I don't own dgm.
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It was a relatively sunny day when the first day of the new school term arrived. There were a few clouds here and there, but nothing threatening. Lavi knocked on Allen's door, and was let in bye the boys mother, and made his way up to Allen's room. The door was open, and Allen was tying the laces of his shoe.
'Hey Allen!' Lavi smiled cheerily, 'Ready for school?'
'Yeah...' Allen nodded, smiling also, though it was somewhat unconfident. He finished tying his shoe and reached for his school jacket.
'You know Allen; no one's forcing you to go. If you want to stay home-'
'Lavi I'm fine.' Allen's voice had a slight chuckle to it, and Lavi felt relieved, but then Allen sighed and stared at the ground.
'But, um... People are gonna be staring at me.'
Lavi nodded slowly in understanding. Shortly after Allen was released from hospital, his story had been plastered all over the newspapers. No doubt everyone at school knew.
'I do-don't even know how the stupid reporters found out...' Allen laughed nervously, 'And don't you need someone's permission to print their name? I-I mean...'
The boy trailed off, eyes staring into space. Lavi gently grasped his shoulder, which brought him back to earth.
'Like I said, no one's forcing you to go. Do you wanna stay home?'
Allen seemed uncertain for a minute. Lavi waited patiently, and moved his hand from Allen's shoulder, and down to the younger boy's own hand, giving it a gently squeeze. Allen smiled at him.
'I'll go. It should be fine, cos you'll be there, right?'
'Right.' Lavi grinned and nodded.
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When they got to school, people did look at Allen, some whispering behind their hands, some even being so bold as to come right up to him and asking questions to which Allen would reply "I don't really want to talk about it." Fortunately when the found Kanda and Lenalee and their other friends, they acted completely normal, though Lavi noticed Kanda wasn't as rude, and Lenalee wasn't as touchy-feely.
And then the bell rang and they went to class. Although Allen was a year younger then everyone else, he'd skipped a grade after getting to high school because he was excelling so much academically. So
that meant he and Lavi had many of their classes together, and he was more at ease then if they didn't. Lavi, on the other hand, was kind of on edge, and felt the urge to ask Allen how he was every two minutes. He had to suffer like that for two periods, until recess when they sat down to eat.
'So how are you?' Lavi asked, trying to look confident.
'Good,' Allen smiled brightly, putting down the packet of chips he was about to open, 'But what about you? You seem kind of paranoid.'
'I'm just worried about my little Allen,' Lavi smiled, putting his arm around him. 'Say, do your parent's know we're... You know, together?'
'Um, yeah...' Allen nodded. 'They actually kind of knew I was in love with you before... Is that ok that they know?'
'Yeah, yeah, just wondering. My Gramps knows too, only he figured out. Said the only thing he was surprised about was that I ended up with you and not Yu-Chan.'
'WHAT'D YOU JUST SAY?!' Kanda glared angrily from the other end of the table.
'Nothing! My Grandfather just thinks you're gay for me.'
Kanda glared. Allen and Lavi giggled, and the Japanese boy got up and stalked off, utterly humiliated.
Just then, there was a crack of thunder. Lavi looked up in alarm, and saw the clear sky had turned stormy. As he stood, it began pouring.
He and Allen ran for cover, trying not to be knocked over by other student's. They reached a covered area and as they kidded to a halt, he felt Allen grip his hand. He glanced at the boy; Allen was looking at the rain fearfully.
'Allen...?'
Allen suddenly pressed his face into Lavi's shoulder as there was a flash of lightening, his grip painfully tight. Lavi was confused. Allen normally loved storms, he said the lightning looked cool, and afterwards everything smelt nice. So why...?
'Oh god...' He could have slapped himself for being so stupid. Of course. It had been raining that night.
'Come on Allen, we'll go down to the library. Sound good?'
Allen nodded into Lavi's arms, and Lavi put his free around the shorter's shoulder and guided him through the crowd.
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It was quiet and warm in the library, and after sitting down in a quiet empty corner, hidden by shelves, Allen quickly calmed down.
'You alright?' Lavi asked in concern as Allen sighed and leant his head back against the wall.
'Hm...' Allen made an affirmative noise. 'S-sorry... Dunno what just happened... It was like... Ugh...'
Lavi leant over and gently stroked the boy's snowy hair. Allen made a contented noise and rested his head on the redhead's shoulder, closing his eyes. Neither of them knew how long they sat there for, but soon, the bell rang and they had to go to class. They both got up and went out the doors towards their lockers.
'What do we have?' Allen asked as they trod up some stairs.
'English and art I think...'
'Kay... I'll just go to the bathroom and I'll meet you there.'
Lavi nodded, and as they reached the top of the stairs, he went one way and Allen went the other.
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Allen flushed the toilet, let himself out of the cubicle, and went over to the sink to wash his hands. He felt good. To be back at school, in the old routine, it made him feel calmed... And having Lavi put his arm around him, hold his hand, stroke his hair... That just made it all the better. Though... They hadn't kissed yet. Allen was kind of grateful that Lavi hadn't pushed anything on him, but still... He was starting to wonder what it would be like to kiss him.
Lost in his thoughts, the white hired boy turned off the tap and dried his hands on his pants. Then, he heard a voice that made his entire body go cold.
'Well hello again.'
Allen turned in shock, and tried to scream as the man who raped him pushed him into the wall hard. He covered his mouth with his hand, and pinned his arms above his head.
'Now now, don't ruin the fun for me.'
Tears poured down Allen cheeks as he struggled in vein. The man moved his face closer, his yellow eyes glinting evilly.
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Uh oh, im doing the cliffie thing again. Sorry.
Hey, did you guys know Kanda's first name means Hot Water? I read it on Wiki. Lol, it suits him.
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