Spiritual Awakening

Summary: Sequel to Ghostly Phenomenon. Allen Walker is back in reality, confused and unsure of everything. His head spinning, he tries to figure out what's real and what's fiction, in unconventional methods.

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Chapter Start

"He's awake?" A certain Lenalee Lee exclaimed, clasping her hands together under her chin. "Brother, are you certain?"

Smiling at her, Komui nodded, showing her the phone in his hand. "The hospital just called and informed me. It seems like your visits have helped him wake up."

"Just wait until I tell Lavi, he'll be so happy!" Lenalee said, smiling widely, putting on her coat as she spoke. "Kanda will be happy too, at least a little bit, I know he's missed bickering with Allen!"

Komui watched her for a few moments before speaking again. "Lenalee… Don't you think that it would be better for you to have… different, friends?" He asked, wincing slightly as she turned a glare onto him. "Not that I don't like your friends, Lenalee, it's just that I don't know if they're best for your recovery."

"They're fine for my recovery, brother!" She snapped, finishing clasping her coat buttons before she grabbed her purse off the table. "I don't know why you think otherwise, you've met them before and got along with them just fine-!"

"That's not the problem, Lenalee." He interrupted, bringing a hand to his glasses in frustration. "The problem is that they're mentally unstable!"

She went silent at that, as she stared at him with wide eyes.

"Lavi has multiple personalities, Lenalee, who is he going to be today, Lavi or Deke or one of the others?" Komui harshly said, trying to ignore the look on his little sister's face. "Kanda is bipolar, and violent, and he could hurt you in one of his mood swings."

Tears of frustration in her eyes, Lenalee glared at Komui before speaking. "What about Allen? What flaws does he have that you're going to point out?" She asked, fists clenched at her sides, "They may not be completely okay in their heads, but neither am I, and that's one of the reasons we're such good friends, because we all have our flaws and we acknowledge that, and we work through them together! If you think that they're bad influences on me or something, just because they have some disorders, then you might want to try and get rid of me, because I'm my own worst influence, and I'm not all that good in the head either; I did try to kill myself, remember?"

"Lenalee, you know I didn't mean it like that!" Komui exclaimed, looking upset.

"Then how did you mean it, brother?" Lenalee demanded, "Tell me, how did you mean it?"

Unable to respond, Komui could only stutter out a slight apology to her, while she narrowed her eyes at him in anger.

"I thought so; I'll be back late, so don't wait up." She said, storming out of the house, ignoring the tears going down her face.

Allen sat in his hospital bed, glaring bored at the wall. "Why do you people insist on always drawing my blood?" He asked the nurse, watching her out of the corner of his eye.

"T-To make sure that your blood is okay." She answered, not looking up from her task.

"It's running through my veins, isn't it? If it wasn't, then you could worry."

There was a long moment of silence, during which Allen slowly let his gaze turn to her, grinning at her hair style. "You wear your hair in piggy-tails?" He asked, laughing.

Flushing, she looked up at him. "W-Well yes, i-if you don't like it then I could-"

"No, no, I like it!" Allen interrupted, holding up his hands to her, smiling. "It's cute, really!"

Squeaking, she looked back down at his arm, taking out the needle and bandaging the puncture, her face flushed darkly. "Th-Thank you, then I'll be sure to wear it more often!"

Allen looked down at her name tag, grinning. "Lou Fa? That's a cute name, matches the hair."

Embarrassed, she squeaked out a small "thank you" before hurriedly gathering her things, ignoring the needles and pills that fell, before bowing quickly and rushing out of the room.

"Ah, she's cute, like a little sister or a cat." Allen said fondly, before his mood turned to one of distaste as he looked down at his arm. "…She could be a better nurse, though."

Chapter end

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