Less than Innocent, More than Like 3/?
Title: Less Than Innocent, More than Like
Pairing: LaviYuu
Rated: PG for the moment...Just because Lavi's a bad boy >:]
Warnings: Well, it's yaoi...but you already knew that, surely. No spoilers, because this is all speculation about their past. Just don't take this like it's really their past, and you're good.
Disclaimer: Saya owns the play, but not the actors. They belong to Hoshino.
Summary: Lavi hasn't even been in the Order for two weeks, and he's already bored with it! Lucky for him a very interesting new exoricst comes in around the same time. Will Kanda be simple entertainment? Or will unfortunate circumstances force Kanda to stay close to Lavi?
Aha, Finally Kanda finds out why Lavi wont leave him alone!
3. A Challenge is Issued
Kanda walked, his head as high as ever though he felt like hanging it in defeat. Lavi spoke insistently, sometimes spouting random facts, sometimes nonsensical stories, and sometimes lascivious words that Kanda ignored just like he did everything else.
Still, Kanda could only take so much. It had been all of two weeks since he’d come here, and already Lavi seemed magnetically attracted to his side. The workers of the Tower were starting to think they were “friends” or whatever, and it was already considered weird for Kanda to be anywhere without Lavi.
He tried threatening Lavi, but that only bought him so much alone time. As soon as Lavi’s fear wore off he was back at Kanda’s side. What was worse was that these periods of fear were shortening. Kanda figured that soon enough he’d have to start drawing blood just to get a minute to himself.
Kanda was glad that Lavi seemed to know his true limits though, or that he at least had some sense of privacy. He never would follow Kanda into his room, and Kanda was thankful that he had that one safe recluse. Kanda would most definitely kill Lavi if he did come in, and if Kanda killed Lavi he was sure to be scolded, and he was sure to take that badly. Still, as safe as his room was, he refused to just hole up in there, his pride would not allow him to commit such a cowardly act, who’s afraid of the annoying redhead?
“You know... I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve asked this already but I’ll ask again... WHY WON’T YOU LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE?!” Kanda roared; Lavi pretended to be blown back by the volume of his voice.
“You’ve asked that 42 times. And it’s simple, as I’ve told you 42 times, you’re interesting.”
“I’m not that interesting.” Kanda said, storming down the halls, Lavi kept up with him.
“You know... you’re absolutely right. You’re really not all that interesting at all. Rather boring actually,” Lavi said, as though he were disappointed. Kanda was rather grateful that Lavi was finally catching onto what he was saying, though a small part of him he refused to acknowledge was slightly pained by Lavi’s comment.
“Good. Then leave me alone.”
“Naw... I’ve got an idea... a challenge for you.”
At this Kanda spared Lavi a questioning look, Kanda was never one to pass up a good challenge, but he wouldn’t let on to his interest.
“You’ve got 5 and a half months to get me completely captivated by you.”
Kanda wanted to hit his head against the wall, he liked a good challenge, not a challenge where winning meant having this pest become a permanent fixture to him! Kanda’s shoulders shook with rage, did it look like he wanted Lavi’s interest?
“You... ARE SUCH AN IDIOT! I DO NOT want to “captivate” you! Give me a month or a year it doesn’t matter because I will not do anything of interest, nor will I attempt to catch your interest, because I do not WANT your interest or attention! I just want to be alone!”
Kanda was certain he would not be sane by the end of his career as an exorcist; hell, he was hard-pressed to believe he’d be sane by the end of the week.
“Awe, you say that but I know it’s not true. You love me, don’t ya Yuu-chan?”
Kanda scoffed at the very idea that he could love the ever-annoying Lavi. “Are you even listening to the absolute crap that comes from your mouth!? If I ‘loved’ you, would I be so eager to kill you?!”
“‘To hate is to love, and to love is to hate.’ They are both just mutilated forms of the same emotion.”
“Yeah... if that’s true then why haven’t my parents tried to kill each other yet?”
“I can guarantee that your mother has threatened your father at least once, if not more so.”
“Oh really? And why would she do that?”
“Because thanks to your father she got to experience the miracle of birth.”
For a moment, doom enveloped Kanda. For one, according to his brother, who just loved to traumatize him, his mother truly had tried to kill father during both his and his sister’s births. of course, he then went on in excruciating detail about the whole birthing process also, and said that if Kanda ever got a girl pregnant that he should run for his life. Kanda hadn’t wanted or needed to know any of that.
shit, he’s making sense! Shiiiiiiit! Damn you nii-san! Damn you to HELL!
000
Meanwhile in a distant island country the eldest Kanda son sat on the balcony of their average-sized abode, where as he took a sip of the steaming tea before him, sneezed. Tea went everywhere, and he started choking on it. But as was his nature, he laughed it off as soon as he was physically able to. His younger sister who sat beside him looked over to see if he was alright.
“Nii-san...?”
“I-I’m fine!” He coughed out with little effort.
“Someone must be talking about you. What did you do this time Hayate-nii?”
Hayate laughed lightly at his sister’s question. “I’m hurt! I have done nothing as of late that would get me into trouble if that’s what you were thinking my dear Naoko! I bet it’s our adorable, sweet Yuu-chan talkin’ about how great his older brother is!”
“Nii-san...”
“Yes?”
“If Yuu-nii is talking about you, he’s probably cursing you.”
“... You’re mean.”
“No, I’m simply stating the truth from an objective point of view.”
“Yes... but must you be so blunt...”
000
Lavi was following Kanda happily as the boy continued to re-suffer the trauma his brother had put him through, it really had nothing to do with Lavi being there anymore. Lavi was just happy that he wasn’t being constantly glared at. Even though he was the cause of it, he really didn’t much like the tense atmosphere that came with bugging Yuu. But then again, it was no fun to get no reactions from the boy either.
“Geez Yuu-chan... it’s like you’re not even listening...”
“I’m not...”
“Then why’d you answer?”
“Shut up...”
Kanda decided he’d had all of the usagi he could stand, and so made his way to his room, slamming the door in Lavi’s face when he got there.
“Sweet silence...”
Finally he could relive the horrors of having an older sibling in peace.
000
“Waaaaaaah Lenaleeeeeeeee! Yuu-chan hate’s meeeeee!” Lavi whined out, he felt like being dramatic and childish, besides, it sorta went along with his assumed personality of a bratty, silly, and lighthearted child.
the two sat in an abandoned corner of the library, books piled all around them on the small, square table they occupied.
“Well... you do tend to do things that you know will annoy him... I think he just needs you to give him some space. He’s a fairly pleasant person if you just respect his boundaries,” Lenalee said, speaking from experience. She had watched what Lavi said and did around Kanda, and was sure to never make his mistakes. It is said that one can learn from the wrong-doings of fools... Kanda was never so rude to her as he was towards Lavi, he had a tendency to be rather polite really, if not somewhat cold.
“Yeah but then he’s no fun!” Lavi said, bringing his head off the table and looking up, not a hint of the tears that had been gushing out like rivers just moments ago. Lenalee sighed and shook her head.
“You’re definitely the only one who thinks that... only you seem to enjoy getting him angry.”
Lavi secretly liked that fact. He was the only one who was brave enough to annoy Yuu; but then that could just be stupidity. Still, he was special in that way, the only one who would, and at this point, probably the only one who could get Kanda as annoyed as he did. He was special, and what human doesn’t like that?
“Yeah... I s’pose that annoying the livin’ daylights out of someone constantly is a good reason for them to hate a guy... but still...!”
At least he admits it’s his fault...
Lenalee sighed, giving an awkward smile. Honestly, she had no idea what to make of the duo really. It had only been about 2 years or so since Komui came to be the Supervisor of the building, and though her people skills were good, and she was friendly, she still had a lot to re-learn about human interaction. Does someone doing this mean that, and what-not.
“Well I’ll just have to win him over!” Lenalee was pretty sure that the most Lavi would get out of Kanda as far as relationships go would be tolerance. She hadn’t thought that Kanda would be a people person from the beginning, and he proved her right immediately. And when one adds all of Lavi’s past transgressions, including the ones she had no clue about, well she’d be surprised if Kanda ever managed to stand Lavi at all.
“Um...do ... your best?” Was all she could offer, not sure of what to say in this situation.
“I will! So wanna go to dinner?” Lavi asked, getting up. She nodded smiling, and got up to follow, ever amazed at how quickly he could change the subject.
000
Kanda ate his soba in peace, very happy to have gotten rid of Lavi earlier, it meant he got some time to himself to savor his food. Even he would admit that Jeryy’s cooking was head and shoulder’s above the rest, though nothing could quite compare to his mother’s home cooking.
A sudden premonition came to him, and he decided that maybe he’d better speed up his eating. He never seemed to be fast enough to avoid the red-head though.
“I’ve been looking all over for ya Yuu!” Lavi called, walking leisurely across the dining hall with Lenalee, who was looking nervous. Kanda was overcome by angry twitching. Ever since he’d joined the Order, something he hardly did of free will, he’d been regretting it. And it was all thanks to Lavi. He slammed his chopsticks down on his tray, and made his way out of the room, a pouting Lavi followed. Lenalee was just a bit too hungry and a bit too sane to follow them.
Kanda decided on a calmer approach, maybe, just maybe, if he tried to be diplomatic or whatever, he could get the boy to leave him be for so many hours a day.
“So why were you looking for me?” His even voice surprised Lavi some-what, he’d been expecting yelling.
“No reason... it’s not the same without dear Yuu-chan around...” Lavi said, adding fake sniffles for effect. Kanda scoffed, two weeks was hardly enough time to make his absence so horrible.
“You really wont quit will you?”
“Nope, not until your 5 ½ months are up and you’ve proven yourself utterly boring, or utterly riveting.”
“I don’t need half a year to prove what I have already in two weeks.”
“Yeah... but I get the feeling you’re trying to be boring, which means that you’ve actually gotta have something intriguing about you that you just don’t want people to know.”
“I just don’t want to know people.”
Lavi slung an arm over Kanda’s shoulders, sighing as though the older boy was a hopeless case. He was rather surprised that the Japanese didn’t shrug him off.
“Well I wanna know you so... I guess you’ll have to know someone.”
“I just have to do something of interest and you’ll go away for a little bit... right...?” Kanda asked, an idea coming to mind.
“Er...hm... sure, but the question is, can you do it?” Lavi asked, overly enthusiastically. Kanda smirked, and turned to face Lavi. Seeing as Lavi’s arm had been over his shoulder, the two were extremely close. Kanda’s eyes settled into a lazy gaze, one that was incredibly attractive. Lavi raised an eyebrow, was Kanda comin’ on to him? Kanda moved his face forward, his lips hovering closely to Lavi’s ear.
“Then I’ll just have to do something ...interesting.” Kanda whispered, and then his smirk turned into something more of a maniacal grin as he kneed Lavi where the sun don’t shine. Pulling away from the other boy quickly, Kanda took a minute to catch Lavi’s pain-stricken expression, before walking down the halls to the training area. He could forgive himself for dealing a low blow and for using an admittedly girly move; that was bound to keep Lavi away for a while, and Kanda liked to be alone when he trained.
notes and stuff! So Saya went on a name search, looking for nice names for Kanda’s siblings, and because the names came with their meanings (which is what Saya was really looking for) She decided on “Hayate” which means “smooth” which his brother most definitely is not, and “Naoko” means “honest child” which she definitely is.