Title: Jewels
Genre: AU, Humor, Friendship
Rating: K+
Character: Allen, Lenalee, Lavi, Kanda
One thing Lavi would never understand was Allen's fashion sense. Not that it was bad, or even all that unusual.
Outfits Allen picked just seemed to work. And pretty much no one wearing the same thing could look even as tiny bit as good in it.
White hair, silver eyes, pale skin. Allen looked good in a riciulous array of colors. He was so pale that light colors were still dark enough to avoid him looking washed out, and dark or saturated colors were stunning against his lily-white skin.
Most of all, Allen was just naturally stylish.
Which was why, Lavi reflected, he and Kanda were stuck carrying bags as Allen and Lenalee tore through one stall after another. Or, he sighed, he was stuck carrying bags and Kanda was just sulking because Allen wasn't paying much attention to him.
However, he couldn't help but grin as Lenalee held up, in turn, an emerald, a sapphire, a ruby, a piece of obsidian, a garnet, a topaz, and an opal against the hollow of Allen's throat.
Allen for his part, looked totally unconcerned by her treating him like a doll.
Lavi snickered as Lenalee huffed. "Allen! Why do you have to look good in anything?"
"Eh?" Allen asked cluelessly.
She twitched, then dragged Kanda over by his ponytail. "Kanda! You're dating him, you help me choose!"
"Um, Lenalee-" started Allen, looking a little worried.
"Give it up Allen, I'm getting you a birthday present whether you like it or not!" she declared, holding up the ruby again.
The bright red jewel was like fire against snow, but Lenalee placed it back on the table again and reached for the garnet.
The incredibly dark jewel reminded Kanda in more than one way of blood, but he couldn't help but think it oddly suited Allen.
Lenalee looked more appeased, but not yet satisfied. She snatched a chunk of cobalt from the table to look at, but discarded it immediately. Frowning in concentration, she finally a different opal.
Holding it up to the light, she gasped. The translucent white stone shimmered and refracted like shards of rainbow. She squealed in delight, holding it up against Allen's skin, then beside his eyes, then practically threw some money at the vendor.
The man was nice enough to tie the polished opal disc with a black ribbon, and Lenalee made Kanda put it on Allen. "There! You may be a guy Allen, but you should wear jewelry more often!"
Allen blushed pink.
Lavi chuckled. "Gotta hand it to you, Moyashi-chan, you look good in jewels. You're such a girl!"
Lavi almost didn't recover from the injuries caused when Allen caught up with him.