And Lavi had a thought…

It all started in an early evening in September. Allen was alone in his room in the all-boys school dormitory hoping to finally get some peace and quiet after all Lavi's talking and weird pranks he'd dragged Allen into. Allen had just closed his eyes, peacefully in place on his bed. Black Goth-like curtains didn't let in much light of the setting sun outside and if it wasn't for the burning candle on his bedside table his room would be rather dark. Suddenly he heard a familiar knock on his door. He sighed but made no attempt of getting up to open it after all he had locked it for a reason but as the knocks got heavier and more instant he reluctantly crawled out of his bed and walked extra slowly towards the door that was only a few meters away. He opened the door with a little more force than needed and glared at the smiling redhead who was still holding up his fist prepared to knock some more if Allen hadn't opened the door.

"Lavi." He hissed through his gritted teeth. "What could possibly give me the honor-"

"Yeah, yeah, enough with the formalities, Brit-boy." Lavi interrupted him and passed through Allen who knew Lavi wouldn't leave even if he told him to.

Not wanting any more uninvited guests Allen closed the door with a sigh. "So much for my peace and quiet…"
He turned to look at his intruder only to find that he had occupied his bed. With what felt like the hundred sigh just this minute, Allen brushed away some white hair from his face and sat down on a chair opposite of the bed, his grey eyes staring at the silent person on his bed waiting for him to talk. Lavi who got the picture, eagerly sat up with a huge grin, which often meant bad news for those around him, and started talking with enthusiasm.

"You know, this brilliant idea just struck me and you are a part of it!" He pointed dramatically to the white haired boy. Allen instantly regretted opening the door.

"Ever seen Yu drunk?" Lavi continued ignoring the evil glare the other buy was giving him. "I thought we could have a party!"

This was where Allen got worried and his face turned just a tad paler. When Lavi said 'thought' it often meant he had already decided and it was going to happen no matter what, that was at least what Allen had learned under the past weeks since he got here and made friends with him and the boy named Yu Kanda. Kanda was one very complicated guy Allen did not get along well with and he couldn't for all the food in the world understand why Kanda could be friends with a guy like Lavi who was the complete opposite of him. Lavi, always cheerful and full of energy which Allen, in the beginning of their friendship, believed was a side effect of drugs he was doing and Kanda, the grumpy kind of guy who threatened to kill anyone who got in his way. He later learned that Lavi did not do drugs and that Kanda was not a psychopathic killer.

"How do you plan on going through with this? After all alcohol in the dormitory is strictly forbidden." Allen's grey hues eyed him seriously hoping Lavi hadn't thought of all the consequences and preparing.

Lavi got up and ruffled Allen's white but surprisingly soft hair. "Don't worry your brain with that, this Sugar Daddy got it all worked out!" With a grin he pointed at himself with his thumb before leaving the room and Allen alone proud of himself and his plan.

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Later that evening Allen found himself in Lavi's room surrounded by all kinds of books, magazines, old news paper and God knows what else that was readable. Lavi was the kind of guy who read way too much for his own good and maybe it was all the relaxing reading that gave him all that extra energy he could use to annoy the hell out of Kanda and Allen too for that matter. Anyway, here they were, ready to make the last preparations of the party. The preparations mostly consisted of different plans on how to not get thrown out of Kanda's room when it was time for the party.

"We pay him?" Allen suggested thoughtfully but Lavi shook his head.

"Yu's not interested in money…"

"Then tell me again; why am I doing this?"

"Because, you wanna find out Kanda's weakness and there's no way in hell he'll ever tell us unless he's drunk. Aaaand I'm forcing ya!" The older red head slightly giggled and poked the younger boy's forehead.

"Right… I'm starting to believe it is not worth it." He rubbed his poked forehead only to get his shoulder punched by Lavi.

"Dude, it is!" He exclaimed convincingly. "Just imagine how you can torment him afterwards!"

A wicked smile followed by an even wicked laugh unexpectedly escaped Allen's lips. If Lavi didn't know Kanda he would think that Allen was the psychopathic killer.

"No, we must bribe him." Lavi continued viciously. "Or even better I happen to know a lil' somethin' somethin' 'bout Kanda that he doesn't want others to know 'bout. I'll just threaten to tell people about it. Now, that should get some sense into him and let us stay."

The ears of the young white haired boy perked up and grey, curious eyes stared at the other. It was like the wicked behavior of him never happened. If Lavi already knew something about Kanda, why go through all the trouble with a party to find his weakness?

"Oh, and what is that?" Allen asked, trying really hard to sound casual like it didn't matter to him but in fact he was dying to know.

"Oh-ho, if I tell ya that it'll be no threat to bribe Kanda with, right?" Lavi replied with a grin that revealed just how much he knew about the real intent with Allen's question, which was a lot.

"B-But he doesn't need to know I know!"

"You just failed in hiding your curiousness big-time!" Lavi smirked.

"Ah!"

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Baam, baam, baam!

"Yu! Open up the door!" The red head yelled between the "knocks".

"I've seen enough of your shitty face to open the door voluntary when I don't have to. And stop calling me that!" Came a harsh reply from behind the door.

"Aww, c'mon Yu, me and the Brit have a surprise for ya!" Lavi coed.

"The Brit and I." Allen corrected him only to deserve a quick glare from Lavi.

The two boys, each carrying a bag of booze, could hear the increasing sound of steps from the other boy who come closer to the door but he didn't open it instead he spoke with a sharp voice. "Not only do I hate surprises but a surprise from you and that bean sprout is like hell on earth! So forget it and do the earth a favor and die somewhere far, far away."

Lavi didn't agree with that and kept on teasing.

"Stop playing so hard to get, Yu!" He whined.

"He won't open so let us give up." Allen said feeling more safe with the door between him and the supposedly psychopathic killer shut, Lavi just smiled as another idea just struck him.

"Allen-babe!" Lavi suddenly glomped the younger boy. "You are truly a genius!"

"I am?" Allen stared at his friend with wide, shocked eyes when he got released from the hug. "I-I mean, don't call me 'babe'!"

But Lavi ignored him and knocked on the door again, more eagerly this time. "Yu-chan? If you open the door now Allen will give you a kiss."

"Waah?" The white haired boy stared at him with wider eyes than earlier and a small blush could be noticed if you looked closely.

It was quiet for a few seconds but to Allen it felt like a whole year of embarrassment passed. Lavi, who knew Kanda quite well, wisely stepped away from the door as it slammed open. A furious Kanda took one quick step out with his beloved Mugen pointing directly at Allen's throat and if it wasn't for Lavi who interrupted him Allen would have been sent to the hospital. The red head had predicted Kanda would do something like that so he had stepped aside and out of view for Kanda's furious gaze but now when Kanda already had his victim the red head could easily step back right on time to stop the "murder".

"Oi, oi, Yu-chan, don't be so harsh on Allen-babe." Lavi said with a calm voice and patted his angry friend on the shoulder.

Kanda quickly turned around; causing his long black hair that was tied up in a ponytail to slightly sway. He was now facing Lavi with Mugen, his wooden sword (After all swords aren't allowed so he has a wooden one, still lethal when Kanda uses it though) in a firm grip in his hand. His dark, black eyes staring holes into Lavi's single green eye as the other one was covered with an eye patch. Lavi looked a little nervous but he knew how to handle Kanda, he held up the bag of booze in front of his black haired friends face with a smirk.

"Party?"

Kanda eyed the bag suspiciously and twitched. "Che. Whatever."

The truth was that Kanda felt he could use some booze now and escape the real world if just for a moment. He lowered Mugen and went back to his room without closing the door, which was the closest thing to an invitation from Kanda you could get. Lavi flashed a white smile to a nervous looking Allen before they both follow into Kanda's room. So far everything seemed to go according to Lavi's vicious plans.

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"Don't touch anything bean sprout!" Kanda hissed without even looking at Allen who truly wasn't touching anything.

"I am not!" He held up his hands to prove they weren't touching anything and looked over at Lavi with pleading eyes. Lavi responded Allen with an expression that clearly said: 'Remember why you're here; Kanda's weakness.' Allen puffed, causing his bangs to wave in front of his eyes.

For some reason Lavi always seemed to feel comfortable wherever he was, he even seemed to feel like home in Kanda's room. Maybe not so strange considering they had known each other for quite awhile now. They were both eighteen and had lots of classes together not to mention their rooms was right next to each others. In fact, Kanda's room was located between Lavi's and Allen's, much to Kanda's disappointment.

The red head was comfortable in place on the other teen's bed despite the constant, deadly glare he was given from those dark eyes. Lavi just smiled naturally to him before turning the smile to Allen. He patted the empty space next to him on the bed gesturing Allen to sit down. Unsure if it was okay the white haired boy glanced at Kanda who wasn't paying attention at all, he had his eyes fixed on the bag of alcohol Lavi had put away on the floor. Once again, the single green eyed teen patted the bed and Allen carefully sat down.

"So, what about that?" Kanda nodded towards the bag on the floor.

"Oh yeah, the liquor!" Lavi reached for the bag and barely had the time to pull out a bottle before Kanda snatched it from him. "Waah! Hey! That one was for me!" He tried to reach for the bottle but Kanda held it out of reach for him.

"So? This happens to be my favorite." Kanda smirked and opened the bottle.

Lavi's visible eye widen at the sight of his favorite liquor soon being devoured by someone else. He was not going to let that happen. "Allen! Help me get it back!" Lavi quickly got up from the soft spot he had on the bed and took a step towards Kanda who was still smirking with his mouth dangerously close to the bottle. When Lavi didn't hear any sound of movements behind him and understood that Allen had made no attempt to help him he turned his head slightly to look at him with curiousness. "Why aren't you helping me, Allen?"

The white haired Brit just smiled naturally and waved his hands in front of him. "Oh no, I wanna see you suffer as a punishment for forcing me here."

"Sadist." Lavi smirked.

Kanda was now pleasantly drinking from the favored liquor bottle and Lavi quickly turned back to stare at him.

"Oh, hell no!" The red head leaped towards the other teen in an attempt to get back the bottle but the other one was faster and moved aside causing the red head to crash right into the chair Kanda just got up from. But Lavi was quickly back on his feet again ready to challenge the still smirking, dark eyed teen. Oh, how Kanda enjoyed the suffer of others. If they now had to have a party here and make him suffer for it he wasn't going to let them have all the fun, that's for sure.

"Allen, grab him!" Lavi screamed and pointed dramatically at Kanda who was now standing a few inches from a surprised Allen.

"Huh?" Allen blinked but before his demanding friend had the time to give him an explanation, Kanda threw him an awful glare that unmistakably meant: 'Touch me and I'll kill you!' But that was Kanda's big mistake, for those few seconds that he looked away his guard was down and Lavi didn't let that moment slip out of his hands. Once again he took a leap toward the liquor thief. This time Kanda was too distracted to react in time, Lavi hit him and they fell to the bed with a soft thud, the bottle Kanda was holding slipped out of his hand and rolled down on the floor and broke with a crash.

Lavi winced.

Kanda growled.

Allen whimpered.

"Now look what you did, you good-for-nothin'-rabbit!" Kanda snarled.

"Like it was my fault, you fuckin' thief!" Lavi snapped back.

"Uhm…You guys?" Allen said unsurely, his voice sounding kind of distant.

"What?" They both yelled at the same time.

"You guys are heavy."

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TBC