Lavi stayed there with his arms wrapped around Allen for a while. That's the way things should've been. But Allen had other concerns.
"L-Lavi. How long did they say I'd be…here?" he asked uncertainly.
"Probably another day or so. Why?"
Allen's eyes widened, "But I feel better now! See?" he pressed on as he tried to
remove an IV from his arm.
"Hey hey hey! What are you doing?" Lavi cried, grabbing Allen's hand before he
could even try to pull out the needles in his arms.
"Y-You don't understand, I need to go back to work. I need to…" he pleaded, voice getting quieter.
Lavi grabbed his shoulders and looked the white haired boy straight in the eye.
"No. You need to get better okay? I'll stay with you. What's wrong? It's just another day." He reasoned.
"Thank you…but I really should be getting back." Allen mumbled, attempting to grab at the needles again.
"Allen. You're staying. You're going to get better, and once you are-they'll let you out of here okay? Just another day, I promise. One day Allen." He negotiated.
"No, please I-I really should go home. I need to work." Allen pleaded, desperation slowly building up in his voice.
"I shouldn't…I shouldn't be here. It'll only cost me more money..and I'm troubling you and I should go home. I should-I need to go home Lavi. Please." He begged, hysteria becoming mildly evident in his voice.
Was Allen crazy?! What was wrong with him? Were they pumping him full of faulty medication? Why wouldn't he want to get better? It's just one day. Was he just lacking sleep? There were indeed dark circles around Allen's fatigued eyes.
"Allen listen to me-."
"No!! Listen to ME. I need to leave this place, I-I have to go h-home!" Allen yelled, angrily trying to yank his wrists from the redhead's firm grip, ultimately failing from his lack of strength.
"Allen! Listen to me." Lavi shook his wrists and stared at Allen's face, searching for signs that this was not Allen speaking. It was probably the meds they were giving him.
The white haired prostitute burst into tears.
"I just wanna go home." He begged.
"Please! I wanna go HOME!" he said louder.
Lavi's heart broke at the sight before him. Allen's eyes looked lost, tired, and bewildered; he was like a scared puppy that had been picked up by a complete stranger.
Allen's chest heaved with small sobs.
"I just want to go home…you don't understand." He choked.
"Allen, look at me."
Allen shook his head, watching the tears drip onto the blanket covering his thin frame. Lavi's eyes widened at the sight. He watched the tears drip, one after the other as they slowly soaked into the blanket.
Lavi's warm hands cupped the sides of Allen's face as he tilted his head so they were eye to eye. Allen's silver eyes sparkled in the sunlight and Lavi's emerald green ones just stared down at them in awe.
"Shhh…calm down." He whispered, their foreheads touching. One of his hands rubbed soothing circles on Allen's back as the boy continued to cry.
"Shhhh…"
All Lavi could hear were the pitiful whines and whimpers involuntarily coming from Allen's lips. It was as if he were a broken person. A broken angel. And the heartbeat machine that was always beeping menacingly, a measure of how fast Allen's heart was beating, but never measuring what was locked away inside.
Lavi's lips gently pressed against Allen's, comforting him as he continued to rub his back; he was trying to prove that this wasn't lust. He wasn't seeking anything but Allen's consolation. Allen shuddered as goose bumps rose on his alabaster skin.
Allen…I love you, so please stop crying…
Why aren't you disappearing yet Lavi?
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