CHAPTER SEVEN: Midnight Merlin Marathon
Allen would have kissed the ground if it hadn't been, well you know, ground. Lavi began to laugh at the amusing sight of the smaller boy slumped under a tree, his nails digging into the grass and an evil glare set on Lavi. "How did I know you were going to go at an insanely fast speed?" Allen asked sarcastically. The redhead laughed and slumped next to Allen, throwing his arms behind his head and saying, "Maybe it's because you know I'm insanely awesome, brilliant, handsome and sexy?" Allen snorted, "Yeh, not to mention you're insanely modest" Both boys exchanged a look before bursting into fits of laughter.
Tears were forming in Allen's eyes as he laughed along with his friend. However, unlike Lavi, Allen had managed to remain upright. Lavi was lying on his back, clutching his stomach and rolling from side to side. "Lavi. Breath! Breath!" Allen shouted, trying to break through to the red headed fool. Lavi took in a long shaky breath. "Phew….I haven't laughed like that in a long time!" Lavi said, grinning and flopping back down onto the grass. Allen smiled. "Same here."
There was a peaceful silence as both boys watched the clouds. The white blobs drifted lazily across the sky, dipping in and out of the leafy canopy of trees. It was a nice quite spot. No one was around, which was surprising seeing as It was the middle of summer but hey no one was complaining, and the sound of car engines murmured gently in the distance. Allen let out a contented sigh, it was nice to relax. To be fair he had just had three very hectic weeks. Allen thought he deserved a break, however there were two things stopping this from happening.
One was the pressing matter of, where they were going to go from here.
And the second, was the gentle humming coming from the boy next to him.
Allen turned to face the red head and raised an inquisitive eyebrow at him, "What song is that?" the shorter asked, "I don't recognise the tune." Lavi's grin widened, if that was physically possible. "I made it up. It go's like this:
There's a rat in my kitchen, what am I gunna do?
Tell Facebook, Tell Facebook.
Trap it in the corner, and hit it with a shoe.
Tell Facebook, Tell Facebook.
Put it in the pot, and turn it into stew!
Tell Facebook, Tell Facebook.
Annnnd that's all I've got!" Lavi sung, finishing with an overly dramatic pose. Allen was looking at him like he had just sprouted seven ears and started doing the Cancan, which, knowing Lavi, he may just do. "What?" Lavi asked, running fingers across his cheeks, "Is there something on my face?" Allen let out an exasperated sigh. "You know what?" he began, running a hand through his hair and letting the silky strands weave through his fingers, "I am not even going to try to understand what is going on inside of your head. I think if I did, I may never sleep soundly again."
Lavi mock pouted, "That's meaaan Moyashi!" Allen sat up straight, turning to face the red head with a dark glare, "Don't you dare call me that as well Lavi Bookman!" Allen said angrily, he knew Lavi had done it before but it still got to him. Lavi shrunk back slightly, "Moyashi's scary too!" Allen growled, "Say that again and I will have to attack you!"
Lavi, who had been threatened at sword point before, wasn't scared at all by Allen's threat. Lavi decided to use his insane brilliance and confuse the poor kid. "Non non non! Je ne veux pas mourir!*" Allen looked stunned for a moment. He smirked, his silver eyes taunting, and he quickly replied, "I don't care, i'll kill you anyway. And yes, I under stood that." Lavi may have been a little surprised but that wasn't going to stop the flirtatious red head. "Uhhh ummmm ehhhh...Ah! Watashi wa nihongo de hanasu ka? Moyashi-chan."
Now that confused the white haired. However he did understand one thing, Moyashi, the dreaded word had been uttered. "Crap." whispered Lavi, realising his mistake. "Crap indeed..." Allen murmured quietly, his face getting closer to Lavi's. There breath mingled together, Lavi's eye's wide and panic filled, Allen's narrowed and staring. "A-Allen?" Lavi asked.
To an outsider this would have looked strangely suspicious. To a fan girl it would be photo worthy. Lavi was thanking God that there was no one else here!
"Hey Lavi?" Allen said, tilting his head to the side. His eyes held a mischievous twinkle in them that was only growing by the second. "Consider this payback for earlier." Lavi was, for the second time this week, found himself entirely confused. He couldn't even think of anything to say. Which, for Lavi, really was weird.
Lavi had just enough time to contemplate exactly what Allen meant, and not come up with an answer before the smaller boy pounced onto him. "Allen! Wha-wha ha ha! Ah! St-stop iiiiit! A-Alle-en!" Laughter ripped through the park, disturbing a few birds and scaring a young couple that was passing by. But to be fair it was more of a shriek than a laugh, they probably thought some one was being raped, so they ran away...courageous.
"Mercy! M-Mercy!" Pleaded Lavi, desperately trying to wiggle away from the pianists fingers. "Mercy! I WANT TO LIVE!" Cried the red head. A smile crept onto Allen's face as he stared at the pleading, hysterical rabbit boy in front of him. His red-orange hair was tousled, his forest green eye was glistening with tears of mirth. His red tee-shirt was pulled down slightly, revealing the slightly tanned skin on his collar bone, and the white SuperDry logo was folded over. Allen let out a small sigh.
"All right. All right. You get to live." Allen said, sighing. Lavi's trade mark puppy dog eye had made him crumble. Allen really was a weakling when it came to puppy dog eyes, and Lavi seemed to be a master at it. Lavi let out a sigh of relief and lent against the tree. Allen stretched out his fingers and wriggled into a more comfortable position.
"You deserved that though! Especially after that whole misunderstanding! I think I nearly died!...I still don't know why I let up..." Lavi raised an eyebrow and smirked, "Admit it! It was the puppy dog eyes...uh make that eye." Lavi grinned goofily as he corrected himself. Allen blushed and defiantly turned to face a, suddenly very interesting, park bench. Lavi snickered and placed a hand on Allen's head. "GYAH!" Allen uttered a sound of displeasure as the tall red head ruffled up his hair.
"Lavi. Leave him alone." called a very familiar voice. "Linalee!" Lavi replied, grinning and jumping to his feet. Allen face palmed when the red head fell over, it was one of those times where you push yourself up suddenly and pray you'll land on your feet, and when you do you let out a cry of triumph but as soon as you take a step you are guaranteed to fall. Sod's law.
^Playing The Part^
Lavi pulled himself up from his grassy bed just in time to spot Allen rolling his eyes. Lavi began to blush furiously, he had just made a complete fool of himself in front of Allen Walker. He didn't really understand why this seemed like such a big deal all of a sudden...
Laci turned his single, working, emerald green eye to face the approaching chinese girl. She had a smile plastered onto her face and was carying a Tesco's plastic bag. Lavi, who noticed everything, noticed that her burnt hair seemed to have more of a layered and stylised look to it now. He also noticed that Kanda was walking a few steps behind her, also carrying a cheap non-environmentally friendly plastic Tesco bag.
"H-hey Linalee! Yuu-chan!" Lavi called, stuttering on the first word because of his sheer embarrassment. "DO NOT CALL ME THAT!" shouted an irate Kanda. Lavi heard Allen chuckle behind him. Lavi ran a hand through his hair, for England, it was strangely hot today. Maybe he was just embarrassed, or was it nerves. Lavi decided to brush his thoughts aside and focus on the mysterious Tesco bags.
Linalee sat down under the tree and began to chat with Allen. Lavi smirked, Allen really did act like a girl at some points. Lavi yawned and flopped down onto the grass, vaguely paying attention as Linalee and Allen talked about the really sad story they had both read*, from what Lavi could tell it was genuinely a real tear jerker, it sounded so much better than that crap they called 'Twilight'.
"I was crying so much in the last chapter, my brother came upstairs because he thought I was in trouble!" Linale said. Allen chuckled. Lavi began to pay more attention, he was curious as to how Allen reacted. "Don't worry Linalee. I know what you mean. That book really got to me, I cried as well. I just got really connected to the characters. I felt so sorry for David! He was the only one left after it all, and he lost Ray. Man I cried like a baby when Ray died...It was just so sad..." Allen admitted.
Lavi sat up. Two thing caught his attention.
One: Allen had CRIED! That was shocking in it's self.
Two: It was a romance, but all the names they had mentioned were Male names...
"Linalee?" asked Lavi. Two sets of eyes turned to him, one violet and one silver. "Yes Lavi?"
"Well. I couldn't help but notice that...you said this story was a romance...and you only mentioned male names..." Lavi left the unsaid question hanging in the air.
Both Linalee and Allen turned a brilliant shade of red.
Kanda began to snigger at Lavi's incompetence. "Yes...Lavi. It was a story about..." Linalee couldn't think of how to finish the sentence. Luckily Allen came to her rescue, "It was a story revolving around two gay male couples Lavi." the smaller boy dead panned.
Lavi's lips made a small 'o' shape. "Well..." he said as an awkward silence fell across the clustered group. You could just imagine the crickets in the bushes and a lone crow flying over head. "Soooo...what's in the bags?" Lavi questioned, braking the silence and arousing a chuckled from the scarred boy.
"Oh right! The bags!" Linalee said, pulling the bags toward her. Lavi shifted on the soft yet slightly damp grass. "Oooooh I'm so excited!" he said, bobbing up and down. Allen face palmed, Linalee giggled and Kanda muttered something that sounded like "Fricken Idiot...". Linalee began to dig around in the bag. "There's no need to be excited Lavi. It's only ice cream!"
"Ice Cream it may be my dear Linalee,but what is most important, is in fact, that the just cause for Kanda, the samurai of no emotions, to strain and carry a bag, was indeed, and only, Ice Cream!" Lavi said in a matter-of-fact kind of way, taking a tub from Linalee and tucking in. There was that moment of silence that always seemed to arise after Lavi had said...anything. Three things happened at once. Linalee and Allen burst out laughing, Kanda shouted angrily at Lavi and a bus pulled up to the bus stop.
Allen pulled himself from his laughter as a blond boy stepped off the pulled up bus. The boy himself wasn't what made Allen let out a small gasp, the boy did have amazing hair though. No. What made Allen gasp was the AD on the side of the bus. Allen jumped to his feet. "I HAVE AN IDEA!" he shouted, catching the attention of not only his friends but also the blond boy (who incidentally quickened his pace ever so slightly), thrusting his arm in the air. "A-" began Lavi, Allen pointed furiously at the bus with his spoon.
"I have a bloody brilliant idea! That! We enter that! C'mon! The auditions are next week! Annnnd! The centre is right next to my apartment! We lug all the equipment to my place. Stay the night. Get there early in the morning. Audition. Annnnnd...We get on TV. More fans! This exactly what DGRAYMAN needs!"
"The 'Millennium' contest?" Linalee asked. Allen nodded his head. "Shorty, That's brilliant!" Lavi cried. Jumping to his feet and throwing his arms around the smaller boy. Allen let out a sound akin to a yelp and stumbled to the side slightly. The weight of the taller boy caused them both to fall onto the grass in a heap of tangled limbs. "L-Lavi!" the white haired yelped.
"Ah! Ouch! S-Sorry Al!" The red head pulled back off the smaller boy, balancing on the balls of his feet in a crouching position. Allen propped himself up on his elbows and cocked his head to the side, thinking that Lavi resembled a wild cat ever so slightly...maybe the heat was getting to him...
Lavi turned to Linalee who still looked a little doubtful, "C'mon Linalee. This is are last chance this summer! We're working against the clock here. I mean. As soon as we get back to Uni were gunna be swamped! You're taking three sciences for crying out loud! Me and Kanda will have loads of English Lit work to do. I've got to visit the ruins of Pompei at some point. Kanda has to study Kung Fu in China. And Allen..." The red head turned to the boy who was still lying on the grass. "What exactly are you doing Allen?"
Allen sat up. "Me? I've got English Lit too and I think I have to do some study of Art in Italy and other countries." Lavi nodded his head. Suddenly a thought struck him. "Where do you go to Uni?"
"Black Order University."
"No way really?"
"Yes Lavi. I'm at the same University as you. I'm even in your class."
"Wow. I never noticed..."
Allen felt his heart sink. Lavi hadn't even noted his presence until he had joined, and even then he only cared because he thought Allen was a cute girl. There was a small pang in Allen's chest. It hurt. It was painful. It was unfair. Lavi. Lavi didn't really care...He just needed Allen for the band. For DGRAYMAN.
Allen thought Lavi would have at least noticed the white haired freak who sat two rows in front of him.
Everyone knew the freak.
Allen pushed himself to his feet. "Ah. I've got to go. Uhhhh. I have to go food shopping and it'll take me a while to get back so uhhh yeh. Well yeh. If you could call me and i'll help bring all the equipment over at some point. All right guys. Cya later" Allen turned around and walked away. Tears threatening to spring from the corners of his eyes.
Allen quickly crossed the road and began heading into town. "Allen!" Called a voice. "Hey Allen!" Allen walked a little faster, hastily raising a hand to his eye and wiping away a tear. Someone grabbed his wrist. Allen's grey eyes turned to meet the green one that belonged to the one and only Lavi Bookman. "What's up Lil'Buddy? You walked off pretty quickly then."
Allen glared coldly at his smiling face. "Let me go Lavi." The red head looked hurt, perhaps he should try feel what Allen was feeling. None the less he releases the shorters wrist. "Allen?" The boy turned away. "Are you okay? What's wrong? Are you not feeling well?" Allen's shoulders tensed. "You don't even...realise do you?" he asked.
Lavi's hand rested on his shoulder, "Allen. If I did something I'm sorry. But I honestly don't think I did anything..." Allen wheeled round. "Just leave me alone! You don't get it! 'Honestly I don't think I did anything'? What the Hell! Just...I..." Allen threw his hands down by his sides in frustration.
Allen turned around and ran. He dodged past people and kept going. He didn't know if Lavi was following him. And he didn't care, or at least he'd like to say that. It was hard, when you thought your only friend didn't care.
^Playing The Part^
Allen was fumbling around in the kitchen of his apartment. He was doing anything to get his mind off Lavi. And it was a hard thing to do. He had tried A LOT of things.
TV, that didn't work.
Reading. Definite no-no.
Art, nah ah.
He went food shopping, nope.
Piano, no way in hell.
Singing, that was a faliure.
Dancing, …
FaceBook, that reminded his of the 'Rat Song'.
YouTube, he was automatically logged in as DGRAYMAN rather than The14th
Heck he even cleaned his bedroom!
In short, nothing he did was helping. So now he was trying something a little less common. He was baking a cake. It was a strange thing for an eighteen year old boy to be doing. But if it got his mind off the insensitive red head he was happy. Allen began to sing along to the radio as he worked.
"It is the sound track to your week end, I'm Chris Skinner and this is Club Classics on Heart-"
Allen danced along to the old songs. They may not be new but they had a bouncy rythem. Allen was glad no one else was around as he swayed his hips, and sang along, as he placed the mixture in the oven. The white haired boy shut the door with his foot and set the timer for 40 minutes. He half heartedly cleaned the work surfaces and shoved a few bowls into the dish washer. Allen slipped up onto the freshly cleaned work surface and swung his jean clad legs to the beat of Michale Jacksons 'Smooth Criminal'.
Not surprisingly, his thoughts slipped back to the red head. "Perhaps I should have been easyer on him...we have been very busy in English Literature. I just don't get what's going on inside Lavi's head sometimes...Urgh!" Allen ran a hand over his scar and through his hair. "Why can't I stay mad at him? Damn that Rabbit!..." Allen sighed. "Maybe it's not supposed to make sense." He pulled out his black mobile and looked at his pictures.
The one that caught his eye, was the one of himself and Lavi. Lavi's arm was tossed merrily around Allen's shoulders and there was a grin on both of their faces. "Maybe your not supposed to make sense...Lavi..." he murmured to the phone.
It would have been interesting if the phone had answered. However it didn't. Instead, the doorbell rang.
Allen pushed himself of the tabletop and walked over to the door. He opened it, wondering who the hell would need him at 10:56PM.
"Speak Of The Devil..." he murmured under his breath. "Ummm Hi Allen." Lavi said, nervously scratching the back of his neck. The two boys stood there for a moment, it was an awkward silence. Just as Allen was about to say something Lavi blurted out the words,
"Look Allen. About earlier. I'm really sorry. I realise what I did now. I said that I didn't notice you were in my class and that sounded really...well mean. But what I meant was it hadn't dawned on me that it was you. I mean I knew it was you. Who else has white hair? Ah Sorry! That sounded really bad...but I guess what I meant was, I knew it was you but it just kind of slipped my mind. No not that. That sounded bad to. Allen I-"
The boy in question began to smile. "Lavi." he said gently, cutting the taller boy off. "I know what you mean. I should apologize too. I overreacted. I'm sorry." A smile spread across Lavi's face. "So you forgive me?" he asked. Allen nodded. Lavi smiled even wider and Allen could have sworn he saw a slight blush on the red heads face.
Suddenly Lavi enveloped the smaller boy in a tight man-hug. "Thanks Allen!" Allen smiled and patted him on the back. He could feel his face reddening and hoped Lavi didn't notice. He inhaled Lavi's sent, it was a mixture of deodorant (he was near Lavi's chest after all), guitar polish and, what he thought was, cinnamon. "Lavi? Can you let me go please? Having a hard time breathing..."
Lavi chuckled and released the shorter boy. "Well I guess I'll see ya around then Al." He was about to leave when Allen said, "Y-You can stay...If you want. It's late and I guess I'm returning the favour." Lavi smiled, "I'll take you up one the offer then!" Allen grinned and led the taller boy into his apartment. Lavi sniffed the air as the door was closed, "What cha cookin?" he asked. "Cake" Allen replied simply, flicking on a light switch and walking into the kitchen. "Lavi? Could you take your shoes off please? And just throw your jacket on the sofa if you want."
Lavi complied with Allen's requests and then wondered into the kitchen. Lavi noticed that the radio was on. Allen was bent over, pulling a cake dish out of the oven. "It's not burnt is it?" Lavi asked. Making the smaller jump slightly. "No, I think it's fine..." Lavi noticed that Allen looked adorable in those big Oven Gloves. " We just need to wait for it to cool, before we put the icing on." Lavi nodded his head, he glanced over at the recipe book that was on the side.
Allen was pulling various ingredients out of cupboards and setting them on the side. Lavi began to mix them together. "Oh Lavi. You don't have to do that. You're a guest." Allen said, withdrawing his head,and turning to the rabbit boy. Lavi shook his head as if to say 'no problem, it's fine'. Allen shrugged his shoulders and set about washing up the 'Big Bowl'...seriously it actually said 'Big Bowl' on the bowl.
After a few moments, Allen snuck up behind Lavi and dipped his finger into the icing mixture. "Hey!" Lavi exclaimed. Wheeling round to meet the guilty looking boy. "My cake, My rules." Allen said simply. Lavi turned away and mumbled something about beansprouts.
Allen pulled himself onto a stool and watched Lavi for a moment. Taking note of how his hair moved when he stirred the topping.
Lavi really was very handsome, it wasn't a surprise all the girls fell for him.
Allen felt yet another pang. Lavi probably had a girlfriend, or at least a love interest. He was so different to Allen. Lavi looked like he spent a lot of time in the sun, with his slightly tanned skin and his shiny red hair, he was popular, happy, funny and an all round ball of sunshine. Allen however was different. He was so pale he looked like a vampire, his hair was white adding to the pale effect, he didn't have many friends, he was funny and happy but that was nothing compared to Lavi Bookman.
Allen sighed. Lavi glanced up at him, "What's up?" he asked, concern hinted in his voice. "Hmmm? Oh nothing...I was just think that you must have tons of girls hanging on your every word..."In truth Allen hadn't actually meant to say that, but it was out there now. Floating around in the outside world, where people we free to do whatever they wanted with it. Allen smacked a hand over his mouth.
"Ooooh! You mean like you are right now?" Lavi said, smirking at the white haired boy. "Ah! N-no! N-never mind!" Allen waved his hands around, his face turning a brilliant shade of red. Lavi snickered. "You're not falling for me are you?~" Lavi called tauntingly in a sing-song voice. Allen turned his face away and punched the red head in the shoulder, "Just shut up and stir!"
"Done!" he exclaimed triumphantly. Allen laughed. Lavi began to do a small dance, "Alright Allen. To prove we are now forgiven we will sing and dance to the next song! No buts!" Allen exasperatedly shook his head. "Whatever you say Lavi."
Both boys waited for a few moments.
'All right. Next up we have a real classic. 'Accidentally In Love' by Counting Crows...
Allen mentally hit himself with a brick.
"Ah well! Lets sing Lil'Buddy!" Lavi said, grinning like the mad thing he was. Allen stayed quite for a moment. Just watching. However as soon as the ever happy boy began to sing, he burst into fits of laughter.
"So she said what's the problem Baby? What's the problem? I dunno well maybe I'm in Love! "
Lavi reached out and grabbed Allen's wrist. Pulling him along and making him dance. "C'mon Sing!"
"I think about it...Every time I think about it...Can't stop thinking about it!"
Allen let out a few more strangled laughs, before falling slave to Lavi's enthusiasm.
"How much longer will it take to cure this? Just to cure it cause I can't ignore it if it's love..Makes me want to turn around and face me but I don't know nothing 'bout love!"
Lavi began to make up strange actions to the lyrics. Spinning Allen into himself on "Turn a little faster'. Jumping. 'Bay Watch' running. But what made Allen crack up was when Lavi turned the lights up at 'And the worlds a little brighter'
"I'm in love!"
By the end of it. Allen was gasping for breath and his anger at Lavi was completely forgotten. "You see! It worked! All is forgiven and the cake's cooled!Everything is O-K!" Lavi smiled gently at the other boy. "I guess you're right..." Allen had to admit, Lavi always came up with the best things. Allen Walker smiled fondly at the red head. For some reason, he could never stay mad a Lavi. That emerald eye that glinted with the light of a thousand suns. And the smile which made Allen feel safe.
"I'm always right!"
"Whatever you say Lavi..."
^Playing The Part^
Lavi was collapsed next to Allen on the black sofa. They had spent a few minutes icing the cake, and had gotten extremely sticky in the process. Lavi, for some reason, felt he was much closer to Allen.
Lavi had a theory: All good friendships had to have one fight, and if you forgave each other then you were fine. It was a good theory to live by. However he still felt as if Allen was keeping one important thing from him. And for some reason, the conversation about the book kept returning to his head.
There was a question he felt he needed to ask, but it was a delicate question. It was one that could brake them apart if he, himself, reacted the wrong way. But it was a question, he felt needed to be asked. "Hey Allen..." he said. A pair of doe grey eyes turned to look at him. Lavi gulped nervously, "Ummm...well it dawned on me earlier...uhhh...I just felt like I needed to ask this...but...um...are...are you..." Lavi couldn't get the words out. However, Allen seemed to get the idea, somehow.
"You want to ask me if I'm gay, right?"
Lavi sheepishly nodded his head. Allen chuckled, "I was surprised you didn't ask when me and Linalee were talking about the book...but yeh...I am. I hope that doesn't make you feel awkward or anything..."Allen said the last bit quietly. He seemed sad, but also in anticipation of something. "Nah. It's cool. I'm not like weirded out or anything..." Lavi mumbled. Allen smirked and turned back to the TV. Himself and Lavi were waiting for 'Merlin' to start.
"Really?" he asked. The smirk remained on his face, dancing playfully across his lips. "Yeh. It's like totally cool dude...why are you laughing?" the red head had a look of confusion spread across his features, and all of this confusion was directed at the boy doubled over and laughing. Lavi couldn't help but notice that Allen really was adorable. "Hahaha, sorry Lavi!...It's just I can tell you're weirded out."
"Wha? No i'm not!" Lavi said, gaping at the smaller boy. Allen turned to face him. "You are. I know because: A: You just called me 'Dude'. You never call me dude. Lil'Buddy, yeh...but never dude. And B: You said 'like'. Only chavs say like for absolutely no reason. You do not...but it's fine. Everyone's like that when they first find out." Allen smiled kindly and patted the taller boy on the shoulder. "Man, I can read you like a Book." he said.
Lavi snorted, "That was a terrible joke." Allen punched him playfully in the arm, "It's not my fault you have such a funny name." Lavi gaped at him. "Hey! That's mean you know! Why I ought ta-Mmpf?" Allen smacked a hand across the red heads loud mouth. He raised a finger to his own pink lips saying, "Shhhhh! Merlin's starting." There was silence.
…...
"EWWW! YOU LICKED ME?" Allen cried, jumping away and furiously wiping his hand on his trouser leg. Lavi laughed, "Hey! I couldn't breath!" Allen grubled something or other and kicked the red head in the shin. "Youch!" Lavi exclaimed, gripping his shin in an overly dramatic Lavi-like way, "You're a little sadist! You know that right?" Allen smiled sweetly, "Yeh. I know."
The two boys focused their gaze back to the programme. Lavi would occasionally glance over at his friend. He was surprised to find that he wasn't that surprised on finding out Allen was...well gay. To be perfectly honest, Lavi didn't think anything could surprise him any more. Sometimes Lavi wondered if he just attracted abnormality. Sometimes he really felt like crying out, "Why do these things always happen to me?"
Let's start with Kanda. Lavi had met Kanda in Year Nine, age 13. Now, for some strange reason, Lavi had self proclaimed himself Kanda's 'best friend'. And that really was weird, because all Kanda ever did was call him an 'idiotic loser rabbit'...yeh thirteen year old Kanda was still cruel, but not that imaginative. However, Kanda put up with Lavi none the less. They were closer in Year 10, distracted at the end of it and in Year 11. In Year 12, or Sixth Form, Lavi had stayed on at his school. Where as Kanda had gone off to study at another.
Strangely enough the two boys both ended up in the same university studying English Literature. Odd.
Linalee had been where the whole band started. Lavi had been aimlessly wondering the halls, waiting for his next History lecture, when he had stumbled upon Linalee. The pigtailed girl had been playing Bass in a disused room. Lavi had thought she was simply brilliant and quickly befriended her. It was shocker to find out she was taking three sciences and even more of a shocker when he found out her brother was only Head Of The Science Section! That's not exactly something you leave out!
From then on they roped Kanda in on the whole idea...and well the rest is History.
Allen. Well Allen Walker was Allen Walker. Linalee had obviously found his YouTube account and talked from then on. And apparently he and Kanda had been working at Fresh together since they started University. Strange how these things connect... And Allen had also been in Lavi's English Lit...he really did feel like an idiot, a stupid, insensitive, thick headed, idiot, for not realising that the quite, small, white haired boy in his English class was Allen. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. Oh, not to mention he had only recently discovered Allen was gay.
Normally. The ever smart Lavi would have been able to figure out these things...but he just seemed to loose his cool around the white haired teen. It was a new feeling for Lavi. Having absolutely no control over the situation, when actually, the situation was as plain as day.
Lavi sighed and leaned back in his seat. Allen eyed him curiously, concern and confusion hinted in his eyes. Lavi shot him a winning smile which said, 'I'm all right. Don't worry about me.' Allen however, saw through his mask. Yet another thing that was new to Lavi. No-one saw through his mask.
"I guess i'm just nervous about the auditions..." he said sighing slightly. Allen nodded his head in understanding. "You know. The Mop Fair is on that evening...it would be a good way to, either celebrate or cheer ourselves up. Me, You, Linalee and Kanda should go...I mean it's spread all the way through out the town so it's not like we'd get any sleep anyway..." Allen suggested. Lavi grinned wildly. "Yeh! Defiantly! It'll be fun!" Allen smilled and asked, "Are you going to go on Buzzin~?" Lavi shook his head furiously. No one in their right mind went on Buzzin! And...Lavi had his own reasons.
"Why not! You're not chicken are you?" Allen teased, even though Lavi knew full well Allen wouldn't be going on it either. Lavi shook his head, blushing furiously and mumbeling something to his lap.
"Sorry Lavi. I didn't quite catch that."
"I...I'm scared of heights..."
Allen looked like he was about to laugh. However he threw his arms around the red head in an over exaggerated hug, "Awwww~ Poor baby~" he exclaimed. This earned him a punch in the arm and a playful yet:
"Oh! Shut up Allen!"
^Playing The Part^
AUTHORS NOTE: Well well the real story is starting now! Next chapter should be up realativly shortly buuuuuut it will be very very short!
Kitchen Rat song by Spike (aka my dad)
French= "No no no! I don't want to die!"
* This story is a story on . It's called This Is How It Ends and it's a Yullen. I changed the names for this but go read This Is How It Ends! It's amazing! Saddest thing EVAH!
*Chris Skinner is a real person and does present Club Classics on HeartFM.
*Deat god! If you do not watch Merlin you are missing out sooooo much! Go look it up on BBCiplayer! Of course you would only be able to watch series three...but still! Go Go Now!
* Search Tewkesbury Mop Fair, and you'll know what i'm talking about. Search Buzzin after that too if u want.
*NOTE THIS STORY IS NOT SET IN TEWKESBURY! I JUST USED THE FAIR!