A/N: Going to the park in the winter has two sides. The downside is it's extremely cold.
The upside is… playing in snow? Enjoying the white view? Whatever winter is good for when it snows.
AH! I'VE SOMEHOW FORGOTTEN THE FACT LAVI ONLY HAS ONE EYE! Gyeh… flashbacks are bold. And you can probably guess why it's not italics anyway.
"It's so sparkly." Allen stared at the shimmering snow. The clouds had let up and the sun was freely shining over the landscape. Lavi nudged Allen as they entered the park. The latter ran ahead, slipping and face planted in the snow. Allen sat up and rubbed his red face. Lavi caught up and pulled the boy to his feet again.
"Che, what the hell are you idiots doing here for?" Both heads turned to the voice. Kanda was leaning against a tree, giving the two an annoyed glare.
"Why do you care?" Allen shot back.
"You're soiling my afternoon."
"Isn't my fall enough amusement for you? Or is a stick that far up your ass!" Allen yelled and stomped away.
"Che." Lavi stood there for a minute, before turning on his heel and walking after Allen. He found the small boy lying in the snow, staring up at the sky. He almost blended with the snow with his white hair and jacket. His pale skin was bright red and stood out like ink on paper. Lavi inwardly chuckled at the mere thought and brushed it aside, walking over and falling back onto the snow next to Allen.
"You comfortable?" Lavi heard Allen shift and assumed it was a nod. "It's pretty cold though." Lavi smiled and looked over to Allen, who was, surprisingly, staring back.
"Are you cold?"
"Eh?" Lavi looked at Allen questioningly before answering, "I guess it is pretty cold since I don't have a coat on like you do." Lavi looked down to his jacket and turned his gaze to Allen's heavy coat. His turned back to the sky and closed his eye, shivering when cold hands brushed against his face. "Hm?"
"You're still pretty warm, Lavi." Lavi opened his eye and saw Allen, who had rolled over and was slightly lying on his chest.
"Kanda!" Lenalee ran up to said man and smiled cheerfully.
"What do you want?" He said with less venom than usual and stared at the girl.
"Well… I came to the park and I saw you." Lenalee stared at the snow. "Isn't it pretty?"
"No."
"Thought so. Hey, is that- ALLEN!" The girl ran over and jumped into the snow, shrieks echoed through the air and Kanda slightly smirked.
"Lena… please- let go!" Allen tried to push Lenalee off to no avail.
"C'mon Lenalee hug nicely." Lavi grinned and Allen visibly relaxed in the gentler grip.
"Thanks…"
"So what brings you two here?" Lenalee asked. Lavi pointed to Allen and Allen looked to Lenalee with a grin. "Interesting."
"Lenalee… can you let go?" Allen said and slightly inched away.
"Hm? Fine." As soon as her arms came off, Allen jumped over into the snow somewhere else, fleeing into the blank white and disguising himself. The two stood up from the snow. "Well, I guess I should go…"
"Already?"
"Actually, I'm supposed to be going to the store to get 'ingredients' for Komui and if I take too long he gets suspicious." Lavi nodded in understanding and waved as the girl ran off. He looked over to the spot Kanda was and found no one there. He heard a shuffle from behind and it took him a moment before he slowly turned around. He looked around at the snow and Allen suddenly burst out.
"AAH!" Lavi fell back, the snow softening his landing.
"Ouch. That hurt more than it was supposed to." Allen whined.
"Which part?"
"The fact that I had to crouch down and stay still so you would notice me."
"Right... You're lucky there's snow to break my fall." Allen smirked and rolled off into the snow, and he kept rolling, rolling, rolling, until stopping in the middle of the field and waving his arms and legs back and forth, creating a snow angel. A wide trail was formed from Allen body that Lavi walked through and leaned over to watch Allen smiling up at him childishly.
"It is any good?" Allen stopped moving and glanced down to the snow.
"I don't know, let's see." Lavi reached over and grabbed Allen's waist, pulling him up into the air and placing the boy next to him. "Looks pretty good to me! It's just missing one thing…" Lavi bent over by the head and traced a line with his finger. "It needs a halo!" Allen grinned and nodded in agreement, pushing Lavi down into the snow and smiling innocently.
"Now you make one." Lavi pouted but proceeded into making a snow angel anyway, hopping up after some time and turning to Allen.
"Happy?"
"Very much so."
"You ready to go yet?"
"NEVER!" Allen suddenly hissed and burrowed into the snow. Lavi sighed and looked into the hole he created.
"If you don't come out, I'll come in." Allen blushed and dug further away, though he could be more into the ground, he dug a tunnel, the ice holding it together. Lavi smirked and crawled after him. "It's so small in here!" Lavi crawled through the tunnel, following Allen until he heard a dropping sound, it was getting closer by each passing second.
"Allen…" The boy stopped and looked back, his eyes widened and he dug out. (Yeah the snow just got that deep. Can you dig it?) Lavi shuffled to get out when the snow collapsed on top of him. Allen turned around and noticed a lack of Lavi in the picture.
"Lavi?"
"mrrrnnfffmmuuugghh…"
"Was that Lavi or a deranged squirrel?"
"I can feel the cold in places I really don't want to!" Allen ran over to the shaking pile of snow and dug out the redhead.
"Okay. We can go home." Allen pulled Lavi out of the snow; he smiled sheepishly at the look of dizziness on Lavi's face.
"A-agreed…" Lavi grinned at Allen, teeth chattering slightly. He stood up and brushed snow off of himself. Allen stood as well and smiled apologetically at the older teen. Lavi took Allen's hand and walked home with Allen walking behind with a bright red blush covering his cheeks.
"Don't you just love hot cocoa?" Lavi looked over to Allen on the other side of the couch. He was holding his own cup full with slender fingers. He nodded quietly and looked in the other direction. "Why so quiet?" Allen took a deep breath before turning back to look at him, giving an unconvincing smile.
"No reason. Why do you ask?"
"You've been acting weird lately."
"How so?"
"…Nevermind?" Allen smiled weakly and stared at his cup. He suddenly downed the drink. Lavi stared shocked as he gulped it all down with no hesitation. Allen put the cup down on the table and froze.
"A-Allen…?" Lavi put his cup on the table and looked at the boy's face. Allen suddenly slumped forward and groaned.
"It burns."
"Well of course it will hurt!" Lavi pushed Allen back into the couch so he wasn't slumped over anymore and sat back down.
"Fix it for me?"
"Sure." Lavi hopped up and ran into the kitchen, coming back with cup of water with a few ice cubes. "Just suck on these."
"Not what I meant." Lavi stood in front of Allen and leaned over.
"What did you mean then?" Allen grabbed his red locks and pulled, his eye widened as soft lips brushed against his and a small tongue invaded his mouth. It took a moment for Lavi to realize what was happening before he started to kiss the other back, rubbing the tongue with his own. Allen grinned and pulled him closer.
Lavi abruptly pulled back, as a sudden realization hit him. "W-what are you doing Allen?! And where did you learn to kiss?" Allen smirked and crossed his arms.
"First of all, take one guess why I suddenly decided to kiss you. Oh, and you really think I didn't learn anything from Cross?" Lavi face palmed at his own stupidity.
"Ok so-" He was cut off as Allen leaned in for another kiss; he grabbed at the redhead's shirt and pulled him onto the couch. Lavi was beginning to feel a bit uncomfortable and pushed Allen off before things could get worse.
"What's wrong? Am I not good enough?" Lavi sat up and look at Allen, before standing up.
"Give me a minute." He ran up the stairs to the bedroom and slammed the door behind him. Flopping on the bed, he rolled onto his back and a wide grin spread on his face.
"Ah… it didn't work." Allen sighed in defeat and slumped on the couch.
"Did you think suddenly kissing would actually work?" A familiar doll stood on his head, hands on hips.
"You kind of told me to!" Allen sat up, grabbing Road before she tumbled down to the floor.
"Well you shouldn't have taken me literally!" Road huffed and looked away. Allen thought back to an earlier time, where he and Road had been together before.
~FLASHIEBACK TIME~
As Allen was being pulled along by the older teen, Tyki had passed by with Road on his shoulder. The doll turned around and said something in the man's ear, causing him to turn around and catch up silently. The doll hopped onto his shoulder.
'Allen!' She whispered into his ear and signaled Tyki to just follow silently. The man nodded and Road turned back to Allen.
'Yeah?' He whispered back.
'You like Lavi don't you?' Allen blushed.
'Do not!' He hissed.
'Don't lie to me. I can tell!' Allen knew it was worthless trying to fight her.
'I guess I could have- how say- a crush… but-'
'Knew it.'
'Wait how did you know?'
'Because you just told me.'
'I really hate you sometimes.' Allen looked over at the redhead. 'So what do you want?'
'I want to see you happy.'
'What do you mean?'
'If you like him- I wanted to check- then I want to make sure you don't keep your feeling balled up and have unrequited love!' Allen glared at Road before silently sighing.
'I guess you're right.'
'I know I am so go show that redhead how you feel!' Road hopped bac onto Tyki's shoulder and waved as they turned around again and walked away. Allen looked ahead to find they were approaching the house.
~END OF FLASHIEBACK~
Allen laughed at the thought.
"I guess I could have told him… but that would've been boring anyway!"
"I fear Cross might have slipped his little tricks into your mind during those years."
"Yeah…"
"I'm gonna go now. Tyki's waiting for me!" Road hopped off the couch and waved as she ran to the front door. A knock resounded through the house and the door opened before closing moments later.
Allen leaned back on the couch and breathed a laugh, "How did I figure out my crush for Lavi anyway?" he asked to no one in particular. Though he knew the answer.
Allen sighed as he stared into the night sky. The heat of Lavi's body next to him kept him warm from the cold air seeping into the room. He couldn't help but blush at the closeness of the redhead next to him. He turned his head to look at Lavi's moonlit face. Allen stared for a moment before shaking his head and looking away.
'Why do I blush from the things you do?' Allen asked Lavi silently. 'Why am I blushing now from being so close to you.'
Lavi shifted and hugged Allen's body closer. Allen blushed harder as he finally came to a thought.
'Do I like you more than a brother?'
"I guess that question was answered when I held your face earlier, huh?"
The sudden urge to look at Lavi face over came him and he rolled onto the redhead, taking his face into his small cold hands and stared into that one mesmerizing eye.
I do like you.
Allen's tail was repeatedly poking the small of his back and he finally sighed, agreeing with his tail (somehow) to go talk to Lavi about it. He stood from the couch and ran up the stairs silently. He opened the door slowly and was surprised to find Lavi sitting on the bed grinning like an idiot to himself. He looked up and beckoned Allen over.
A/N: Yeah... I wanted to update before tomorrow so... here.