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Allen heard someone call out his name and shake him almost violently. He jerked awake and found himself staring up at the canopy of his bed. Lavi's worried face appeared above him. Timcanpy was sitting next to the redhead staring curiously.

'God, Allen! Don't scare me like that!'

The boy blinked confusedly up at the ghost kneeling on the bed next to him for a moment, then suddenly realised he was freezing. He shivered, sat up and hastily grabbed the blanket out from under him and wrapped it around himself, his teeth chattering slightly.

'Wh-Why is it so cold?!' he exclaimed.

'Uh... Sorry...' Lavi hung his head, 'That was my fault... It's just... Well it's been ages since I kissed someone, and I forgot that if a ghost kisses a human on the lips it can suck out their life force and make them cold like you are now... Don't ask me why...'

Allen blushed as the kiss came back to him. He swallowed nervously and stared, his face heating up, causing the unnatural chill to fade. Lavi smiled in apology, his cheeks a faint pink as well, which was strange since he didn't have blood to blush with. Allen supposed it was just because while a ghost wasn't the same internally he was still human appearance-wise, and a human's appearance would be that of blushing embarrassment in this situation.

'Uh..' The boy stared at his lap, wondering why the next question was so important to him, 'Why, uh, why'd you kiss me in the first place?'

'I-I didn't mean to!' Lavi stuttered, eye wide, 'It's just... You looked so down and hopeless and you said you'd never find anyone that I just acted without thought!'

'So you did it because you felt sorry for me.'

Lavi stared in surprise from the harsh translation of his words, momentarily speechless. Allen smiled weakly at him before getting off the bed and walking towards the bathroom door.

'W-Wait! That's not what I meant-!'

'It's ok.' Allen stopped and smiled, 'Thanks for trying to make me feel better, but you don't need to. I'm going to take a bath, so I'll see you later, ok?'

Lavi looked like he was going to say something further, but before he could, Allen shut the bathroom door and locked it.

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The fifteen-year-old sighed and rested his forehead on his naked knees, hands clasped around his shins. Timcanpy had followed him into the bathroom and had curled up on a pile of soft towels near the door, watching him with now-gold eyes.

'Damn...' he murmured, 'I really thought for a sec... Argh...'

When he'd woken up and remembered Lavi had kissed him, he'd been embarrassed, but at the same time he'd felt elated and happy. When he'd found out the ghost hadn't meant to kiss him it had really disappointed him. He sighed, sat up straight and held his left hand in front of him, steam rising from the water around him. He was quite confused about how he felt about Lavi. He liked him a lot, he knew that, but... This wasn't a normal like, more like a love. But he'd loved his father, and the love he felt for Lavi was much different to that!
What were these new strange feelings?
He groaned and closed his eyes, leaning his head back against the porcelain edge of the bath. He had the best school education affordable, but academic learning didn't help in anyway way with emotional experience. He cursed his deformity; he wished he never had it. Then he wouldn't be stuck alone in this house, looking forward to an arranged marriage and a loveless future.

'Why me?' He asked the ceiling, 'I've never done anything wrong, so how could I deserve this?'

He was answered by silence. He leant forward to rest his head on his knees again and stayed like that until the water went cold. He knew being deformed wasn't something thrown at you by karma; you were born of the devil, or you weren't. But he still wished he had a better life.

Just then, there was a knock at his bathroom door.

'Master Walker, Miss Kamelot requests your presence.'

'What? This late?'

'I'm afraid so. I'll tell her you'll be there soon.'

Allen sighed stood up and stepped out of the tub. He let the water out, and then walked over to the towel rack to dry off his naked form.

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Lavi sat atop the stone alter over looking his tomb. In the centre of the stone platform was a coffin that appeared to be made of diamond of some kind, preserving his body. He didn't generally like going to his grave as the look of his body through the clear stone was somewhat upsetting, however it was a good place to think. It was on a stone platform in a roofless cave, letting moonlight and fresh air, not that he needed to breathe.
When he was a child and alive, his mother and father often bought him here to pray, as they didn't allow "Their kind" near the town or they would be caught and burned alive. Their only friends were the Walker family, and as a token of his kindness his father had built the garden for them.

He sighed, got off the alter and walked over to his coffin.

'You sir,' He pointed at his body, 'Have stuffed up royally.'

Of course, the Lavi in the diamond coffin made no reaction. Ghost Lavi groaned and turned and sat down on it, looking up at the sky. His family had buried him here after he was killed in order to protect the sacred site, though he rarely came here to protect it. It really didn't need protecting anyway, as no one knew where it was. The only way to get here was the third secret door of the garden, which not even the Walkers knew the location of.

He drew his knees up to his chest. He'd been really stupid. He should've realised he'd taken part of Allen's life force after kissing him while he slept last night, which caused the boy's illness this morning. And then when he kissed him again an hour ago he'd almost sent him into a coma! He really needed better control of his emotions.

'I wonder what the opposite of necrophilia is called... A dead person loving a human isn't something I've heard of before.'

He'd hurt Allen's feelings and he felt terrible for it. He got up and went towards the tunnel entrance to go apologise.
As he walked and emerged in the garden, he couldn't help but smirk. A ghost falling in love really was a strange thing, seeing as he wouldn't be able to touch most humans let along be seen by them, and even the ones he could touch if he kissed them he'd suck away their life. The life would return to them if the kiss was quick, but for hours afterwards they'd feel cold and tired. He'd fallen in love with someone he could never have. It had a Romeo-Juliet feel about it...

He was at the end of the tunnel that would lead up to Allen's room now. He was about to push open the door, but before he did, he heard the sound of scuffling, followed by a woman's voice.

'Dammit, I know it's in here somewhere...'

He blinked. What was Lulubell doing sneaking around Allen's room?

He closed his eyes and made himself intangible. He moved up through the solid door, shuddering at the unpleasant feeling of passing through something solid. The housekeeper was looking under Allen's bed fr something, and the ghost paled. Where was Timcanpy?

He hastily glanced around, and to his relief he spotted the tiny kitten over by the bathroom door, unseen as of yet by the blonde woman. He hurried to pick up the kitten ijn his arms, the turned to run out of the wide-open bedroom door.

He ran down the hall, made a left, then a right and emerged in the library. He set Timcanpy down and locked the door. He sighed and smiled at how close that had been. The housekeeper had almost discovered their kitten.

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Hm, this chapter was kind of fail...

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