Brain Damaged
Part Twenty-Six

Allen sat uncomfortably as he ever had, across from Lavi. The food set before him was the only distraction he had offered to him and it didn't seem like enough when he took his sudden nervousness into consideration. His appetite was fighting with his discomfort. And it really wasn't his fault on this one. He was suddenly jealous of Kanda managing to get out of such a…situation. At the same time, Kanda didn't know that Lavi was aware of what they did. It could be more beneficial that way; at least that was Allen's thought process.

"So...give me details."

Allen choked on the very first thing he took a bite of. Coughing uncomfortably, he looked around and surveyed the population. He was hoping that there would be enough people to justify using them as an excuse. But no one could overhear them when they were sitting—in a corner, ten tables away from the closest people to them. "L...Lavi...I can't...give details!"

"Sure ya can, beansprout. Just tell me all the delicious things you did!"

"Oh my god... Lavi..." The younger man thought he was going to die if Lavi didn't stop. He didn't even think he would be capable of speaking what they did without his face lighting on fire.

"Okay, okay. I'll go easy on you. So... Who started it~?"

"How is this going easy on me!" He shook his head and tried very hard to focus on any of the food before him.

"Come on, beansprout. You came to me at stupid o'clock in the morning freaking out because you were all up on him then. Now out with it~. I'll start tellin' everyone our lil beansprout got laid, if you hold out on me."

"You wouldn't..."

"Oh but would I~?" Lavi's grin was sickeningly convincing. It was almost a catlike smirk, pressing his lips together to give off an air of innocence tainted with malice. Lavi was evil.

Evil.

Allen turned his head away, unable to look him in the eyes, "W… well... He… uhm… kissed me first," he squeaked out quietly. Oh my god. I can't believe I'm telling him this.

"Yuu started it? Who knew he was so forward!" A chuckle escaped the redhead and he had to make an effort to just imagine Kanda Yuu making advances. It was…kind of hilarious. "Okay, who topped?"

"T…topped…Laviiii…." Allen whined, drawing the name out as discomfort seemed to repeatedly nail him in the throat.

"Come on beansprout. Out with it~"

Placing his head on a table, Allen groaned and hid his eyes in his arm. "T….technically…he…erm…gaah."

"Hm…he was then? Interesting…You healed pretty quickly overnight, beansprout. If you're not even limping from it…"

The poor boy had to take deep breaths to keep from fainting from sheer horror. This conversation was painfully personal and somehow, he wasn't surprised that Lavi would show him no mercy. "W…well, it wasn't…last night."

"Wasn't?" The green eye blinked, confused. "When exactly…?"

"…This morning."

"This morning!"

A mumble slipped out from within the fabric of the sleeve Allen was hiding in, "a ...couple hours before you came banging on my door."

"Really?"

Lavi leaned in closer to Allen, and the younger man could feel just how close he was. It wasn't helping make him feel less cornered. The bookman junior was too excited about this. Sure, he'd gone to Lavi…shared his feelings and fears…but he didn't think the price was disclosing his personal business—much less his personal business about his first actual experience with…that. It wasn't easy to control his physical response. He could feel the heat in his face and almost fanned himself off. "Yes…Lavi."

"Like…wait…that was your first time, right?"

"…Yes," he couldn't help the little whimper that slipped out after.

"You said he…topped, but you walked in here just fine…"

"He was…oh god…I hate you, Lavi…" Allen cried, lifting his head from the table and placing his hands over his face, propping himself on his elbows.

"Out with it~"

"He was…on top…physically."

The bookman sat back and tried to make sense of what little jumbled information Allen was actually giving him. Poor thing was having a hard time and he almost felt bad. Almost. "Waaaait. So, he topped, but he didn't…he," the redhead let out a chuckle that almost resembled a disgustingly wicked giggle, "he rode you?"

A sudden and loud smack noise actually startled Lavi and he jumped back before he realized it was Allen's face colliding with the table. He hesitantly prodded at the boy, "…Allen?"

"Augh…I'm sorry," Allen grumbled, not moving from his position. If he gave himself a concussion, he didn't have to think about what the hell Lavi had just said. If he didn't think about it, he didn't risk his body's natural reaction to it. It didn't need to recall those details right then. "You just have the worst word choice ever."

"My bad. But it's accurate, ain't it?" No need to be embarrassed. Shoot, that sounds like an awesome first time, buddy. I mean, Yuu's pretty hot, eh? With how icy he is all the time, I bet when he unwinds he's absolutely crazy in the sac—"

"STOP! Please just…" Allen flushed, lifting his face to look at Lavi. "Please just stop…My brain can't handle it right now…It happened just a few hours ago and I'm gonna have a problem if you don't shut your mouth."

"Alright, alright…But I'm so proud of you beansprout. Yuu made you a man."

Allen's eyes widened and he snapped, "hey! Keep that down will you? We don't need the whole Order knowing about it. You're not even supposed to know!"

"Like you two could hide it from me, you cute things, you. Deflowering each other like that~."

More pitiful cries came from the younger exorcist. He couldn't stand it and almost risked Lavi's horrible rumor spreading to run off, but he refrained…sitting there rigidly. If Kanda had been there, Lavi would be in pieces across the dining room—that is if he didn't die of embarrassment too. Of course, Kanda's level of embarrassment was directly proportional to the amount of violence he acted out.

"So…how long did you last?"

"LAVI!" He screamed involuntarily, before clamping his hand over his mouth to prevent another shout. He'd already gained attention of those people several tables away who'd just heard him.

"Shh, Allen, they'll hear you."

"No kidding!" Shaking his head, he conceded to simply rubbing his temple. "Look… Lavi, I told you enough, didn't I? That was more than I wanted to share…really. It was a special moment…" He looked off—slightly embarrassed, but not ashamed in the least. It was a special moment. In fact, it was probably the best moment of his life that he could remember.

"The following moments are even more special, you know. Can you imagine it now. You come back from a particularly tiring mission and find him sleeping in your bed…looking all sorts of delicious…Then you crawl into bed and realize he's total nake—"

Lavi ducked at the attempt Allen made to swat him upside the head. It was just too easy to get under the kid's skin. He was a little wiser to the ways of interacting with people than the beansprout, so those things never really bothered him. He could see how Yuu and Allen had clicked so well, once Yuu was forced to actually be human for a change. The bookman would definitely admit that he didn't see any of that coming though. Not the fact that they actually went through with it—let alone the fact that Allen wasn't walking with a limp.

Though, it did make sense the other way. Allen couldn't hide it as well as someone who could heal being nearly cleaved in two and walk away looking immaculate afterwards. Really, from a logical perspective, Yuu would be the one best suited to take it… Of course, that thought just made Lavi cackle to himself.

"Alright, I'm done. I'm done. I promise. I think it's damn adorable though. You two are like blushing kids. It's like watching you grow up!" He clapped his hands together with a pseudo-sniffle.

"You're just amused by my suffering. You're cruel."

"Oh come on. I'm not trying to make you suffer. You don't regret it do you?"

"No. Not at all."

"Then there's nothing wrong with it. What goes on in your private sanctuaries is no one's business—except mine. It's my business of course~"

"It is not." Allen frowned and took a bite out of a piece of bread that could have gone stale with how long he had ignored it up to that point. "I'm not telling you every time, so don't get your hopes up."

"Every time? Ohoho? Are you planning another sexy rendezvous?"

"I didn't say that, Lavi! I just said that I'm not disclosing anything else, should it come to pass."

"Do you want it to 'come to pass' again?"

"Yes—I mean…I..."

A brow lifted and the owner gave the young man a questioning look, "That was a pretty quick response, beansprout~. You were having such doubts before. It seems like you flipped the coin here. What happened?"

Letting a sigh pass his lips, Allen calmed his heart and let himself settle from his nearly brain shattering discussion with Lavi. "He told me he loved me. It just…cracked me. I guess."

If Lavi had ever been surprised in his life, it was right then. He couldn't think of any other situation that had shocked him more, really. Kanda Yuu was notoriously anti-social. He was notoriously cold and dispassionate. He was possibly the most unloving person he'd ever met. And he admitted loving Allen? What ever the kid had done to break down the stubborn swordsman, he deserved some kind of award. "Whoa…he…really?"

"Yeah. Underneath all his armor, he's just like the rest of us. He's just as insecure. He's just as warm as the next person, surprisingly."

"Well," Lavi smiled, "I'm glad for you. I'm glad you guys figured your mess out. Though, I never would have predicted you two like that, but stranger things have happened, right?"

"I suppose so. At least I don't have to worry about a psychotic older brother who would filet me if I even touched him. Not like someone else."

Lavi blinked and opened his mouth before he closed it again, taking a moment to think as a grin trailed across his face, "I see what you did there, Allen. But there's nothing between Lenalee and I."

"Yet."

"You can't play that game better than me, beansprout~. I can make you squirm if I want."

"I wouldn't want to make Lenalee jealous," Allen said passively, taking a gulp from his glass of water.

"So…Allen…~ What kinda sex faces does Yuu make?"

As predicted, Allen violently reacted. Lavi, however, hadn't planned on being sprayed with the water the boy had just decided to attempt to drink. He made a face and shook his hands, wiping the water spray from his face. "I win." He announced.

"I dislike you a lot," Allen coughed and wiped his mouth, setting his drink down.

"Oh come on! I'm harmless~" He grinned smugly, despite being covered in a combination of Allen's saliva and water. "Regardless. I'm glad you guys got passed this little thing you had. It's good he finally told you he got all his memories back."

The look that passed over Allen's face did not match what he was expecting. Not at all. In fact, it was the complete opposite and he felt a pool of dread well up in the pit of his stomach. He watched Allen's countenance to a complete inversion from what it had been moments before. From the way Allen's eyes darkened and his jaw tensed, he was suddenly getting the feeling that Yuu hadn't actually mentioned that…He was under the impression that Allen would never…go that far otherwise.

Those silver eyes stared into nothingness for a long moment. The way the silence seemed to creep between them sent chills through him. He knew that familiar chill… It was eerily calm, yet it was suffocatingly powerful.

Allen was quickly dissolving into a state of furiousness.

"He didn't tell me anything…" His voice sounded numb. Allen felt numb. His brain wrapped around the words that Lavi had unknowingly broken his mind with. "Nothing at all."

"Allen…Are you okay?"

The angry boy stood up, fists clenching and his chest hurting a little. The happy feeling he'd woken up to was a little deflated now. He shouldn't have been entirely too surprised…he'd even brushed his mind with the thought, but after what they did…He was beyond reason. Lavi's voice went ignored and he paid no attention to the redhead who was now following him as he stormed out of the dining hall to track down the bastard who had lied directly to his face.

To Be Continued…

A/N: You may think otherwise, but I really do love these two.

WakeToSanity: Haha, if you thought last chapter was bad. Poor Allen's getting all his emotions tried on now.
Rae2009: You broke my inbox, you slut.
Book Thief101: I have so many plans to act out. Much Neah is involved, so I really do hope you love him haha. And I originally posted it on Christmas for a Christmas present for everyone. Allen has a lucky birthday!
KayceHurd: Haha, I don't wanna change this one. But the sequel is probably gonna have to be.
EXO718: Haha, technically Kanda controlled it XD Allen is just a lucky boy.
YukiaSmith01: I like doing that. I like drama too XD
Marufu-chan: Thank you, dear~
Lotus Seed: These poor kids can't get passed the Lavi!
Soaha: Lavi sure did, omg.
IrukaAsato: I wanted to get the ball rolling, but not to fast, that's why it's taken like…24 chapters for shit to happen. Haha.

And Moyashi, I love teasing you so hard. Don't kill me for this chapter, plz. I promises I'll give you all the lovin's. Just don't snap me like a twig.