Welcome to the third chapter, I hope you enjoy! I've been so unmotivated to write this story, so I'm kinda forcing myself to update, so if the chapter sucks, that's why. But enjoy and review nonetheless! Oh and Kanda has a rather bad potty mouth during this chapter (I love him so much omg) so if that bothers you... Sorry?

Okay note: I really really hate this chapter so it probably sucks. Sorry.

Dedicated to: All my lovely reviewers! Fireworks for you! *Fireworks explode in the sky*

Disclaimer: I still don't own DGM, but I do own 64 new volumes of manga to add to my ever-growing collection (because I have no self-control)

Chapter Three:

Content

Adjective: In a state of peaceful happiness

Adjective: Satisfied with a certain level of achievement, good fortune, etc., and not wishing for more

The morning had passed quickly enough, and Allen was nervously packing up his things to go to lunch. He did, in fact, remember Lavi's request for him to join him for lunch, and Allen was admittedly very nervous. He had never been invited to join someone for lunch before, and he was rather anxious to see how this would go.

Meanwhile, as he slowly shuffled out of the classroom, his mind elsewhere as he stared at his stack of binders and folders in his hands, he was greeted by a voice from behind him.

"Took you long enough, moyashi." Said Lavi, using the nickname that had been established during their English class yesterday, that the redhead knew irritated Allen to no end, and therefore, used it as much as possible. That was what friends did. They piss the hell out of each other, in an affectionate way.

The white-haired boy turned to face his new friend, who was currently leaning on the wall closest to the door of the classroom he had just walked out of, flashing him an icy glare after hearing the nickname. They were closer than before, and Allen dared to call the other boy his friend, although a part of him was still fretting that this would all go wrong.

Seeing as he was completely lost on his thoughts on how not to screw-up this lunch thing, he hadn't noticed Lavi had already started to walk down the hallway and had turned to face him with a concerned and slightly confused look on his face.

"Allen? You coming?" Lavi asked, curious as to what the younger teen could possibly be thinking of. Allen followed after him, stopping for a moment to stuff his binders in his locker.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming."

Allen was lead into the crowded cafeteria -which was an area he usually tried to avoid, seeing as it was a room full of people who hated or feared him- but he followed Lavi nonetheless, and tried to ignore the glares and gaping stares that followed his every movement. Lavi seemed to sense that he didn't entirely want to be there and was walking far slower than necessary, because he turned around and grabbed Allen by his elbow, dragging him playfully to the desired table.

Lavi ignored the shocked gasps when he touched Allen. Wow. Was it really that shocking for them? Well then again, this was high school. They must all think that it's terribly shocking that someone popular like Lavi would talk -let alone have lunch with- the the school freak. It bothered him, to be honest. Allen was actually a pretty cool guy, but just because he looked a little different from the others he was ostracized.

They finally reached the table, and Lavi plumped down in his usual seat, dragging Allen to sit next to him. His two friends had different reactions, as expected. Kanda acted as if he literally couldn't care less, and he probably really didn't care, but Lavi knew that he was a little curious. Lenalee examined Allen carefully, before nodding in what Lavi guessed was approval.

"Guys, this is Allen. He's my new buddy, so I wanted you two to meet him too." Lavi said with a grin, hooking his arm around Allen's shoulders and hearing a shocked squeak from Allen in reply. "Allen-" Lavi continued, pointing to Kanda. "This is Yuu..." Hearing said teenager's angry growl upon hearing his name, Lavi corrected himself in fear for his life. "...But you should probably call him Kanda." Kanda nodded curtly in approval, and Lavi proceeded to introduce his other friend. "And this is Lenalee Lee."

Allen nodded at them both, giving them both the teens on the other side of the cafeteria table awkward smiles as Lenalee smiled brightly at him and Kanda ignored him, as he did most everybody, instead just muttering 'fucking moyashi.' Kanda and Lenalee exchanged glances after seeing Allen's bruises that practically covered his pale face. They had heard rumors about how he was treated and Lavi had told them a bit about him yesterday after school, but they hadn't expected it to be like this. From what Lavi had told them -which had been quite a bit- they knew that Allen wasn't treated nicely but this... This was just... Terrible.

"Anyway guys, as you probably already know, Allen's new here. He's a little quiet but he's awesome." Lavi said, stealing a french fry off of Lenalee's tray.

The small teen lowered his eyes. Did Lavi's friends hate him too? They all appeared to have been friends for a long time, judging by the way they joked and talked with each other. If those two told Lavi that they didn't like Allen, would Lavi abandon him? Would Lavi ditch him too? Then again, if that really did happen, Allen wouldn't blame Lavi.

He wouldn't want to be friends with himself either.

But they were Lavi's friends, so maybe they really were nice people. He was keeping silent although he felt more comfortable talking around Lavi, he wasn't entirely sure about Lenalee and Kanda, but he'd give them a chance. They could be the friendliest people in the entire world for all he knew. Feeling slightly more optimistic, he looked up from his lap just in time to see Kanda pulling a sword from out of fucking nowhere and trying to cut off Lavi's head as Lenalee tried to restrain him.

Okay, so maybe not so friendly.

"Hey Lavi..." A deep voice called from behind him. "Is this little freak bothering you?" The random peer growled, glaring at Allen with a look of disgust on his face, as if he was nothing more than the scum on the bottom of his shoe. "Want me to get rid of him for you?" He asked in the same tone of voice as if he was talking about the weather.

"No." Lavi said instantly. He tried to keep his tone friendly, but he ended up sounding irritated. "Allen is my friend, okay? I invited him here." He said with a smile, pulling Allen even closer to him.

The football player looked confused before exchanging glances between Lavi and Allen. "Did the demon threaten to put a curse on you if you didn't have lunch with him?" He asked seriously, as if that was an actual problem that could actually happen.

"Allen is my friend." Lavi repeated, knowing that by this point there were other onlookers eavesdropping on their conversation. "And we were having a lovely lunch together, until you interrupted. And in case you didn't hear... I asked Allen to have lunch with me."

The teenager looked stunned, as if that wasn't something that could ever possibly happen. As if you had just told him he had sprouted fairy wings and grown two extra heads. "But the little monst-" He began, but Lavi cut him off.

"He's not a freak or a monster. He is an ordinary human being that you all treat like trash."

"Are you guys... Ya know... Fags?" Another voice asked from somewhere in the cafeteria.

Allen froze stiff, and before Lavi could even begin to answer, an angry growl interrupted.

"Will you guys just shut the fuck up?! I wanna eat my damned salad in peace and you fuckheads are making too much racket! You're all shitty human beings anyway, so the least you could do is shut the fuck up before I punch someone in their damn face!" Kanda yelled, veins popping on his forehead with anger. Now, he wasn't yelling at them all just because he wanted to eat his 'damned' salad in peace, but also because he had to admit that Allen seemed like a nice enough guy, moyashi or not, and it was wrong that they were all treating him like he was less than dirt. The kid hadn't even done anything wrong. And the fact everyone was treating him this way just pissed him off.

Everyone quickly turned their headed back to their own conversations and the boy that had been standing behind Allen left, and everyone pretended it had never happened out of fear for Kanda. Allen decided that while maybe Kanda had a little bit of a temper (and he was still extremely curious as to where the hell he got the sword from in school) that he was a decent guy. And yeah, he was Lavi's friend, after all. So Allen would give him a chance too... And maybe even they could be friends one day. And Lenalee seemed nice enough.

"Sorry Allen..." Lavi said softly, apologetic that he had forced his new friend to come here instead of thinking of how badly Allen would get harassed.

The white-haired teen just shook his head before forcing a smile on his own face. "No... I'm sorry. That wouldn't have happened if I wasn't here."

"Allen, it wasn't your fault that these people are all dickheads." Lavi told him seriously, as he munched on another stolen french fry.

"But I'm used to it." Allen said honestly and a little piece of Lavi's heart broke by the pure honesty in his voice. Even Lenalee and Kanda seemed a little sympathetic towards him after he said that. "But you three don't need something like that to ruin your lunch. Really..." He lowered his head, no longer having the courage to actual look at his friend and the two possible friends. "I'm sorry."

He stood up silently, preparing to leave the cafeteria and never have any of those three talk to him again, but that wasn't the case. A hand latched on to his wrist, and pulled him back down in his seat.

"Look, Allen... This is what friends are for." Lavi continued, he and Lenalee flashing smiles at him, and even Kanda was looking in his direction albeit not smiling, but paying attention to him nonetheless. "We're your friends now, even if Kanda will never admit it. He wouldn't have yelled at everyone like that otherwise." The redhead said with a grin.

Allen lifted a gloved hand to his mouth, trying to hide his smile that all three of his new friends had already seen.

Lavi was sitting in class, bored out of his mind when Allen's cute little smile popped in his mind. That kid really was adorable when he smiled. His whole face just seemed to brighten, his eyes had that hint of a sparkle that had been missing before, and the small blush that graced his cheeks. It was endearing, really.

...And that was a perfectly normal way to think of a new friend.

Wasn't it?

English class had already arrived, and as usual, Allen was one of the first people in his seat. He waited almost... Eagerly for his friend to arrive, and his heart almost fluttered every time he thought the word 'friend'. It was so new to him, having someone like Lavi. Someone he could joke around with and smile with and someone he could just be himself with. Allen was holding a book that was open to the page he was supposed to be reading, but he wasn't actually reading it, instead indulging himself on his own thoughts.

It was nice to think that there was someone who he could actually trust and talk to without knowing they hated him and without thinking that they would hurt him. Maybe this was only temporary. Maybe Lavi was just trying to be nice and didn't actually care about being his friend. But for some reason, he doubted that. Maybe it was just his foolish hopefulness talking, but he actually thought that perhaps Lavi would stick around him for a while.

'Speak of the devil and he shall appear.' Allen thought as Lavi burst into the room, moments before the class started and sat down in his seat next to Allen after dropping his binders on the desk with a loud thump.

"Hey Allen." Lavi greeted with a smile. "What're you doing?"

Allen just shrugged, lifting the book for Lavi to see. He really wasn't doing anything, and he'd rather die before he said 'just thinking of you' that was something that girls said to their boyfriends, and well, he wasn't a girl and Lavi definitely wasn't his boyfriend. Allen blushed at the embarrassing thought, and Lavi just gave him a confused look before he proceeded talking.

"Hey Allen, what're you doing on Saturday?"

Confused, the small teen answered anyway. "Tomorrow? Nothing that I'm aware of, why?"

His eyebrows were scrunched up in confusion and curiosity, and Lavi had to wonder if he had ever hung out with anybody before. Judging by the look on his face, he hadn't. Oh my god. He had never hung out with friends before. That's why he was so confused... It was because no one had ever invited him to hang out with them. It made him wonder if he had ever been invited to lunch before... He probably hadn't. The green-eyed teen's heart went out to Allen, and he couldn't help but wonder what kind of lonely life Allen had been living. It made him want to show Allen the world, make him smile. Show him what friends were for, show him the the world really could be a good place.

He wanted Allen to smile because of him.

"Well because I wanted to know if you wanted to go to the amusement park with me." Lavi almost blushed, noticing how much this sounded like a date. "It's starting tomorrow, and Kanda would rather die than go and Lenalee already has plans... Not that I wouldn't have invited you anyway!" He quickly added, realizing that it sounded like Allen was his last choice to invite, which he wasn't. "But uh, is that something you'd be interested in?"

It took a moment for Allen to reply, but he gathered all his courage to answer his new friend. "Yeah... That sounds... Fun." A light blush was etched into his cheeks, and he had to admit he was excited. This is the first time he would be hanging out with a friend! He couldn't help but smile at the thought.

The teacher walked in the classroom, having just come back from the printer to gather the papers he needed for class but had run out of during his last class. "Okay class, settle down, settle down... Class is beginning."

Lavi and Allen turned their attention to their teacher who was starting to ramble on about some book they were all supposed to start reading soon, but Lavi didn't miss the brilliant smile that Allen flashed him before turning his head back to the teacher.

Yeah, Lavi was determined to keep that amazing smile on Allen's face.

The older teen smiled back at his friend, unaware if Allen had even seen it. Allen, who had been glancing out of the corner of his eye at the redhead, smiled secretly to himself. Maybe this school wouldn't end up being so bad after all. Looking back at his teacher who was writing something on the board that no one was actually paying attention to, Allen was left with his own thoughts.

'But if I glance at you again, will you still smile at me like that? As if you're content just to have me by your side?'

To Be Continued

VOTE PLEASE: Would you prefer the nicknames such as 'Baka Usagi' and 'Moyashi' to be in Japanese or English? In other words, would you rather read "'Fucking moyashi' Kanda growled." or "'Fucking bean sprout' Kanda growled" I can do either, so which do you prefer?

OPINION: What 'emotions' or whatever would you like me to make chapters for? So far I've done pity, despair and content. What would you like? Review with your answer!

NOTE: I'm leaving for camp August 3rd and I'll be there for two weeks, with no internet connection so I won't be able to update until I'm back.