Allen had been thinking about what Kanda had said to him about taking Lenalee back, he was just unsure of how to do it. It was unfortunately not in his nature to just go around splitting couples up and it wasn't fair he knew, on Lenalee to mess around with her. But he also knew that he couldn't just live with these stupid feelings after all the taunts and hints he had been given by Kanda, because now that he knew how he felt it was quite difficult to ignore.
Well he guessed there was one thing he could do, something which he doubted would make much of a difference and it wouldn't be difficult either, all he'd have to do was lie.
It was later, when he ran into Lavi, that he did just that.
"Do you know where Lenalee is?" Lavi asked "We were supposed to meet up here but I can't find her anywhere!"
"I just saw her and she said to tell you to she'd have to cancel since she's got to talk with Koumi about something" he replied, finding it surprisingly easy to say such a blatant lie.
"Okay well I'll just catch up on my work then, see you later" he said before moving on.
It was then that Allen turned to the door behind him, opening the door he was greeted by Lenalee.
"So have you found him yet?" she asked.
"No" he said, sitting down beside her "I've been looking for him everywhere" he said, sounding sincere, while in reality he felt guilty for lying to her.
"Well thanks anyway Allen, I guess something important must have come up"
"Or he could have just forgotten" Allen put in wistfully, already regretting the words as soon as they'd escaped his mouth. It felt wrong to be putting bad ideas of Lavi into her head.
"I guess though I don't think it's very like him, despite his appearance he's pretty reliable" she said thoughtfully "hey Allen? Are you alright? You look a bit weird…" she said, not realising the strange look was one of disappointment.
"So now I'm weird?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Hey, I didn't say that!" she said laughing as she punched his arm playfully.
"Then what am I?" he asked, eager to keep the conversation going as long as possible.
"That's difficult…" she said thoughtfully "you're… Well it's hard to describe it without being rude" she said giggling.
"Come on Lenalee, tell me!" he said, curious to know how she saw him.
"You're deceitful" she said finally "because you always hide what you're really thinking!" she announced, though seeing the disgruntled look on Allen face, instantly felt bad about having made such a deduction "Well you did ask-"
"Nah its fine Lenalee, I don't mind being the only one you can't read" he said, is usual careless smile already spread across his face, though Lenalee could see that his face was slightly tense "I'm sure there are lots of things which would be better off unknown" for a few moments there was a silence which was soon broken by Lenalee.
"So what about me then?" she asked.
"What about you?"
"What do you think of me?" she asked, sounding almost nervous, having unconsciously altered the original question.
This question, it seemed only inspired more awkwardness; causing Allen to automatically look away from her in embarrassment. It was difficult for him to decide, this could be his last chance to tell her before things got serious with Lavi but he was also worried about making things even stranger between them. What could he possibly say without giving himself away?
"Um well-"
"Its okay" she said quickly interrupting him "It was an embarrassing thing to say" she said, looking down as she fiddled with her hands "You don't have to answer"
"Wait!" he called out to her, feeling that he might have offended her unknowingly.
"I'll see you later Allen, bye!" she then closed the door behind her, before going off in search of some sort of distraction, why did all their conversations have to end up on such a weird note? And why hadn't she wanted to hear the answer to such a stupid question as that? So what if Allen thought she was weird or what ever…She just wished she had phrased the question differently since with that question she'd almost basically been asking if he liked her. Not a good question to ask when you already had a boyfriend and had supposedly gotten over your idiotic best friend.
"Hey Lenalee, where have you been?" she heard as she felt two strong arms wrap around her "I was looking for you earlier"
"Well so was I" she said turning to face her boyfriend "I waited for about half an hour in the meeting place and you didn't show up!" she said, suddenly angry, feeling the need to vent out her frustration.
"What are you talking about? I was told you had a meeting with your brother!"
"And who told you that exactly? Stop making up excuses!" she argued, surprised at how much better she felt now that she was being horrible and shouting at someone for no reason.
"Allen told me earlier actually" Lavi said, lowering the volume of his voice, feeling that it would make the impact greater.
"Don't be stupid, I asked Allen to look for you!" she said crossly, unable to believe that Allen would lie to her, real anger now beginning to manifest itself.
"Well he did" said Lavi, irritated that she was defending him.
"But why would he lie Lavi? What would he gain from it? The more you say the harder you are to believe" she said sceptically.
"I saw him standing in front of some room and he told me you were busy!"
"But I still don't see a reason…" she answered quietly, stunned by Lavi's forcefulness.
"Well I'm not going to explain it to you as even an idiot would get it and why should I? When you instantly backed him up instead of me?"
"Wait, Lavi" she called as he marched down the hallway but it seemed he wasn't listening, he was far too busy being conflicted by his feeling of range and the reminder he had been given by Yuu the other day. What he was doing wasn't fair on Lenalee, for now it would be best just to walk away and calm down. Instead of running to Allen's room to commit murder.
But it seemed that Lavi wasn't the only person he had to worry about when it came to murder as he soon found out when he heard a very loud knock on his bedroom door.
"Come in" he said as he got up from a chair he'd been sitting on and pulled the door open.
"Why did you lie to me?" was the question he was greeted with and it shocked him as he looked into Lenalee's now distrustful eyes.
"What do you mean?" he asked, trying to feign innocence.
"Telling me and Lavi that we were both busy!" She said angrily "I mean what was the point Allen? Seriously?" Allen looked around his room as though looking for same kind of escape as he averted his gaze; this was another question that he wouldn't be able to answer with ease, so he just answered it in the best way that he could.
"This is the same question as the one you asked earlier are you still too embarrassed to hear my answer?" the reply worked as it momentarily confused her, making her blush as she realised what he might possibly mean.
"Do you…what kind of excuse it that! By the next time I see you, you'd better have a real excuse!" she then turned and fled from his room, already feeling guilty because of his words effect on her. It really wasn't right for her to be acting this way, over such a silly question.
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I don't know about you guys but I feel really happy about this chapter which hasn't happened for me with this story for a while. I feel like a lot happened and I don't feel irritated with Allen anymore which is very good! ^^ Now I just have to worry about you lots opinions, the characters OCness and the fact that these chapters are getting too short! As well as all the grammar and spelling mistakes I made. Well I hope you all liked it
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