THE FINAL CHAPTER IS UPON US!

HEY GUYS! (just casually, after not updating for like 6 months) chapter 25 is finally here!

I wrote an extra long chapter so I hope you all enjoy it!

can't believe that this is the end! Anyway I thoroughly enjoyed every single minute of writing this whole fic, and I hope all you WONDERFUL READERS enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!

anway, without further ado

the final chapter here we go:

Lavi gave her hand a reassuring squeeze.

Lenalee smiled dryly back at him

"What are you so nervous for? It's not like we're getting married or anything" Lavi chuckled as Lenalee blushed at the idea.

Lavi opted to snaking his arm around her waist and puller her close before whispering into her ear

"Nothing to worry about princess"

Everyone had different reactions but people were mostly happy and the phrase "About time they got together" was muttered often.

"About time rabbit" Kanda grunted at the two, but there was a ghost of a smile dancing on his lips as he walked away.

But of course when the happy couple appeared before Allen Walker, he found it difficult to hide his disappointment, but more importantly he found it difficult to hide his nerves as he confronted Lavi for the first time since the incident.

"Hi Lenalee…Lavi"

"HI Allen" Lenalee greeted back cheerfully. There was a brief silence between the two boys before Lavi finally broke into one of his signature grins and grabbed Allen into a playful headlock.

"Hey Allen, Did you get my texts?

"Yeah, I sure did" Allen smiled back

"I should have never agreed to this" Lenalee hissed

"I thought you said you left it unlocked"

"I did Lavi, but Komui must have locked it again"

"Shit, are you sure there's no other way?"

"If there was" Lenalee tugged at door one last time "I would've tried that already!" she struggled to keep her voice down. "I knew this was a bad idea"

"Aw come on, it was just a midnight stroll" Lavi took over, rattling the door knob

"Yes, a midnight stroll that Komui was never supposed to find out about- hey, not so loud or you'll wake Komui" Lenalee slapped Lavi's hand away.

"But he won't find out"

"And why won't he when he find us locked outside of the house when he wakes up"

"Is your bedroom window locked?"

"What?"

"Is your bedroom window locked?"

"No, why?-Oh don't tell me"

"Fancy a bit of tree climbing madam" Lavi grinned pointing to the old tree that swayed outside her bedroom.

"No, I'll probably fall and break my leg or something"

"Fine, I'll go first, just to prove how 'undangerous' it is"

"Lavi don't-" Lenalee sighed as Lavi launched himself up "I don't even know why I bother"

"See, I'm still alive! Now come on up" Lavi declared happily when he reached the top

"Shhhh! Or you'll wake Komui"

"Whatever, come on now"

Lenalee muttered unintelligent things under her breath as she placed her foot between some braches and began to haul herself up but she slipped and slid back down

"Crab cakes!" Lenalee cursed

"Crab cakes?" Lavi raised an eyebrow "Are you serious?"

"Shut up"

"Take off your shoes, might make it easier"

She obediently kicked them off and attempted again, this time successful clearing the first few branches,

"Need a hand madam?" Lavi climbed down and helped pull her up

"Jump"

"Are you crazy?"

"Come on, I made it"

"But you're a reckless idiot, it's different"

Lavi chuckled. "Come on princess" he reached his hand out of the window "Jump"

Lenalee took a few breaths before taking a few timid steps and backing away again

"It's alright, I'm here" he waved his arms around to emphasize his point

"Okay…here I go" she took a deep breath before a taking a short leap of faith. But all she needed to do was take a few daring steps forwards before Lavi's strong grip took hold of her He bundled her up to his chest as she tumbled inside

"That enough adventure for the night?" he grinned, nuzzling the top of her head,

"You're insane, organizing this on a school night"

"I know" Lavi laughed "I'm going to die tomorrow"

"We're going to die tomorrow" she jabbed him in the ribs playfully

"Ow! That hurt"

"You deserved it" she smiled up at him

"That's it, bedtime for you" Lavi declared as he swept her up in his arms and literally dumped her on her bed.

She obediently snuggled in under her covers.

"Goodnight" she smiled at him "See you tomorrow"

"Yeah" Lavi leant down and gave her a quick kiss "Goodnight"

He slowly crept back towards the window

"Lavi!" Lenalee called him back quietly but sternly

"What?" he asked confused

"There's something called the door"

"But-"

"The door please, before you go and break a leg, just be quiet, you don't want to wake Komui"

"Fine, goodnight princess"

"Goodnight Lavi"

"Love you"

"Love you too" she whispered back with a happy smile on her face as she heard the door click shut.

She was drifting off to dreamland when she was woken up by sharp rap on the window. Lenalee sat up

"What the hell Lavi?" she hissed, as she saw Lavi sitting on the tree outside her window

'Let me in' he mouthed. Lenalee sighed and slipped out of her bed

"What the hell?" she asked when she opened the window

"Your shoes madam" Lavi grinned, holding them up

"Uhh, thank you?" she face palmed "Couldn't you have left them at the door or something?"

"I just thought you would've wanted them back as soon as possible"

"You just wanted to climb the tree again didn't you?"

"…Maybe"

Lenalee sighed "Goodnight Lavi"

"Good night" he saluted before scurrying back down to the ground.

"What's wrong with you?" Lenalee asked as Lavi stopped walking when the reached the school gates "Let's go" she tugged at his arm

"Lenalee"

"What?"

"Do you realize that this is the last time I'm going to walk through these gates?"

He looked at her "It's my last day. Ever. Of school"

"I know, you've been rubbing it in my face all week"

Lenalee expected him to break into one of his trademark grins but was surprised when the redhead remained silent.

"Hey, what's wrong?" she nudged him

"You know" he began "I never thought I'd say this but" he smiled ass he looked up "I'm going to miss this place"

"Are you serious? I thought you were looking forward to today"

"Nah, I am. It's just as I said, I'm gonna miss this place. I've made some great memories and met some amazing people here" he looked over at Lenalee who blushed.

"Oi, is the baka usagi gonna cry?" Kanda remarked sarcastically

"Hooooly shit! Where the hell did you come from? You evil evil little girl"

Kanda's expression darkened.

"Aw come on, you're never going to attract any guys with such a scary face. It's a shame really. What with such pretty hair"

"What are you trying to say, baka usagi-"

"Oh, did the little miss lose her hair tie?" Lavi grinned mischievously as he snatched Kanda's hair tie out of his hair

"You really have a death wish today don't you" Kanda said darkly preparing to pull out Mugen

"Holy shit man! I thought the principle talked to you about bringing that to school!" Lavi exclaimed as he slowly backed away.

"Do I look like I care about what the principle told me?"

"Unfortunately no" he turned around to Lenalee "Gotta run, see you later" he said hastily, giving Lenale a quick kiss before dashing off.

"Che" Kanda grunted

"…Aren't you going to chase him?" Lenalee asked surprised when he made no move to follow him.

"I'm used to it" Kanda grumbled as he got out another hair tie from his pocket "Baka Usagi"

One year later

"It's been a pleasure teaching all of you these past few years. I hope honestly hope that each and every one of you will aspire to your dreams and be successful. We will miss you greatly" as the principle ended her speech the year level erupted in a mix of cheering and applause. Students hugged each other, they wept, and they celebrated. They had officially finished high school, a chapter in their life had just ended and they knew that a new chapter was about to begin.

Lenalee dialled in her locker combination, realizing, for the last time. It clicked and swung open. She grabbed her bag which was mostly empty (she had cleared at her books days before)

"You ready?" she looked up to see Miranda walking towards her

"Listen don't wait for me, I want to say goodbye to this place properly"

"Listen to yourself; I'm starting to feel a bit old" Miranda giggled "Anyway I'll be seeing you around yeah?"

"Definitely"

Lenalee went outside, taking the time to reach the place she had in mind. She neared the gym but instead of going inside she journeyed behind it. And there she recognised the same miniature garden, with the neatly trimmed bushes and the wooden bench bathed in sunlight. She smiled as she envisioned a certain someone's sleeping figure sprawled across it.

She walked further in, past the neatly trimmed rose bushes, as if marking the centre of the circular landscape a giant but elegant tree grew, its roots tangling itself below the firm soil. She walked towards the sleeping figure that had sprawled himself across the little bench. Both hands rested behind his head and his usual bandana hanging round his neck. A gentle wind blew past, unmasking his closed eye under his strands of fiery red hair. She smiled. It was totally worth it to come here.

She sighed. Remembering the days where she had a 'secret admirer'. At that moment she had suspected him to be Lavi, but in actual truth, it was Allen all along.

But all that was a long time ago.

Lenalee smiled.

The pair remained standing in silence until a gust of wind blew; a blank opened envelope fell out of Lenalee's unzipped bag. Lavi immediately broke the silence as he bent down and grabbed it off the grassy ground but not before letting the rascal within read the letter, curiosity brimming in his eye.

"Lenalee~~~~" he said mischievously

"Yes! I know I know"

The red head continued to read the rest of the short letter

"Lenalee!"

"What now?"

"Why didn't you go! I would've understood~~ Aren't you dying to know who it is?"

"Yeah…but you wanted to…tell me some stuff" Lenlaee mumbled pathetically

"Eh~~ the princess chose me over her little 'secret admirer', I should be honored" he winked "Anyway, let's go~~"

Lenalee smiled, whispered a goodbye and walked off to the next destination her memories took her.

She walked past her old classrooms, remembering the many times she nearly got a heart attack when Lavi texted her during class. It was miracle that she never got caught.

Lenalee could feel her cheeks burning up,, she looked up to that idiot smirking, but she had to say he looked quite han- she straightened up and hid her phone under the table as the history teacher turner around addressing the class, after a few more seconds of rambling on, he turned around to scribble on the blackboard.

Lenalee saw her chance and quickly flipped her cell open, the screen coming to life.

She kept walking.

She stopped at the entrance. She'd probably had the most encounters with him here. As soon as Lenalee entered the library she made her way to the back of the library, the familiar back corner stuffed with beanbags.

"Hi Lenalee"

"What the...Lavi?" she gawped at the red headed teenager lying casually on a pile of bean bags apparently reading a book.

"What are you doing here?" she glanced at her watch "Class has already started"

"I'm reading, or to dumb it down a bit I'm wagging class!" he grinned. "Care to join me?" he added casually

"Umm...no thanks...well see ya"

Lenalee slumped down into one of beanbags. She missed their random meetings here. Lenalee glanced at the clock on the wall before she closed her eyes and sighed.

Stupid rabbit.

Suddenly a pair of hands clamped themselves over Lenalee's eyes.

"Guess who?" he whispered into her ear.

"You're late Lavi"

"Nice to see you too princess" Lavi grinned as he pulled her up.

"Anyway you ready?"

"I've been ready for the past-"

"Yeah, I shouldn't have asked that" He smiled sheepishly "Anyway let's go"

"Oh, I got you something by the way" Lavi said as they neared his motorbike

"Huh? What for?"
"Well, It's a 'congratulations on finishing school' kind of present and also because I'm the nicest guy in the world" he shrugged casually "Catch" Lavi tossed her something

"A helmet?"

"Aw come on, you're always complaining about not having a helmet"

"Thanks, that's very thoughtful of you" she pecked him on the check

"I know I'm the best"

Lenalee hit him lightly on the arm

"You're crazy"

Lavi knocked the door

"Be there in a minute" a muffled voice called from within

Lavi tapped his foot impatiently before knocking again

"Just wait a minute" Lenalee rolled her eyes

"Meh" he shrugged before knocking again.

"For the love of god Lavi-" Allen swung open the door and was intending to give Lavi a very big piece of his mind but he was sadly interrupted.

"Merry Christmas moyashi!" Lavi pulled him into a playful headlock

"Merry Christmas Lavi" Allen sighed.

Miranda appeared from behind him; she raised a brow at the two boys but smiled when she saw Lenalee

"Merry Christmas!"

"Merry Christmas to you too Miranda!"

"Hey yu chan~~"

"Piss off Lavi" Kanda grunted as Lavi approached him for a hug

"Merry Christmas to you too" he dug into his pockets "Oh, here's your present by the way" he casually pulled out a packet of hair ties.

"You have to be kidding me" Kanda stared at him

"Of course I am, what do you take me for?" Lavi said in mock hurt before pulling out a small wrapped parcel "Here's the proper thing, but I'm sure you'd want to keep the hair ties too"

Kanda went to unwrap his present but Lavi snatched it off him, tutting

"Yu chan, it's not Christmas day yet!"

"Close enough, it's tomorrow" Kanda muttered

Lavi gasped "But Yu chan! Where's your Christmas spirit

"Stop calling me by my first name" he growled

"Aw, now you're just angry because you couldn't unwrap your present"

Kanda looked set to ram his head into the nearest wall.

"Leave him along Lavi, he's in a bad mood" Allen advised

"When is he never in a bad mood?" Lavi slumped down into the seat next to Kanda before nudging him playfully "Right Yu?"

"I don't even know why I talk to you" Kanda muttered darkly.

"Hey Kanda" Lenalee offered your more average greeting

Kanda nodded

"Oi, say something to the kind madam" Lavi reached over to pinch his cheeks but Kanda batted his hands away.

"Don't touch me"

"I have a present for you too Kanda, and everyone too"

And so went the ritual of handing out everyone's presents

"Man, I have to say guys, we outdone ourselves" Lavi declared happily as he leant back on his chair

"Full already?" Allen managed to ask between mouthfuls as he continued to cram food into his mouth

"I'm surprised you're not fat Allen"

"He'll have to grow taller before he gets fat" Kanda smirked

Allen stopped mid chew, then looked up at Kanda

"I'll deal with you later bakanda" he said then he went straight back to eating

"Well that was disappointing; I was expecting some kind of epic brawl" Lavi commented

"I'll give you a brawl in a second if you don't shut up" Kanda muttered as he closed his eyes

"Man, there's no festive Christmas atmosphere here at all" Lavi complained, he turned to Allen "You're a horrible party host Allen"

Allen didn't seem to have heard him as he slammed his knife and fork onto the table and happily declared "I'm full! Man, Lavi was right; we should cook together more often!"

Lenalee giggled

"Miranda and I did most of the cooking, you boys just argued like a group of three year olds"

"Did not"

Lenalee raised a brow

"Should we eat the cake now?" Miranda asked

"I'd like that, are you guys too full or?"

"I'm in for cake, Kanda probably doesn't want any" said person nodded in response to Lavi's statement "How about you Allen, you too full or what?"

He shook his head

"Okay, I'll go grab the cake then" Miranda got up

"Let me help you" Lavi suddenly declared as he scrambled out of his chair and raced to the kitchen

"Well someone's excited for cake" Lenalee commented when the two were in the kitchen

"He's planning something" Allen said as Kanda nodded in agreement

"Should we sing a song?"

"Why, it's not like it's someone's birthday or anything Lavi" Miranda said

Lavi shrugged "Just thought it would've been fun"

Miranda laughed

"Trust him to be an idiot" Kanda muttered

"What was that yu chan?" Lavi slung his arm around Kanda's neck

"Are you sure this is going to enough" Lenalee frowned "I told you to buy a bigger cake Lavi"

"Actually, the reason I bought such a small cake" Lavi picked it up "Was because I wanted to do this!" and in one swift movement he sent the cake into Kanda's face, who was unfortunately still caught in Lavi's hold.

Everyone else stared in shock while Lavi started laughing uncontrollably, hitting his leg.

"You" Kanda began, his voice quiet but filled with anger "You retard" he spat before he lunged at Lavi, who had the brains to start running away.

"I'm going to murder you!" Kanda seethed but Lavi only burst out into another round of laughter

He weaved his way through Allen's living room, leaping over couches and throwing cushions at Kanda, who was trying to run while wiping cake out of his eyes.

"Come on Yu chan, this is like the time I got paint in your hair, you didn't try to kill me then" Lavi laughed

Sadly, Lavi's fate was inevitable as he slipped and fumbled to the floor, the redhead didn't seem to be effected though as he continued laughing hysterically

"Oi shut up baka usagi" Kanda muttered darkly as he looked down at him.

"Y-Your" Lavi tried to say between his fits of laughter "Your face" he finally said while pointing up at Kanda who could only look at him dumbly

"Where did I put Mugen…" Kanda muttered darkly as he walked away in search of his beloved katana.

"Wait! Sorry!" Lavi immediately snapped out of his laughing fit "I'm sorry Yu chan. I loooove you bro" he crawled up to him and grabbed onto his foot

"Please don't kill me yuu chan"

Kanda kept walking, at an obviously slower pace as he was dragging Lavi with him

"Get off me baka usagi" he grunted

"Not until you admit your undying love for me!"

"This is exactly why I'm going to kill you"

"A little help guys?" Lavi turned to everyone else "You're beloved friend is about to get murdered here"

"You left Mugen at the door Kanda" Allen simply said

Kanda smirked

"Nooo, Moyashi. Why would you do that?!" Lavi whined "I thought we were friends"

"No offense Lavi, but you kind of deserve what you're about to get"

"What?"

"You threw cake at Kanda's face" Allen sighed "You complete idiot Lavi"

Lenalee wasn't surprised when she heard a gentle rap on your bedroom window. She looked up and couldn't help but smile at Lavi's goofy grin. He waved when he caught her looking.

"Hey princess" he said as Lenalee opened the window

"Hey" she replied warmly

"Aren't you surprised?"

"Nope, I had a feeling that you would climb the tree"

"You know me too well princess" he grinned, a heart melting, boyish grin

"Does it still hurt?"

Lavi rubbed his head "Yeah, Kanda was ruthless today"

She laughed "Yeah, but you did throw cake in his face"

"Yeah yeah whatever, You ready？"

"Yep, I'll be down in a second"

"Are you sure this is safe Lavi"

"Very sure"

"I swear you constantly put my life in danger"

"Relax princess, I've done this a million times"

"Yeah, but I haven't" Lenalee replied stubbornly "When you told me it was surprise where you were taking me, I wasn't expecting this"

"Trust me princess" he said as he leaned down and offered her his hand

She huffed as she unskilfully climbed a few feet of the pipe before grabbing Lavi's hand and letting him haul her up.

"Be careful" Lavi said as he helped Lenalee crawl up onto his rooftop. She made herself as comfortable as she could on the roof tiles.

"It's nice up her" she smiled, enjoying the warm summer air "Not much of a view though"

Lavi laughed "I know I know" he lay down, shifting so his arms were behind his head "Come on princess, lie down"

Lenalee did so obediently before snuggling up next to him. She smiled, a sense of tranquillity washed over her as she admired the stars twinkling above, like guardians of the night sky.

"Liking the view now?" Lavi asked nudging her

She laughed "Yeah, it's beautiful"

"I know"

Lenalee rolled onto her side so she was facing Lavi

"You come up here a lot?"

"Yeah" a smile danced on his lips "I come up here when something's bothering me or I just need somewhere to think" he rolled onto his side too "I wanted to bring you here"

"Thank you"

"No problems princess" he brushed some hair out of her face

"But you know Lavi"

"What?"

"We could've gone anywhere to go stargazing, not just your rooftop-which I could've died climbing"

Lavi rolled his eyes "Yeah yeah, I'll keep that in mind for next time"

Lenalee slapped his arm lightly "What time is it?"

"Time to get a watch"

She rolled her eyes "Time to get a new joke"

Lavi chuckled as he rolled over, fishing his phone out of his pocket.

"Twelve, exactly"

"Merry Christmas" Lenalee smiled

"Merry Christmas Princess" Lavi took her hand and entwined their fingers.

The two lay there for a few more moments, smiling dumbly at each other

"I love you" Lenalee finally said, kissing him lightly on the forehead

"I love you more" Lavi whispered before returning the kiss, but on the lips.

THE END

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