Lavi-

Morning came much more quickly than I'd imagined. It was like the last thing I remembered was tossing myself on the bed and now, which seemed like a minute later when it was really seven hours, I was awake. And why was I awake?

Yeah, its cause the doorbell had been ringing off the hook nonstop.

I sighed exasperatedly before pulling myself off the bed to see who on earth that was. Expectedly, Allen's face was smiling at me when I opened the door. Was that a smirk I see? Sighing again, I asked, "What do you want? It's like, seven. AM, not PM."

He shrugged, "wondering if you were up to go get breakfast with me for all of us."

"Will you ever stop eating?"

"No," Allen said as he shoved his way in, "but I thought it'd be good to you know, let Lenalee sleep in a bit. You know she's always the earliest one to wake up to get coffee for the Science research department. And we've all had a long day yesterday."

"Speaking of sleeping in and long day, I think I'm ready to crash back to that again," I said, ready to drop dead on the bed once more. Allen didn't seem to approve though. He gave me that look.

"What? Hey, Lenalee wasn't the only one with a long day. And shouldn't you be asleep?" I said, as I shield my eyes from the bright light pouring in. Allen the ass had pulled the curtains apart and I wasn't a fan of sudden bursts of light.

"Come on, it's just breakfast. Be nice, Lavi," Allen said.

"I like pancakes please. With loads of syrup. And you have two arms, you can get them easily."

"You have to help me pick out the food. I don't know what Lenalee likes." Allen sounded pretty desperate already. "And besides, I like to get more, so two arms isn't enough." Did I mention I was soft at heart?

"She'll eat anything you get, trust me." Oh, I know that too well. "Now go away," I buried my face in the pillow.

"Lavi! Come on. I promise I won't eat your share of food the next time we're in the plane."

Hey, what can I say? I'm soft at heart. Really.

Lenalee-

The air smelled so fresh and so good. I took in deep breaths and took a quick glance at the alarm clock. Nine in the morning already. The night had passed quickly. I'd bet those two next door are still fast asleep.

As I was just done with tying my hair into my usual ponytails, I heard a rap on the door. Ah, must be one of them wanting to leave because he's hungry or something.

Allen and Lavi both greeted me with smiles as they shoved their way in, hands full of food.

"I didn't know what you wanted, so I brought back plenty of food to spare," Allen said, settling the food on the desk. Lavi came closely behind, his hands pretty full too.

"Guys! You shouldn't have! I mean, you must've spent quite a lot just on this right?"

"Nope. Komui gave me more than enough to keep you full and healthy, Lenalee." Allen grinned at me. Then, he took out a container of porridge from one of the plastic bags, "Here, Lavi picked it 'cause he said you'd probably like it. After all, China families usually serve this for breakfast right?"

I glanced quickly at Lavi, but he was indulging in his hot pancakes already. He didn't look up at me. I smiled, "Thank you, the both of you. That was…thoughtful. I missed having this in China, but hey, having it in America isn't that bad."

Lavi-

I hoped I didn't still reek from the afternoon. We'd pretty much toured the resort already, and done most of the touristy things that we should. All that excitement had wiped Allen out right after dinner. He'd dragged himself back to the room and been there ever since. I'd taken a quick shower of course, but I was self-conscious. I hated to know that I smelled bad.

I'd promised Lenalee in the afternoon that I'd pick her from her room right now, so we could go for a beach walk. I hope I look good. As usual, I let my hair down loosely, as I usually did in the night. Lenalee seemed to prefer me looking like this.

She opened her door, smiling up at me brightly. She was in a short skirt and a soft long sleeve shirt that made her look really cute. "Shall we go now? Wait, is Allen asleep?"

"Knocked out completely," I assured.

"That's good. But I kinda wished he was here you know. He would hate to know that we didn't ask him out on such a terrific night," she spoke thoughtfully.

I didn't like the idea of Allen coming along on such a peaceful night walk but I let it go past me, "Allen's okay, but I can't agree that I wish he were here with us now. If so, I'd have to share my attention with him. I bet I wouldn't like that." It was like my flirting skills were switched on and I really had no idea why I said that. But with Lenalee, I didn't seem to care to share my feelings.

Lenalee-

I glanced away and walked on. Had Lavi just said what I think he did? I turned around to see if he was still behind me and he was, smiling at me. Turning away again, I willed myself not to blush at the comment. How was it that he could manage to throw me off balance with just a few words and that certain look in his green eyes?

We progressed ahead, reaching the beach already, where we both slowed down and he fell in step next to me. He'd quickly rolled his jeans up and we both walked barefooted on the hard sand, just above where the waves washed ashore, letting our shoes dangle from our hands. It was such a cool and beautiful evening, and kind of breezy too.

Lavi started the conversation, "So. Looking forward to going back and taking on new missions?"

"Not really. But hey, it isn't so bad. You're just sour because you always get bookman."

"Hah, right," Lavi said, "Stuck on the job with the old panda. But well, he's the only family member I really had. You know, I never knew who on earth my real parents were. Or where they are, what they did. That panda never like to tell me anything about them."

This was a whole different side of Lavi. I felt like, maybe underneath all that obnoxious attitude and flirtatious ways, he could actually be…different from what everyone thought he was.

"Hey, why so quiet? Did I talk too much?" Lavi asked, though not looking at me.

"No. I was just thinking."

"About Allen?" he said with a laugh. I didn't think that his voice sounded like he meant what he said though.

"No, just some other stuff. You know, I don't always think about him."

"True. He needs to learn to get a life and be more like me," Lavi grinned, "Loosen up and try to attract hot girls. It's easy, cause he can speak better English than us both. But let's face it; he could never pull off something like me."

I laughed, pushing him up the beach where he stumbled on a couple of shells, "Yeah right, you wish."

"Ow, meanie," he said jokingly. Then he looked up at the sky for a second and stopped. I stopped walking too, and stood next to him.

Lavi-

Lenalee was right beside me. There was something romantic about only seeing by the light of the moon while letting the ocean's water roll over your feet. I wasn't a hopeless romantic, but Lenalee made me feel odd in a way.

I asked, "I'm guessing you don't want to jump in the water."

"You're kidding right. It's too chilly for that now."

"Then let's sit down awhile and listen to the water. Okay?" I wanted to make sure she was alright with it.

She nodded as I folded up my jacket and made a pillow for us both. We laid on our backs in the sand next to each other and took in the awesome saltwater air.

"Hey. What would you have done if you weren't, you know, a bookman," Lenalee asked.

"I have no idea," I admitted.

"Really? If I wasn't an exorcist, I'd have gone ahead to be a doctor. Study medicine, save more lives."

"Oh. Then I'd have rather be a hairstylist."

"No way," her voice was skeptical, "But well yeah, when you're old and have grey hair, you can dye it back to this color now by yourself. I bet you'd have looked really good in grey hair." She giggled to herself.

"No?" I mumbled, turning to my side to face Lenalee and without realizing, started to play with her hair, as she continued to stare up at the sky.

"Lavi," she said after awhile. "You smell good."

I stopped fingering around with her hair but I didn't roll back on my back. I looked at her silently for awhile before breaking into a smile, "I can't believe you just told a guy that."

"Why not? I like to tell it like it is." She said.

Lenalee-

It was the truth. Lavi smelled kinda like mint, mixed with some sweet exotic fruity kind of aftershave smell. Now that he was extremely close to me, I could most definitely tell.

It was then that I realized we were both too quiet. Lavi still had a lock of my hair in his hand. I didn't know what I was doing when I reached over and took his other hand with mine and intertwined our fingers together. He didn't look the least bit shocked. Did he even know what kind of effect he had on me?

Then, he lifted his eyes a little to look at me for awhile, before leaning forward to kiss me lightly on the forehead. It was like he didn't dare to go any further than that. I looked straight into his beautiful eyes, willing him to go on.

Lavi wasn't one that needed a second invitation. He closed his eyes and went ahead, his lips meeting mine softly. I still held on his hand and felt his thumb run smoothly along my skin. Then he pushed himself closer to me, before pinning me on the ground, my head still on his jacket.

His lips were hot as we kissed, his mouth moving sensually against mine. My hands cupped the side of his face and felt the smoothness of his face. I'd never had anyone who kissed me before in the way Lavi had. He wasn't rough, but soft and sweet, like there was no hurry. I felt his tongue touch mine but I went ahead and let him.

Lavi broke the kiss first as he opened his eyes to look into mine. It was like he knew we both had to take a breath, because we'd been kissing for so long now. The sound of the waters rushing upshore added some kind of intensity to the atmosphere we were having now.

His hand ran up and down the side of my arm slowly, before saying, "Man. Allen's going to kill me for this, I swear."

I understood where he was coming from. I nodded quietly before leaning into him, burying my face into his chest. "I don't know either Lavi." He wrapped his arm around me protectively, as we looked ahead to the open sea.

Lavi-

Having Lenalee in my arms felt so right and wrong. Right only because I really really liked her. Her smile, laughter and her presence altogether. I'd never once felt this way about a girl before and it was turning out to be scary and exciting at the same time.

But I knew both Lenalee and I hated the thought of hurting Allen in any way. He was always a great friend to me, to her. But I knew I'd have to tell him. Sooner or later.

Lenalee broke away from my grasp first, standing up. I picked up my jacket, throwing it over my shoulder and stood up. The wind was blowing my hair like crazy but I laughed my worries away when I saw Lenalee in the same condition as me too.

She reached out and hugged my waist tightly, because she was shorter, but her embrace felt so good.

"Don't worry, Lavi. I'm sure things will turn out fine."

I still had the minty breath of hers caught in my throat, and I didn't want to get rid of it. Her lips had tasted so good just now, that I couldn't resist, but to bend down and give her a peck on the lips again. She turned a tiny shade of red.

"You right," I said as I took her hand to pull her back towards the direction of the resort. "What the hell am I worried about right?"

Man, I'm having such a bad writer's block. Couldn't get anything out of my head in words. Enjoy this please! The next chapter will be up later cause I'm having my exams now, and they suck. X(