Hello! It was my birthday last week and am now officially another year older! Yay... But now come all the reposbilities~

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Enjoy a new chappie which is slightly longer!

Lavi stared at Allen.

Allen stared at Lavi.

Neither said a thing, but they just observed each other warily. Allen had his eyes narrowed from his position in the middle of the pool, just above the water level. Lavi had raging interest flooding his eyes, opened wide to intake any information possible.

Every-time Allen moved Lavi's eyes tracked it, flicking to each part of his body that moved. He watched his tail swish in the water, scooping deep with each powerful swish in order to keep him upright, but barely ripping the surface.

So, creatures of prey then. That was definitely a trait for super-stalkerism. He wouldn't like the be the fish that couldn't detect that with their super sonic receptors.

And he was perfectly poised. Back straight and head held high. Arms floated in the water on either side of him, free and ready to defend himself. His long tail was about 1.5 meters long, almost double the length of his human torso. It was covered in silver scales, each shaped like a tear drop and about the size of a fifty cent coin. It blended into his human skin at a point just above his hips, seamlessly.

The bottom fins of his tail moved like silk through the water, rippled by the current they made. They were long and thin, both in length and width. The thickness of the flesh was so thin that it was almost translucent, just rippling in the water as he moved. It was a surprise that they could be so powerful. But this boy was a clear example of why not to judge a book by its cover.

The sliver of his tail was like Mercury, fluid and when he moved they all shimmered under the fluorescent light. It was utter mesmerising.

It was understandable that he could be mistaken for a Siren. He certainly fit the part.

The humanoid part of his body was that of a young boy, a swimmer (Obviously) with a lean torso. His arms where thin and his neck was too, showing his youth. His eyes where bottomless pits, constantly swirling with his emotions in the same bright Mercury. They were extremely expressive, holding a untouched innocence, despite what had been done to him. They were open to him now, showing Lavi his innocence despite the fact that he thought him a semi-threat.

But Lavi knew better then to underestimate him, or to try and make use of that apparent naivety.

Because was only showing that he had no reason to be afraid, despite his own response and dependence on mind was still young, but his body was that of a warrior. Of a ruler.

Of a Prince.

And Lavi knew that if he wanted to live through this, he had to make sure not to unleash that side of him. Because if Allen unlocked it and Lavi was a threat...

Then it was bye-bye Lavi.

But his skin was flawless, a pale cream. The only markings were his silver tattoo's. They slithered beneath his skin, curling and stretching beneath the first few layers. They were like sliver vines, growing and lengthening across his skin before curling back and restarting it all again. They where same Mercury colour as his tail.

He was beautiful, but he was deadly.

So very deadly. There was reason the Merpeople had survived so long, so old. They were constantly underestimated until it became one of their greatest strengths.

So Lavi had to be sure not underestimate him, not to offend him.

Not if he wanted to live.

Allen made a high pitched noise, not identifiable by any human standards. Lavi wished that Kanda was still here, so he could tell Lavi what his expressions all meant. Kanda could feel the bond, but Lavi had nothing.

He had to be silent while caring for a being he knew nothing about.

Gee thanks Kanda.

Lavi sat, wondering what the hell he could open with which would make Allen not try to douse him in water. He tried to think of something they had in common, but he was grasping at loose straws. Then he tried to think of something that he knew that Allen didn't, and would want to know.

And then suddenly he had it.

"Hey Allen, you know Kanda yeah?"

Allen had glared at him as soon as the first syllable left his mouth, but then it slowly morphed to suspicion at Lavi's motives.

"Well I have a few little facts about him that you might find interesting." He said with a casual flick of his hand,. But his eyes stared into Allen's, a keen glint dancing in the emerald green. Allen made the universal movement for 'go on' which Lavi caught onto like a fish on a hook.

He totally got this now.

"Well, there was this one time last year where our superior Komui exper-" he said, before stopping and changing his choice of words, mindful of Allen's pervious circumstance. "-played around with things he shouldn't have. And, you know what happened? Me and Kanda turned into children. 'Bout this high." He said, cutting through the air a bit above his head from where he sat. "Tiny and grumpy. A little brat Moyashi, as he put it."

Allen ahead tilted at the familiar word, a smile dancing on his lips from the imagery he was sure to have in his head of Kanda as a small child.

"It's Japanese, from the country Kanda's from." Lavi said, before smiling. "And you don't know what it means, do you?" Allen tilted his head the other way, looking incredibly cute in his confusion. But Lavi hardly noticed.

He was too busy laughing his ass off.

He held his stomach as laughter shook him. He lifted a hand to wipe as his eyes and see the boy still look at him with that confused face. "Oh this is good. This is so good." He chuckled.

Allen narrowed his eyes, seeing that Lavi was not very inclined to address his confusion in favour of his laughter. He hissed lightly, but with a obvious threat woven through it. Lavi let his laughter die, mindful of Allen's proud nature and slight dislike towards Lavi.

"Oh your gonna love me for this, little man." He said, before remembering something. "But then again Kanda might totally kill me. The odds are stacking against you, and I kinda value my life. So..um..sor-"

Allen had moved right up to the edge of the pool, right before Lavi. But his sudden proximity was not what stunned Lavi in silence.

(And hardly anything could stun Lavi into silence.)

But it was the look on his face. A sly twist of the lips that made him look like he was playing with Lavi, eyes glinting like light reflecting off glasses. He looked like he was a predator playing with his food.

Lavi felt like food. Like prey.

And Holy Mother Mary...that was absolutely terrifying face that could be in existence. And Lavi flinched, genuinely flinched away from Allen, suddenly and oh so completely relived that Allen couldn't send him mental images.

Because he surely would be sending imagery of all the ways he could kill Lavi.

"Ahhhh...good point right there, old bud. Good old friend, a friend which would never kill me..." He said, scratching the back of his head and grinning despite the sudden uneasiness. "And you know what? I've decided Kanda's not the most terrifying thing on this earth anymore...so it's your lucky day!"

Nice try Lavi. But your little man ego was now tarnished and would forever be down for the count. Because you got your ass handed to you with a single glare from a boy. Bye bye manliness.

"Moyashi is a double insult, little dude." He started like Allen hadn't openly suggested his death like three seconds ago. "He's calling you a beansprout in English."

Allen tilted his head again. Seemed he didn't know much about land vegetables, but he was obviously educated in most other things.

Leaving Lavi to ponder if they had a education system under the sea.

...back on task, and to the boy still watching you like you could be food any moment.

"Beansprout is a tiny little vegetable. Sprout is usually what you call a young person that is little is a bit like a oxymoron for 'spouting' up in height. So he's saying your tiny, and then tiny again." He said, before adding when that sly glint turned into the glare of understanding "...please don't kill me?"

It wasn't really worthy a question mark, but the less demanding he appeared the less likely Allen was gonna pull some crazy shit and kill him. And Allen was onerously peeved at the fact that Kanda had been insulting him, like, most the time...But he never got the change to put that feeling into action.

Because, suddenly, the whole building was thrown into complete and utter darkness, erasing the world and taking them both along with it.

Soz but it had to end in a cliffs. Hopefully I won't get too sidetracked with Chronological again, and that almost over anyway :.(

But yeah. See y'all soon..maybe?

God Bless,

SephrinaRose