Chapter 10: Red

Lavi turned the corridor in disappointment as his trained eye didn't catch Allen's sexy figure at all. Biting his lower lip, Lavi continued to press on with vigorous determination. He had not seen Allen for a month now because the wild Innocence fragments kept popping out everywhere, making it impossible for the Exorcist couple to even make out! They had been together for a year already, and Lavi watched as his little Moyashi grew up tall, dark and handsomely smexy! Allen was now a mature Exorcist, but he had managed to maintain his gentleman-ish side till now. Oh, did I mention that he turned out to be an awesome kisser?!

Lavi touched his lips unconsciously, already missing Allen's soft lips and wicked tongue. Before they had separated to their different missions, Allen had given such a passionate kiss as a remembrance. But now only the memory of that kiss lingered on, and Lavi was dearly wishing to see his mate again before the day was over. He picked up the pace, his mind totally concentrated on Allen Walker.

"Where're you going, Allen?" Lenalee's voice perked up Lavi's ears. Hiding behind a corner quickly, Lavi saw Allen hugging what seemed to be a luggage bag. Allen looked like he was in a hurry, with his silvery eyes darting left and right.

"I'm going out for a while, Lenalee. I'll be fine, so don't wait up!" Without even a proper explanation, Allen ran out of HQ with that unknown luggage in his hands.

After watching that white angel disappear from his sight, Lavi greeted Lenalee with a mock bow, and Lenalee returned with her sarcastic curtsy,

"Why's Allen in a rush? The only time I see him run that fast was when Komui's machines went rampage and wanted to destroy him!" Lavi looked further ahead; still able to see his lover's running back. Lenalee only shrug her shoulders,

"Don't know. He's been like that since he went to town the other day... But Allen said not to worry, and he never comes back injured. So I guess it's alright,"

Lavi took the tray of cups from Lenalee, seeing that the female Exorcist had trouble balancing them. She gave him a warm smile in thanks and the two walked their way towards the cafeteria, where they saw Krory, Miranda and Johnny discussing something.

"What's up?" Lavi enquired, his curiosity piqued. It was Johnny that answered him in an instant,

"There's a show in town that everyone's talking about. They said it's fun to watch, and we were about to go there right now! You wanna come along, Lavi?" The excitement in the scientist's voice was clearly heard. Lavi laughed and agreed with him, all too interested on this particular 'show'.

The town was bustling with so much of joy and happiness that Lavi was afraid that he might chock on it. Smiles and laughter filled the air wondrously, and the stalls were making sweet business. The weather was almost perfect; not too hot, and not to cold. All in all, a good day to go out and spend some time with the family.

Lavi was walking side-by-side with Lenalee, who had a spring in her steps. It took some time for them to get permission from Komui, but they got it in the end. Let's just hope Komui's concussion goes away when we get back, though...

"This way! Red's back!"

"No way! Red's here! Cool!"

Lavi saw a couple of kids running on their tiny feet to the left. Who was this 'Red' they were talking about? Carefully peeling themselves from the group, Lavi and Lenalee followed the little children closely as they hurried on to wherever they were hurrying to. They were all talking about this 'Red', making Lavi's curiosity grow furiously larger. Then, a small girl tripped on her feet and fell to the concrete ground below.

Being a good man, Lavi jogged to the downed girl and carried her soothingly like what a father would do to his crying child. The girl with blonde hair thanked him with a small peck on the cheek, and Lavi put her down safely. He asked her about whom this so-called 'Red' was, and those large blue eyes sparkled brightly,

"Red's our favorite person! He likes showing us magic tricks and giving us ice-cream and telling us stories! He even gives us balloons to take home and sometimes he gives us sweets too! Come on, lemme show you!" And Lavi found himself being dragged strongly by a 7 year old girl. Lenalee giggled when she saw the interesting sight, but said nothing as she followed along.

"That's Red, right there!" The little girl pointed towards the front before letting go of Lavi's rough hands. She scrambled to the front as other children crowded around the center, their small eyes filled with wonder and amazement.

"What the-" Lavi couldn't find the words to say when he saw his lover, the Allen Walker, also known as the 'Destroyer of Time' and 'Controller of Noah's Ark', was playing the clown in the middle of town.

Allen was dressed purely in white; and completed with the traditional clown nose and big shoes, Allen portrayed such a wonderful sight to behold. His shoulder-length hair fluttered with the wind as Allen twirled around on his inflated ball. Lavi saw that Allen had covered his face scar with white make-up, and his left arm was hidden by the long sleeves of the clown outfit. As Allen lover doing clown tricks that tickled the spectators' funny bone, Lavi couldn't help but smile happily for his lover.

"Is that Allen?!" Lenalee gasped, but she too tried to stifle her laughter at Allen's childish magic tricks.

"Yeap, that's Allen, alright," Lavi said proudly, "that's my lover,"

Taking a seat behind the already seated children, Lavi laid back as his eyes never once leave Allen at all. He remembered Allen telling him about those past times where him and Mana used to work as traveling clowns. Lavi vividly recalled Allen calling himself 'Red', thus giving him this title currently. He laughed along with the younger children as Allen 'accidentally' burst the balloon he was trying so hard to blow. As Allen continue to bedazzle the audience with his tricks and gifts, Lavi was contented on allowing Allen's small but precious childhood go free; it was worth seeing Allen's beautiful smile once again. After all this time, Allen still hasn't changed one bit. Hasn't changed one bit at all...