One Night 5

AN: ehehehehehehe I'm being nice and putting you all out of your cliff hanger induced misery quickly yes?

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"T-terminate? Y-you mean... you want me to... kill it?" Allen's gentle silver eyes were wide with shock, but they hardened with anger and defiance as Koumi nodded grimly.

"No."

"No? But Allen-"

"I said no. I'm not going to destroy a human life, especially one I had a hand in creating. I just can't do it Koumi." The older Chinese man bit his lip and walked around his desk, sitting on the couch beside the white haired teen with a serious expression.

"Allen, please... your life is important. You shouldn't sacrifice it for a child you aren't ready for."

"What don't you understand about 'no'? I'm not going to die, and I'm going to have this baby. I refuse to kill it." Her face was set in a determined expression and her fists were clenched. Allen was angry, even if she knew Koumi was only trying to look out for her.

"Allen..." Koumi sighed, pushing up his glasses to massage the bridge of his nose stressfully, "Alright. I can't force you to do anything... but... I'm going to recommend you talk to the father. You should at least do that if you're going to be carrying your child to term." Fear replaced the determination in the girl's eyes and she bit her lip with worry, "You could die Allen, and he needs to know what kind of situation you're in."

"I-I..." tell Lavi? The thought of confronting the redhead was more terrifying to Allen than the thought of death at that point.

"It's Lavi's right?" Allen jolted, turning her gaze to Koumi again and blinking in surprise.

"H-how... did you know?"

"Well when he brought you in here, he almost referred to you as female, leading me to believe he was the reason for your current condition." Allen looked down at her hands, nodding shyly as her shoulders slumped.

"Yes... it was Lavi..."

"Well... have a little faith in him Allen. He deserves to know he's got a child on the way, and the risks that you're taking by having it." Allen was quiet for a long moment, thinking it over before she nodded, swallowing thickly.

"I... I'll tell him... I'll go tell him right now..." Koumi stood with the girl, smiling encouragingly at her as she took in a long shaky breath.

"Good luck Allen. He's a good kid, so don't worry about it too much." She smiled weakly back, nodding before bidding Koumi farewell and making her way out of his office.

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"Lavi..." the redhead turned at the call of his name, smiling at Allen as he turned to face her.

"Hey Allen, what's up?" she didn't look very good Lavi decided, her hair was mussed up, her eyes were scrunched up as if she were afraid of something and everything about her body language was screaming that she just wanted to run away very, very quickly, while possibly screaming at the top of her lungs.

"U-um... I was wondering if I could talk to you for a moment... a-alone..." Lavi blinked a little surprised at the request but he nodded, smiling as he gestured behind him.

"Sure, my room is just down the hall. Err... if you're okay with talking in my room..." they both blushed awkwardly, Allen more so that Lavi, but the girl nodded quickly, trying to hide her discomfort.

"Y-yeah, your room is fine..." Lavi smiled easily, gesturing for her to follow him as they walked the short distance to his room. He really didn't have any idea about what Allen would need to tell him in private, but he figured he should listen to whatever it was she had to say, because whatever it was, she seemed scared to tell him.

But that was ridiculous.

Allen wasn't scared of anything.

He opened the door to his room and laughed sheepishly; asking Allen to excuse the mess as he casually flopped down on his bed.

"So, what is it you wanted to tell me Allen?" she hesitated, sending Lavi's radar off. Allen Walker simply did not hesitate when doing anything. She was too strong, too driven, and too smart to hesitate when it came to anything she did.

"What?" the concerned note in his voice seemed to scare Allen further but she forced it down almost visibly, taking a deep breath.

"L-Lavi I... I really don't know how to tell you this in any other way than bluntly so... I'm just going to... be blunt." Lavi nodded, signalling her to continue as she did her best to calm herself.

"O-okay... I... I'm..." there was a long pause as Allen fought to find her voice before she sighed and looked Lavi in the eye, "I'm pregnant Lavi." there was a long moment of silence as Lavi blinked owlishly as her, processing the words.

And then he laughed.

"G-good one Allen!" he managed to gasp out between his giggles, "But seriously, what did you need to tell me?" that uncertain look was back in Allen's eyes as she gauged his reaction. Laughter had obviously not been expected.

"I'm... not joking Lavi. I'm pregnant." The boy blinked in surprise, his eyebrows furrowing as he sized up the girl in front of him.

"Congratulations? Who's the father?" Allen gaped at him, not quite believing the words that had come out of Lavi's mouth. What kind of woman did he think she was?

"Who the hell do you think is the father Lavi? I haven't had s-sex with anyone except you." Lavi jumped up staring at the girl in horror, disbelief and something Allen couldn't quite read in his only visible eye.

"WHAT?!? No, that's not possible!"

"Well sorry to say it but it obviously is, because you're the only one... and I'm... expecting..." Lavi stared at her, running his fingers stressfully through his hair and shaking his head.

"You don't understand Allen, physically, right now, I can't have kids. It couldn't have been me that got you..." he couldn't even bring himself to say the word, so he trailed off, not looking at Allen.

"What are you talking about?"

"A-as... a bookman, there are spells in place to keep me from having kids... that way I can do... well... I can have sex without repercussions should I choose to."

"I don't think they work very well then. Because I'm having a baby and you're the only possible father." The older boy looked up, meeting Allen's eyes and not liking what he saw there. She was being completely honest with him and he didn't know what to do, or what to believe.

There was a long moment of silence as they stared at each other, both unsure of what to say to the other.

"Lavi... th-there is something else..." her voice shook and Lavi's eyebrows furrowed, wondering what else Allen could possibly need to say after dropping a bomb like that. His mind was still reeling and his heart was pounding so loudly in his ears it was almost hard to hear what was going on around him.

"What the bloody hell else could there be?" she winced slightly at his words, and Lavi felt guilty again, but he did his best to squash the feeling.

"W-well... there are... some risks to me... having the baby..." Lavi tensed, tilting his head at Allen, silently asking her to continue.

"I... Koumi said... that there is only a 10 percent chance of both the baby and I making through the pregnancy... alive." Her words sent a bolt of fear straight into Lavi's heart and he stared at her with wide eyes, trying his damnedest to get his emotions in control.

He failed.

"What the hell! Is... Is there any way to avoid it?" I don't want you to die because of me!

"The only way to completely circumvent the risk would be to... well for me to have an abortion."

"Then do it!" Lavi blurted out, gesturing towards Allen's stomach, "If its killing you get rid of it! That solves both of our problems!" he was scared, confused and caught completely off guard by the whole situation. How had he not seen the signs? Now that he was thinking about it, she was even starting to show, and he could have kicked himself for not noticing. Lavi didn't have time to examine his feelings, or even try to push them away before Allen exploded on him.

"Kill it?! Lavi, what kind of woman do you think I am? You think I've been sleeping around, you think I could even consider harming it? You don't even know me do you?!"

"Well how am I supposed to know you if you never let anyone in?! I act distant because I'm supposed to! What the hell is your excuse?!"

"You know what? It was a mistake telling you. I'm sorry. I won't bother you again Lavi." she turned, fists clenched and shaking as she stormed to the door. She threw it open and turned back for just a second, meeting Lavi's eye with tears running down her gentle face and the same lost, hurt expression on her face that Lavi had seen only three short months ago. Allen stormed out and slammed the door without another word leaving the shell shocked redhead alone with himself.

'How... could I have said that...?' he though, sinking back onto his bed, trying to calm the storm of emotions running through him. Why was it anytime it had anything to do with Allen, he couldn't control himself? Why was it his emotions never seemed to want to just be pushed down when he was dealing with her?

Why was it he felt like he had abandoned her again?

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It was not very often Allen was thankful for the long winding hallways of the black order. It was not very often she was thankful for said hallways to be empty. She had always said it would be a cold day in hell before she would ever like having to walk through those hallways alone.

The devil must have been freezing.

The girl stumbled down the corridors towards Koumi's office, trying her best to keep from crying too loudly, lest anyone hear and try to comfort her. All she needed right now was to tell Koumi what happened and then go to her room so she could cry her eyes out properly.

She silently thanked God for the main office of the science department being empty as she stumbled through it to Koumi's door. She knocked, just like always because no matter how much of a goof Koumi was, she respected him. He called her in and she quickly slipped through the door, shutting it behind her.

"I take it he didn't take it very well then?" he said gently as she walked to the couch, sinking into it with a shaky nod.

"N-no he didn't..."

"Allen..."

"I'm not going to kill it!" the older man was surprised by her outburst but he relaxed, allowing the young girl to vent out whatever she needed to.

"I can't take a human life, it's not my choice! I fight every single day to save humans and akuma alike and you all... want me to kill the life I created with someone I care so much about... I just can't to it! I don't care if I die! I can kill Lavi's baby any more than I could kill myself Koumi! I'm sorry... but... I... I can't..."

"I understand Allen... it's alright..." she broke down, lifting a hand to her eyes so Koumi didn't have to see the tears streaming from them. She felt so weak and useless, like no one wanted her, but then, no one ever really had since Mana so why should she feel any different?

"Allen, do you maybe want to spend the rest of your pregnancy in a different location?" The girl peers at him through her fingers, confused. "It might be better for you to get away from all the stress here. You're in a delicate enough situation, you don't need anything else happening to you to make it worse. Besides, you are already beginning to show, so to protect your gender for a little while yet... going to the Asian branch would probably be beneficial to you."

"The... Asian branch?" she sat up, sniffling and rubbing her sore eyes.

"Yup. A change of scene would be good for you." Allen thought it over, unsure. She wasn't usually one to run away from anything, especially when it came to the people she loved most, but... the offer was tempting. It wasn't running she decided, just... temporarily retreating so she could regroup. She needed to get away from Lavi because she didn't want to be hurt and risk the baby's life, and all he seemed to be doing right now was hurting her. As hard as it was to say, it would be healthier for her and their child if she was to go somewhere... where he wasn't.

"A-alright..."

"Excellent. You will leave tonight after dinner. Please go pack your things. Oh, and to avoid any complications, you're going to be in disguise for the journey. I don't want you getting attacked, we have no idea what kind of effect activating your innocence will have on your body right now." another nod from Allen and she smiled as best as she could at the older man.

"Thank you for this Koumi... it means a lot."

"Its not trouble Allen, you just make sure you take care of yourself and bring back an adorable little Allen-baby~!" she laughed, nodding as she stood.

"Yes, I will. Thank you."

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AN: okay! I have to go to school now! ^^'' please don't have on Lavi too much! He's a confused teenage bookman!!!

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