Disclaimer: ok, I don't own…
Warnings: language, UNBETA'D
A/N: this little bugger took a while, damn. Good news was, once I started writing it kinda flowed! Yatta! Lol I'm just glad that this story is well loved. Thank you all for reading and reviewing! I hope you enjoy this crazy little chappie~
Enjoy!
Chapter 2 - The Bet
"I see ya still hav yer record goin' strong~" Lavi grinned. "Two weeks detention on da first day of school, only you man."
Allen groaned as they rounded the corner. Homeroom was finished and it was time for their first class, Drama. "It's your fault and you know it."
Lavi had the audacity to look appalled. "Me? I think not," he chuckled. "I wasn't the one to propose to sensei right off the bat."
Allen's already red cheeks darkened and he quickened his steps, as if walking away would quell his embarrassment.
"Oi Allen wait up!" Lavi chucked as he gave chase. Allen was pretty fast when he needed to be. "Come on wait up!"
All his pleas were ignored and he was left running just to catch up to the pace Allen set. Soon the two were before the drama room and Allen pushed the door and stepped in. Lavi followed after and they quickly found a seat as the class was still relatively empty.
"Don't be such a grumpy ass Allen," Lavi joked as he took the seat in the last row at the extreme back. Allen was in the seat beside him on his right. "I'm jus' yanking ya chain."
"Well it wasn't that funny!" Allen had his head on the desk and his voice was muffled by his arms. "I was embarrassed as hell when I realized what I said!"
The door slid open and more students filed in. Two girls seemingly engrossed in their conversation were the last to enter the classroom. The one who had short cropped dark green hair paused in midsentence, looking around for a set of seats and that was when she spotted Allen and Lavi. Her deep purple eyes lit up and she hurried over to them, pulling her friend with her.
"Allen! Lavi!" she grinned as she stopped before Allen's desk. "Good to see you two."
Allen looked up seeing the green haired girl before him and his face instantly lit up. "Lenalee! Cool you're in this Drama class too?"
Lenalee smile brightly. "Sure looks like it," she pulled her friend up beside her. "Hey let me introduce you all. This is Lou Fa she's in my homeroom. Lou Fa these are my childhood friends Allen Walker and Lavi Bookman."
Lou Fa's face was bright red and she bowed her head. Her long dark hair was caught in two and the glasses she wore slipped down her nose when she bowed.
"P-please to m-meet you W-walker-san Bookman-san," she said in a shutter.
"Nice to meet you too," Allen said with a smile and Lou Fa's heart skipped a beat. "You don't have to be so nervous around us, you know."
"Yeah!" Lavi added with one of his infamous grins. "We won't bite, unless you want us to."
Lenalee chuckled when she saw that Lou Fa's blush spread all the way to her ears and neck. "So guys, how's the new homeroom teacher? I hear he's a coldhearted beauty." At the blissful look on both Allen and Lavi's face she got intrigued. "Eh what's with that look? Come one tell me what's up!" She took the empty seat in front of Allen and Lou Fa took the one to Allen's right. "Now talk, I can tell from your expressions that something went down."
"Well…" Lavi continued with a small smirk. "Let's just say Allen here proposed to our sensei."
A coat of blush spread across Allen's cheeks and Lenalee's eyes widened. "No way!" she yelled with a chuckle. "You're kidding right?"
"I wish he was," Allen's face rivaled an overripe tomato. "Can you guys lay off it already? I mean its yesterday's news!"
Lenalee grinned but when she saw the sad look on Lou Fa's face, she felt a bit bad. It seemed her friend had a crush on Allen. To hear that that the person she liked proposed to someone else must be disheartening.
"Aw I say forget the bad and move on," she gave Allen a suggestive wink. "I'm sure there are plenty others out there." And just as subtle she winked in Lou Fa's direction.
When Lou Fa saw that her face darkened to an even deeper shade of red. She held her head down as if she was waiting for Allen to make the first move, but when he didn't turn to address her she swallowed her shyness and turned to say something to him.
"U-um…W-walk-"
"Forget sensei? No way!" Allen yelled interrupting the low voiced Lou Fa. "Its fate I'm telling you, F-A-T-E! I met sensei at the crossing a little before I came to school. That can't just be a mere coincidence! I'm telling you fate wants us to be together and who am I to deny what fate wants."
Lavi and Lenalee shook their heads, both for the same reason. Poor Lou Fa, she was shot down before she even tried.
"But that's where you're wrong, dear Allen," Lavi countered with a smirk. "Fate brought me and sensei together. So I suggest that you lay off."
Lenalee sighed when the two tuned to face each other, engaging in a glaring contest. She got to admit, it was kind of cute. It also reminded her of eleven years ago when the two fought over a middle school guy who they mistook as a girl. That was the bloodiest she'd ever seen a confession get. Her two friends were knocked out the minute they opened their mouth and said:
"Miss will you go out with me?"
She wondered if they were still traumatized by the incident. Ever since then they made sure to 'check' before jumping to assumptions about a person's gender. Sure the 'checking' act got them a few whacks here and there but thanks to it they were perfectly capable of distinguishing the girls from the girly looking males.
The three continued talking, while Lou Fa wallowed in her self grief. She made a comment once in a while but only when they prompted her for a response. They were so engrossed in their conversation that they didn't notice their teacher come in. and that was a mistake Lavi will continue to regret.
A smirk crossed their teacher's face and his amber gold eyes lit up considerably when they landed on the redhead. 'My honey.' He closed the door behind him and stepped to the front of the class. All chatter ceased.
Allen's group noticed the silence and just as they were about to turn to face the front their teacher spoke.
"Welcome to second year Drama, I'm your sensei, Tyki Mykk."
Lavi froze in mid sentence. Allen - who was leaning his chair back - lost balance and fell to the ground. Lenalee and most of the class who saw Allen's fall laughed and Lou Fa rushed over to Allen's side to help him up.
"Are you ok Walker-san?" she asked helping him to his feet.
Allen appreciated the help. "No fucking way," he murmured in English. "This can't be…"
Lou Fa knew a little bit of English and a flush spread across her cheeks when she heard Allen curse.
Tyki smirked. "Ah, surprised to see me?"
Lavi suddenly got up. "Ah well lookie at this lovely surprise," he gave Lenalee and Allen a small wave. "So it seems I've overstayed my visit. I'll be going now~"
A low chuckle reverberated in the classroom and Lavi didn't know why it got him so riled up. Tyki turned his golden gaze to Lavi, pinning him on spot with his piercing eyes.
"Stay, I won't do or say anything," he said with a bit of humor in his voice. "I'm just your drama teacher, unless you want it to be something more?"
"Ah drama teacher is nice," Lavi said with a nod and he reluctantly took his seat. Not like he could go anywhere, Tyki blocked the only exit.
Tyki returned to his spot at the front of the class and he addressed them once more. This time talking about the curriculum and what they would be doing for the semester.
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After Drama, the two groups went their separate ways. Lenalee and Lou Fa to the west area where they had Physics while Allen and Lavi went to a classroom near their homeroom for Mathematics.
"Who would have guessed?" Lavi yelled, completely riled up. "That stupid perverted teacher, he's stalking me I tell ya!"
Allen wondered if he would have been that persistent. Tyki changed from teaching first and last years to teaching second and third years just so that he could have a chance to teach Lavi. 'Ah, he must really love Lavi…'
"Tell me Allen is that anyway to treat a student? They should lock the creep up for…" his voice trailed off and in an instant he left Allen's side.
Allen didn't have time to blink with the way Lavi disappeared so fast. It could be either one of two things, Tyki or…
"Yuu-sensei let me help you with those."
A frown crossed Allen's face. He guessed right. Lavi was sucking up to his crush. 'Damn it!' He hurried over to where the two stood. Kanda was holding a large pile of books and papers in his hands and Lavi was trying to take some from him.
"I'll help you sensei," he tried taking some of the papers also.
"Oi you two, back off," Kanda growled, positively pissed. He had no tolerance or time for stupid suck ups and teacher's pets. "You two have a class now get going."
"But sensei…" the two boys pouted. They glared at each other as if telling the other to leave but neither budged.
"I'll help sensei," Allen insisted. His hands still on a couple of books Kanda carried.
"No I will," Lavi was adamant. He wasn't budging an inch as he clasped the papers in his hands. "Besides I like sensei more."
A spot of pink dusted Kanda's cheeks at the words Lavi said.
"No I do," Allen gripped the books tighter. "It was love at first sight."
The spot of pink got darker and darker as the two argued on whom loved him more. A vein throbbed on the left side of his head as his anger rose to an ultimate high. Without warning he yanked the books and paper away from the two but this caused them to spill all over the floor. It only made him even more pissed. He balled his hands into a fist and struck the two in their heads.
"You morons! Stop with this senseless fraternizing and go to class!" he yelled.
Allen and Lavi instantly gripped their heads and bowed in apology to Kanda. They were about to turn away and leave when Kanda hooked his fingers on the collar of their white shirts.
"Before you idiots leave," he began in a calm voice. At the tone he used it made Allen and Lavi relieved because they thought Kanda would be pissed at them. They turned to face him and gulped, felling the need to wet their pants on spot at the bloodcurdling look Kanda gave them. "Clean up this damn mess!"
"Hai sensei!" they scrambled on the floor, picking up every single paper and books and placing them into a neat stack at Kanda's feet. When they were done they got up and gave Kanda one last apologetic bow before running off to their class.
Kanda gave a sigh and stooped down to pick up the books and papers. "Kids today are a fucking pain in the ass," but even though he said that, there was a small smile - if one look close enough they'd see it - on his face as he made his way down the hall.
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Lavi pouted. "It's your fault sensei got mad at us."
Allen scoffed and snorted. "Yeah, blame everything one me!" he glared at the redhead. "Like it's my fault we're out here holding these damn buckets full of water!"
"Quite out there you two!"
Allen and Lavi straightened up. "Hai Link-sensei!"
Once they were sure he had gone back to teaching they slumped against the wall with a deep sigh. Technically it was both their faults that they got into trouble with their Math teacher Howard Link. After being shooed by Kanda they arrived to class late, and if that wasn't bad enough they started arguing again. Link sent them outside to stand for the remainder of the class with two buckets filled with water in both their hands, as the bickering was bordering on a fist fight. They were lucky they didn't get a detention slip.
"Ouch…my arm feels like it's gonna fall off," Lavi complained as he shifted his weight on his legs by lightly hopping side to side.
"Stop that, you're spilling the water," Allen scolded. He sighed once more and leaned against the wall. "Why do we always have to fall for the same person?"
Lavi shrugged and followed suit. He rested his head on the wall and looked up. "It's a curse I guess."
"Looks like it," Allen glared up at the ceiling. "Some great deity is having fun screwing around with us. I bet this is like some fucking game for them, watching two best friends fight like dogs over one hot guy."
A smile crossed Lavi face. "Yeah, sensei is really hot isn't he?" a spot of drool dribble down his chin as a naughty image of Kanda appeared in his head. "I bet it really pink there."
Allen nodded and then he stopped. 'Really pink?' The phrase finally registered to his head and he almost had a nosebleed. 'Leave it to Lavi to linger on something so perverted.'
"Hey, you think we were bothering sensei with our feelings?" he asked after the silence between them went on for too long. "I mean wouldn't he be freaked out with two guys suddenly confessing their love to him a guy?"
Lavi pondered on what Allen said and then shrugged. "Nah, I'm sure sensei bats for our team."
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"Are you guys really stupid?" Lenalee sighed. It was now lunch time and they were in the school cafeteria eating. "Of he would think like that! I'd think the same too if two weirdo gay guys confessed to me."
"Hey we're bi," Allen and Lavi defended. They sat before her and Lou Fa at a table near the entrance.
Lenalee snorted. "Oh well excuse me for thinking you two only like men," sarcasm laced every inch of her words, but Lou Fa looked relieved. As if she thought she stood a change with Allen as he still liked women. "Anyway if you having realized it, all you have is a teacher student relationship. One more reason that he won't take you seriously."
Allen took a bite of his club sandwich. Well what Lenalee said was true, they were student and teacher and they couldn't be anything more or else they would fire Kanda. He would have bought it completely if Lavi hadn't opened his mouth.
"That's bull," Lavi snorted, picking at his macaroni and cheese. "I'm sure Cross isn't some student."
Lenalee's face darkened and she turned away from the two. Allen blinked and then a smirk crossed his lips. How could he forget? Lenalee was dating the Physics teacher Cross Marian.
"Maybe you should practice what you preach," Allen said with a sly smile and Lenalee's blush darkened.
"Shut up!" she snapped. Her face as bright as an overripe tomato.
Lou Fa sat confused as to what they were talking about, but she figured it was something only really close friends would know. She placed a hand on Lenalee's arm but was surprised when she was suddenly yanked from her seat.
"Lenalee33!" the sudden cheery yell almost had Lou Fa's heart jumping from her chest.
She looked beside her seeing Lenalee wrapped in the arms of the school doctor. His bespectacled dark green eyes glittered brightly and his smile widened when he hugged Lenalee closer.
"Nii-san!" Lenalee shuttered in embarrassment. "Let go!" She managed to pry her brother off her back and she patted him on his head.
Allen chuckled as he watched the siblings interact. He finished his sandwich in one gulp. "It's rare to see you here Komui-sensei," a knowing glint appeared in his eyes. "Looking for someone?"
Komui smiled brightly. "Why yes I am Allen-kun," his smile widened when he spotted that familiar tuff of honey brown hair. The instant their eyes met, sparkling emerald with dull turquoise, the latter ran. "Time for the chase~!" He hurried off, chasing after the fourth year student who had just exited the canteen in a rush.
"Komui and Reever are as crazy as ever I see," Lavi chuckled as he passed his unfinished macaroni and cheese to Allen who devoured it within seconds.
"They are the school's weirdest couple after all," Allen replied as he finished the macaroni and cheese Lavi gave him. "So Lenalee, are you going to discard your sensei and student statement?"
Lenalee shrugged and took her seat. "Whatever do what you want."
Twin grins appeared on Allen's and Lavi's face. "We'll do just that." They turned to face each other.
"So wanna bet?" Lavi gave a challenging smirk as he stretched his right hand for Allen to take. "Let's see who'll be able to get Yuu-sensei's heart. The looser gives up completely."
Allen took the hand. "Alright you're on," he gave a smirk of his own. "No hard feelings when the other wins."
"Sure thing," Lavi replied without missing a beat.
Lou Fa looked at the two and the determination that shone on both their faces. The only thing she was thinking about was the bet. She really hoped Lavi won so that she could get Allen for herself as she really liked him.
"Oh boy, things are getting heated," Lenalee said with a shake of her head. She really hoped things wouldn't get out of end and also that the two would still remain close friends after all this was over.
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A/N: chapter end~ phew, finally. This was pretty easy to write, considering how long I neglected writing…sorry everyone if it was really late! R&R okies huns~!
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