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Lavi's POV
I rose groggily from me bed, a knock at the door having woken me up. Walking towards it I opened the door.
"Hey Lavi! Are you ready to join the girls and go out?" Seconds later he noticed my tired face and my dress. Only in what I slept in last night, I gave the image of not being awake, exactly what I am. Not awake. Allen simply gave me a doubtful look.
"Did you really just wake up Lavi?"
Giving him a 'look' I said, "Seriously Allen? Really? Man Moyashi, how early do you get up?" Allen just showed irritation.
"Only at eight in the morning. Not that early."
Again giving him that same 'look' I spoke, "That's way too early. So what time is it?"
Pointing at the clock Allen plainly said, "Eight thirty." I hit my head against the door frame.
"First, ow. Second, can't I get some more sleep? Go wake up the others. And one question, what are you talking about? Going out?"
Allen joined me and my door frame. "Lavi, you must've drunk something that was far off from juice. Either that or you have a bad memory. Just yesterday night I asked if you wanted to come with me, Lenalee, and Rosio out shopping. So will you now that you know what I'm talking about?"
"Yes. I will join you Moyashi." I perked up at the sound of going out with the girls.
"My name's Allen, and alright then. Now I'm going to go wake up the others."
"Can I help?" I asked hoping for a yes.
"I don't know Lavi..."
"Please~?" I begged.
He sighed, "Fine. I'll get Lenalee, I don't want you pulling anything with her. You remember the last time you tried to wake her up." I reminisced upon the memories. Lenalee screamed with a shrill voice just seeing me sitting in a chair beside her. I didn't even do anything. "Well once I'm done I'm going to the cafeteria. Come down once you're done." He began to walk off.
"Kay!" I called, closing the door and entering my room. "I guess I better not go back to sleep. It'll be hours before I come done then. Oi."
I ran out of my room still fixing my headband. "Gotta go wake up Rosio without scaring her. Gotta go wake up Rosio without scaring her." I chanted out loud to myself. I need to do this without scaring her like Lenalee. I ran into the various halls and stopped. I gained a moment of realization. The fact is, "Where's Rosio's room?"
I turned in circles to find it. Soon after becoming dizzy I saw someone walking up to me. "Um, Lavi? What on earth are you doing?" After having fallen down I looked up.
"Oh, hi Lenalee-chan."
"Lavi, what are you doing on the floor?"
"Nothing much. Just a little tired."
She laughed along with me. "Well I don't think the floor is the best place to get sleep. Right?" She said, extending her hand to me.
"Your right about that Lenalee-chan!"
I stood on my own. "By the way, do you know where Rosio's room is?"
Lenalee gave a confused stare. "I thought you were supposed to go wake her up? I only came to make sure you didn't scare her, under Allen's orders."
I snapped my fingers. "Ah. Thoughtful Moyashi! Always knows just what to do! So how did he wake you up?"
"He just knocked and I got up and answered. I'm a pretty light sleeper, so I wake up easily to things like that."
She chuckled as I thought, Well I guess that destroys my idea of drawing on her face...
"Speaking of, how are you going to wake up Rosio if you're not there Lavi?"
"Ah! I forgot! So where's Rosio's room?"
Pointing she said, "Down the hall you take a left, then another left, then go downstairs, then enter the sixth door on your right."
Catching every detail I ran yelling, "Thanks Lenalee-chan! I promise not to scare her!" leaving a cloud of dust behind.
I looked at the door in front of me, still panting. "Finally. I finally...got here." I knocked on the door. "Rosio." No answer. "Hey, Rosio! It's time to get up!" Still no answer. Opening the creaking door slowly, only making it creak more, I entered her room. It was clean and normal. As expected since this was her first night here.
Looking over I saw a pile. The only difference from this and Komui's office is that the office is papers and a person and this is sheets and a person (a girl to be specific.) Her blond hair spread across her face and pillow. She was still in the clothes she came in.
Gliding towards her I brushed the hair from her face. She looked peaceful. Not as nervous as she did when she actually got here. Still cute though. Now I only have one question, how should I wake her up?
Shaking her shoulders was my first attempt. It ultimately failed. The second was pinching her nose and covering her mouth with my other hand. I was surprised this didn't work. Could she really hold her breath this long? I was worried that she may be sick so I placed my hand on her forehead. Her eyes flashed awake, her hand grabbing my wrist in one swift motion. "Gah! Don't just wake up like that Rosio!"
"Ah! Lavi!" She jumped up. "What are you doing here?"
"I came to wake you up. Allen told me too." She sighed. "Man, you gave me a heart attack for a moment there." She smiled.
I stood. "So, are you ready?"
"Ready for...?" I gave a blank look.
"Really Rosio? Really?"
"Well I don't know what's going on. I just got here last night. So where are we going?"
"Were going shopping. It was Lenalee-chan's idea, but Allen's the one that asked me and Miranda. He should've asked Yuu too, but he's out on a missio-"
"Woah, woah, woah, woah. Wait a minute. That was a guy?" I laughed and rolled on the floor. Wiping a tear from my eye I sat back up.
"Yeah! Yuu a guy! You should've seen when I first met him. I thought he was some hot girl!" She laughed along with me.
After a few minutes of laughter, I decided to drag her down to the Dining Hall. She agreed entirely.
"So, Lavi. Why do you call everyone by nicknames?" I thought for a moment. I realize that I've never really thought about it before.
"I guess I just like to feel like I don't have to be so formal around them."
"So would you consider everyone here your friends?"
I paused, "Well-
"Wow." Her voice echoed. "I didn't notice that the Dinning Hall was this large. Woah." She looked in awe. I couldn't help the corners of my lips curving up. My eyes soften at the sight of such nice feelings. My eyes twitched though as I saw Allen and his mountain. I could imagine having to hike to get up to the top of the pile, hopefully not breaking anything.
"Hey, fook it's Vavi and Fovio." Allen spoke with a mouthful. He meant to say 'Hey, look it's Lavi and Rosio.' I think...
"Hi Allen." She waved.
"Hey, Short Stack." Allen glared swallowing his mouthful.
"It's Allen. Come on over here and sit." He smiled away from me. Going to sit beside him he pulled the chair out from under me. I glared up at him and went to the other side as he said he didn't do anything.
"So what are you going to eat Rosio?" Lenalee asked as she strode up to us.
"Hi Lenalee-chan. I'm not sure what I'm going to eat. What all does the Black Order have?"
"Everything." Allen said clearly.
"Well alright then. I guess if it's not too much trouble I'll go ask for some sushi." We blankly stared. Sushi at breakfast? Really? "What? I like sushi. Is there a problem? I used to eat it a lot when I lived with my family."
Oh, I forgot something. "So Rosio, what do you think your family is doing since you're gone?"
She looked thoughtful. "Probably just doing work like usual. I doubt they care much." Well, that's sad. "Well I'm going to go get some food, so I'll be back."
"You sure you'll be fine on your own?"
She glared. "I'm not a kid Allen. I'm sixteen. I shouldn't have to hear this from a fifteen year old." She stalked off.
"Hey, I never told her I was fifteen. Did any of you?" Allen grabbed another piece of steak. "Actually,"
Lenalee sat beside Allen. "Just yesterday, I found out that she already knew about my innocence."
"Hey, guys, Let's just calm down. Kay? I bet it's nothing." Secretly I thought, How does she know these things. She might have learned about Lenalee when she saw her and Allen fighting the Akuma, but how would she know about Allen's age? It's impossible-
"She also told me that she knew because she saw my files in Komui's office, but my files are in the Asian branch right now. There's no way." We all thought skeptically about the new Exorcist. What was she that she knows about us? What was she before the Order?
"What's wrong guys?" I jumped. She carried a full plate of sushi with miso soup.
"Oh, I see you did well ordering Rosio," I laughed nervously.
"Well yeah. It's not that hard." She sat beside me. "Though that chef is...odd..." She shivered.
"Yeah, Jerry can be pretty...yeah..." I trailed off at a lack for words.
"So once you finish eating, do you think we should go?" I looked at Rosio.
"Sure, If all of you are ready." Everyone nodded including me. She happily ate her dish and we all began talking about where we should go. But no matter how much we talk, I still have that feeling that something's wrong. That Rosio is hiding something from us. I've decided. I will, I'll figure it out, soon, hopefully.
Rosio's POV
We walked past the other doors. We had to go to get something from Lavi's room that he forgot. He said he couldn't go anywhere without his...scarf? I don't see why. It's so hot outside.
"Eliade?" We each turned at the sound of Krory's voice. "Eliade? Is it really you? Eliade!" The tall man started to race towards me in tears.
"Ah! Whose Eliade? Mr. Krory sir, stop! Ah!" I ran down the halls. I skidded to a stop once I noticed I wasn't being chased anymore. Behind me, Mr. Krory was being held back by Allen and Lavi and distracted by Lenalee.
"But, Eliade! You must let me see my dear Eliade!"
"Idiot! That's not Eliade! That's Rosio! Don't you remember?"
Krory paused. "Rosio? Oh! I remember now! Sorry Miss Rosio." He held up a hand politely in apology. "It's fine." I gulped. "But who's this 'Eliade' person?"
Krory just cried saying something about, "My dear Eliade! The only one I will ever love truly with all my heart." He continued sobbing into his gloved hand. Lenalee seemed to be trying to calm him. I felt bad. I wish I could've said something, but before I could I was leaving. More like being dragged though, mostly by Lavi and Allen, actually, only by Lavi and Allen. Lenalee was just making sure Krory wasn't going to chase after us.
Finally we made it to Lavi's room and got his scarf. Thank god Krory went back to his room. At least that's what Lenalee told us.
"So whose this Eliade person?" I asked completely confused.
"Well, I don't know. What about you two, Allen, Lavi? You two were on the mission when you first met him. I wasn't there."
Lavi and Allen exchanged worried looks. "Well...he probably called you that because you somewhat resemble Eliade, with the blond hair and red eyes. You pretty much have the same figure as her two. Actually-
Lavi was cut off by a hit in the head by Allen. "What was that Allen?" He shouted with fist in face.
"Don't keep talking about that stupid old wench! If Krory heard you then you would regret it!"
I held up my hands, "guys! If you don't stop talking so loudly Krory will hear you." I put a finger over my mouth.
"Man short stack. How could you say 'old wench?' She's too cute for that. I mean really Allen. You're horrible with women. You know?" Lavi babbled. I appreciate the flattery, but this could get annoying after a while.
"Can we please just go. I'm getting sick and tired of these clothes." I was frightened by Lavi's expression.
He put a thumb up. "Strike baby! Strike!"
Lenalee heel-dropped the red head. "Now can we leave before anything else happens?" We all then left to go shopping.
We had left the Order and made it into town. So this is the town outside of the order. This place seems...lively. "Ahem." I cleared my throat. "So, where exactly are all the people around here? And another thing, why do I have the sneaking suspicion that there is a lack of people for the fact that this place is right near the Order?" Allen gave a sigh. "Well, let's just say that Komui makes some odd and...terrorizing...creations. They seem to only listen to him."
"Alright then, so lets shop till we drop guys!" I was happy at the thought of fresh air and new clothes instead of the same one's I've been wearing. I almost forgot that I'm going to get a new uniform. Another thing I forgot about...
"I think I might take a look around on my own. Kay?" I began to walk off.
"Hey Rosio-chan!" Lavi latched on to my shoulder.
"Huh? What is it Lavi?" He smiled a shining smile.
"I thought that we could all go shopping in a group together."
No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No, this isn't good. I need to report to the earl. "Um...actually. Do you think I could make a phone call?"
Lavi's questionable expression showed his uselessness. "To who?"
"My dad." I smiled. I know the earl isn't really my 'dad,' but I had to say something.
"No."
"Huh?"
"Well, as a member of the Order, you are to have no connections with family or old friends, no one outside the Order or people that don't support it."
My brain fried. "Well...my dad is with the people that support the Order. He lives in...the states. Yeah. Texas I'm sure."
Lavi gave a look of doubt. "Alright. But I'm going to be listening." Damn bastard.
"That's fine." The earl better not screw this up... We walked to a building that looked like it was for hats.
"There should be a phone somewhere around here..." Allen searched. "Here it is!" He called. We each ran to the phone. Lavi went to grab it at the same time I did and the phone was flying from his hands to my hands and to everyone as if it was scorching hot.
"Phew."
We calmed down as Lenalee had hold of the phone. "Here you go." She handed me the phone.
"Thank you Lenalee-chan." I let out a breath. I then began to dial the number.
The ringer stopped as a voice answered. "Hello?" The earl's voice was clear as any other day.
"Hi Dad. How is Texas to you?" The earl laughed. I wonder if he gets what's going on.
"It seems as if you want to come home my dear."
I shook my head. "No. Of course not. By the way Dad, I've made it to the Order. I'm an exorcist. Can you believe it? All those stories you told me don''t seem to fit with the real Order. It's much different than how you described. The point is, I might not be home for a long time, so I just wanted you to know that I made it here and I'm safe." I put up a fake smile to fool the others around me. "Well that's all. I love you Dad. I'll be going now so-"
"Before you go, your family wishes to speak to you." I twitched. "But dad, you weren't supposed to tell anyone. You promised." I pushed.
"I didn't tell them. They just noticed you were gone. They don't know you're there yet. So talk to them. I'm handing the phone to Road." I slumped. "Fine," I motioned for the others to wait a while longer.
"So where are ya' Rosio? It's boring around here with just Lero and Tyki." I heard protests from others in the background over this comment of being called 'boring.'
"I'm just 'out and about'."
"Well can I come too-"
"No! I mean...I just want to see how I can do on my own. That's all."
I could almost here her pout on the other end. "Aw~. Well alright then. Skin doesn't want to talk so...Tyki~! Your turn!" I could hear the phone being passed.
"Hey Rosio, how are you? Is everything alright?" My irritation grew. What the heck? It's not like I'm in the hospital or anything? Why are they so worried? This is so stupid.
"I'm fine. Just ask Dad." I glanced at the other three in the room. Allen looked annoyed with how long this was taking. Lenalee just had a look of happiness in seeing such nice family talk. Funny. We almost never are nice to each other. Lavi had the same annoyed expression as Allen.
"Well I'm going to go. I just wanted to say that I'm alright and with good company. So I wish you all luck. Bye!" I hung up the phone quickly.
"Rosio wait! Luck with what-" The phone was disconnected before Tyki could finish. I sighed in relief.
"At least that's over." I turned to the people that stared at me in both annoyance and patience. "Sorry that took so long." I apologized. "Let's go continue, or more to the point of start..., shopping." Lavi turned to the door and we all followed out of the building.
"So where are we going first?"
"Well..." Allen thought. "We could go eat something."
Lenalee disagreed. "I think that we should go get clothes first. That is what you were worried about after all. Right?"
She smiled. "Yeah. Alright then." I returned a smile. We then left to get clothes.
Soon we stopped at a shop filled with dresses and other almost 'formal' clothing.
"Well here we are." Lenalee spoke cheerily. I gave crocked smile.
"Well, actually, are there any not so...formal...clothing shops around here? Like a shop where they sell things like black slacks or something?"
Lenalee look disappointed at this. "I guess..." She turned. "Well you know..." I stopped her.
"We could always see what we find here first."
She smiled triumphantly. "That sounds good."
We started to roam the shop. On occasions Lenalee would show me a dress she liked. One issue though. I didn't like them. "Sorry. I guess I'm just not one for dresses." I scratched the back of my head.
"How about we check out the other place then?" Allen suggested. The guys obviously didn't like this store too much, other than Lavi. He seemed to be paying more attention to the people wearing the dresses rather than the dresses themselves. Pervert...I thought.
We soon left that shop and went to another that I enjoyed more. It had clothes for women that weren't just dresses, but the dresses here were nice too.
I quickly walked over to a wall. "Hey, Lenalee, what about this?" She thought for a moment.
"Hm...I'm not sure. Why don't you go try it on?"
I glanced back down at it. "I will, but let's see if there's any more first. Okay?" She agreed.
What seemed like half an hour later, I had a handful of clothes in my arms. One I picked out. One was Lenalee's idea. Another Allen's, and even one picked out by Lavi. Leaving to go try them on I passed by other people that looked happy as well. Well that's sweet. I wish I could always be this happy...I asked for a dressing room and was allowed one. I sat my clothes down gently before I started to undress myself.
The first I picked up was nice. I wonder what the others think. I knocked on the door. "Um...you there Lenalee?"
I got a "Yes." as a reply.
"I'll show you the first one now if you want me too."
"Alright, I'm ready." She sounded happy as ever.
"Okay. I'm coming out now..." I slowly exited the small space. I only got looks of amusement and confusion.
"Well..." Allen trailed.
"I'll just go try the other one on." I walked away quickly. Taking off the blue dress Lenalee had chosen for me, I decided to try the one Lavi picked next since it was on the top of the remaining pile. I looked at the nice red dress and black over coat that came with it. It sure does look pretty...if only everyday was this relaxing...this...happy... My thoughts clicked off for a split second before I sat down and curled my legs up into a fetal position. I wish everyday was like this...no I don't. 'This' is stupid. It's boring. I held my head. No it's not. It's great. I've never had this much fun.
I've never been this bored! I can't stand this...it's horrible. Horrible...retched. I flinched in my seat as an image came to my mind. What the...? I thought hard. What was it? I can't...remember what I just saw. What just scared me like that? A memory maybe?
I left the image I couldn't remember alone as I slipped on the dress.
"You okay in there Rosio?" I glanced up from the coat. "I'm fine! Just a second." I quickly pulled the black coat on and stepped out. Lavi looked happy. "Hey, that's the one I picked! It looks good." He smiled.
Allen just shook his head. "It does look good...but I don't think..."
"I think it's pretty." Lenalee cut in. Allen couldn't go against Lenalee. I squirmed in the mid-shin length dress.
"Well...I'm going to go try a different one now." I smiled. I went back in. All that's left is Allen's choice and my choice. I went with Allen's since his was the next on top. The dark grey seemed to fit comfortably, and it tied in the back. Issue number one. "Uh...Lenalee? Can I get some assistance with this?"
"Sure!" I could her stand up and come to the door. She quickly dove inside, careful to keep me hidden.
"What's the issue?" I gestured to the string in my hand. "Oh, alright then." She happily took it and began tying up my dress. I could hear her sigh. "You know...this is like having a little sister. I never had any relatives that I know of except my brother, and he's much older than me, so I never got to do things like this with him where I could be the older one. It's nice also to have another girl around, doesn't feel as awkward." She giggled.
"I know what you mean. In my family, there are only two other girls. One's a little girl still in junior high, and another that's usually with Dad. So I know how you feel at least a little." We bonded. Now I know more about how Jasdero and Devit feel, being actual twins and all.
"I'm done." She said.
"Alright." We both turned to open the door. Lenalee went out first, then me. Everyone like it, even Allen. He did pick it out after all.
"That looks good Rosio. It looks like you can move around in it easier too."
I twirled. "Yeah. I can. Thanks Allen."
"You're welcome Rosio." He smiled.
"And now for my choice..." I went back inside. I can only imagine what they think it is. They would never guess. "Okay." I stepped out. "So what do you think?" I held my black gloved hands behind my back. They just gave surprised looks.
"That's..."
"Great." Lavi cut in.
"I was going to say not expected, but that too." Allen spoke annoyed by the interruption.
"Thank you~." I smiled. I could feel the cotton of my shirt against my skin. I had picked out nice, black slacks, and a black tail coat, with red button up. On my hands were ordinary black gloves, with my hair let loose across my shoulders.
"Well should we go now?" I asked exiting the small space for the last time.
"Sure. Let's head out to the next place." Allen announced heading to the counter.
"Actually..." I stopped. "...do you think we could go back to the order now? Not that I'm bored or anything, but I really don't want us to be gone for too long." I scratched at my head.
"Sure. Whatever you say Rosio." Lavi agreed.
"Alright," Lenalee and Allen spoke in unison.
Soon, after paying for the clothes, we were out to go back to the Black Order.
Author's note: I'm pretty sure that makes up for any short chapters. This one was much longer than usual. I do hope you liked it! Please review!
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