„Speaking"
„Thoughts"
„Neah talking telepathic"
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Chapter 10
Dream
I was being dragged by Neacel. He said something about him wanting my help for something. I let myself be dragged by him. Soon we came to a stop. Neacel let go of my hand and showed me his beloved piano.
"Ithoughtofsomethingandneededyourhelp-!" Neacel ranted so fast, I couldn´t even understand what he was saying. I hit him over the head. He shut up and pouted.
"If you could talk slower so that I can understand what your saying, then maybe I could help you." I scolded him. He blushed a bit. "I-I am just excited!" He defended. I sighed.
"I wanted your help. I want to use your powers and my own to make a place where we could live in piece." Neacel admitted softly. I blinked surprised. "And how do we do that? Oh, and before I forget it That´s soooo sweet!" I teased him. He huffed and crossed his arms.
"I thought that I could make a key to the place. I will play a song on the piano and you will sing. So we both have control over it! And to how we do that. I too can create things, not just Adam. You could use your Time ability to make rifts in time that allows the place to be in it´s own dimension. Like with your Ability you could make it so, that we can get everywhere from there! Like teleporting!" Neacel explained with a serious expression. I considered what he just told me.
I saw him look at me pleadingly. I nodded. "I suppose it would be nice if we had a place where we could live in safety." I confessed. He beamed at me. "Great!" Neacel clapped his hands together. "Let´s get started!" He demanded playfully. I grinned at him. "What are we waiting for?" I sat down next to him on the piano bench. And so we began to make the Ark, the home of Noah´s family.
It involved hours of work, laughing, determination and will. But it was worth it in the end.
End of Dream.
Allen slowly opened one eye and looked up. He felt he was lying on something soft. "They are really beaten up." Allen heard a voice. He suddenly saw a blurry image of Komui above him. He was holding something. "Was that a-Chainsaw?!" Allen quickly sat up and tried to get away. His heart was pounding in his rib cage. "That psycho!" Allen thought panicked.
Komui looked surprised. "Oh? You are up already?" Komui asked stunned. Allen shoot him a dirty look. Komui laughed nervously and stepped a few steps back. This time he wouldn´t have a clipboard to hide behind if Allen wanted to punch him.
Allen sighed. "Why are you here? And where´s Lenalee?" Allen asked worried. Komui gave him thumps up. "I am here to heal you! And we are at a hospital. A Miss Mirander gave us a message and we got here as fast as we could." Komui explained. He tried to hide his sadness behind his glasses and his big grin. But he couldn´t fool Allen.
"You sneaked out from work didn´t you?" Allen deadpanned. Komui flinched. "How cruel! I just wanted to help~!" Komui cried. Allen rolled his eyes.
They heard a chuckle from the door. Allen looked over and his eyes widen. That was the redhaired boy from his Vision a while back! The redhead was leaning against the door frame. He had an eye patch on, an orange scarf and a Bandana that kept his hair out of his face.
"Lenalee is with the Panda so, she will be fine. The name´s Lavi by the way." The Redhead greeted. "A-Allen Walker, it´s nice to meet you." Allen stuttered. Lavi gave him a smile. Allen held back a flinch. "That smile is so fake.." Allen thought with concern. Like somebody could fool him. He smiled at Kanda for the Earl´s sake! He knew a fake smile when he saw one. After all he used them himself.
"Before I forgot, we got a letter for you from Miss Mirander!" Komui stated while he gave Allen the letter. Allen quickly read it and smiled fondly.
"Good to know that you now have a place to work, Mirander. I can´t wait to see you soon!" Allen thought warmly. She had needed that self confidence.
KICK! Lavi flew into the room. A old man was standing where Lavi was a moment ago.
"Out of the way, Brat!" the old man demanded. Lavi only whined and pouted at him. "You stupid Panda-Ack!" the old man kicked Lavi in the head. Komui and Allen sweat dropped.
"An odd pair…" Allen thought nervously. The old man came near him. "You may call me Bookman, Destroyer of Time, Allen Walker. That over there is my childish student Lavi. Please don´t mind, he´s harmless most of the time." The old man greeted while he and Allen shook hands. He looked at Allen´s eye that was bandaged. He went to take of the Bandage but Allen moved back.
They looked at him surprised. Allen quickly thought of something.
"It´s going to heal itself in two days or so! It always does." Allen assured them. Komui looked at him sternly. "That information wasn´t on your report Allen." He stated. Allen only laughed nervously. "That isn´t the only thing that was missing from it." Allen thought. "Master isn´t good with such things. Maybe he was drunk when he made it?" Allen explained. That was a total lie. Neah and Cross did that Report together.
They seemed to buy his lie thankfully. Bookman and Lavi had some telepathic conversation it seemed because Lavi took Allen by his arm and dragged him out.
"Let´s build some snowmen!" Lavi cheered. Allen stumbled after him.
Outside.
Lavi and Allen were building a snowman together. "Hey, how old are you?" Lavi asked all of a sudden. "Fifteen." Allen answered. Lavi seemed surprised. "Oh, I thought you were 13, or so. Hey, but that means I am older~!" Lavi said happily. Allen´s eye twitched. What was it with people and his height or age?!
Lavi turned to Allen. "Can I call you Beansprout?" He asked like a little child. Allen´s head turned so fast to Lavi, that he was worried he would break it.
"WHAT?!" Allen demanded annoyed. Lavi shrunk behind the snowman. "No fair! Yuu calls you that too!" Lavi complained childish. Allen was confused. "I?" Allen asked Lavi while he shoot him a weird look. Lavi laughed.
"No, Yuu, you know Yuu Kanda? It´s his first name!" Lavi informed Allen with a grin. Allen´s face turned sour. "He calls me many things. Like Beansprout, Beanstalk, Shorty, Dwarf, should I go on?" Allen asked dryly. Lavi shook his head. "Nope I am good thanks!" Lavi joked.
"…Stop that." Allen demanded quietly. Lavi looked at him weirdly. "I don´t know what you mean? Stop what..?" Lavi asked confused, he gave him a smile. Allen shoot him a look. One bright Silver eye clashed with a Dull Green eye.
"Stop prepending. That smile is more fake than Master´s promise to stop drinking, shoving his debts on me and going back to the Black Order." Allen responded like it was a fact. Lavi was stunned but covered it up quickly. He narrowed his eye.
"My smile is not fake!" He protested. Allen shoot him a Are-you-kidding-me? Look. Lavi sighed. "Fine, you saw through it. Mind telling me how you did during a walk?" Lavi asked serious. Allen nodded. The two began walking through the streets.
Lavi had his arms crossed behind his head. He looked down at Allen. "So, how?" He asked curiously. Allen only smiled softly. "It was so painfully obvious that it hurt. How I know? When you use a fake smile you learn how to tell a real one and a fake one apart." Allen replied softly. Lavi raised an eyebrow.
"Used one huh?" Lavi muttered to himself. Allen shoot him a smile. "How is it to be a Student of Bookman?" Allen asked interested. Lavi was taken aback. Normally nobody would ask him that. He hesitated with his next answer.
"It´s…boring I guess? Always work, work and more work! And Panda never let´s me rest! I can´t even know the real secret stuff!" Lavi complained with a pout. Allen grinned amused. "Always working could be kinda tiring." Allen admitted. Lavi snorted. "Tell me about it. You were the Student of General Cross Marian or not? That man has a horrible reputation." Lavi declared.
Allen scowled. "He´s even more horrible in Person trust me. Devil in human form. Worse than every Akuma I met." Allen assured. Lavi shuddered.
"Now let´s hope we will not meet him." Allen sighed. "Now, aren´t there any drawbacks from being a Bookman?" Allen starred at Lavi curiously. Lavi opened his mouth to protest, but backed down when he saw Allen´s sharp look.
"Damn, why can´t I fool him? He´s just a kid!" Lavi thought frustrated. He wasn´t supposed to be figured out! Least of all by a kid he just met!
"….How´s your eye? Aren´t you scared now that you can´t sense Akuma?" Lavi tried to change the topic. Allen scoffed. "It´s not the first time I am without my eye so, No I am not. Nice try to change the topic, but please answer my question from before." Allen praised with a dangerous smile. Lavi cussed inwardly.
"First rule is, Bookmans don´t have hearts." Lavi answered emotionless. Allen flinched a bit at the tone. Lavi had a loathing empty smile on his face. Allen couldn´t help but think that the look didn´t suit him. At all.
"Let me guess, you became attached to some people?" Allen inquires softly. Lavi was silent. Allen took it as a Yes. "You know, I don´t believe in that crap. Bookman cares for you doesn´t he? So isn´t it like breaking his rule?" Allen responded. Lavi looked at him stunned.
"B-But that." Lavi began, but Allen cut him off. "You don´t have to answer me or anything. Just think about it alright? Nobody can be emotionless, not even Kanda, no matter how hard he tries to hide it with that stick in his ass." Allen said serious, he even said the last part with a straight face. Lavi burst out laughing.
"Thanks I guess Beansprout. Yuu was right. You are strange." Lavi smiled a small genuine smile. It made Allen more than happy to see it. Like there was still hope.
Allen huffed. "You all are just freakish tall." Allen defended. Lavi ruffled his hair. "If telling yourself that makes you sleep better at night, Bean." Lavi teased. He was feeling a bit better from this conversation.
Allen suddenly stopped and Lavi tensed up. "There are-." Allen whispered quietly. He held his left hand. Lavi only nodded. "I know." He responded. He had a Hammer in his hand. They slowly continued to walk. To others it would seem that they were carefree, but they were both ready for anything.
Allen felt a strange pull. "Neah!" Allen thought surprised. He could feel that Neah was near. "What´s he doing here?!" Allen was a bit panicked when he was honest with himself. He could be in danger! When the Noah´s sensed him already…
"Hey, is something wrong, Beansprout?" Lavi whispered to him. He bumped his shoulder into Allen´s. That made Allen snap back. He smiled nervously. "Yes! No! I-I mean, I-I have an idea, could we split up-." Allen suggested hastily. Lavi gave him a dry look.
"Yuu told me that you get lost easy and with so many Akuma around here? Not a chance. You seem nervous, what are you hiding?" Lavi demanded with a sharp look. Allen looked around and sighed. "Shouldn´t have tried to fool a Bookman. I have to be more careful." Allen reminded himself.
Allen took Lavi´s hand. "We have to meet someone." Allen stated urgently. Lavi let himself be dragged along. He was curious who Allen was gonna meet now. He seemed to be in a hurry to meet that person.
"Is it a secret Lover?" Lavi teased. Allen pinched his hand. "Ow!" Lavi winced. "Man, Allen sure has a lot of strength in his left hand." Lavi thought nervous. He didn´t even pay attention to the fact that he called him "Allen" and not "Kid" in his head anymore. Or that Allen´s hand was still damaged. Not as badly as before, but it still wasn´t healed.
They were walking across the street when suddenly a few people turned into Akuma and began shooting at them. They cussed silently, as they were separated. Lavi got his hammer ready. Allen went to activate his Innocence, but hands shoot out and dragged him into an Alleyway. Allen struggled.
"Shh, Nephew!" A voice tried to quieten him. Allen tensed up a bit, but he relaxed when he heard the voice. The person was holding him against a firm chest. Their Arms were around his waist.
"Neah…, what are you doing here? Are you insane?!...wait that´s a stupid question, of course you are." Allen growled with sarcasm. He turned around and saw Neah standing there. Neah only gave him a glare, that was so unusual that Allen bit his lip to stop a flinch.
"What do you think?! I wanted to make sure that you are okay, personally." Neah hissed angry. Allen winced. He held up his hands in a peace offering. "Look, I am fine. I am still breathing aren´t I?" Allen assured him with a smile. Neah raised an eyebrow. He snorted.
"Yes, I believe you, because a person who went against Road could be fine. I saw your wounds when you were unconscious." Neah reminded him with a frown. Allen looked down. "I-I sorry okay? But I have to get back and help Lavi!" Allen apologized. He went to get back to Lavi, but someone grabbed the back of his Exorcist cloak hood.
"You aren´t going anywhere till we have discussed how you have to act if you are against a Noah! And your Innocence was nailed to a wall by her Candles. I don´t think it would be wise to use it too much." Neah scowled at him.
He looked at the Innocence in disdain. He didn´t like the thing, but it protected Allen, so he could live with it. He shoot Allen a look. His expression was serious and stern. His Golden eyes showed determination, worry and anger. He rarely looked like that. Normally he was gentle and cheerful. Ah, don´t forget sarcastic.
Allen huffed. He tried to ignore the stab of guilt he felt at the mention of his Innocence. He knew that his partner was hurt, but he couldn´t just stand around doing nothing! He felt his Innocence hum in agreement. Allen got more self confidence through that. "We will do it together, like the team we are, right?" Allen thought warmly. His Innocence hummed. Allen narrowed his eyes at Neah.
"I know, I promise that I will be more careful, okay? I have got you to have my back right? So don´t worry. What are you going to do if the Noah sense you?" Allen demanded. He knew that Neah was protective but this was getting to far! Lavi needed his help! And he got himself into danger too! Allen wasn´t a little child anymore.
Neah shoot him a look that promised that this wasn´t the end of the discussion, but his eyes soften. "They can´t sense me, because of our bond, even if I am here. They won´t notice me till your Memories awaken fully. How do you think I got here? I quickly used the Ark." Neah explained, like it was totally normal to walk through the home of your family that would be out for your blood if they knew you were alive.
He pulled Allen into a hug when he saw that he was looking alarmed when he mentioned that he used the Ark.
"I have to get back now, please be more careful. I swear I will die from a heart attack if you continue. And I am just 20! I guess recklessness lies in he family?" Neah whispered softly. Allen hugged him back. "I will, I promise!" Allen assured with confidence. Neah pulled back and ruffled Allen´s hair. "Good to hear! But know, that I will always watch over you!" Neah grinned. Allen shoot him a blank look.
"Stalker." Allen accused, but you could see a gentle smile on his lips. Neah waved and walked out of the Alleyway in his human from. Allen went after him and saw that Lavi had trouble with some Akuma. He quickly shoot them. His Innocence hurt a bit when he used it, but he had a high pain tolerance.
Lavi looked relived to see him. "Finally! What took you so long, Beansprout? Don´t tell me you got lost?!" Lavi yelled with a grin. Allen pouted. "No, I had trouble!" Allen defended. ´In the form of an overprotective uncle´ was left unsaid.
Lavi quickly ran towards Allen, he saw how a young man, maybe at the beginning of his twenties walked around a corner. He memorized the Back of the stranger. He had a feeling like that man would be important in the future.
"Grab on the Hammer! They are too much for us." Lavi said while he held out his hammer. Allen blinked a few times and grabbed onto the handle. Lavi counted to three.
"Hold on tight!" Lavi warned. Allen nodded confused. The hammer started growing and they were flying at high speed. Allen held onto the Hammer for his dear life. "Why is it always me? First Lenalee now this!" Allen cried in his head. He heard Lavi laugh. "I am surrounded by psychos!" Allen screamed inside his head. They managed to lose the Akuma, who were on their trail.
CRASH! BOOM!
Allen and Lavi crashed into the room, where Lenalee was resting. Lavi shook of books that were lying on him from the impact with the bookcase. He saw how Lenalee stood in the room with her Innocence activated. She stood in front of Komui, like she was protecting him. Bookman stood to the side. Inside the room was lying a half dead Akuma.
Lavi looked around for Allen. "You used it to fly again, didn´t you?" Bookman accused with a sigh. Lavi only grinned at him. "But it was fun! Right Allen?" Lavi asked happily. They heard a groan from under Lavi. Lavi was sitting on Allen without noticing.
"Get off! You are heavy!" Allen demanded with a glare. Lavi held his chest dramatic, like he was stabbed with a knife. "Are you saying I am fat? I am not! These are muscles and I am awesome for your information." Lavi commented with a grin. Allen´s glare deepened. Lavi got of him.
"Admit it, Beansprout. You liked it!" Lavi teased, while he helped Allen up. Allen only looked at him blank, the he punched Lavi in the shoulder. Lavi stumbled. "OW! So mean!" Lavi complained. Allen held his left fist up as a warning, but you could see a light pink on his cheeks. Lavi laughed nervously and hid behind Bookman.
Bookman punched Lavi on the head. "OWW! Why are you all hitting me today?! That´s abuse you know!" Lavi whined. He held his head in pain.
Lenalee went over to the half dead Akuma. She raised her foot threatingly. "Why are you here?" She demanded coldly. The Akuma only made unidentifying noises. Komui sighed.
"Do it." He said. Lenalee kicked down and destroyed it. She deactivated her Innocence. "What now, Brother?" She asked him with a frown. Komui looked at them.
"We will discuss what you have to do right now. As you may not know a General was murdered last night." Komui informed grimly. Lenalee looked horrified. Her eyes wide with sadness. Allen had a sad look on his face. Lavi´s face was blank.
"We need to find the Heart of the Innocence soon. Before the Noahs anyway. The Order decided to send out Exorcist groups to search and protect the Generals." Komui continued in strong voice. His eyes were narrowed. Then he suddenly smiled.
"We even have a secret weapon~!" Komui stated cheerfully. The others looked at him in surprise. "What do you mean, Brother?" Lenalee asked confused. Komui only laughed evily and pointed at Allen. Allen stepped back in surprise.
"Me?" Allen stuttered stunned. Komui nodded. He pushed his glasses up. "You, Allen Walker are the only one who could possibly find General Cross Marian! With Timcampy together you would find him in no time!" Komui cracked evily. Allen´s face turned white.
Allen tried to escape through the Window, but Lenalee and Komui held him back. Allen struggled wildly. "Noooo! I don´t want to! Anything but that! I refuse!" Allen cried desperately. Komui only laughed and tightened his grip.
"You don´t have a choice." Komui informed him with a big smile. Allen glared at him. "Watch me!" Allen hissed. He tried even harder to struggle now. Lavi looked at him in disbelief. "It couldn´t have been so bad." Lavi muttered. Allen´s head snapped to him.
"Ha! That man is a cruel womanizing Bastard!" Allen yelled. Lavi looked surprised. "Good hearing." Bookman remarked. Lenalee huffed. "Calm down already!" She demanded. Allen looked down. Lenalee glared up at him. He flinched and sighed.
"Why do we even have to search for him? He is to hard to kill. Trust me I tried, he isn´t going to die, so why do we have to search for him so suddenly?" Allen inquires with a scowl. Komui laughed nervously at the Information.
"Well, Orders are Orders! Now, you have to go. Bookman, Lavi, my dear Lenalee~ and Allen. You have to catch a train!" Komui said with a grin. They sighed and moved out to the train station.
In the train.
Lenalee sighed as she relaxed in her seat. "We caught it." She said in relief. They were really close to miss the train. Allen sat across from her and Lavi sat next to him. Beside her sat Bookman.
Allen smiled at her. "I am glad your alright." Allen admitted softly. Lenalee shoot him an annoyed smile. "Thanks." She replied coldly. Allen winced.
"Soooo, we know that he doesn´t use the Church to get around. So how does he have so much money? How can we find him, if nobody has seen him?" Lavi asked bored. Bookman shot him a disapproving look.
Allen chuckled darkly. "Hahaha, of course Master doesn´t use the Church! He borrows Money from his Lovers or other people and then he doesn't pay it back. When his collectors catch up with him, he send me to pay his debt." Allen said darkly. They looked at him in pity. "And I know the names of almost every Inn, Lover or the person he owes money to." Allen informed with a sigh.
"And how do you pay it back?" Lavi inquires curiously. Allen shoot him an innocent smile. "I had to work it off, but since a few years I pay it off by gambling." Allen answered. They others sweat dropped. "So you went that far?" they thought.
"You kids can try to get some sleep. The whole train ride is going over night. In the morning we will get something to eat and then we have to get on another train." Bookman said stern. They nodded.
Allen´s Perspective.
I tried to get Lenalee to look at me, but she ignores me. I knew that she was still angry about what happened with Road and the Akuma there. I sighed quietly, while I leaned against the glass of the window.
She couldn´t understand. It´s so horrible and painful to watch a Soul disappear into nothingness after it suffered for so long! The feeling that it could have been someone important to you. She couldn´t understand how it was to hear that Soul cry out to you, to plead to you to help it, save it. Or how the Heartbreaking Scream of it when it disappears could make you feel. So useless, guilty, sad, frustrated and angry at yourself for not saving the soul sooner.
I hide a pained smile behind my hand. "It was all my fault and she has every right to be angry right now." I thought grimly. I deserved it. I hated myself for letting that Soul suffer.
"Stop it you self sarcificing Idiot! Stop your pathetic self pity right now! What does it bring you? Nothing, but the that Retarded Uncle of yours that is whining about his poor Nephew, he´s at fault and how he´s going to kill everyone and himself! So you didn´t manage to save one Soul and now your crying? There are thousand out there! You want them to disappear too? Then you can drown in your self pity!" I remembered the harsh words that Master said to me the first time I saw one Akuma destroy itself. It managed to cheer me up a bit.
I felt my eyes drop. I was still sleepy it seemed. "Well, two or three hours aren´t going to kill me." I thought tired. I dreamed.
Lenalee´s Perspective.
I turned my head into an other direction when I saw that Allen was trying to make Eye contact. I was silently seething. How could he think every things alright after what he did?! He just ran towards the Explotion! He could have died! I tried to calm down. It wouldn´t get me anywhere if I was angry.
"He´s such an Idiot!" I thought annoyed but no longer angry. How selfish can he get?! I would have been sad if he died and all he does is when I save him is yelling at me! How dare he?!
I heard him sigh quietly. I looked at him of the corner of my eyes. He could feel my eyes soften. He looked tried. He was leaning against the Window and he looked like he would fall asleep any second now.
"He was more hurt than me, maybe I am too hard on him?" I thought worried, but quickly shook that thought away. No way, would my resolve to stay mad at him weaken! He had to see that what he did was wrong!
….But could I let my anger get in the way of caring for a friend? I bit my lip. I was getting unsure. "If he was your friend he wouldn´t have yelled at you for saving him." A voice whispered in my head. It strangely sounded like me. I wanted to protest, that Allen was my friend, but I hesitated.
Is he? I have only known him for like two weeks? Maybe he didn´t see me as a friend? …But I thought after the talk that we had in the Garden...I kind of felt that he was an important friend already. I mean I could talk to him better than to my brother. Allen was so much more understanding and he saw right through me.
"Maybe I was too fast with the friendship?" I thought bitterly. I saw how Allen´s head feel on Lavi´s shoulder. I noticed how Lavi tensed up and was sure he would gently push Allen of him, but to my surprise he didn´t do anything but relax. That was strange. I couldn´t help but feel a bit of jealousy and envy. Allen never was leaning on me for anything. Not even if it was for helping him get breakfast or if I dragged him. He always was on guard. It wasn´t fair.
Some may call me naïve, but I noticed things too. I can observe too. I noticed for example how Allen tensed up when somebody he didn´t know or trusted touched him. Or how he seemed to know what´s bothering someone. "So I am not the only one who already became attached to Allen?" I thought smug. I crossed my arms and watched them.
Bookman left a while ago to do something. He hadn´t said what, it was probably a secret. I couldn´t stop the gentle smile from forming on my lips. I saw that Lavi was starring at me.
"He got you too didn´t he?" I asked quietly with an accusing tone. Even if I was still angry at Allen, I would let him rest for now. Maybe I would kick him once he woke up for revenge or scold him or tell Komui that he made me cry. I smiled amused at the thought and couldn´t stop a giggle. Allen´s face would be priceless.
Lavi´s Perspective.
I was deep in thought. How could Allen have seen through me like I was an open book?! That should have been impossible. "Yuu-chan was right. Somethings up with him." I thought suspicious.
I nearly fell of my chair when I heard Kanda Yuu talking about someone else who wasn´t a superior to him. Even if he cussed and insulted Allen while he talked about him. The fact that he already gave Allen a nickname said more about the situation, than it seemed to other people.
And then there was the thing with Lenalee. She was angry at Allen for something I didn´t know. That alone meant that Allen was important to her. She only got angry when someone she deemed important did something reckless and I could tell that Allen was the kind who was like that. Especially from what Yuu-chan told me.
I heard Allen sigh tiredly next to me. "Well, he was hurt pretty badly." I reminded myself. It made sense that he would need sleep to heal. He was a fast healer when I heard correctly. He was like Yuu-chan in that aspect.
I closed my eye for a moment to sort out my thoughts. I felt something on my shoulder. I tensed up and looked to my left. Allen´s head was lying on my shoulder now. I could tell from his even breathing that he was fast asleep. I considered my options.
I could push him off and possibly wake him up or make myself more comfortable, so I could get some rest too. I took a deep breath and relaxed. "Better let him sleep. He needs it." I assured myself. I couldn´t get attached. Allen can´t fight to hundred procent if he´s still tired. Maybe he would heal faster with more rest? The poor kid had General Cross Marian as his Master, he was punished enough. Not to mention he met a Noah on his last mission.
I looked at Lenalee and saw something like…Jealously? Pass through her eyes. Okay, now I was confused. Maybe she liked Allen? Komui will have his head if she did. I held back a grin. I saw her smile at something. I couldn´t help but be curious to what made her smile. She looked up.
"He got you too didn´t he?" I heard her say. She said it like she knew the answer already. My brain came to a quick halt. No-no-no! I couldn´t become attached! I was not supposed to have heart! If he could make me warm up to him during one day, that would mean I was losing my touch. I wouldn´t be worthy of being a Bookman! That was my life goal.
Panda would be disappointed! How could I record history if I couldn´t even be distant?! I blinked a few times, when I heard her giggle. What was so funny now?
"I don´t know what your talking about Lenalee." I responded with a grin. Yes, I denied it. It was all I could do. Deny, deny, deny! I will believe it in time. I saw he frown. Not good.
"You know what I mean Lavi. Just admit it. He is strange isn´t he?" She retorted with a sharp look. My grin turned more nervous. "Nope! I agree that he is strange, I mean Yuu-chan did give him a nickname in such a short time." I swiftly dodged the first part of her demand. She seemed to notice but let it go with a sigh.
"You know, it isn´t good to deny things. Who knows how long we will live? We could all die tomorrow." She replied softly. My gaze turned more serious. "I know that." I answered. I felt Allen flinch besides me. I quickly petted his head. I saw Lenalee shoot me a smug grin.
"Aww, your like a big brother!" She teased me. I felt myself blush a bit. I shoot her a teasing smirk. "And you're the Big sister then!" I chuckled. I saw Lenalee blush a bit. She looked away. "I-It would be nice to have a little brother!" She defended. Then she looked down. "Not like he would see me as that. He doesn´t think of me as a Friend." She muttered depressed. I raised an eyebrow.
"I don´t think so. His worry for you was real." I informed her. She looked up hopeful. "You think so?" she whispered. I shoot her a big grin. "No, I know so!" I assured. She gave me a bright smile. "Thanks!" she said. I shook my head.
"No problem." I replied with a smile. I felt Allen shift and then he muttered something.
"Master…debts….3.500 euro for Miss Noches in Spain,…495.976 euro for the Inn in France...swear—didn´t….see!...No!-Master!...drop the Hammer!...help!...eah…" I heard Allen muttered. I sweat dropped. Poor kid. Cross Marian was really evil it seemed.
"Did he just say a name at the end?" I heard Lenalee inquire softly. I shrugged my shoulders, but recorded the all he said. I searched through my pocket and found a marker.
I opened it and drew on Allen´s face. I held back a snicker. He looked ridiculous. Lenalee shoot me a disapproving look. "What? It´s funny!" I whined. She gave a giggle. "You are a mean big brother!" She joked. I snorted. "No, I am an awesome one." I retorted with a smile. She pointed at me with a smirk.
"You didn´t deny it!" She said with a victory sign. I pouted. "Like I could, you would not stop accusing me!" I defended. She sighed fondly. "How about your best Friends then?" She stated with grin.
I considered it. "Well, I guess that wouldn´t be so bad." I agreed. I wouldn´t tell her that I already considered it as a friend. Not many people could see through me, I guess I could give him some slack. A friend doesn´t seem so bad. I just had to hide it from Bookman. I guess Lenalee and Yuu-chan counted as that too.
"Who knows how long we will live? We could die tomorrow!" I remembered what Lenalee said. "I don´t care about that crap! Bookman cares for you doesn´t he? Isn´t that like breaking his own rule?!" I heard Allen´s words from before. I couldn´t get them out of my head! Why am I doubting myself now?! I don´t understand!
I yawned. "Let´s sleep now." I suggested. Lenalee nodded and we got more comfortable. I heard her breathing even out. Soon I fell asleep.