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Chapter 16�Sweet Transvestite

September 2, 2013�The Dark Order, Main Branch

�� It was the most
adorable thing Lenalee had ever seen. Her chills had gotten worse, and from the
congestion and sore throat, Lenalee knew she was getting sick. She walked back
from breakfast, sniffing all the while, and decided to take a small nap, hoping
she�d feel better afterwards. But the sight before her had stopped her in her
tracks, because it was just too cute.

�� Lying against the
wall between their rooms sat Lavi and Kanda-kun, their faces soft and relaxed
in the clutches of sleep. She thought she heard a light snore emerge from
Lavi�s throat, but that could have been caused by his head�s position on
Kanda-kun�s shoulder, the older man�s head resting on his own. They curled
against each other with Lavi nearly on Kanda-kun�s lap. By far the cutest
thing, though, was their intertwined hands that sat on Lavi�s knee.

�� Lenalee had to
prevent herself from melting at the endearing scene in front of her. She heard
footsteps nearby and tore her eyes away to see who was heading toward her. It
was Allen. He looked almost as bad as she did, and his nose dripped. Wiping it
away with his sleeve, he caught sight of her.

�� Hey, Lenalee,� he
called, holding a hailing hand out. Lenalee smiled and turned her attention
back to the two sleeping Exorcists; Allen�s gaze followed her own, and a
mischievous grin darkened his features.

�� What have we
here?� He asked, his voice low and full of humor.

�� Looks like
Kanda-kun was more tired than he thought,� Lenalee
said, grinning.

�� This would be
cute if they weren�t both guys,� Allen muttered, his voice back to normal.

�� What are you
talking about Allen? I think it�s cute to see two guys bonding as friends!� She
exclaimed. Allen snorted.

�� Lenalee,� Allen
said in a tone that implied she had missed something very important, �they
aren�t just friends.�

�� What do you mean,
Allen?� Lenalee asked, her brow furrowing in curiosity.

�� Don�t you remember
how Lavi kissed Kanda? That means a
little more than friendship.�

�� I thought Lavi
was just joking. I mean, he�s kissed Kanda-kun before, as a joke.� Lenalee was
thoroughly mystified.

�� This is a
friendly kiss,� Allen said, leaning down and pecking her lightly on the
forehead, Lenalee�s heart skipped a beat. �This
is a more-than-friendly kiss.� He lightly touched his lips to hers; she felt
her face burn like it was on fire. She didn�t know what to say.

�� Allen�� Lenalee
said softly, still in shock. �Why did you kiss me?�

�� Her white-haired
Exorcist blushed and looked away. �I, er, well,
because� you seemed to � to need a demonstration� or something,� he stammered
out.

�� For some reason,
Lenalee felt disappointed.

�� Oh� I see. Well, er, thanks, Allen,� she stammered back, blushing so hard
that she thought her head would catch fire. �Well, er,
I�m not feeling so well, so I think I�ll, erm, go
back to my room. See you later, Allen�� Her voice drifted off, and she turned
and walked very quickly to her room, flopping on the bed the second she reached
it. She didn�t bother to get undressed.

---

�� The sun was at the
crux of its position in the sky above Lavi�s personal, rock-covered beach.
Waves crashed peacefully nearby, and Lavi soaked in the rays with his head facing
the bright heavens. His sun was there, and everything
was alright again. Lavi smiled lazily and sighed happily.

�� The noise brought
him back to the real world, though it took him a moment to resituate himself.
He was on the cold, stone floor, but he was remarkably warm despite that fact.
Yuu�s left hand was in his right, which put his sun in his blind spot. He
couldn�t move, though, not without waking the other man. He also couldn�t move
his head to gaze on the man he loved, as said man was currently using his head
as a pillow. Lavi smiled, chuckling softly. It didn�t matter if he could see
Yuu or not. It was simply enough to know he was there, to feel the other man�s
presence next to him. He took Yuu�s other hand, which had fallen to the floor
at some point, and wrapped it around his shoulder. Perhaps Yuu wouldn�t thank
him later, as the man hated being touched, but Lavi needed the contact. If he
couldn�t see his sun, he at least needed to feel him.

�� Lavi�s sun
stirred, and the weight of his head stopped resting on Lavi�s. He looked up and
saw the disoriented face of the man he had missed so much. Yuu looked down at
Lavi and grunted. He stood up, pulling Lavi with him and, stumbling a little
from what Lavi assumed were the pins and needles in his legs, led them back
into his room. Lavi smelled the familiar sharp scent of cinnamon with the
underlying sweet scent of lotuses, and he immediately felt at home. Yuu sat
Lavi down on his bed and proceeded to throw off his Exorcist jacket and pants.
He joined Lavi on the bed, clad only in a tight shirt and boxers.

�� In unspoken
agreement, they lay down, stretching out their sore muscles. Lavi wrapped his
arms tightly around Yuu�s clothed chest and nuzzled his head into the junction
of Yuu�s shoulder. He felt Yuu shift so his right arm was at the back of Lavi�s
head. His left arm moved around Lavi�s waist. Lavi smiled contentedly, and
sleep claimed him once more.

�� He awoke to Yuu�s
hair tickling his chest. Prying an eye open, he was surprised to find the other
man leaning over him. Lavi took a deep intake of breath as Yuu took his left
hand and ran it down his cheek.

�� Yuu?�
He asked, his voice still heavy with sleep. The other
man�s eyes widened, and he pulled his hand back,
turning away. �What was that?� He wondered why Yuu was acting so grossly out of
character, not that he was really complaining. That caress�and that�s what it
had been, somehow�had felt very good, and Lavi�s chest swelled with it.

�� The man looked
away determinedly. �You� were whining in your sleep,� he said awkwardly.

�� I was?�

�� Yes, it woke me
up.� Yuu shot him a glare that Lavi was sure the other man didn�t mean.

�� Sorry,� he said
sheepishly. Yuu grunted.

�� There was an
awkward silence, the first one Lavi had ever experienced with Yuu.

�� Suddenly, the
older man spoke. �How could you forget who I am?� He asked incredulously, and
Lavi could have sworn he�d heard a note of genuine hurt in the man�s voice.

�� It was Lavi�s turn
to look away. �I don�t want to talk about it,� he muttered under his breath,
his voice muffled by the pillow he had pulled up to cover his face. Yuu grabbed
the pillow roughly and threw it to the other side of the room. He looked
legitimately angry.

�� You had me
fucking worried, Baka!� He growled
loudly, taking Lavi�s chin in his hand and forcing him to look at the older
man. Lavi refused to meet eyes�or eye, or whatever�with Yuu. He didn�t know how
to react. Yuu growled.

�� Sorry,� he
whispered, and he meant it. Apparently, that wasn�t good enough, and Yuu forced
his face up, his fingers like a vice. Actually, they were starting to hurt, but
Lavi didn�t particularly care. Yuu was there, and that was all that mattered.

�� Look me in the
eye if you mean it,� Yuu yelled. Lavi�s eye widened. He hadn�t expected Yuu to
raise his voice. He repeated his sentiment, this time gazing straight at the
man he loved. �Now tell me what that fucking psychiatrist did to you.�

�� What?� Lavi
asked, shocked.

�� You�re� all
wrong,� Yuu said angrily, though Lavi knew the emotion wasn�t aimed at him.

�� I�what?�
Lavi was very confused.

�� Yuu sighed
angrily. �You didn�t say �good morning,� you haven�t jumped me�it�s like you
don�t really think I�m here. You�� Yuu broke off with a frustrated scoff.
Taking another breath, he continued, �you� aren�t
acting like yourself. You�re not even acting like �Lavi.��

�� Lavi thought he
heard another note of real worry in Yuu�s voice.

�� I� I remembered
who I was,� Lavi said in a hushed tone, pulling his legs to his chest and
wrapping his arms around them.

�� Nani?�

�� My name was Liam,
Liam Flynn�my father and mother sold me to Bookman,� Lavi explained.

�� Do you want me to
call you that?� Yuu asked, leaning over Lavi a bit more. Lavi unhooked his
hands and brought one up to the ends of Yuu�s hair.

�� No,� he said. Yuu
shot him a curious look. �I�m Lavi. I haven�t been Liam since I was six. I�
don�t think I could ever be him again. I�ve seen too much.� He wasn�t looking
at the other man, but his hands remained steadfastly in Yuu�s hair.

�� What else did the
psychiatrist do to you?� Yuu asked suspiciously.

�� He made Voice
appear,� Lavi replied, still looking away.

�� Voice?�
Yuu questioned.

�� He�s not one of
my personas; he just showed up, and he talks to me sometimes,� Lavi explained.
Yuu scowled.

�� Lavi didn�t want
to see that look, so he tried to hide. Suddenly, he felt himself slipping�
where was he going?

---

�� Whining.
A high-pitched keen that pulled Yuu right from the peaceful dream he was
having. His eyes snapped open, and he decided to yell at whoever was whining
and tell them to stop it, because it was interrupting his sleep. He felt air
through the shirt on his chest and looked down. A bright shock of red hair was
pillowed there, and the noise was coming from it. Yuu shifted the other
Exorcist so he was lying on his back and leaned over him. Lavi�s face was
screwed up in something akin to panic, and Yuu reached a hand out without
meaning to, running it down the man�s cheek.

�� The look melted
away, and as Yuu brought his hand back to stroke Lavi�s cheek again, he
realized the other man�s uninjured eye was open.

�� Yuu?�
He said. His voice was very thick, and it snapped Yuu out of whatever spell he
was under. He pulled his hand back like it had been burned and turned away.
�What was that?�

�� Couldn�t the
rabbit leave him alone? He didn�t want to be called out on caring. It was
annoying. And troublesome. �You� were whining in your
sleep,� he replied, looking anywhere but at Lavi.

�� I was?� Lavi
asked curiously, and Yuu struggled not to scoff.

�� Yes,� he said.
�It woke me up.� He was still angry about that.

�� Sorry,� Lavi said
softly, and Yuu grunted in acknowledgement. Perhaps he could forgive the idiot
for waking him. They lapsed into silence, for which Yuu was thankful.

�� But then he
realized something. Lavi was not acting right. For one, the other man was silent. It hung in the air around them,
suffocating them both. All the while, Lavi didn�t shift from his position.
Regardless of whether he was himself or �Lavi,� the other man was always
moving, as if staying still would literally kill him. And that brought up
another point. Just what had Lavi been thinking the night before? The more he
thought of it, the angrier he got, and all of a sudden, he found himself
turning back to the other man.

�� How could you
forget who I am?� He asked accusingly, stopping himself from pointing rudely at
the redhead.

�� Lavi turned away,
and Yuu found his curiosity piqued by such an action. Lavi�the real Lavi�was
always very frank. He never looked away from Yuu, not for a second. He pulled a
pillow up to cover his face, and Yuu wanted to bat it
away.

�� I don�t want to
talk about it,� Lavi muttered. Yuu could barely understand him, muted as the
redhead�s voice was by the pillow. Yuu shot him an angry look, wrestling the
pillow from Lavi�s grip. He threw it to the other side of the room, not
particularly caring where it landed.

�� You had me
fucking worried, Baka!� He growled,
before he could stop himself, his voice too loud. He took Lavi�s chin between
his thumb and forefinger and wrenched it to face him. Lavi didn�t meet his
eyes, and Yuu growled. Lavi shifted uncomfortably, the first movement he�d made
since he had awoken.

�� Sorry,� the man
whispered. Yuu sensed a note of sincerity, but he couldn�t stand Lavi not
meeting his gaze. Because Lavi always looked him in the eye,
always told him everything frankly and point-blank. He pulled Lavi�s
face up a bit.

�� Look me in the
eye if you mean it!� He yelled. He hadn�t meant to raise his voice, but Lavi
was just so wrong that it was
infuriating him. What had happened while he had been away? Thankfully, Lavi
looked at him as he spoke this time, and Yuu drank in the sight of the man�s
striking green eye. He had missed it, somehow. �Now tell me what that fucking
psychiatrist did to you,� he ordered.

�� What?� Lavi�s
voice was shocked, as if he didn�t understand the conversation jump.

�� You�re� all
wrong,� Yuu said, and he couldn�t keep the anger out of his voice anymore.

�� I�what?�

�� Yuu sighed in
frustration. �You didn�t say �good morning,�� he explained, �you haven�t jumped
me�it�s like you don�t really think I�m here. You�� Yuu
scoffed. He didn�t quite know how to explain it. He breathed in deeply and
continued as best he could, �you� aren�t acting like yourself. You�re not even
acting like �Lavi.�� Damn it, he sounded worried.

�� I� I remembered
who I was,� Lavi said quietly after a moment, and he pulled his legs to his
chest, wrapping his arms around them. Yuu stared. That was a mannerism he had
never seen before. Lavi had never felt the need to protect himself
like that, not like Yuu had.

�� Nani?� He found himself saying, still
trying to comprehend the change in Lavi�s body language.

�� My name was Liam,
Liam Flynn�my father and mother sold me to Bookman.� Lavi�s voice was flat, and
Yuu recognized it as the voice he used to report things to his former master.
He was keeping emotions at bay, then. Yuu wasn�t sure whether he was relieved
or worried. �Lavi� hid his emotions, and even though something that familiar
relieved him, he still wondered how broken Lavi was.

�� Do you want me to
call you that?� Yuu asked, and he leaned over Lavi again. Yuu was genuinely
surprised when Lavi brought one of his hands up to his dark hair and started
twirling it through his fingers.

�� No,� he replied,
almost absently. Yuu wondered why. Some of that emotion must have shown on his
face, because Lavi continued. �I�m Lavi,� he said. �I haven�t been Liam since I
was six. I� don�t think I could ever be him again. I�ve seen too much.�

�� What could that
mean? Yuu wondered just what Lavi had remembered. Lavi was looking away again, and
though that angered him, Yuu did nothing to fix that. Finally, he couldn�t keep
the question to himself anymore.

�� What else did the
psychiatrist do to you?� There had to be more. Just remembering who he was
wasn�t enough to break Lavi. The man was stronger than that.

�� He made Voice appear,�
Lavi replied quietly, and he turned his face infinitesimally farther away.

�� Voice?�
Yuu asked, a feeling of dread sinking into his stomach.

�� He�s not one of
my personas; he just showed up, and he talks to me sometimes,� Lavi explained.
Yuu scowled�was Lavi crazier than he had thought?

�� Then Lavi�s eye
shifted out of focus, and when it refocused on him, it wasn�t Lavi who was
looking at him.

�� Who are you?� He
asked, though he already knew.

�� Hmmm� you�re a
right bit quicker than that other man. No wonder Lavi loves you so much,� the
man who was not Lavi commented. He had a thick Irish accent, and Yuu had a bit
of trouble understanding it for a moment. �I�m Liam, but you�ve probably
already guessed that.� He held out his hand, and Yuu shook it, dumbfounded.

�� You are� how do
you exist?� He asked.

�� Lavi is a
multiple personality. It�s his own fault, too. If he
hadn�t had Bookman take away his memories, and if he hadn�t thrown all his unwanted
emotions into the same corner of his mind to forget those, too, I wouldn�t�ve existed. But I do, so there�s no use crying
over spilt blood� oh, wait, the expression was �milk,� wasn�t it? Oh well, it all
equates to the same thing��

�� Yuu stared. He
didn�t know what to say.

�� So, listen,
Lavi�s not gonna tell you what the doctor did, so I suppose I will, so listen
up carefully.�

�� Yuu could only nod
as the strange man in front of him explained everything. The more the man said,
the angrier Yuu got, and by the time the man had finished, Yuu was steaming.

�� Oh, and by the
way, don�t blame Lavi for the suicide attempts. Whenever he thought of depressing
things, I tended to get closer to the surface. So, yeah, the suicide attempts
were mine�sorry,� the man said, raising a hand in apology. �I did my best to
keep Lavi from doing anything while you were gone, despite my desire to be
dead.� Liam grimaced and disappeared, replaced a moment later with Lavi. Yuu
felt relieved, but then he remembered that he had a psychiatrist to kill.

�� Stay here, Baka Usagi, I�ll be right back,� he
growled, pulling on his pants and activating his Innocence as he stormed from
the room. He heard footsteps behind him, and when he turned, he saw Lavi
following him.

�� But
Yuu!� The other man shouted, a pathetic look on
his face.

�� Fine, whatever,
you can come with me,� Yuu said. He surged onward, ignoring Lavi�s shouts,
asking where they were headed.

�� He barged into the
hospital wing without grace and grabbed the receptionist�s lapels in a tight
fist, raising the lady from her chair.

�� Where�s this
Larry guy?� He hissed at the lady. She whimpered in fear, and Yuu was
immediately annoyed. He didn�t understand how people got frightened so easily.
She pointed over at an office down the hall, and Yuu set off toward it,
stopping when he got to a door with a plaque that read Larry Birchwood, MD. Yuu threw the door open and pulled Mugen
from its sheath, pointing the blade directly at the white-haired man�s head.

�� You�re going to
die for what you did to Lavi,� he yelled, lunging forward. He ignored the
patient that scrambled out of his way. The man raised his hands in a calming
gesture, but Yuu ignored that, too. Before he could slice the man, though,
strong arms wrapped around his middle, and Lavi�s familiar scent of paper and
ink wafted up to his nose. He felt a pressure on his right shoulder and noted
that Lavi�s head was resting there.

�� Don�t, Yuu, he�s
not worth it,� Lavi said into his shoulder. His voice was very small, almost
weak, broken. Which, Yuu supposed, the man currently was.

�� Still, Yuu allowed
his Innocence to deactivate, and it became an incorporeal blue light as it shot
back into his hip.

�� So� wait� you�re
� you�re Kanda?� The psychiatrist asked. Yuu growled.

�� Yes, I am,� he
said curtly. �You come near Lavi again and I will kill you, regardless of his wishes.�

�� Larry quivered in
his chair. The man nodded tremulously, and Yuu turned around to face Lavi.

�� You
sure?� He asked the redhead. Lavi nodded, and Yuu sighed, disappointed.
�Fine, let�s go back to the room.� He grabbed Lavi�s wrist and pulled him away.
Lavi followed without complaint. A minute or two later, he mentioned something
about being tired, but other than that, the other man remained silent.

�� They sat on Yuu�s
bed as soon as they got back. Lavi stretched out, pulling Yuu down with him.

�� Thanks, Yuu, for
defending me. But that man already got his�Voice told me.�

�� Yuu stiffened. He
assumed that Voice was Liam, and he wasn�t sure he liked the idea of Lavi
having someone else there in his head. His personas didn�t count, as they had
never been real, but Liam was Lavi�s younger self, traumatized by the memories
that Lavi had thrown away in order to forget, if only for a moment. Actually,
many of his mannerisms and speech patterns were similar to the ones that Lavi�s
real personality had, and Yuu wondered who had influenced who.

�� Voice tells me
he�s going away soon,� Lavi said, breaking the silence that had somehow formed.
�He said he�s juxtaposing himself to me.�

�� Yuu looked at him
questioningly. �I do not� understand,� he said, looking away at the last word.
His desk was suddenly very, very interesting. Had it always had that strange
knothole on that leg?

�� Oh, �juxtaposing�
means �to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or
contrast.� He means that he�s going to become part of me�part of my personality,
I would assume.�

�� Yuu wondered how
it was that Lavi knew exactly what stumped him every time. He considered
himself fluent in English, and yet, he always seemed to run into words he
didn�t know. It made him feel stupid, but for some reason, Lavi�s explanations
never made him feel the need to defend his intelligence. Just like always, Lavi
was different.

�� He felt his face
softening and hated himself for it. But he didn�t care, because Lavi sat up a
bit and fastened his lips to Yuu�s. Yuu didn�t think anymore, he simply let
himself react to the feeling he hadn�t realized he had missed. When had kissing
become a good thing? He didn�t care.

�� Lavi nibbled
lightly on his bottom lip, and Yuu gasped slightly. He was a bit angry at
himself for making a noise, but a moment later, it didn�t matter.

�� Your mouth tastes
disgusting, rabbit,� Yuu growled against Lavi�s lips, and he felt the other man
smile.

�� You don�t care,
and you know it,� he quipped. Unfortunately, Yuu had to agree. Still, Lavi needed
punishment, so Yuu decided to tug on his earring. To his surprise, Lavi let out
a strangled moan. Making a curious noise, Yuu pulled on it again, and Lavi
reacted in a similar fashion. Smiling deviously, Yuu leaned away and moved his
lips to Lavi�s left ear, replacing his hand. Lavi�s breath grew much faster as
Yuu began to suck lightly around the earring. Feeling rather daring, he ran his
tongue along the lobe, and Lavi screamed.

�� It was really fun,
actually, making Lavi react like that, and it made him feel good too,
surprisingly. An ego boost, almost. The hitches in Lavi�s breath,
the way he bent his head sideways to allow Yuu more access, the way he shivered
and moaned when Yuu hit a particularly sensitive spot, it was all very
arousing, and Yuu pressed himself closer, craving the other man�s body.

�� Lavi gasped and
pushed Yuu away, holding him at shoulders� length. �S-sorry, Yuu, bu� but I�I think we should� stop,� Lavi said, gasping
heavily, his face flushed from exertion.

�� Why?� Yuu asked,
panting himself.

�� Lavi looked away
for a second before meeting his eyes again. �Well, aren�t yo��

�� The door slammed
open, cutting off whatever Lavi was about to say. Yuu turned and glared at the
intruder.

�� S -sorry, guys,
but c-could one of you g-g-get Lenalee something t-to eat?� Moyashi said through chattering teeth.
�I w-would, b-b-but I�oh, shit, not ag-gain.� He
turned rather green and ran into Yuu�s room, reaching the open window in time
to spill the contents of his stomach outside. Yuu felt his stomach flop uncomfortably
as the white-haired boy retched.

�� Lenalee�s sick?�
Lavi asked, seeming surprised.

�� Y-yeah,� Moyashi said, wiping his mouth and
grimacing at the taste in his mouth.

�� Did you just
vomit in my room, Moyashi?� Yuu asked, his tone dangerous. The white-haired boy gulped.

�� It�s Allen,� he
replied, his voice shaking despite his defiant look.

�� You�ll be
cleaning it up,� Yuu hissed, activating his Innocence with just a thought. He
began to unsheathe it, but Moyashi
turned back to the window sill and leaned out again, heaving.

�� I could�ve done
it on the floor, you know,� he said shakily as he wiped his mouth again. His
face was paler than usual and covered in sweat. From the way he was shivering,
Yuu suspected a high fever, and as much as he pretended to hate the boy, he
didn�t want the idiot to be sick.

�� Get out of my
room and get some sleep,� he ordered, scowling, �I�ll get Lenalee something to
eat.�

�� Moyashi nodded and left. Yuu sighed and
walked over to Lenalee�s room. Once again, he heard Lavi following him, but he
ignored it. The stupid rabbit could follow him if he wanted to.

�� He knocked
politely on Lenalee�s door before entering. Her face was flushed with fever,
and she had a white cloth on her forehead. Yuu walked quietly over to her, as
she seemed to be sleeping, but as he reached her bedside, she looked up and
smiled at him.

�� Hi, Kanda-kun,�
she said, trying to sound cheerful and failing. Yuu checked the cloth on her
forehead and found it to be warm and nearly dry. He took it from her face and
tossed it into her clothes hamper in the corner.

�� Moyashi said you needed something to
eat,� he said gruffly, turning away and searching her drawers for another
washcloth.

�� I�m not that
hungry,� Lenalee replied, and Yuu grunted. A moment later, he found what he was
looking for, and he pushed her drawers shut.

�� Can you wait a
few hours?� He asked, and she nodded. �I�ll be back in a moment.� He excused
himself from the room and walked the short distance to the men�s bathroom. He
put the washcloth under cold water and then returned to Lenalee�s quarters,
placing the cloth on her head. She smiled up at him and closed her eyes.

�� That feels good,�
she said. Yuu looked down at her. Lenalee had been his first and only friend at
the Order, and he was not ashamed to admit that to himself. At some point, Lavi
had wormed his way into Yuu�s life, but before that, the only people Yuu had
trusted were Lenalee, Marie, and Tiedoll. It had been a striking blow when the
latter two had died.

�� He took the lift
down to the gardens. Grabbing a basket, he searched the plants until he found
several carrots, onions, scallions, and celery. He took a couple other plants,
and he was especially pleased when he found some thyme. He smirked to himself
and loaded everything in the basket. He took the lift back up, Lavi following
him like some lost little puppy�or bunny, as it were.

�� Yuu walked into
the dining hall and barged into the kitchen.

�� Get out,� he said
firmly to the chef.

�� What?� The chef
asked. He had a knife in his hand. It was halfway through a raw chicken�s leg.

�� Get out, and give
me that chicken,� Yuu ordered.

�� I�m making your
lunch�� the chef started.

�� I don�t care,�
Yuu said, dropping the basket on a counter and walking over to the
bewildered-looking chef. He grabbed him by his collar and pulled him out of the
room. �Come back in three hours. The people can wait until then. They can
handle a little starvation.� He locked the door and turned to Lavi.

�� I assume you know
where all the large pots are?� He asked, and Lavi nodded, going into a large
cupboard and pulling out exactly what Yuu was looking for. Yuu nodded curtly in
thanks and placed the pan on the low stove. He heard something scraping against
the ground and saw Lavi pulling up a small step-stool. Yuu grunted and stepped
up onto it. As much as it hurt his pride to have to use it, he was now able to
see into the pot easier. �Get me some oil,� he ordered, stepping off the stool
once he was sure the pot was clean. He went back to his basket of vegetables
and walked over to the sink to wash them off.

�� Lavi trotted back
a good minute or two later with a large bottle of oil in his hands. Yuu
gestured for him to put it on the counter. �Cutting board,� he muttered, and
Lavi ran off again. As he finished his task, he took the dripping vegetables to
the counter. Lavi pointed to the drawer with the knives, and Yuu spent a minute
looking through them, testing their sharpness and assessing which ones to use
before selecting a few. He found an interesting device that looked like it
would skin things, so he took that, too.

�� The skinner worked
very well on the carrots, Yuu decided as he ran it over the orange vegetables.
He had always hated it when he cut too much off, and this seemed to fix the
problem. He gave the first skinned one to Lavi, who ate it.

�� Baka Usagi,� he growled, and Lavi had
the gall to smile guiltily. �I gave that to you to put back on the counter, but
apparently, you are more of an idiot than I had previously thought.� Lavi�s
face dropped into an almost comical pout, and the man finished his carrot
sulkily.

�� You�re mean, Yuu,� he said sadly. Yuu scoffed and handed him
another carrot, and this time, Lavi placed it on the counter. It struck Yuu
that Lavi seemed much more like normal, if a bit like his last persona.

�� When he finished
preparing the ingredients, he tossed them into the simmering oil at the bottom
of the pan and began to saut�e them. After a while,
he sat back and waited for the broth to cook. The entire time, Lavi looked at
him in wonder.

�� Eventually, he
found some flour and eggs, and he scoured the kitchen until he had all the
ingredients with which to make homemade noodles. Scraping the fat from the top
of the broth, he put everything�including the noodles�back into the pot, and he
turned the heat up again. He waited a few minutes as everything cooked, and
then he told Lavi to get him some bowls. His stomach was beginning to growl,
and from Lavi�s longing looks, he assumed the other man was getting hungry,
too.

�� He poured three
bowls, one for himself, one for Lenalee, and one for Lavi. He loaded them on a
tray. �Carry the pot, Lavi,� he said, turning back to look at the redhead. Lavi
nodded and grabbed the pot.

�� OW!� He shouted,
pulling his hands back. Yuu snickered to himself.

�� Baaaka,� he said.
�Use pot holders.� Well, perhaps Lavi wasn�t quite back to normal yet.

�� He waited until
Lavi had the large pot before he left, heading toward Lenalee�s room. He set
the tray there and then nodded to Lavi to follow him. He barged into Moyashi�s room, nearly knocking the door
down.

�� Can you keep
anything down, Moyashi?� He asked
loudly, interrupting the white-haired Exorcist�s nap. The boy woke with a jolt
and a yelp.

�� Eh?� He asked,
and Yuu motioned for Lavi to put the pot on the floor. He handed Moyashi a ladle and a large spoon.

�� Eat up,� he said,
and he left the room to return to Lenalee�s. When he got there, she was smiling
at him again.

�� Kanda-kun!�
She said cheerfully, but she started to cough a moment later, and a little drip
of snot ran from her nose. She hastily grabbed a tissue and wiped it away. He
nodded at her and took Lavi�s and his bowls from the tray before placing it on
her lap.

�� Dozo,� he said, handing her a spoon. Lenalee
looked grateful.

�� Oh, wow,
Kanda-kun, this is delicious!� She exclaimed, smiling up at him. Yuu felt the
tips of his mouth turn up and clamped down on the expression. He didn�t smile,
dammit. He turned to Lavi, who was giving him a strange look.

�� What?� He asked,
annoyed.

�� Nothin�,� Lavi said vaguely, and he pulled his bowl toward
him ravenously. �HOLY SHIT!� He shouted after his first
bite. �Where did you learn to cook, Yuu-chan?�

�� Lenalee choked on
a noodle. �Kanda-kun cooked this?�
She asked incredulously.

�� Yeah, I watched
him do the whole thing. He didn�t even measure anything out�it was like
watching an artist paint a masterpiece, or something.
And trust me, I�ve seen several of those being made,� Lavi replied
enthusiastically, taking another few bites.

�� Despite
everything, it felt good to be complimented. Yuu hated himself for allowing himself to feel this, but apparently, he couldn�t help it
anymore, and he�d just have to deal with it. He scowled at nothing.

�� So where didja learn to
cook, Yuu?� Lavi asked again, staring deep into Yuu�s eyes.

�� My mother,� Yuu
grunted, looking away and blushing. Why the hell was he blushing? All Lavi had
done was look at him, for God�s sake!

�� Wow, she must�ve
been one helluva cook!� Lavi exclaimed, and Lenalee
laughed.

�� Lavi and Lenalee
chatted pleasantly over their late lunch, and Yuu listened as he ate. Every
once in a while, Lavi would incorporate Yuu into the conversation, but he tried
to get out of it as quickly as possible.

�� Thanks for the
soup and company,� Lenalee said, sniffling, as the two of them left.

�� No problem,� Lavi
said, waving. �I always love the company of a pretty girl!� Yuu�s stomach
twinged at that, but he ignored it. Lavi was just being a stupid flirt as
always.

�� Of course,� Lavi
added softly as they walked back to the kitchen to drop off the dishes, �I love
sitting down to eat with you.� He walked ahead before Yuu could react. Yuu
still wasn�t sure if Lavi was back to normal, but he was acting a lot more like
himself than he had been earlier.

�� The chef was angry
at them, but Yuu didn�t care. He felt his afternoon had been well-spent. He had
even been nice enough to donate his soup to the black hole of Moyashi�s stomach. Yuu was surprised the
boy had been able to expel anything at all, what with how much food he went
through. Still, it was miserable to be sick and have
to take care of yourself�Yuu knew that feeling intimately�so he would spare a
little kindness for the idiot boy.

�� As they left the
cafeteria, Yuu heard the chef berating a boy for having a Koala in the dining
hall. He mentioned something about it being a dirty animal, and Yuu was very
satisfied when he heard a resounding screech and the screams of pain from the
chef as the door shut behind them. His lips did that strange turn-up thing
again, and Yuu tried to force it down, but it wouldn�t budge.

�� Yuu froze mid-step
as he felt a hand slide into his, but after a moment, he recovered and kept
walking. His stomach made that annoying cramping feeling again. They walked
quietly back to the room�well, he walked back quietly; Lavi was chattering the
entire way. Yuu took comfort in that. Yes, Lavi was back to normal now. He had
a few slips into �Lavi,� but he otherwise seemed to be himself. Or something very, very similar. And Yuu would have to be
content with that for now. He tightened his hand around Lavi�s, very glad for
the other man�s presence.

�� As they rounded
the corner to the Exorcists� hallway, Lavi pulled on Yuu�s hand, turning him
until they were facing each other. He leaned down�Yuu was still angry that Lavi
was taller�and brought his face very close.

�� Thanks so much
for the soup, Yuu,� he said, �it was delicious.� And then he closed the gap
between them in a searing kiss that made Yuu�s knees go weak. Lavi�s other hand
went around his waist, pulling him closer, and Yuu responded by taking his free
hand and running it through Lavi�s hair. The other man breathed in deeply, and
Yuu felt Lavi�s tongue asking for admittance, which he allowed immediately.

�� Yuu felt a whistle
of wind in his ear for a moment, and suddenly his back was against the wall,
and Lavi had his wrists pinned. Their tongues twirled together in an
intoxicating dance, and Yuu felt his body react rather strongly. One of Lavi�s
hands left his wrist and went to his waistline. Yuu gulped and shivered at the
touch. It was a good shiver. Lavi pulled his hand back, and Yuu reached out and
placed it where it had been a moment before.

�� Good,� he said,
panting, before he let Lavi continue having his way with his mouth. Lavi seemed
to understand, and he began to move his hand under Yuu�s shirt, tentatively
running it up toward his chest. Yuu hissed in a breath of pleasure and brought
his now free hand to Lavi�s left ear. He had rather enjoyed driving Lavi crazy,
and just toying with the earring had the other man gasping.

�� As Lavi�s hand
brushed lightly over a nipple, Yuu gasped. There was a strange squeak from
below him, and Yuu froze as Lavi did the same. As one, they looked down. There
was a young girl there; Yuu estimated her age to be around eleven or twelve.
She was dressed in an Exorcist jacket and a tasteless jean skirt that went far
too high to be allowed. Her hair was pulled back in dirty blond pigtails. The hairbands shone in the light�they were simultaneously
fluffy and sparkly, and they were a bright, lurid pink. Yuu felt bile threaten
to rise in his throat.

�� Hmmm�� She said
in an annoying, high-pitched voice.

�� What?� He asked sharply, glaring down at
her.

�� I�m just lookin� for boobs. You�re not very well-endowed, are you?�
She asked, staring blatantly at his chest.

�� Yuu punched her.
�We�re both guys, you little fucker!�

�� Now, Yuu,� Lavi
said cautiously, grabbing Yuu�s fisted hands in his own, �that was rude. Let
her be, she�s only a��

�� Yuu didn�t find
out what she was, because pain shot abruptly through his leg, and he screamed
out. He heard footsteps as he fell to the ground, clutching his leg. When he
looked up, unintentional tears of pain swimming in his eyes, the girl was gone.
Gazing at his pant leg, he found a suspiciously-shaped hole in it. Lavi gasped
as Yuu rolled up one of the legs. Yuu�s entire calf was dripping with blood.

�� Fuck, I�m going
to get rabies,� Yuu hissed, wiping away some of the coppery-smelling liquid.

�� Relax, Yuu, I�m
sure you�re body can handle a little annoying-girl-poisoning,� Lavi said
brightly, though his face was worried.

�� Looking down at
his wound again, Yuu was surprised to note that the sting of bleeding had not
diminished. Blood was still waterfalling down his
leg, and he hissed as he put pressure on it. �Why hasn�t it started to heal
yet?� He bit out.

�� Lavi clapped his
hands together. �Oh, Yuu, speaking of healing, you lost two and a half petals
on your lotus flower. I�m sorry, I only just remembered.�

�� Yuu froze, and his
hands dropped from his blood-slicked leg. �Nani?� He asked, too shocked to speak
a coherent word in English.

�� Yeah.
That�s why I actually thought you weren�t there anymore. The doc wouldn�ta had me convinced, �cept
I was in your room during that session, and he said you were gone just as two
petals fell, one after the other. Then, a few hours later, a third petal
started to wilt, but it only got halfway.�

�� Yuu stared at him,
completely shocked. Then, standing up�he hissed in pain�he sprinted back to
their room, ignoring the limp that got progressively better the longer he ran.
By the time he reached the room, the bleeding had stopped, and his leg wasn�t
nearly as sore, but he wasn�t paying attention to that. He reached for the
hourglass on his bedside table. Sure enough, there were now nine of the
fourteen petals on the bottom, and while the flower looked decidedly more
wilted, half of another petal was completely shriveled. Yuu recounted the events of the past week. It had to
have been when he had broken his spine or when he had been hit with the Akuma
spike. And he remembered the doctors saying something about him getting a light concussion when his head hit the ground, but that had
been mostly gone by the time he had woken up a few hours later.

�� Lavi looked at
Yuu, mirroring his horror-struck expression. �Why is it losing so many petals?�
Yuu asked quietly. �I only got hit by an Akuma spike. Normally, a bullet barely
does a thing. I did break my spine, but that should have been nothing�. So
why�?� Yuu�s voice drifted off, and he stared desperately at his lotus flower,
as if it would give him an answer.

�� He felt Lavi�s
arms encircle him, and despite everything, he felt a bit better for it. �Don�t
die, Yuu-chan,� Lavi whispered, and he sounded dangerously close to tears. �I
can�t live if you don�t.�

�� I�m not going to
die, Baka Usagi,� Yuu said loudly,
using his usual gruff tone. �I�ve still got four and a half petals left. That�s
plenty to get me through the rest of this war. Moyashi will do his stupid hero thing, and then we�ll fight some
Akuma, and then it�ll all be over. I�m not going to die from some stupid war
like this.�

�� He only wished he
believed himself.

---

�� They didn�t hold
hands, nor did they have their arms around each other, but they walked closely,
and no one could deny that they were irrevocably together. Lavi felt the deep, healing connection with the other
man, and it pierced him right down to his soul. He wondered vaguely if Yuu felt
the same, but from the way the man had almost killed the psychiatrist, Lavi had
to come to the conclusion that the Japanese man did. The bond they shared
surpassed their minds and spirits�Lavi wondered if that was what it meant to be
soul mates. He stopped his thoughts abruptly. What the fuck? What kind of sap
was he? Shaking his head, he made an effort to forget the thought and continued
walking with Yuu to the Order�s cafeteria.

�� It was late for
dinner, almost ten o�clock, but they had just started to get hungry. Hoping the
chef was still there or that they could filch something from the kitchen, they
walked onward, passing the few remaining people in the hallways.

�� As they entered
the kitchen, Lavi smelled the strong scents of seasonings cooking and assumed
that the kitchen was, indeed, still open. Grabbing Yuu�s wrist, he pulled him
over to the service window.

�� Sure you don�t
want to cook for me, Yuu-chan?� He asked the Japanese man. Yuu�s face remained
stony.

�� No,� he said
curtly, �I do not want to cook for
you.�

�� Lavi had been
surprised at how much Yuu seemed to be saying today, but he rather enjoyed it.
It seemed the other man had a distinctive personality once Lavi had gotten
under all the layers of protection. He wondered what he�d find once he
surpassed them all.

�� Lavi!�
A voice called, and he recognized it at once as Emiko�s.

�� Emiko-kun!�
He shouted, turning. Emiko and an Indian boy next to her froze.

�� How did you�?�
The Indian boy started, but he cut himself off when Emiko shot him a sharp
look.

�� Well, it�s really
obvious, innit, Emiko-ku�OW!
Yuu, what was that for?� His head pounded. Yuu had whapped him very, very hard.

�� Don�t be
insulting,� he said coldly. He turned back to the window and ordered his food
from the chef, who made it for him with a grudging expression on his face.

�� But
Yuu!� Lavi protested. �I wasn�t. I mean, Emiko�s Adam�s App�OW!� Lavi
felt something sharp rap him on the head. He fell to the ground, and when he
looked up, he saw a green-glowing, gray set of nunchucks held in Emiko�s iron
grip. She leaned down to him, looked him in the eye, and whispered,

�� How did you
know?�

�� Well, like I was
about to say,� Lavi whispered back, �you�ve got a rather prominent Adam�s
Apple. And the way you hold yourself, it�s a bit too stocky. Plus, you�re flat,
and you have absolutely no curves. It�s not that hard, if you really look. You do look excellent in drag, though, if I
do say so myself.�

�� Emiko looked
simultaneously mollified and frustratedly angry. All
Lavi could do was chuckle lightly as he ordered his own food. Yuu scowled at
him as they sat down with the other two Exorcists.

---

A/N: Bet you didn�t see that coming, did you? :P Also, apologies for the slight OOC-ness
of Lavi and Kanda, but, well� Lavi is
still a bit insane, though he will gradually return to normal now that Kanda is
back. And Kanda�well, he�s still really worried about Lavi, and he�s starting
to show a bit of his real self as well. It just goes to show how much he loves
(though he still won�t admit it) Lavi that he is willing to open up a bit.
Also, Allen and Lenalee somehow got a bit of action! And Allen�s totally
beating himself up about it now. It�s actually quite funny. As for the
definition of juxtaposition, that totally comes from our number one friend,
dictionary.com! :D
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