The next morning, Lavi and Sandra were early back in the forest. They wanted to look further for the reason why people disappear from the town.
"Do you think the earl has something to do with it?", she asked, looking around.
"Hm ...", Lavi thought, "I think so ... It's strange that people just started to disappear after the father of the man died."
"You´re right. There is certainly a connection. "
"Definitely. We just need to find out how."
Sandra nodded to him. They went on together until they came to a clearing. There they saw an elderly woman, with dark brown hair, and obviously she was wearing a blue night shirt.
"This is the mother of the young man ...", Lavi suddenly said.
"How do you think about that?"
"I saw a picture of her in the house."
"Ah I understand. But what about her alone in the middle of the forest? "
While Lavi was already going to the woman, Sandra stopped suddenly.
"Wait a moment ... There's something wrong ...", she thought, feeling her senses.
"Lavi! Wait! She's an... ", she shouted, but it was too late. Already at the same moment, the woman in front of him turned into a level two Akuma.
"I guess we've found the cause", Lavi said, activating his Innocence.
It did not take long, and Akuma was teeming with the clearing. Together, the two exorcists fought against them. Lavi, who just finished some level one Akuma, did not notice that Level Two was going to attack him.
"Lavi be careful!" Sandra shouted at him, but he could not react in time to defend himself. At the last moment, Sandra jumped up and threw himself with him to the ground.
"That was just ... thank you ...", he said and sat up.
"You're such a fool!", she cried angrily.
Lavi looked at her, wanted to say something, but then he looked at her, shocked, as he noticed the blood dripping onto the floor.
"You ... you're hurt ...", he said, shocked.
"It's just a scraping ...", she said, holding her hand to her waist. There was already a red spot on her uniform. Lavi knew she was hurt by his carelessness. Nevertheless, she continued to fight Akuma and did one thing after another. Lavi unveiled the two Akuma level. Not once again did such a mistake happen to him and thus he attacked the Akuma with full force of his fire seal and defeated it.
"I think that's it ...", she said, landed gently on the ground. Again she held her hand on her wound, which was still bleeding. Lavi looked at her worried.
"Let me handle this", he said, pointing to the wound.
"It's okay ...", she murmured stubbornly.
"But that has to be treated!" Lavi was worried about her and had feelings of guilt because she was hurt because of him. "Otherwise, the wound will continue to ignite, and that can lead to problems", he said anxiously. "After all, you're hurt and it´s my fault."
Sandra sighed and gave in. "Well ...", she took off her uniform and her black top, which she wore under it. Lavi looked at her and blushed as she stood up in the bra before him. Sandra blushed even as she is normally not so free. She sat down on the floor.
"Come on!"
"Eh ... Yes!"
Lavi sat next to her on the ground, fetched his bandage and what he still needed, and began to clean her wound.
"Now only the bandage is missing ...", he murmured, staring at her wound. Carefully he wrapped the bandage around her waist. She felt each of his touches, which seemed to be so popular here.
"He is so tender ...", she thought, and could not take her eyes off him.
"That's it." Lavi looked up and smiled at her. Sandra looked directly into his eye, still a light tone of red her cheeks. For the first time, Lavi held her gaze and did not look away from her blue eyes. His heart beat wild with excitement because he was so close to her. Suddenly she came closer to him face, closed her eyes and kissed him on his lips. Lavi, who was totally surprised, did not even know what happened to him. His heart began to beat wildly. Just as he wanted to return the kiss, Sandra suddenly broke away from him as she realized what she was doing.
"Sorry ... I'm sorry ...", she stammered, her face reddened. She was visibly embarrassed.
"Al ... Alright ...", he said, and was still completely perplexed.
Sandra stood up without losing another word about the kiss and pulled back her top and the uniform again.
"I ... think we should go back to town ...", she said, to distract from this embarrassing situation.
"Yeah ... ok ...", he agreed, and stood up.
Together they went back to the town and spent the night in the same inn as two nights before. Again Sandra lay awake in the night. This time he turned away, so he did not see her awake. She was thinking about Lavi and the kiss.
"Why did I have to kiss this guy?"
She was still embarrassed.
"What does he think of me now? I hope not something like I fall in love with him. Because ... I'm not going to do that." Her heart beat faster again, letting her cheeks get red. Luckily it was dark in the room, so he could not see it. She decided to get up, get fresh air and went to the balcony, not knowing that Lavi was awake too.
The kiss did not go out of his head, either, and he did not understand what was wrong with him.
"Why does not this kiss go out of my head? It was just a kiss."
All the time he had to think of Sandra, her smile, her eyes. It made him crazy to have everything in mind.
"Ah! Why do I think of them all the time? I can´t tie myself, but this feeling for her just doesn´t go away! "
Then he noticed that she was going to the balcony.
"She's awake, too ..." Then he got up and went to the balcony.
Sandra leaned against the black iron railing and looked into the night sky. She tried to free herself from these thoughts, which were all about him, and get a clear head.
"You can´t sleep huh?" She suddenly heard him behind her. She had not reckoned with him and was frightened.
"L ... Lavi ..." She turned to him. "Oh ... eh ... no ...", she murmured surprised. Her heart immediately began to beat again, her cheeks turned red and her nervousness increased as he stood right next to her. "What am I doing now?" She asked herself, not knowing what to say.
"That ... that's good ...", he stammered, looking into the backstage. His heart was also beating wildly and he did not know what to do about it.
"G ... good? Eh ... Well ... I can´t sleep, I would not just call it good ... "
"Eh ... Yes this is true..."
Suddenly Sandra began to laugh amused. "So I've never heard him talking", she thought.
"Why are you laughing like that?", he asked irritably, looking at her in disgust.
"Not so important", she said and continued to laugh.
"Come on! Say! Why are you laughing?"
In response, she looked into his eyes and gave him a loving smile.
"Should I?" She asked herself, as her heart beat with excitement. But then she decided to do it and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"I'm going back to bed", she said with a smile, "Good night." Lavi was instantly red in his face. But before he could say anything, she went in again. He just stood there and looked after her in disgust.
"This woman remains a mystery to me", he wondered about her, touching the spot on his cheek, where she had kissed him. Shortly afterwards he went back to bed.
The next day a new order was already waiting for the two. They took the train to the next city, which Komui had called them because it was supposed to be Innocence. This time, Sandra was sitting next to him, looking out the window as he looked at her and thought about the kiss again. He blushed again. Sandra turned to him.
"Everything ok with you?", she asked in surprise, as she had noticed that he was staring at her.
"Eh? Oh, okay, I'm fine", he laughed embarrassed, "And you?"
"Yes, me too."
"I'm glad." He smiled at her and for the first time Sandra had the impression that his smile was real. This pleased her greatly and replied his smile. In the meantime, she understood much better with him and had a sense of confidence. After a while she slept, however, as the journey still took some time. She leaned back against him unintentionally. Suddenly he blushed. His heart beat faster because she was so close to him. Lavi looked at her and watched her sleep. He watched each of her movements as her chest lifted and lowered as she breathed, as her mouth creased a gentle smile. She slept so calmly and peacefully, and evidently felt very comfortable with him. A little later she woke up again. Lavi saw her slowly opening her eyes again. He smiled at her.
"Oh ... Well slept well?"
"Hm?" At first she looked at him in astonishment, then realized that she had leaned against him in her sleep.
"Oh ... eh ... sorry ...", she murmured embarrassedly embarrassed. Her cheeks turned red and she looked down.
"Alright ...", he said, smiling at her and not finding it very bad. On the contrary, he even liked being so close to her.
When they arrived at their destination a little later, they continued their new mission. At the train station they met one of the finders who told them about the Innocence, which is to be located here. Immediately, they made a search for a horde of Akuma, who did not have an easy time with the two exorcists, as they became more and more a team.
In the evening, the two exorcists returned to an inn where they ate and went to the room after they had not succeeded and could not find Innocence. Lavi wanted to see again her injury, which she had pulled the day before. This time she let him go without grumbling and pulled out her uniform and shirt again. Sandra sat down on the bed and immediately began to unwind the dressing, looked at the wound and re-dressed the bandage. Sandra was red again in his touch and enjoyed this time even. Her eyes remained fixed on him all the time, and her heart beat faster.
"I ... I think ... I've fallen in love with him ...", she realized slowly, "Billed into him ..."
"Your hands are so warm ...", suddenly it came over her lips. Lavi immediately looked at her in astonishment and turned red. "Eh ... What?" When she noticed that she had just said loudly, she was red suddenly.
"Oh dear ... What am I doing now? Shall I ... tell him?", her heart was racing wildly. She looked into his eye.
"Me ... I do not want to leave our kiss last night ...", she admitted honestly.
"I'm going so well ..." She did not really expect that, so she looked at him in surprise.
"What? Re ... Really? "
"Yes ...", he said, smiling at her. His heart beat at least as fast as he saw into her blue eyes. Now Sandra was only more nervous.
"I ... I have to tell you ... something ...", she wanted to tell him that she fell in love with him.
"And what?"
"I ... I have fall in ...", she began, but she did not come any further. Suddenly they heard loud explosions, shots, and cries of people outside.
"Akuma!" They shouted at the same time and jumped up immediately. Sandra pulled back quickly. Both made themselves ready for battle.
"Grr ... These Akuma can disturb the most beautiful moment!", Lavi called sourly and went straight to the outside. Sandra followed him and together they fought the Akuma, until none of them remained.