No, I did not drop off the face of the earth! Okay, I can explain. -soaks torches in water- Okay, so I was writing this chapter...and then...well...I moved my mouse and it hit a cord or the power button and completely shut the computer down. I was also writing on the Doc Manager and nothing was saved. So I got so mad and just neglected my motivation to this story and waited until I could calm down to write this. I feel a little better now so I'm going to write it now. Again, I do apologize for not updating. I was just so angry that day. There was something else that angered me but I forgot what it was so that could be why my motivation came back! ;3 Dude! My sister got two new dogs! :D She got a Chihuahua named Bowser and a black Pomeranian named Emma...her other Pomeranian died :L It kinda ate some...uh...stuff...xD...and then it jumped out the second floor window and walked along the highway. He didn't get hit but he died of overdose and...jumping out the window I guess...anyways, I hope you enjoy this long-awaited chapter!
Fou stood there for a few minutes before she shivered and grabbed a towel that was hanging on a clothesline. She dried herself off quickly and slipped on a jacket. She then walked over to the hot tub and turned it off with only slight difficulty. She grabbed Allen's shirt from a nearby bench and headed towards the back door. It was a good thing Allen hadn't put his shirt on the floor, otherwise it would've been soaked. I wonder how they're getting along right now...Fou thought as she opened up the back door and slipped inside the house.
When Fou finally went inside, she paused for a minute. It was a bit too quiet. She somewhat cautiously opened the fridge and pulled out a can of beer. She took a sip and stepped into the living room. She didn't get very far before a random ghostly skull thing landed right in her face and started cackling. She jumped and splashed the can in its face. The cackling died down to croaks and a loud curse was heard from in the living room. Fou looked past the...thing and saw Kanda glaring at her. She rose an eyebrow. What was he supposed to expect, scaring her like that? She'd like to see how he felt if someone did that to him.
"Um, oops? Its your fault for putting it there. It's still useful...it just won't laugh." She explained, shrugging the whole thing off. Kanda growled and sat back on the couch next to Lenalee, who patted Kanda's shoulder. Fou looked around and didn't see who she was looking for. "Where's Lavi?" She asked for said person she was looking for.
"Why?" Kanda asked-grumbled.
"I need to talk to him about somethin..." She mumbled back.
"Lavi and Allen went to bed." Lenalee answered, giggling afterwards. "Allen was tired and wouldn't let go of Lavi so they went to his room." She added. Fou rose her eyebrows and Lenalee just winked. Fou shrugged and headed towards Lavi's room. Maybe this time she'll be able to get a picture. She neared the door and heard hushed voices on the other side.
"Lavi~." Allen whined, tugging on the back of Lavi's shirt, attempting to get his attention. Lavi had been trying to avoid Allen so that he didn't do something he would definitely regret, but Allen was just begging for too much attention. So Lavi decided that ignoring him completely...that was a really bad idea, because Allen was sensitive right now. He was extremely vulnerable and Lavi was starting to hurt his feelings.
You can't just hurt Allen's feelings...especially when he's drunk.
"No, Allen, go to sleep." Lavi snapped. Allen pouted and looked around. Give him something will ya? He's probably freezing his ass off! Fou thought.
"But I'm c-" Allen started.
"Goodnight, Allen." Lavi interrupted. Fou frowned and watched as Allen sighed and looked around for some type of warmth. He didn't find anything so he stood up and walked over to the door. Fou fled into the bathroom, which was right across from Lavi's room.
"...sorry..." Allen mumbled to Lavi and left the room. Jeez, even when he's drunk he feels like he's a burden on everyone...then again, he is more honest when he's drunk...what an odd type of drunk...Fou thought as she bit her lip and walked out of the bathroom. Allen looked a bit uncomfortable, which was probably because he was freezing and didn't know what to do at the moment. He definitely needed to leave, but he didn't know if he should just walk out or actually get ready and leave. Poor confused, little Allen. Lavi started to feel really bad now. Now he felt like an absolute douche.
"What's up, Short Stack?" Fou greeted. Allen shrugged his shoulders.
"I'm going home." Allen answered and started to walk down the hall and almost into the living room.
"Whoa, hold up, Allen." Fou grabbed Allen's arm and stopped him, quickly yanking him back. Allen gave her a dizzy look.
"Hm?" He grunted.
"You're gonna freeze if you don't dry off properly." She answered and put on his shirt. Allen grumbled something about not being a little kid and she giggled. She started unzipping her jacket and handed it to him.
"Hm? No, keep tha-"
"No, you've got less fat than I do so you need it more. Now take it." Fou said quickly as she draped it around him. It was big on her...but it was huge on Allen. She chuckled. "You make me look fat." Her smile died when she saw the glum look on his face. He must be feeling really bad about what Lavi just did. He looks so heartbroken...I can't just leave him like this! Lavi and I will have a serious talk tomorrow. She thought bitterly.
"...thank you..." He said quietly.
"Hey, thats what friends are for, right?" She smiled sadly at him. That only seemed to depress Allen even more. Allen just nodded in response. "C'mon, lets get you home." She kissed his cheek and hooked arms with him. Her smile widened when she saw a small smile on Allen's face. She escorted him out of the house and across his lawn. She patted his shoulder."You can keep that. Its not girly or anything. Just white, yeah? I'll see you Sunday!" She said and opened the door for him. Allen climbed upstairs and crawled in bed next to Narain. Narain didn't even stir. Allen clutched onto Fou's jacket tightly.
Hey, that's what friends are for, right?
The next morning, Narain woke up around eleven. He sat up and stretched and felt a weight beside him. He looked down to see Allen sleeping beside him peacefully. That's weird, he's usually up early. I wonder... Narain grabbed his phone off the desk and checked it. He opened up a message from Fou: Allen got drunk last night so make sure he gets some pain medication in the morning! Narain yawned and texted her back sleepily, not even caring what time she sent it at: Alright. He's still sleeping though. After stretching, Narain stood up and walked out of the room. He walked downstairs and into the kitchen. He then opened the medicine cabinet and took out a bottle of Ibuprofen.
After acquiring the right amount of pain medication, Narain poured a glass of tea and headed upstairs. He walked in Allen's room and sat down on Allen's bed. He stood there and stared at Allen for a bit before receiving another text from Fou: THAT was a late reply -_- Though it is odd that Allen is still sleeping...he usually gets up like what, around nine? Narain set the cup of tea on the desk and texted back: Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Should I wake him up and just let him go back to sleep or what? Narain got an answer from Fou seconds later. He wondered how her phone could be so fast but then remembered that her boyfriend was a scientist! Fou replied: Wake him up and let him go to sleep. He will most likely be upset. Narain blinked and let his curiosity get the better of him: Why would he be upset? The next word Fou sent him made all the much more sense: Lavi. This guy really needs to stop breaking Allen's heart. Narain thought glumly before shaking Allen awake.
"Allen, Allen, time to wake up now." Narain cooed and shook Allen's shoulder softly. Immediate pain was shown on Allen's face when he opened his eyes. It almost looked like he would've burst into tears. Just what did he drink?! Narain wondered shortly. "You can go back to sleep, just take this." Narain said and held the materials out to him. Allen opened his eyes only slightly and took whatever Narain gave him, not even looking at what it was. He gave the rest of the cup back to Narain and rolled over to go to sleep. "Goodnight, Allen." Narain whispered, making it seem like it was still...night. If Allen would've known what time it was, he would've forced himself to get up and Narain personally thought that Allen needed some rest and relaxation.
After Allen had gone to sleep, Narain walked downstairs and sat on the couch, wondering what he should do next. He grabbed a newspaper next to him (Since when does Allen read the newspaper? Better yet, since when did Allen get newspaper? Narain wondered shortly) and opened it up to look at the job ads. He flipped around to the medical field and studied the gray paper. He had been wanting to train to be a doctor since he was a little kid. He had his STNA (State Tested Nurse Assistant) License already, so maybe he can use that to get money. He didn't want to be a burden to Allen, so he needed to at least get his own apartment. He couldn't just live with Allen forever, he'd be invading his privacy. He spotted an ad for the hospital and decided to call the number below.
Narain talked on the phone for about an hour and after the long chat, they decided to have him come in for an interview. He accepted their request and hung up. Then, he tapped his foot and wondered how he was going to get there. He could just take Allen's car and leave a note...it wouldn't be that long and Allen would probably be in bed for awhile longer...Narain shrugged and picked up a sticky-note notepad off the counter and wrote down a little note saying he borrowed Allen's car and stuck it on the bathroom door, hoping Allen would see it. He scurried out the door, locked it, hid the key under the mat, and jogged over to Allen's car. He hopped inside and drove off to the hospital.
Hopefully, he'd be able to get this job...for Allen.
Narain was excited beyond comparison. He was just on his way back from the hospital and smiling brightly. He got the job, and was just absolutely overjoyed. Allen would be so happy for him. Speaking of Allen, I wonder if he's waken up yet. It is one o' clock, he should be up then...Narain thought and turned on their street. He blinked his eyes a couple of times when he saw Lavi rolling on his heels on the front porch, looking ever so nervous. I wonder if Fou was talking to him today...Narain thought as he pulled in and hopped out of the car. He jogged over and greeted Lavi with a small wave.
"Good afternoon, Lavi." Narain greeted, he was too happy to be mad at Lavi right now.
"Hello, Narain...what's with the good mood?" Lavi asked, honestly curious.
"Oh, I just got a job is all." Narain said, smiling as he waved Lavi off. Lavi shrugged and watched with observing eyes as Narain pulled the key to the house from under the mat and unlocked the door. He then placed the key back and quickly looked at Lavi, who quickly looked away and pretended that he was really interested in the-
"What the hell!?" Lavi exclaimed suddenly. Narain paused when he twisted the knob to the door and looked at Lavi, who was staring at the roof with mild surprise. Narain looked at the roof as well and tilted his head to the side confusingly.
"Well then...I'm...going inside-" Narain stepped inside and was about to close the door on Lavi when Lavi stopped it with his foot.
"Not trying to intrude or anything, but I need to talk to Allen." Lavi informed as he looked past Narain at Allen, who was sweeping the floor with such vigor Lavi would've thought he was trying to work out. Allen looked up, hearing his name. His stormy gray eyes met with Lavi's one charming green one and they stared at each other for about five seconds before Allen looked away. Lavi bowed his head and Narain put on a blank face.
"Um...this isn't my house; therefore, I cannot decide whether you are allowed in or no-" Narain started but Lavi interrupted him.
"Why is Allen sweeping the floor? It looks clean to me..." Lavi commented.
"Ah yes, he cleans when he's upset or angry or has something on his mind or if he's trying to relieve stress. Just a small fun fact about him." Narain informed. "His house is usually always clean though, so he usually just goes to Cross' house to clean, but I guess he's trying to make his house spotless or something." Narain guessed, shrugging. This conversation made Lavi all the more guilty.
"Right...but I really need to talk to him about something. Just please let me in? I know he won't let me in because he's mad at me and I just want to apologize!" Lavi reasoned. Narain seemed a bit iffy, but he was apologizing...and it would make Allen feel better.
"...okay..." Narain confirmed and stepped aside to let Lavi in. He walked in just as Allen was putting the vacuum away in the closet. Lavi walked over towards Allen in a sly way and slid on his right side. Narain sweat dropped whenever Allen didn't even notice Lavi was behind him as Allen started for the stairs. Narain awkwardly closed the door and decided to tell Allen about the news later. He walked over to the couch and plopped down on it.
Meanwhile, upstairs...
Allen was walking casually upstairs and about entered his room when he felt a tap on his shoulder. He spun around quickly and was face to face with Lavi. After letting out a short huff, Allen spun back on his heel and entered his room. He started digging through his drawers to get out some clothes instead of staying in his pajamas all day. He was sure the person he was going out with today wouldn't want him to go out with them in pajamas-especially not in public. Lavi followed Allen in the room, instantly apologizing for what happened last night.
"Allen, I really am sorry!" Lavi explained.
"Do you even know what you're sorry for?" Allen asked as he nonchalantly took off his shirt and started putting on a new one. Lavi was too speechless at the moment to answer. He didn't think that Allen would so openly strip his shirt off in front of him. Allen looked up as he started buttoning his shirt to see Lavi mouthing words. He raised a challenging eyebrow.
"Of course I do! About...last night...when we were going to sleep..." Lavi trailed off. He was so guilty, he couldn't even finish his sentence. Allen started taking off his sweatpants when Lavi shielded Allen's bottom half. "Whoa, hey, don't just do that!"
"Why not? We're both guys, I don't see the problem here." Allen said, still taking off his sweatpants anyways.
"You don't see the...Allen, you're stripping in front of me! You wouldn't have done that four months ago!" Lavi exclaimed.
"Yeah, four months ago. When I hated you. That was different. We're friends, aren't..." Allen stopped talking as he buttoned his pants. Lavi stared at the concentrated look on Allen's face. Why didn't he complete that sentence...? Lavi wondered. "Anyways, I don't see any problems at all." Allen said and sat on his bed. He pulled on some socks and unlaced his shoes. Lavi rose an eyebrow.
"Are you going somewhere?" Lavi asked.
"Why does it matter?" Allen asked as he tied his second shoe.
"Because you're my friend and I'm curious." Lavi answered. He narrowed his eyes and gave Allen a suspicious look. "You're not going on a date, are you?" He asked cautiously. Allen didn't even bat an eye at his red headed friend.
"What would it matter to you if I was?" Allen replied and pulled on a jacket. A sudden force sent him hurtling onto the bed. He was surprised to see Lavi on top of him.
"What would it matter?" Lavi repeated. "Of course it matters to me." He said with the most serious look Allen had ever seen the hyperactive adult with. Allen's heartbeat suddenly sped up. He challenged Lavi with his next comment.
"I wouldn't see why it would matter to you. We're just friends. It's not like we're going out or anything so it doesn't-mmph!" Allen was silenced with Lavi's lips. No, no, don't get swept away, you're angry at him right now! Remember about what he did to you last night! He was an arse! Don't fall for his tricks! He doesn't love you! That last thought hit Allen hard and Allen shoved Lavi away by instinct. He held his clothed sleeve over his mouth and glared at Lavi. "What do you think you're doing? I was talki-mm!" And Lavi did it again. God damn it, Lavi! Allen cursed the boy on top of him. This time Lavi was holding down his wrists, but that didn't stop Allen from kneeing him off. Lavi 'oofed' and backed into the wall. Allen had stood up and used his hand to shove Lavi further into the wall. Lavi gulped at the angry look on Allen's face. "I'm not going to let you play around with my feelings anymore, Lavi. We're friends and if I'm correct, I don't believe that you and Kanda do that kind of stuff with each other, so cut it out!" Allen removed his hand and stalked off. Lavi grabbed onto his wrist and yanked him towards himself. Allen was about to fight back until Lavi did something unexpected.
He hugged him.
Allen was too speechless. He tried to let words come out of his mouth but his mouth didn't seem to want to function right now. Allen he could feel was Lavi's warmth. All his anger he had gathered before was just...gone. Lavi increased his grip and hugged Allen even tighter. What is he getting at? Allen was left to wonder what was on Lavi's mind. Lavi couldn't restrain himself from his actions. It made him all the more guiltier whenever Allen had said that Lavi was playing around with Allen's feelings. Lavi wasn't playing around with Allen's feelings, he didn't know what he was doing and he didn't know what was wrong with him when it came to Allen. He just knew that he needed to apologize before he really hurt Allen.
"...I'm sorry, Allen..." He mumbled into said teen's white hair. Allen felt all warm and he truly didn't know what to say. He was just that speechless.
"...I..." Allen couldn't get anything out no matter how much he tried.
"You're right, it shouldn't matter to me, but it does. I'm just worried about you Allen. I don't want you to get hurt ever again." Lavi mumbled reasonably.
"...um..." Allen bit his lip. This hug...was intense. "God damn it, Lavi, you're making it hard for me to be mad at you!" Allen grumbled. Lavi grinned and Allen felt it. He winced at how wide the grin got. It felt painful.
"So am I forgiven?" Lavi asked.
"Yeah, but seriously, don't just...you know...do things like this..." Allen mumbled, not making any direct eye contact with Lavi. Lavi nodded.
"Yeah, I get it. So who are you going out with today? You're not seriously going on a date are you?" Lavi asked. Allen rolled his eyes.
"Who would I go on a date with, Lavi?"
"Tyki?" Lavi suggested.
"Um, no." Allen answered as he made his way out of his room. He jogged downstairs and right when they both made it to the bottom step, the doorbell rang. Allen walked over and opened the door. Lavi was surprised to see a girl standing there. She had long, blonde hair and one crystal blue eye. Her other was covered up by a bandage strap. "Don't flirt with her or she'll punch you in the gut." Allen quickly whispered to Lavi. Lavi felt a little hurt that Allen would automatically assume that he would flirt with her, but then again, he had a reason to assume that. She was stunningly beautiful. "Lavi, this is Lala. She was one of my friends back in high school." Allen introduced. Narain looked over curiously, but then returned to roaming around on the computer.
"Oh, I know you! You're that big headed jerk that pulled that prank on Allen!" She said cheerfully. Lavi bowed his head in a depressing sort of way. Nice to know that some people thought of him like that. She giggled. "Sorry, I didn't know you two were friends! Surprising, really. Allen here was just going to show me around town. Even though I went to the high school here, I'm actually a foreign exchange student from Italy." She explained.
"Ah, I see..." Lavi muttered awkwardly.
So I just freaked out over nothing? I feel like an idiot!
"So he's just touring you is all?" Lavi asked to confirm what he heard.
"Yeah, what did you think: we were going on a date or something?" Lala laughed. "Does he realize your gay?" She asked Allen.
"Yeah, he knows, he's just an idiot." Allen mumbled nonchalantly. Lavi held his hand over his heart.
"You hurt me so much, you know. All these harsh words like idiot and jerk..."
"Get over it." Allen blurted. Lala giggled.
"Oh don't tell me, are you two going out?" She asked, almost...excited? Lavi and Allen's jaws dropped. They were just talking about this.
"No! Why does everyone keep asking that?!" Allen asked, flustered.
"Well, it looks a bit obvious." Narain muttered from behind the computer screen. They all turned to face him.
"Narain!" Allen exclaimed.
"Sorry! Just adding my input it..." He mumbled.
"Jeez, I swear...so where do you want to go to first?" Allen asked Lala. Lala smiled.
"Oh, anywhere is fine-how about we take Lavi along with us? I've been dying to try out the new amusement park and I'm sure you guys have enough money. I know it's a bit sudden and all..." She trailed off invitingly.
"Oh, I don't see what the big deal is." Allen replied. Lavi did a victory leap.
"Woo-hoo! I've been dying to go there for like months now!" Lavi cheered.
"Says the guy who gets excited over just riding up the escalators." Allen mumbled. Lavi blushed.
"Hey, that was rude!" He grumbled, embarrassed that a girl had heard about his whole fantasies with escalators. They were fun and Bookman never let him ride on them when he was little.
"Right! So let's go!" Lala cheered happily and skipped towards Allen's car. Allen unlocked the door and she hopped in the back, all jittery. Allen jumped in the driver's seat and sat there for a moment before turning on the ignition. I must have way too much time on my hands to be doing this...Allen confirmed. Lavi hopped in the passenger's seat and Allen started the car. He pulled out of the driveway and drove off.
Today's going to be interesting.
OH. MY. GOD. Finally done! So many freaking distractions! My brain is weird...it wanted to randomly know if any anime characters shared my birthday! I came up with only two or three characters that I don't even know. How special am I, right? -sigh- I'm so bored. I'm definitely going to sleep after this is posted. I really hope I can sleep though. I drank a lot of Pepsi today so I might not be able to because of all the sugar. I don't -sneezes randomly- ugh. My sinuses...they burn! Stupid cold weather! v~v -sniffle- I can't even remember what I was about to say (type?). It is getting hard to type chapters nowadays though because my mom's boyfriend (as you may know as 'Mike') doesn't like the clicking sounds on the keyboard and with my keyboard, it's hard to be quiet. If only they moved the computer in my room! -sigh- that would be the life...that I don't have xD I'll probably never have a life! For my career, I have officially chosen to be a voice actor. It's going to be hard, I know, but I'm going to keep on trying! Oh did any of you guys know that Lala and Winry Rockbell have the same voice actor? I found that out when I was searching up info on Lala...I don't think I've mentioned her yet -bangs head on wall- why does this story have to be so long?! I need some characters that I've left out...like legit. I need more characters to work with here! D: Well, I'm being laggy for the Halloween party. You know what would be ironic? If I actually ended up getting the party on Halloween in rl. That would be legit. Yeah...I haven't looked at the poll voters yet xD -checks poll right now- 41 voters! ^^ Nice! *can't remember how many voters she had last time* Thank you to all the voters and most of all to my reviewers! Wowwies! Almost 400 reviews?! I'm flattered, really! :3 Thanks bunches to NoName-chan (-insert stalker face here-), ellarockabella, midnightstardust, Shirubagure, Snipperita, roseahal, MintGreenn, the3leonine, Lyokni, smileysparklea, Katie2000, Guest 23, Guest, Sparkle-de-Human, Sparkle-de-Cat (are you the same as Sparkle-de-Human?! o.o) bookspazz55, Guesty Guest, VeridianSoul for reviewing! They really mean a lot to me! Yes, I'm still going with the Allen in Wonderland theme! ^^