Lavi sat at the lunch table uncomfortably. Usually he only sat with Lenalee, Allen, Kanda, and Miranda. Today apparently wasn't a normal day. Because today Allen's cousin, Tyki, the most popular, gorgeous, and seductive guy in school was sitting with them. And Lavi just happened to have a gigantic crush on said guy.
Allen, who happened to know that, had asked his cousin to eat with them. Tyki had miraculously agreed, and somehow ended up flirting with Miranda and Lenalee. He was jealous of course, but Lavi's grandfather had taught him how to conceal his emotions and act normal. His aching heart was hidden by a bored look as he pushed around the food on his tray, he even yawned. Lavi took out his phone to respond to a text about the possible pop quiz in history.
"Hey, Tyki, you don't have Lavi's number in your phone, do you?" Allen asked suddenly.
"No, I don't. And I should, if I'm going to be hanging out with you guys," Tyki said.
Allen snatched the phone from Lavi's hands and handed it to Tyki, at which point the handsome boy assigned himself as a contact in Lavi's phone and sent a text to himself so he could get the number. Tyki handed the phone back with a smirk. Lavi checked it, Tyki's name in his phone was "Sexy".
Lavi just about fainted, but kept himself in check and scowled at the upperclassman, "You have a huge ego."
"I know. Wonderful you noticed, Lovely," Tyki said, typing in Lavi's new name for his phone, which was in fact "Lovely".
"Revolting," Lavi muttered and reset the contact as "Tyki".
"You don't really mean that, do you?"
"You're so-!" Lavi began, but the bell rang for lunch to be over, so he stopped.
Allen and Lavi had the same class the next period, so they walked together. "How could you do that to me?" Lavi asked, looking depressed.
"It's not like he hates you."
"I bet he does now..."
"He just likes messing with people, he definitely doesn't hate you," Allen said.
"How do you know though?"
"Don't worry! He wouldn't have given you his number if he hated you."
Lavi nodded uncertainly, "Fine..."
Later, when Lavi got home, he found a note on his kitchen counter. It was from his grandfather, saying that there had been some new documents that had sprung up in China, apparently they were very old, so he had to leave immediately. He would stay in China for a month, at least, but he gave Lavi open access to his bank account.
Lavi sighed and shook his head, heading up to his room. He was tired, having worked after school at a diner downtown. He had work to do though, so he set up his laptop and connected to the internet. There was a report due in a week about the French Revolution, and he had research to do. After an hour or two though, Lavi ended up playing games online.
Without realizing it, he had stayed up pretty late. It was about 1:30 AM, so he logged off his computer and got ready for bed. Before getting under the covers though, he checked his cell for messages. He saw he had one recent message from Tyki, which was rather confusing.
T/_No! You can't be invisible!_
Lavi stared at the message, then replied.
L/_What?_
A minute later, he got a response.
T/_I knew I shouldn't have brought you to that love hotel._
Lavi looked extremely confused.
L/_What are you talking about?_
Almost instantaneously, another text from Tyki popped up.
T/_Couldn't even fuck you cuz of the damn fruit bats._
Lavi flushed pink.
L/_Stop messing with me! Just stop!_
He turned his phone off and flopped down on his bed. It had to be a mistake. Tyki wasn't making any sense! Jealousy sprang up in him, if those strange texts hadn't been meant for him, who had Tyki taken to a love hotel and hadn't been able to fuck? Who was Tyki involved with? His heart ached, so he buried his face in a pillow and sighed.
He tossed and turned for the rest of the night, but he wasn't able to sleep. Lavi rolled out of bed in the morning, thoroughly exhausted. He dressed, then shoved his headband and eye patch on. Running a hand through his hair as he picked up his phone from the beside table, he switched the device on.
There was only one message, and it was from Tyki.
T/_Ack! Sorry Lovely! I was texting in my sleep. None of that meant anything at all._
Lavi smiled a bit, happy that Tyki hadn't meant for that to be sent to anyone else. He didn't want him to be taken.
L/_You text in your sleep? Strange._
As Lavi was descending the stairs so he could get something to eat another text from Tyki showed up.
T/_Only sometimes. It's all just gibberish though._
Lavi smirked and replied.
L/_Sleep texting comes from dreams you know. What the heck were you dreaming about that could make those texts relevant?_
When Lavi was pouring the milk for his Lucky Charms he got another text from him. (get it? LUCKY Charms?)
T/_You don't want to know._
He put the milk back and replied.
L/_Sure I do, just tell me._
After Lavi was done eating, he put the dishes in the sink and gathered the stuff he needed for school. He got yet another text.
T/_Well I'm not going to tell you. Text you later, Lovely!_
Lavi sighed and let it go, heading out the door to go to school.