A/N:The next two chapters after this are going to be short so I'm going to try to post them around the same time to make it seem longer.
"Hey Kasia~" Lavi sang, his laughter muted by my room's closed door. "Can I come in?"
"Sure." I replied, sitting down on my bed. I had just returned to my room after my trip to the infirmary and assumed the task of cleaning the blood off my szabla. I had replaced my tattered skirt with a brown one of the same length before I went to get patched up.
Lavi froze when he walked through the door and saw whatI was doing, momentarily pausing in his snickering.
Too bad that reprieve didn't last long since he continued his cackling shortly afterwards. What exactly did he find so amusing? Was he trying to agitate me again just 45 minutes after the fight? Or was there really some joke I was missing?
'Wait! What if he wants a response to his confession? Oh gosh, I completely forgot about that!' I panicked, though I maintained a composed façade and continued cleaning my blade.
There was a long, slightly uncomfortable silence following his entrance. The only sounds were the rustling of cloth and his cackles. It seemed that he wanted me to voice my thoughts. So I recomposed myself and decided to entertain him.
"What exactly is so funny, Lavi?"
"O-oh it's nothing," he chuckled, wiping a tear from his eye. "It's just that there's one of those ferrets you love so much running around the training room and Kanda's chasing it around with his sword. It's really entertaining to watch. Too bad it probably won't end well for the little guy."
I was flying out my room and down the stairs before Lavi could blink. Everyone in the Order knew of my adoration of all species of weasels, ferrets being my absolute favorite. When I had first joined the Order when I was little, I had carried my white ferret plushie with me at all times. Now it served as my teddy bear of sorts.
Even knowing all this, Kanda still dared to do something as stupid as this? Did he have a death wish?
"KANDA! Stay away from the cute, furry, little ferret!" I roared, slamming the door to the training room wide open and wielding my szabla.
Dead silence. I blinked in confusion. There was no one here. The room was completely deserted.
'Wait, what is that?' I wondered. I spotted a dot of white on top of a punching dummy. I gasped and snatched it possessively. It was my white ferret plushie!
"What is this doing down here? I'm absolutely certain this was in my room when I got changed earlier!" I questioned, hugging the stuffed toy close and sheathing my szabla.
I calmed down once again now that I realized that no ferret was really in danger and looked around the room. The training field was torn up where Kanda and I fought. Most of the training dummies were ripped apart and some of the equipment that was nearby was damaged. Luckily, this was just the training field. There was a lot more equipment on the second and third floors.
I felt sort of bad now. Some of the guys in the science department were going to have to fix the equipment and they were already overworked.
'Maybe I can help them when they get to fixing it. Or maybe I could help them with some paperwork to make it up to them.'
There was something that was bugging me though. Why did Lavi trick me?