Chapter 17: Hot Mess

I don't own DGM or any of the songs I have used

Lavi's POV

The concert was a success! The tickets were sold out, the concert dome was full of people, there was no riot, and we had fun. This was probably one of the best concerts we had held. I can't wait to go back here. Unfortunately, our schedule was too jammed. We had to get going to the next country as soon as possible. Speaking of which…what are we supposed to do next now?

"LAVI!"

I felt something hard and heavy land on my body.

"Dude! You're heavy!"

Allen laughed. "That was freaking awesome!"

"I know right!"

"Tch, idiots." Kanda said but a small smile was evident on his face.

"Wonderful!" We all turned to see where the voice was coming from. "You did a great job! I have to say, this is one of our most successful concerts."

"Komui!" We all exclaimed. Reever was beside him, smiling at us. We got up from our rather awkward position and went to them.

"Congratulations boys." Reever said. "We saw the performance. The fans really did enjoy it."

"Oh! Oh! How about we go to the club we saw along the way?" I suggested. The club was pretty cool by the looks of it. We've read about it in the internet. "We all wanted to go there, even Kanda." I'm not lying. Okay, maybe a little…about the Kanda part. He doesn't really like going to parties or such. He only goes when Alma is there to drag his ass to the party. But really, Allen and I wanted to go to that club. Again, maybe a little bit of Allen and a little more of me but they showed interest to it. So, that's got to count right?

"I'm okay with that, since you guys did a great job with the concert." Komui shrugged. "So what time are you planning to go there?"

"Maybe we'll be there at eleven." I looked at Allen and Kanda. "You're okay with that right?"

Allen smiled. "I guess we do need to loosen up a little. These days have been stressful."

"Tch, I'm not going." Kanda said with a grumpy tone.

"Not if Alma's there to drag your ass…again. You know she's persistent and all." Allen teased him. All the things he said was true. "If I were you, I'd just go Bakanda."

"Speaking of which, where are the girls?" Komui asked us. He looked around with furrowed eyebrows. "Where are Lenalee and Maricar?"

"They're uh—" I grabbed Kanda by the shoulders. "Where are they? Answer him!"

"I don't know! You're the one being asked!"

This time, I turned to Allen. "YOU! You must know where they are right?"

"No, I don't!" He grumbled. "And why are you asking me that? I'm wondering where they are too."

"Brother!" We all turned to see whose voice was that. It was Lenalee. Maricar, Alma and some girl we didn't know were behind her. Her face lightened at the sight of her brother. She then proceeded to hug him. She must've missed him so much. I couldn't blame her though; Komui was always gone to who-knows-where.

"Why didn't you tell me you were coming back?" She asked him.

"I wanted it to be a surprise." He turned to Maricar. "Won't you give me a hug too?"

Maricar rolled her eyes and went to hug him. Komui seemed delighted and hugged her back with a tight grip. Her face paled a little and it looks like she was holding her breath. Lenalee approached her brother.

"Brother, I think you're trying to kill Maricar."

"Sorry!"

Maricar huffed. "Apology accepted but really, next time, don't try to kill me." She then turned to the girl with them and grinned. Allen looked at her curiously while I sent her a charming smile. She flushed red and fumbled with her fingers. She's cute but…I prefer someone with spunk, black hair, brown eyes, independent and a close friend of Lenalee's—whoa!

Am I really that obvious?

I approached Lenalee and tapped her shoulder. She turned to me and I looked at the girl again.

"Who is she?" I asked.

She beamed. "Oh! She's Arisa. She helped us come to the concert because we got lost."

"That's very nice of her." I commented. "How'd you guys manage to you know, um…converse?"

"Maricar tried to talk to her but failed. She really needs to get formal Japanese lessons and not anime lessons." She giggled. I saw Allen smile at her and she blushed a bit. "So, continuing from where I left off, it turned out that Arisa knew how to speak English and you know the rest. We're very thankful."

He looked at her. "Then what's with that look on your face?"

"It's just that…" She sighed. "She was probably about to go home but we stalled her and I really think that her parents will be mad at her because of us."

"Oh…Well then, how about we escort her home." I proposed. "I mean, it's late and a girl like her shouldn't be travelling home alone. Who knows what might happen to her?"

Lenalee nodded in agreement, "You're right. It is pretty dangerous for her to go home alone." She then turned to Arisa and smiled. "Arisa, you won't need to go home by yourself okay? We'll accompany you home."

"A-Are you okay with that? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to sound rude." Arisa sighed and smiled timidly. "I don't want to become a bother you all of you since you all have a pretty busy schedule. And I'm alright with going home by myself."

Maricar shook her head and grinned. "We've bothered you too much. This is just to thank you. I mean, you've gone out of your way just to help us."

"Speaking of which…" Another voice piped in. "How about those autographs we promised?"

"Alma!"

We all turned to look at her. She grinned and went to the three of us. "Boys, so you've met Arisa…and we owe you a lot."

"It's nothing." Arisa replied and shyly smiled.

I grinned and told them. "It's late. Why don't we take you home now?"

She bowed and thanked us. After that, we got in the car with Kanda in the front, Arisa, Lenalee, Maricar and Alma in the middle and Allen and I at the very back. Maricar and Alma said something about bonding with Arisa or something…We weren't able to voice out our opinions much since before we were able to complain, they already took the seats. I sighed and looked at Allen.

"Hey Allen, what time is it?"

"10:30." He replied and smirked. "You sure don't sound very excited huh?"

"Sarcasm identified. Nothing's wrong with being excited." I shrugged. "It's good to have freedom once in a while considering our schedule is busy and loaded."

He nodded. "I suppose this will be our first trip wherein we can relax and let loose." He then grimaced. "Come to think of it, this may be the last time we'll be able to relax because after this, our schedule will practically eat us up."

I waved a finger in front of him. "Ah, ah, ah…don't let yourself become too loose. We wouldn't want to pay for the damages…again." I let out a teasing grin as he flushed red.

"I can handle my drinks better this time you know." He grumbled out and I laughed. I shook my head. He's still easy to tease as usual.

::: Lenalee's POV:::

We saw Arisa look out the window and she called for the driver to stop. She grabbed her bags and smiled at us.

"Hey umm…This is my stop. Thank you once again for escorting me home." She said and bowed. I smiled at her and gave her a piece of paper.

"No biggie. Besides, we really appreciated your help. This is the least we can do. Oh, by the way, this is my number so…If you want to give me a call or anything, its okay." I offered a hand. "So friends?"

It seemed like she was shy but she accepted it in the end. "Yes, we're friends."

"Hey wait! I haven't given you my number yet!" She then turned to Lavi. "Hey, you got a pen?"

He rolled his eyes. "What will I do with a pen in a concert?"

"I asked nicely." She said.

I pulled out a pen from my bag and handed it to her. "Here and you act like there's no more pen in the entire world."

"Well, I was going to give her my number." She reasoned.

Lavi butted in and gave Maricar a sharp glare. "How come you didn't give me your number?"

"You didn't ask."

"Yes I did, many times too."

"Let's get you in before they start fighting again." Alma told her and went out along with Kanda, Maricar and Lavi. The two decided to come with them. I chuckled and shook my head. Those two really, they're perfect for each other.

"Lenalee?"

I turned and saw Allen. I smiled at him. I couldn't help but blush slightly as he touched my hand. He smiled at me. "So…was my performance alright?"

"Huh?" Of course it was. Why wouldn't it be? "The concert went well didn't it?"

"Yes but, what I'm talking about is the special song we sang…" He looked at me straight. His gray eyes are beautiful. They were pulling me into him deeper. Those eyes were always expressive. It was like I could stare at them for the whole time—

"Lenalee?"

I blushed in embarrassment. "Ah, sorry about that, I kind of spaced out." I grinned and rubbed my nape.

He laughed. "I noticed. I could give you a picture, it'll last longer."

"Don't tease me." I groaned and slapped his arm. He laughed again and rubbed it.

"You hit hard for a girl."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Nothing!"

"I swear Allen Walker, if you are going to tease me again; I am going to tell you on brother." I threatened. He seemed to shut up. I giggled at that. They were easily scared at the thought of my brother chasing them.

"He's your manager. Why are you guys afraid of him?"

He looked at me incredulously. "You haven't seen his weapons right? I mean…NEEDLES! Why does he have needles those big? He isn't even a doctor! And also, he tried to cure my toothache…WITH A DRILL!"

I laughed at his expressions. His face twisted at the word 'needle.' I shook my head and squeezed his hand. I didn't notice that we were kind of holding hands already if it weren't for the damned seat in between us. Bad Lenalee! Don't curse the seat just for that!

"Actually, I kind of clean his 'weapons' in his room in the house and at times at the office." I admitted and looked at his face.

Priceless.

"Besides, you shouldn't be too scared of him. Who knows he might be your brother-in-law some—" I froze at the words that came out of my mouth. Oh my god. Did I really say that?! He was pretty silent. Oh god, now I made things awkward for us.

"You really think that?" He suddenly asked me.

I quietly replied. "Yeah…I'm—"

He put a finger to my lips. "I'm glad you think so." He sent a smile that made my cheeks go red all over again. After that, our heads seemed to attract each other because it moved towards each other. I closed my eyes. Whatever will happen next…I know for a sure that it will cause my heart to beat like the drums again.

"Really Walker?" Maricar asked as she put her hands on her hip. "I leave you guys for a minute or two there then…BAM! You go snogging Lenalee!"

We pulled away from each other. WE DIDN'T EVEN KISS YET! Was it just me or was Allen really irritated? I groaned as Maricar was about to go to Allen to give him an earful.

"Didn't know you had it in you bean sprout." Lavi snickered while Allen just glared at him.

"Look Lenalee, I know you want to jump him but—"

"ALMA!" We exclaimed at the same time. I ran my hand down my face. Why do my friends like to embarrass me so?!

"Be thankful Komui isn't here bean sprout." Kanda said and sat on the front.

Maricar frowned. "Look, I know I gave you my blessing to court her but that didn't mean you could eat her face!"

"We didn't even kiss!" We both yelled at them. They went silent. Except Kanda, he's always silent. I sighed and rubbed my temples.

"…But you guys were planning to, right?"

::: Later 11 pm :::

"Over here!" We saw Reever waving at us. We entered the club and went to him. He stood up and patted the boys on the back.

"Congratulations! You guys certainly passed the expectations of the audience." He told them. "So relax, unwind for a while."

"We owe you guys one." Allen said and grinned.

Reever raised a brow. "Actually, all of you owe us a lot." He snorted. "We've been keeping secrets from you brother Lenalee. If we didn't do that, the world will mourn at the loss of a member of B.O.B."

"Geez, what a nice way to start the evening Reever." Allen sarcastically said and went to the table Alma found.

The music was blaring loudly in our ears. Just then, the DJ changed the music. Alma and I stood up and grinned. Thank you DJ, for playing this! This is one of my favorite songs! It really made me dance.

"I love this music!" I said loudly and went to the dance floor with Alma.

'You gonna be alright?' Allen mouthed. He's so sweet and caring. I nodded and mouthed back a yes. I let myself release all the stress and tension I felt. I let the music carry my body away like the wind. I don't know if I already look stupid dancing here but I don't care. Everybody needs to dance their stresses away just for once.

I followed what my instincts told me and just danced.

I haven't danced for a long time considering I had been busy with school, chores, brother and the boys. It's been a long time since my feet moved like this, since I moved my body like this. I really missed this feeling. It has been so long since I danced my problems and stresses away.

I don't know how long I have been dancing but I guess it's been long since the others weren't there anymore. Maricar was at the bar just sitting. She's still a minor. And the feeling of hands on my waist proved to me that I have been dancing for minutes, maybe even for half an hour. I tried to pull the stranger's hands away and shivered when he put it back. Oh god someone please move this man's hands away. When it slowly went down to a place where it shouldn't be, I turned to him and glared at the stranger.

"Hey!" I looked at him sharply. "I like my personal space thank you very much, so move your hands away from me."

He only grinned perversely. Oh my god no. I'm officially crept out. "C'mon honey, don't be such a bitch. I can see you're stressed and I can help you…" He slowly started to lean in. I moved my face away as far as possible. "…let loose."

That's it. I kicked him where the sun doesn't shine.

"You pervert better be thankful I'm not wearing my favorite boots with me or else you'll live a life without that." I growled at him and just as I was about to slap him, the spotlight went to us.

"Mister, I advise you not to touch even a single skin of her." Allen was at the stage, holding a microphone and glaring at the man. I blushed in embarrassment. Why did he have to see me useless and powerless? "Or else you'll have to deal with us.

"You won't like her brother's needles and darts." Lavi added. Maricar nodded and approached us.

Two bouncers then came and dragged the man away. Maricar then waved her hand as if saying 'Goodbye and good riddance!' She turned to me and opened her mouth to say something but I beat her to it.

"I kicked him in the balls. Hard." I told her and smiled. "I took self defense class from Fou and Brother."

"Let's see if that man will live by next week once I tell Komui—"

"You are not telling anyone else."

"…Fine."

"…"

"I'm leaving a memo in his forehead—"

"We wouldn't want a scandal to happen because once a scandal happens; Allen and the others will get affected." I said and went closer to the front.

"Fine, fine but let's go closer." She grinned. "I heard they were going to change personality tonight. I don't know why the agreed to perform here for free but it's alright with them."

I just nodded as the lights went out. Strobe lights appeared and the music started. The blinking lights were a bit annoying to the eyes but it disappeared after a few more seconds. Hey, that music sounds familiar. Suddenly, there were no more lights in the club. Not a single one was on. Then a spotlight was on the stage, enabling us to see Allen. There was something different in his eyes now. I don't know what or how he changed it but…I kind of like it…Stop it Lenalee!

You were a problem child

Been grounded your whole life so now you running wild

Playin' with them good girls, no that ain't your style

You think you're hot shit, ooh I love it…

He smirked and winked at the audience. His once friendly and gentlemanly aura immediately became sexy and hot. It was like he changed persona but is still the same. Gah! It's all too confusing to explain.

I love it, yeah, yeah

Stumblin' but yeah still looking hella fine

Keep doing what you're doing

Then two more spotlights appeared and there were Lavi and Kanda standing beside Allen looking sexy as ever. Thank god no one can read my mind. They joined in and their voices blended well.

I'ma make you mine

Well you're a hot mess and I'm falling for you

And I'm like, hot damn, lemme make you my boo

'Cause you can shake it, shake it, shake it, yeah, you know what to do

You're a hot mess; I'm lovin it, hell yes!

The spotlight on Allen disappeared and the only ones we were able to see were Lavi and Kanda. The girls in the club have all went to the dance floor to dance to the music. Nothing's wrong with dancing along so I did.

You're a hot mess and I'm falling for you

And I'm like, hot damn, lemme make you my boo

'Cause you can shake it, shake it, shake it, yeah, you know what to do

You're a hot mess, I'm loving it, hell yes!

I felt someone put their hands on my waist again. I was about to remove it when the person whispered something in my ear.

"Dance with me."

It was more of an order than a request or question. I didn't ask anymore because his voice seemed familiar. I knew him, I was sure of that. But the question is, who is he? Then we were swaying to the music. His hands on my hip, my hands wrapped around his neck and I could feel his chest moving. I could also see his eyes a little. They were grayish-blue. A bit like Allen's. Oh god if someone saw us, it would cause such a big issue. Thank goodness the lights only on were the spotlights.

If you're dancing on top tables you go, you go, you got it girl

Say that you're unstable you go, you go, you got it girl

Dancin' up on top tables, say that you're unstable

He sang along and whispered the lyrics to my ears. "You're a ha-ha-ha-ha-hot, yeah, you're a hot mess."

Ha-ha-ha-ha-hot, we're saying hell yes!

"Well you're a hot mess and I'm falling for you."

And I'm like, hot damn, lemme make you my boo

'Cause you can shake it, shake it, shake it, yeah, you know what to do

"You're a hot mess, I'm loving it hell yes." We sang together loud enough for us to hear but quiet enough to go unnoticed by the people.

Abruptly, he removed his hands from my waist. I opened my mouth to ask his name, "Hey what's your—"

Before I could even finish my sentence, he already left. I tried to look for him in the crowd but it was hard considering I only knew what his eyes looked like and a lot of people had eyes like his. I wasn't able to see his hair but I was able to smell a bit of his lingering perfume. It smelled familiar.

Hot mess, I'm lovin it, hell yes!

I don't know who he is but I swear I am going to find him. Deep inside my mind (and heart) a small voice asked me.

What about Allen?

OOKAAAY! I know this is a lame update so I apologize if ever I disappointed you guys.

UGH. My schedule is filled. School activities after school activities. After two consecutive school activities, here comes the monthly exam. I can now understand why people say that you get less sleep in high school. Actually I don't know how I managed to squeeze writing this in my busy schedule. I mean, this upcoming Friday, we have ballgames against other sections and then on Saturday, YES! RIGHT AFTER THE BALLGAMES! We're going to have a cheerdancing competition. Then next week is our exams week. After that is the program proper for UN month.

Sorry, I ranted! XD

Please forgive me for being MIA here in . Even though I do deserve those rotten tomatoes, cabbages and eggs. The next update will depend on my free time and on my imagination. I've been getting writer's block…It sucks, like real bad. AND whoever guesses correctly who the guy is gets a cookie! Now I'm off to bake bec. The guy is pretty obvious so I'll need loads of cookies.

P.S

Updates will take longer than expected. Will try out Wattpad. Also will research on political events here in PH. Also thank you to those who PMed for the sake of this story, is it weird that I found it touching that you guys will PM just to ask about the story? My feels~! Also, update for Separated Destinies will soon come. ADIOS~!