Tyki was walking to school. His niece, Road, went to the middle school next door, so they always walked together. She had been nosy, as always, and had read the conversation with Lavi over his shoulder. Now, Road was giggling with glee, because she knew Tyki's secret.
Tyki was head over heels in love with Lavi. The only people who knew that were Tyki himself, Road, and Allen. Road found out when she had been snooping in Tyki's phone when she found several pictures of Lavi, when said redhead was unaware he was being photographed. Allen had a few classes when both Tyki and Lavi were in them, and had known instantly that the two of them were in love, but had thought it wouldn't be very nice to spill their secrets to the other.
Road squealed, "Oh, what were you dreaming Tyki? I wanna know!"
"I'm not telling."
"C'mon! I won't tell! I promise," she begged.
Tyki paused uncertainly, then sighed, "Fine. I dreamt that I got Lavi to go with me to a love hotel so we could have sex. But then things got weird. Fruit bats flew out and kidnapped him, and I ran after like crazy. But when they dropped him, he turned invisible and I couldn't find him anymore. I woke up after that."
Road giggled, "So that's what it was all about. You have strange dreams."
Tyki nodded and sighed, "Man, that was close...he almost found out. If I hadn't woken up, I would probably have spilled it."
"Now wouldn't that be interesting. I'm sure you could charm him in real life too Tyki, just like you charm everyone else."
"Lavi's different though. He doesn't like my flirting with him..."
"How do you know he doesn't?"
"Because he yells at me for it," Tyki said.
"But he may just be pretending...or he doesn't think you like him so he's trying not to get his hopes up," Road said.
"I doubt it. I wish my Lovely would give me a sign, I love him so much."
They had reached their schools, so Road waved goodbye to her uncle, "Good luck with your Lovely!"
In English, Tyki listened intently when Lavi read out loud from the textbook. In Algebra II he watched Lavi from behind as he solved a problem on the white board. At lunch, Tyki wished he and Lavi could be like one of those obnoxiously close couples and feed each other. In Science, the two of them end up being lab partners. In gym, Tyki watches Lavi undress to change into his gym clothes, wishing they were in a bedroom and he could help take it ALL off.
His body ached when he got home that night. It was exhausting for him to hold back so much all day, to keep himself from springing across the room and kissing Lavi. His fingertips tingled whenever he thought about Lavi, he wanted to grab him and pull him as close to him as possible.
Tyki sighed and climbed into bed without changing, he was much too tired to give a shit. He fell into unconsciousness almost instantaneously, tumbling into the dark void that was dreamless sleep. He woke up at two in the morning, his phone going off on the bed. Tyki picked it up and looked at the text blearily, it was from Lavi.
L/_How dare you?!_
He stared at the text, very confused at what he was talking about.
T/_What?_
L/_You found out and you still did that!_
Tyki sat wondering what the hell Lavi was talking about.
T/_Found out what?_
And a moment later-
L/_You could've just told me you hated me, you didn't need to do all that._
T/_DO WHAT?_
After fifteen minutes, Lavi responded.
L/_I'm sorry, I think I was texting in my sleep. Ugh, that's embarrassing. Did you give it to me or something? Lol_
Tyki blinked at the text, then started laughing out loud for real. He couldn't believe that Lavi had done the same thing to him as he had done to him the previous night.
T/_God, that's hilarious. Confused me so much when I was reading them. What were you dreaming about anyway?_
L/_You wouldn't tell me yours, so I'm not gonna tell you mine._
Tyki scowled at the screen, wishing he knew what the hell he was dreaming about. It was a simple curiosity mingled with his thoughts about how he texted Lavi when he was dreaming about him, so Lavi must have been dreaming about him, right? Glancing at the clock, he figured he might as well get ready for school, so he did his morning rituals.
He shook his head, trying to get Lavi out of his brain, and left the house as he did every day. He once again met up with Road and they walked to school. Along the way, he told her about the strange texts, but she remained silent and thoughtful.