"Come on in, Lavi."

"Hey Komui."

"I have a mission for you."

"Komui, Bookman's on another case and you know I'm not allowed to leave without the panda." Lavi said, sitting down on the couch in the middle of a big mess of papers and books that was Komui's office.

"I am well aware of the situation." Komui said from behind the desk, on the other half of the big gigantic mess of papers and books that was his office.

"Ok then." Lavi stood up. "Another pot of coffee is it? I'll get it right away." He stifled a yawn. "Aww I was asleep. I can go back to bed now, right?"

"Not quite." which was cue for Lavi to sit back down. "I got special permission to let youg on a special mission." Komui said.

"Great. Just what I needed. Well, what is this mission?"

"It's in China. We have head of another innocence colaborator."

"Why can't you send somebody else?"

"The village has been getting a little... rambunctious."
"Rambunctious?"

"They call her a witch and a mob has been planned. Any day they could kill her."

"Sounds like a rough childhood."

"Besides, we are sending somebody else."
"Really? Who?"

Komui scoffed. Was he trying to come across as an idiot? "The only other excorcist in headquarters at the moment." Lavi looked at the floor as a small blush krept across his cheeks. Komui looked at him expectantly for a moment and then gave up when he realized he wasn't going to get an answer. "Allen. I thought you would keep tags on all the exorcists, being the heir of the Bookman yourself, no less someone you're specifically keeping an eye on."

Lavi stomach twittered nervously. The truth was he had been paying attention to Allen. Close attention. Lavi softly laughed as he remembered the time Crory and Allen had an eating contest. They had stuffed their face until they couldn't eat another bite. They ad cleaned out a week of the Order's food. Allen, of course, was starving five minutes later.

In truth, Lavi hadn't seen Allen for a long time. When they came home after not finding Cros, Allen had locked himself in his room and only came out to eat. Lavi couldn't find a good enough excuse to go visit him, but now he had one.

"We all know your feelings for him." Komui snapped him out of his thoughts.

"Huh? You what- now?" Lavi stammered.

"Really, it's not hard to see, though some of us don't like it." Komui's eyes betrayed Kanda.

"I- It's really not uh like um-"

"There's no denying it when you're blushing and stammering like that." Komui smiled and so did Lavi. Lavi gave up.

"Man you're are mean. You'd think I was just tied to the stomach of an Akuma if you saw how much I'm sweating."

"Now go tell Allen of the mission. You have two days on a train and it leaves in half an hour." Lavi turned on his heel and started to leave. "Oh, and Lavi? Don't think I gave you two this mission for the wrong reason. I want you to understand you two are the only exorcists I have right now." Lavi waved his hand behind him in understanding and went up to go tell Allen.

Lavi walked up to Allen's door. He was curious as to what Allen's reaction would be. Lavis stopped. What was that sound? He got closer to Allen's door. Was he... talking to himself? Lavi wanted to make sure Allen was okay, but he would stop talking if Lavi knocked. So Lavi did the only thing he had ever learned from Bookman. Eavesdrop.

"He hates me. He really really really hates me. I don't know why he puts up with me if he hates me so much?" Lavi thought to himself. Who hates Allen? The only one was... Kanda. "I bet you if Komui didn't assign us the same missions, he wouldn't even talk to me." Kanda? Talk to Allen? Lavi was starting to doubt himself. "I mean I-I I'm saying it! I LOVE HIM!"

That was so unexpected, Lavi nearly fell backwards. Kanda... So it was Kanda, huh? Lavi sighed and turned away from the door. Allen... Allen dies to Lavi as he silently vowed to forget his feeling for Allen.

You only got so much love in your life. For an exorcist, even less. For a Bookman, even less than that. They had to remain neutral in order to record history. So far, Lavi had no lov in his life whatsoever, and to have th one bit he could get, denied...it was one of the worst things that could happen to Lavi. His soul slowly started to hollow out. Lavi put on a fake smile. Just because he was having some teenage angst, it didn't mean Lavi could forget his duty as an exorcist.

H knocked on the door. Immediatly, Allen stopped talkiing. He opened the door a second later and blushed. Lavi's blacked out soul didn't let him notice.

"Oh, hi Lavi! How long have you been standing there?" How much did he hear? Allen thought.

"Not long. I just walked up."

"Oh. Come in." Allen said, opening the door more so Lavi could step inside. He sat down on the couch. "I came because I haven't seen you in a while."

"Thanks for stopping by. I just haven't felt like myself since..."

'since we didn't find Cross' Lavi thought. "Your anti-social personality isn't the only reason I stopped by. We got a mission. Two day train that leaves in half an hour. We're going to find an innocence colaborator in China."

"Ok. Who else is going?"

"Just you and me. There are no other exorcists available at the moment."
Allen blushed more. Two days on a train alone with Lavi? He was sure to slip up sometime.

"Ok I better hurry then."

"See you down there." Lavi said, leaving Allen alone in his room to pack.

FIRST CHAPTER IS POSTED! I hope you guys like it! I guess I can dedicate this to Saby seeing as she's the only one on here that I knows about D. Gray-Man. Hmm... And I can also write Allen and Crory eating conest as a special little side story but that one I'll have to dedicae the KillerBunnyOfScience because she has a gut like Allen and Crory COMBINED! endless black hole for food. Let me know if you want it!