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Despite the war being over, the Black Order HQ was still full. That was because the people who had survived the scuffle with the Millennium Earl didn't have anywhere to go back to and the Church was being fair (for once) and looking after the personnel who had helped in the victory against the Akuma.

Several of these people stared long and hard as they walked into the cafeteria. An unusual sight lay before them. At the table where Kanda and company usually sat, the dark-haired man was feeding a little boy, looking extremely irritated while he was at it. This little boy looked remarkably like Lavi.

A few Finders who'd gotten to know the Exorcists exceptionally well over the years worked up the nerve to ask Kanda what had happened.

"The idiot got some weird shit spilled on himself, what else? Fuckin Komui and those research goons…" Kanda scoffed, forcing another spoonful of soup into the baby's mouth. He'd put the bowl in front of Lavi before but Lavi had made a mess of it so he'd taken it upon himself to feed the child. It was cleaner and quicker that way.

The news was relayed across the huge chamber. The Finders and other personnel nodded in understanding and mentally rolled their eyes at their Supervisor's craziness. Some people never changed.

But still, they continued to sneak glances at Kanda's table. It was so strange seeing Kanda caring so openly for another. As far as they knew, the word "caring" didn't even exist in Kanda's dictionary.

But the feeding came to an end when Allen, Lenalee, Krory, and Miranda joined Kanda and Lavi for dinner. Everyone had already heard what had happened from Lenalee and started to fuss over the little redhead.

Picking up on the mutual feelings of discord that immediately rose between Allen and Kanda, Lavi answered Allen with an undeserved "go away, stupid bean sprout" when the white-haired boy greeted the little child. Kanda smirked.

"What?! It's Allen!" Allen corrected indignantly. He looked accusingly at Kanda. "You should be more careful around children, Kanda! They're easily influenced."

Kanda gazed at him blankly. "And why would I care?"

Allen was about to argue but Lenalee interrupted. "Well, since we do have a child here, why don't the two of you give it a rest?" She smiled, though there was something deadly about the gesture.

"R-Right," Allen agreed hastily. He shot Kanda a glare and proceeded to dig into the numerous dishes before him.

Meanwhile, Miranda was trying to ease the discomfort of little Lavi. "Would you like some candy?" she offered.

Lavi looked like he didn't trust her but he nodded anyway. Miranda smiled and, digging into the pocket at the side of her poofy skirt, she pulled out a small packet of sweets and handed them to the boy. "Here you go."

"Thank you." He said timidly.

Krory chuckled. "Who'd have thought Lavi was such a cute little child?"

Looking at the man's teeth, Lavi whimpered a little and drew into Kanda's side. Kanda sighed. "Would you sit on your own? He's not going to bite you. Tch."

"Eh? Did I do something wrong?" Krory asked, looking confused.

"There's nothing to worry about." Lenalee reassured the boy with a bright smile. "Krory's a good guy."

"B-but…" Lavi shot another glance at Krory. Kanda felt the little body stiffen a little so he put a hand upon his head and patted it.

"Um…These are your friends, you know." He said, trying to sound as nonchalant as possible.

"R-really?"

"Yeah."

A smile spread across the boy's lips. "Ok, papa!"

Kanda ground his teeth together while Allen nearly choked on his food.

"Don't call me tha…!"

"P-papa?! Since when?!"

"Shut up, bean sprout!"

"Hey, that was uncalled for!"

"Just shut…!"

It was Lenalee who halted the argument, once again, as always. "Stop it! Or I'll kick you both!"

"Sorry." Allen mumbled, resuming his meal while Kanda just scoffed.

"Brother said the effect of the…chemical that got Lavi into this state had some weird side-effects." Lenalee informed. "He won't trust anyone aside from Kanda."

Aren't I lucky? Kanda thought dryly.

Meanwhile, Lavi was getting along famously with Miranda. "Aunty like sweets?"

"Eh?" Miranda looked at a loss. "I-I suppose I do."

Kanda was caught unaware but quickly masked a snicker as a cough, with his hand clamped over his mouth. Aunty! She's not even thirty yet! He reasoned that it must be the eyes; Miranda's eyes were slightly sunken, making her appear a lot older than she looked. Though, that cleared up when Marie was in the vicinity. But Marie was currently away with Tiedoll, exploring new sights or something.

"Aunty have more?"

Kanda "coughed" into his hand again. Damn it, Lavi. Shut up already. He thought, trying to keep the smirk off his face.

"Sure, I do. You want some?" Miranda asked.

"Yes, please!"

"Well, you have to finish the ones I gave you first."

Kanda bonked the kid gently on the head. "Yeah, and don't ask for things shamelessly, you idiot."

"Daddy has spoken." Allen intoned, trying to keep a straight face. But he didn't manage it and burst into a cackling fit. Though it was stopped abruptly as he cried out. "Ow!" Lenalee was giving him a pointed look. "Sorry." He mumbled, bowing his head.

Deciding that the bean sprout had been deservedly punished, Kanda let the crack slide. "Whatever."

As Kanda was finishing his own meal, Lavi talked with the others (notably more with Lenalee and Miranda), though he kept shooting Allen suspicious glances. He seemed happy, overall. Though, when Kanda stood up to go give his tray back to the kitchen staff, the boy cried out and clung onto his arm.

"What's the matter with you?" Kanda asked, annoyed. "I'll be right back."

"Why don't you stay here, Lavi?" Lenalee offered.

"No! Papa!"

Kanda sighed and put down the tray and pried his arm out of the boy's grasp. "Fine, but walk on your own." He picked Lavi up off the bench and set him down on his feet and then picked up the tray again. "We're going." He said as farewell to the others.

"Ah, hey, you could stay awhile. I'm sure Lavi's going to be bored with you anyway." Allen said.

"Stupid, bean sprout." Kanda grumbled. "If you want him, you can have him."

"No! Lavi stay with Papa!" Lavi protested, clinging onto Kanda's leg.

"Will you stop that? It's annoying." Kanda growled, shaking his leg to make the boy let go.

"Hey, Lavi, if you know what's good for you, you'll stay away from this idiot." Allen informed.

Kanda glared at him. "What was that, bean sprout?!"

"It's Allen, stupid Kanda."

"Stupid bean sprout!"

"Stupid papa!"

"Papa not stupid!" Lavi interjected, glaring at Allen and clutching the leg of Kanda's pants.

"H-He's glaring at me! That's so rare! It's your fault, Kanda!" Allen accused, pointing a finger the dark-haired man.

Kanda heaved a sigh and turned around. "Whatever."

"Stupid papa! You're the worst parent ever!" Allen called out.

"Enough, Allen!" Lenalee snapped. "Stop behaving like a child!" Allen obediently fell silent and resumed his meal.

After Kanda had given the tray back, they walked towards the exit. Lavi looked back before they left. Allen was looking his way so he stuck his tongue out at him.

"Did you see that?! He stuck his tongue out at me!" Allen complained. "Hey, what kinda treatment is that?! Kanda's been influencing him! That guy's gonna be the worst parent ever!"

Lenalee sighed. "Calm down, Allen. It's because Lavi's attached to Kanda right now so he'll act how Kanda acts towards others."

Allen dropped his spoon, looking shocked. "What if this animosity still stays when he changes back?! We'll be hated by our close friend! Damn you, Kanda!"

Lenalee rolled her eyes. "I wouldn't worry about that. Lavi will go back to being how he always is when the two weeks are up. Er…" she paused thoughtfully, reflecting on her words, "at least…I hope so."

"You don't need to pee, right?"

Lavi shook his head.

"And you're not hungry?"

He shook his head again.

"Good. Get some sleep now." Kanda waited for the boy to lie down on the spare bedding he'd rolled out on the floor before standing up and going over to his own bed.

He was hesitant to leave the room because he was sure Lavi would come after him so he waited until the boy was fast asleep.

It didn't take long. Kanda breathed a sigh of relief and left. He really had to use the bathroom. He'd been holding it forever because Lavi wouldn't let him out of his sight.

He saw Allen in the toilets. He groaned. He could really do without having the bean sprout getting on his nerves right now.

"Yo, Kanda."

As soon as he heard words coming out of the bean sprout's mouth, he replied automatically. "Shut…oh, never mind then."

Allen looked at him funny. "Somethin wrong? You're even more out of it than usual."

Kanda glared. "What are you trying to imply?"

The white-haired boy shrugged with a mocking grin on his face. "Being a father must be taxing on you."

"Shut up, bean sprout."

"Is your kid sleeping?"

"Shut up."

"Ah, don't tell me you knocked him out just so he'd leave you alone! I should call social services!"

"Shut up!"

Allen snickered as he went to wash his hands. Kanda glared at the wall while he finished up his business. Much as he respected the bean sprout for all that he'd done during the war and all (though he would never admit it), the boy still insisted on getting on his nerves.

He was washing his hands when Allen spoke again, sounding thoughtful, "Hey, doesn't he seem a little…brighter today?"

"Lavi?"

"Yeah."

"Hmm…" Kanda frowned, thinking back on today and the past…well, since the war had ended. "What gave you that idea?"

Allen shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe it's because he doesn't remember any of his worries or he sees things differently because his mind's that of child's but…he hasn't looked this lively for quite a while. I mean…there's…something different…"

Kanda was surprised. "You noticed?"

"Heck yeah. I know he tries to cover it up but it doesn't really work on me…or Lenalee. He must be really upset about Bookman."

"Yeah…" He thought it wasn't apparent to anyone else…because no one ever let on that they knew of Lavi's suffering. But maybe they'd acted ignorant to it because they didn't know what to say to the redhead to make him feel better. Kanda was the only one who broached the topic openly…because he was Lavi's best friend and should know about these kinds of things. But he still didn't know how to ease the former Bookman apprentice's pain.

"Make sure you look after him well, Kanda." Allen said as he started to brush his teeth.

"I don't need to be told to do things from you, bean sprout."

And the serious mood shifted back to how it usually was.

But, when Kanda was lying awake that night, staring down at the silhouette of the little figure asleep on the floor, he couldn't help but wonder how long Lavi would suffer the pain of his decision.

"Hey, Yu-chan?"

Kanda had been meditating but he opened one eye as the door of his room opened. "What?"

Lavi came to sit beside him. There was an odd smile on his lips. It looked more like a grimace. "You know I told you Gramps said that the two of us are leaving tomorrow? And I told you I didn't want to go yet, right?"

He had Kanda's full attention now. "Yeah…?"

The redhead looked down, fiddling with his hands. His expression was one Kanda didn't like. His green eye was glazed over, as if he was going to start crying anytime now. "He…" his voice almost caught. "He…said…if I don't do as he says, then I can…forget about being the future Bookman."

"What?! That's harsh!" Kanda exclaimed.

"Not really." Lavi mumbled, picking a bit of fluff off his shirt and tossing it away. "Bookmen aren't supposed to want to stay anywhere for any other reason than to record history and our purpose here is done. It was ridiculous of me to even voice such a thing but…" he trailed off, looking morose.

"But…?" Kanda encouraged.

A green eye met Kanda's midnight one. Lavi smiled. "I told him I'm not going."

"You did what?!" Kanda demanded, rising up on his knees. "You idiot! Why would you do that?! Do you not want to be a Bookman?! This is what you've been working your whole life for, right?! Why would you give that up?!"

Lavi gazed up at him, trying appear indifferent but failing miserably. "Because…there's just some things in life which are more important that the truth and history of this world."

"But that's pretty damn important too, isn't it?" Kanda challenged, sitting back down. "For you, in any case. You're an idiot."

"Perhaps."

"There's no 'perhaps' about it." he snorted. "You spend your entire life aiming for one goal and when it's within your grasp, you turn it down? How inane are you?!"

Lavi sighed. "I thought you'd be happy for me, Yu. I get to stay by you guys a little longer. This isn't exactly encouraging."

Kanda scoffed. "Damn right it isn't! I know it means a lot to us…that you want to stay here but you're a damn fool if you think I'm okay with you doing something reckless like this, for our sake. This is what, more than twenty years down the drain? Think practically, idiot!"

"I am thinking practically!" Lavi exclaimed. "And I don't want to be an emotionless shell for the rest of my life! Because if I do that…I'll be forced to forget all of you…" he looked down and wiped furiously at his eye.

Kanda was a little uncomfortable. He'd never seen Lavi even close to tears before…excluding the end of the final battle where everyone thought Allen was going to die. It wasn't right because Lavi was the guy who always cheered everyone up with his huge and brilliant grin and wouldn't hear of it when someone wanted to be left alone to ponder on upsetting miserable things. He was annoying and persistent, but that was what made him Lavi.

"I thought Bookmen don't forget?" the dark-haired man mumbled.

Lavi shrugged. "Well, they don't but…if I become Bookman, I won't have the time to sit around and leisurely think about these past few years."

"But…" Kanda was running out of arguments so he threw his hands up in frustration, "you're still an idiot! And it's not exactly going to sit well with anyone that you gave up your future for us! You're so stupid! I could kill you right now!"

"Then do it." Lavi sighed. "Because my life feels pretty damn useless right now."

"Tch. You piss me off, you know that?! You're being pathetic. You should go back to the old man an tell him it was some stupid joke and pack your fuckin things up and get the fuck on with your life."

Lavi met Kanda's eye once more. "I thought you'd still want me around, Yu?" He looked so glum.

Kanda looked away. "That's hardly important."

"Yes it is! I want to stay…because you, Allen, Lenalee, Kuro-chan, the others are all so important! I can't just leave the Order and never look back! That's too much!"

"What's too much is that you're going to suffer for this and it'll be our fault!" Kanda snapped.

"I wouldn't think that for a minute!" Lavi cried. "I'm doing this of my own violation! I know there are going to be times when I'm going to look back and think "what if…" but I won't blame it on you guys! Geez, I'm not that weak, Yu!"

Kanda stood up and turned away, not wanting to talk about this anymore. He'd probably just end up giving in to the urge to hit the bastard and he didn't want to do that. There were play-fights and there were serious fights. He was fairly sure he didn't want to do something regrettable.

In all honesty, he didn't want Lavi to go. But Lavi had a future to look forward to. What did the rest of the Exorcists have now? Their purpose was done and they were free to pursue whatever, even though it was kind of late to start a new life now…at least, in Kanda's opinion. He didn't want Lavi to hang around the Black Order aimlessly when he could be out there doing what he'd trained to do.

"Just… I don't know what to say to you, Lavi." he mumbled.

"I want to stay." Lavi said.

Kanda sighed. "Whatever. If you think that's the best thing for you, I'm not going to say anything. I'm not your fuckin mom."

"C'mon, Yu. As my best friend, you're take on all this means a lot to me, you know."

"I already said my opinion's not important."

"Then tell me what is!"

"What's important is that you live a good meaningful life from now."

"And you think it'll be good for me if I travel around the world, recording history through a poker face, without acknowledging that I'm a human too and I should have a proper life like those of the people whose stories I record? That's not satisfactory after everything we've all been through together!"

"Just…do whatever you want…" Kanda said, turning back to look at his friend briefly. "I'm going for a walk."

He made to brush past Lavi but the redhead stopped him by placing a hand on his shoulder. "Just answer one question."

Kanda cast him a sidelong glance, his gaze a lot sharper than he intended it to be. "What?"

"Do you want me to stay? Honestly?"

"That's not…"

"Just answer, Yu!"

Kanda looked away. "…Yes." He shrugged out of his friend's grasp and left the room.

And he'd stayed.

Kanda sighed and rolled onto his back, looking up at the black space above. It was futile worrying about this now. I should get some sleep.

He was going to do just that when low murmuring came from the little figure on the floor. "Pa…pa…?" The murmuring turned to little sobs as the boy sat up.

"What's up?" Kanda mumbled, not getting up.
"Papa!" Lavi stood up and headed towards the source of the voice. He stopped before the bed. "Papa?"

"What?"

"Lavi sleep with Papa?" he pleaded.

Kanda sighed and threw the blanket back. He didn't want to get out of bed to put Lavi back in his own bedding. "Alright…"

Lavi clambered up and snuggled up beside Kanda. Kanda pulled the sheet around the boy and turned his back on him. "Go to sleep."

Um, I wanted this story have go a little deeper than just making Lavi turn into a kid for a couple weeks so I'm tryna get an actual plot going.

Oh, and I'm still up for ideas so keep em comin and thank you to whoever reviewed, yo! :) Enjoy LaviYu Day