Wolf: Omg! I'm back!! =D
Lavi: o_O Shit!! Allen! Wolfs come back as an Akuma!!
Wolf: What the..?? Eeep!!* Dodges Lavi's hammer*BAKA!!! Who the hell did you think it was?? Allen's eye would have activated if I was an Akuma!! Urgh…I've been back for less than 5 seconds and the rabbit is already doing my head in _
Lavi: You still could have told us if you were still alive!! I was so worried TT_TT
Wolf: Pfft…yeah right, you were just worried that you and Allen wouldn't get together at the end of the story.
Lavi: …*coughs* mayyyybee ^^"
Wolf: Urgh, idiot -__-. Anyways, I'm really really REALLY sorry guys about the late update. I promise the next one will be faster ^_^.
Big thanks to IcyFireGypsy, SharinganJ, stoneygeek, Bluebell Ren, Aion Laven Walker, Alchemy Goddess Kitsune, Razeasha, Micael-sama, 'caus i said so thats why, and dragonheart3 for the support and anyone else who added this as a fav ^_^
Lavi: Wolf dosen't own -man!!!! =D
Wolf: You missed saying that didn't you?-__-
Lavi: Hell yeah =P
It had been four days since Allen had shared a bath with Lavi, three of which he'd spent stuck in bed, under said redhead's strict orders.
At first, it hadn't been too bad. After moving around so much with a fever, the younger exorcist had only been too glad to stay in bed and regain his strength, and spent most of the first two days sleeping.
He often worried about Lavi though. The elder of the two only left Allen's side to retrieve food from the cafeteria, or to use the bathroom. He was even willing to sleep on the floor, to give the white haired exorcist more room on the bed, but the younger male refused to let him do so, and the two had ended up snuggled up together under the same quilt at night.
"You can always go to see the others you know, I'll be fine on my own." Allen had said after waking up to find Lavi in his usual chair next to the bed.
The elder had shook his head in reply.
"And come back to find your fever spiking? Yeah right."
"But what if you catch whatever I have?"
Lavi grinned and lent over to pat the younger's head.
"Don't worry about me Moyashi, just worry about getting better, okay?"
Allen didn't know whether to feel touched by the redhead's caring attitude towards him, or annoyed to think that the other male didn't believe that he could look after himself. In any case, by the fourth day the situation was beginning to get on Allen's nerves.
"Honestly Lavi, I'm perfectly fine now. I can go to the bathroom on my own thanks."
Said redhead raised an eyebrow while looking sceptically at the other male.
"Riiiiiiiight…this is coming from the guy who insisted that he was fine - even though he could barely stand on his own, then said the same thing just two days ago and would have probably knocked himself out on the floor if I hadn't caught him."
Lavi grinned as he watched a blush form on Allen's cheeks.
"No offence Allen, but every time you say the words 'I'm fine", there's a 90% chance that you're not. So forgive me if I don't believe you."
The white haired exorcist let out a sigh of annoyance. He was too tired to be having this sort of conversation with the redhead, who was probably just as stubborn as he was.
"Fine," he said gruffly, "but don't leave the door open this time. You've no idea how uncomfortable that makes me feel."
After having been to the bathroom, Allen lay down again on the bed while Lavi took up his usual post on the chair.
Allen had to admit, since the redhead had been looking after him, he was feeling much better. His fever had almost completely gone thanks to the pills he'd been given (which he'd been smart enough to take this time), as well as the fresh air coming from the open window and the cool wet cloth on his forehead when his fever showed signs of increasing.
"Have you heard anything from Bookman recently?" Allen asked, turning over to his side to face the elder. He'd been wondering about this for a while now, but had always seemed to fall asleep before asking.
Lavi stretched in his sitting position until his shoulders clicked before answering.
"Panda jii-jii left for a mission about three days ago. That's why he had me working so hard for so long the other day, he wanted to get it all done before he left.
Allen nodded in understanding.
"And how come you didn't go with him? You normally do."
Lavi grinned sheepishly while scratching the back of his head.
"Well… I was meant to, but I just said that I thought I was coming down with something to get out of it. The old coot hates being ill, so he left with Kuro-chan (sp?) instead."
The white haired boy frowned at the other.
"When on earth did you tell him that? I don't remember anyone coming in."
"Don't worry Moyashi-chan, Reever told me when I bumped into him in the cafeteria the other day and I asked him to pass my message onto the old panda. I even mentioned that you were spending all your time in the woods training for the past week so no one would ask questions."
The younger male nodded in understanding, glad that he wouldn't have to explain his absence to everyone in the Order, who would probably all be panicking right now if Lavi hadn't had the sense to make something up. He was just lucky that neither of them had been needed for missions lately.
"Thank you." Said Allen quietly.
The redhead looked up from the book he'd just picked up.
"What on earth for?"
"Just, well, everything I guess." Replied the younger exorcist, turning his gaze away from the piercing green eye that was observing him.
"I mean, most people would have just sent me to the infirmary, seeing as it's just the normal thing to do, and they would know that I was being well looked after while still being able to get on with their day to day lives.
"But you…You've barely left my side. You took it upon yourself to look after me, even though you've got a load more things you could be doing. You put up with me even though I could barley do anything for myself but was too stubborn to admit it. You even let Bookman go on a mission without you. I know you say that he annoys you to no end, but anyone can see how much he means to you."
Allen looked up at the now wide-eyed face and gave a small smile.
"You don't know how grateful I am to you, Lavi. I only hope that one day I can return the favour."
For a moment, the elder just sat there looking at the smiling white haired boy in front of him. Then a smile graced his own lips.
"L-Lavi?"
"Stupid bean spout," came the redheads voice from Allen's shoulder as he hugged the younger male close, "do you honestly think I gave a damn it you were just being your-stubborn-assed-self even while you were ill? That's just a part of who you are. Besides, I hate going to the infirmary just as much as you do. Like hell I'd let you go there if I could help it."
Allen felt his eyes prickle as he listened to Lavi. His smile widened as he wrapped his arms around the redhead and buried his face into his shoulder.
"It's Allen, stupid usagi." He muttered.
Lavi chuckled but didn't remove himself from the other male's hold.
For a few minuets, the two of them sat quietly on the bed, their arms wrapped around each other, content smiles on their faces.
"Lavi?" Came Allen's small voice from the other's shoulder.
"Hmm?"
The younger frowned slightly in thought.
"Wont Bookman be angry if he finds out you only said you were ill to get out of the mission?"
Lavi gave another small chuckle before shrugging, not moving from the position he and Allen were in.
"Yeah, more than likely. I'll probably get a few kicks to the head and a pile of work to do. Not like I care though. This is totally worth it."
There was a small silence, then…
"What do you mean?" Asked Allen, in barely more than a whisper.
The redhead sighed and loosened his hold on the younger exorcist, but didn't let go completely.
"I don't mind, because I get to spend time with you. Even if you are ill, I don't care. As long as I'm with you, I'm happy." He replied in a small voice.
Lavi felt the boy in his arms stiffen as he spoke. He closed his green eye, waiting to be pushed away, waiting for the other to be highly embarrassed about the situation and to pretend that the whole conversation hadn't happened.
"Do you really mean that?"
Lavi's eye snapped open. Then, very gently, he pulled away from the other's hold just enough to be able to study his face.
The white haired exorcist stared back, his silver eyes flowing with emotion: thankfulness, adoration, fear, hope and…love.
Lavi smiled.
"Yeah, I do."
Then he lent forward and placed his lips gently onto Allen's pale pink ones.
To say that Allen was shocked would haven been an understatement. But instead of imagining Kanda in his pink tutu like last time, he smiled and wrapped his arm tighter around Lavi, pulling him closer to kiss him better.
The kiss wasn't long or passionate, but sweet and gentle, as each boy tried to let the other know his feelings without words.
'I love you'
'I've always loved you'
'Thank you'
Allen pulled away gently after a few moments, and couldn't help laughing slightly at the pouting look on the other boy's face. It was quite obvious that Lavi didn't want to stop.
"I'm guessing that wasn't to force feed me my medicine again?" Allen asked chuckling.
The redhead grinned.
"I think I'd prefer giving you your meds like that, make it more interesting."
Allen laughed again.
"As much as I'd prefer it that way, I'd rather not risk you catching whatever I've got."
Lavi lent forward and placed his forehead against Allen's. He smiled as he felt that the younger's fever was almost completely gone.
"Then I guess you'd be able to return the favour by looking after me." He whispered before pressing his lips onto Allen's.
Lavi: STRIKEEEEEE!!!! I kiss Allen!!! =D *dances*
Allen: You couldn't have waited until I was better, could you Lavi??
Lavi: Awww com'on Allen-chan, you know you liked it. And just wait for the next part ;)
Wolf and Allen: o_O…PERVERT!!* Lavi*
Lavi: *Out cold*
Wolf: Stupid rabbit -__- okay guys so like I said before, I wont be doing any lemons for this fic because, lets face it, it's hardly fair on Allen after just getting over a bad fever =)
Allen: What the??...You're being nice???? o_O
Wolf: Well yeah, I do have a heart you know.
Allen: Could have fooled me -__-
Wolf: Hay!! Pfft…anyways, one more chapter to go guys ^_^