It was morning already. Lavi got up early to do his usual routine; waking up his friends within the corridors. The hyperactive Exorcist walked around knocking on everyone's door, annoying every single one of them.
"Lavi-kun, it's too early…" moaned Krory.
"I didn't even get to sleep yet," whimpered Miranda.
As Lavi walked around, he remembered that Kanda left Mugen in the dining hall yesterday so he ran back to his room to get the sword and went to Kanda's room and opened his door smiling widely.
"Yū…! You forgot Mugen so I –"
Lavi opened his eye to see Kanda sitting on the floor looking rather pissed and Allen sleeping in a terrible position on Kanda's bed. Kanda looked up at the red head.
"What do you want so early in the morning?"
"I wanted to give Mugen back to you since you happened to leave it in the dining hall."
Kanda got up and snatched the sword out of Lavi's hands.
"Don't touch Mugen ever again or I'll slice your hands off…"
"Fine, whatever…" Lavi looked down at Allen still sleeping.
"So, Allen stayed over here?"
"Che, it's not of your business…"
"You really don't care about him, do you Yū?"
Kanda turned his head and looked away.
"I see…" Lavi closed the door and left.
Kanda turned to glance at the sleeping Exorcist. With a swift kick to his butt, Allen flew off the bed and woke up in a fright.
"What, huh? What just happened?" Allen looked around in a daze.
"Its morning," stated the stubborn male.
Kanda got dressed quickly and walked out the door leaving Allen behind.
"Gosh, was that kick really necessary?"
Allen got up from the floor and got dress. The young Exorcist felt upset that Kanda just left him in the room, alone. He gave him no kiss goodbye or anything. Allen started to wonder if what Kanda said last night was even true. Having his head filled with doubt, Allen left Kanda's room to go to his own to finish getting dressed.
As Allen walked to his room, he saw Lavi standing near his room. The young male walked cautiously towards the door.
"Morning Lavi…" said Allen smiling.
Lavi continued to stand motionless at the door, and Allen stopped smiling.
"Why did you go Allen?" said the crimson haired male in a monotone voice.
Allen opened his door and went to close it behind him, but Lavi stopped him.
"He doesn't care about you… I asked him myself."
Allen had a shocked look on his face. "He said he didn't care?"
"Well, he didn't say it exactly. He responded with 'che.'"
Allen looked upset.
"Hey, hey Allen... Don't feel bad. You deserve to know the truth."
Allen glared up at the red head towering over him.
"I'll determine if he doesn't care when I hear him say it."
Lavi felt crushed when he heard that response. "Sigh, I guess you're right then…"
Lavi turned and left Allen's room. Once again, Allen was alone. Many thoughts were swarming his head that he started to get a headache. As he slowly put the rest of his uniform on, the golden golem, Timcanpy flew through the sole window of Allen's room.
"Ah, Timcanpy... What news do you have now?"
The little golden globe opened its mouth to reveal a holographic video. Within the screen was Komui, the head of the Science Department.
"Allen, you have been assigned another mission," stated Komui.
"What, again? But I just got back from my last one…" the white haired male slumped.
"Yes, I know. But you got assigned another one," Komui said in a serious tone. "Don't worry though…," Komui's voice changed drastically to a cheerful, yet somewhat insane voice. "You'll have plenty of help his time. Chow!" The transmission ended.
"Help?" questioned Allen. That must mean another Exorcist was coming on this mission.
I wonder who's coming…
Allen was hoping that it was Lenalee so he wouldn't have to deal with Kanda or Lavi. Allen put his coat on and headed out the door.
* * *
Down in Science Department, Komui was in his office talking on the phone trying to sound busy. However, Reever walked into the rather messy room to talk to him.
"Chief, I know you're not talking on the phone..."
Komui gave Reever a stern look and hung up the phone.
"Did you finish those errands Reever?" asked Komui nicely.
"Yes sir. I'm awaiting the next order."
Komui thought for a moment.
"Well sir...?" asked Reever
Komui clenched his hands together and placed them under his nose. "Reever," he said in a serious tone. "I want you…"
"You want me to what, sir?"
"I want you to call Lenalee and tell her to bring me coffee."
Reever had a dumbfounded look on his face. "Sir, you can easy call her with the phone…"
Komui became flustered. "Oh I can't bother my dear Lenalee… Besides, I'd prefer someone that she didn't like to bother her…"
Reever looked angry. "Fine sir," said Reever through his teeth. "I still can't believe I work for this idiot," he said under his breath as he left the office. As he was leaving, Allen rushed passed him.
"Walker! Watch it!" yelled Reever.
"Sorry Reever-senpai! Sorry I'm late…Komui-senpai" Allen rushed into the office out of breath.
"You're not late at all, the others haven't come yet," stated Komui.
"Finally, a mission…! I haven't been on one in a while!"
Allen turned around to see Lavi walking into the office.
"Oh… Allen. You're on this mission too…" Lavi sounded disappointed.
"Yup… "
The two males glared at each other. As this went on, they both heard clacks of someone's boots. They simultaneously turned to look at the doorway to see Kanda walking up.
"Oh great…" said Lavi.
"Kanda," stated Allen.
Kanda looked at the two males crossly.
"Che…" Kanda walked passed them and leaned against a wall.
"Great! Everyone is here!" yelled Komui.
"What?" yelled Allen and Lavi simultaneously, "I have to go on a mission with them?"
"Settle down boys and listen. We had to choose our best… This mission is very dangerous. You guys will have to work together for this to be a successful mission."
'As if that's gonna happened,' they thought harmoniously.
The room was quiet as Komui explained the mission.
"A town north of here named Kilgore has been experiencing something, something we can't really explain. The town is being swarmed with Akumas but the towns' people and the town itself haven't been harmed. We need you guys to check if an Innocence have been activated there and by whom."
The guys all understood their mission and left Komui's office.
"Be careful!" said Komui as he waved goodbye.
As the guys walked down the hall to get to the boat, they started to quarrel.
"None of you guys better get in my way," stated Kanda as he walked far ahead from Lavi and Allen.
"Psh, show off," whispered Lavi.
"I just hope we can all get along," said Allen.
"Shut up, beansprout!" yelled Lavi and Kanda.
"Man, you don't have to gang up on me…"
The walk to the boat seemed long, but they finally arrived. Allen boarded first, and then Lavi but Kanda pushed him out the way to board. Lavi got frustrated.
"That damn ponytailed freak," mumbled Lavi.
The three Exorcists were bunched up on the small boat. As Allen tried to position himself, he accidently kicked Lavi in the shin.
"Ow…" Lavi looked around and thought that it was Kanda who did it.
"Hey, ponytail boy… what was up with that?"
Kanda was staring off in the distance. "Who are you calling ponytail boy?"
"Why'd ya kick me in the shin?"
"…I did no such thing."
Lavi was starting to get mad. "Of course you did! Who else would?"
Allen tried to speak up. "Um, Lavi it was…"
Lavi ignored him. "You damn pretty boy!"
"What did you say??"
Kanda was becoming mad.
"Guys, calm down," Allen struggled to get the guys to settle down.
"Who do you think you are calling me that, useless Bookman, Jr."
Kanda got up in Lavi's face.
"Useless-Bookman…?" Lavi began to grind his teeth together. The two guys were in the heat of the moment, starting at each other angrily.
"Guys…! Calm –"
Allen got up and accidently pushed Lavi into Kanda. The two males lip locked as they hit the bottom of the boat. Lavi fell on top of Kanda; his face turned as red as the hair on his head. Lavi quickly got off of Kanda and went to help him up. The long haired male slapped Lavi's hand out of the way as he wiped his mouth.
"Only one person is allowed to kiss my lips," stated Kanda.
Lavi looked appalled.
"I'm sorry guys this was all my fault, I'm sorry," apologized Allen.
"It's fine." Kanda rubbed his hand across Allen's face.
Lavi looked even more appalled. Kanda took notice of this and realized that Lavi must have a crush on Allen. Being the sly dog that he is, Kanda grabbed Allen's face and kissed him. The red head was filling up and anger and jealously. Lavi saw the pleasure on Allen's face and felt terrible.
"Kanda…" Allen was shocked.
The young Exorcist blushed and looked over at Lavi to see that he was upset. Kanda placed his hand on top of Allen's and pulled the young male towards his body. Lavi just continued to look away. Allen felt bad that this was all happening in front of Lavi.
"Kanda, please stop acting like this…"
Allen tried to shun himself away from Kanda.
"Che… the one time I show affection and you shun me away. This is why I can't trust people."
"No Kanda, I didn't mean to…"
Kanda gave Allen the cold shoulder.
"See Allen, I told you he didn't care…" whispered the torn Lavi.
Allen looked at Kanda and then and Lavi.
Sigh, what am I to do…?
The rest of the boat ride was pretty quiet, until they got to the train.
"Move pretty boy!!"
"Don't fuck with me Bookman, Jr."
"Guys please…"
"Shut it Allen!"
"Geez…."
The Exorcists were packing their things onto the luggage compartment, but Kanda and Lavi were at each other's throat. Allen tried to calm them down but neither of them would listen to him. Allen quickly decided to give up trying to stop the two males from fighting; and he knew why they were fighting, they were fight over him. Allen slumped down at the window sit and Kanda was getting ready to sit next to Allen but Lavi quickly pushed him out of the way.
"That's for pushing me out the way before…"
A vein nearly popped on Kanda's forehead. He sat across Allen, crossed his legs and started out the window as the train began to move. At last, things had seemed to calm down between the swordsman and the red head since they both fell asleep on the ride towards Kilgore. As they slept, Allen finally had some time to think to himself. He cared deeply for both Kanda and Lavi, but it was tearing him up inside, so he thought about each guy to see their unique differences.
'Let's see, Kanda…' he paused for a moment as he glared at the long haired male. 'Arrogant, self-centered, pessimistic…' Allen started to produce a vein on his head. 'He's also beautiful, a great kisser, and a great…' Allen cleared his throat. 'He's soft, though tries to be tough… complicated…and he does care…' He paused for a moment. 'Sometimes…'
Allen then looked next to him to see Lavi snoring on his arm.
'Lavi… He's hyper, funny, loud… Honest, trustworthy, dependable... Um…' Allen was trying to think of negative things about Lavi, but there weren't many. Allen knew that Kanda was a jerk at times, but he was still attracted to him.
Could it be the mystery of not knowing Kanda well? Allen stared at Kanda with lethargic eyes.
Kanda opened one eye and looked at Allen.
"What are you starting at?" mumble the swordsman.
"Uh, nothing… nothing at all…" Allen glared out the window.
Kanda closed his eye and continued to sleep. The young Exorcist seemed hopeless.
Sigh, what am I going to do about these too… His eyes fluttered as he fell asleep.