A/N: This was supposed to be a one-shot damnit! How the hell did it end up being a chaptered story?! Why is it so hard for me to just write one damn chapter and leave it at that?! Sigh anyways this was supposed to be a Halloween thing I had planned on uploading on Halloween but turns out that day I was in the hospital, (no I was not injured I was working). So please excuse the three day delay of this. Also, a lot of people are doing it so I guess I'll try to do it too, at the end of this chapter there's an omake, in case your interested.

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"The music in me"

"First song"

"Lenalee, why do we have to do this again?" I asked as she dragged to yet another house to ask for more candy, which I knew I wasn't going to be able to eat.

"Allen, it's so simple" she said with the fakest smile slapped on her face "It's Halloween and children are supposed to go trick or treating in Halloween, besides, don't you want to wake up tomorrow surrounded by a mountain of candy?" I have to admit she knew how to paint a pretty picture but over the years I've discovered that those were a bunch of lies. Ever since I was a small…..well smaller child she does this thing where she drags me from house to house asking for candy, yes I know it sounds like anything other children might do but this case is different. Even though we start our tour very early in the afternoon and finish close to midnight I never get to wake up with a mountain of candy surrounding me.

Why you ask? Well it's very simple…….my sister Lenalee steals pretty much every single candy I earn with my hard effort. Yes all during the year my big sister is really nice and generous but I don't know what it is that happens in Halloween that makes her act so…………evil, It's like a demon posses her and forces her to be……evil. She doesn't even like to dress up! SHE forces ME to dress up! Unbelievable! I guess in some countries they might call it child labor but in England it counts as "fraternal love".

"But Lenalee I'm seventeen years old, I'm not a kid anymore" Well I wasn't really seventeen years old, more like sixteen and ten months but hey! I'm pretty much a grown up already!

"Yes, but you still look like a fifteen year old, not to mention you're as cute as a ten year old!" She said pinching my cheeks and stretching them almost till the point they were going to break. I sighed as we walked towards the new target, there was no way to avoid it so I simply went along with it hoping and praying to God that the next day my big sister would be nice and let me have a significant amount of the treasure candy.

The next house gave me the chills, it always had; it was the house that belonged to the man named "Yuu Kanda" it really looked scary…….but not for the right reasons. I don't really know how to describe it but I'll try to give you a pretty good idea. You see, this house was scary not because of how it looked but because who lived in it, the said man was a black belt in numerous martial arts, not to mention he owned several samurai swords, there's even an urban rumor that he once cut off some kid's hand just because he jumped to his backyard to retrieve his basketball. But of course, none of that mattered to Lenalee as she pushed me all the way to the front door and forced me to ring the bell.

When I heard steps coming to answer it I swear I saw my life pass in front of my eyes, my heart was about to explode and I was pale as snow, I wanted to turn around and run like the wind but my sister was right behind me with a fake smile on her face that said 'if you run, I'll kill you'. So I took a deep breath and waited for what seemed to be my tragic dead. Finally the door screeched and it was open, not by the blood-thirsty samurai I was thinking but by a woman with curly black hair and equally black eyes, she was dressed up like a witch, including the hat and the plastic owl hanging from her elbow;, on her hands there was a cauldron with bags filled with gummy bears.

"T-trick o-o-or treat" I managed to stutter out, still too shocked to speak normally. As I said those words her face lit up completely, her smiled widened and her eyes seemed to shine. She jumped happily around me releasing sounds of happiness. I turned to look at my sister who had a raised eyebrow over the young woman's weird behavior, after a few seconds she stopped the jumping and the yelling and leaned down to talk to me.

"Congratualtions! You're the first kid that has come to ask for candy here!" She yelled, I truly didn't know whether that was a good or bad thing so I just went along with it "Here!" she said grabbing handfuls of the gummy bear bags and dumping them on the sack I had brought o collect the candy, not taking off that smile for one single second. I knew Lenalee was behind me daydreaming of the time she'd get to eat all those gummy bears.

"Miranda, what's all that noise?" A male voice said from inside the house, I lifted my head and saw a man with black onyx hair and narrow eyes walking up to us. He wasn't dressed up as anything but the sour look on his face was enough to scare any small children away. "Miranda, you're not supposed to give him that much candy" he said massaging his temples out of frustration, the woman immediately stopped dumping the candy on my bag and in a matter of seconds she was crying in the corner yelling something about her being useless and stupid.

Truth be told I would've been happy to just walk out of there with my bag full of those delicious gummy bears but my conscious told me that I was supposed to do something. So I reluctantly dug my hang inside my bag and grabbed some of those bags and returned them to the cauldron they had been in the first place. "It's okay, even I couldn't eat that much candy" but I bet Lenalee could, too bad she's not going to get the chance! He he he he. I thought as I heard the Lenalee gasp when she saw me returning the candy.

The woman stood up and came back brushing off her tears, "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" she said while shaking my hand to the point where I thought it was going to break "You see, my name is Miranda Lotto and this is my cousin Yuu" she introduced pointing at the evil man next to her "I'm originally from Germany but this Halloween Yuu invited me over to spend a week with him, I was so psyched because I had never ever experienced Halloween before so I immediately packed up my bags and came here"

"Miranda, he doesn't want to know you life story" the evil black haired man said.

"No, its okay" I said "I have lots of time" Besides the more I spend here the less I have to spend going from house to house begging for candy.

"Really?" she asked her face being once again lit up with happiness "Well, when I came here you have no idea how disappointed I was when I heard Yuu didn't celebrate Halloween by giving candy or dressing up, instead he just goes to the cemetery and lights a candle for our dead relatives, I mean that's nice and all but what about the candy?" I turned to look at Kanda and he looked as if he was about to explode from anger, he looked somewhat funny actually, nothing like those horrid legends where he cuts people's hands.

"So I tell him, 'Yuu, we're going to give out candy whether you like it or not!' But zero children have come up until now" She said playing with her fingers in sadness "So you'll understand why I'm so happy that you came" Going to the cemetery and lighting candles sounded nice compared to the torture I was forced to go through every year.

"If you want you can come with us trick or treating for the rest of the evening" a familiar voice said from behind, I turned to see my sister walking up to us with yet another smile on her face; I didn't know what she was planning but I was pretty sure it wasn't going to be good. Kanda seemed somewhat relieved to hear that his cousin might be gone for the day and decided to keep quiet instead of saying anything that might discourage her.

"Really?!" She asked her smiling widening even more and I could swear I almost saw tears of happiness forming in her eyes. She turned at her cousin who simply nodded "I'll be happy to go with you guys" she said "what's your name, little one?" She asked leaning down to see me eye to eye. My height had always been somewhat of a problem for me but because this person was actually nice and a lady I faked a smile and shyly answered:

"Allen, Allen Walker"

"And I'm Lenalee Walker" My sister said from behind my back "Nice to meet you" They shook hands, I really felt bad for the lady since I knew the only reason my sister had asked her to come with us was because she had something that would most likely bring pain to me, even if it weren't physical. And before you ask, yes, taking all of the candy you worked so hard on gathering away does count as some sort pain to me!

"Allen, I love your costume!" she said as we walked out of the Kanda property and headed for the next house. Oh right, I haven't described my costume! Well, it's not much but I have been wearing this costume since I was a small……..smaller child and much to my dismay it still fitted like a glove. I was supposed the be the rabbit from Alice in Wonderland complete with ears that poked out of my top hat and a small brown vest on top of a very formal white shirt, ooh and let's not forget the giant pocket watch handing from well……my pocket. Everyone who ever saw it says that I look really cute and that it matches my white hair but I absolutely hate it! On Halloween you're not supposed to be cute, you're supposed to be scary! And bunnies are not scary!

As the three of us walked down the street we saw numerous kids accompanied by their parents laughing and talking, ninjas, pirates, ghosts and werewolves were the most common disguises but it still was a spectacle worth of seeing, all those houses decorated differently with jack-o-lanterns hanging from their roofs and cemetery tombstones scattered around the front lawns, if there was anything I liked about this day was how everyone seemed to be having so much fun, everyone except me, of course.

"Lenalee, I'm twenty years old, aren't I too old to ask for candy?" Miranda asked shyly with a slight blush across her cheeks "I just think it's so unfair, never in my life have I been able to experience a true Halloween and now that I finally get the chance I'm too old" She brought down her witch hat in order to hide her face, I have never seen someone go from being so happy to so sad so quickly, what do they call those people?...........bipolar I believe, yes, that woman Miranda was definitely bipolar.

"Don't worry Miranda" Lenalee said comforting her "That's why we have Allen" I immediately stopped when I heard those evil words come out of my sister's mouth, I turned around and saw her looking at me with a smirk on her face. I knew I wasn't going to like this. Miranda lifted up her face and looked at me expectantly.

"What do you mean?" She asked looking at me like I was a piñata that was waiting to be broken with countless candy inside of me.

"Well, it's one of our costumes that the child that goes trick or treating has to give part of the gathered candy to the people that accompanied during the night of Halloween. It's some sort of a tax for little people" She said nodding, I can't believe I'm saying this but Miranda actually bought that load of crap, she turned once again to look at me and smiled happily "Isn't that right, Allen?" I had no choice but to nod and at the same time say goodbye to my chances of keeping any of the candy I had collected.

"Oh my God Allen! You are so nice!" She said crying to my feet and hugging all the air out of my lungs "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" she said once again with tears of happiness going down her eyes. While she hugged me I managed to see my sister laughing mercilessly at the situation I was in.

And so, several hours passed, me collecting candy I wasn't going to be able to eat and Miranda congratulating others for the costumes. It was almost eleven when we reached another house that seemed to stand put of the rest. It was your typical cliché mansion on top of a hill that looked like Dracula's summer house, it was all made out of wood and painted completely black, the wind passed through some of the window screens and slammed them against the wall, the front lawn was covered by leafless trees that casted scary shadows thanks to the moonlight showering us. Even though the house itself looked scary the owner was a really nice person, his name was Arystar Krory and he was from………..I don't recall the countries' name but it's one of those in Europe that's always filled with mist and everyone look like they were Dracula's relative.

Krory was my sempai, I met him when some guys threw me inside a locker and left me there, Krory was the one that freed me and since then we have been friends, not best friends but friends. When we crossed the main gate I immediately wanted to turn back and leave but once again my sister didn't let me and pushed me (this time with the help of Miranda) to the door. The reason why I didn't want to go inside was because I suddenly remembered Krory telling me he was going to have a Halloween party with all the kids from school, of course he invited me but because I knew my sister wouldn't let me go I politely turned down the invitation.

As I knocked on the door I hoped that no one would hear it because of the loud music playing inside but as fate would have it, there was no such luck. I was greeted by my friend Krory that was dressed up as a vampire, including the cape and the small string of fake blood dropping down his mouth, Krory didn't actually need that much of make up because he was unusually pale and his ears looked a little…pointy, but don't tell him I said that, he's very self conscious about his ears. When he opened the door I saw that there was a lot of people inside dancing and having fun, all of them I had seen somewhere in school, so I begged to God that they wouldn't recognize me and mock me for going trick or treating at eighteen.

"Allen, I'm so happy you could come!" He said hugging me, what's up with people and hugs, why do they always want to invade my private space, is it the costume or what?

I held out my sack of candy and shyly stuttered "T-trick or treat?" I hoped with all my heart that Krory would just gibe me some candy and I could turn back and get away from there as fast as possible without many people seeing 'The looser Allen Walker go trick or treat at his age'. I could tell from the look on Krory's face that he was somewhat dumbfounded over what I had just said so I leaned approached his ear and whispered "My sister is forcing me to go trick or treating against my will, you have to help me! If any of the people inside your house see me they'll bully me even more than they already do, so please!" Krory scratched his chin, thinking of what to do, the guy was my friend so I was pretty sure he was going to help me get out of this mess, right?

"Tykki!" He yelled to the inside of the house, I wanted to die right there and there, I had asked Krory who was supposed to be my friend to help me and instead he called one of the most popular people in school?! And what's worst is that he even got the decency to blink at me like saying 'don't worry, I've got your back'. It wasn't long till another man made his way across the dance floor and came to the door, said man was Tykki Mikk, and like I said before he's one of the most popular people in school. He's student president and captain of the football team and pretty much every girl in the school lives him.

"What's up Krory?" He said looking at the vampire next to him.

"We have new guests" my ex-friend said pointing in my direction.

I don't know if it was my height or what but Tykki didn't notice me at all, all he noticed was…….the two women behind me, correction, the two hot young women behind me. The dark haired man walked past me ignoring my complete existence and stood in front of my sister. "Nice to meet you, cherie", he said as he kneeled and laid a small kiss on Lenalee's hand. My sister immediately blushed and covered her face in order to hide it.

"I don't think we have been introduced" Krory said also walking past me and talking to Miranda "My name is Arystar Krory" he said also kneeling down and kissing the black haired witch's hand, Miranda looked like a teapot that had been on the fire for too long and only managed to sigh and blush as a response.

"Why don't you two come inside and get to know each other?" Tykki said guiding my sister towards Krory's house and Krory doing the same thing with Miranda. I swear I will never understand women, one minute they're angry and the next their acting like they saw freaking Jesus, I wonder if all women are bipolar. As the two of them nodded and step inside Lenalee managed to have enough neurons work in order to say to me "Allen, I'll see you home, don't wait up for me" I rolled my eyes and nodded. Krory blinked at me and I thanked him. I was about to head home and watch whatever scary movie was on T.V. when Krory turned around to speak with Allen. "Allen, are you sure you don't wanna come in and have some fun?" He looked at me with a pained expression.

"Krory, I don't know anyone inside and I'm pretty sure I'm not going to have fun if I did go in there" I replied, I didn't mean to hurt Krory's feelings but what I was saying was true, there was no way I was going to have fun with those people, they hated me and I hated them, I rather go home and spend the rest of the night by myself than enter a house full of people who bully me because of the color of my hair.

"If you just try, I'm sure they'll…" he trailed off, looking away with those eyes that expressed guilt. I don 't know why I did it but for some reason whether it was because he had saved me from the biggest embarrassment of my life or I was just going insane but somehow out of my very own mouth came the words.

"Fine" I said, Krory smiled and pulled me from my arm inside, as soon as I entered and my friend closed the door behind me I felt trapped, the noise from the party was loud and a bunch of people were attempting to keep up with the beat of the music, I guessed those were the ones that had had a little too much to drink since their steps seemed clumsy and……..weird. Sitting on the couches around the living room there was another group doing what teenagers do best, making out. I have never kissed someone the way they were going at it, I swear one of the boy's looked like he was eating the girl instead of just kissing her.

I didn't want to stay there for too long but I had told Krory that I would try so reluctantly I made my way to the stairs, being pushed around in the process. Once I was on the second floor the party seemed even more chaotic, screaming and yelling sometimes drowned the music itself and there were too many people inside. The lights were dim so it was kind of hard to see where you were going, honestly even I didn't know where I was going, I simply knew I wanted to get away. I didn't like this party and I wanted to get out of there as soon as possible so I unconsciously roamed through the halls trying to find a quiet room where I could just get away from all that sound and chaos.

I tried several times finding a room but all of them were……..occupied by people who were doing……stuff to each other. Every time that happened I'd apologize, close the door and run away; I had been doing that till I found a door at the end of the hall that I had never seen, maybe because I had never been this deep in Krory's house, worried that there was another couple of teenagers doing………stuff to each other I pressed my ear against it trying to see it was empty, I heard nothing so I sighed and opened it. Once open I saw a set of stairs leading even higher in the house, maybe an attic or something. As I went up the stairs several screeching sounds came out of the worned out wood, I won't lie and say it wasn't scary. It was scary as hell, even though you could still faintly hear the sound of the music you had the feeling that you were alone, in the middle of the night in a house that looked really scary and going somewhere you didn't know. Yet, I didn´t have anything better to do so I took a deep breath and continued.

What I saw amazed me, you could say it was some sort of attic but it had the most wonderful view of the sky, I looked around the room and saw there was a bed and a nightstand on the corner, a desk and a chair against a wall and a window that led to a balcony. However, like I said before the feature that I liked the most was the roof, the center of it was made out of crystal so that you could see the sky at night. For minutes on end I stayed there looking at the stars and their beautiful light, the way the moon shined and tainted the sky with an elegant shade of darkness, it was a beautiful symphony of colors and lights that made me feel relieved and at peace. That was when I saw it, one of the most beautiful things I had ever seen, a piano, a completely white piano was standing right beneath the crystal roof being showered with a slightly blue light.

I approached it with a little fear, my mind was trying to remember when was the last time I had played. As I walked towards the musical instrument memories of the sounds I used to make with it invaded my mind, the sweet yet depressing notes and the loud noise of the deep notes. Once I was in front of it I touched one note with the tip of my finger and pressing it, suddenly a familiar sound came from the tail. I raised my finger to my face and saw it was a little dusty, I couldn't help but feel sympathy towards the instrument, being so pretty and yet being dumped where no one ever saw him. I looked around the room making sure there wasn't anyone else but me in it, and when I confirmed I was alone a small smile appeared on my face.

I sat on the bench in front of the piano and took a deep breath, I don't know why but part of me wanted to give that piano some sort of use, like telling it that he's still important and that there are still some people who are willing to make music with it. I put my fingers on top of the keys and for a mere second I hesitate, but my mind keeps telling me to do it. So I press the keys with enough force for the sound to come out, my smile widened when all of the sounds I was once so used to hear reached my ear. I didn't need to see any piece of paper with the notes written on it, the song I was playing I knew it by heart and I found myself surprised that I managed to play it once again without making a single mistake, maybe I had wanted to play the piano again for longer than I thought.

The room became filled with soft and sweet sounds coming from the piano, I unconsciously closed my eyes as I relived the last time I had played this same song, it had been close to three years since then, my head starts to move according to the rhythm of the song. I was being caught up by the moment, completely forgetting that beneath me there was a party filled with people I hated, that's how powerful that song was to me, to be able to make me forget something that caused me so much pain. But then I was interrupted.

"Beautiful song" a voice said behind me, a horrible sound came out of the piano shattering the little harmony I had managed to create, I turned around and saw a man with bright red hair being held back by a head band, an eyepatch covering one of his deep emerald green eyes. There was no costume, just some jeans and a simple black T-shirt. I knew who that man was, everyone in school knew who he was, his name was Lavi Bookman and he was the king of Black Cross Academy "Can you keep playing it?" He asked walking over to where I was, I realized was still open because os the surprise and I tried my hardest not to sutter.

"I-I-I'm sorry!!" I apologized loudly and standing up from the bench as fast as possible, I really didn't like being that close to Lavi. I know I'm going to sound really cliché by saying this but I had a really really big crush on the guy, ever since I enrolled in the Academy he's been the man that caused me to blush every time he walked by or looked the way I was in. There was this one time when I was just coming out of Algebra and someone pushed me to the ground, making all of my things fall out of my schoolbag, next thing I knew I was being helped up by a really handsome redhead, not only that but he picked up my pencil and gave it back to me smiling at me. I know I sound fanboy-ish by saying this but I think he's a really nice person, he's never once bullied me and he's always nice to everyone, no matter who they were "I-I'll be going now!" I said, and tried to walk past the man but I was soon stopped by a warm and soft hand on my hand, knowing that it was his and no one else's I blushed but I managed to hide it by looking away.

"Oi, oi, I didn't ask you to leave" He said calmly "I just wanted to hear more of your song"

"W-why would you want to do that?" I asked, I really didn't like the fact that he had so much control over me that I couldn't stop stuttering just because he was still grabbing my hand. Worrying that he would notice I took my hand back and continued to look away so that he didn't have to see my face being red.

"Because you're a great pianist" He said, I turned around and saw him smiling at me, his smile was probably the thing that I most liked about him, it wasn't just real but it was also cute and encouraging "Allen Walker" my eyes widened when he said my name, my body suddenly stiffened and a chill traveled down my spine, I was a looser in school, why would he know my name? I asked myself, even then I found it somewhat comforting the sound of his voice pronouncing it.

"How do you know my name?" I asked finally getting rid of the stuttering and the blush I manage to gather enough courage to look at him in the eye, hoping that because of the slight darkness surrounding us he wouldn't notice the faint blush on my cheeks.

"Why wouldn't I? You're Allen Walker, the kid who at eleven had already written his first piano song, at twelve you already mastered the instrument and managed to play every symphony Bethoven had ever written and not to mention at fourteen years old you won first place of the European Musical Competition, which is one of those competitions where only musical prodigies are allowed to enter, right?" My mouth was open over the surprise of Lavi recalling my musical achievements, I felt like just passing out of happiness that he knew who I was "But since then I haven't heard of you doing anything else, some people even thought you died" He said frowning and looking at me.

"I-I……" I trailed off, I was a bit proud that he knew some of my accomplishments but their memories reminded me of why I had stopped playing the piano on the first place, not knowing what to answer to him I changed the subject "I also know who you are" I shyly said, he raised an eyebrow at my commentary and smiled once again, making my heart skip a beat.

"You do?" He asked expectantly, of course I knew who he was.

I nodded "You're Lavi Bookman, son of Link Bookman and heir to the empire that is the Bookman industry, one of the most important oiling companies in the entire world, you're currently coursing you last year of high school at Black Cross Academy, one of the most renowned schools in Europe, you're top of your class. You have been voted 'most handsome' three years in a row, closely followed by Tykki Mikk; you're also captain of the football team, which under your guidance has managed to win all of the season's games for three years in a row, same with the baseball and basketball teams" I said making sure I mentioned everything I knew about him "Oh, and everyday at lunch hour you say you're going to the library to study but in reality you go to the rooftop to eat by yourself"

Lavi was dumbfounded over what I had just said, I know it sounds stalker-ish but that something everyone in school knows, except for the rooftop thing, I knew that because one day I tried to get up there in order to escape the bullies but when I opened the door I saw him eating a cafeteria sandwich by himself, I forgot about it and instead went to the library. "How do you know all that?" He asked.

"I-I'm sorry I didn't mean to…" I tried to explain, why was I apologizing? I have no idea but considering he was who he was I really didn't want to make him angry.

"Oi, oi, you shouldn't apologize so often, it speaks wrongly of you" He said putting a hand over my shoulder "It's just came as a surprise that you knew all that stuff about me. But promise not to tell anyone about the rooftop thing, okay? I like my privacy" I nodded "Good" He turned around and sat on the desk chair that was close to him.

I really wanted to get out of that awkward situation but first I had to ask "Excuse me, how did you find out about my musical……"I trailed off not liking the word I was about to use.

"Achievements?" Yes, I hated that word, don't know why, I've always thought that what I've done are far too low to be called that although most people would disagree "I'll tell you of you answer me one question" He said looking at me with a smile.

"O-okay" I answered, I truly surprised myself over what I had just said because my head was saying 'It's a trap, don't say yes' but my heart was like 'Say yes! Say yes!' After all, it was Lavi who was asking me, why would I deny it to the man I liked.

"Good" He said "I found all that stuff about you because well………..I'm sort of a…..fan of yours" He said, and I can't believe I'm saying this but he was actually blushing! Lavi Bookman was blushing and he looked absolutely adorable! Good thing he was looking away because if not he would've seen me smiling at him "Ever since I heard you give a concert in Paris I kind of fell in love with your music" I blushed over the words of him being in love with my music "Your songs are so beautiful and even though they have no lyrics they totally manage to communicate a message to the people hearing. The day saw you in Paris my dad had stood me up again because he had a business meeting so I went to the park and heard music coming from it, as I walked deeper and deeper into it the music became stronger and stronger. I don't know why but I identified myself with your music, It's just…………….magnificent" He was blushing now more than ever, his face almost matched his hair.

"Thank you very much" I said, I remembered the concert he was talking about, it had been during a really small tour across Europe on my last year as a musician, I preferred to play in open areas so that anyone could come and hear my music instead of having to buy a ticket and get in line. I hated that and that's why I told my publicicst that I wanted something simple, thus the park.

"Now can you answer my question?" He said and I nodded as a response "Why did you stop playing?"I stiffened at the words, I immediately regretted ever agreeing to this, the memory was just too painful for me to recall. But when I was about to walk out of the conversation, I saw Lavi who had a look on his face that expressed a mixture of sadness and concern. I don't know why but a part of me told me to trust him, that he wasn't like everyone else. I walked slowly towards the bed and sat o it, being monitored by Lavi's gaze at all times, I sighed heavily because of what I was about to say.

"T-The day before a big concert here in London I………." I took a deep breath trying not to break into tears "I-I was practicing like crazy, I used to be like that, practicing and practicing until my fingers cried for a break; not only that but the day before a concert I'm in a really bad temper, always yelling at the crew, I know it's a bad habit but I don't know…….maybe I'm just a nerve wreck, maybe I'm just a jerk, who knows? But anyway, my father Mana who tried to calm me down always got the worst of temper, I'd lash off at him yelling over the most insignificant things like my bottle of water not being filled or the piano not being on the right angle, I'd yell at him and storm off and yet, he wouldn't say anything. Maybe because he knew that the next day I would always apologize and take everything back, he understood me and I loved him for it. One day before a bog concert in Rome I remembered I yelled at him because he forgot my favorite tie at home, I told him I refused to go out there without it; looking back at it, I was acting like a complete asshole and I regret it with all my heart. Mana being the father he was simply apologized and said he'd be right back, he went to his car and drove all the way to the hotel to retrieve the tie. Hours and hours passed and he didn't show up, of course I went out there without the tie because I didn't have a choice but……..I-I had a bad feeling every second I was on the stage. Later when the concert was over I went backstage ready to yell yet again to my poor father" I felt tears start to from on my eyes, I tried to brush them off but they kept coming "When I entered my room I saw my sister Lenalee crying on the floor, I immediately went and asked her what was wrong; I still remember the face she had on, her make up was a chaos because of the tears going down her eyes and her elegant dress was all dirty for being on the floor. 'Mana's on the hospital, he got in a car accident on his way here" she said and broke once again into tears.

I heard Lavi gasp when I told him what had happened to Mana but I refused to look at him, I felt like the lowest dirt on the planet for doing what I had done "We rushed over to the hospital and when we finally got there we saw him there lying on a bed with multiple doctors surrounding him. One of them approached us and told us there were too many injuries for the to fix and there was nothing they could do" I brought my hands to my face as I cried not caring if it was Lavi the one who saw me "I felt my world being shattered in a million pieces, loosing Mana was the worst thing that has ever happened to me. Lenalee and me rushed over to his side of his bed and you have no idea how surprised I was when I saw him there………smiling at us"

"Allen" he said "I got your tie, sorry I took so long" I remembered how his voice didn't hold any hate towards me. Right there and there I cried so hard, not caring if I stained my face with some of his blood Lenalee wasn't doing any better as she was also crying next to our father "Allen" he said once again, I lifted my face so that I could see him, whatever he wanted, I'd give it to him, it was the least I could do "I know, I don't have much time left, take care of your sister for me, okay? You're the man of the house now" I cried like a little voice praying that this wouldn't be the end but it was all in vain "Lenalee, I love you and I love your brother so much, you two were the greatest thing that ever happened to me, you understand? You two are brothers and as such you have to take care of each other" Lenalee started weeping and crying her hand over Mana's trying to make him stay alive.

"Ever since that day, I refused to do anymore concerts or play the piano again, it was just too painful for me" I said with tears coming down my eyes like drops of rain. I suddenly heard the sound of the chair being dropped to the ground and footsteps running towards me, I tried to see what had happened but all my eyes saw was a broad chest in front of me, all I felt was the warm sensation of someone hugging me and the distinctive feeling of two arms wrapped around you, protecting you, all I heard was the sound of someone holding back tears, it was then that I realized I was being hugged by………Lavi Bookman. I blushed not just because of how warm I felt in his arms but also because I felt so…….happy in them, as if all the sadness of what had happened was just slipping away; I wanted nothing else but to stay there forever, around those arms that protected me from the pain that was what I had done "Lavi?" I asked sheepishly not wanting to scare him.

I looked up and say tears coming down his deep green eyes, he stayed there, in the same position closing what little space was between us. "Can I just stay here, for a little while?" he asked and I didn't think there was any need for me to answer with words so I simply nodded as he tightened his grip around me, making me blush even more. Time seemed to loose its sense as we remained there, no words being spoken and nothing happening just the two of us hugging……so simple and yet so comforting.

After what seemed like hours Lavi finally broke away and brushed off the tears that had been running down his eyes "I-I'm sorry about that" He said, while taking a few steps back, as if I was about to run away or something.

"I-it's fine" I stuttered "Well, I guess I have to go" I said awkwardly, what we had just had had been a beautiful moment for me, even if it didn't include any making out or such it had meant a lot to me and I wanted for that moment to remain that way so I wanted to get out of there before I did something to screw it up. I walked past Lavi just to be stopped by him once again grabbing my hand.

"Don't go!" He yelled worriedly, I don't know if I saw it right but I think he was blushing when he said it "I-I mean, I …… p-please don't go." He looked at the ground trying to figure out what to say next, I heard him take a deep breath and tell me "O-or, why don't we go to my place?" He asked still blushing.

"T-to your house?!" I asked "W-why?!"

He bit his lip over what I had just said as if he was punishing himself "I-I just hoped you and I could……..h-hang out. I really don't like parties so I was wondering if you had anything better to do and if you didn't w-well…………my mom and dad are away and I've got the house all to myself so……why don't you stay over, I-I mean I know it sounds dumb but I have never had a sleepover so I was wondering if you and I could………….you know sleep together at my house" I don't know what he understood by sleepover because he was definitely blushing "I-I mean we'll sleep together but in…..d-different beds obviously" He said nervously.

Once again my heart took control of my mouth and answered "Sure" As soon as the redhead heard my answer his face lit up and he was showing me that smile I loved so much, he doesn't loose anytime and grabs me by the hand pulling me towards the door. We went down the stairs running and dodging several couples in the hall, luckily none of them noticed us because they were too busy doing………stuff, by the time we reached outside I was panting over how fast he had pulled my hand just to get away from the party. He guided me to a silver convertible, top of the line and brand new, he took out the keys from his pocket and switched the alarm off, I blushed when he opened the door for me, once I was inside he closed it and ran over to the other side, is it just me or is he a little over excited over this? He opens the driver door and gets in, he was about to start the car when I remembered something.

"Wait!" I suddenly yelled making him jump "I have to tell my sister I'm going to be with you" I said as I unbuckled my seatbelt and was about to get out of the car when he stopped me.

"I'll tell her!" He said happily "Long black hair, not disguised right?" I nodded; he then got out of the car and ran into the house.

I was left deep in thought, I simply couldn't believe I was inside Lavi Bookman's car, I almost felt like being in heaven. I knew there was the possibility that he just wanted to get me to his home so that I could autograph some things and then he might just forget me. Or he might come back saying he just couldn't be seen with a looser like me, or maybe he simply wanted someone to spend the night so that he didn't feel lonely without his parents or something. I knew those were very big possibilities, that this could be a dream, a cruel dream were they make me feel some sort of happiness and then take it away from me so I tried not to get my hopes up. But then again, there was also the possibility that he wanted to be my friends, that he wanted to get to know me………nah, too stupid! Why would Lavi Bookman want to get to know me?! My thoughts were interrupted by a certain redhead that came back running from inside the house and rushed into the car, he was panting meaning he had been running around.

"Sorry I took so long" He apologized and then turned on the car, a loud roar was heard coming from the engine "I told her you were going to spend the night with me, I gave her my cellphone and house number in case she wanted to contact you. Although she did say something very weird about you not forgetting the candy" He said as he got out of the driveway and exited Krory's property. I ignored Lenalee's candy comment and just focused on one thing.

Lavi was driving with only one hand, and the other one was on top of mine.

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A/N: People, you have to read this because it's important!!!! I don't think you know this but I'm actually a little lazy when it comes to writing, I need a lot of incentive for me to actually finish writing a chapter, which means that in order for me to write the next chapter, it's going to take at least fifteen reviews before I even start writing the next chapter.

If 15 reviews aren't gathered well then…………….no second chapter. He he he he he

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Omake

John: Allen, could you please stop walking back and forth in front of me?! I can't concentrate!

Allen: (Suddenly stops walking and looks furiously at John) You're going to do it, aren´t you?

John: (going back to typing in his computer) do what?

Allen: You're going to write me and Lavi doing………stuff in the next chapter aren't you?! Dirty, M-rated stuff aren't you?! Admit it!

John: I have no idea what you're talking about (looks the other way) I would never do something like that to you! Besides even if I did, would you complain?

Allen: (frowning) Don't give me that innocence speech, I know what you're up to!

John: Like I said, I don't know what you're talking about (suddenly gets out of his seat and walks away)

Allen: Where are you going?!

John: To get a dictionary, I want to see how you write 'smut'.

Allen: Why would you want to know that?!

John: (with an evil smirk on his face) oh, no reason.