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speaking, AND JESUS FUCK THE FEELS IN THIS CHAPTER. ShyAnn was being an asshat and not telling me a single thing that was going to happen in this chapter, but damn was it awesome! I hope you guys enjoy it!
Also, I apologize for the wait, ShyAnn's been rather busy with her life as of late, somewhat… along with me… and she hasn't really had much time to work on writing. I hope you guys understand. Though I'm sure once the break kicks in, which is on the 19th for the both of us, we should be going back to updating regularly like we were before. My next chapter should be up soon by the way, so look forward to that. Anyways, please enjoy this chapter and leave a review telling us how we are doing, we'd very much like it. Until then.
Best Wishes,
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Allen stiffened slightly at the contact, not really expecting Lavi to kiss him. Hang on a second, was Lavi kissing him!? Allen didn't think that the red-head was serious when he said he wanted a kiss, but Allen guessed that he was wrong the second those lips of Lavi's collided with his. His lips were so soft, and the feeling of Lavi's lips against his felt so right, that Allen just couldn't bring himself to pull away from the other, so, after a moment of hesitation the white haired boy slid his silvery eyes shut, his slightly shaking mismatched hands sliding their way to Lavi's lean shoulders in the nervous kiss. He kissed back shyly at first, his lips moving slowly, trying to find a steady rhythm as Lavi's hands encircled Allen's waist to pull him closer in the cool air. Allen could feel Lavi's heart hammering away in his chest below his fingertips that were settled on his shoulders from the close proximity. They both were incredibly nervous once they began kissing, but all fear seemed to melt at the pleasant and fluffy contact, their lips fitting together perfectly like puzzle pieces. Their lips continued to move slowly against one another's, both of them not even daring to move this kiss any further then the light brush of lips. Neither one of them wanted to stop the lovely gentle kiss, but the need for air was pushing them closer and closer to the edge of what their bodies were capable of. Eventually Allen was the one to pull back first, opening his silvery eyes to look at the blushing red-head who had his hands around his waist in front of Allen.
"Told ya' I'd get a kiss outta ya' one way or another." Lavi laughed out as he caught his breath, his gaze falling lovingly on white-haired boy.
"You're such an ass." Allen grumbled, rolling his eyes playfully and punching Lavi in the shoulder slightly. Lavi, despite Allen's words, continued to smile, actually being really happy with this turn of events.
"Yes, but I'm your ass." Lavi grinned cheekily, knowing that Allen wouldn't be able to deny a single word in his sentence.
"Yeah, yeah, you're my ass." Allen laughed, and as soon as Allen got the words out, Lavi had pinched the younger's butt playful, getting a very cute 'Eeep!' out of Allen and a hit against his shoulders for his actions. Lavi didn't miss the sexy smirk on the younger boy's face though, loving the look that he got in response. Though Allen sexy grin soon softened into one of a gentle smile, his eyes dipping down into a half lidded state as he could only do nothing but stare lovingly into Lavi's single dark green eye, the colour blending in with the evergreen pine trees behind them that seemed to be scattered all over Vancouver. Lavi returned that gaze to the other, simply copying the others actions towards him, but Lavi couldn't take his eyes off the other anyway.
Lavi and Allen stood their in silence for a moment after Lavi's actions, both of them unable to move their eyes that were locked to the others as they just enjoying the other's presence and the sensation of warm arms wrapped around one another, both of their bodies pressed close together, not sexually, but just… close and comforting, but just as Lavi was about to break the silence, as per usual, the sprinklers set up on the field roared to life, and Allen let loose a loud, girly scream as a cold stream of water went directly to his spine, the poor boy being assaulted with a huge mist of freezing water. Lavi could only howl with laughter as Allen got soaked, the cold water seeping into Lavi's shoes slightly, and just as suddenly as the sprinklers turned on, they shut off, as their timer went out, leaving the small white-haired boy gobsmacked in the field. Allen had been the closest to the herd of sprinklers and got absolutely soaked with the freezing water, his skinny jeans and white tank top clinging to his body in also every inch of his slim figure. Lavi continued to laugh at the poor boy.
Ally couldn't even speak he was so surprised, all he could manage was a small irritated huff of a sigh as he flicked his hands in a rapid motion, sending water out of his sleeves. Lavi, on the other hand, couldn't stop laughing for the life of him, his harsh laughter ringing in Allen's ears as the red-head was crouched over wheezing, tears in his eyes as Allen got a hold of himself, the white-haired boy cursing everything ever under his breath as he continued to shake off his now damp clothes. This was a turf field for god's fucking sake, why did it need sprinklers, just for this to happen to people every so often?! Yeah, Allen didn't think so, he just guessed they might have still been there from some pervious grass field that might have been in place before.
"Yeah yeah, laugh it up you asshat." Allen cursed, pulling his flannel off and attempting to wring it out, but to no avail. In defeat, he put it back on and let his arms fall against his legs, the water in his clothes making a squishing sound. Lavi still howled in laughter at the boy, his legs shaky as he wanted to fall back onto the wet plastic grass of the turf field.
"I'm sorry Al'! Just-! God! That was so funny! I… wish you could've seen your face! It was priceless!" Lavi finally managed to stand upright, his legs no longer shaky as he held himself up, laughter still ringing through the air until he caught sight of Allen once again.
"Yeah, totally hilarious." Allen rolled his eye, shaking out his flannels sleeves once again in an attempt to get the water out, but the only victory to come of it was the familiar squishing sound of wet fabric against other wet fabric, the rather suggestive sound making Lavi giggle out again immaturely.
It took Lavi a little longer to get hold of himself once again, but once he finally and true did, he could only stare in absolute awe at the boy in front of him, mouth falling wide open at the younger boy. Allen's white hair was shinning a light silver from the light glow of the suns cold rays above them, his hair sticking to the sides of his face with little water droplets gathering in his thick white eyelashes. The sight completely stunned Lavi into silence, not even mentioning that Allen's clothes were very form fitting, showing off the slight curvature of his feminine hips, along with the white T-shirt he was wearing was now slightly see-through, and Allen's creamy pale skin could be seen somewhat from underneath it, Lavi noticing a rather small but silvery stud sticking out from each of Allen's nipples, Lavi raising an eyebrow at the somewhat silly piercings, he said nothing about them though.
"L-!" Like seriously! Lavi could swear he had never seen anything prettier, or more beautiful than a soaked Allen Walker, but then again Allen was probably one of the most attractive people on Earth so what could Lavi say?
"Lav'?" I mean look at that! The small pout on Allen's shivering lips absolutely completed the effect, he just looked so cute! What could be better than this!? Lavi could only think of one thing.
"LAVI!" Allen shouted, and Lavi, upon hearing his name shouted out, snapped out of his trance, having to take a small step back on the wet turf field to see him clearly, he quickly realizing that Allen was a lot closer to him than he was before.
"Sup Al'?" Lavi replied as if nothing had happened. Allen just rolled his eyes at the older response, grabbed the older's wrist, tugging him back towards his car parked not to far away. To be honest, Allen really didn't want to know what the older was thinking about, he just wanted that lunch date Lavi had offered him, wait hang on a second… date? What no! This wasn't a date! Hell no it wasn't. Allen flushed at the thought, but only for a moment. Allen shook his head to clear the thoughts, glad he wasn't looking at the red-head's pretty face for once. Wait… pretty?! God damn it.
"N-Nothing… let's just go eat." Allen pulled Lavi and lead the older boy towards a quaint little pastry shop a few blocks away from the school. This shop was actually somewhere Allen had visited a lot in his high school days to avoid the horrid school lunches and the even more miserable people in that stupid hell hole, the food there being much better and a lot more healthier then what the school had to offer, and it was also such an unknown place that no other students came to it, so Allen had the whole shop to himself most of time, aside from the actual adults that come in every so often while he was there for the short lunch breaks he had, and was one the best places he could come to at anytime of the day, for the owner of the shop had gotten to know the white-haired boy very quickly, and was very nice, but it was also the shop he'd spend his nights crying at the sit up bar to the shop owner during his later years, the years that he, was a big part of Allen's life. Allen hadn't been back to the shop since the day he had finally broken things off. Usually the quiet shop was his escape to cry and receive comfort but today, oh today, was totally different. Today, he was happy, and he really wanted to show Lavi a piece of his life that had been so important to him back then. Plus here Allen could get some dry clothes hopefully.
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As they walked in silence Lavi noticed that Allen seemed to get happier with every step the white-haired boy took, despite the fact every step left a water mark of the bottom of his black converse against the pavement. They passed many interesting restaurants along the way, but Allen seemed dead set on whatever he had in mind which made Lavi a little suspicious. Was he gonna take him to a house of torture or something? 'Cause it kind of seemed so, but eventually Lavi got his answer as Allen stopped abruptly in front if a small shop, causing him to bump into the shorter boy, Lavi giving out a soft apology in response.
"Welcome to heaven Lavi!" Allen let go of Lavi's wrist and swung his arms out in a grand gesture, directing Lavi's single eye to the building in front of him. The small brick building was cutely decorated with small garden boxes full of colorful flowers at every window and had one of those old style red over hangs, probably to keep out all of the fucking annoying rain the came along with living on the coast. The quaint little shop sign hung over a mahogany door, in intricate swirly red lettering were the words 'Jerry's Pastries', and before Lavi could even utter another word, Allen had already gripped his wrist and pushed open the door, a small bell signaling their entrance.
"Jerry?!" Allen called out, and as soon as Allen called out the friendly name, their was a small shriek from the back room before suddenly a very sassily fabulous looking man with pink and purple pastel hair emerged, brandishing a wooden spoon dripping with pink frosting. As soon as he saw the boy he, jumped franticly over the front counter, running over and pulled Allen into his arms, spinning the both of them around furiously in a tight hug, not minding the fact that Allen was still soaked from head to toe.
"Allen! I haven't seen you in forever! Oh you cutie pie! It's about time you came back! How's everything going deary?!" The man Lavi assumed was Jerry set Allen back on his feet and smiled widely. Allen could only pull one of the biggest smiles Lavi had ever seen as he looked back at his favourite cook.
"I've been great! Sorry I haven't come by in ages, my life's been rather busy lately." Allen laughed cutely, his smile wide and genuine, just as Lavi thought it should be.
"That's so great to hear," Jerry spoke out, but not even a second after those words left his mouth, his head swiveled toward the so far silent Lavi and the man cooed, making his way over to the red-head, "Oh sweetie, is this your new boyfriend? He's adorable! I very much approve! He's much better than that last guy you told me about, I can just tell." Without missing a beat Jerry's excited face switched to one of a stern mother, scarign Lavi a little bit, but he was frozen honestly. Allen boyfriend?! Wait no! They were just friends, they weren't in a relationship! Sure they had just kissed and had left hickeys on each other once but that was far from a relationship! "Don't you hurt my little Allen baby now, you hear?! If you do, just remember that I have a fully functioning cucumber slicer in there and I'm not afraid to use it." Jerry gestured to the assumable kitchen behind him, and gave Lavi a pointed look, making the redhead swallow hard and nod furiously, truly afraid of the man in front of him, for some odd reason.
"Jerry no! He isn't my boyfriend! This is my co-worker Lavi." A small blush dusted the white-haired boy's cheeks at Jerry's comments, along with Lavi's lighting up a bright pink.
"Oh okay!" Jerry laughed, "I still approve though, is he's a stripper then?" Lavi watched as Jerry's eyes looked him over before nodding in approval, "You definitely look the type, maybe a little too much." That comment made Allen absolutely die because he had said pretty much the same thing the first time he had met the red-head, but Lavi, on the other hand was not amused.
"Why does everyone keep saying that to me?!" The red-head immediately crossed his arms and reduced himself to a pout, once again being fawned over by Jerry for how attractive he was.
"It's because you are what you are, don't take it to heart hun! But another question, why in the world are you soaking wet, Allen hunny?! You're going to get sick!" Jerry stated, his hands being pushed onto Allen's shoulders in a caring manor.
"Uhhh..." Allen blushed deeply, along with Lavi as the events of what got him wet in the first place came into mind, Allen shot a quick glace at Lavi before responding, "I got caught in a sprinkler." Allen stated. Jerry just clicked his tongue and pushed the boy towards a hallway with doors all in a line.
"On you go you little trouble maker, you know where the spare clothes are. They're right where you left them." And with that Allen was gone, leaving Lavi alone with Jerry, unfortunately setting him up for prime questioning time, which Jerry had made sure to ask him almost every question in the world ever that's answer was 'I'm not his boyfriend', even though Lavi very much wished he was, but as soon as he had disappeared, Allen was back and looked considerably dryer in a pair of black sweatpants and gray hoodie.
"I'll just leave those clothes there for another day if you don't mind." Allen stated as he stepped out into the shop. That was one thing Lavi didn't quite understand. Why would Allen have clothes just lying around here? Just how close were Allen and this Jerry guy anyways? How long had they known each other? Lavi didn't know.
"Not at all dear!" The cook sang,"Here, have a frosting spoon! I'll go get one for your friend too." In seconds Jerry had pushed the spoon from when he had pushed out of the back of the shop in into Allen's hand and sashayed off to retrieve another, but as soon as he was back, and he had handed Lavi another wooden spoon with green frosting dripping off it, he notified the two that he had to get back to work, but to call when ready to place an order, and that the frosting spoons, just as Allen had remembered them, were free of charge, and the sweet drippy liquid tasted just the same as Allen had remembered it, Jerry's master recipes not changing a single bit since Allen had last seen him at least a number of years ago. So, with spoons in hand, the two slipped into a booth next to a large window to lick at their own respective frosting sticks. There was another short silence, but like usual, Lavi was quick to break it with a question that was forcing it's way out of his mind.
"Say Ally, why do you have clothes here?" Lavi just couldn't take it anymore. The question was driving him insane and he absolutely had to ask about it.
"Hmmm..." Allen paused mid-lick before pulling it away, putting his full attention on Lavi instead of the sugary liquid in front of him, "I used to come here a lot during my lunch breaks and after school. I wasn't really all that popular so I got picked on a lot and eventually I had to start leaving clothes here to avoid having to go back to class covered in food or paint. Jerry was kind enough to wash stuff for me and take care of me... But I guess you could say he was my father my last two years of high school." A small smile crept onto Allen's lips as he thought of the past. It was almost strange to think how everything has changed. It wasn't that long ago that he had been coming in here bawling only to switch into his sweatpants and eat ice cream from Jerry's secret stash of homemade sweets, but now look at him, he's actually here for a good reason for once and with someone he likes. This place held a lot of value to him for sentimental reasons but he hoped that Lavi could enjoy it almost as much as Allen did, especially since it felt right that Lavi should be sitting across from him rather than an empty seat, or sometimes Jerry when no one else was around.
"Oh wow, you had it a lot worse than I thought you did." Lavi stated, his licking unable to stop through Allen's talking, because damn that frosting was good, and Lavi had clean off the spoon almost too quickly. To be honest, he really couldn't see why anyone would even think of doing all that stuff to Allen. The boy was such a sweetheart and always putting others before himself, and he was sure that Allen was just so sweet that he'd probably take a homeless person off the street if he had too, so it didn't justify any reason why. Allen was just one of the greatest people Lavi had ever met, he shouldn't have been bullied, because he knew there were some real problems that could show from it. Lavi had picked on people during his high school years, mostly in grades ten to twelve, but it was mostly because his friends around him did it, and he was just one of their lackeys that stuck around at the sides. It wasn't until Lavi had watched a video about a girl who had committed suicide because of cyber bullying in grade eleven did he start to question his actions, what was her name again? Amanda… something? He'd have to look it up again sometime. Lavi was just a bit too social awkward to cut off his friendships with the other bullies, but he would often help the other kids that they bullied after that, sometimes going to rat out his friends to the teachers about what they had done, and he had come to comfort many crying students in the bathrooms and hallways afterwards, simply sitting beside them and awkwardly telling them that he was sorry, so sorry. Lavi wondered if one of the many kids he had comforted in his later years was maybe Allen, and maybe the red-head just didn't remember it.
"Yeah, you can tell I'm kinda bitter towards it." Allen let out a small laugh, his eyes diverting away from Lavi's to the small dip in the table the white haired boy was currently running a finger over, his spoon obviously clear from any frosting as it was now settled on the table, the wood damped a darker shade of tan around some places. Lavi watched the boy silently for a few moments, running through the conversation from before they seated to pick out a certain part. Once he had found what he was looking for he voiced his opinion with a small voice, a little nervous as to what Allen's reaction would be.
"Hey Allen, was that boyfriend Jerry was talking about earlier the man from before?" Allen's gaze lifted slightly at the tone of Lavi's voice but quickly dropped, not happy about the sudden topic change.
"Yeah… yeah it was." Allen spoke up, his voice quiet and shaky, his silvery eyes not visible as they were covered by his white bangs. Lavi instantly regretted asking, not missing the melancholy expression on the other boy's face.
"I'm sorry Al, I was just-"
"Don't worry about it. It's over and he's not in my life anymore, everything's… okay," The younger looked up with tears collecting in the corners of his eyes. He wiped the droplets away with the cuff of his hoodie before letting out a sad little chuckle, sniffing, "I'm sorry, all I can seem to do lately is cry."
Lavi immediately stretched out his hand across the table to scoop up Allen's smaller one, their fingers threading together slightly. Lavi didn't even say anything in response but Allen knew that he was trying to say 'Don't worry, I'm here'. The white-haired boy let a small smile cross his lips.
"Thank you..." He mumbled.
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The two spent the rest of their time munching on food that Jerry would bring out from time to time and talking about random things, their little lunch date turning out to be very similar to one of there 2am breakfast sessions, though it wasn't with breakfast, and it wasn't at 2am but you get the point. The oddly silent shop was filled with their laughter, adding a happy feel to the atmosphere that Allen wished was there back when he was in high school. Every now and then Jerry would peek out through his little window and watch them, smiling wide at their cute interactions. Jerry could remember all the times Allen would enter his shop with black eyes and bruising handprints on his arms, looking as if he had just been run over rather than coming from school. It always broke his heart to see the boy in such a position and not be able to do anything other than supply him with sweets and a hug. It was nice change to see Allen actually happy and enjoying himself with someone rather than sulking in the corner not saying a word. He may have not been Allen's father but he at least was someone there for the boy, and for that he was most happy about.
As the day rolled to an end and the bright sun was beginning to paint the cool city in a beautiful landscape of warm pastel colours, the two decided it would be best to head home. The twilight air was chilly yet comforting enough that it wasn't completely unpleasant to walk through the quiet streets beginning to be lit up by the yellow street lamps. The two of them shivered in their clothing but neither really cared all that much. The view was worth so much more than the liberty of heat. Each step on the shadowed pavement was mirrored with another, creating small scuffs from their shoes in the otherwise silent air. Eventually the two made their way back to the school and Allen's car, as they drove back to Allen's doorstep. This was it, now or never.
Just as the two stepped onto the wooden steps and up Allen porch, just beside the swinging bench that was bolted to the overhang beside the front door, Allen turned and grinned. "I had a really nice time Lavi." Allen let out, a soft smile on his face.
"Y-Yeah… me too." The red-head nervously grinned as he planted his hands firmly into his jean pockets, suddenly getting a little bashful at how overdone his idea was. He really regretted getting his mind set but he couldn't just back out now, he couldn't be a twat as Allen called him, Lavi'd probably hate himself forever if he did. So with a sudden burst of courage, Lavi leant forward, fully intent on planting another soft kiss on Allen's pale lips, but just as Lavi was sure he'd get what he wanted Allen turned his head, diverting the kiss to his cheek. The redhead's eye cracked open, dumbfound, as he hit an unintended target, quickly backing away from the boy altogether, tripping backwards on the stairs and falling onto the rocky path behind him if it wasn't for Allen quick grabbing his wrist with his left hand and pulling him back up into a standing position with ease.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, Lavi you know the rules. You still gotta pay for that last one." Allen giggled as he pulled away, watching as Lavi's lips formed a pout.
"Geez Al', a tease as always. You'll never get a boyfriend that way ya' know." Lavi huffed slightly in irritation, though a bright smile still played on his lips. Lavi continued to look disappointed.
"Sorry babe, it's in the job description," Allen laughed before turning to lay a hand on his cool doorknob, "Well, I guess this is goodnight?" Lavi smiled, a fake smile though, because both of them knew they didn't want this little date of theirs to end.
"Yeah… see ya' Allen." The red-head sent one last smile accompanied by a short wave before turning to head back home, but he hadn't even taken one step from his spot before his wrist was grabbed, spinning him around quickly. Lavi didn't have time to adjust to the fast motion before a small kiss was pressed against his cheek, small and fleeting, disappearing almost as quickly as it began, thought Allen had held onto Lavi's hand afterwards for just a little too long. Once the red-head had gained control of what the fuck was happening he blatantly stared, absolutely stunned by what just happened.
"I'll see you tomorrow Lavi." Allen smiled sweetly, taking a step back and opening his door to reveal his warm home.
"Bye Allen!" Lavi stumbled on his warms slightly as he watched the small boy giggle and wave, shutting the door behind him with a small click, with Lavi left on his porch, a overly joyful grin on his face has he held his cheek were Allen had kissed him.
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Veridian's AN: Dear Lord Jesus I'm so sorry for such a long wait. I've been stressed and busy with finals this week so I hope you don't mind. Cheer is also kicking off so I will be gone more often than I am home but my work load should lighten after this week. I apologize for the wait! Anyway I hope you enjoyed! Please review~ Love you forever!
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