Title: Revenge for Sweets

Characters/Pairings: Lavi/Allen, Lenalee, Kanda

Rating: PG-15 for swears and for talk of sex positions.

Word Count: 1,060

Disclaimer: All characters depicted in sexual situations in this post/fanfiction/fanart (including material in the comments) are fictional and are intended to be and considered to be by the author of said material of the legal age of consent in the United States state of California, regardless of what age these characters may be in the material they are derived from.

Summary: Lavi intends to get Allen back for stealing his sweets, but it doesn't go quite like he planned.

Notes/Warnings: un-betaed; the seventeenth in a series of 104 themes. "Vengeance" is today's theme.

It all started thanks to Allen, anyway. Allen had taken his sweets. And to be truthful, Lavi only got sweets every so often plus the Bookman made sure he ate properly. So if Lavi ordered another plate of sweets, he would've gotten his ass kicked by his mentor. Therefore, Lavi didn't go that route. Instead, he formulated a plan. Some might say it was vengeance, others might call it 'pay back'; whatever you chose to call it, revenge certainly was as sweet as the plate that was stolen from him.

It is better to receive than to do injury.

Bonaparte Napoleon

Whenever his hands were busy but his mind was idle, he thought on how to best perform this act of revenge. He would catch himself thinking terrible thoughts about the white haired boy who stole his sweets. Lavi knew he shouldn't just strike back blindly, but to take his time and observe his opponent. It was a month and a half after the incident occurred that he exacted his revenge. However, in that month and a half he watched the boy carefully and came to a conclusion about how to get his vengeance.

Delay in vengeance delivers a heavier blow.

Bonaparte Napoleon

First off: Allen was a glutton. This was obvious if you spent one meal in the vicinity of the guy. Lavi knew he could make offhand comments about the fact, but he wasn't sure if they would hit their mark. After all, Crowley was the same way—it was due to their parasitic nature. He damned them.

Second: Allen was deeply entranced by females, even if he didn't think he was. Lavi could play off of this. But which way would he take it, and how far? Lavi vaguely considered dressing up as a girl and playing a joke on the younger teen, but quickly dismissed it when he realized that the situation could turn around on him very quickly. He could embarrass the boy in front of Lenalee, but that would just be low. No, whatever tit for tat he got, it would be perfect.

Where vice is vengeance follows.

Bonaparte Napoleon

It took Lavi a week to figure out what this perfect approach was. But he did figure it out, and so he made the plans concrete for it. He laid down all the foundation work for his vengeance to go as planned. He took his time and made sure that his act would hit its mark. Not once did Lavi think about the consequences of his actions. Not once did he think about anything other than 'eye for an eye'.

And when he did complete his vengeance it was epic. However, immediately after completing this 'mission' of his, he felt he had taken it too far. Perhaps the boy didn't deserve what he got just for stealing a plate of sweets out from under the bookman apprentice. He quickly dismissed the guilty conscience, when he reminded himself that vengeance is vengeance, and it happens under normal circumstances all the time. Therefore, he was not in the wrong. He was correcting someone else's wrong—there was justice in the world after all.

On wrongs, swift vengeance waits.

Bonaparte Napoleon

Allen, for his part, departed swiftly from the scene where Lavi was grinning from ear to ear. The finders muttered things, Kanda looked at him reproachfully, but Lenalee hit it home. She tore into him mercilessly. When he tried to explain she scoffed and verbally ripped his logic to shreds. For a moment he thought he could stand strong against her tirade, but that hope quickly shriveled as he was man-handled to the door and pushed towards the sullen white haired boy. The door was slammed behind him. In that moment he realized just how evil he had appeared. They were supposed to be friends, and yet he had done something that was likely irreparable.

Vengeance taken will often tear the heart and torment the conscience.

Bonaparte Napoleon

After doing something like that to another, that 'other' should have pushed him so far out of his life that he couldn't even see it through binoculars. Instead, when Lavi stepped up to attempt to convince the boy that he was truly sorry, the boy grabbed him and drew him close. After Allen had hid his face in Lavi's shirt for a few awkward minutes, he mumbled something. When Lavi's lack of response got to him, he leaned back and repeated what he said.

"Why would you say something like that?" His voice sounded earnest. Lavi couldn't help but reply.

"I don't know. I just wanted you to feel bad about what you did." His green eye looked beyond Allen, at the wall. Allen's eyes were wide, yet he wasn't crying.

"What did I do?"

It took Lavi a couple of moments to formulate an answer to that, even though it was obvious to him.

"You ate my sweets." It sounded silly to him now. He couldn't meet Allen's gaze. After a moment, Allen swallowed thickly.

"Well, you did make me feel bad. Though, admittedly, not about that." Allen took handfuls of Lavi's shirt and tugged. Lavi's gaze turned to Allen in response. He wished it hadn't. Allen pulled again and Lavi complied, sitting lightly on the boy's lap.

"I know I shouldn't have done that. I'm sorry." Lavi looked away from Allen again.

"I'm sorry too—for the record. I should've ordered you another plate when I did that." Allen's arms wrapped around his waist. Lavi leaned into him.

"It's okay."

"Just please, don't mention our love life in front of them again." Lavi now turned to look at Allen. Allen wouldn't meet his eyes. Lavi knew he had to make things better.

"I shouldn't have said those things outside the bedroom. I'm sorry. Besides, I shouldn't have said that you were so girly you bottomed all the time."

Allen went pink. "I think you should have been a little nicer too. But I guess I know now. If you didn't like topping all the time you should have told me."

Lavi snuggled into him. "Well, it would be nice to be bottom sometimes, but like you said, we shouldn't talk about stuff like this in public. I'm sorry that I did that to you."

Allen held him tighter. "It's okay. Let's just not do that again."

Tomorrow's Theme: "Love"