Rating: T for Safety

Pairings: Laven

Standard Disclaimer: I own awesome sweatpants, does that count?

Chapter 23

When You're Gone, Pieces of My Heart are Missing Too.

*Week Time Skip*

The first week was one of the hardest for Allen Walker.

Lavi was gone, his best friends were gone, any feeling of acceptance, gone in one quick, painful moment.

Allen flung himself onto the couch after walking home, alone, from school were no one talked to him or even looked at him. Allen grabbed his throw pillow and cried into as hard as he's been crying everyday since Lavi left.

Allen sobbed into that pillow. He cried until he could produce no more tears, he just dry cried. Allen curled around the pillow and hugged it to himself.

"It's gotten a little better," Allen thought out loud, "I've stopped crying during school."

Allen hugged the pillow tighter; he wanted to feel something again. He felt numb for the past week. Allen put the pillow to his nose and sniffed as hard as he could, he could smell the faint smell of Lavi's body spray, Axe Chocolate (May I just say that Axe Chocolate is like heaven in a bottle.).

Allen kept his eyes closed and just kept inhaling his boyfriend's scent. They did talk everyday, through text and calls and video chat, but it was only at night. Allen didn't have anyone in the day.

He woke up, did his morning routine, and walked to school where through six periods, no one even said hey.

It was the loneliest Allen had felt since he moved here.

It's not like Allen didn't try to make friends, he just didn't know how. Lenalee was the first to talk to him and at all the other schools he went to, everyone treated him as an outcast.

"I've lived this way before," Allen thought out loud again, "How come it's so hard this time?"

Allen knew why, he just didn't want to admit it.

Lavi was why it was so hard to be alone.

Since Lavi and Allen had become friends, they never separated and once they started dating, the two were glued together. Nothing could have separated the dynamic duo.

Allen decided he was done wallowing on the couch and got up and went to his room. He quickly looked into the mirror to see the broken hearted face he has grown accustom to seeing. Allen had puffy eyes with dark bags from missing sleep do to crying, paler than usual, making the bags all the more noticeable, disheveled hair, and tear stained cheeks.

Allen quickly tried to wipe his tears off his face when he noticed in the corner of his mirror the film stripe with five pictures on it, all of Lavi and him.

Allen tenderly picked the strip up and looked at it fondly, the first smile coming to his face since Lavi left.

"Lavi is such a goob," Allen thought in his head.

The first picture was just Lavi and Allen smiling the happiest smiles. The picture under that was Lavi stretching his mouth and eyes and sticking his tongue out and Allen smiling with closed eyes, giving the peace sign. The third was Lavi smiling and resting his head on Allen's while Allen was still smiling at the camera. Directly under that was both Allen and Lavi facing each other with eyes closed and soft smiles while resting their foreheads together. The last, and Allen's favorite, was Lavi holding Allen's face gently and them kissing.

Allen smiled more as he looked at the last picture. He missed the way Lavi's lips felt against his, how strong Lavi's chest was, and how strong his arms were.

More than anything else though, Allen missed Lavi's smile. His smile was contagious. Whenever Lavi smiled, Allen knew his lips would form a smile. Oh, and Lavi's laugh. Lavi's laugh was the best. He never faked a laugh, it was always a genuine, gut busting laugh. Whenever a joke was told, Lavi laughed, funny or not.

Allen even missed Lavi's dumb jokes. Allen smiled and shook his head.

"Of all the things I missed about Lavi, I never knew his jokes would be one of them," Allen said out loud, putting the picture back in the corner of his mirror.

Allen lay on his bed, feeling a lot better. At least Lavi was coming back!

"I mean, it's not like he left just to leave," Allen said out loud.

Allen smiled and closed his eyes. In a little over three months, Lavi would be back and the two would be reunited.

Allen's smile grew because of that thought.

Allen would be able to see Lavi and talk to him and cuddle him again. I mean, doesn't absence make the heart grow fonder? That must mean that when Lavi comes back, it'll just be better to be with him.

Allen quickly sat up as he heard his cell phone vibrate.

"Lavi!" Allen squealed, running to his living room to grab his phone. Allen tripped over his rug, clipped his shoulder on the wall, and hurtled over the couch to answer his phone.

Allen quickly hit the answer button.

"Hello?" Allen yelled into the phone.

"ALLEN!" Lavi yelled back.

Allen squealed happily and did a very geeky and embarrassing dance of joy.

"LAVI!" Allen yelled again.

"BEAN SPROUT!" Lavi yelled, laughing.

Allen quickly stopped his dancing, "Lavi, don't call me bean sprout!"

Allen heard Lavi's chuckle and replied, "I know, but it's just so much fun to bother you."

Allen smiled and shook his head.

"So, I don't have a joke but I do have some amazing pick up lines," Lavi said.

"Do I want to hear these?" groaned Allen.

"Uh, yes!" Lavi said excitedly.

"Alright, go a head," Allen said, sitting down on his couch.

"Are you a Lucky Charm?" said the redhead, and Allen knew Lavi was smiling his Cheshire Cat smile.

"No," Allen replied, slightly nervous for the answer.

"Because you're magically delicious!" Lavi roared with laughter.

"Lavi, that's nasty!" Allen replied as he tried to suppress his laughter but failing miserably.

"Oh, don't lie, you enjoyed it," Lavi said.

Allen smiled trying to pretend Lavi was with him.

"Hey Allen, can I call you later? Lenalee, Kanda and I have to go on a tour but I'll call you either later tonight or tomorrow!" Lavi said.

"Oh yea," Allen replied as his heart sank.

"Alright, I love you!" replied Lavi.

"I love you too," replied Allen. Allen waited till he heard the click of Lavi's phone before Allen put his phone down.

Some how, instead of that call being comforting, it made Allen feel more alone.

Allen laid on the couch and closed his eyes for sleep but all that came were tears.

Okay, so obviously there was no author note up at the top because I wanted to see if you all like not having the author note down here instead. Also, I'm changing my statement of updating every Monday to every other Monday. IT'S HARD TO THINK UP NEW IDEAS, OKAY? Teehee! ^^ Thank you The-Dark-Wolf-813, lilanimefan247, kh07gl, Pisces95, xPandoraHeartx, and Shuiro for your comments! But Pisces95 and Shuiro, where were you on Monday, beating me for not updating? (Just kidding!) Thank you ScarletDaggerWolf97, ShamelessGirl1, and lilanimefan247 for story alerts. Thank you Skyefly, LiveInTheMomentx, endingscome100, aph fma ohhc dn yaoi fangirl and lilanimefan247 for adding this story to your favorite stories. Sorry that my thank you's weren;t that creative! All the creative juices (ew) were put to the story!