Lavi stared in disbelief as Kanda led him to the record company that he recorded at.
"Why are we coming here?" Lavi asked.
"My foster father makes me come see him after school," Kanda replied annoyed at the thought of Tiedoll.
"What's he do here?"
"He run's the place. He's the head of Maker of Eden," Kanda answered.
"Oh…" Lavi answered. On the inside he was freaking out. That meant Kanda was the heir to the recording company and would possibly, eventually, find out his secret. And what was worse, was everyone in the building knew who he was. They walked into the building and the woman at the front desk looked up and smiled.
"Good afternoon Kanda and De-" Lavi glared at her to stop her. Kanda ignored her like always and headed over to the elevator and pushed the button to go up. Lavi quickly walked over to the woman.
"Lizzie, please tell everyone to act like they don't know me. Kanda has no clue who I am," Lavi whispered hurriedly. Lizzie nodded and Lavi walked over to the elevator right as it opened. A few people got out and ignored the two since they were all messing with their phones. Lavi sighed in relief as they got on the elevator. He pulled out his own phone and texted Melody.
"Why didn't you tell me Tiedoll had a son!?" His phone went of half a second later.
"Didn't occur to me. Why?"
"I'm here with his son! Warn Tiedoll!" Lavi texted back quickly.
"Oh…" was the reply he got back from Melody. Lavi rolled his eyes and put his phone away.
"Can I ask one of the questions I wrote the other day?" Lavi asked. Kanda looked at him and shrugged. Lavi couldn't tell if it was a yes or a no. So he took it as a yes.
"What career do you when you graduate?" Lavi asked. Kanda was quiet for a moment while he thought.
"I guess I do want to run this place," he answered. Lavi nodded. His worse fear confirmed. The elevator doors opened a minute later and they stepped off onto the desired floor. Lavi walked slightly behind Kanda glaring at everyone daring them to call him Deak. No one said a word. They had learned that when he was angry, not to say any thing. Kanda opened the door to Tiedoll's office and instantly frowned.
"Yuu-kun!" Tiedoll said happily and got up. He came over and hugged Kanda. Lavi walked over to Melody while Kanda was trying to get free.
"I have very bad luck," Lavi said to where only she could hear. Melody covered her mouth trying to hide her grin.
"I'd say. You're here on your day off," She snickered. Lavi glared at her wishing he could hit her. But he didn't hit girls. Lavi huffed and turned back to the scene in front of him. Kanda finally broke free from Tiedoll's grasp and said man was pouting.
"I brought a classmate with me," Kanda said angrily at Tiedoll.
"Oh?" Tiedoll replied and turn to look at Lavi. He was about to blow Lavi's cover. Both him and Melody glared at him.
"It's nice to meet you," Tiedoll said instead. Lavi gave a small smile.
"Nice to meet you too," Lavi answered. Melody nodded to Tiedoll and left the room quickly. Lavi knew it was so she could go laugh her ass off at his current situation. He knew he wasn't going to live this down.
"So what made you bring a friend with you Yuu-kun?" Tiedoll ask sitting back at his desk. Kanda glared at him for the use of his first name.
"I thought you could help with a situation at school," Kanda huffed.
"What's the problem?"
"Lavi is getting bullied everyday and has tried to kill himself once." Lavi realized as Kanda spoke, his grave kept getting deeper. Tiedoll looked at Lavi. He had a hidden look in his eyes that Lavi knew meant that they were going to talk tomorrow.
"Is that so?" Tiedoll asked him.
"Yes sir. It's gotten worse since Kanda um… asked me to go with him to the um… dance," Lavi answered. Tiedoll looked like he secretly wanted to laugh himself. Lavi was tempted to break his act and glare at him, but he didn't.
"I see. Well if Yuu-kun is asking me for help, you must mean something to him," Tiedoll replied.
"I'm right here old man!" Kanda snapped crossing his arms. Tiedoll smiled at his son and Kanda glared back.
"I'll think of a way to help you with your situation and have Yuu-kun tell you tomorrow," Tiedoll said. Lavi smiled and nodded his thanks. He knew that Tiedoll meant that he would have a talk about this with him and Bookman tomorrow.
"I'm leaving now. Let's go Lavi," Kanda said heading to the door. Lavi made to follow him when the door opened and Bookman came in. Lavi couldn't seem to catch a break today.
"H-Hi panda," Lavi said sheepishly. Bookman hit him in the head.
"Ouch!" Lavi whined rubbing his head.
"Respect your elders boy," Bookman said. Lavi just stuck his tongue out. He tried to head to the door where Kanda was standing, but Bookman grabbed his shirt. Lavi looked at Kanda.
"I'll catch up too you." Kanda nodded and left. The door closing with, in Lavi's opinion, a loud click.
"I received a call from the nurse that you were in the infirmary all day. Care to explain?" Bookman asked. Lavi squirmed free from him and bolted to the door.
"Tiedoll can tell you. Bye! See later!" Lavi said as he ran out the door and to the elevator where Kanda was waiting. Kanda raised an eyebrow but said nothing and pressed the button. The doors opened quicker this time and they got on right as Bookman was storming out of Tiedoll's office towards them. Lavi started to rapidly push the door close button to stop Bookman from getting on. He sighed in relief when the doors shut before Bookman could get to them.
"Why were you doing that?" Kanda asked.
"He was going to kill me," Lavi whined.
"Is that your father?" Kanda asked. Lavi started to laugh, really laugh for once.
"No way! That's my grandfather. Who will now more than likely try and make me switch schools," Lavi answered as he calmed down. Kanda just nodded. Lavi wasn't sure if that was a good thing or not. They soon exited the elevator as Bookman came out of the stair well.
"Lavi!" Bookman yelled furiously. Lavi gulped and took off running.
"I don't wanna die! I'm too pretty to die!" Lavi yelled as he ran out of the building. Kanda followed behind him.
Lavi stopped running after they had run a good two blocks from the building. He leaned against the wall next to him, panting profusely. Kanda stopped next to him and was trying to catch his breath.
"For someone who gets bullied all the time, you run extremely fast," Kanda said. Lavi nodded.
"I guess I always have." Kanda straightened up and started to walk off. Lavi followed after him.
"Where are we going?" Lavi asked.
"My house."
Lavi stood in front of Kanda's house in amazement. His house was like a mansion compared to his. He had tried to make Bookman get a bigger house, but he wouldn't.
"You're house is huge!" Lavi exclaimed. Kanda just shrugged as he unlocked the front door.
"I guess so," Kanda said sounding bored. He walked up the stairs and Lavi followed him. Kanda led him to his bedroom and Lavi was shocked when he entered. There were multiple posters and pictures of "Deak" on Kanda's walls.
"Wow…That's a lot of posters," Lavi commented. He was to sure if it was to confirm what he was thinking or if he was stating it. Kanda tossed his bag over into a chair and Lavi sat his bag down by the door.
"I guess there are. I make Tiedoll give one after every photo shoot of his or a picture from every concert," Kanda answered sitting on his bed. Lavi walked over to the computer chair and sat.
"Wow. So how do you feel about the postponement of his next concert?" Lavi asked.
"A little bit upset."
"Why?"
"Well one the original date was the day of the dance and I'd honestly rather go to the concert than the dance." Lavi was somewhat surprised to hear that.
"Then why did you ask me to go with you to the dance?" Lavi asked not knowing if he wanted to hear the answer.
"Truthfully, to get the damned girls to stop asking me to it," Kanda said making an annoyed face at the thought of all the girls.
"Oh…" Lavi said looking down. Kanda looked at him.
"And to actually ditch the dance." Lavi looked up surprised.
"Why?"
"Well I over heard part of a conversation you had with that girl," Kanda said.
"What did you hear?" Lavi asked.
"That you'd never been to a concert." Lavi scratched the back of his head nervously. He remembered that conversation too. Lenalee had been telling him how he had never been to a concert that he wasn't performing at.
"Y-yeah…" Lavi answered. Lavi looked over at the digital clocked next to Kanda's bed and got up.
"I should get going," Lavi said walking to his bag. He opened it a dug through it for a minute before finding what he was looking for. He pulled out a backstage pass and turned to Kanda.
"I um… actually buy a backstage pass for the concert. But the old panda won't let me go… so maybe you could use it…" Lavi said handing it to him. Kanda took it and looked at it before looking up at Lavi. Lavi picked his bag up and turned back to Kanda. Kanda walked over and Lavi watch him. Lavi felt a blush start to rise on his face. He quickly turned away and left as fast as he could.