Next day at lunch Lavi sat on the cafeteria staring at the tray of food infront of him, never touching it. Lavi´s mind was back at what had happened last night with the Noah.
"Because you are so damn cute." Lavi shaked his head hearing Tyki´s words repeating themselves in his head. "Damn that bastard...And he dared to ki..." Lavi´s face started to feel hot and he knew his face was red as a tomato.
"Aarght that jerk!" Lavi shouted and hit his head to the table.
"Are you okay?" Allen asked smiling about to sit to opposite from Lavi. Lavi lifted his face and saw his friend. "Oh, Allen. Hi...Yeah I´m fine." Lavi smirked. "Rough day yesterday."
Allen nodded and sat down and started eating. "It´s contagious." He said. lavi shot him a questioning look asking for answer. "I was shopping with Lenalee earlier and she was looking at some baby stuff. You know, clothes, toys." Allen said. Lavi gulped. No way she would... "She didn´t tell me why, though I hardly think that she was looking at them for herself. Komui would kill the poor man in charge." Allen sweatdropped. "She´s too young for a baby."
Lavi looked at his friend and then at the tray again. "Too young, huh..?" He muttered. "What did you say?" Allen asked not quite hearing what Lavi said. "Oh, nothing." Lavi grinned. "Just muttering to myself." Allen laughed. "You know, talking to yourself is a sign of madness." He joked. Lavi smiled. "Madness ain´t the problem in this place." He said joining to the laughter.
Lavi looked at the clock and sighed. Time to meet Bookman.
Lavi hadn´t seen his mentor after his outburst in Komui´s office. He felt his cheeks getting hot. He hadn´t mean to get so emotional, but he really didn´t have a choice. He wasn´t going to let him kill the baby. Maybe they could find some solution to all of this.
"Lavi?" Allen asked noticing his friend getting nervous. "Are you okay?" He asked. Lavi nodded. "Yeah, I have to go and meet the old panda now, so if you´ll excuse me." Lavi said standing up and leaving the table. "But you haven´t even eating anything..." Allen said after him even though Lavi couldn´t hear him.
Komui sat by his desk waiting for Lavi to arrive. When Lavi had come earlier mornig to his check up, he had asked Lavi to come to his office to discuss about the baby with Bookman.
Bookman was on the couch drinking tea and waiting too. He was going to get some reason to the idiot´s head one way or another. He didn´t want to make Lavi to do such a thing as killing the baby, but it was only solution for this.
A knock was heard from the door and Komui automatically stood up. "Come in." He called. The door opened and Lavi peaked his head in looking nervous. "Hi..." He said quietly and entered the room and closing the door behind him. "Come on in Lavi." Komui said trying to sound cheerful for the boy.
Lavi couldn´t look the Bookman in the eyes. He was so embarrassed of his earlier behavior. Bookman was doing the opposite. He studied his apprentice and sighed. "Lavi, I´m not doing this out of anger or to be mean." He spoke. Lavi gasped soflty and lifted his head to face the older man. He had never heard Bookman speaking so gently as he was now. "But I´m sure you understand that we can´t have this child to end up to the Earl." The Bookman continued. Lavi nodded. "I´m not sure if that´s going to happen, or did the Noah just wanted to..." "It´s going to happen..." Lavi said interrupting. "What?" Komui asked eyes widening. "I said it´s going to happen." Lavi raised his voice. "The Earl wants the child. It wasn´t an accident. It was on purpose." Lavi said. "Tyki Mikk came to my room last night and said that it was on purpose that he had raped me. He said that the Earl was going to make the baby a weapon, because it carries mine and a Noah´s blood." Lavi said his voice cracking. "That´s why he..he..." Komui placed his hand to Lavi´s shoulder giving him at least some comfort.
"We need to terminate it." Komui said carefully knowing that Lavi was in emotional state with raging hormones. "I know..." Lavi whispered. Both Bookman and Komui gasped. "You..you agree?" Komui asked. Lavi nodded. "It´s for the best." Lavi said. "If it´s going to be used by the Earl then it can´t be born. It wouldn´t have a happy life and it would..." Lavi quieted down not able to continue. He felt tears forming to his eyes and falling down. He fell to his knees on the floor and cried. "Lavi." Bookman sighed and placed his hand on the top of the crying boy´s head. "I know this is hard for you, but you made the right choice." He said and removed his hand and walked out of the room unable to hold his rage anymore.
The Earl would pay. The Noah would pay. They would pay the ultimate prize for hurting his precious apprentice so much.
Back at the room Lavi had finally calmed a little and was able to move himself on the couch. Komui watched the boy and sighed. "I´ll have the operation prepared for tonight." he said softly. "Do you want me to call Lenalee?" He asked. Lavi shaked his head. "She would just yell at me..." He said wiping the tears from his eyes only to make room for more of them. "No she won´t." Komui said. "It would be good for you to be with a friend."
It was already six p.m and Lavi was lying on his bed his head on Lenalee´s lap. Komui had called her after Lavi left the office and told her not to say anything that might change Lavi´s mind. And not to say anything what might upset him even more. "Just be there for him." He had said.
Lenalee looked at her friend as she stroked his red hair. She didn´t like this. She wasn´t happy at the choice Lavi had made, but as she promised, she was there for him.
After few minutes, the head nurse knocked on the door and opened it. "It´s time." She said softly. She had already been informed about the situation when it was first discovered that Lavi was pregnant.
Lenalee nodded and pulled Lavi up from her lap. "Come on Lavi. Let´s go." She ssaid smiling weakly. Lavi nodded and stood up. Lenalee walked right along side of him, never letting go of his hand.
"Lavi..." She started. Lavi turned his head towards her. "I know I´m not uspposed to say anything, but is this really what you want?" She asked. Lavi sighed and shaked his head. "No, but it´s no use. It´s for the best." He said. "But if you feel that way, then you should..." Lenalee started, but was interrupted by the look on Lavi´s face. "I know you´re trying to make me change my mind and keeping the baby. But it´s not fair for me or the baby. It would be made into a weapon. Fighting against us."
Lenalee sighed and didn´t say anything after that. "I hope you are not going to regret this Lavi." She thought.
They arrived to the operation room and Lenalee let go of Lavi´s hand. "I´ll see you when you get back , okay?" She smiled to him. Lavi nodded and walked to Komui who was waiting for them. "Okay Lavi, change into these and come in." He said handing him some hospital clothing. Lavi nodded and turned to face Lenalee once more. "Don´t worry, I know what I´m doing." He smiled and waved to her before disappearing to another room.
Lenalee placed her hands over her heart and felt her eyes stinging with unshed tears.
Lavi lied on the operating table, his mouth was a thin line and his brow was sweating. "Is this really what you want?" Lenalee´s words haunted his mind. But he had already made up his mind and there was no turning back now.
"Okay Lavi, I´m going to put you asleep before we start. It´ll be less uncomfortable to you if you´re asleep during it..." Komui said prepairing the tools for the operation.
"Asleep huh? Like that´s going to be any help at all..." Lavi thought sarcastically.
"Really what you want?" Lenalee´s voice came back.
Lavi tried to shake those words out of his head. No use.
"Was she right? Am I doing a big mistake here?"
"Okay Lavi, count backwards from ten." Komui said placing an oxygen mask on Lavi´s face.
"Ten..." lavi started.
"No! This isn´t what I want!"
"Nine..."
"I want this child to have a change to live!"
"Eight..."
"I want to have my baby!"
AN: Exciting huh? What´s going to happen next? Stay tuned and thank You for reading! Please leave a review!
~NekoEd