"You did what!" Bookman yelled. Lavi grinned nervously as he scratched at the eye patch. His manager was glaring angrily at him too.
"I- My mouth went on its own," he defended. Bookman sharpened his glare and Lavi sank in his chair.
"I think your mind was disconnected from your mouth," Melody said. Bookman nodded in agreement.
"You will tell him that you can not go and you will make up an excuse," Bookman said. Lavi nodded and got out of his seat to get the photo shoot over with. He stopped at the door of the dressing room when he got an idea. He turned around and looked at them.
"What if I postpone the concert to the next day and say it was because of a family emergency?" Lavi asked. Melody and Bookman looked at each other.
"I guess that could work. What do you think Bookman?" Melody asked.
"I think my grandson is an idiot. But very well," he answered. Lavi pumped his fist in the air and skipped out of the room happily.
Lavi lay on his bed when he got home. The shoot had lasted too long in his opinion and Bookman had made him do his homework in the car on the way back. He reached down to the floor and dug through his backpack for his phone. When grinned when he found it. Lavi quickly dialed Lenalee's number and waited for her to answer.
"Hello?" she answered.
"Lena!" Lavi said happily. Lenalee giggled at his enthusiasm.
"What is it Lavi?"
"I'm gonna get to go to the dance!" he exclaimed.
"Really? That's great! How'd you do it?" she asked.
"Well, I just asked if we could postpone the concert to the next day and say it was because of a family emergency," he answered proudly.
"If I could, I'd hug you through the phone Lavi," Lenalee said.
"Is that a boy? You will not hug any boy! They will steal your purity!" Lavi heard Komui yell in the background.
"Brother! It's only Lavi! I can hug him if I want too!" Lenalee yelled. Lavi laughed when he heard Komui run off crying in the background.
"Sorry Lavi," Lenalee said.
"It's alright. I feel bad for you because of your crazy brother," Lavi said still laughing some. Lenalee sighed.
"I guess I'll go now and calm down my brother. I'll see you tomorrow," Lenalee said.
"See ya tomorrow then," Lavi said hanging up. He put his phone on the charger and climbed under his covers. He couldn't wait to get to school the next day. Even though he had a feeling he would be going through hell.
Lavi almost turned around to leave as soon as he walked into school the next morning. Every eye turned to him the second he stepped into the school and followed him as he walked. He already knew why. It was because it had spread that Kanda asked him to go to the dance with him. Lavi got to his locker and opened it. He jumped back in surprise as paper fell out. He stooped down and picked them up. As he did so, he realized that they were all notes.
Lavi opened one up and his mouth dropped.
I hope you die you son of bitch.
He quickly opened up another one.
I'll kill you when you least expect it.
Lavi opened another one, not really sure why he kept reading them.
Slut.
Lavi quickly shoved them into his backpack and shut his locker. He walked as quickly as he could to his first period. Romano looked up and greeted him. Lavi nodded and started to walk past. But Romano stopped him.
"Are you feeling alright? You look a little sick," He inquired.
"No. I do kind of feel a little ill," Lavi lied flawlessly.
"Why don't you go lie down in the nurse's office until you feel better," Romano said. Lavi nodded and turned towards the door. Right when he went to walk put the door, he bumped into someone.
"Sorry…" Lavi said quietly not even looking up as he scurried away. Kanda watched him scurry off towards the nurse's office and raised an eye brow. He looked down and saw something had fallen out of Lavi's bag. He picked up the note and opened it. He didn't let it show on his face, but he was horrified by what he read.
You're just a pathetic loser hoping to get lucky whore.
Kanda crumpled the note up and threw it in the trash can. He was defiantly going confront Lavi about this after class was over.
Lavi lay on the farthest bed from the door with his back to it. The nurse was use to Lavi being in there by now that she would send an email to his teacher asking him to be excused for the day. She looked over at Lavi one more time before leaving the room. Lavi had curled in a ball, tears going down his face. He wished that all of this would stop. But he knew it wouldn't. He was just glad that the nurse would let him lay in there all day until school was over. He slowly reached into his bag and pulled out his journal and began to write in it. He heard the bell that ended first go off and students file into the halls.
He ignored them all. He knew that they were all talking about him right now. Coming up with more ways to pick on him. He heard footsteps come in, but didn't look up. He just thought it was the nurse until the person coughed. Lavi jumped and looked up. He was surprised to see Kanda standing there.
"I know why you're in here," Kanda said flatly.
"I'm not feeling good that's why I'm in here," Lavi said sheepishly. Kanda glared at him.
"Liar. It's because of the other students." Lavi looked down. Lavi reached into his backpack and pulled out the rest of the notes and laid them on the bed. Kanda picked each and every one of them up and read them. Lavi could tell that Kanda was appalled by each one he read. Kanda stopped reading them and looked at him.
"How long has this been happening?" Kanda asked. His voice was kind and gentle. The opposite of his angry expression. Lavi never could figure that out when he watched Kanda help another student before.
"Since freshman year," Lavi answered.
"And you haven't tried to kill yourself?" Lavi pulled up one of his sleeves and showed his wrist to Kanda. Kanda leaned closer to look at his wrist. He could faintly see the cuts there. He could tell they were being covered with makeup too.
"I haven't tried again. I can't do it anymore," Lavi said looking down. Kanda wondered what he meant by that, but didn't ask.
"These notes are from today aren't they?" Lavi nodded.
"After you said yes?" Again Lavi nodded. Kanda sighed and sat on the bed. Lavi looked up at him when the bell for second rang.
"Shouldn't you be going to class?" Lavi asked.
"No. I'm going to sit here and do the stupid assignment," Kanda said. Lavi blinked in surprised. Kanda reached into his own bag and pulled out a piece of paper. Lavi looked and saw that it had questions on it. Kanda reached back into his bag and Lavi caught a glimpse of a cd case.
"What cd is that?" Lavi asked. Kanda pulled it out and showed it him. Lavi was surprised to see that it was his latest album that was going to be released next week.
"It's that suppose to come out next week?" Lavi asked acting like he had no clue about it.
"Yeah, but my foster father has connections and got it for me early," Kanda answered boredly. He put it back in and pulled out his pen.
"Ready?" Lavi nodded. The nurse came back in and saw Kanda sitting there with Lavi and smiled. She sat at her desk and sent an email to Kanda's teachers too. She went about her daily task and watched them out of the corner of her eyes.
"Is that your real hair color?" Kanda asked.
"Yeah." Lavi answered. He watched as Kanda wrote it down.
"What's your favorite animal?"
"A rabbit."
"Why?"
"Hm… Because it reminds me of me," Lavi answered smiling. Kanda wrote that down with something extra.
"What career do you want after school is out?" Kanda asked. Lavi had never thought of a lie to use if asked that question. So he just said the first thing that popped into his head.
"A journalist." Kanda wrote that down and looked at him.
"Is that why you're always writing in that journal?" he asked pointing to the said object in Lavi's lap. Lavi looked down at the journal. Only one person in the school knew the truth about the journal. That it was were he wrote all his songs.
"I guess." Kanda didn't ask anything else. Instead he looked at the nurse.
"Is it okay to play a cd?" ha asked.
"I'll allow you to do it today. But keep it at a low volume," she answered. Kanda nodded and pulled a portal cd player out of his bag along with a splitter cord. Lavi dug through his bag and found his head phones. He smiled when they both started to listen to the cd.
Lavi walked to his locker when school was over with Kanda next to him. He could feel everyone looking at them. And already wanted to hide. He slowly opened his locker and more notes fell out. Lavi frowned and picked them up. He was about to open one when Kanda grabbed his hand. Lavi looked at him as Kanda took all the notes and walked over to the nearest thrash can and threw them in. He knew everyone was watching him and he turned and walked back to Lavi. Lavi shut his locker and Kanda took his hand. Lavi couldn't stop the blush that appeared on his face.
"Let's go. You're hanging with me this afternoon," Kanda said and led Lavi out of the school with everyone staring at them. Lavi was just glad he didn't have to do anything as "Deak" that afternoon.