Chapter 7: Truth

A/N: I hope this is living up to expectations. Please don't hesitate to let me know how good or awful this really is. I don't own anything it all belongs to Katsura Hoshino.

Allen leaned against the wall of the archive room and desperately tried to find his voice to talk to Lavi. He was trying to sort out his emotions between happy, upset, and something else. Pulling Lavi's jacket around him tighter he looked around the room and noticed several old books and files that looked like they were in the process of being put away. Before Lavi could return to putting them away though Allen caught his hand in his own, "Lavi, please…why did you run away that night?"

"I was afraid you would hate me, and then to shelter my own jaded self I thought maybe I should cut all contact" Lavi sighed sadly, "I was afraid."

"That I would hate you?" Allen asked.

Lavi nodded, "Partially, yes. I think I was more afraid of the feelings I was starting to get for you though."

"Feelings? I don't think I'm following too well." Allen admitted sadly.

Lavi sighed softy and poked his forehead, "There is one emotion that I am terrified of, since I never really experienced it myself."

Allen looked away slightly and then pulled Lavi to him, "Lavi, why didn't you tell me?"

"Isn't it a little silly to be afraid of love?" Lavi asked quietly.

Allen's eyes widened and he looked up to the redhead looking straight into his eyes, "Lavi….It's not silly at all, and you're not alone there! Since you cut me off, refused to talk to me I realized that when you weren't around I felt like a mess. My chest hurt and my heart felt like it was being torn apart…That's when I realized something though, I was actually starting to get feelings for you…I started to think that maybe I could actually love you, and that terrified me."

The redhead looked to the white haired youth a little confused but allowed Allen to continue on as he continued with letting his heart out, "Allen, why didn't you say something?"

The white haired youth sighed and buried his face in the redhead's chest, "I wasn't sure how you'd handle it, since I'm well a guy you know. We never really talked about stuff like that."

That's when it had hit the redhead, with all the time they had been spending together Allen had started to develop feelings for him. He couldn't deny that the same thing was happening to him as well, he just wasn't sure how to explain it. Instead, Allen had managed to convey his feelings with such ease, it almost made the redhead happy. Pulling Allen into a hug he let out a soft sigh, he needed to say something, anything for the white haired boy's sake.

"Every time we hung out I was going through the same thing, Allen. On that night I couldn't take it anymore and gave into my impulses. I've never had anyone actually care or love for me, and actually mean it. I'm so sorry though after our first meeting I vowed that I would never try and hurt you, but yet I managed to do that." Lavi admitted painfully.

Allen looked up a soft smile forming, "I'll forgive you, Lavi. Under one condition though."

"Name it." Lavi responded.

Allen smiled and pulled Lavi down and kissed him, "Never run away like that again, and don't worry about being afraid of your feelings. I like you that way as well, we can't call it love just yet, right? Maybe together though, we can actually learn to love one another."

Lavi was still trying to process everything from the kiss to Allen's words, "Allen…"

The white haired youth smiled and let go of Lavi returning to leaning against the wall, "Lavi you look beat red right now it's actually kinda cute"

"And who's doing is that?" Lavi mumbled returning back to what he was supposed to be doing.

"Aww it couldn't be that bad right?" Allen grinned once more.

The redhead smiled and walked past the boy kissing his cheek, "No, I guess not. I don't know why but getting that off my chest I feel a lot lighter."

Allen smiled as he watched Lavi start putting the archives away, "That's good then, I feel a lot lighter too. So since we admitted that, what are we?"

Lavi stopped for a moment and thought about it. They had just admitted their feelings for one another even if it was in a vague way. He wouldn't have minded calling the white haired youth his significant other, but how would he feel about it? Putting one of the last files away he turned to Allen with a soft smile, "I dunno, I think I would be happy to call you a significant other."

The redhead watched as Allen turned bright red, but smiled as he nodded in agreement. Pulling Allen to him he felt a sense of happiness and security. Lavi was terrified to love, but if it was Allen then perhaps he could slowly come to learning to love not just the white haired boy, but himself as well. He was able to help Allen become more confident, especially if the boy had been able to admit everything that he had. The Allen he knew before wouldn't have been able to do so, but instead would have broken down and run away. Feeling Allen wrap his arms around him he smiled and kissed the top of his head, he felt happy.

Allen smiled as he wrapped his arms around Lavi and looked up, "I would be too, though I'd rather call you my boyfriend instead of a significant other. I like the ring of it better."

"Boyfriend, huh? Alright then I'll do what I can to make sure I'm the best boyfriend you've had." Lavi smiled.

Allen giggled a little, "You're the only one I've had. Hopefully it'll stay that way too."

Lavi nodded in agreement, and attention was pulled away as someone starting banging on the door. Unlocking it and swinging it open he was met with a very irritated Reever, "I'm almost done, unless you need me out of here sooner?"

"Lavi, you can be such a pain at times" Reever sighed smiling faintly, "But at least you seem to be back to your old self. We figured since we're done with our stuff we'd come help you with the archive room since it's been nuts with all the requests."

"I'm touched" Lavi replied sarcastically, but then smiled, "I'd appreciate any help I could get."

With a little effort Lavi, Reever, Dup, and Johnny had managed to put everything back where it belonged while Allen watched quietly from a chair he found against the wall. He found them to be an interesting bunch, and noticed that they all shared a close bond with how they would bicker at one another one moment, and the next playfully tease each other. They almost seemed like one happy dysfunctional family to an extent, but Allen felt right at home with them. Once the archive room was finished Lavi pulled him back out into the main lobby with everyone else.

"Since the buses are shut down, Lavi do you have room to give everyone a ride home?" Reever asked.

Lavi nodded, "Yeah not a problem. Your car's still in for repairs huh?"

Reever nodded, "I hadn't planned on us being shut down like this, nor the buses either. Wish those idiots at the garage would just hurry and fix the damn thing."

"What about you guys?" Allen asked Johnny and Dup.

"We take the bus too. Since we work for the city they give us free bus passes. However, when weather gets like this and the system gets shut down we're usually lucky enough that Lavi gives us a ride back home" Johnny smiled.

Dup nodded, "He's been a godsend numerous times."

"Well you two can stop praising me and get in the car" Lavi sighed grabbing his keys, "Allen sits up front with me. Reever can take one of the sides since his stop is first. You two can figure the other stuff out."

"How come he gets to sit up front?!" Everyone demanded pointing at Allen.

Lavi smiled and pulled Allen to him, "Cause he's my boyfriend so he automatically gets shotgun."

The look on everyone's face was priceless, and Allen could have sworn he was blushing from embarrassment. It was going to be an interesting ride to drop everyone off.

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