Kanda had been perpetually bad mood since he had woke up that dreary, rainy Monday morning and he didn't bother to even grab his umbrella as he walked onto the rainy streets, feeling the water instantly soak his skin.

Naturally, on days like these when he had work off, he would either stay at home and sleep all day or recently, he'd hang out with the Usagi. Yet, for some reason, Lavi wasn't answering any of his calls that morning or even his text messages which only further agitated the long-haired man.

So in the end, he finally decided to go to Lavi's apartment to find out why the hell he was ignoring him so that he had an excuse to tackle him later. Although he would never admit aloud or to himself for that matter, that he was slightly concerned that something might have happened, Kanda just sighed and steadied his paces.

The rain was pouring harder now, and Kanda had to grit his teeth together in order to stop them from chattering. 'Real smooth, just leaving the umbrella. Very, very smooth.'

He quickened his pace, exhaling deeply as the familiar building came into view and he shook some of the water out of his hair as he stalked up the creaking metal stairs. How Lavi managed to live in such a place was beyond him.

The door to the apartment slammed open with quite a commotion as a thoroughly wet Kanda burst in, trailing water across the floor.

He kicked the door shut with about as much care as he had opened it, shoving his soggy coat into the well-worn dent in the door where the peeling paint confirmed this time was not his first shutting the door in such a manner. He'd pay Lavi back one day, but for now, he was too peeved.

"Oi Usagi!" he barked, ringing the excess water out of his shirt and seeing there was no improvement, simply removed it and chucked it across the room. "Are you sleeping lazy ass!?"

Jade green eyes opened wearily to the familiar voice and the red head groaned slightly, propping himself up on one elbow. "Yu? What the hell man, it's eleven in the morning…" Lavi coughed, scratching the side of his head.

Kanda followed the voice into a small, beat up looking room where the red head was pile under a mountain of pillows and blankets. Leaning against the doorway he frowned. "You look like shit." He commented blankly.

"Gee, thanks Yu, thanks…" He murmured, plopping back into his safe haven of pillows to block out the sunlight. "What are you doing here anyways…?" He said, his words muffled by the pillow.

"You didn't answer so I guessed someone else beside me kicked your sorry ass." Kanda lied smoothly, feeling a smirk tug at his own lips. "What happened? You get sick?"

"No, I'm fine…So how did your day go?" he inquired nonchalantly, not bother to hide the weariness in his voice.

"Tch. My day just started you retard." Kanda replied, rummaging through Lavi's closet as he spoke and slipped one of the red head's shirts on. "But seriously dude, you look like shit. What did you do last night after the bar?"

"Good question. I'd love to find out too. Did you drive me home by any chance?"

Kanda's frown deepened. "No, I didn't. You told me you'd walk…you left your coat didn't you?" Kanda sighed, running a hand through his soaked hair. "Freaking idiot. No wonder you got a cold."

"Gah, I do not have a cold…it's probably a hangover…"

"You only had a few drinks last night Usagi…I made sure of that."

"Aww, you're so sweet Yu."

"Shut up." Kanda snapped, blushing lightly. "The only reason I did that is because I was paying for your sorry ass!"

Lavi responded by letting out raspy couch, and he winced clutching his chest tightly as he smothered the noises by shoving his face deeper into the cotton material. Kanda watched the whole scene and scowled, scratching the side of his head. 'Idiot, just admit you're sick…'

"You can leave if you want." Lavi said, smiling weakly at him. "I'm just going to sleep it off anyways."

"Nah, I want to be here to tease the crap out of you." Kanda smirked widely, tugging at his shirt. "Plus it's still raining to hard."

There was a moment of silence and the long haired man watched his best friend's lips tug into a full blown smile.

"Well while you're here, you want to watch some movies? We might as well watch some chick flicks."

"Ew, are you still determined to get me to stop hating women?"

"Oh hells yes, now help me up." Lavi spoke, letting out a small grunt as he picked himself off the bed, leaning against Kanda arm for support as they walked over to the lumpy black sofa. "Uh, you choose the movie." He commented, plopping down onto the sofa and coughed painfully.

Kanda winced inwardly but nodded, grabbing the closest movie and placing it into the DVD player. Taking a seat beside Lavi, he sighed, placing his feet on the table as the horrible rap music filled the room. As much as he hated to admit it, he enjoyed the position they were in.

"Wow, I know blonde chicks are stupid but this is ridiculous…" Lavi chuckled, his eyelids dropping and it didn't take long for them to fully close. Kanda heard him murmur his name under his breath and he blushed furiously, letting out a defiant 'tch'.

Surprised by the sudden weight on his shoulder Kanda looked over to see the sleeping form of Lavi resting against his left side. He ignored the sounds from the T.V. as his eyes were inexplicably drawn to his friend's face.

It was funny that someone as coarse and vicious as Kanda could look this calm and serious by simply watching someone sleeping. The constant smile that seemed to be permanently etched onto the red head's face was gone, only to be replaced by tranquility that it seemed it wouldn't last any longer.

Feeling the heat rush to his face, Kanda murmured 'idiot' under his breath and rested his head against Lavi's, falling into a deep sleep.

Xxx

Road Camelot took a sip of her raspberry lemonade, inspecting the bar from the small coffee shop across the street. Twirling the straw inside the cup she smiled lightly, her finger's tapping amused against the wooden counter that smelled heavily of coffee beans and soap. She carefully placed her cup down and wiped her mouth on her sleeve, licking her lips and swung her feet over the large sofa chair.

It had been exactly three days, two hours and fifty seven minutes since she had started following the two men around and to put in bluntly, she wanted to see some blood. But of course, there was always time for that later. It was a wonder how the twelve-year old mind could work at times.

Glancing at the clock leaning against the colorfully painted wall, Road felt her lower lip push out in to a pout. 'No fair Tyki, you said it'd be fun!' She thought, kicking her feet at a steady pace. Flipping out her cell phone that she had just recently received from her uncle, she tapped the number three speed dial.

"Hello?"

"Hey Lulu, do you know if Tyki's back from work yet?"

"Tyki…no, no he's not quite back yet. From what I heard, he's still in a bad mood." She replied indifferently, and Road could already see the mental image of the bored expression on Lulubell's face.

"Ooh, very well. Say, are you doing anything?" Road giggled.

"No, why Road?"

"Well, you see, Tyki is getting a teensy bit jealous and—"

"—and he's paying you to get them to separate, correct?"

"Yes, so what do you think. Mind helping your favorite little girl." Road smiled, twirling a strand of her hair.

She heard Lulubell sigh deeply on the other line. "Whatever Road. Sure, who do I have to seduce?"

"His name is Yu Kanda." Road smirked, feeling the bloodlust wash through her body as she shuddered in delight.

A/N: See I told you I would update fast! Now sorry for another cliffhanger because this is the last chapter for at least a week or so. I'm going to try to update at least once a week and if worse comes to worse, once a month. But that probably will never happen so not to worry. I love reviews and with ought reviews I don't get inspiration which ultimately means no new chapter DX. Review…please?

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