I'm back and on a roll! College is around the corner and I'm getting one of those last minute jitters, so what better way to distract myself then writing fanfiction? So here you have it, the un-betaed ninth chapter to this story! Enjoy~
Disclaimer: I think the word "disclaimer" speaks for itself.
Can Your Repeat That?
It was a beautiful mid April morning. For once, the sky was not covered by darken, heavy clouds, and the shining rays of the sun cascaded through the peeps of the wind binds. One would agree that this is a lovely morning, nay a beautiful morning indeed, but Yuu Kanda would beg to differ. If you had ask him, his eyes brows would probably narrow, his left eye would most likely twitch, and the corners of his lips would probably tug downwards, displaying a perfect rendition of a frown.
And you may wonder, why would a man graced with such refine and elegant features, such as Yuu Kanda, frown on such a lovely morning. In fact, you may wonder why his aura would emit the desire to kill. Well, if your great annoyance in life were to barge into your house uninvited and proceed to make their presence known through a series of loud banter in an ungodly hour in the morning wouldn't you like to spill blood?
So here sat Kanda, still in his bed, giving the red head his ultimate death glare while Lavi paced back and forth in his room and continue on with his banter. As Lavi carry on with his speech, he failed to notice how Kanda's knuckles turned white as he gripped his bed sheets in a poor attempt to contain his anger.
"- then he finally called and told me he is dating that jerk! And here I am, wondering, since when does Allen seem interested in a relationship, since when does Allen seem interested in him!" Lavi stopped his rant to turn to his self proclaimed best friend and object of his unrequited love.
Kanda closed his eyes and inhaled deeply, trying hard to remember the breathing exercises taught in his acting classes to calm himself down before he throttle the idiot in front of him. When he felt calm enough, he opened his eyes and stared at the model in front of him. "Are you fucking done? If so, get the hell out of here and stop fucking breaking and entering!"
"Yuu-chan! Why must you be so mean to me?" The red head whine. "I'm facing a crisis here! My friend is being tricked by that Portuguese ass!"
"Don't fucking call me by my name, you baka usagi," Kanda hollered as he pluck his alarm clock off of his nightstand and threw it across the room at the blabbering red head. He felt his eyes twitch as he saw the Bookman Jr. dodge the flying obstacle easily. He rubbed his temples to ease an oncoming migraine.
"But Yuu-chan-" Lavi stopped dead in his tracks at the death glare coming his way. He rounded the side of the bed and plopped down next to the dark haired male. With a groan, Lavi turned to face his friend. "What do I do?"
Kanda contemplated strangling the idiot for barging into his house uninvited, kicking him off the bed for disturbing his sleep, or even skewering him with Mugen hanging on the far side of his bedroom wall for bombarding him with news of the Moyashi's love life, but he decided against it. Coming from the rambunctious red head, it could have been worst. At least the idiot Rabbit did not came here to tease him this time around. The faster he aid the Rabbit, the closer he is to resuming his sleep.
Kanda sighed. "Let that idiot Moyashi get trick by the Portuguese bastard then."
"I can't do that," Lavi gawked. "He's my friend."
"Well there you have it. If you are so concern about the fucking Moyashi then go and fucking watch out for him you fucking fucktard. How easy is that?"
Lavi shook his head while wagging his finger at his friend. "Yuu-chan, you have to expand your category beyond the word 'fuck', you know." Lavi ducked at a fist aimed for his head and hopped off the bed.
"If you are fucking done here, get the hell out and don't come back or I will slice you up with Mugen and scatter your body all over the continent."
Lavi winked at his friend. "I feel so loved, Yuu-chan~"
Lavi quickly disappeared through the door when a pen was launched towards him.
Kanda can hear the idiot laughing as he made his way towards the front door. Only until he heard the front door close did Kanda laid back down to continue his sleep. However, a piercing sound echoed through the confinement of his room. It took him a moment to realize his alarm clock is ringing… from across the room. He growled and let loose a colorful range of curses.
Yup, this was definitely NOT a beautiful morning.
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Lavi walked casually down the deserted streets at 6 am in the morning. It was a weekend and not much people were out aside from the occasional jogger and food stands selling doughnuts and bagels for breakfast. He walked briskly past them all, heading towards a train station. He whipped out his phone to send a hasty text before he descended the stairs underground.
"Whew," Lavi whistled. "Sweet, it just barely made it." Lavi rejoiced as he swipe his metro card in the turnstile. His friend should be aware of the text soon. Now all he needs to do is hop on the train and arrive at his next destination.
When the train arrived, Lavi strode in with purpose.
Like hell I would let Allen date that jerk!
… + … + … + …
Allen left the steamy compartment of his bathroom while drying his hair with a soft towel. He felt something soft rubbed against the side of his leg and bent down to rub the belly of his golden feline friend.
"Hey Tim, are you hungry, boy? C'mon, let's go get you some food," Allen cooed. As he got up from his position, he saw his phone blinking on the table from the corner of his eyes. He got several messages from Cross about work, one from Tyki wishing a good morning, and another one from Lavi saying, "On my way over."
"… What the heck do he mean by 'on my way over'? It's so early in the morning!" Allen moaned. Damn, why must I be stuck with all of the most obtrusive people ever?
Despite his internal fuming at the current changes in his life, a part of him knows that he will always tolerate a certain person's forwardness. Just the thought of the red head's impending arrival brought a smile to Allen's lips. Well, I guess it can't hurt to have him over.
"Ouch!" Allen looked down at the cat, who is displaying an open mouth with rows of sharp teeth, then at the reddening area near his ankle. "Okay, okay, I'm on it!" Allen resigned to feeding his pet.
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It was almost seven before Lavi made it to Allen's apartment. He strode in using the spare key he managed to weasel from his friend after countless begging and cases of breaking and entering. It takes Lavi a few minutes to picklock and enter, but Allen can't risk his neighbors seeing a man trying to break into his home, much less the man being a model. Hence, he surrendered a duplicate key to the Bookman Jr.
"Hey~" Lavi made a beeline towards his friend sitting on the living room couch. His friend was in the midst of sending a message through his phone.
"Morning Lavi," Allen addressed his friend. His phone vibrated to announce a new message has been received. Lavi read the message discreetly over Allen's shoulder before he took a seat next to the albino. Allen sighed before putting his phone down on the coffee table. "What are you doing here so early?"
"Well I'm here to get all the details, of course! You wouldn't tell me over the phone. And of all people, why is it that Portuguese jerk?" Lavi pouted towards the end.
"Jerk?" Allen stuttered.
Wait, so Tyki's the jerk Lavi was raging about through text earlier?Shit… How am I going to explain to Lavi that I am dating Tyki for the sake of his career? If I explain it, will he accept it?
"Well I mean, he asked me out and I said yes, what other details can there be?" Allen feigned innocence.
Lavi gave him a deadpanned look.
"I thought you were going to seduce him only, how did seduction turned into… whatever this is?" Lavi made some exaggerated hand gesture as he failed to find a word to describe the complexity of Allen's relationship.
"Oh well, um, things happened…" Allen trailed off, unsure of how to respond.
For a split second, a scenario popped into Lavi's head and he gasped. No! It can't be, he thought
"Did he force you to go out with him?" Lavi practically shouted.
More like bribed…
"Did you call for help?"
He didn't attack me or anything…
"What did your father say? Surely he won't approve of this!"
If there is money, there is nothing he won't approve…
"Allen, say something here! What did that Tyki bastard do?" Lavi grabbed Allen's shoulders and shook him when he realized his friend wasn't paying attention to him.
"Hm? Oh, Lavi it's really nothing serious. You don't have to worry about it."
"To hell with not worrying about it. Of course I will worry." Lavi's eyes narrowed to show the intensity of his feelings. After a short moment elapsed, his grip loosens and in a softer tone he continued. "Even Yuu-chan said I should watch over you."
"Kanda said that?" Allen was confused. "You spoke with Kanda about this?"
"Allen, I was worried and Yuu-chan was there and, well, he gave me advice." Lavi tried to soothe over Allen's ruffled feathers when the younger man's eyes narrowed.
'Yuu-chan was there,' so Lavi was with Kanda…
Allen felt a wave of melancholy hit him. He told Lavi the news early this morning. Now, it's only a bit past seven…
Did Lavi spent the night with Kanda? Did they had se-
Allen shook his head hard. He couldn't finish the statement. He couldn't think about it; he doesn't want to think about it.
"Allen, are you okay?" His friend's worried tone pulled him back from his speculation.
Allen was momentarily stunned by the warm hand caressing his face and the strong arm circling his waist. Allen always found Lavi's hands to be warm and gentle. He always longed to be held in Lavi's warm embrace and hear his friend whisper sweet words that will elude him because of the immense joy he is feeling. But not like this, not when Lavi just came back from being with Kanda, not when these warm hands had possibly held, touch, and embraced the Japanese man.
Allen doesn't understand. Lavi is chasing after Kanda so why is he here? If Kanda's body isn't enough, then why isn't he chasing after his heart? Why is he sitting here, questioning the outcome? Why can't he just accept things as they are and just do what he is best at?
Why are you so nice to me, Lavi?
In his deep musing, Allen wasn't aware he voiced the last question aloud until he heard his friend respond, but the words made his body stiffened, his blood froze and his breath hitched.
"Because you are my best friend, you idiot, and you will always be." Lavi chided softly.
The affectionate way Lavi voiced his feelings were lost to the albino. His heart was hammering against his chest; it ached a hundred times more than when he realized the red head is in love with the Japanese male. Allen pushed away from Lavi's embrace much to the surprise of the model.
"Al-"
"I'm dating Tyki now, Lavi. What we were doing, it's not appropriate." Allen said to spite his friend. "I don't want to cheat on him…"
Lavi saw the forlorn look on Allen's face and after a quick analysis of the situation, he asked, "Do you like him?"
"Hm?" Allen was caught surprised by the question.
"You said it takes more than looks for you to fall for someone, so do you like him even if a little?"
"I…" Allen was caught off guard by the question. How did a simple explanation turned into something like this? However, Allen realized that the die has already been casted. Lavi already have his own theory on Allen's action and it also serves as a sufficient explanation. But he won't lie, nor will he tell the truth.
Allen took a deep breath before masking his emotions behind a smile. "And what if I do?"
A/N: Wow, I think this is the first time I've ever updated this quick. I'm officially moving into my dorm on 8/23 so I will probably be busy for the next few weeks, getting settle into dorm life, but I will update... occasionally, if you know what I mean ;)
I'm sorry for not responding to the lovely reviews I received, but I do enjoy reading all of them. Lately the only time I go on my computer is after 2 a.m so all of the content in this chapter is a result of my late night endeavor.
Hope you all enjoyed it and good luck when school starts!