-1With darkness, there is love

Editor's note: Dhampir and Toshi-kun - You guys are my reason for me continuing this story. I have to admit it has developed well, and even I get excited when I type this little baby up. I think about how it should run when I am at work (it's kind of distracting at times though lol). But all the comments I receive end up making me smile just that little bit more…

Anyways I will be updating once every few days, should be enough to keep suspense up.

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Chapter 4

-Allen Walker's Mansion - Thursday, 9:30am-

Allen was rushing for time as he tied his necktie up perfectly. He had been waiting for Thursday to come around since the Tuesday night after the fair. However with those wonderful memories of being with Lavi at the fair, the silver-haired teen always found himself remembering what had happened AFTER he got home from the fair…

-Tuesday night-

"ALLLEEEENN!!!" Miranda wept loudly as she clutched the youngster tightly by the shoulders. "HOW could you make me worry like this!!! If anything had happened to you I would have sent myself to god!!!" Allen could only sigh in embarrassment as Miranda clutched onto him, tears running in an endless waterfall.

"Miranda I am fine… see? I'm alive and well…." But Allen's reassurance was not enough to stop the crying maid. In fact it only made Miranda cry a little louder, much to the detriment of Allen.

"Master I will not let you come to harms way, even if I must sacrifice my life!!!"

"Umm….Miranda…. That's not necessary…"

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Allen could only growl to himself as he remembered all the times that Miranda checked up on him. A grand total of 63 times as Allen counted. But as he had nothing to do on Wednesday so he finished his Shakespearian homework for his tutor. Usually he wasn't so eager to finish his homework, but the young boy wanted to kill time before his day out.

He was too excited for words, and it was hard to not think about the adventures he would have with his newfound friend, Lavi. But the day had finally arrived and Allen wanted to look his utmost best, and what made the day so easy…?

Miranda went food shopping on Thursday mornings so Allen could go anywhere for the day…

As soon as the boy finished brushing his hair he zoomed down the stairs, only to find that his tutor had just walked in the door.

"SorrycrosssirIhavethingstodotodaynotutoringmetoday!!!" Allen blurted as he bolted for the open door. But no sooner did Allen reach the door, the silver haired teen felt a large tug as his tutor practically yanked him backwards by the sleeve.

"Hold it kid, where do you think YOU'RE going?" The tutor asked suspiciously as Allen turned around, a slightly nervous look coating the young boy's face.

"Well… I have some things to do with.. Um…a friend today," the silver haired teen answered, scared of what the "scary tutor" would say next. Much to Allen's amazement however, the tutor just shrugged. "My homework is on my bedroom desk, feel free to take it." Cross simply nodded as Allen ran out of the door in a hurry, leaving the tutor suspicious and yet, greatly amused.

"Something you're doing with a friend, eh?" The tutor could only laugh evilly as he speculated in his mind just WHAT Allen was doing.

Allen got to the front of the house, where he had requested Krory to bring the Black Royce out for the morning the night before. And his driver, though battered and beaten from Miranda, was waiting for him happily.

"Good morning master Allen," Krory smiled as he opened the door for the young boy. Allen beamed his biggest smile to date as he entered the car.

"Good morning Mister Krory," Allen replied as Krory hopped into the car. He noticed instantly that Allen was extremely excited about something, but what exactly he couldn't tell. But to see his young master full of smiles, Krory couldn't help but smile himself…

Your son is growing up well Master Walker… Krory thought, smiling again before starting the car. Allen could only daydream as his mind thought about the many adventures he would have with the person who brought him his very smile…

Lavi…

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9:45am, Lavi's apartment block

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The gang watched on in amazement as Lavi fought three of the twilight members. However all of Lavi's gang could agree on one thing…

There was something a little off about Lavi's fighting…

And by a little, they meant A LOT. The red head looked as though he was on another planet, his eyes dazed and sparkling as he dodged and tripped his opponents without having to look at them.

"Lavi is in a world of his own, ain't he…" Harry said as Lavi tripped one of the twilights for the 17th time in a row. "And he's still managing to hold the twilights off, almost as if fighting was his instinct…"

"He dodges and trips twilight members, but does not attack. Mind must be elsewhere, da?" Boris enquired as Al just sat on the stairs to the apartment block, giggling.

"Something really must be on his mind for him to be this…odd," The blonde-haired teen laughed as he watched his leader dodge the opponents, finding Lavi's actions… amusing. Lavi himself was too preoccupied in his mind to care about what his gang mates thoughts, however when looking at the clock that hung over the corner store, he was instantly snapped out of his own world…

And sent into a slight state of panic. It was 9:57am.

"OH FUCK! That's the time???!!" the red head bellowed as he turned to his opponents, who were tired and quite furious. "Well guys I would like to stay but…"

"I!"

"HAVE!!"

"THINGS TO DO!!!"

And with this, Lavi smacked all three of the twilight members in the stomach with his left fist. Lavi pissbolted in the opposite direction of the defeated twilight members as his gang mates were left to clean up the mess that their leader had left behind.

"Boss is in big rush, da?" Boris exclaimed as the other 2 members walked over to the knocked out twilights. Al just laughed nervously as he poked one of the twilights with his foot.

"Seems like it…Lavi knocked them out cold…"

It didn't take long for Lavi to get to the corner of his street. His street, Feldon street, wasn't too big and it was easy to get to places like the food and liquor stores. He turned the corner to Elm street, spotting a black Royce in the distance. He had a feeling it was Allen…

And sure enough, the red haired youth was right, for as soon as the car came closer, Lavi spotted Allen sticking his head out and waving to the red head.

"Oi… LAVI!" Allen beamed out loud as Lavi waved back. The car stopped at the corner and Allen practically bounced out of the car, landing in the arms of Lavi, who was there to catch the energetic teen with bag in hand.

"So Allen, how long will you be?" Krory asked as Allen turned back to Krory, still in Lavi's embrace.

"Please pick me up tomorrow morning, right here, at about 10 in the morning…" Lavi didn't know what was going on until he registered the silver haired teen's words.

Tomorrow….morning…WAIT HE'S STAYING OVER!!!???? Lavi did his best not to blush as Krory nodded, driving away with a smile…

So that's the person who's been making Allen smile. Krory though, chuckling lightly to himself as he went back to the mansion, thinking up a good excuse to tell Miranda regarding Allen's absence. Allen was still in Lavi's arms when he looked up at the flushed red head.

"Oh I'm sorry, I should have checked whether you wanted me to stay over or not," The silver haired teen said as Lavi just laughed.

Allen is definitely the forward one….

"You don't have to apologise, I'm in need of the good company anyways…" Lavi smiled as he and Allen released each other from their arms. "Staying over is fine by me."

"I didn't give away the fact that I was rich did I Lavi?"

"I'm sure the black Royce didn't give you away…" Lavi poked his tongue out, winking as Allen blushed a little.

The pair started walking down Feldon street, with Lavi explaining to Allen where everything was, from the corner store right down to the alleyway where the scary homeless woman lived. And as for the silver-haired teen?

He was taking in all the sights and sounds. This new world that he was exploring, a new experience. Allen thought that he would never have the chance to explore beyond his gate. But now that he had this chance to see the outside world, he couldn't afford to miss a thing. Lavi grinned as he led Allen to the apartment block, where his mates Boris, Al, Harry, Arnie and Darren were waiting at the stairs.

"Welcome back boss!" Arnie grinned as he waved at the staircase. "You did quite the number on those twilights and…" Arnie stopped his sentence when he noticed the second figure standing beside the red head. "Oi Lavi… Who's the pretty boy?" The others looked at each other before looking at Allen. However it didn't take long for the over-boisterous Boris to figure it out.

"AH! He is looker that Boss Lavi is interested in yes??" Lavi blushed a bright red as Allen looked at the Russian, confused as the other gang members stood in shock.

"Um Allen, just wait inside ok?" Allen simply nodded and ran into the apartment blocks, leaving Lavi to explain to his gang members about Allen.

--5 minutes later--

"So you were worried about us hating you just cos you like men?" Al laughed as Lavi blushed a deeper red. "Boss, we don't care about what gender you like. YOU saved us and we're in debt to you for it." Lavi looked at his mates and smiled. They were like family to him.

"Yeah boss, every once in a while me and Boris go at it ourselves!" Harry hollered, the others looking at Harry with a "We knew that but don't tell us" expression engraved on their faces. Boris just blushed, clearing his throat as he spoke his words to Lavi.

"If you like pretty boy, then you go and chase pretty boy," the Russian said as Lavi looked at him. "So long as you stay as boss then that is good for us, da?" The red haired leader nodded as he headed inside, his gang members following him instantly.

"Yeah, you could say I like him…" Lavi whispered, loud enough so that his gang members could hear him. Lavi opened the door, where Allen was waiting for him by the staircase, playing with a puppy that one of the homeless owned. Lavi thought Allen looked so carefree as the silver haired teen laughed and played with the puppy. The brown puppy was licking Allen's face so freely, it made the red head wish HE could kiss that face.

"Eh Lavi, he IS a looker," Al grinned as he looked up at Lavi, who was returning Al's comment with a death stare that seemed to say "Go near him and you're dead!" Al slowly backed away as Lavi continued to death stare him, but Darren walked over to Allen, finding that there was something a little, peculiar about the silver-haired youngster.

"Say, you're not from around here…" Darren said as Allen looked up, holding the puppy. "And your clothes seem to be a little too rich to be normal… Am I right Lavi?" Darren turned to the red head, who was glaring at Darren.

Don't you even consider the thought of… Lavi's thoughts were silenced when Allen spoke, presenting what looked like a pile of money from his small bag.

"If you want money, you can ask me," Allen smiled as he presented the pile of money to Darren. The black haired boy looked at Allen, then looked at the money with a huge grin. The others ran to Darren's side as Lavi looked on in amazement.

HOW can Allen be so calm???

"Holy heck, that's like, $10000 big ones!!" Arnie beamed as the others looked on in shock. Darren looked at Allen again and smiled.

"You're not like other rich people are you, you're COOLER! And you're not a snob!" Darren exclaimed as he ruffled Allen's hair. "From now on, we should let Allen be part of our gang!" The other gang members cheered as Lavi sighed in disbelief.

"Just don't ask Allen for money all the time…" the red head warned. Darren nodded as he stood up.

"Let's celebrate the arrival of our new member Allen! TONIGHT we DRINK!!!!" The gang members cheered as they rushed to the doorway.

"Tonight we get vodka from Mother Russia…" was the last thing that was heard from Boris as the gang members stampeded out the door, leaving a stunned Allen and a shocked Lavi behind. Lavi turned to Allen as the youngster placed the puppy on the ground, standing up as Lavi edged closer to him.

"Why were you carrying that much money around…?" Lavi asked as he stared at Allen in amazement and shock.

"Just felt like it I guess," the silver haired teen shrugged as Lavi proceeded to scruff Allen's hair. Allen giggled as he felt his hair become a mess.

As long as Allen was smiling, Lavi could smile, as far as Lavi was concerned anyways.

"So, you wanna see the humble abode?" The red head smiled as Allen nodded, grinning in return. The pair walked up a few flights of stairs before they reached the third floor. They got to room 302 and Lavi opened the door, bracing himself for the reaction. Lavi was so excited about Allen's visit he had woken up too early, so he cleaned his apartment a lot in order to accommodate a rich kid. He even went to the trouble of stealing a few items like a table, some chairs and other little things to make the house more welcoming.

Allen's face lit up as soon as he saw Lavi's small apartment. It was clean, with only the most basic necessities. In the corner was a large collection of liquor bottles, like Lavi had told him. But it was so simple and yet, beautiful, at the same time.

"Lavi this is so nice! It's so cosy!" Allen turned to Lavi and smiled his greatest smile to date.

"Nah you're just saying that…" Lavi replied, his embarrassment almost as clear as day to the silver haired youth. Allen ran into the small house and almost dove onto Lavi's large mattress, which had been recently made. Lavi followed the teenager, where he caught Allen, sprawled all over his bed, his legs slightly apart with a hand placed on his forehead.

Oh…My….God!!! Allen looks so hot right now…. Lavi's mind was in a spin. He was contemplating either holding off or ravishing the teenage boy who had laid himself on the young man's bed, in a provocative fashion. Instead, he went over to the bed and sat at the corner of the mattress, while Allen continued to lay there, looking at Lavi with sky blue eyes. A sort of silence crept over the two boys as they stared blankly at one another, until finally Allen spoke after what seemed like forever to Lavi.

"Lavi…"

"Yeah Allen?"

"You know, I would stay here forever if I could…" Lavi's only visible eye widened at the comment. Allen was trying to tell Lavi something, but it wasn't really getting through to the red head.

"Why would you want to stay here? It's not really the Taj Mohall or anything fancy…"

"When you held me in the Ferris wheel a couple of nights ago, I don't know… it felt so comforting… I didn't want it to end…" Allen was starting to struggle with his words now, and Lavi could see that. The youngster's face became slightly twisted and an air of nervousness surrounded him. The young man however began to understand what Allen was trying to say to him. "You're always making me smile, making me happy…. I feel as though I'm in your debt…" With this Allen lifted himself from the mattress and threw himself at Lavi, holding the older teenager with as much strength as his small arms could muster. Lavi didn't know what to think. He could hear whispers of "Thank you" come out of the younger teen, and Lavi could also feel the grip of Allen tighten slightly on Lavi's shoulders. Lavi sighed as he held the younger teen in his arms, closing his eyes and enjoying the smell of his hair.

Allen seems to get cuter and cuter every time I see him… Lavi thought as the pair looked at each other, not separating from their hug. A strange feeling started to stir within the red head as he looked at Allen, the youngster's blue eyes practically egging the red head to kiss those very lips that those eyes belonged to.

Allen of course was feeling the same way. He looked at Lavi, his only visible eye sparkling under the dim light. He could feel the heat from the older boy, and the younger boy's felt his heart racing as the pair's faces edged closer to each other. It was almost as though they were being pulled together by an invisible wire, drawing the two closer together until…

DING DONG! It was 11am.

The sound of the grandfather clock next door snapped Allen and Lavi out of their daze. Upon realising their current situation, the pair of teens turned away from each other, blushing as Lavi placed his hand on Allen's head.

WHAT THE FUCK JUST ALMOST HAPPENED???? Lavi was practically screaming at himself as Allen looked at his feet, his face as red as a tomato with embarrassment. The pair however couldn't help but laugh at each other as they felt there was nothing else they could do. After a few minutes of laughing, Lavi stood up and held a hand out to Allen.

"Well you wanna go grab some food?" Allen nodded with a smile, grabbing the other boy's hand and allowing himself to be pulled up. "There's a pretty good burger joint at Elm street. Let's go there."

"Okay. Just let me get some money out of my bag before we leave…" Lavi looked at Allen with a shocked expression.

"You mean that pile of money you gave to Darren… That wasn't all the money you had?" Allen just chuckled as he opened the small bag, revealing his change of clothes and at least 5 piles of money inside.

"I always carry this much around." Allen smiled, noticing that Lavi had stumbled back a bit due to losing his balance. It was enough to make the younger teen giggle as Lavi just looked at him with mixed feelings of shock, adoring, and a bit of amusement.

"Just take some money out and leave your bag here, this place is dangerous…" Lavi warned as Allen nodded in agreement. He took a note from a little pile and closed his bag with one hand, while stuffing the 100 dollar note in his pocket with the other. Lavi simply nodded as the pair exited the red head's home…

-6 or so hrs later…-

Lavi never knew that showing someone around his own neighbourhood could be so difficult. Especially someone as curious as Allen. After lunch at the diner, where Allen consumed a couple of platefuls of food, they explored the neighbourhood. Unfortunately for the red head, the younger teen insisted on looking at EVERY store on EVERY street they walked through. It was especially hard for Lavi to wrench Allen out of the sweets store. But eventually Allen left, but not without buying a shipment load of candies and chocolates. The pair then went to the harbour, where Lavi led Allen to his favourite pier. The silver haired teen gazed endlessly at the crystalline blue ocean, with the sun setting gently. Lavi however was not interested in the sunset, he was too busy looking at Allen.

Allen wanted nothing more than to touch the sun, however he forgot that there was an edge to the pier and before he knew it, the young teen found himself falling into the water, with Lavi jumping in after him. After Allen and Lavi dragged themselves out of the water, the pair agreed that it was time to go back to Lavi's place. However the red head insisted that Allen was carried home. So Allen found himself in Lavi's arms, being carried back to the apartment block. Lavi had taken off his shirt to keep Allen warm, walking without his shirt on. Allen could feel how smooth Lavi's chest was. It had muscle, but it wasn't so obvious. And the older teen's skin was tanned, yet smooth and soft to the touch. It was also rather warm, and Allen could feel the beating of Lavi's heart against his forehead, a soothing pulse in Allen's opinion.

"Are you feeling cold Allen?" Lavi looked down at the younger teen in his arms. Allen's frame was so small and looked so fragile, the red head was afraid that he would break the silver-haired teen. Allen sighed as he snuggled slightly closer.

"I'm fine…" Allen whispered as he felt himself fall asleep in Lavi's arms. The red head looked down to see the youngster sound asleep, snuggled like a small kitten. He could only smile as he walked on, turning the corner to Elm and Feldon street. It wasn't long before they reached the apartment block and the gang members were waiting outside on the staircase for the pair's arrival.

"Greeting mi-amigos" Enrique called out. The loudness of the Mexican was enough to wake Allen from his sleep. He saw that he was in Lavi's arms and blushed a little, but was still a little groggy from sleep.

"Gnnn sorry Lavi…" Allen groaned slightly as Lavi laughed.

"That's ok, you're light and carrying you was fun!" Allen blushed a little more as Lavi gently placed the younger teen down. He was extremely hungry after the days events and Enrique was holding what looked like a plate of meat. Allen went up to the Mexican boy immediately, looking at the food with adoration and smelling the sweet smell of meat.

"Wow can I have some?" Allen beamed, making the Mexican boy blush a little. Allen and Enrique were about the same age, but the Mexican was much taller than Allen.

"You can but…" Enrique realised that Allen had already started devouring the food. The silver haired teen stopped for a moment, his face turning slightly red and tears welling in his eyes… "This meat has chilli galore…"

"GYAAAAHH!!!" Allen wailed in pain as the other members laughed. Lavi could only chuckle silently. However he stopped chuckling when Allen picked up a familiar bottle of liquid from one of the bags that were stacked at the stairs. Boris had caught sight of what Allen had picked up as well, and tried to stop the teen from drinking it.

"No little Pun-chien, that bottle is…!" But Boris was too late. Allen had downed half of the bottle, burping before looking at the other guys.

"What is it…?" In an instant Allen started to feel warm and kind of groggy. His mind was kind of messy in thoughts and he felt the need to giggle.

"Little Pun-chien, that is vodka from Mother Russia…" Boris said as Allen started to become wobbly, giggling as he swung the bottle in the air.

"I feeeeeel kinda vunny…" the youngster blubbered as the red head was sent into a strange panic. Allen was drunk!!!

"Ah pretty boy cannot take Mother Russia's gift of god, da?" Boris laughed as Lavi shot the Russian a death stare. The others sat on the staircase, laughing as Allen danced, cursed and laughed as the alcohol got to his head quickly. The red head shrugged in disbelief, sighing as he went up to the youngster. Allen on the other hand, had other ideas, quickly jumping into Lavi's chest and holding it.

"I liiike you lots, Raaabiiiii---pfffttt!!!" the silver haired teen mumbled as Lavi placed his hand on Allen's waist, helping the younger teen up the stairs.

Lavi had a slight feeling that this night would be different from others, as well as a scary night too.

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Ohaiyo Gozaimasu Minna-san! Well chapter 4 has been completed! Chapter 5 will be done tomorrow as an apology for my slight lateness… Now we get to what you all have been waiting for….NOT! I plan to hold the smut off until a couple of chapters have passed. :P

Anyways thanks for the support people. Hope you enjoyed this chapter. k