Hey guys! So lately I've been thinking about really getting into writing more, since my writing skills have gotten a little shady. And what better way to improve in writing skills than write fanfics! Thankfully I've had lots of time to think of new ideas for this lovely...thing... so the writing will be out sooner. Plus, I might add some twists, just to keep the suspense up and to prolong this story a bit longer. But can you all believe it? A whole year I've had this story up and only 2 chapters done in that year! I'm pathetic...I'll try harder I promise! Now enough of my babbling, on with the next chapter!
As always, I do not own D Gray Man. That honor belongs to Katsura Hoshino.
A Brighter Day?
Waking up to the sound of pots clanging together wasn't exactly Lavi's idea of an alarm clock.
But sure enough, there in his bedroom doorway was his close friend Luna. In both hands she held big pots that were supposed to be used for cooking, not waking him up. Behind her was his gramps- or what most people call him by, Bookman- staring at him with earplugs obviously in his elf-ish ears.
"Time to wake up, you bum!" Luna shouted at the obviously tired redhead. Lavi really didn't want to get up, but seeing as how they were expecting him to he pretty much had no choice in the matter. With a groan of annoyance, he got up out of bed.
"Yeah, yeah I hear you." Lavi said groggily from just being woken up in the loudest way he could possibly not hope for. As he stood he scratched his head and walked over to the two, yawning most of the way there.
"Time to get ready for school!" Luna announced enthusiastically, Bookman had pulled his ear plugs out and collected the pans from Luna as he walked away from the two, not caring to be around the loud teen. Lavi turned to face the table he had next to his bed, looking at the clock he kept as his normal alarm clock, seeing he was woken up at 5:30 A.M., 30 minutes earlier than the norm. He mentally sighed and then ushered Luna out of his room so he could dress. Understanding, Luna stepped out of the room and shut the door. She would just go raid their fridge until he was ready to walk to school.
Another day of loneliness, how wonderful... Lavi mentally sighed. He was anxious about school, which he was starting to get used to. After Tyki ignored Lavi he always was trying to get noticed somehow. He didn't go extreme with it, just finding opening to talk to the older teen. Of course James interrupted most of the time, he still had small chances. Those moments kept him going, gave him hope that one day he would get Tyki back.
Remembering he still had to dress, Lavi stepped towards a door that led to his walk-in closet. Opening it he stepped inside and put on a green, V-neck, 3 quarter sleeve shirt and a pair of black jeans, along with black converse.
Finishing there, he headed out of his room and to the bathroom to brush his teeth and hair. When he finished up finally, Lavi walked to the kitchen where Luna was munching on a poptart.
"Sometimes I think you only come over for our food, you know. You eat almost like Allen yet thin as a rail; how you two do it I will never understand." He shook his head as she just gave him a big grin. Seeing as she couldn't reply with her face stuffed like it was. He just laughed and reached into his fridge to grab some orange juice; ever since Tyki began going out with James he noticed he didn't have much of an appetite in the mornings. But so no one would worry, Lavi made sure to choke down something down in front of others.
After finishing his juice, Lavi grabbed his bookbag then he and Luna headed off to school, saying goodbye to Bookman. The first few minutes went by with an awkward silence until Luna finally asked him about the one thing he had on his mind almost 24/7, Tyki.
"So how did your talk with Tyki go?" The black haired teen inquired; she was worried Lavi hadn't spoken to him at all and lost his chance.
"Actually, I think it went okay... Until gramps called. I asked him if he liked me before but we were interrupted, so he said we could continue talking another time." He explained shortly, not wanting to go into great details.
"Really? I was thinking you didn't talk to him at all, but seems miracles do happen!" She squeeled and jumped up and down like a crazed fangirl. "So today are you going to ask him again? Are you going to tell him how you feel? Can I watch? OMG! This is amazing, I feel like I'm in some love story, helping you out!" Oh, her imagination could be wild sometimes, Lavi reminded himself.
"Actually, I was thinking about talking to him today about it. Not sure how it's going to go if James is back today, but I'll manage somehow." Lavi was thinking about their encounter until he fell asleep at about 11 last night. He couldn't wait to get to school but at the same time wanted to stay home and hide under his covers, away from everyone. It was very conflicting, but he wouldn't miss school, not today when he is so close to getting what he wants, the one and only Tyki Mikk.
"Say, what if I kept James busy? I mean that was the original master plan that somehow got ruined, though I'm not sure how since I, a genius, came up with it..." Luna thought very highly of herself, and being a straight A student she should, but her plan wasn't really as fool proof as she wanted to believe.
"No thanks, Luna. I'm grateful for the gesture but I think I can handle it. You can't be there either, this is between Tyki and I." Lavi stated, firm on his decision.
"What's between you and I?" A voice came from behind the two, nearly making them jump out of their skins. They both turned to see the brunette smirking at their reactions, Tyki could be very sneaky when he put his mind to it.
"Uh, w-well," Lavi couldn't seem to get anymore words out. He cleared his throat and finally found his voice after a few seconds. Deciding not to beat around the bush, Lavi stood firm as he replied, "You said you wanted to finish our discussion, and I was just telling Luna that it was our business only." He shocked himself with how straight forward he was, not stuttering or even pausing.
"Ah, yes. I do believe I said that." Tyki said in his suave voice, grinning at the redhead. Lavi felt his heart melt at that grin; he was always a sucker for Tyki's charming turn of the lips.
"Well, I'll be leaving you two to it then, see you guys at school." Luna said as she sprinted a few yards away before continuing a normal walking pace. Lavi and Tyki just watched her go then turned to one another, feeling a bit awkward now.
"Shall we continue walking while we have or little chat, Lavi?" Lavi felt his heart pound; hearing his name from those lips was almost like a sweet sin.
"Sure, so same question as yesterday." Lavi decided to get straight to the point, he didn't want to wait any longer as they walked to school.
"Wow, straight to it then, I guess," Tyki chuckled, "To be completely honest Lavi, I have liked you for a long time now, I just thought you weren't interested so I decided to move on," he confessed, "I thought pushing you away would be easier, but it's only gotten harder." Lavi was stunned, so much so he stopped walking; Tyki stopped just a few steps ahead of him, he didn't turn to face the redhead, though. Lavi's heart pounded like thunder in his chest, he could not believe his ears. Tyki actually liked him back, he has liked him for a while, and he never figured it out until he heard it from Tyki. He felt like such an idiot for not seeing it before; thinking back he realized Tyki had made some moves but he always took them as friendly gestures.
"I-I don't know what to say..." Lavi said truthfully, he had so many things to say, but nothing came to mind. It was like his brain wasn't in its place. Tyki turned to face Lavi, smiling, he hugged the younger teen.
"Say you feel the same way, say you want this too." Tyki whispered into Lavi's ear. He tightened his hold on the redhead, not wanting to let go and scared of what the boy would say. Lavi slowly brought his arms around to embrace the brunette back, feeling a tear run down his cheek.
"Tyki Mikk, I want this; I love you and I have for years now." He said quietly, his heart still thumped in his chest; from what he could feel, Tyki's was racing too.
"I love you, too." He heard Tyki say as the older teen pulled back only to capture Lavi's lips with his own. The expected but absurdly surprising kiss made Lavi melt. This is what he's been wanting, and he can finally have it now. They explored each others' mouth until they finally had to pull back to breathe, still embracing one another. They looked at each other and couldn't help but smile.
Once again they were interrupted by a phone ringing, but it wasn't Lavi's. Tyki sighed and pulled out his cell.
"Hello?" Lavi let go of Tyki, giving him some space to talk on the phone.
"What is this I hear about you and Lavi hooking up?!" James practically screamed into the phone. Tyki had to hold the phone a few feet from his ear so it wouldn't burst his ear drum. Lavi cringed, how the hell did news spread so fast?
Luna.
Of course she couldn't keep her mouth shut about it and went to all her friends expressing the 'love story' going on between the two teen males. And as high school is, news like that spread like a wildfire in a dead forest.
The minute James shouted those words both teens knew who had to of spread the news. Unbeknownst to them, Luna turned a corner down the street when the two were too indulged in their conversation to notice her. She couldn't hear them but as soon as she saw Tyki and Lavi hug, she sprinted her happy ass to school to boast loud and proud about the new couple.
Lavi face palmed, he should have told her to zip it. Tyki just sighed, he was going to end it with James.
"Look, things just weren't working out between us. I mean things were getting pretty stale, we never really did anything unless we were around people, and that was just plain awkward." Tyki was being painfully truthful, things were getting boring. They barely hanged out after school and the only intimate times they had was when Lavi was around, or James didn't want him talking to someone. He hadn't really noticed until he thought about things the night before.
"So you just decided to cheat on me? Screw you, Tyki! I'm going to make both your lives a living hell." James stated before abruptly hanging up on Tyki. Putting his phone back into his pocket, Tyki sighed out loud.
"Well he isn't too happy, but it's whatever." Tyki turned to Lavi who looked a bit concerned. He heard what James had said, and was really dreading what was to come. But as long as he had Tyki by his side, things would be all right.
"We should probably hurry up to school, we might be late." Tyki said as he grabbed Lavi's hand and laced their fingers together. Lavi blushed and nodded in agreement; he quickly turned to Tyki and gave him a peck on the lips, surprising the brunette, but he smiled sweetly at the redhead.
"Okay, let's get going then." Lavi said enthusiastically, ready to take on whatever he had in store at school with the news now spread not even a minute after they confessed to one another.
-Line break-
They both arrived at school with ten minutes to spare. They went to their lockers and they both walked together to their first class. Knowing that James was in there was a bit unnerving, but they would stand their ground. They were finally able to be together and they weren't going to let some pretty boy ruin that for them.
As they walked in they instantly felt glaring eyes on them. Lavi turned to see James glaring daggers from the other side of the class. Thankfully the two didn't sit anywhere near him, but they didn't sit together. Luna smiled and waved Lavi over to her as Tyki took his assigned seating. Lavi sat down in his spot behind the girl.
"So, you two, are you a thing now?" She turned to ask enthusiastically, already knowing but wanting to make sure.
"You already know we are, but thanks to your loud mouth James found out, and I'm pretty sure he's out for revenge." Lavi sighed, he loved Luna to death, but boy did she know how to run her mouth at the wrong times.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I told all the people I told not to tell anyone. Oooops?" She smiled apologetically at the redhead.
"It's fine, I guess it just made it easier for Tyki to break things off with him." Again he sighed, he could hear his and Tyki's name being whispered all around class and felt the stares he was receiving from his peers. Lavi never did come out openly as being gay, but now it was out there and people were going to talk smack. It was high school after all.
"Well that's just lovely! And if he lays a finger on your pretty little head, I will break his face in with a textbook." She said all too sweetly, a seemingly dark aura surrounding her as she cackled to herself.
"I'm pretty sure that's illegal, but thanks anyways. I know how to defend myself if anything like that does happen, so don't worry yourself. Plus I have Tyki now, and he wouldn't let James or anyone get away with it." He smiled at the thought of Tyki fighting off James and other boys from beating him up, almost as if he was his Superman.
Lavi wasn't sure if people would give him crap or not, physically or just name calling and rumors, but whatever was going to happen he knew he could depend on the two people that mattered most, Tyki and Luna; his boyfriend and his best friend.
"Earth to Lavi!" Luna's voice brought him back to reality. Just then the bell rang for class to begin.
Their teacher entered the classroom and started handing out graded assignments and lecturing the class to do better, seeing as how half of them failed. Lavi got his and had a 100%, not that it was a surprise.
Class continued until the bell rang for second hour; the whole class Tyki and Lavi could feel James' glare. Finally being free from the awkwardness of that class, Lavi, Luna, and Tyki left the class walking together to Lavi and Luna's second class. Tyki left after giving Lavi a kiss on the cheek and headed to his class, Luna giggled at the blush on Lavi's cheeks but he ignored her and they sat down.
Today is going to be a great day, nothing could possibly ruin this day. Lavi thought, but little did he know how wrong he was. It was going to be a long day for everyone.
To be continued...
(A/N): So this chapter is finally done. I have so many new ideas for this story, so it is far from over. Reviews are like a cheap but meaningful gift from you to me and makes me write faster, so review like never before. Just kidding, hope you enjoyed and be ready for an update in the near future!
