Urgh. I`m sorry, everyone! I know an update for this story is past - due, but my lazy ass has had a rough time getting it done.

Surprisingly enough, it was House- the show, not the hot - ass - British - man - whose - name - escapes - me who plays him -that got my writing senses tingling. After (SPOILER... sort of)Cuttners funeral, my senses just kind of jump - started. So here I am, sitting on my couch at 12:o3 in the morning, two days before school starts, writing the next chapter to "From Friendship to Romance".

I realize that none of that probably made sense, but oh well.

Thank you to all of my reviewers! There was a bigger turn - out for this story than I would have ever thought, so I`m pretty pleased.

Drunkenis actually a joke between me and a (fellow LaviLena fan, LOL) good friend of mine that would normally involve Lavi and Lenalee. However, I decided to twist it to fit this story. Enjoy ~

Disclaimer: Now, honestly. If I owned -Man, do you think I would be writing this?


Found.

Lenalee had always been a romantic.

She would spend many a night on her bed staring at the ceiling; imagining like any young girl her age would about a handsome prince coming in to sweep her off her Innocence clad feet.

The Chinese girl had always imagined that her first kiss would be in the rain, on the night before the Final Battle. She had always imagined spending that night in her Lovers' arms; basking in his presence- not knowing whether either of them would come back alive.

So, naturally, when her first kiss was shared with Miranda- I-I'm so, s-so, so, so, so sorry, L-Lenalee-Chan! I-I should have been watching w-where I was goin- Oh! P-Please, don't let Kanda-Kun k-kill me w-when he finds out! -She was rather upset.

That night, she had had horrible- albeit amusing, even Kanda would admit -horrible nightmares about it, and had eventually run to Kanda's room. There, she had fallen asleep whilst crying beside the older boy on his bed.

Kumoi had found them just so the next morning: Kanda's arm wrapped draped across Lenalee's waist, with her head in his lap.


Whiskey.

A drunken Lenalee was a flirtatious Lenalee, both Kanda and Lavi had found out while on a mission to Ireland.

Needless to say it was from then on that Lavi tried to get Lenalee to drink as often as possible, and that it was only thanks to Kanda and Mugen that that said woman remained Sober through most of her teenage years.


Discovery.

When Lenalee discovered a single red rose at the foot of her bed on the morning of her eighteenth birthday, she had known it was Kanda whom had left it.


Clipboard.

When Kanda had finally gotten up the courage- with a bit of truth serum courtesy of Lavi and Allen, of course -to tell Lenalee he liked her, she had grabbed her clipboard and smacked him with it so hard that he was seeing stars for the next five days.

He had decided that it was all worth it, though, when the two starting dating.


Lovers.

Both Lenalee and Kanda had a problem with saying "girlfriend" and "boyfriend", because they felt that it didn't fully describe the relationship that they both had.

Lovers, however, had a nice ring to it.


Bite.

When Lenalee had offered him a bite of her cake, he had declined.

When Lenalee had offered to feed it to him herself, though, he had accepted faster than Lavi could say, "STRIKE!".


Puzzle.

Lenalee's world was like a puzzle: it had different pieces, was hard to put together, and it could fall apart with a snap of your fingers.

When Kanda had asked her to marry him, however, she decided that it had never felt so complete.


It's shorter than I would have liked, but oh well. I gave all I had in this chapter, although to be honest, that's not much right now.

I don't know when the next chapter will be out, seeing as school starts this week, along with a few other things, but I'll try my best to update within the next seven days... ~

Thank you for reading ~