One Night 8

AN: D: wow, it's been too long since I updated this... sorry guys! Writers block sucks! D: School has devoured all of my free time! D: life sucks! I've been sitting on this for a little while waiting for my beta, so yeah... this will be edited slightly at a later date~ ^^

ALSO, in other news; you're going to want to bash Lavi over the head for being so dense in this chapter... but remember he's just a sexy, redheaded teenaged bookman who doesn't know any better!!! D:

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Edit; SORRY! I was half asleep and I accidentally posted the last chapter agaon by mistake~ 3 here is the real chapter! Thank you to AngelDeLumiere for pointing that out for meee~

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Exhausted jade green eyes slowly opened and Lavi sighed, rolling miserably to the side to look out his window for any signs of light on the horizon.

There were none.

He hadn't gotten very much sleep, but he forced himself out of bed away. Going to Koumi early in the morning would be more practical than going during the say when it was likely the older man wouldn't take him seriously. Stiffly making his way around his room, Lavi dressed and groomed as best he could in his half dead state before walking out of his room, closing the door softly behind him.

The trek to Koumi's office was a lot longer on that stifling July morning than Lavi ever remembered it being. He was irritable and confused; unsure as to why he was longing for someone so much, and why he was going to so much trouble just to see her. She was almost eight months pregnant, so it wasn't like they could do anything other than talk. Wanting to be around her when she was emotional, irrational and round with child was not someone he would want to be around if it were anyone other than Allen. He felt compelled to see her, and no matter how long and hard he thought about it he couldn't understand why. His confusing was only making him angry and part of him was thankful for the fact it was so early in the morning no one would get in his path, because in all honesty, he probably would have beaten them up.

Emotions suck...

Finally the imposing wooden door loomed at the end of the hall and Lavi inhaled nervously, forcing himself to take the last steps to the man's office. He didn't knock, he just strode right in and the Chinese man glanced up at him in surprise, the eyes behind his spectacles widening as he took in Lavi's dishevelled form. The signature bandana was askew, his normally neat, but casual clothing was rumpled, and his hair was even wilder than usual, the headband barely being able to hold it out of his eyes as he made his way into the office and sat on the ugly couch across from the supervisor. He looked exhausted and Koumi wondered how he had missed it. No one became that tired in one night.

"You're up awfully early." Koumi had an inkling as to why Lavi had appeared before him uncalled, but decided that if Lavi was going to try to get Allen's location he would just have to bring it up himself.

"I want to see her." There was no joke in his tone, no smile on his face, nothing but determination.

Koumi sized him up, "Who?"

"You know damn well who, Koumi! Tell me where Allen is!" the redhead snapped, not wanting to play any more games with anyone. He wanted answers and he wasn't going to beat around the bush.

"Allen? I've told you Lavi he's on a mission-"

"SHE is not on a mission. She's pregnant. With my kid. I want to know where she is. Now." the shock on Koumi's face was almost comical, and had Lavi been in any other mood he would have laughed, but his face stayed in its irritated set.

"I..." there was a long pause as Koumi considered Lavi's request, "I'm afraid I can't tell you that Lavi." the tired face fell and Lavi swallowed thickly, trying to keep his emotions in check. Koumi felt sympathy for the struggling boy; he clearly wasn't used to dealing with things like the situation he was in.

"Why? I've admitted I'm the father; I've been dealing with all this inner turmoil for months! Just let me see her! Please!"

"Believe it or not Lavi... but there are a few people who are higher up than I am before it gets to central. I am under strict orders to allow no one from this branch to communicate with Allen..."

"I'll lie for you! I'll say I broke in and read the file, I'll take the blame! Just let me go out there and see her!" Lavi was as close to begging for something as Koumi had ever seen him, and his heart went out to the pair of them.

"... You... you didn't get this from me..." hope sparked in Lavi's eye and Koumi handed him a single sheet of paper, it had Allen's location and the most recent update he had received from the Asian branch. The redhead read it eagerly, the single jade coloured iris darting back and forth across the page at a rapid speed. He smiled a little in relief, finally getting the information he had needed.

"Thank you Koumi. I'll head out right now. I should be able to get there in the next day and a half if I catch the right trains and use my hammer." The teenager didn't skip a beat jumping up from the worn couch and hurrying towards the door waving absently as he kept his eyes glued to the paper, as if he needed more time memorizing it than just a passing glance.

"Lavi." the redhead paused at the door, turning back to the man with a slightly irritated look on his face.

"No one will hold back on you if you hurt her any further." There was a threat underlying Koumi's calm tone and Lavi stared at him calmly for a long moment before he nodded and exited the office without another word.

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Allen had taken up reading during the long hours she had to sit quietly in her comfortable bed, and everyone who came into the room was impressed by the large stack of books at the end of her bed. Out of boredom Allen had read every book she could get her hands on. Even the really horrible romance novels that Rou-Fa seemed to be in love with, no matter how much of a blow to Allen's pride it was.

"'Oh Eric, I could get lost in the fathoms of your dark eyes' Rebecca said as she gazed up at the handsome man, fluttering her eyelashes shyly, okay, girls don't do that... Rou-Fa why do you bring me these? I asked you for some more Sherlock Holmes... you know romance isn't my thing... I want adventure! And... Action... and... Adventure!!! Not this mushy girly goo." The Chinese girl seemed to droop as Allen snapped the book shut with a look of distain on her face.

"But you're a girl Walker-Chan! I'm trying to help you embrace your feminine side~!" after the initial embarrassment of being romantically interested in Allen had worn off, the scientist in training had taken it upon herself to make Allen a 'true woman' it seemed. The first step had been not allowing Allen to cut her hair, and marvelling at its silky smoothness as she played with it, pulling the shoulder length strands up in ponytails and short pig tails and buns and all sorts of odd styles, which Allen didn't particularly mind, she actually sort of enjoyed the attention, not ever having much of a chance to be pampered as a child. But the romance novels were a negative.

"I may be female, but that doesn't mean I want to read trashy novels..." Rou-Fa looked crushed and Allen sighed, smiling apologetically as the girl sulked.

"Oi, annoying girl." Both young women turned to the door where Fou stood eyeing the scientist suspiciously, "Baka-Bak wants to see you." The girl blinked from behind her glasses but nodded and stood.

"I'll see you later Walker-Chan!" she waved with a friendly smile as Fou led her away from the room and Allen sighed, looking forlornly to the only book she had to read. With a defeated sigh she turned back to her page and tried to immerse herself in the unrealistic and cheesy plot line with unimaginative characters.

It was a couple moments before another scientist whose name Allen did not know disturbed her.

"Walker-dono?"

She looked up, smiling in a friendly way, blinking off the half dose she had been settling into, "Yes?"

"You have a visitor. Would you like me to send him in?" the middle aged man glanced at someone out of her line of vision, seeming a little nervous.

"Of course! If anyone took the time to come see me, who am I to turn him away?" Allen was surprised, and quite curious as to who her visitor was, seeing as no one was really to know she was even at the Asian branch, but Allen was excited to see the person whoever they were. The scientist nodded and turned to the person who had been waiting the in hall before hurriedly walking off.

There was a long pause, and over the silence in those moments Allen heard someone let out a shaky sigh. A wild mop of red hair appeared at the door and Allen's silver eyes widened as the familiar face and body almost timidly came into her view.

"Lavi..."

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As Lavi made his way out of Koumi's office he felt lighter than he had in weeks. A smile was tugging on his lips and that bounce that had been missing from his step had returned. Nothing could bring down his mood, unless he tried to figure out why he was so god damn happy, but that wasn't going to happen.

"Rabbit." Lavi stopped and turned, smiling at the orders resident iceman.

"Good morning Yuu. Just coming back from your training?" those steely eyes narrowed and Lavi blinked, not quite sure what he had done other than call him by his first name.

"Koumi told you where she is, didn't he?" Lavi gawked in surprise, wondering when Kanda had become so observant. Lenalee had been giving him looks lately, so he knew she suspected something, but somehow Kanda seemed to just know.

There was no point in lying, "Yeah... he did." Lavi said with a slow nod.

"You better not hurt the moyashi, rabbit. She may be weak and womanly, but scum like you doesn't have the right to put her in this kind of situation."

"She's not weak." Lavi's eyes narrowed at the Japanese teen, "And I don't intend on hurting her. So please don't be so concerned with it." The two young men stared at each other for a long moment before Kanda sighed, turning away from Lavi and starting down the hall.

"Whatever. Do what you want. I don't care." Lavi watched him go before making him way to his own room to pack. He wasn't going to waste any more time dwelling on why he wanted to see Allen, he wasn't going to even about it. He was just going to be glad he had finally gotten through to Koumi.

He arrived at the train station about ten minutes before his train did, and proceeded to annoy everyone else waiting for the train with his constant toe tapping and pacing. Lavi had never felt so restless in his entire life, and it wasn't even that long of a wait. He was tired, it was early in the morning, the few people who were loitering around the platform were glaring at him but he just couldn't stop moving.

The trip to the Asian branch was going to be a long one.

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By the time Lavi got off the last train two days later, he was pretty sure every conductor on the railway had is picture and was ordered to tell him to calm down, quiet down, sit down and shut up. It had been frustrating, but Lavi had complied as best as he could for fear of getting kicked off the train.

Stepping out onto the crowded platform Lavi looked around for his escort to the Asian branch he did his best to swallow the nervous feeling that was jittering around in him. It was annoying and unhelpful but finding the person who was to take him to see Allen was more important so he tried to focus on that instead of the angry swarm of bees churning his stomach in lieu of butterflies.

"Lavi-Dono!" the redhead turned to the sound of his name, smiling at the elderly man approaching him.

"Good day Wong!" he waved with an excited sparkle in his eye. The man smiled back at him as they met up and shook hands, gesturing to the waiting cart for them.

"I am assuming you do not want to linger here for very long, so shall we get moving?" Lavi grinned and nodded, making polite conversation with Wong as they boarded the cart and started towards the impenetrable order branch. The sun was starting to sink low in the sky when they were finally allowed into the underground base. Wong left him in the hands of another scientist, who guided him through the cold hallways. The middle aged man wasn't really much of a talker so their short trek towards Allen was a silent one, and Lavi was glad for that.

Allen would have recognized his voice in a heartbeat.

Lavi's hand shot out and stopped the man as they approached a room. He turned back to look at the red head questioningly, but Lavi wasn't paying attention.

The soft sound of Allen's voice reached his ears and he smiled, just wanting to listen to her for a moment.

"'Oh Eric, I could get lost in the fathoms of your dark eyes' Rebecca said as she gazed up at the handsome man, fluttering her eyelashes shyly, okay, girls don't do that... Rou-Fa why do you bring me these? I asked you for some more Sherlock Holmes... you know romance isn't my thing... I want adventure! And... Action... and... Adventure!!! Not this mushy girly goo." She sounded honestly offended and Lavi chuckled quietly, imagining the annoyed look on her gentle face.

"But you're a girl Walker-Chan! I'm trying to help you embrace your feminine side~!" an unfamiliar female voice scolded and that piqued the redheads interest. Allen being girly? That was an interesting thought that Lavi was going to save and put more thought into later.

An orange haired girl walked down the hall and stopped when she saw them, narrowing her eyes before she seemed to realize something. A scowl, not unlike one that Kanda would wear graced her features before she hurried to the door, leaning in and calling for a girl, in a manner not unlike Kanda would do.

'Weird... a less feminine version of Yuu...' the strange looking girl and a young woman in a lab coat walked away, the shorter one turning back to send him a dirty look before the two of them vanished around a corner. There was a long pause before he glanced at the scientist and nodded, signalling him to ask Allen if he could see her.

"Walker-Dono?" the man's voice shook slightly with nerves and he smiled uncomfortably when she responded, "You have a visitor. Would you like me to send him in?" Allen's affirmative response was all he needed to hear before he started moving forward, hesitating at the door until his escort was out of range. He took a steadying breath and slowly moved into the doorway, taking in Allen's form for the fist time in five months.

Her shiny white hair was shoulder length now, and her face seemed a little thinner than the last time he had seen her but she was still beautiful. Her liquid silver eyes widened and her soft lips parted in surprise as she stared at him in shock. Her belly was swollen to an almost obscene size in comparison to her slender body but the glow of her fair skin and the sparkle in her eye made her seem all the more beautiful. One slim hand was resting protectively on the top of her inflated stomach and somehow Lavi got the feeling there weren't many times that hand left that spot.

"Lavi..." the redhead's heart skipped a beat at the sound of his name coming from those prefect cupids bows and he swallowed dryly before smiling as best he could.

"Hey there Allen..."

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AN: D: once again, sorry for the wait... ^^ I've got my mojo back somewhat so maybe faster updates? ^^'' hopefully.

Please review? Pretty please with a shirtless Lavi on top of shirtless Allen? :D