Hi there guys, Hao with another installment of The Lotus Ring, I won't take long with all this stuff cause there's really nothing else to talk about.
Midnight Dream: I wouldn't say fast per-say, when I first started up dating I had started writing it the second saturday of October and I had six of the parts done when it was time to start updating.
Warnings: Er...Not much I think, maybe a little teasing on Kanda and maybe a small amount of angst...well...I wouldn't call it angst...I wouldn't know what to call it er...never mind and continue.
Disclaimer: *Sigh* No, if i did Allen and Kanda would be a pairing but that's not the case.
Oh and also...
Name: Italic - Is for text Messages and just plain Italics are the memories.
Part 4
Kanda walked home after being 'kicked' out of Lavi's house, on the outside he was calm and collected, on the inside a feeling he's never really experienced was lingering around. For the first time in his life, Kanda was actually nervous, and it was about a date, a date with a handsome white-haired male who was sweet and kind yet had an air of mystery around him.
He arrived at his apartment and unlocked it, when he walked in he received a text from the rabbit.
L.B. Usagi: Hey, I heard from Allen, you two dating tonight huh?
Kanda 'tsked' and he set the phone down and grabbed one of his ramen noodle cups, poured hot water into it and let it set. he picked up his phone and figured he should test the rabbit back before he decides to come and visit.
Yuu Kanda: So?
Barely a second past when he got a reply.
L.B. Usagi: Soooooo? It's your first date Yuu! Want me to come over and help you get ready!?
His eye twitched at his first name being used and reply as fast as he could before the idiot could decide either way to come over.
Yuu Kanda: No, and don't calm me by my first name unless you want me to break your neck.
After getting his chopsticks the long-haired male was about to dig into his ramen when another text showed up. He groaned in annoyance and set his meal down and read it only to glare at the message.
L.B. Usagi: To late, I'll be over three hours before the date to make you look nice and pretty, ttyl!
He didn't know what was worse, being nervous for the first time on his first date or the Usagi coming over to try and help him get ready for all that. "Idiot, he even tries to touch my hair he's dead." Kanda mumbled under his breath and he resumed to eat his meal.
At exactly 4 P.M. someone was rapidly knocking on his door without relenting, Kanda cracked open an eye and looked at the door then at the time and sighed and stood up. He was just meditating to calm his nerves it seemed to not have done much for him, and his mood was a bit sour now. As he walked up to the door he quickly through the door open nearly ripping it off it's hinges, he glared at the red-head who looked surprised at the sudden interruption.
Kanda was surprised to see a bag in the rabbits hands, he raised an eyebrow at it a little wary at it. "What's with the bag?" He asked slowly, then all of a sudden the red-head pushed him back inside entering the room and slammed the door shut. "Oi! Baka Usagi! Answer me!" Yeah, he wasn't happy.
The vampire turned around smiling widely, "This," he gestures to the bag, "Is a bag with an outfit you're gonna try on for your date."
Kanda blinked in surprised the scowled, "No. Get out." For the next ten minutes the two were arguing back and forward, Kanda said there was no way in hell he was gonna do that but the vampire wouldn't take no for an answer.
Then Lavi through the bag at him and scowled, getting very serious all of a sudden. "Try it on NOW." Kanda was taken aback by surprised by the sudden change in attitude from his...'friend.'
"Tch, fine." He finally says walking into his room not noticing the large grin Lavi sported as he walked away.
Kanda took off his jacket and the ring on his finger and set them down. He started digging through the bag. The first thing he pulled out made him immediately scowl, he opened the door and through it at the red-head who looked at it and burst out laughing. "If I find another one of those skirts in that bag I'm gonna kill you." Kanda slammed the door shut trying not to blush, damn it, and just when he thought he had a handle on it. He went back searching through the bag and pulled out a a slight dim white collared shirt, long sleeves, it wasn't a dress shirt but it was definitely nice and neat, brand new maybe? There weren't any tags so he wasn't sure what was up.
Placing the shirt down he takes out a pair of dark blue jeans, 'How did Lavi get my size?' He wondered to himself. It looked safe enough so before he tried it on he through the back with the rest of the clothes and said "I'm taking a shower." And closed the door.
Lavi looked at the door for a second then picked up the bag and looked through it to see a shirt and jeans were missing. He searched through his memory of what was in there and what's missing and smiled a little. "Leave it to Kanda to keep things simple, I even went through all that trouble of picking nice outfits for him." He sighed and shook his head, though chuckled as he put the skirt the Japanese man through at him. It was a joke from Allen, he thought it would be funny, nearly got Lavi killed though.
After half an hour Lavi was sitting on the couch lazily watching TV when the door opened. Out came Kanda dressed in sweat pants, a towel around his neck and his hair down and a black lose t-shirt. Lavi frowned at this, "Where's the outfit you picked out?"
Kanda looked away annoyed. "Tch, I'm not gonna wear it now Baka-Usagi, my hairs still wet the date isn't for another two hours." He sat down on the other end of the couch running the towel through his hair . Lavi watched for a moment the smirked, Kanda caught this and narrowed his eyes. "What are you planning?"
"I was thinking...we should TOTALLY braid your hair and-" But he was caught off by a pillow being thrown at him and Kanda giving him a death glare.
"Touch. My. Hair. And. You. Will. Die." He said so seriously Lavi actually gulped from nervousness, he chuckled nervously and went back to watching the tv.
Hour and a half later Kanda went back into his room and changed. He put his hair up as usual, put on his sneakers and was about to walk out of the door before he stopped, he felt like there was something important that he was forgetting. Just then he felts suddenly aware of nothing on his finger. Unconciously he reached to his right hand's ring finger and realized it wasn't there. He turned around and saw it on the night stand, he was thinking of leaving it before but now when he was gonna his mind all of a sudden did a 180 and changed it's mind. He went to reach for it and just as he was about to touch it...
'Take this *****, remember me by it.'
'No! I won't leave you, ***! I'd rather die then lose you!'
'You said it yourself, when someone turns into a vampire there souls can't go to either hell or heaven if they die, and you'll never come back. At least if I die I can come back one day.'
'B-but I don't want to lose you..'
Kanda's legs went weak and collapsed, images and voices racing through his head.
'You won't, as long as you don't forget me, we'll find each other one day.'
'We will, I'll find you, I'll never forget you...I Love you K-'
"Yuu!" The door slammed open in the back round and Lavi saw Kanda collapsed on the floor. He ran up to him and rolled him onto his back, Kanda was awake , but his eyes weren't focused at all, he panting like he raced a mile. "Yuu come on snap out of it!" Lavi yelled frantically. He looked up and saw the ring on the nightstand.
'Was he reaching for this when it happened?' Lavi though to himself, he looked back down at him and saw Kanda blinking, his eyes started to focus. "Yuu can you hear me?"
He didn't respond for a minute but then he finally said, "Don't...call me that...Usagi.." Kanda pushed himself up, his head was pounding and he felt exhausted all of a sudden. His breathing started to even out, his shirt was wrinkled, Lavi helped Kanda up and helped him straighten it out.
"What happened? I thought you were just changing." Lavi was panicking, he knew that there was a possibility that this could happen at random times but the fact that it had that it happened so quickly, a full day hadn't even passed and yet it was already having this kind of affect on him.
"I'm fine, Baka-Usagi." Kanda tried to push him away but his footing got a little wobbly and he fell against him again.
"Your not fine, you nearly passed out!" He made Kanda sit down on his bed, "Tell me, I'm your friend."
Kanda let out a long deep breath, "I'm not sure, I was getting something off of my nightstand and I just...I don't know...God what's going on Lavi? Things weren't like this yesterday, now all of a sudden...things just don't seem right..."
"It's alright Kanda, maybe you can just meditate for the next bit before your date get's here."
The long-haired male was shaking, if only a little, his mind was all over the place and he couldn't think straight. The thought of going on a date with Allen all of a sudden in this state made his nerves shake even more. Before he realized it he started talking. "I don't know if I can do that Lavi."
The red-head was taken aback, "What do you mean Kanda?"
"I mean what I mean Lavi, what if I can't do it, what if something goes wrong, I can't risk getting hurt again Lavi."
'Again!?' Lavi's eyes widen, nothing happened in Kanda's life that would have caused this. He was a virgin in every sense of the word, you know except the wet dreams the long times in the bathroom. Unless...'Does he remember something and not even realizing?"
Kanda seemed to have realized the same thing, he shook his head."Never mind, I don't know where that came from."
'But I do.' Lavi thought bitterly to himself.
"It's just...I don't know, maybe he deserves someone better than me, he kind and caring. What am I? I'm the guy with an ice cold heart." He said quietly his voice with a hint of self loathing.
Lavi looked at him like he was crazy. "That's not true." Kanda gave him a 'don't try to make me feel better' glare and Lavi sighed. "Okay, maybe that was true before, but haven't you realized? You've barely known Allen for a day, he told me things just seemed to click between you two. And you just said that you think you didn't deserve him, that just shows your caring, that 'heart of ice' of yours is melting, there's something between you two." Kanda didn't say anything he just stared at the floor. "You're a great guy Kanda, I've been your friend since high school, both you and Allen are lucky to have each other." 'You just have to remember being together.' Lavi thought to himself.
Kanda took a deep breath and his mind slowly came together, for some reason his feelings which he tried to hard to keep under wraps came right out. He nodded his head and stood up dusting his shirt. He looked at Lavi with his usual blank expression. "Thanks Lavi, I needed that, and some time to pull myself together."
Lavi smiled as he walked out of the room. He looked back at the nightstand and saw the ring. He wasn't sure if he wanted to give it to Kanda for the date but risk another accident or not and have him being anxious during his date without it. He picked it up and put it in his pocket and dug out his phone and called his white-haired friend. "Hey...there's a bit of a situation."
Kanda sat on the floor and meditated to clear his mind of any more bad thoughts. He ignored the sound of Lavi entering the room and focused on keeping calm and keeping whatever bad thoughts there were; out. When the door knocked he released one more deep breath and stood up. He looked at Lavi who was grinning. He walked over to the door when Lavi grabbed a hold of his sleeve. He looked back at the red-head.
"Here, you left this on your night stand." Lavi handed him the ring, the flower in the middle was brighter than before. But of course Kanda didn't notice that, he just looked at the ring, a little confused on why Lavi knew he had it. There was an all-knowing glint in Lavi's eye.
"Thanks." Was all that Kanda said when he put the ring on, he went to open the door and on the other side was a well dressed Allen. He wore a blue shirt and a black and white trench coat a pair of black slack and a pair of black dress shoes. "Um, hey there Allen."
"Hey Kanda, you look delectable." Allen purred making Kanda blush slightly and Lavi chuckle.
"Hey Allen-Chan, make sure he's home by one, don't talk to strangers and don't drink and drive." Lavi said acting like a parent making Kanda glare at him.
The white-haired vampire laughed at it, "Yeah don't worry Lavi," he looked at Kanda and put his hand out. "Shall we go."
Kanda looked at the hand and took it, "Yeah." He looked back at Lavi. "If you destroy my apartment when I get back your dead." And with that they left the building, Lavi paler than a vampire should be.
Okay so maybe it was a little bit much after Kanda regained his senses, it seemed a little angsty to me, I don't know about you guys but that's how I saw it. But he is kinda cute when he's all anxious and oh my god that skirt joke Lavi played, I wasn't so sure If I should have left it there But I will. Anyway, see you guys for more tomorrow.