Disclaimers: I don't own D. Gray-man. I'm just using the characters for my entertainment! Enjoy!
Notes: This fic is AU. Lavi has both eyes and Allen has no scar and a normal arm. I also made up birthdays for them even though they official ones, as it was appropriate to the story. :D
Chapter 2
Oh, how Lavi wished he could break down the wall separating him from Allen and throttle him.
To his knowledge, this hour alone he had been woke five times courtesy of Allen's alarm clock blaring an annoying *beep* repeatedly, for not just one or two of these sounds, but up to 50. Lavi counted and was most definitely not in the slightest pleased.
Lavi wasn't even entirely sure what time it even was; he was just guesstimating since it was still dark outside. And the sixth time it went off, he huffily climbed out of bed, launching his covers to the floor in a flurry for good measure, and headed to the bathroom.
After relieving himself, he shuffled to the sink, looking in annoyance at his reflection before dousing his face with cold water to cool down.
However, that cool down period was short lived. As he stumbled over the towel he had chucked toward the bathroom the day before, he growled.
"Really, Allen? Really?" he spoke loudly to his room before slamming his fist into the dividing wall in total and complete annoyance.
He was satisfied to hear that Allen had fallen out of his bed, but the alarm blared on.
"Sorry, Lavi!" the teen apologized through the wall as he clambered back onto his bed and smashed the snooze button again , cradling his now bruised elbow after his encounter with the hard wood floor. Sadly, his multitude of blankets did nothing to break his fall, for you see, they were wrapped tightly around his legs and hindered him even getting off the floor.
As the redhead sighed in relief at the silence that followed, he, too, climbed back into bed, though he felt it unnecessary to retrieve his blanket as he was still heated and annoyed.
"Really?" he sighed a few minutes later, totally defeated and over the situation, at the person knocking at his door at 7:30.
"Did I wake you?" Allen asked innocently as he stood huddled outside the door with a blanket wrapped around his shoulders.
"No! Not at all!" Lavi sarcastically replied as he rubbed his right eye with the heel of his hand, glaring down at Allen with the other. "What in the world are you doing up this early, or trying to do seeing as you've abused your snooze button?"
"Actually, nothing. It's just habit to have it set, I guess…"
Biting back whatever was going to spew hatefully from his mouth, Lavi took a deep breath and closed his eyes, Allen fidgeting nervously as he knew he had pressed some kind of bad button.
"What are you doing here at 7:30 while I'm trying to sleep?"
"It's just that…my dad lives with the air on cold no matter the season, and I'm freezing to death! I just thought, you know, since you were up, I might be able to thaw out over here for a bit?" he pleaded.
Apparently either appeased with this answer or too tire to care, Lavi gestured for him to enter.
"Look," Lavi began as the silver haired teen took a spot on the couch, "I don't mind you coming over and all, but I don't have anything to really entertain a guest."
"I don't really need entertaining; just a warm place to sleep for now is fine," he smiled, on the brink of falling asleep already.
"Well, just don't be setting your alarm early every morning to come here to finish sleeping. I swear I'll break down that damn wall or that damn clock the next time it happens!" Lavi semi-snapped, totally irritated that he still wasn't curled back up in bed. He then sighed loudly and averted his gaze. "Look, I'm sorry. I get really grouchy in the morning if I'm woke up unexpectedly…" But Allen didn't hear anything he had just said. He was out cold.
'I'll let you sleep for now,' the redhead thought idly as he stood there for a few moments, taking in that angelic face.
As he shuffled back down through the hall to his room, he began to think of waking up next to that cute and innocent face every day.
'Ah, but he's still a kid!' Lavi reprimanded himself. He had always gone after the older guys, or rather he let them chase him. But again, always for a relationship, never a one or two night stand. 'It's just because I've been alone for so long, and he's someone sober to relate to unlike the party animals I normally hang around.'
Shaking these thoughts from his mind, he lazily picked up his blanket and lay down, not caring that the blanket was now on the bed facing the wrong direction and his feet were sticking out. "Silence at last!"
It was some odd hours later, much closer to his normal wake up time that Lavi tried to roll over and felt a breeze sweeping across his neck, warm and slightly moist.
'What the hell is he thinking?' he thought in slight alarm at finding the new neighbor boy curled up beside him under his own blanket, though he didn't have the heart to wake him. So he climbed out of bed as gently and quietly as he could and began his usual morning routine before heading off toward the kitchen.
'I really need to go grocery shopping,' he mused as he rummaged around in his cabinets and fridge for something to cook them for breakfast. 'BLTs it is.'
As the last of the bacon sizzled to perfection in the skillet, Lavi headed back to his bedroom and attempted to wake Allen. However, this proved to be quite the difficult task.
"Allen," he whispered in the boy's ear as he gently shook him by the shoulder. "I made breakfast, so get up."
The sleeping teen merely groaned, furrowing his eyebrows as he tried to roll away from Lavi, but Lavi caught hold of his blanket and began to tug it away from him. Only then did Allen wake with the cutest embarrassed blush the redhead had ever seen.
As he stared wide-eyed at Lavi, all he could manage to stutter was some form of apology that the other really couldn't make out.
"Calm down already!" Lavi laughed as the silver haired teen buried his face in his hands.
"I'm sorry! So, so sorry! I was just still so cold and I knew it'd be warmer in here with you!"
The olive eyed youth smiled cheekily as he shook his head, ruffling the already mused silver locks of hair. "I can tell you've never been around many other people. A normally socialized person usually wouldn't just climb into their neighbor's bed after having just met them the day before."
Allen looked close to tears from embarrassment, his hands now balled up on his lap and beginning to shake.
"But I'm not upset about it!" Lavi quickly went on, placing a hand on one of Allen's. "It just freaked me out a little since I'm not used to having anyone next to me when I wake up. It's fine, really. Now come eat some breakfast before it gets cold."
The younger boy sniffed back his tears and looked up the Lavi. "Breakfast?"
"Alright, fine, lunch if you want to be picky. Sandwiches are good for any meal!"
As if on cue at the mention of food, Allen's stomach growled rather loudly, causing him to cover it with his arms in slight shock of the noise.
"You wouldn't happen to have anything warm for me to wear, would you?" Allen asked a moment later as he began to throw his legs over the side of the bed, a shiver running down his spine.
Lavi tossed Allen a hoodie from his closet, again shaking his head with a smile as the other quickly put it on over his long sleeved T-shirt. 'At least he has some fleece PJ bottoms on to help keep warm…'
While Allen then made use of the bathroom, Lavi returned to the kitchen and began to assemble their meal, placing two plates of food and drink on the table.
"You've just given me another reason to come over in the mornings now," Allen grinned as he pulled out his chair.
"Oh, yea? What's that?" he asked as he began to chug half of his juice.
"You feed me."
"Don't get too used to it. I don't cook real food every day. It's usually instant stuff."
"I'm the same way. My dad never really has time to cook, so I'm left to fend for myself most of the time. And if it doesn't come with microwave directions, I'm screwed."
Lavi chuckled as he watched Allen more or less devour his food at this moment.
"I really appreciate you inviting us over for dinner tonight. Usually if we were invited to someone's house or out for something, we couldn't go because of dad's work schedule, so the timing is perfect for once. And I'm glad."
"Hey, if I could afford the extra time, I'd cook for you guys every night. It would give me something to do other than party, but I do have homework I have to catch up on every now and again. But once summer break gets here I can cook a lot more for ya."
"I've never been to a party before," Allen admitted softly.
"Doesn't surprise me," Lavi smiled, taking a huge gulp of juice. "The party life is only fun in the beginning. After so many times it's dull; just the same people, same drama, same music… So what do you like to do to keep yourself entertained?"
"I love photography. It's the only thing I've really ever understood."
"Really? What do you like to take pictures of?"
"Anything that catches my eye really, but I love landscapes best of all. Different light means a different mood and a completely different picture from hour to hour."
"You'll have to show me some pictures sometime then," the redhead smiled as he scooped up their now empty plates.
"Sure! I'd love to have someone else other than my dad look at them! It would really broaden my views of what other people see from my point of view. And thanks for whatever meal you consider this."
"No problem," he smiled as he then picked up the glasses and placed them in the sink atop the plates. "Why don't you go shower and come back here in an hour and we'll go grocery shopping together for dinner. You can pick out whatever you want me to make for dessert."
At the mention of the word 'dessert', Allen's eyes went slightly out of focus as he began piecing sweets together in his mind.
