Title: Don't let go.

Genre: Humor, Fluff

Summary: Lavi and Lenalee finally goes on a date, but how would it go if Allen and Kanda were openly following them?

I do not own D. Gray-man.

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"Wah! Lenalee! They're here! They're here!" Lavi exclaimed half-panickingly, half-excitedly. Lenalee mentally asked herself if he was actually enjoying this hide-and-seek she and him; and Kanda and Allen are having which was originally their long awaited date in the town. Just the two of them, together.

Lenalee had known that it wouldn't be that easy, especially on Lavi's part, to schedule a date with only the two of them. After all, she has to have some, if not plenty, over protective brothers. However, never did it came to her mind that Allen and Kanda would openly and shamelessly tail them on the town and threatened to tear Lavi in half if he ever did something inappropriate to her. Although they wanted to do it separately, she doesn't know how they still ended up together.

But they were there, searching and looking for them as Lenalee and Lavi hide behind an alley while waiting to be sighted and eventually, to run away from them again and again.

Lenalee glanced at Lavi who was warily eyeing the two. She wonders if he feels tired and exhausted even though it wasn't even in the middle of the day. She feels sorry for him. Ever since the day they started to date, Lavi has been receiving piercing gazes all around The Order and has been subjecting into interrogation every now and then, and he has to put up with it without any complaints.

And now, this. They finally had the chance to spend time together but it's only getting wasted at their futile attempts of being out of sight. Lenalee felt guilty all of a sudden.

She knew it has to be tiring and frustrating. After all, they had yet to sit on a cafe and talk over coffee since they left and arrived at the town. She hadn't even heard his boisterous laugh after a surprisingly funny joke and hadn't even seen his boyish smile that reaches his emerald eye because they were too occupied on not getting caught. She could only sighed and watched his crouching, obviously panting, form as she pondered about the wasted opportunity.

"Ah! Lenalee, they're coming here and Yuu's been gripping his Mugen. He's ready to draw it anytime now." Lavi said as he gestured for her to come.

Lenalee feels that that was the final straw and thinks that they're already going too far. She was really thankful that Allen and Kanda cared for her a lot and wanted to protect her but all of these tailing and stalking are too much already. She walked to where Lavi was and reached for his hand.

"Lavi, wait." she made him stop and held his hand with both of hers.

"Lenalee?" Lavi questioned and gave her a confused but gentle look and Lenalee's heart did a sudden flip because despite their situation, he was still this soft with her. Again, she suddenly felt a strong wave of guilt because she thinks Lavi is suffering because he was dating her(though everyone will probably disagree).

"Lavi, I'm sorry. I'm sorry that you have to put up with all of these just because you're dating me. I know you must already be feeling sick and tired of all of these things. I'm really sorry." Lenalee said and watched as Lavi's expression turned from confused to understanding and then going back to being soft and caring. He turned to face her and glanced at how her hands were holding his, a small smile grazing on his lips.

"What are you saying, Lenalee? You don't have to apologize about this, especially not because I'm dating you. The moment we started dating, I decided to accept all the consequences that came with it, including receiving all the wrath of the people in The Order." He chuckled and looked at her in the eyes. "I'm aware that liking you also means picking a fight with most of the people in Home, though I'm quite surprised that Allen and Yuu would be much much worse than Komui. But I'm prepared to face all of that if it means I could be with you." he added while scratching his cheek with his free hand as he looked sheepishly at Lenalee. Then he laughed at himself as if shocked that he could say cheesy lines like that.

"Lavi." Lenalee could only softly muttered his name as she listened to him thoughtful.

"Besides, it's not as if the day was completely ruined, right? After all, we're spending time like this together. Don't worry yourself over trivial matters like this. I could deal with your brother and Allen and Yuu and all of the people in Home just fine. So don't worry okay, I'll just have to keep on trying 'til they got tired of shooing me away fom you. " Lavi continued as he shyly smiled at her.

Lenalee suddenly felt her heart sinked because she was feeling really guilty. She never imagined she could hear Lavi say these things to her. She didn't even thought he was thinking this way. She tightened her grip with his hand and looked at him straight in the eye. Lavi furrowed his eyebrows and mentally questioned her sudden change of expression.

"Lavi. I-I never thought you think that way. I was ready to end this because I thought it would never work out and it will only make you suffer, but after hearing what you said, I feel so guilty that I concluded it that way. I'm sorry, I'm sorry for thinking of ending it without even considering how you feel. But now that I know, I will do my best to make it work especially if you're trying so hard like that. I promise to not let your efforts go to waste." she said with full of resolve as Lavi grinned at her.

"That's so like you, Lenalee." He chuckled and Lenalee felt his hand squeezed hers. "I admit that I also had my doubts at first, but all of those were nothing compared to when I am with you. When you said you like me, I was so happy I think I could do anything. And I'm determined to make you happy as well. Like I said, I'll keep on trying and will do anything. These things, your brother and his crazy Komurin, Allen and Yuu, all the people and their rude glances on me, all of these are nothing if it means I could date you, I'd still be the happiest man alive." He finally finished but decided to looked away in the middle of his speech. Maybe he was embarrassed.

Lenalee always thought that despite his silly personality, Lavi is a very sweet and caring guy. But to experience it first hand like this, Lenalee suddenly felt her insides go mushy as her heart do a wild somersault on her ribcage. She sensed all the blood rushed through her face and couldn't help but smile as Lavi peeked at her and shyly looked away when they made eye contact.

Without a second thought, she walked in front of him, stood on her tiptoes and pressed her lips with his. It was just a chaste kiss, a soft peck that didn't even last for two seconds, just enough to make him feel the warmth of her lips. But Lenalee thinks it's already more than enough because she saw how his cheeks turned slightly pink and she thinks it was so cute of him to blush like that.

"Let's go?" Lenalee offered as she watched his shocked expression with a smile on her face. Lavi blinked for a while but nodded anyway as he led her outside that alley, their hands firmly holding each other.

After a moment of comfortable silence, Lavi spoke again to the still smiling Lenalee, "Lenalee, I promise to always hold your hand, but please promise me you won't let go of it, okay?" Lavi said as he squeezed her hand and Lenalee couldn't be any happier than that day.

"I promise." she replied as she returned the gesture.

They walked through the town with contented smiles evident on both their faces, completely forgetting Allen and Kanda who were still following them but became much more calm after hearing their previous conversation. Perhaps, these two could hand Lenalee to the red-headed teen without any unnecessary worry, or not.

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I'm accepting any forms of reaction, from calm and normal to bloody and trashy, just send me a review if you have some. Thanks a lot for checking it out!

ps. was it a bit ooc? i think Lavi is really sweet, though.