Chapter 3

Lavi stood outside a candy store and looked around, today he was going on a date with Serafina. He never believed she was going to say yes, or that Allen was overprotective like Komui. But he was happy she said yes, and decided to make a really perfect day with her. He looked down what he was wearing and second guessed of his choice. He was wearing a normal black shirt with a pair of gray pants, his boots and gloves he uses to wear on a mission. He thought an hour ago that it would be great to dress normal and not have his headband during the date. But now she wished that he could go back to his room and changes to maybe something better. But he didn't have time to do that, he sent a letter to Serafina with a time to meet outside the candy store. And it was only a few minutes left.

' I hope Serafina doesn't care how I dress.' He thought to himself and scratched his head annoyed.

" Hi, Lavi." He directly turned around when he heard Serafina's voice, and couldn't help to blush when he saw her. She was wearing a gray sweater, with black shorts. Gray/red checkered socks that came up to her knees, black shoes, a red hat and red gloves. All that together made her look so sweet and cute Lavi thought he was going to get a nosebleed.

"Hi, Se.. ." His face was heating up and made him look a tomato. He quickly turned to the side and cough against his hand. " Sorry, I just got something in my throat."

Serafina walked up to him and smiled. " Did you just call me Sera?."

Lavi looked away, while his face was getting more redder. " Maybe."

She giggled and wrapped her arms around his right arm. " I like it, it gets annoyed sometimes when everybody says my full name all the time."

Lavi stared at her and smiled. " Then I call you Sera for now on."

She giggled and took a few step from him. " What do you want to do first?."

Lavi thought for a second and grinned. " I know there is a festival behind that big building."

"Really?." Serafina crossed her arms. " You not lying?."

He shook his head and put his arm on her shoulder. " Why do you think I chose this day?. I know you like festivals."

Serafina hit his arm playfully and ran. " Let's go." She said while running. Lavi at first was in shock that she ran, but seconds later he smiled and ran after her.

' She is really something." He thought to himself and tried to not lose Serafina in the crowd that became bigger than bigger. Before she really was gone from his view he ran faster and grabbed her arm.

"Got you," and pulled her against his chest. She stared up at him with big sparkly eyes, which made him blush again and almost scream 'Strike'.

She smiled. " You caught me," she stops smiling when she saw Lavi just staring at her with an opened mouth. " Lavi, are you okay?." Slowly he caressed his hand against her soft cheek and looked like he was daydreaming with a smile.

" Lavi?."

Like that he snapped out of his daydream and blushed like a red tomato again.

" Am sorry, i ...i...i don't know what got into m.."

" It's okay Lavi." She kissed his cheek and smiled. " You look cute when you blush."

Lavi could feel his cheek get hotter and wanted to hit his head against the wall, he was not supposed to be the nervous one and blush all the time. Girls were supposed to act like that and blush all the time, and he was supposed to say ' you look cute when you blush', to her.

" This is weird."

She stared at him confused.

" I act like a girl, am super nervous and I blush like an idiot. And you act like you aren't nervous at all."

" I am nervous."

Now it was his time to stare at her confused. "You are?. It doesn't look like it."

She took a deep breath. " That's because am not use to this feeling, I never had this weird feeling. And the truth is am super nervous." She turned to the side. " I didn't show because I want to have fun with you." She smiled at Lavi

" And I must say I like this part of you being nervous too and you never get nervous in front of other women."

"Maybe because they are not like you," Lavi whisper to himself, but Serafina heard him and grabbed his hand.

" And no guy is like you."

On the roof on the clock tower sat Tykia stared down at the crowded festival with a cigarette in his mouth. After Wisely came he has been constantly reading everybody's thoughts and mostly Tyki's thoughts, and telling out aloud to everybody. That made Tyki in a bad mood, so he took the chance to be away for a while from his family. And the first thing in his mind was the white haired female he couldn't get enough to see. Finding the new headquarters of the Black order wasn't hard to find. It was like they wanted him to find them, but he couldn't get in because of the barrier. So he waited all night till he saw the female running into the villages, with very nice clothes. But he wasn't happy what he found out when he followed her. She was going on a date with the red haired Bookman with the eyepatch.

He stared at the burning cigarette in his hand and through it way into the crowd. In his mind he wanted his cigarette to land on a tent and make a big fire, but it didn't happen. And made him more annoyed.

"You really like to tease me, princess." He said aloud and stared down at the girl with her date. They were now standing outside one of the game tents, and the girl looked very excited while the boy took up three balls to throw.

Tyki growled and wanted to hit the red guy and take his place beside Serafina.

" Like I going let you have a great day with my princess."

Serafina watched Lavi feeling the balls before he throws them at the can pyramid. After they had the little talk about how they felt, they decided to have some fun and be themselves. It was hard for Serafina to not hide her feelings, she used to hide all her feelings she behind a poker mask. But now she tried to not hide and relax for once, which wasn't easy at all.

"Sera." She looked at Lavi. " I promise, I will win that rabbit for you."

She rolled her eyes and couldn't help to blush. After The talk she saw one of the princes in one of the tent, it was a gray rabbit looking like a clown. And Lavi saw her glancing at it and wanted to win the rabbit for her.

" Lavi it's not a must to win that rabbit."

" But you like the rabbit, and it's a clown rabbit."

"Yeah..but.." She didn't know what to say, he knows she loves rabbit and clowns.

"Besides I have to give you something for finally blushing." Her cheek becomes a darker shade of pink. "That's it, I must win that rabbit for you."

He grins at her and throws the ball, almost all the can fall down beside the two at the bottom.

" Oh, so close." The owner smiled at them. " want to try again?." He gave a weird grin at them and held out three new balls at Lavi. Lavi glanced at Serafina and saw her cheek was still pink. 'She is so cute.'

He turned back to the owner and nodded. " Again." He took the balls and stared at the can building, this time he was going to use all his strength to take everything down.

But Sera crossed her arms and stared at him like she read his mind. " Not 'too' hard Lavi, I don't want the whole tent to go down."

He stared down at her. " did you just read my mind?"

"I read your face."

" Does it show that much?"

She nodded. " It shows very clear."

" Oh boy."

She caressed his shoulder. " Just don't try too many times, the rabbit is not important."

She was lying and he could see that she was biting on the corner on her lips, which she tried to hide by turning to the side.

" I will try till I get that rabbit for you."

" Are all the bookman this stubborn?."

He grins at her and messed her hair with the hat she had on. " You just got a date with the special bookman."

She laughed and took off her hat to fix her hair. " Now that the Lavi I know."

Blush was visible on his cheek and he turned back to the cans.

' I must win this time.' With a few step back he rolled his shoulder and stared at the cans. In his mind, he could see the weak spot in the building and aimed at it.

" Now I will win," And he throws.

" Bang!."

Both Serafina and the owner stared in shock when all the cans fell down, and from the bottom, cans rolled heavy balls out on the floor. They all stared at the heavy balls on the floor, and Lavi stared at the owner with crossed arms.

" That's why the cans on the bottom didn't fell down, you were cheating."

People who walked behind them and was near the tent. Stopped what they were doing and turned their attention to Serafina, Lavi and a very nervous owner. Who was looking around like a trapped animal.

" You...misunderstand." He said with a nervous voice and took a few step back.

Lavi picked up one of the heavy balls. " This ball is really heavy, you were cheating so you could win money by making people not win in this game."

People begin to talk and yell.

" That must be the reason why I couldn't win."

" I spent so much money on this game."

" How could this man do this?."

While all the people was talking at the same time, a policeman walked over and grabbed the owner's arm. " You have to come with me."

" But...But." The owner turned his attention to Serafina and grabbed the clown rabbit with a frown. " At least I can get rid of this creepy rabbit." He throws the rabbit to Serafina and walked with the policeman really mad. After the owner walked away, all the people begin to go back to what they did before, like what happened a few second ago never happened.

Lavi pov

I glanced at Sera and saw her staring down at the rabbit in her hands with sad eyes.

" Don't you like it?."

She looked up at me. " I love it, am just sad that he called it creepy. I think it's cute."

Before I knew what I was doing I wrapped my arms around her and held her close. " Forget what that owner said, that clown rabbit is special as you."

She and hugged the rabbit while looking up at me. " You are really sweet."

" Only for you, want to eat something?."

She nodded and took a hold of my hand. " Where to?."

" You tell me, my lady."

She rolled her eyes and poked my nose. " Now you act like normal."

" You still make me nervous, Sera. Because you are so special."

She blushed and turned away to hide it. " Do you know a place who makes a really good food?."

"Are you going eat a whole meal?."

" That I can't promise."

" Not even for me?." I looked at her with big puppy eyes, but she just poked my nose and begin to walk.

" We see, I can't promise."

I pretended to look very disappointed. " You are really mean."

"No, am not."

"Yes, you are."

" You wouldn't have gone on a date with me if I was mean."

I opened my mouth, but I couldn't come up with a good comment on that.

" That's true."

She smirked at me and held up the rabbit to her eye level. " Isn't he a great guy?."

" You too cute."

" Me or the rabbit?."

I poked her cheek and laughed. " You are little more cuter."

She giggled. " Awe you. Come on, where are we going to eat?."

I looked around and thought hard in my head, where would be the best place to eat for a date. I knew many places here in town, but I couldn't think of any that was good to make this date perfect. Serafina watched me while hugging the rabbit.

" It doesn't have to be anything fancy, Lavi."

" But I want to make this date perfect."

She poked my nose. " A date can be perfect with just something simple, and you know I don't eat much."

I nodded. " Yes, it's funny how different you and your brother are about food."

" He eats for a whole army."

" And you don't even eat a whole meal."

She narrows her eyes at me. " I don't need to eat so much."

I opened my mouth to say something but closed it like a fish. We had this talk before, and other have tried to make her eat a whole meal. But If Allen can't make her eat a whole meal, how can I do it?. She is really stubborn, and maybe don't care that she make people worried about her. A person needs to eat three meal during one day, but she only eats a small apple or fruit for every meal.

Serafina looked around and waited for me to say something.

" How about we share a whole meal?."

She thought for a second and struggle. "Sure, but we still don't know what we should eat."

"Let's go to restaurant Tero, Jeryy's cousins own it and make Chinese food."

Serafina looked very happy when she hear Chinese food. " I love Chinese food."

"Then let's go, it's just down the street."

She grabbed my arm with her free hand while holding the rabbit in her other arm. " Show the way, Mister."

" Of course, my lady." She giggled when I change my voice to sound deeper like I hear an old rich man talk.

" You silly."

" But you love me." I cover my mouth when I said that without thinking, and could feel my face het up. But she heard what I said, and I really couldn't take it back now. I glanced at her nervous and waited for her to say something.

"Yes, I do." Her face becomes dark red and she turned away, while I was staring at her in surprise.

"What?." She hit my shoulder gently.

"You heard me."

" I just want to be sure I heard you right. Did you just say yes?."

She had her hands on the both side of her head and the rabbit in her hand was hanging down like an earring. After a minute she took down her hands and turned to me. " Yes."

"Really?."

"Yes."

"Are you sure?."

" Yes, don't make me said it a fourth time."

"Okay." I stood there for a second to get what she said in my head, and before she knew it I lifted her up in the air and spinning around.

" You said YES!."

"Yes, I did. Please put me down right now, I don't want to drop the rabbit."

I put her down and had the big grin glued on my face. " You said yes."

" You creeping my out Lavi, yes I did." She hugged the rabbit tight against her chest.

" Sorry, it just took a while for me to get it in my head."

She rolled her eyes but had a smile on her beautiful pink lips. " And you are training to be a bookman."

" Glad panda is not here."