Edited: 1 Jan 2017

Disclaimer: I don't own -Man

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Screw My Life

Chapter 7

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To say that Kanda Yuu was pissed was actually an understatement.

Of course, Tyki would never admit that it was actually his fault that Kanda gotten this mad. Nope, this totally had nothing to do with Kanda's anger at all.

The glares seemed to be kind of sharp today, huh? He could even feel them penetrating through his body and straight into his heart. Hm, maybe if he ignores them… He should be able live past today, probably.

Including today, this will be the second day he managed to live through Kanda's glare.

Oh, that was actually quite an achievement.

Him, managing to live for a day (almost) under Kanda's glare.

He must say, he was quite impressed with his own achievement.

"What's making you that happy, Mikk?"

How could he not be happy? He had thought he would be dead on the night he ignored Kanda, but look at him, still alive and kicking after a day. "That means you manage to obtain more information than you thought you could for me, right?"

Hey, that voice sounded oddly familiar.

He stole a glance from the corner of his eye, only to spot those long raven strands that obviously pointed out the real identity of the voice.

… Fuck.

Mentally trembling as he turned to his side, staring at his so-called best friend, he gulped.

Alright… How should he inform this smirking bastard that he actually felt guilty for digging up Lavi's background so he did not even started collecting any information? 'Sides that smirk looked way too dangerous for him to spill everything out.

"Well?" Kanda reached his hand out towards his curly-haired friend.

"I, well, it's— Stop," he quickly stopped his friend who started cracking his knuckles, "I… did not start the search at all."

It was silent between the two of them.

"Listen, Mikk. Just because you're finally going out with that redhead—"

"We are not together."

"—it doesn't mean that you can ignore my request." Kanda clearly did not buy his saying of him not going out with a certain redhead. For that, Tyki was a little annoyed.

"Kanda, why do you even want his background anyway?" If its Allen Walker's background Kanda wanted, he would be more than happy to help his friend. Truth to be told, he was actually really curious about Allen Walker… Especially his past relationship with Lavi Bookman.

From what he could see now, Lavi was actually not that bad of a person. Why did they break up? Who was it that broke the relationship apart? No, no. He shook his head mentally. If their breakup is that bad, Walker and Lavi can't even be this close to each other now, isn't it?

From this, he could at least conclude that the breakup is mutual.

As for the reason… God damn, he was getting way too curious for his own good. If this continues, he might end up really searching up both of their background just to see what happened in the past. Which he would probably will end up dead by the hands of a certain friend of his.

Back to the main question, Kanda wanted Lavi's background.

Lavi's, not Allen's.

That, at least, is weird to him.

"… Are you helping me or not?" The dark-haired male was clearly trying to avoid his question.

"I need to know why you need his background, or I wouldn't do it."

Who knows what in his mind? He might be planning a murder and was trying to frame someone namely Lavi Bookman. Of course, Kanda would never involve himself into any crime. He frames people into doing them for him.

… Excluding the times Kanda helped him in the past, of course.

Now that he thinks about it, maybe Kanda's habit of messing around with someone's life was actually his fault. Opps?

Oh well, not that he'll admit this to anyone.

"… The bean sprout cares for that redhead a little too much."

"…" Nonono— Push that smile down. If you smile now, Kanda's going to kill you on the spot.

… So in short, Kanda was just being… Jealous?

Allen Walker, you changed this guy so much.

This is the first time he sees Kanda being jealous over something and is irritated to the point he asked for the will-be-victim's (a certain redhead's) background before starting his actions.

He should probably do this then!

This will be the best blackmail material— Er, he meant, teasing material to be used on this raven-haired male.

Wait, no.

If he really gets Lavi's background for Kanda, Kanda would know that Allen Walker and Lavi were ex-lovers. He's sure that Kanda would surely murder the redhead after knowing this. Yet, if he does not get said background for his friend, he would be the one being murder.

Lady luck, fuck you much.

Right now, it's either he watches Lavi being murdered by his friend, or him sacrificing himself for this redhead.

"I don't like the idea of another male getting near to my bean sprout, happy now, Mikk?"

Very.

And now, he was hesitating if he should save himself or save the other one.

Such dilemma…

"I'll pull myself back from killing that redhead if that outcome is not good. All you have to do is ask."

He raised his finger up, wanting to signal a "no" sign, only to halt by another raise of eyebrow from the Japanese male. Awkwardly, he slowly lowered his finger and grunted, all the while burying his head down. Maybe if he lowered it low enough, he could blend into the table and allows himself to escape this awkward situation.

He could even felt the smirk on Kanda's face without raising his head.

"Why, thank you, Mikk."

"… You're very welcome."

I hate you.

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Screw My Life

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He's going crazy.

He was sure that he was not acting as if he was overreacting or anything (Yes, you are.) So why is Allen smiling at him and kept silent throughout his outburst?!

"ALLEN WALKER, WHY DID YOU SPEND THE NIGHT WITH THAT BASTARD?!"

And yet another smile.

"What's wrong with spending a night there?"

Finally, he speaks. Even though it definitely was not what he wanted to hear.

With a large sigh escaping from his lips, his body finally gave away as exhausted settled down within him.

…. He shouldn't give up. This is his precious little brother's virginity they're talking about!

A sigh.

"Allen—"

"And before you said anything. Fucking rest." He was forcefully pushed down onto the bed by oddly familiar warmth…

"… Why is dad here?" He honestly thought Cross was planning to leave the two of them since the last call.

"This brat had been crying all night while he called me. Jesus, I was in fucking overseas. Do you know how expensive the phone calls are?! And this brat here just called me and cried the whole night—"

"It's not you who pay for the bills anyway." Allen pouted.

"You can just hang him up like how you do to me all the time." Lavi suggested.

"Oh, do enlighten me: How could I just hang up when this thing," he pointed to Allen, "were crying as if the world was ending?!"

But you can hang up on me when I was panicking and all stressed up with Allen's new found lover back then. Smooth, dad, damn smooth.

"… So you returned here and waited for us to come back?" He didn't even think of trying to find out what happened?

He could have been trapped in that mansion with Tyki forever!

"You'll manage. You inherited my genes after all." He declared proudly.

"Cross, just because Lavi inherited your red hair," Allen stressed, "It doesn't mean that he inherited your everything."

"Shush, believe in your brother."

He glared at his supposedly father figure before him.

"Rest. We'll talk when you wake up." With that said, he dragged a protesting Allen out of the room and flipped the switch off before slamming the door close.

"…"

With a smirk, he drifted off to relax his exhausted body and let sleep takes over his consciousness.

Dad's here. Allen won't be able to go to Kanda at this rate.

It sure felt good to have Cross back.

He can finally rest in peace.

Even though it's probably going to be just a while.

A soft groan could be heard.

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Screw My Life

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Lavi Bookman, the son of Cross Marian. Bookman was his mother's surname; he probably used "Bookman" instead of "Marian" to avoid troubles from getting near him. Just look at the amount of people Cross Marian pissed off… And he thought Kanda was the only one that will manage to piss this many people off on this Earth.

Was he supposed to be happy that there's someone out there that's way worse than this samurai-looking friend living out there?

Sweat dropping at said information, he coughed before continuing reading, "And also most probably the one that will inherit everything Cross Marian's belong." He finished with another sigh.

If that other redhead ever dies young, that's it.

According to the information he gained, it seems like Lavi has no luck getting what Cross owns any time soon, seeing that the elder redhead is not as old as they imagine. Just how old was Cross when Lavi was born?!

This investigation (or so Kanda called it) was one I most exhausting one he has ever done. This is literally on the same level as those targets he had to face back then he was in that group. The last time he had to get through this much trouble just for the sake of a tiny little detail, he was still there.

And he thought he'll never do it again.

Oh well, at least he's doing this to help his friend. More like killing off our curiosity… He commented mentally.

Man, this Cross Marian is really something…

"… I can actually see the slight resemblance between this pervert and that redhead you're head over heels for."

"The only resemblance is that they're both redheads." Tyki deadpanned.

Kanda was silent for a while, before reaching his hand out to point at Cross, then moving his finger to Lavi as soon as he knew Tyki's sight was on his finger.

"Look carefully." He said with a serious expression.

Tyki glanced over the two photos once more, taking in more details this time. He compared the two for a while, before scowling at Kanda.

"They look nothing alike, my friend."

"Not appearance wise," Kanda clicked his tongue in annoyance, "Their presence, idiot. The feeling they emit to the surroundings."

The aura, huh?

From Cross Marian, he could only feel the womanizing aura— Nothing else. Was Kanda trying to hint that Lavi was actually a womanizer? He narrowed his eyes at said thought.

Probably knowing that Tyki's not as sharp as himself, Kanda went through other pictures they gained and went through them one by one. Finally, he chose another two photos of the two targets and placed them side by side. On both photos, their target was either staring ahead or day dreaming when the picture was caught.

"The way their facial expression rests while they were in neutral situation, don't you think it looks awfully similar?"

Oh.

Now, he could see what Kanda was trying to point out for him. Indeed, if he looked at them this way, they do look a lot like each other.

"... Coincidence?" he suggested, "Let's try finding other similar photos like this before we get down to conclusion."

It was then he caught a sight of a certain picture hiding within the stacks of photos they have.

It will be wise for Kanda to never see that photo.

He had to hide that before Kanda sees it— a hand appeared in his sight, reaching for that photo before he could react.

He could see how hard Kanda was twitching as he stared at said photo.

"… They're best friends, remember? Photos like this are probably normal." He tried reasoning to his friend. And myself.

"And that pervert here?" Kanda hissed every word, "How close were they? To the point bean sprout was so comfortable with this Bookman's dad?"

… Probably best friends' things? Fuck those.

No one should be able to get this close to his bean sprout. Not even this Bookman guy, not to mention that pervert-looking old man, even if that old man doesn't look that old!

"I'm keeping this photo."

He merely nodded. It's better not to anger Kanda any further.

For now.

Glancing at the photo one last time, he couldn't understand why he was getting slightly uncomfortable with how close those three were in the picture.

Cross Marian was holding the other two teens by their waist, each with one hand. Lavi appeared to be annoyed with such affection. Even though he looked like he was going to punch Marian hard on the face, it was clear that the amount of energy Lavi held was not enough to even kill an ant. As the result, it looked like Lavi was just playfully trying to push Marian further away from him. Walker on the other hand, smiled brightly at the camera with his right arm swing around Marian's neck and pointed a "victory" sign with his left hand.

If they didn't know better, they would have thought this was a family photo.

Lavi Bookman, you and Walker… You guys even went as far as meeting your old man?!

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Screw My Life

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It was almost one in the afternoon when he finally woke up. Blinking ahead dumbly, Lavi yawned softly and stretched his arms backwards. With the satisfying sounds of his joints cracking, he lazily opened his still-heavy eyelids. Sleeping the day was definitely the best thing he had ever done so far, he hummed in satisfaction.

He could hear the soft yelling from the kitchen, and then followed by a string of curses.

With a twist of the door knob, he opened the door, more noises came flowing in.

It sure sounds noisy today.

He shut his door and walked towards the stairs—

"Lavi Bookman?"

He almost fell off the stairs as soon as he heard that voice.

How in the world they know where I live?!

There were a lot of things he could do in such situation. For one, he could scream to attract Cross's attention about the presence of these two people in their house and let Cross deals with them. Or, he could run back to his room as fast he could take the baseball bat he placed near his door before returning here to hit these two trespassers to death. One more option is that he could just calmly cover his right eye to make sure that his bangs do not fly off when he turns around later. He mentally thanked Cross for making him leaving his bangs longs at times like this.

This is the first time he saw Lavi with his hair down.

Instinct called out to him to get a good look at the usually covered right eye, and he did, but those red strands were in the way. Damn, they were doing such a good job covering up the right side of his face, Tyki could not even see what was wrong with the right eye. For that, he grunted softly.

"Why are you both here?"

Just here to visit Kanda's little boyfriend, didn't expect to see you here in such state too.

"Why are you here?" Kanda hissed out.

Lavi looked annoyed and clicked his tongue. He hissed back, "This is trespassing, you know?"

"Like you're not the same."

"Listen here, Kanda Yuu." Lavi rested his weight on his right leg, allowing his hair to fall towards the right side of his face more and smirked at them, "I live here."

Insert dramatic mind blown sound effect here, thank you.

Staring at the now-pale faces before him, his smirk grows. Afraid now? Freaking trespassers.

"I can always call the cops on you guys now, you know?" Oh, of course he won't do that, it's much more entertaining to just stare at their shocked faces before pushing them out of the door. Sides, calling the cops would mean other people knowing that Cross is back in this country. Following that, their house would probably no longer be peaceful.

That's a big no no, so, definitely no cops.

Dear Lord, you didn't even tell me you stayed at the same house as Walker!

If he had known, if only he knew— Okay, there's nothing much he can do, fine.

He did find out Lavi's address, but he never expected it to be the exact direction Kanda was bringing him while saying that they will just be visiting Allen Walker without showing him any address. Kanda simply went there by memory, there were no pieces of paper with the house address or any electrical devices, namely GPS that led them there, so it was not that shocking for Tyki not to know that the address they're at right now is literally the same address he had in the address.

As for Kanda?

Do you think he cares enough to see the address of his love rival? He just needs to know their history, not the place they stay.

Damn, this is so awkward.

Hell yeah it is.

Tyki glanced at the opened main door worriedly. Is it too late for them to just slip out silently now and pretend that nothing happened?

Both he and Kanda were worried when they saw the main door being wide open, so they did the right thing they thought— rushed in to check if a certain white-haired male is alright.

Allen Walker was nowhere to be found on the lower floor. He could feel how tensed Kanda was, so he did not stop his friend when said long-haired male rushed up the stairs. He simply followed behind his friend.

Then, there was where a lazy-looking Lavi walked out of a room with a smile.

What will be your first thought when you see someone walking out of a room in a house that belongs to his ex-lover?

Alright, maybe Allen was that worried for Lavi and made Lavi stay for the night or something similar… But still, Lavi Bookman walked out of the room so naturally as if he had been there thousands of times, his hair down, and looked so refreshed.

What would you think (pun intended) if you're Kanda Yuu?

Bingo, you're so smart.

Kanda tightens his fist in anger.

First, Allen panicked so much when he first thought this redhead was trapped in that mansion. He even went as far as calling someone and cried his eyes out the whole night. Then, Lavi just barged into the apartment Tyki and him rented before yelling at Allen for staying the night at his place. Allen just freaking smile, and hugged this redhead so hard and allow this pervert to kidnap him somewhere he doesn't know. The appearance of a certain family photo just added to his fire and now this? Bookman and Allen living together in the same house?

That was the last straw.

Kanda Yuu officially hates Lavi Bookman.

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Screw My Life

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When was the last time he went shopping with his sons?

No, scratch that. When was the last time he went shopping for his sons?

"Cross, let's get that too!"

Was Allen this excited in a market all this while? He doesn't quite remember this brat being this loud in the public… Oh, right, Lavi had been taking his place to go shopping since he knows how to take care of himself.

"And that— Lavi would surely love that!"

It's actually you that'll love it, isn't it?

Sigh, was this how it feels like to go shopping with your son?

This really sucks.

Not to mention this nagging feeling he had since he left the house… Did he not off the gas? They did not cook anything anyway, so that's alright. The windows? He was pretty sure they were closed. So, what exactly was that he missed out?

With Allen still running here and there choosing snacks, he stood behind the trolley, desperately trying to figure out what was wrong.

Then it hit him.

Oh, right.

"Brat, did we close the main door?"

He watched his youngest son's cheerful steps came to a halt as realization hit them both hard.

"Shit."

It's not that safe here in this country, but they can't be this unlucky, right?

Staring at his now-depressed youngest son, he threw out the same sentenced,

"Shush, believe in your brother."

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TBC


A/N: I FINALLY FINISH THIS CHAPTER, THANK GOD! QWQ Last week, I immersed myself into writing "Acedia". I wanted to see how welcoming the Miraculous: Tales of LadyBug & Chad Noir fandom. Turns out, I was a little disappointed. Oh well, maybe I'll start planning a plot for that fandom as well.

Moving on~ I was… distracted by my newly bought books and Mateuzz Skutnik's games… I'm really sorry ORZ I spent most time trying to solve the Daymare Town Series and Submachine Series so yeah… And thanks to that, my dad thought I was playing games all the time and I got a short lecture from him for that. As the results, I can only turn on my laptop when he's asleep (which is bad 'cause he's just like me. We're both night owls.) Maybe there's where I got my "ability" to stay up real late…..

So yeah, Tyki and Kanda are finally close to find out the relationship between Lavi and Allen. /insert doge face/ Like finally!

As for the relationship between Cross, Lavi and Allen, they're actually really really close to each other. It's just Cross womanizing and running from debts that are bad. He's actually quite a good father /coughscoughs/ And yes, Cross is super proud of Lavi just because of his red hair.

That is all this time.

Hope you guys enjoy this too!

R&R

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