A/N: Chapter four~!
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Afternoon at the Black Order; Jerry was working hard in the kitchen to prepare enough food for the white haired exorcist with a parasitic type innocence. Lavi and Lenalee were sitting across from Allen, looking at him nervously. Komui was misusing the intercom to call for his beloved sister. The expert swordsman, Kanda, was yet again staring a deep hole into the back of Lavi's head for his antics earlier.
Not too far away, in the medical ward, a young doctor in a white coat, with deep green eyes and ash brown hair, was examining Arianna's condition. It had now been a few days since the incident and it was today, that the doctor would tell her if she was allowed to leave. Arianna sat on the edge of the bed, wearing her new exorcist uniform, her toes barely reaching the floor. Most of her bandages covered by the uniform. The medical examiner continued with his questions, the last one he asked, brought a smile to his face, as he knew it would make her happy.
"Would you like to try and walk?" he asked, his kind, forest green eyes studying her features. She looked up at him and smiled.
"Yes, I would," she said, sounding confident in her words. The doctor moved so he was standing in front of her.
"I want you to hold onto me at first, if you feel like you can do it on your own, feel free to let go, okay?" he asked with a smile. She nodded and he held out his hands, gently guiding her to stand up on her feet. She felt unstable and swayed a bit.
"I've got you," the doctor said reassuringly, Arianna nodded.
With that, she took a small step, but waited a moment before moving to take another. A smile started forming on her lips as she continued to take more steps. She looked up to the doctor with a wide smile, he returned it and let go of her hands and she continued her way towards the door. She turned around and faced the doctor.
"Thank you very much," she said walking back over.
"You're very welcome," he said and Arianna gave him a short hug.
"Now, now," he said with an embarrassed laugh and a blush present across his face.
"Just take it easy alright?" he said and Arianna nodded.
"Also, in a few weeks time, when the muscles in your limbs have healed more, you can begin training to build them up again," he said and she smiled.
"Does this mean I can walk around now?" Arianna asked.
"I'll accompany you until you get to where you want to go now, then yes, you can," he said and she smiled again. They both walked over to the door.
"Where is it that you'd like to go?" he asked.
"The cafeteria," she said and headed in that direction. The doctor laughed and followed her.
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The cafeteria was relatively quiet. Ten residents at the most were there, being the afternoon, not many people would be there. Allen, Lenalee and Lavi were still there. Allen looked up from his mountain of food and saw a familiar face coming through the entrance.
"Hey, is that-?" Allen said through his food, looking towards the entrance of the cafeteria. Lavi and Lenalee turned around and saw Arianna clinging to the sleeve of a medical resident.
Without any hesitation, Lavi hastily scrambled out of his seat and ran over to Arianna. He engulfed her in a heartwarming embrace, almost making her fall over.
"Hey Lavi," she said, holding onto him tightly. The doctor standing beside them croaked his throat awkwardly and straightened out his coat.
"You're in safe hands now, if you need anything, come see me," he said and turned to walk away, but a hand grabbed the sleeve of his coat and when he turned back, he saw Arianna bowing slightly before him.
"Thank you very much," she said and stood up straight again with a sincere smile on her face, the doctor returned her smile and left.
Arianna then turned back around to see Lavi with a flashy smile; Allen and Lenalee were also walking over. Lenalee engulfed Arianna in a tight hug.
"How are you?" Lenalee asked as she let go. Arianna smiled.
"Better," she replied simply.
"Allen," she said turning to the white haired boy, catching him off guard.
"I just want to say thank you again," she said and also gave him a hug. Lavi was about to say something, but a slightly agitated Bookman that hit him over the head, had cut him off.
"Ouch," Lavi exasperated and brought a hand up to his now aching head.
"What did you do that for you old panda!" Lavi said aggressively, glaring at the short, old man.
He didn't say anything; he mumbled something slightly audible and walked away. Lavi shrugged his shoulders.
"What was that about?" Allen asked the redhead. Lavi moved his hands to behind his head and sighed.
"I guess the old panda wants me to catch up on record keeping, I've been slacking off a little lately," he said sounding troubled, then a cheeky grin played on his lips.
"Ari~! Why don't you come with me? Just like old times," he said walking over to her side.
Memories of late night bedtime stories ran through Arianna's mind and she laughed.
"Sure, why not?" she said and Lavi looked even happier. He moved an arm around her waist.
"Let's go~! See you guys later~!" Lavi said to Allen and Lenalee, steering Arianna in the direction of the library. When they had walked far enough away, Lavi's tone of voice turned somewhat serious.
"Are you really feeling better?" he asked, their pace slowing.
"Yeah," she said quietly, her head hanging low.
"You know, you used to tell me everything that was going through your head, so why stop now? You can trust me," he said with a smile, lifting her chin so she could look him in the eye.
"I know," she said softly.
"But, you shouldn't concern yourself, I am feeling better," she added averting her gaze, his hand still cupping her chin.
Arianna likes to help anyone with his or her problems but when it comes to her own, she shuts herself out.
"Please talk to me," Lavi said now coming to a stop in the middle of an empty hallway.
"Lavi, please, I'm fine," she replied, still not meeting his questioning gaze.
"You don't need to worry, okay?" she said looking up to him with an empty smile. Lavi stood about twenty centimeters taller than her, standing closer to her, studying her face. He studied her smile with a solemn look on his face. Then he sighed.
"Let's get going or the panda's going to shoot me," he said and stepped away from her. Arianna stood still for a moment before following.
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A few hours later, in the depths of the library, Lavi was quietly reading while the raven haired girl that accompanied him, peacefully slept on his shoulder. He didn't realize at first, he merely thought she wanted to see what he was reading, but after a few moments, he could hear her breathing deepen and even out. He listened to her soft mumbles of sweet nothings as she fell deeper into her subconscious state.
As Lavi finished the work he had to do, he looked to the young woman resting on his shoulder and smiled.
"Ari?" he whispered.
"Arianna?" he whispered slightly louder, brushing the hair out of her face. She flinched at his touch, which shocked him. Then her arms moved up to wrap around his arm tightly. Her eyes scrunched and her eyebrows furrowed.
"Hey, Arianna?" he said, sounding louder and more urgent than before, dropping the book he held in his hand. Her eyes fluttered open slightly.
"Hmm?" she murmured, her grip loosening and her head lifted away from Lavi's shoulder.
"You all right?" he asked, not sure how to react.
"I'm fine," she answered, still sounding tired from her short slumber.
"Hold on," Lavi said and Arianna looked startled for a moment, before Lavi picked her up 'bridal style'. She was going to protest, but found she had no energy to at that moment; instead, she enjoyed the feeling of Lavi's strong arms securely around her.
"Hey, don't fall asleep again, you need to tell me where your room is," Lavi said with a smile, walking out of the library.
"I don't know where it is," Arianna said simply, Lavi stopped in his tracks.
"What do you mean you don't know?!" he asked, an 'I cant believe it' look spread across his face.
"I've only been in the hospital room, I haven't had a chance to find out yet," she said, leaning against him.
"Oh yeah," he said with a nervous laugh and started walking again.
"I guess you'll just have to sleep in my bed," Lavi said through a smirk and wiggled his eyebrows suggestively. Arianna playfully slapped his chest.
"You slept through dinner, you're not hungry are you?" he asked, now serious.
"Not really," she said then frowned.
"You know, you don't have to carry me, I can walk," she said looking up at him. Then he laughed.
"But I want to~!" he said and laughed.
"Besides, when am I going to have this chance again?" he looked down at her and smiled when he noticed the hint of a blush on her cheeks.
"Ari~! You look so cute~!" he teased and she buried her face against him to he could no longer see the red tint on her face.
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Neither of them had realized how late it had actually been until Lavi walked by a window and saw the stars shimmering in the ocean that is the deep blue sky. The moon shining high, finding its place between the specks of light as night drew on.
A few moments later, they arrived at Lavi's door. Lavi gently let Arianna down and they walked inside. He closed the door softly behind them. Lavi was thankful that Bookman was going to be in the library all night, otherwise it could have been awkward.
Arianna stood close to him, not sure where to go.
"Come on," he whispered, taking her hands in his and pulling her towards his bed. He crawled on and pulled her on after him.
"Just like when we were younger," he whispered, laying down and gestured for her to come over. Arianna hesitantly rested her head on his chest, and then as she heard the rhythm of his heart, she relaxed.
She remembered the times that Lavi had snuck into her room late at night, claiming to have had a nightmare, but Arianna knew better. She would let him sleep in her bed, so the 'monsters' wouldn't get to him. She always used to say; "I won't let anyone hurt you while I'm here with you". She smiled as she remembered the time he told her stories as they lay next to each other on the bed.
"Night Lavi," she whispered.
"Night Arianna," he whispered back, putting an arm around her and they peacefully fell asleep, just like they used to so many years ago.
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A/N: Hope you enjoyed reading, please review~!