Note: Okay, I know I said this was going to be up by Monday, but stuff came up and I couldn't get on the net. Anyway! You guys are incredible!^^ I love you all! ProjectEden, I promise that the longer chapters will stay. Sorry, ProjectEden and wolfpup023, I can't tell you if the kissed or not. Give it a few chapters, you'll know. Also, thanks to Yuuki Narumi, Lathya, and Diclonious57 for your reviews. This update is for every single one of you!^^

Disclaimer: Hoshino Katsura

Warning: A bit more of Lavi's plotting schemes and IVY'S mouth this round, folks...

Request: R, E, +R!

Apologies: For not posting when I said so. Next one out next week, unless something horrible happens to me, which it hopefully won't. Also, the slight chopiness of the textmessaging section. I've never really texted, so... Gomen!

10. Reason to Kill: Lavi has a Camera

Saturday, 10:34 AM

Ivy walked up to the front door of Kanda's house, a smile on her face. Sure, she could drive, but it was a nice day, and walking seemed more… sensible After all, the apartment complex that Ivy lived in wasn't all too far away. The house that she now stood in front of wasn't completely enormous, but still pretty large with the number of floors being three. Ivy had always wondered why Tiedoll had a house this size when he was hardly there and Kanda normally confined himself to his room.

Okay, folks, no denying it; Ivy was completely and utterly excited about this. Kanda wanted to spend time with her. Just her. I'm pretty sure you realize this, but that meant no Allen, no Lenalee, and most importantly no, I repeat, no, stupid rabbit. It didn't even matter to her that there was going to be homework involved. Time together was still time together.

Knowing that Kanda was most likely not to give a crap that she did so, Ivy opened the door without bothering to ring the doorbell.

"Kanda-san, I'm here!" she called out.

"Living room!" was the shouted response.

Now happily humming, Ivy made her way through the halls of Kanda's house. Many of the walls had Tiedoll's drawings hanging on them. She stopped at a particular drawing of a silver moon hanging over an ocean. It was the first of the many pictures Ivy had seen during the previous year when she had come over to work on the multiple science projects Komui had assigned. The picture still remained her favorite.

Shaking off the now growing feeling of nostalgia that was forming, Ivy continued making her way down the hallway. When she made it to the dining room, she peeked her head inside to see Kanda sitting at the end of a table that was, like the house it was located in, too big for the two people that seldom used it.

"Tiedoll out today?" she inquired, making her way to said table. Thunk! Her bag hit the table and she sat down across from Kanda.

"He's out on another business trip," the male informed. "I'm surprised you mage it out thus quick," he remarked.

"Hey, you're the one that invited me, so no complaints," Ivy responded, her tone light. "So, what exactly do we need to work on? I'm up to anything." She took a closer look at Kanda and frowned. "What's wrong, Kanda-san?"

"Huh?" Kanda replied, caught off guard. Ivy had the talent of saying things when they weren't expected.

"Something's bothering you, Kanda-san. I can tell. If you don't want me to notice, I'll ignore it, but… I'd feel a lot better if you told me," she said, her tone concerned. Her eyes reflected the same worried emotion.

Kanda sighed. How was he supposed to refuse, especially with her looking like that? Reluctantly, he pulled out his phone, opened up the dreaded picture, shuddered once, and then pressed send. When Ivy realized what he was doing, she retrieved her own phone out of her pocket. Upon seeing the sent photo, her face went red. If Kanda hadn't been inwardly seething at the rabbit, he might have noticed that she was cute when embarrassed.

"W-what-? I mean, how in the world-" she stammered.

"Rabbit," Kanda supplied.

"Oh." Silence. "Kanda –san, can we not worry about this right now? I mean, let's take care of this mess later," Ivy suggested. "What should we work on first?"

Kanda accepted the change of topic, but Ivy continued working things out on her mind. No, she was not one who easily forgave these sorts of things. Settling on a plan in her mind, Ivy slowly moved her phone under the table and began typing out a message.

--

Lavi's phone beeped, notifying him of the incoming text message. Seeing that the sender was Ivy, he raised an eyebrow. Already forming a theory on its contents, he opened it.

Lavi, what the hell?!­

A smile formed on Lavi's face. He had been planning to leave the two alone today. This was an invitation to get involved. He quickly typed out a reply.

-Aw, Yu-pon showed you the picture, didn't he?

Trying to keep the unfolding situation from Kanda, Ivy clenched her teeth instead of growling. Either way, the rabbit was dead.

--He sent it to me.

-Really? I knew he cared!

--That's not the fucking point, Rabbit.

-Wow. You're even starting to sound like Yu-pon.

--I'm not in the mood. Where the hell did you get it?

-I took it.

--Why?

-To help. Trust me, you two need it.

--Well, stop. We can handle this on our own.

-Sure, sure. Anything else?

--If you plan on keeping this up I will wring (and possibly snap) your fucking neck.

While Ivy was returning her phone to her pocket, Lavi was left shuddering at her final comment. Ivy didn't get mad often, but when she did she was dead serious. Oh well, it was still an open season. Shaking off the foreboding feeling he had gotten from Ivy's message, Lavi typed up a new one.

-Yu-pon, your girlfriend's texting threatening messages to me!!

After reading the freshly received message, Kanda twitched once, then smirked. On the other side of the table, Ivy gave him a questioning look. He quickly displayed the screen for her to see.

"Alright, what did you tell him?" he inquired.

"Oh, nothing much…" A soft chuckle escaped her lips before she continued. "Just that if he keeps this up, I'll wring, and possibly snap, his fucking neck." The calm tone she used completely contrasted the malice of the words she was using. Kanda loved it.

"Perfect. Ten points, at least," he awarded.

Ivy smiled in appreciation. "Thanks. Now what are you going to tell him?"

"I think I have an idea…"

--At this rate, she won't be the only one making threats.

Lavi sighed and abandoned his cell phone on a nearby table. Wonderful, now they were both mad at him.

It didn't take long for his optimistic side to kick in. At least they were mad at him together…