthia explained.
Lenalee stood there for a moment. Sighed and accepted her so called 'fate'. " Thank you Cynthia." Lenalee sighed. Cynthia chuckled. " Well come please, Lenalee. It's time to eat something at least." Cynthia led Lenalee through the large halls towards the dining room where Lenalee had been in for a short time the night entered the room to see Bookman sitting there enjoying the paper with some coffee. Lavi half awake on his chair and the twins being highly energetic then the day before." Ah! Nee-chan is here! Come sit with us!" The two girls chanted. When did they decide to call me that..? Oh well.. Lenalee pondered mentally. " Sure. I can see you two are energetic in the morning." Lenalee smiled, seating herself beside the two girls. They were beaming with smiles on their face.
" Nii-san, stay awake. You have school soon." Yuki poked at Lavi who seemed to be barely awake. " I know, just too tired." Lavi replied lightly. " Unlike your sisters Lavi, you seem more of the night owl." Bookman stated simply, looking to the side, and glancing at Lenalee once as well." And who's fault is that?" Lavi replied sarcastically. That earned him a good boot to the head. Lenalee blinked a few times. Yuna giggled. " This is normal, don't mind it, Nee-chan!" Yuna giggled again.
... Lenalee laughed lightly with them. " Hey, Lenalee are you a Night Owl or a Morning Bird? Gramps told us these things because they classify people under them. Or something. Or are you both?" Yuki pondered slightly.
" I would say a mix of both.. depending on the occasion. If I have to get up in the morning, I will. As for staying up, I can be pretty good at it." Lenalee scratched the side of her face in an awkward gesture.
" Can you stay up for 3 days?" Lavi questioned out of the blue.
"... Yeah, as I said before. Depending on the situation." Lenalee replied simply. " Doubt it." He replied in a drowsy tone. Lenalee just looked at him for a moment and rolled her eyes. The light conversations continued till it came time to depart for school.
" Oh, Lenalee." Lavi pondered out loud.
" Yeah?" She replied.
" Leave the engagement thing down low, ok? I want to keep the bachelor appearance up." Lavi stated simply, also in a matter-of-fact way.
Lenalee rolled her eyes. " And why would I be going around saying my business anyhow? I swear, your just like Kaito sometimes with the appearance crap." Lenalee stated sarcastically, walking off towards her first designated classroom of the day. Lavi smirked lightly and followed along, since block 1 was Science 10.
Lenalee stared at the board aimlessly tapping her pen on the table. She felt slightly irritable. Kaito kept shooting her side glances from the other half of the room, considering he was in the same program as Lavi. Lenalee shot a glance back and sighed resuming being bored out of her mind. Lavi was folding and ripping paper and making little origami swans out of his sheer boredom. Tiedoll, being the weird teacher he is, was inspired by the most simplest of things.
" Today, class I shall be assigning a project. Seeing as we just finished the Physics unit for the grade 10's, it's time we move onto Chemistry. Chemistry will probably be the better unit for those not mathematically inclined. But it will have some problems where it will require some solving. The partners will remain the same throughout the year, just thought I should remind you all of that fact. Now! Here's some notes about the periodic table. If you wise to draw the images that help explain, please do so. I will tell you of the project towards the end of class." He explained turning on the overhead, then heading into the back room.
Lenalee groaned. " As much as Chemistry sounds easier, I'm still dreading the copious amounts of notes." She muttered, scribbling down neatly a repeated form of the notes. Lavi looked at her for a moment. " Why dread it? They're better then work, and they get worse every year. Have fun." He replied in a somewhat sarcastic tone. Lenalee glared at him through the corner of her eye, then deciding to resume what she was doing before. " I know that. I'm not that stupid, Lavi." She replied simply finishing up. " I wasn't implying that you were, you're just complaining so I'm adding my two-sense to it." He spoke back. Lenalee sighed, Lavi wasn't usually that talkative. Tiedoll returned with many papers and supplies. The room went silent from the chatter that had ensued while Tiedoll was away.
" Now Class, regarding the project. Its an individual project, and there won't be a presentation. However, you can get fact assistance from your partner. Since the older students are only here for 30 classes, they won't have to do this project. Where there are projects that they will get, and you won't. You are to design a one of the periodic table's elements. You can pick any one you want, however! Be creative and how you can do this is make a diagram of a sort, showing what that element is in our daily lives. Let it be a penny in resemblance of copper, and so forth. As you depart when the bell rings, I will have a hat full of the elements and can the 10's students please pick out one for their project. This accounts for this terms marks. So it maybe in your interest if you want to pass. If your 10 partner is missing today, please 30 students, contact your partner for this assignment. Also! This is due tomorrow, since the break starts the day after." Tiedoll explained in a detailed manner. Lenalee's eye twitched. He's making this be more work then necessary... she mentally slapped herself.
A loud bell rung through the classroom, dismissing the class. Lenalee, as she walked out of the classroom picked one piece of paper from the hat, then left the room. Opening it slowly, she read it. Oxygen.
She racked her brain for the first minute or two. How the hell am I suppose to make a diagram, of oxygen when it's not even visible?
Dismissing the thought for now, she started walking down the halls she entered her Language Arts class and continuing with her day.
Lunch hour resumed around the corner, with Chomesuke dragging a white hair boy with her to meet Lenalee. " Chomesuke-san! I don't think it would be easy for me to befriend her! I'm not normal I tell you!" The boy whimpered. Chomesuke stopped and seated him in a table. " Now listen here, Allen-kun. Stop doubting yourself please. Yes, you love the male gender, have some deformities and have white hair. Big whoop, Lenalee's not judgemental." Chomesuke piped up. " I'm not what now?" Lenalee quirked a brow finally getting to where Chomesuke was. Chomesuke smiled. " I have someone to add to our 'little' group I guess. Allen! This is Lenalee. Lenalee, this is Allen! He's new here due to transfer by his step father. He's in grade 10, just like you. He was in my 30's class for Language Arts. I wish you were in ours!" Chomesuke explained. Lenalee blinked a few times and glanced at Allen, who was in the chair. She smiled. " Welcome Allen! Nice to meet you. Chomesuke can be a bit hyper, but you get used to her. How has your stay here been so far?" Lenalee asked.
Allen smiled. " It's been good, thanks. I had an encounter with... uh... well someone I can disagree with a lot. Otherwise, it's fine!" Allen waved his hands. Lenalee blinked. " Who was it?" She asked curiously, taking a seat, Chomesuke doing the same while the conversation started. " Ahh, someone by the name Kanda Yuu. It's like he's got something against the world! Or short people." Allen sighed.
"... Kanda's always like that. Even when he was young. He's my cousin, so I know how he's like. If he nicknames you, that's his way of being nice." Lenalee explained. " Nice? How is being called Moyashi nice?... and what does it even mean?" Allen pondered. Lenalee laughed. " He called you a beansprout. Although, you're taller then me." Lenalee pointed out. Allen hit the table with his head letting out a sigh. Lenalee's sweat dropped. A group of males approached the table, one of them being Hiroshi, and another looking somewhat related.
" Hey Lenalee, I have someone who wants to meet you, if that's alright." He asked in a supposed 'nice' way. Chomesuke glared at him through the corner of her eye. She knew the 2nd guy. " Hiroshi, get your ass outta here. You're not wanted." Chomesuke retorted. Lenalee looked to Chomesuke with a strange glance, then back to Hiroshi. " It's not my business, but who is this person then?" Lenalee asked. Hiroshi grinned. " My cousin! I'm glad you're kind enough to say hello and meet him. He's transferred here today too. Just as Allen there too. Why don't you introduce yourself, Kenji?" Hiroshi poked at his cousin. He was black haired like Hiroshi, a bit taller. Probably as tall as Lavi, and seemed to have a bit of an eerie air around him.
He held out his hand, for a gesture of a handshake. " I'm Kenji, it's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Lenalee." He spoke, his voice was lower in a way but he acted genuine and kind. Lenalee was a bit surprised but took his hand cautiously and shook it. " I'm Lenalee, and likewise, Kenji-san." She replied simply while offering a small smile, soon letting go of his hand and minding her own business once more. Chomesuke looked towards Kenji and he looked back. His black eyes held a hidden intention behind them, and smirked. Hiroshi stood there completely out of focus, not paying mind to his cousin. " Well! We have to get going, thanks Lenalee for being so kind." He stated, a genuine smile on his face and walked off.
" I don't mind Hiroshi as much as his cousin. Lenalee, don't be in a room or anywhere alone with Kenji. Please, it's just for your safety. I know him, and Lavi knows him. He hates his guts, pretty sure your brothers and cousin would say the same." Chomesuke spoke seriously. Allen nodded. " He seemed... a bit different. But we can't judge, although you know of something, don't you Chomesuke?" Allen asked. Chomesuke nodded. " Two years back, he was at this school previously, but moved away mysteriously after an event. He used to cause a lot of trouble. Him and Lavi used to always get suspended too. Although, he never told me why they fought or what the events were that caused things to happen and spark..." Chomesuke explained. Lenalee shrugged " He seems fine to me. Give it a break guys, people do change over a two year time span. I got more sarcastic, seeing that as an example." Lenalee pointed out. Chomesuke looked at Lenalee, a look in her eyes that were unreadable which soon changed. " If you say so! Anyway! Allen! Who do you know so far?" Chomesuke lightened her mood and conversation.
" I know BaKanda, Lenalee, you, Lavi-san, Chaoji, Kaito-san, Hiroshi and Kenji-san." Allen stated,
Lenalee blinked, " Your very polite to the upperclassmen, aren't you Allen? Exclusion of Kanda, of course." She giggled. Allen smiled, " I try to be. Lenalee, where do you know all of them from? They seem familiar to you." Allen pondered out loud.
" Well you already know Kanda is my cousin, Lavi... is just Lavi. Chaoji's a classmate, Kaito is one of my... weird older brothers, Hiroshi is.. sorta a friend, and I just met Kenji now." Lenalee explained.
Allen blinked. " A few family members here? Must be nice." Allen smiled. ".. not really. He's the opposite of me." Lenalee laughed and Allen smiled. " I'm related to Tyki, who I found out was Chomesuke's fiancee. He didn't tell me, because he was bugging me on the topic." Allen stated, a black side showing.
" Lenalee, your forgetting a detail on telling Allen about Lavi!~ Allen, Lenalee's Lavi's fiancee. It just recently got decided. Not really love based like mine and Tyki's.. kind of. Arranged, but things are going well. Which reminds me! How was your morning and sleep Lenalee?~" Chomesuke had a smug look.
" You're just evil aren't you? Yes it's arranged Allen, nor does he want me mentioning much of it. If he gets your for it, it's your problem. And it was fine." Lenalee replied, her looking not so pleased.
" Ahhh.. Well, Allen, if you talk to Lavi about it, be sure it's me who mentioned it. I don't wanna get Lenalee in trouble, although I'm pretty sure you can take him. And he should be nice to you at least! I'm going to give him a piece of my mind." Chomesuke huffed.
" Please don't. I wasn't even suppose to mention that." Lenalee muttered.
" Oi, Chomesuke, did he come by here?" Lavi popped out of no where, as usual. Lenalee has got used to it.
" Who came by where?" Lenalee asked curiously. Lavi spared her a glance, but his expression was pretty dark. Chomesuke knew who he was talking about. " Yeah, he did. Why?" she replied. Lenalee blinked for a second remember their conversation from before. Allen decided to chip into the conversation. " You mean Kenji-san? He did, Hiroshi was introducing him to people he knew. Meaning Lenalee, since I already met him from earlier and Chomesuke explained that she knew him from before." Allen stated. Lavi looked at Allen for a moment. " Oh hey, Moyashi. Thanks for answering. That's all I needed to know, thanks." Lavi grinned slightly, waving and walking off with Kanda nearby. He glared to Allen, then walked off as well.
Lenalee sat there dumbfounded. " Never seen him that nice before. He's talkative today too." Lenalee blinked. " Lavi's always talkative, once you get to know him. He's like the fountain of knowledge, let it be weird or normal or just way out there. Probably cause of Gramps or his parents. His Dad is still travelling around though. As for this Mother, she's passed away like yours, but two years later." Chomesuke explained. Lenalee showed a bit of a sad face at that news. On the other hand, Allen was twitching. " WHY MOYASHI! DAMN YOU LAVI! BAKANDA!" He cried in a false manner. Lenalee laughed. " You get used to it, Allen." she assured him. The lunch hour was pulling to a close, and the school day was closing to an end.
Finally being back 'home' Lenalee let out a long and over exaggerated sigh. Lavi was somewhere, the twins were dawdling around the house, and Bookman was smoking whatever in a chair outside, regardless of the weather growing colder. Cynthia greeted her at the doorway. " Welcome home, Lenalee. Was your school day good?" She asked, taking her light jacket from her. " Yeah, it was good, thanks for asking. How was your day, Cynthia?" Lenalee asked in return. Cynthia smiled. " Just fine thank you. The young master won't be home until late, for some reasons he did not explain. Bookman would like to speak with you. He's just outside as you see. It's not too cold there, you would be surprised." She explained, Lenalee nodded slowly and approached the glass sliding doors and opened them, walking slowly outside, smelling the slightly smoke tinted air, but the place was as Cynthia said. Strangely warm.
" Ah so you've returned." Bookman stated, and motioned her forward to take a seat on the many seats outside. Lenalee sat and looked at him contently. " Cynthia said you wanted to speak with me?" Lenalee questioned. " Yes, I did. It regards the many things of this family, seeing as you are going to be part of it. That boy can't stay in one place unless I'm the one who sticks him there. Regarding family history first. His father, is returning for the holidays after being gone for 4 years. Also, 4 years ago was the death of my son's wife, who is this family's mother. It was from illness, but my son has continued on. Something that does not bother this family. Seeing as Claire has raised these children to be able to move on with their lives regardless of what happens. Although, the influence wasn't placed much upon the twins. Now, for events, there is a winter ball. Our family attends yearly, and I am to ask you, do you know how to dance? For our family we set up an image to mask ourselves from our enemies. Since your are Lavi's fiancee, the story is he has found someone he is to care for. You are to show at least some interest in him, and he has to do the same. I've explained these things to him yesterday." Bookman explained. Lenalee blinked a few times.
" Chomesuke was saying something about his parents earlier today. As for dancing, I can waltz and such. I was taught by my mother and sister. As for the acting, I can manage." Lenalee replied. Bookman nodded in approval. " I can tell you two don't get along. You saying this won't be a heavy task, are you sure of that?" Bookman questioned once more. Lenalee nodded slowly. " I can hold my temper. I think he would rather that I follow the lead he puts on, rather then the one I put on, just to keep stories straight." Lenalee stated.
Bookman raised a brow. " You seem to have analyzed how he acts occasionally. Is this from when he visits or is around your brother? Or Perhaps did you start when I mentioned something about it yesterday?" He continued questioning. Lenalee's sweat dropped. " You could say that, yeah." Lenalee replied again. Bookman nodded with a content expression. " Very well, that's all I needed to speak of. As for your family history, your brother Komui has sent a letter explaining it all. Lavi won't know about it, unless he wishes to know for himself. As for the twins, they already know." Bookman stated, taking a puff of his cigar for the moment. Lenalee nodded slowly and stood and left the outdoor room.
Lenalee wandered around the house, finding herself in the Library after awhile. Might as well work on that project... She thought to herself, entering the room. Several bookcases were lined up, and the room was fairly clean. Exclusion of the original messes of papers and books scattered everywhere and weren't to be touched in case if they were left there for research that was to be continued. She turned right and looked through the first shelf stack.
"History, world war records.. more history.." Lenalee mumbled to herself, not noticing she was being watched. She walked down the rows finding more on the subjects of history, events, a few school subjects but not much on the actual chemistry she was searching for.
Lenalee let out a sigh and felt a little lost on the large library. Looking around, she noticed how dimly lit some places were. Suddenly she felt something poke her. Slightly startled she faced the direction with a widened eyes and a small squeak.
" That was an interesting noise, sorry for scaring you. What are you searching for?" Lavi questioned, with a quirked brow. His headband was down on his neck, and he was already changed out into a black muscle shirt, had black wrist bands on, and a simple pair of jeans.
" Uhh.. Something for the project that got assigned today." Lenalee replied slowly. Lavi blinked a few times and looked around for a moment.
" For starters, it's in the more front part of the section for Chemistry. But you're not going to find much. Come this way." Lavi spoke, leading her back to the table area.
" What element did you get? I'm pretty sure the notes you have is enough, the books would just confuse you. You have to know one thing to understand the others. Another thing, you're still in your school clothes?" Lavi questioned, leaning on the table, looking at Lenalee.
" Oxygen, and you make it sound more supposedly complicated, but I'll take your word for it. And what does my clothes have to do with anything?" Lenalee asked feeling slightly awkward.
" Nothing, just curious. It's fine to casual here you know." Lavi stated. A small silence followed the room and he made a light 'hmm' noise.
" Oxygen, something that is not visible unless it's at the absolute zero. Seeing as that would highly over exaggerate things, you could always just get a plastic see through box that has some holes, put it on some cardboard, put down some of the properties and facts and there you go. All things have some form of oxygen, as long as it has access to it. In your case, yours doesn't have to be visible. As long as there's a form of example, was what Tiedoll was aiming for to begin with." Lavi explained. Lenalee blinked, nodded slowly then let out a small smile.
" Thanks Lavi, I'll get to that then." Lenalee replied, walking off to find her way out. Lavi looked in her direction and let out a chuckle and went off to mind his business.
Sitting there and feeling satisfied with her project she smiled. I owe Lavi one. She thought to herself. She looked at the time, which was nearing 7pm. She got up from the desk she was working at, and towards the dresser, getting out an oversized black t-shirt, that reached just above her mid-thigh. As the shirt was the only thing on, the door opened. She saw Lavi, and pulled her t-shirt down lower in attempt to cover herself more. Lavi blinked a few times, his cheeks seemingly a bit tinted and was a bit off for the moment.
" Uh.." was all he could manage.
" Can you knock next time please?.." Lenalee spoke shyly, her face was a vibrant red. Lavi nodded, and left the room immediately.
Lenalee felt her heart-rate half way through the roof.
She put on a pair of pink shirts that reached past that mid-thigh boundary. She took off her glasses, seeing they were only for reading, but kept them on otherwise. She also took out her braids in her hair and opened the door, seeing Lavi standing outside of it.
" Done? I have to get something." He spoke seeming to be a bit baffled. Lenalee nodded, moving to the side letting him into the room. He grabbed a few papers from the drawer in the desk, then went to leave the room. " Sorry about that." Lavi spoke in a more silent tone and left. Lenalee let her mind boggle for the moment and let the thoughts go. She grabbed her iPod and listened to a few songs while touching up on some studying, then laying in bed trying to sleep since 9:30PM. Cynthia had been busy and Lenalee decided not to bother her.
Her side of the bed was the right side, facing towards window. Lavi's was facing the door, but he slept facing his direction towards her, due to him to sleep on his eye patch rather then his visible eye. She head the door open quietly and a few almost silent steps walk around the dark room. She felt the light anxiety rise in her chest to figure who it was. She sat up for a moment and turned on the light, to see Lavi wandering around. " Did I wake you?" He asked, whispering.
" No, I've been just laying here. Trying to, just not working." Lenalee replied simply, letting out a light yawn. Lavi nodded slowly, figuring a few things and walking towards the bed, sitting on it as well.
" I know Chomesuke mentioned this earlier, but stay away from Kenji. Night." Lavi stated simply, lying down and closing his eye. Lenalee twitched. " Random, but okay. Not like I go randomly talk to him..." Lenalee muttered, lying down herself, facing the window. She shut her eyes and fell asleep for a brief amount of time before waking up randomly in the night.
Noticing that she wasn't facing the window she notices just a black space, a bit more of warmth, she started to realize that she was entangled with Lavi. A light blush crept onto her face, realizing he was holding onto her in a grip hug. Is this intentional or just what happens when he sleeps? She thought randomly. She felt his warm breath fall upon her lightly. She tried getting herself out from his warm embrace, but felt overpowered. Lenalee stopped trying to get herself out, and just laid there for the time being. Looking up at Lavi's face, he had a bit of a peaceful expression and was sleeping normally. Lenalee let out a small sigh and turned her head back down. Letting out a barely audible yawn, she felt her eyes get heavy a bit after a while. Maybe this isn't so bad.. she pondered and fell asleep once more.
Yes randomness. I just managed barely 7000 nearing 8000 words due to my hyper insanity. :D Well, before the break is at an end, I could insanely type chapter three tonight.. doubt on posting. Anyway! Reviews are kind and send white fluffy butterflies. LOL
... =_=' Sorry for the wait to those who really like this story, and hopefully I added some form of humour. I assure you more is to come and this story is not short lasting. :)
-Dayna
P.S- This is 22 pages! YAY! New record. Also for any grammar I missed, I am sorry! ;A; Oh and for all the long lines in between, the program does that for a while. But it's also to separate topics I guess... _'