Lavi wondered the corridor swinging his arms. He was attempting to gain the feeling back after another long session in the library. It had been a very informative trip however he felt that his brain had frozen. Deciding that he had fed his brain enough for one day he headed to the kitchens. It was just after lunchtime but he felt he could coerce Brigh into feeding him. He grinned. Oh how he would enjoy convincing her that she wanted to give him whatever he wanted.
He changed direction suddenly having decided his destination. It had been a number of days since he had last seen Brigh and she had seemed, odd somehow, hurried which had been strange because Jerry had told him she had finished the shift for the day and since then had seemed to be too busy to see him or she was avoiding him. He tried not to linger on the latter option.
Turning the corner he broke out into a lop sided grin and ruffled his hair. He had left his bandana back in his room. He wondered if it would be a little too obvious to the other red head why. He strolled out into the dinning hall and knocked on the latch calling out.
Jerry stuck his head out and smiled. "Ah Lavi! What can I cook you up today?" The red head looked a little fazed. "Oh where's Brigh? I thought this was your day off?" Realising the rudeness of his question he shook his hands in front of himself. "Not that I am not pleased to see you" He gushed. "Erm can I just get something simple maybe an omelette?" Jerry nodded and inclined his head to a table behind Lavi. "Ill bring it out to you when it's done" The exorcist nodded his head appreciatively.
Lavi strolled over to the table and sat down gazing around with disinterest. Drumming his fingers on the table he wondered what could have suddenly kept the Irish woman so occupied.
Brigh gasped deeply as a hand was thrust in front of her. She looked up at the younger woman who had been putting her through her paces so expertly. Lenalee grinned and pulled a grateful Brigh up from her position on the floor and passed her a towel. "Your getting better you know? I think your probably close to actually going out on your first mission, let alone getting your coat."
She chatted conversationally, as the woman opposite her fought the sweat dripping down her back with the towel in her left hand. The said woman laughed. "Yeah maybe, but I'm still not a patch on you, I need to get my endurance up some more." Lenalee shrugged. "Well if that's how you feel you'd probably be best to do some jogging or something."
Brigh wrinkled her nose. "I don't much fancy running around the halls here much, that and its so… monotonous wandering around here." She tapped her chin in thought. "Do you think your brother would let me go out and, you know have a bit of a run a round".
Lenalee looked uncomfortable. "I don't know, Komui-nii doesn't really like non fully fledged exorcists going out on their own…" she faded off defensively. The Irish woman just grinned and shrugged. "Hey! That's no problem, you can come with me. Make sure i'm training properly." She winked cheekily. "Well Komui-nii tends to get a little… protective when I go out…"
Brigh looked at her sceptically. "How can he get more protective?" "Well there have been incidents." The young exorcist muttered cryptically. "Incidents?" "Well let me out it this way, he always sends someone to trail me or one of his Kommuin, and those things always destroy the town. So i've kind of been banned from leaving the compound with anyone other than two other exorcists. To keep the peace so to speak."
Lenalee met the older woman's eyes and then smiled brightly. Brigh knew she saw pain flickering through her eyes in that moment and swore she would finish training and then take her out. She felt claustrophobic if she had to stay inside longer than a month; she wondered how the young girl coped.
"Hey you know Lenalee?" She started hesitantly, only to have the girl look at the clock in the training room and shriek. "Oh no! i'm late for the coffee rounds!" Dashing off Brigh could only sweat drop as the younger girl dashed off waving her hand and promising to make it up to her another time.
Looking about the now empty training hall Brigh sighed deeply. Wiping her face and neck a second time she took a glug of water out of the jug, to the side of the pillar she was leaning against. Pulling her hair out of its restraint she shook it out and ruffled it to unstick it from her damp face.
She began to gently roll her shoulders and neck, while shaking her legs out again. The long comfortable jeans she wore billowed out as she did showing the baggy fit. Finishing her light stretches she recalled her some defensive techniques Lenalee had taught her. Breathing deeply and steeling herself she began her routine again for the second time that day.
Lavi was officially bored. Allen was apparently in the middle of some more research into his innocence. Lenalee had nearly knocked him over in the corridor a few minutes before carrying a huge tray of coffee. Crying something about the science department and not having enough hands.
Looking towards the library he paled. Ok that was definitely the last option for the time being. Shrugging he fingered the weight of his hammer. Maybe a little training was in order, particularly after being stiff from reading for so long.
Smiling to himself he headed down the stairs to the secondary training hall. He had always preferred it to the main training hall. For one it was always cool, and after training for a long period of time it was a welcome relief. The second reason was a simple fact of numbers. The main training hall somehow always ended up being packed with people when you wanted to use it. He wondered if that was what Sodd's Law was.
Pushing open the heavy wooden doors the old metal hinges creaked causing slight resistance. Looking into the centre of the hall her groaned. 'Shit, someone is already here, just my luck.' Just before he turned away, he looked at the figure in the hall properly.
'Who is that?' The girl in the hall was doing hand flip, one handed springs and back flips effortlessly. She was wearing a pair of dark blue baggy jeans, a black tank top and barefoot. As he watched her he became entranced by the golden blonde hair flying about her shoulders.
At this point she spun around towards Lavi. Planting one hand firmly by his foot she used all the strength in her arm and pushed her body upwards, dropping her foot painfully onto his shoulder. He had only a slip second to react and block his shoulder from being seriously injured.
As the girl breathed deeply he noticed the way her chest rose and fell without her body moving from her attack. "Shit! Lavi! I'm so sorry I thought you were Lenalee." He brain felt like it was being pulled through sludge.
Looking up at the girls face, without her hair blowing about he saw who it was. "Brigh?!"