Almost done with my manga~ -dances around- Only 15 pages left to draw~ dances around a bit more- -falls over- -breaks leg-
…I totally deserved that.
…WHUT? D:
Disclaimer: Not me little kiddies.
The plane ride was definitely… an adventure in itself. The group had boarded the plane, along with Beth and Maddie, and been shown to their seats and given polite service. The usual safety instructions were shown in the front of the plane, and then they took off.
And on their way to Gothenburg, Sweden.
The plane ride was two and a half hours long, but the activities that went on inside the plane were most likely disrupting towards the others passengers. Allen, Beth and Maddie had launched into a conversation about the various different aliens and characters in 'Dr. Who', the outstanding supernatural occurrences in 'Torchwood', and the hilarious acts in 'The Katherine Tate Show'. The three were happily chattering away and were completely oblivious to the fact that Kanda had been emitting a deadly aura ever since they'd dragged him onto the plane; perhaps it was a big mistake to bring him along. But an even worse mistake was when Lavi thought that the Asian man would calm down slightly if he was allowed some freedom, and undid the ropes.
Big, big mistake.
Lavi received several hard blows to the face, gut and shoulders which ached throughout the entire plane ride. Since the pain was overwhelming the red-head retreated to the comforts of a very tired Tyki who was sitting in the chair closest to the aisle. Bickering erupted between the Asian man and the red-head as he made sure to stay on Tyki's side as much as possible so he could yell for help in case Kanda decided to go on a wild rampage.
He really regretted untying the ropes.
After about an hour of fighting and no one daring to tell the two off because let's face it, Kanda's appearance is plain fierce, no matter how good-looking and sexy he is. (1) Finally giving up on their fight, the two remained silent on the own sides. Lavi was slowly cradled to sleep by the plane's movements and Kanda sat and glared out through the window at the clouds, pure hatred flaring up in him for the Moyashi and Baka Usagi.
The Portuguese man couldn't really be blamed since he was sleeplessly dragged along as well, but Kanda was going to hate him as well since he didn't play favourites.
When there was about half an hour left before they landed, Maddie, Beth and Allen had somehow moved their conversation over to the wonderful makings of the movie 'Avatar', and now the twin girls were trying to teach Allen how to speak Na'vi. He failed terribly.
As they got off the plane the four of them bid their farewells to the twins, well, three since Kanda wasn't too fond of Beth. After they'd split their ways the boys had gone to get their baggage, made their way outside and gotten into a taxi.
Running a hand through his unruly dark hair Tyki glanced back at the three teenagers who were sitting together in the back, as far away from civil as possible. Allen and Kanda were yelling at each other despite being on opposite sides and poor Lavi was cramped in between the two and trying to lighten the mood by playfully nudging Allen and telling Kanda to 'chillax'.
Letting out a exasperated sigh Tyki waved his hand at the driver and told him to just head away from the airport, and preferably into the city. Thankfully the Swedish people had a good understanding of the English language and spoke it very well, despite their amusing accent.
The sleep the Portuguese got on the plane was enough to keep him awake until the reached their hotel.
…What hotel?
"Oi, Lavi," Tyki turned slightly in his seat so he could talk to Lavi, face to face. "Where will we be staying tonight?"
The redhead leaned forward very slowly, trying not to get in the middle of Allen's and Kanda's bickering. "I dunno. This was supposed to be an adventure, Tyki! We don't decide where we wanna go, we just go where fate takes us!"
"And fate is the taxi driver?"
"…"
"…Lavi?"
"Is he taking us into town or just kidnapping us?"
Tyki let out yet another sigh. "He's taking us into the city."
"Then fate is the taxi driver!" The dark-haired man rubbed his temples slowly; the red-headed teenager had always been eccentric, and he'd always enjoyed the activities and adventures he'd gone through, but this was a bit too much.
"Why don't you ask the driver for advice?" Allen had spoken up, completely abandoning his fight with Kanda which seemed to aggravate the male. "I'm sure he'd be able to recommend something."
Lavi sat up straight again, reaching behind with his hand to rub his back a bit as he had been leaning down too much. "Uh-huh. Since loads of football teams come to Gothia Cup, they've gotta have somewhere to sleep, right? Yeah, let's ask the driver! Hey miste—"
Tyki held up a finger and gently pressed it to Lavi's lips, immediately silencing the boy. Kanda rolled his eyes on his side of the car and then decided to look outside the car at the scenery outside instead.
"I'll talk to him." Tyki then took away his finger from the red-head's lips and turned to talk to the driver. Silently Lavi stayed completely still, not moving a muscle, the only action going on being his cheeks flaring up.
"Excuse me, sir…" The taxi driver slowly came to a stop in front of a red light, occasionally looking over at the man in the seat next to him, but his main focus was on the road. "but would you perhaps know a satisfactory place to stay at tonight? Our dearly beloved Lavi here thought that it would be fun to suddenly travel here, and we haven't had the time to book a hotel room."
The driver shifted gear and pressed down gently on the peddle, gradually increasing the speed of the car.
"Well, uhm… we have many hotels here. The ehh, most popular ones are Scandia Hotel and the Gothia Hotel." Tyki nodded along, the three boys in the back being engulfed in silence as the driver turned the wheel and headed down a different road. "They're both in the centre of the city, very close to Avenyn which is a very popular street… and only ehh, a few, uhm, stops away from Nordstan. That's a big, a very big shopping centre."
"How much do they cost?" Tyki tapped his finger against the window pane, his eyes lazily surveying the man whilst awaiting his response. "You know, per person, per night… all that information."
The driver laughed nervously. "Ahahaha… I'm not sure, sir… I never stay there. But I think it is expensive."
Lavi leaned in between the two adults in the front of the car. "We have the money."
"Not gonna waste it on a cheap ass hotel though with shitty service." Kanda crossed his arms across his chest and let out a huff as he continued to watch the lights outside pass by at an incredible speed.
"Language Kanda." Tyki said. Allen turned to Kanda with a stern look on his face.
"It's not cheap! He just said it's the two most popular hotels in the city, and it's expensive!"
"He said he thinks it's expensive. It's probably fucked up then."
"Kanda—" Allen was cut off by a certain red-head.
"Yuu, don't be so mean to little Allen-tan!" He then wrapped an arm around Allen's neck and buried his cheek into his fluffy white hair. "He's the main reason we're on this trip!" Allen tried to push Lavi away from him, but the actions were pointless. Kanda turned to glare intently at the white-haired boy.
"Remind me to push you off of the roof o f the hotel when we get there." His words were dripping with venom and Allen seriously doubted that the Japanese man was joking. He finally managed to pry himself out of Lavi's loving grip and gently pushed the hand back towards the red-head who frowned. Suddenly Allen realized something.
"I thought you didn't like the hotel!"
"Well I need somewhere to push you off of." Kanda let out an annoyed sigh. "Fuck it, I'll just use Mugen."
Lavi clapped his hands together and smiled, his head tilted to the side. "That's the Kanda we know."
The taxi driver signalled for someone to go ahead of him and smiled at the road, though it was supposed to be at Tyki who was currently leaning his head in the palm of his hand and looked incredibly bored.
"Your children are very, have much energy." The Portuguese man's eyes wandered towards the driver.
"Oh, they're not mine. Thank God…" The driver let out a small 'hmph' which was supposed to be a silent laugh.
"Well if you're interested there is a hotel very near Scandia and Gothia, it's the Liseberg hotel, the one of the theme park." Suddenly something red had pushed itself between the seats of the two adults once more and was happily bouncing up and down.
"THERE'S A HOTEL IN A THEME PARK?! That settles it, we're going there!" Lavi shot a finger straight ahead at the road they were currently driving down. Tyki gently pushed the red-head back and let out a small hush which told Lavi to be quiet. The red-head then moved back just a bit, but the giddy deliria still remained as his thoughts wandered to the thought of a hotel in the middle of a wondrous theme park.
"But the rooms are quite small…" continued the taxi driver. Allen brought a finger up to his bottom lip and rested it there, gently playing with his lip and running his finger over the smooth surface.
"It might not fit all of us…" His eyebrows furrowed in confusion and just a bit in annoyance over this little dilemma.
"What's the cost?" Tyki asked again.
"I don't know, sorry." The driver chuckled calmly as he drove through another exit. They were now nearing big buildings and flashing lights could be seen.
"Hey, guys come on! There's a hotel in a freakin' theme park! Let's go there!" Lavi couldn't stay still; he was just too excited to be staying in a hotel in the middle of a theme park.
"You like theme parks?" asked the taxi driver.
"Hell yeah!" Lavi jumped a bit at his outburst, and both Kanda and Allen slowly tried to press themselves as close to the car doors as possible. "They're freakin' awesome!"
"Well, if you like theme parks, there is a hotel further in the city where there is a swimming pool on the roof." The driver gestured with his hand where the other hotel laid.
There was a moment of silence as Lavi's gaze followed the hand as it moved around in the air, the directions being given by the driver ignored and just thinking of that pool on the roof.
"…What?" He was shivering with excitement. He was probably the only person in the world who got so excited over choosing hotels.
"Isn't it cold?" Allen asked in a concerned voice, his mouth frowning and his eyebrows knitted in worry.
Lavi laughed and hit Allen's arm playfully, though a little too hard for the white-haired teen who then grasped his arm and let out a silent gasp. "Who cares? It's awesome! LET'S GO THERE INSTEAD!" He held tightly onto the head cushion of the driver's seat.
Tyki then knocked a finger on Lavi's head which made him look over at the Portuguese man who was eyeing the red-head. He didn't seem to be stressed at all, or even the slightest bit annoyed or aggravated by the teen's antics, no, he just remained in his cool, calm and collected state.
"Lavi, you may only pick one hotel to stay at." The red-head sat down slowly in his seat again and pouted a bit, but still thought about which one to choose. The answer was obvious. "What's the cost of the other one?" Tyki asked the driver again.
Kanda finally burst after remaining silent for such a long time. "Fucking hell, what is your problem with the cost?"
"Hey, calm down! Tyki's just worried over our financial cost, and we shouldn't yell at him for being willing to help! He probably likes to know where our money goes!"
Lavi then leaned over at Allen and pressed him lightly towards the door, rubbing his head in the younger teen's hair. Man, it was soft.
"Aaaaallleeeeeen…. Remember that you're using Cross' credit card. Go bananas man! B-A-N… a few nana's and then the word ends."
"It still feels like I'm wasting my own money…" Allen scratched his head and looked down at his lap.
"But you're not!" The red-head removed himself from the teen as he turned and flailed out his arms.
"But it feels like it, Lavi!"
"Allen, calm down." Once again Tyki was speaking in that smooth, silky voice of his. "Instead of all of us fighting over what hotel to go to we're going to each say which one we would like to stay at and the taxi driver can finally take us there, because frankly I think we're scaring the wits out of him."
And sure enough, there was the driver, driving around a roundel, just round and round and round, afraid to stop because he didn't know where to go, with fear evident in his eyes though his gaze remained on the road in front of him. Yup. Once more Tyki was taking control of the situation.
"Sounds good to me!" Lavi happily sat comfortably in his seat.
"You in on this Kanda?"
"…"
"I'll take that as a yes." Tyki turned around coolly in his seat, draping one arm around his headrest. "Alright, Lavi. Where do you want to go?"
"The hotel with the swimming pool on the roof!" said the red-head as he pumped his fist into the air, a wide grin plastered on his face. The taxi turned a corner and started slowing down as they approached another red light. Apparently they had gotten to the very centre of the city now and there would be a lot of turmoil ahead.
"You can also see the people on the streets as you swim." Chimed the driver.
"Sweet!"
Tyki sighed quietly to himself. "Allen, what about you?"
"…The hotel with the small rooms." Allen fiddled with his fingers. He didn't want to be the boring one in the bunch, but the thing was… after living so many years with Cross and paying all the debts that he'd left Allen; it was only natural that his main priority in picking a room was price. Sometimes he was so worried about what people thought of him, but he couldn't help the fact that he was just the way he was.
The driver nodded. "Lisebergshotellen."
"Kanda, you're the only one left."
Allen lifted his gaze from his fingers. "What about you Tyki?"
The Portuguese male shook his head. "I'm only observing you guys, and occasionally, figure out your disputes since you can't act civilized in public. So what do you say, Kanda?"
"…"
The four gentlemen walked through the door of their new hotel room, each one having their own care. Even though Lavi hadn't gotten his first choice of the amazingly fantastic 'Swimming Pool Hotel Palace' as he had so lovingly dubbed it, there wasn't anyone who could take away the redhead's curiosity and thirst for knowledge and exploring. The room was fairly small with it's, to Kanda's huge disliking, light pink walls. There was a small wooden desk with a pan flit and map of the amusement park since most of the settlers in the hotel were here mainly because of the park. There was also a brown door decorated with spirals on it that led to a bathroom next to the desk. There was a small square TV placed upon a wooden drawer which had 3 large drawers and a long lamp in the corner of the room close to the small window that opened up a view to the street outside.
Oh. And there were only 3 beds.
"You guys…" Allen started.
Tyki held up his hands in front of him and remained calm as always. "Okay, I think we've all already noticed that there are only 3 beds."
The three boys nodded.
"Are any of you willing to share a bed with the other?" Tyki went on.
A look of horrification emerged from Kanda's usually beautiful face and he let out a sound of disgust. Allen turned red all the way up to the tip of his ears and Lavi remained the same. (2)
Kanda then shook his head and abruptly turned his attention and hate towards Tyki. "Wait, what the fuck? Why do you get a bed to yourself?"
The older male sighed and shut his eyes and began speaking in that sort of slow and tantalizing tone that means that what they're saying is supposedly very obvious. "Because I'm the only adult here, you three are close friends, I assume, so it won't be awkward for you to sleep in the same bed as one another, and I also have a fiancée back in England. What would she think if she knew I'd shared a bed with one of you three, I'd look like a pedophile."
"How about we just don't tell her?" said Lavi as well at a slow tempo, leaning forward just a bit as he finished his sentence. Tyki crossed his hands across his chest and sighed. It was so late and he was really tired, especially since he had to share a flight with the three of them where he had also gotten to witness the very rare time that Allen was outspoken and loud. Of course there was also the matter of the tied up Kanda, Lavi untying the tied up Kanda, not tied up Kanda trying to murder idiot Lavi, and poor Tyki trying to stop not tied up Kanda from murdering idiot Lavi.
It was just too much.
"Point is, I'm not sharing a bed."
The Japanese male snorted, his temper getting the best of him. "You said you were the fucking responsible adult, so take some fucking responsibility!"
Allen nodded his head along, even though he had a frown on from Kanda's usage of the 'f-word'."He's right you know. You're supposed to watch out for us."
"I was told I was only supposed to observe." Tyki's eyes narrowed as they met Allen's. Lavi then suddenly clapped his hands together twice and caught the attention of everyone in the room.
"Okay, time for me to be annoying! So, Tyki… if, let us say, I was walking down the street here, and I was just browsing the items in a store window, when all of a sudden a guy walks up behind me and starts rubbing up against me… you're saying you'd just observe?" Tyki remained in his position, simply staring straight ahead with a look of boredom at the red-headed teenager in front of him. There was a long silence where no one said anything. Kanda had already sat down on one bed, and Allen felt tired and was wondering if he should go sit down as well since standing up wasn't doing much for him. Finally Tyki spoke.
"Lavi. What are the chances of that happening?"
Then there was the familiar grin that always had a happy home on Lavi's face. "It happens a lot more than you think." He said with a snicker. "And you didn't answer my question, so I'm taking it you'd observe…?" One eyebrow was raised and Lavi waited patiently for Tyki to answer.
"Lavi, stop being ridiculous." Tyki ran a hand through his hair and then gently placed his palm on his forehead. He was so, so tired.
Meanwhile Allen had gone and lay down on the bed next to Kanda's and taken off his shoes. He stretched his arms and legs a bit before letting a yawn escape his mouth.
"Okay, scenario two! Kanda gets lost from the group and we can't find him for 4 hours. We then decided that maybe he'll come back to the hotel himself. We accidentally fall asleep and wake up the next morning to see Kanda's not there. Worried we run outside to continue the search, when all of a sudden we get the newspaper, and there, on the first page… is the title. "Man killed by drug dealers!" The dead man on the front page being Kanda. Would you observe… or take action?"
Silence.
"…Lavi, that is wrong on so many levels."
"So you'd observe?!"
"No, I woul— It's not like I— alright, listen. One, you do know it's Kanda you're talking about, right? Do you honestly believe he'll go assosciate himself with drug dealers when he's lost? Two, you damn well know Kanda could kick their ass. And three, how do I take action? He's dead."
"Fine then! Scenario three! Allen gets kidnapped by a group of pirates who are actually people in cosplay for the latest 'Pirates of the Caribbean 4' movie which may or may not come out, I'm not quite sure, I've heard talk, gossip, titter-tatter, but I'm still not quite sure yet!"
…This was going to be a long night.
Tyki slapped his palm over his forehead and slowly dragged it down his face. "Damnit Lavi, look what you did…!"
It had gone two hours since Lavi had started his 'It's time for me to be annoying' charade, and now the outcome of all those questions, answers, bantering and occasional laughs about the not highly-likely events that Lavi spout out, both Allen and Kanda had fallen fast asleep.
"You talked so fucking much that they both fell asleep! On separate beds too!"
Lavi looked down at his shoes with a small smile on his lips. "I was just curious, that's all… thought for a second there that you'd only be observing us if something lethal happened."
"Well now you understand. I'll always observe unless it's something incredibly important and fatal. Then I'll take action." Tyki tapped his lip with his finger repeatedly for some time, just staring at the wall.
"Good to know." Said Lavi.
"Alright." Tyki turned around to Lavi and pointed straight at the teen. "I'm going to the bathroom. We'll get a good nights sleep, wake up in the morning, have breakfast—"
"And go sight-seeing!" Lavi finished eagerly.
Tyki held up his hand as to stop Lavi from saying anything else. "Tss! Wait. I finish the sentence…"
Lavi remained silent.
"…then go sight-seeing."
Lavi clapped his hands together quietly and smiled brightly. "Alright, sounds like a good plan Tyki! So I'll see you in bed then." Lavi looked down quickly and pretended to brush something off his fingers as he said those words. He didn't want Tyki to see the blush that was spreading across his cheeks. He was happy enough now that he was going to share a bed with the Portuguese man that he was actually finding it difficult to contain himself.
Tyki yawned. "Yeah, alright."
He was going to share a bed with Tyki… pssh, whoever said 'Silence was golden' was an idiot. But Lavi? Oh no…
Lavi was a genius.
1 - so true. ^w^
2 - maybe he has a plan ;D
Uh-huh, Lavi totally planned on talking so much that the other two fell asleep 8D
CUS LAVI ISH BRILLIANT. xDD
…I'm thinking of uploading 'Zero Prophecy' again… but just that I'll edit it and improve it… minor changes is all…
but it was sort of crack-ish wasn't it? =/
Anyway, I was quite fond of the story, but since I wasn't that proud of how I'd written it I'd deleted. Fortunately for me and my ability (or weakness) of not being capable to throw anything away… I still have the chapters saved on my computer. 8D
So, on the bad side this means I'll have another story to keep up with… but on the good side it'll give you guys something to read whilst I'm writing my other stories.