Chapter 4: Glaring contests
"Well I have finally found you!" Allen said and faked a smile. "So Allen you were looking for us?" Lavi said and smiled. "Well yeah, I wanted to come with you to the tour" Allen said rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly. "Then you should have come with us in the first place! Baka!" Lavi said and smiled widely placing his hands behind his neck. Yeah I should have come with you in the first place Allen thought. After some seconds of silence Allen talked again while Lavi was still smiling widely and Jonathan was just standing there "So in which part of the tour are you?" Lavi finally stopped grinning and settled with a simple smile "We are actually waiting for Lenalee to come with the key to Jonathan's bedroom". "We have actually already seen the whole place or at least the memorable places of it" Jonathan said and fixed a smile on his face as well "It's a really big and well organised place". "So you are done with the tour?" Allen said and tried to suppress his happiness that the bloody tour was finished. "Yeah I guess" Lavi said and raised an eyebrow as to think any other place worth seeing. And yes the urge to smile widely wasn't anymore suppressed and Allen was smiling like an idiot which made the other two look at him with curiously. Allen noticed it and changed his grin into a fake disappointing look "Oh that's a shame! I wish I could have come with you on the tour!" Lavi smiled at the comment and patted his friend's back "It doesn't matter Allen you will have plenty of time to be friends with Jonathan!" Allen's expression was still the same but inside him he was screaming Like hell I will!
Before they could say anything else an over cheerful voice was heart from the end of the corridor. "I got the keys" Lenalee said and reached them while she was shaking the keys in front of them with a grin full of satisfaction. Until she noticed Allen and she raised an eyebrow at him and asked him "What are you doing here?" "I... um... came for the tour" Allen said and smiled awkwardly trying to make her buy his lie. Lenalee then narrowed her eyes for some seconds and then smiled to him "Oh Allen you are so good! But unfortunately this is our last stop!" she then proceeded to open the bedroom with the keys. They heard a click sound and Lenalee pushed the door open. She entered first and the rest of them followed. Lenalee went straight to the window and opened it wide. Light purred into the room illuminating it. Jonathan glanced around for some minutes and walked around inspecting some furniture with his hand. Then Lenalee who was still standing by the window asked him with a wide smile on her face "So you like it?" Jonathan smiled to her and nodded "Yes it's very nice". At the meantime Allen made his way to Lavi and stood right next to him like he wanted to mark his property or something so that no one would try to claim what was his. Shit since when have I started thinking Lavi as my "property". Oh well who cares no one can read my mind or something! And with that thought he smiled to himself and threw a quick glance over to Lavi. The light that entered the room was looming over him as well and Allen couldn't help but sigh at the mesmerising sight of Lavi. His hair was a beautiful shining red in the slender light and his green eye was shining as he was looking around the room. At the sound of a sigh Lavi turned to look at Allen with a curious look but Allen turned his head around quickly pretending that he was looking at the room too. Lavi smiled a little. Was he looking at me? Baka! Why would he look at you, he is just looking at the room. As he ended his thought his smile left his face and was replaced with a sad frown which he removed quickly and then shrugged to himself. Pheww that was close Allen thought to himself believing that his friend didn't see him looking at him.
"Oh yeah I almost forgot! Komui said that you three should meet him at his office once you saw the room. He has a mission for you!" In which I tried to make him let me go too but he didn't listen Lenalee thought and frowned for her stupid overprotective brother. Allen was surprised "A mission so soon for Jonathan?" "Why yes! Brother thinks that he is very capable so he wants to use him as soon as possible!" Lenalee said and went over to Jonathan and stood next to him with a big smile on her face. Jonathan felt a little uncomfortable again and tried to smile. When he turned to look at Lavi so that he could "save" him again he noticed Allen as well and he then narrowed his eyes briefly at the white haired boy. But fortunately their glaring contest never started as Lavi talked "Well then I guess we should be on our way" and with that he started walking out of the door and Allen followed him closed behind. Lenalee handed to Jonathan the keys and made sure that her hand lingered a bit on Jonathan's hand. She thought that she might faint only by that simple touch. Jonathan smiled involuntarily again and thanked her. Then he made his way after Lavi and Allen as fast as he could to catch up with them. When he reached them in a matter of seconds Allen was standing next to Lavi so he stood on Lavi's other side. Allen glared at the floor for this action and kept quite.
They were pacing fast feeling the anxiety for a new mission in their veins. They reached Komui's office without saying a lot. They were standing outside his door and Lavi made a step front to knock on the door leaving Allen and Jonathan side by side. They both tried their best not to glare to each other. "Come in" Komui's voice was heard from behind the door and all the three of them made their way in.
Allen being fast enough and knowing the office well he sited himself next to Lavi leaving Jonathan to sit next to him. Jonathan half glared at him and Allen was grinning evilly for his achievement. Of course Lavi and Komui didn't notice this little "exchange".
"You are going here. All the three of you. I want you to show Jonathan how we work even though I am sure that there is no need. But still rules are rules" Komui said and opened the file of the mission on his desk for them to see and showed them the place they would go. He didn't really prefer such formatilities but he wanted to be seen as strictly professional man in the eyes of a new exorcist. "Right this seems easy enough for the three of us" Lavi said and smiled and looked over to Jonathan who was inspecting the file. Allen noticed this and frowned to himself. Jonathan then looked at Lavi as well and said "Yeah seems easy" and smiled. Now Allen was starting to turn red from anger and jealousy so he spoke too and leaned a little forward so that he cut Jonathan's and Lavi's view of each other "Yeah it will be easy for us, piece of cake. When are we leaving?" "Tomorrow. Good luck" Komui said and dismissed them.
Once outside Jonathan was the first to talk "So we will meet tomorrow to leave?" Lavi nodded, Allen didn't even bother. Then Lavi's eyes widened as an idea came to his mind "That's what we forgot!" Both Jonathan and Allen eyed him with a confused face waiting for him to continue. "We didn't show you the most important place of the Order! Our practising room! And you will need it so that you will practise of course before missions! Like now!" Lavi said and felt proud about his revelation. "Oh right and I was wondering if you have one!" Jonathan said with an upward tilt of his eyebrows. "So you practise there before missions?" he asked wishing for a positive answer. "Well not on every mission, just when we need it" Lavi said and smiled. "So we can practise now?" Jonathan said and his eyes lighten up. "Sure we can practise together!" Lavi said cheerfully before Allen could cut him off. Allen felt his heat rising up from the conversation that he wasn't unable to stop. Over my dead body I will let them practise together! I don't want this guy nowhere near my... I mean Lavi... Allen thought to himself and tried to figure out a way to stop them. "I am sure you don't really need practise and after all you have just arrived you must be tired" Allen said and grinned again evilly narrowing his eyes, proud about his fast thinking. But Jonathan grinned back and said "Yes you are right Allen. I guess I will just go to my room and rest and maybe we can practise later. I will just find you" Lavi smiled and nodded "Sure no problem". Allen frowned again as his idea didn't stop anything, only made it worse, now not only they would still go but he couldn't know when. "So see you guys later!" Jonathan said and waved goodbye to them before heading to his room. Allen didn't miss his satisfaction face and he gritted his teeth at the sight. "So do you want to do something now?" Lavi said and broke the intense glare that Allen was giving to the empty space in front of him. Lavi smiled at the sight making Allen smile back "You are weird Allen! Come on let's go!" And they walked together down the corridor. Well I guess I will have to stay with Lavi for the rest of the time and make sure that he won't go with Jonathan. Allen smiled at his clever thought and let his arm touch softly Lavi's arm. Although he didn't notice the small blush from Lavi at his action.
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