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~~~~~~~~~~CHAPTER 14: Escape from need in need~~~~~~~~~~

'I have to hurry up. The clock is ticking too fast.' thought Allen, when he signed some papers in the skyscraper's reception desk, claiming his departure from room 544. The urge to get away from this place was getting bigger and bigger with every second. After what he did, there was no way to stay there anymore. 'Shit, shit, shit. From all possible scenarios why did it have to turn out like this? Shit!' He slammed the desk, making receptionist Ms Lee jump in fear. Noticing his inappropriate behavior, he excused himself and signed last document, breaking the latest connection with the skyscraper "13". The white grabbed his entire luggage and rushed towards the exit. Whole way he was thinking about his cohabitant, left in the apartment drunk, hurt and unconscious. 'Shit, Lavi. I hope I didn't damage you seriously… Shit!' He cursed at himself a few times before reaching a black Mercedes Benz. Inside the long haired redhead was sitting and waiting with a cigarette lit in his mouth. When the man noticed coming Allen Walker, he turned on the car's engine and ordered the boy to put his luggage on the backseat. Everything was done obediently and quickly. Allen took his seat on the passenger's side and waited for the beginning of escape.

"Everything settled, Allen?" The old redhead asked, puffing out a cloud of smoke, which filled whole driver's cab. Lungs of the white head weren't pleased by the sudden rise of nicotine in the air, so the younger was forced to cough rapidly.

"Yeah." After coughing attack he found his voice. "I gave them a fake address of my new location and signed everything needed." The car moved and rode through the long, Glorious Street. "Where are we going now, Master?" The driver opened car's window and threw away already ended cigarette.

"As far as it's possible. Those Noahs are following hard on our heels. Especially yours." Allen leaned his right elbow on the car's door and rested his chin on his palm. Anger was had been covering him all the time since Lavi mentioned about Tyki.

"And let's guess why they're aiming at me. Shall we, Master?" He was also angry at the old redhead. It's because of him and his enormous amount of money he owed to Noahs. "Why didn't you tell me I have to pay them 2 million dollars!? What did you do with this money anyway!?"

"None of your business, idiot." Allen sighed in annoyance at Master's objection.

"For 7 years I've been doing nothing but paying your damn debts."

"And for 7 years I've been doing nothing but putting up with your arrogance." 'Of course, who is putting up with whose arrogance?' the white thought angrily. Both males were passing by every building and street of the centre of the city, trying to find their way out to the end. 'This is probably the last time I'm being here around…' The sad thought came over. It was the first time he got so attached to a certain place. Not only place but also… "Idiot, why are making such a face?" He looked at his reflection in a wing mirror. The look-alike, which appeared in front of him, was completely lifeless and his eyes were bothered by a certain person, who he left about an hour ago.

"None of your business…" The older only 'tched' at younger's answer refusal. Buildings outside became smaller and more countryside-look like. They were leaving the city. Allen was still wondering how Lavi was doing. Did he wake up? Or maybe not? 'Will you remember what I have done…?' He moved his hand to touch his lips, which lately were in use. Very odd use. He couldn't understand why he let something like this to happen. Not only let, but why did he enjoy it!? He got carried away by the moment. 'So foolish of me…' The only thing that Allen wished was not to meet Lavi ever again. He probably wouldn't stand facing him directly after hurting him. And… kissing. The white still could recall the images of that time. The kiss that Lavi gave him was the best answer to the question 'Why does he care about him?' He accepted it fully by sitting on the redhead's lap and slowly moving his own mouth for more. He couldn't stop, he wanted to feel Lavi. He wanted to deepen the contact with him and taste his lips more. It was almost like trying to suck out whole alcohol from Lavi's mouth and erase his mental pain with it. 'But instead of relief, I'm feeling even more depressed.' Coming back from his flashback the white sighed heavily and pretended to be interested in changing surroundings.

"I hope you haven't done something stupid." The red driver wanted to drag attention on him.

"And what could be stupid for you?" Somehow Allen felt like being sarcastic today. 'My life is even more ironical than my personality...'

"What about that other guy, who you had been living with the whole time?" The white's throat tightened in question about his drunken cohabitant.

"He won't give us troubles. I took care of everything." In some way it was truth. He took care of Lavi by knocking him out and leaving him without a word. But everything had to be done for the redhead's safety. Master only nodded and, with his free hand, pulled out a new cigarette and lit it.

"That's good to hear. He's not our problem anymore."

"Yeah… He's not…"

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The Glorious Street. Skyscraper "13". Floor 48th. Room 544. The bedroom.

3.55 p.m.

Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock!

'Oh shiiiiiiiit… What the hell…' Lavi lazily opened his eyes. I wasn't feeling well. Alcohol started to form a huge headache. And so, there were two different sources of pain: his stomach and neck. His mind was to hazy to do simple motions, like getting up and answer the knocking door. He turned around and covered his head in quilt. 'Wait… Since when I have my bedroom quilt in living room?' This time he forced his aching body to get up and analyze his position. He was teleported from the living room to his bedroom and he was lying in his bed, instead of being on the floor. 'What the… Maybe Allen brought me here? Allen…'

"Shit, Allen!" This time he shot like a racket from his bed and ran to the living room. He looked everywhere with his body, jolted by a wave of pain with every step he took. "Allen!" Something was wrong. He couldn't find any trace of the white. Even his belongings were gone.

Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock!

The situation drove him crazy. He couldn't gather his thoughts into one, reasonable piece. Every memory was shattered into tiny fragment.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

Knocking became more annoying and annoying, so the redhead growled and, violently, opened the door. In front of him appeared the Japanese man, Yuu Kanda. Lavi looked at him, his glare accusing the guest for disturbing his already disturbed peace.

"Baka, what the hell is with your face?" Kanda was shocked by his friend's appearance. The one was completely pale, dark rings under his eyes showing exhaustion, yet the face was completely covered by anger and confusion. Not only his looks were miserable, but his smell wasn't as pleasant. He smelled like an alcohol. "What have you done, idiot?"

"Shut up. Why the hell are you here?" The Japanese took an offense and tossed to Lavi a bag of groceries.

"You left it yesterday at work and I brought it to you." The redhead looked dumbfounded, not being able to recall leaving anything like that. But knowing life, Yuu wouldn't make this story up. He wouldn't even bother coming here for nothing.

"Ah, yeah… Thanks for that…" Ashamed of his earlier action towards the Japanese, he bowed gratefully. "And sorry…"

"Che. I guess lately you've been having only crappy days." Lavi forced a chuckle and came back to the living room, leaving his entrance door opened before Kanda. The one sighed in annoyance, taking an unspoken invitation and coming inside the apartment. Last time the Japanese was here was about 3 years ago, right before Junior High School graduation. That time the room was a total mess. Newspapers and books were placed everywhere. But know the floor was uncovered and all papers were sorted. Kanda came to the living room and found the redhead, sitting on the couch with hands covering his ruined face. This sight was abnormal. Abnormal and bad. Lavi was always silly-cheerful in front of the Japanese, so the one never had experienced the sadder side of his appearance. And now he's meeting sad Lavi for the first time. The black haired sat beside Lavi and for any other action than sitting.

"I'm horrible…" The redhead whispered silently. With every second the realization of his previous actions came slowly, yet painfully. Kanda was observing the depressed one, when his eye was caught by a nasty bruise on Lavi's neck. 'As if someone hit him…' thought Kanda. Lavi uncovered his face and looked at the not so interesting carpet. "I've done unimaginable for me things while being drunk…"

"Like…?" Though it was rarely shown, sometime Yuu seemed to be interested in what people are saying. But not, that he cared!

"Like… Is it really ok to tell this to you?"

"Tell or not, it's your damn choice." Lavi looked at his friend, sad smile appearing slightly.

"I hurt Allen…" He said absentmindedly. The Japanese didn't know who was that 'mysterious' Allen, but he decided asking later. Now it was Lavi's turn to talk. "I've… I don't know why, but… Suddenly my body started to do things on its own. And those things…" He took a deep breath.

'I have to kiss him…'

"I… harassed him…" The Japanese looked shocked, though his expression stayed calm. "I remember kissing him and then… God, I hope I didn't do anything else. I don't know what happened next… After that…" Lavi grabbed his head, trying to recall something more, but the rest was lost in a thick fog of Lavi's mind. "Certainly, I'm horrible…" Kanda behaved like a mute, not saying anything. He just couldn't believe his own ears that his friend kissed a boy 'Assuming that Allen is a boy…' he added to his thoughts. "I have no idea what to do next…"

"Find that… guy… and explain things to him. It's obvious!" Lavi looked in doubt at Yuu's words.

"I don't know where he went. He took all his things from here and moved."

"Things from here?"

"Well, yeah. He had been living here and teaching me French."

"French? That Allen was your tutor? And he lived here?"

"Yeah?" Lavi didn't understand why Yuu was so shocked. But then he realized. "Come to think of it, I haven't told you about it, have I?" The Japanese glared dangerously at redhead. That idiot let an unknown person live in his room carelessly and in the end he went away without a word. But leaving tormented Lavi alone.

"You should leave that bastard. He made you look like this." That was Kanda's opinion.

"I can't. I have to find him and apologize for hurting him."

"And you think he didn't hurt you too?" Kanda grabbed Lavi's neck, touching roughly the sore spot. The reaction was a hard hiss from redhead's mouth. "I don't think you could do it yourself. You're too good-for-nothing to hit yourself that hard." Lavi moved away from Kanda's hold. "And that was a precise hit. Exactly on your carotid artery. Easy way to make someone lose consciousness." Lavi lifted his hand and rubbed hurting neck.

"Allen…"

"I'm so sorry, Lavi…"

'For what was he sorry?' he suddenly winced at the stomach pain. After what Yuu said he started to have second thoughts. Supposing that Allen knocked him out was rather convincing. 'But that means my stomach…' He looked down and lifted his shirt to take a look at his abdomen. What he saw was a big, purple-yellow spot. An awful sight made him wondering, if the damage could be caused by a fist. A very well-trained fist.

"Shit, Baka. It's disgusting." Yuu claimed. Lavi agreed and stopped staring at his stomach. Just feeling pain was painful enough, no need to look at a painful view. "You have to go to see a doctor!"

"I will… but later. Now I have to find Allen."

"You're really out of your mind, idiot? That guy tricked you!"

"He didn't. It's me who started this crap and now I have to fix it." 'There is a possibility that he was just defending himself. God, what have I done to him? I wish you could send me some memories…'

"Che. Do whatever you want. But don't say I haven't warned you." Lavi only smiled and, still in pain, stood up.

"I won't. Now, I'm sorry, Yuu, but I have to kick you out."

"Che." The Japanese reluctantly stood up and went out of the apartment without saying a word. Lavi waved him good-bye and closed the door.

'Now Allen. Where am I supposed to find you?'

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"Umm, Mr. Walker left the building about 3 hours ago." Lenalee Lee looked over the latest departure papers. Lavi was drumming his fingers on the desk, hoping for some useful information. "He gave us his new address, but it turned out to be a deception."

"It was faked? How do you know?" Lenalee looked around to see if someone is listening to them and waved to Lavi to come closer.

"This is an unofficial activity of our building. We confirm every address given to us. It's useful, when the person hasn't been registered on his new address yet." Lavi nodded in understand and relaxed himself. "This is confidential, so…"

"Don't worry, I won't breathe a word." Lavi promised. "Maybe do you know which direction he took?"

"Umm…" Lenalee looked at the entrance as if it was supposed to help her recall the white haired boy. "I'm not so sure… But when he went out a black car was waiting in front of building. Then I wasn't paying attention for a moment and later the car was gone, right after Mr. Walker's disappearance." 'Dammit, he can be everywhere!' Black car as a hint wasn't good enough for Lavi. He grabbed his head and, surpassing his headache, started to think furiously. 'Three hours passed. He's likable to be out of the city. Or even out of the state. Depends if he went to the airport or is still riding a car.' "Lavi, maybe you should ask Mr. Krory?"

"Mr. Krory?"

"Yes. He's the door's guardian. He's standing right there." The receptionist pointed at the tall man, whose appearance was familiar to a vampire, brought right from Transylvania. "Maybe he'd be able to help you?"

"I hope so. Anyway, thanks, Lenalee. You helped me a lot." The girl giggled at the redhead and wished him good luck in his search. As he was told, he walked to the skinny guy so-called Mr. Krory. "Um, excuse me, but I have a problem and you may be helpful to me so please listen to what I want to say, because it's really important!" The Transylvanian blinked a few times, completely not understanding what the young man said to him.

"I-I am terribly sorry, but I do not know what Sir is talking about. Would you mind repeating, please?" Lavi took a few calming breaths and started again.

"About three hours ago a white haired boy left the building. He was probably full handed with luggage. And there was a black car, waiting on the road. Could you please tell me, what happened to the boy or where did he go?" He tried to say it as slow as he could, but he knew he was in hurry. Every minute mattered. With every second Allen was further form him. The man rubbed his bony chin.

"Oh, Sir is probably talking about Mr. Allen Walker. Yes, his departure took a place 3 hours ago." Lavi's face lightened up, ready to take new clues. "He seemed to be in hurry, because he did not let me to help with his luggage. And, of course, there was a black car. Mercedes in my opinion. Mr. Walker put his luggage there and, with a mysterious red haired man behind the wheel, he drove away…" He raised his hand and pointed at street's left side. "…in that direction." Lavi glanced at the directed way and thought about Allen's possible destination. 'He probably wants to leave this state.'

"Thank you very much, Mr. Kuro!" Lavi bowed his head and started to run, not hearing the last sentence from the guardian 'I-It is Krory...'. He ran forward. Not that he wanted to follow Allen. How was he supposed to chase after him, when he didn't know where the boy was going? 'I doubt he's going to answer for my call... But maybe...' He stopped right beside the telephone box. 'He's going to fall for it?' He took out his mobile phone and started to dial Allen's number.

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

'Come on, come on, come on. Answer, Allen, answer!'

Beep. Beep. Beep. Bee- Kcht!

"Allen!?"

~~~~~~~~~~END OF CHAPTER~~~~~~~~~~

AG-RO-TAG's NOTE!!

I wonder who answered? I dunno, I haven't given it a thought. Maybe Allen? Maybe his Master? Or maybe 'Kcht!' is a sound of hanging up?

As I said, nobody knows :P

Allen thinks he hurt Lavi. Lavi thinks he hurt Allen. For those who didn't understand: Lavi remembers only to the moment of thought 'I have to kiss him' clearly. The rest is hidden on the back of his brain xP

And here we begin a great chase! Let's help Allen!

Enjoyed? xD