Disclaimer: Me gusta D. gray -man pero lo es no mio. (DGM belongs to me! unless you can read that, you'll have to believe what I say -laughs-)

Warning: Español -nods- use of other languages. That's not really a warning, I just feel like putting it there. Oh um, this is suppose to be 'friendship' but if you read it you'll be like "Ok, I totally see shounen-ai there." 'Cause I was thinking the same thing while I was writing it.

~La viDa~

(The Life)

"Soy tu maestra de Español nueva. Hoy..."

Lavi tuned out the new teacher, looking towards a long-haired individual sitting by the window at the back of the class. Their cheek cupped in the palm of their right hand, the left folded on the table, as they looked outside the window. Lavi looked beyond the person and saw what they saw; a big tree in the back of the school yard.

He continued to stare at it until a sudden movement in his immediate looking direction caught his attention. Lavi saw the person staring at him, their expression, bored; almost emotionless.

The redhead felt his lips tug upward at one side; smiling wearily. Lavi turned away and tore at the edge of notebook paper from the book sitting on his desk. He scribbled something on it before crumpling the already small paper in his hand. He turned back to the person he had been staring at. The paper in his hand carefully thrown, landing at the other's desk legs.

The other student bent over receiving the paper and opened it.

Lavi continued staring until he felt a nudge in his shoulder blade. When he turned in his seat to inquire what the person behind him wanted, they simply pointed forward with the same pencil that must have poked him.

"Señor Lavi," the teacher looked annoyed having a student not pay attention. "Please translate number 22 into Spanish for the class."

Lavi let loose a sheepish grin before translating the question almost flawlessly with an intentional fumble before sitting back down; the teacher already moving on with the lesson.

He took one more glance at the student sitting at the back of class. They continued looking out the window at the big tree in the school yard. The paper open to the desk surface.

Yuu~, meet me there for lunch.

Lavi lay on the grass, half hidden beneath the shade of the tree; his other half fully exposed to the elements. Wind tousled his red hair while the sun beat down through his closed eyelids. A shadow soon separated him and the sun and he opened his eye; the right hidden under his hair.

Green met dark blue as perhaps the grass and trees tried to meet the night sky at times.

"Hey, Yuu. Hope you brought lunch," Lavi let out a little chuckle. "I got hungry and kinda ate mine." After the Spanish class that they had together, they both went their separate ways for one more period before they regrouped at lunch. Lavi had a free period and spent his time outside.

"Che, Baka." Yuu, also and better known as Kanda, sat beside Lavi pulling out a bento box and two canned green tea drinks. He tossed one at Lavi and the redhead took it gratefully.

The two sat in silence with the occasional whine and vibration of flesh hitting flesh as Kanda would hit Lavi every time the latter would try to steal Kanda's tempura.

When they were done they both fell into the grass, staring aimlessly into the vast sky. Kanda's low ponytail made it more comfortable in lying down than his usual high ponytail would.

"Ne, Yuu," Kanda's gaze remained unmoved. "isn't it relaxing here."

Lavi sighed and continued. He spanned his fingers, weaving them together and stared at them interestingly. "We have our bad times and we have good ones too. But either way they're all times I wouldn't trade. Even when ya try ta threaten me and I annoy the crap outta ya" he laughed.

Kanda glanced at Lavi with a somewhat disgusted expression. "What the hell are you going on about, Baka Usagi…"

Lavi's expression sobered up but his voice still kept its happy tint. "See, even with the nicknames, Yuu~chan." Kanda twitched, ready to retort but the hand touching his stopped him momentarily.

Lavi poked at the beads on Kanda's left hand before grabbing the hand itself. He stretched both their arms towards the sky. "La vida…"

Kanda blinked.

"We had Spanish today, remember~ It wasn't that long ago, Yuu…"

Kanda looked at Lavi skeptically. "I know that, Baka. You were the idiot not paying attention in class."

If the redhead heard what the one beside him said, he showed no indication of it. "That's us. It's always interesting when you're around…when we're together. 'The Life'. That's what I think. La viDa."

If Kanda were to give way to childishness as Lavi sometimes -most times- did, he would argue the fact that Lavi got his whole name into the word while he only got the last two letters of his last name. However, he could feel his face heating up against his will. This particular heat having nothing to do with the rays from the sun.

Pulling his hand free from Lavi's, Kanda turned his head away to hide his face. -Che- The gesture made to seem like he was annoyed, but Lavi knew better.

Lavi lowered his arms once again looking skyward. A content smile adorning his lips.

Translation:

'Soy tu maestra de Español nueva. Hoy...' - 'I am your new Spanish teacher. Today...'

Disclaimer con't: I like DGM, but it's not mine -sigh-