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"Hehe," the boy grinned at Lavi. He has large, striped bandana on his forehead. "You have a nice girlfriend, Onii-san," the boy commented.
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"He is not my girlfriend and he's not a girl in the first place," Lavi informed the boy.
"Not your girlfriend? If I were you, I wouldn't waste such a good opportunity. She's got a nice ass," the boy said to Lavi.
Lavi frowned at the boy. "I told you he's a boy, and you're too young to say things like that," he said.
Timothy stared and observed Nathan thoroughly. "You're kidding me, she's a girl," he insisted. "Look at that slim waist, nice ass, wonderful ha—"
"I'm not a girl!" Nathan suddenly shouted as he turned around to look at the boy.
Timothy looked at Nathan, surprised. "Beautiful," he smirked and commented, seeing Nathan's face.
Nathan frowned angrily. Hearing the insulting words (for him), he pushed his left arm's sleeve up to reveal his innocence and pointed it to the boy. "I'm gonna kill you," he said intensely.
Lavi looked at Nathan, wide-eyed. He was surprised at the boy's action. It's his first time seeing Nathan angry. "Nathan," he called as he held the younger exorcist's hand. He dragged the boy away from Timothy and they ran fast. They stopped when they reached the forest.
"Lavi-san, why did we run?" Nathan asked panting heavily.
Lavi looked at Nathan frowning a little. "You just said you'd kill the kid. Everyone stared at you 'coz of the weapon on your arm. What if there was a police?" he told the boy.
Nathan looked up at Lavi, not knowing what he should say. Lavi was right after all. "I'm sorry, Lavi-san. I didn't mean it. I just got angry 'coz the kid kept on insulting me," he said, bowing his head lightly.
"Don't do something like that again. He's just a kid. He doesn't know what he's saying," Lavi told Nathan as he touched the boy's shoulder.
Nathan looked up at Lavi with teary eyes. "I'm sorry, Lavi-san," he apologized, hugging Lavi tightly, burying his face on the older exorcist's chest sobbing cutely.
"Shhh, it's ok, don't cry," Lavi said, rubbing the back of Nathan's head gently. "Look at me," he said.
Nathan looked up at Lavi again, directly in the eyes. "Do you hate me now, Lavi-san?" he asked.
"I don't," Lavi answered as he wiped the boy's tears away. "Let's train, so you can activate your innocence soon," he said looking back at Nathan with a smile.
Nathan smiled and hugged Lavi tighter. "O-Ok," he said happily.
Allen sat happily on his foster father's lap. He was telling his father everything that happened to him from the day he died (because of Earl). "Mana," he called his father again.
"What is it, Allen?" the older clown asked, looking at the boy.
The little clown (yeah, they're wearing their clown suits) looked up to face his foster father. He was swinging his feet back and forth cutely (he's a kid here, like when he was young and Mana was still alive). "Remember the Japanese exorcist I was talking about earlier, the one who was always arguing with me?" he told Mana, looking at him with his big eyes.
"Yes," Mana answered, showing the white-haired exorcist his smile that never left his face.
Allen smiled at Mana before saying what he truly wanted to say. "He told me that he loves me," he said, smiling up to his ear.
Mana patted his child's head gently. "That's great," he told the boy, still smiling.
"He also promised me that he'll never leave me," Allen added happily. "Neh, Mana? Is it ok for me to love him? Won't you get jealous?" he asked his father, looking at him with confused and cute eyes.
Kanda leaned his back to the wall of the room where Allen is currently sleeping. He left Allen's side 'coz he wouldn't stop sneezing (like someone is talking about him). He had his arms crossed against his chest and his eyes closed. He's still waiting patiently for his Moyashi to wake up sooner (and he's trying hard to stop himself from sneezing).
"Kanda?" a voice called the samurai and at the same time, two knocks were heard.
Kanda opened his eyes and looked at the door. It opened and Lenalee came in with a smile.
"Kanda," Lenalee called the Japanese man as she walked inside. She brought a soba for Kanda. "It's lunch time already," he informed the Samurai.
"I know," Kanda answered emotionlessly.
Lenalee smiled then put the soba on the table before looking back at Kanda again. "You should rest, I'll take care of Allen," she said.
"I'm resting already," the samurai said, not really wanting to leave Allen's side.
"Still, Kanda, Allen will wake up in a few days. You can't spend those few days here," she told the Japanese man.
Kanda looked at Lenalee seriously. "He'll wake up soon. I'm gonna kill him if he don't," he said intensely, showing Lenalee how sure he is.
Lenalee smiled with satisfaction. "Then I'll take my leave," she said. "Bye," she added as she walked out of the room. You're not the only one who loves him.
Kanda watched as the door closed. He, then, turned to look at Allen.
You'll surely wake up soon. You're already hungry, aren't you?
Lavi sat under the tree with his back leaning against it.
Nathan sat between Lavi's legs with his back leaning against him.
Lavi had his hands on Nathan's waist, resting there comfortably.
"Like this, Lavi-san?" Nathan asked cutely as he inserted the lollipop in his weapon.
"Yes," Lavi answered smiling. "Now, fire it," he commanded.
"Ok," Nathan said. He pointed it on a tree and fired it; a large red flame came out from it. "Wahhh!" Nathan screamed as he turned to hug Lavi, afraid of what came out from his innocence. Aside from the flame, a leopard came out.
"Nathan, you shouldn't be afraid of your innocence," Lavi said as he rubbed Nathan's back to comfort him.
"B-But," Nathan hugged the older exorcist tighter, trembling.
The leopard walked to Nathan and rubbed its head gently on Nathan's back. "L-Lavi-san," Nathan breathed as he clutched Lavi's clothes. He was burying himself on Lavi desperately.
Lavi smirked at this. Strike. "Shh, Nathan, it won't hurt you, look," he said as he turned Nathan around so the boy faced the leopard. The leopard took steps back as Lavi did it.
Nathan looked at the leopard fearfully. His tears were resting on the sides of his eyes, ready to cry in any moment now. The leopard just looked at Nathan also.
Lavi held Nathan's hands and reached them to the leopard. The leopard walked closer to Nathan so the boy's hands could reach him. Nathan closed his eyes tightly when he felt his hands touched the leopard's face; his tears fell down as he did it.
Nathan hands (which were being held by Lavi) rubbed the face of the leopard gently. He opened his eyes and looked at the animal. His tears stopped falling once he saw the leopard's calm face. "It's not biting me, Lavi-san," he said as he looked up at Lavi.
"That's why I told you, you shouldn't be afraid of your innocence," Lavi explained smiling as he hugged the boy again. "You shouldn't be afraid of akumas also," he added.
"Y-Yes, Lavi-san," Nathan answered happily as he looked back again at the innocence. He was surprised to see the leopard shrinking. "What's happening?" he asked the leopard as he touched it.
"Meow," the leopard shrunk and became a cat. It jumped to Nathan and clung to him cutely.
Nathan hugged the cat and smiled as he felt it sleep on his chest.
"Onii-san, here's your coffee," Lenalee said as she gave Komui the coffee.
"Thank you, Lenalee-chan," Komui thanked, taking the coffee from Lenalee's hand.
The female exorcist smiled. "I'm tired, I'll take a rest in my room," she told her brother.
"Ok, rest well," Komui said with a smile. "Good night~"
"Take care," Lenalee said as she walked out of Komui's office. She walked to her room and lied on her bed quickly, tired of what's going on in the Black Order—Leverier came and demanded Kanda to hurt Allen; Allen encouraged Kanda to do it and now, he's sleeping soullessly in that room.
Kanda wouldn't leave Allen alone in the room. She wanted to take care of Allen also but it would just seem like she was interrupting the two. She thought she didn't love Allen at first but when she sees the two male exorcists together; her heart will always twitch because of pain. She tried to erase her feelings for Allen because in the very first place, she's the reason why Allen and Kanda are together now.
The female exorcist closed her eyes and thought of Allen. The time when they first met, the time when Allen was holding her gently, comforting her every time she feels lonely and scared; she smiled contentedly just by thinking of that.
Allen-kun, I'm in love with you…
The other midnight… I saw you and Kanda kissing in one of our hallways. Really, was I destined to see that? And I was trying hard to avoid seeing the two of you… That really hurt…
Tears rolled down the closed eyes of the female exorcist. I love you. She rolled over the bed and hugged her pillow tightly. She, then, fell asleep.
Mana laughed, hearing Allen's words. "Why would I be jealous, my child?" Mana asked his child. "I'm your father, right?" he told the boy.
Allen frowned at his father, hurt at his father's response. "Yes, but—"
"It's okay to love him. I told you to move forward Allen, didn't I?" Mana reminded Allen. "Move forward. I'm already dead," he added.
"But Mana, you won't leave me right?" Allen asked his father. "You won't leave me?" he asked, tears forming in his eyes.
Mana smiled at Allen again. "In this world, nothing is built to last, my child," the man told him.
Hearing those words, Allen cried knowing that his father means he has to leave. Tears fell down from his eyes. "Then Mana, I'll stop loving anyone from now on," he said, sobbing.
"Why? Don't cry," Mana asked as he wiped Allen's tears away.
Allen clutched his left chest and looked at his father seriously. "Because when you died, Mana, this part of me hurt so much. It still hurts up to now. It still hurts because I still love you Mana. And if I were to love Kanda and he is destined to die anyway, I'll just hurt myself again. Mana, I don't want that to happen…" he told his father honestly as he cried.
Mana hugged Allen to comfort him. "Shhh… stop crying, surely, nothing's built to last… but you can still do something to make someone stay longer," he informed the boy, rubbing the back of his head gently, soothing him.
"Even if you say that…" Allen whispered sadly. "Mana, did you love me?" he asked his father suddenly, still crying.
"Your heart should have known the answer Allen. The answer is in your heart," Mana answered the boy. "Do you feel Kanda's love for you?" he asked his child.
"Huh? I…" Allen thought of an answer. He recalled everything that Kanda did to him—from the kisses up to Kanda's jealousy, and Kanda's gentleness though he's a sadist most of the time. "Yes…" Allen finally answered as he stopped crying.
Mana cupped Allen's cheek making Allen look up at him. "Then love him, never leave him," he said looking at him directly in the eyes. "You love him too, don't you?" he asked his child.
"I do," Allen said honestly.
"Then stay with him as long as you're living," the older clown advised his child.
"Mana, what do you mean?" Allen asked, looking at Mana with confused eyes.
Mana just smiled at Allen and said, "You're always loved, Allen, don't feel like you're always alone."
Allen didn't get what his father said. He stared at his father, still with confusion.
Mana smiled again. "I'll say my goodbye now, Allen, bye," he said as his body vanished slowly.
Allen looked at Mana with fear. "Mana, where are you going? Take me with you, Mana, don't leave me!" Allen shouted, tears falling down from his eyes continuously. "Don't leave me, Mana, please," he begged as he watched his father vanished little by little. "Papa…" he whispered when Mana disappeared completely.
Allen cried hard. "I don't wanna be alone, please I'm scared, help me, Kanda…" he begged. "Kanda… I love you, Kanda, where are you?"
"I'm here, Moyashi," Kanda whispered as he wiped Allen's tears away gently with his hand.
Hearing Kanda's voice, Allen opened his eyes and saw Kanda sitting beside him. He quickly sat up and hugged the Japanese man tightly, straddling the older exorcist's lap. "Kanda…" he whispered as he cried, burying his face on Kanda's shoulder. "I'm scared…"