Little red eyepatch-kun

“Nothing..” he frowned and moved away, he had work to do and yet he was waiting for Lavi to leave.

Allen and Kanda were peering from around the corner before high fiving one another and smiling at the sight.

Lavi’s eyes were closed, his head hanging. He had withdrawn into himself, his thoughts. It was the only thing that still kept him sane, so when he suddenly heard footsteps; he couldn’t help but be brought back to reality. What now? Another Noah? Had they come to torture him more? Threaten Bookman? No wait. Bookman wasn’t here anymore. Or was he? He wasn’t sure. It might’ve been a dream.

His eye fluttered open as his head was raised. The first thing he saw was the golden eyes staring at him. Of course. They had come to do something else, yet again. He slowly took in more of the Noah’s appearance and his eyebrow twitched when he noticed exactly who it looked like. “Allen…?” He whispered.

Nea hummed as he played, senses aware of both Lavi, and of Allen himself, who felt more peace with the melody that echoed. Good, if Nea could help Lavi’s recovery, and have the bonus of Allen feeling better, it was all he wanted.

His brows furrowed however as Nea felt something in Lavi, the Ark relaying to him the biggest difference between the last time Lavi was in it, and now. Nea let the melody trail to an end, slowly opening his eyes.

Timcanpy looked back, making a confused noise, to which Nea smiled, strained.

“Junior…” Nea started, turning in the seat, golden eyes locking on the young man’s back. “You have parasites in you, don’t you?” A sigh passed his lips. “That… isn’t good. Not at all. I can’t let Fiidora know.”

He stood up, walked to the couch, and sat, hip pressed to Lavi’s back. He let his right hand come to rest on Lavi’s shoulder. “You are lucky, Lavi. I’m the only Noah who can remove them. My powers are to destroy, after all.”

The hand slowly slipped to rest at Lavi’s chest, pushing away Lavi’s own hand. “I won’t lie. You will feel pain.” The left hand was raised to rest on Lavi’s head, brushing his hairs.

Allen stirred in the reflection, but a gentle warmth from Crown Clown shushed him back to sleep.

“Crown Clown will help you. It won’t last long.”

And with a push of will, Nea sent his powers into Lavi’s body. His goal was not to hurt Lavi however, and so it went like a cool wave, harmless. it latched on the parasites, one by one, cutting them from Fiidora, and from Lavi’s body, so they could not give away anything, nor do more harm.

In a few minutes, his powers would destroy to nothingness those parasites. But in those few minutes, despite not being the target, and despite how Nea tried to cut the parasites away from Lavi, the process would still sent small waves of pain into Lavi’s nerves.

And so, a left hand brushed his hairs, sending gentle warmth to soothe as much as possible, Nea humming the Musician’s song.

The music slowly came to a halt. Lavi opened his eye in a moment of confusion. What was happening now? Would Neah come over to torture him while Road was laughing at him in the background? That had happened before. He was prepared for it.

Neah spoke and Lavi’s eye went wide. No. Wait. This was different. Why would he mention the parasites? A small shiver went through his body. This scenario was new. He didn’t like it. He didn’t want it. He wanted it to stop. This wasn’t real. There was no way Road could convince him that it was real.

Lavi tried making himself as small as possible and visibly flinched when he felt the man sit down next to him. Was that a hand on his shoulder? He stopped listening. He shut down completely, feeling the panic rising.

He felt the hand travel down and his body instinctively tried to move away, but he was trapped between the hand and Neah’s body. He wasn’t able to escape. He couldn’t hear anything. He couldn’t see anything. The panic was the only thing that existed.

A wave of something foreign went through his body. He grabbed the arm that belonged to the hand on his chest. His nails were digging into the flesh. They had grown long during his captivity and the sheer force pushed them through the skin until blood started dripping.

@eye-patch-kun

“Lavi?” Allen had seen Lavi hurt, had seen his blood; more than he wished to, especially when he had gotten him away from the Noahs. His heart had skipped a beat, mind screaming no; and he was by Lavi’s side in an instant, left hand touching the stab wound as Crown warmed up, feathers forming and trying to cover the wound. “Lavi, are you conscious?”

Relief came as he heard the whisper, but he knew Lavi was far from safe. His right hand came to touch Lavi’s cheek, while the half formed cape secured Lavi’s body in a bundle of feathers.

“I’m here, Lavi. You’ll be fine,” he promised, voice determined despite the way his heart trembled with fear.

No, it whispered, I can’t loose you. He didn’t want to see Lavi hurt, he wouldn’t see him hurt longer. It had not been long since they escaped the Noah, since he got Lavi free, and he had to wonder what had found Lavi.

Whoever, whatever it was, Allen felt a deep anger in his belly, but for now, all that mattered was Lavi’s safety.

And so, the white light of the Ark shone as Allen chose his target.

Mother it would be. He could trust her and Baba. He had not wanted to put them at risk again, it had been more than enough that he stayed with them when he first ran away; but this time he knew he couldn’t just let Lavi rest and recover in the Ark. And…

Allen needed someone who would recognize the rising panic, who would be able to tame it down.

Lavi felt some sort of comfort as he heard Allen’s voice. It sounded like it came from a distance, but he could see the white so close to him. Was he dying? That might be it. Allen was probably worried about him. He should say something, confirm that he had sort of heard him.

“...kay...” He mumbled. He had a hard time on keeping his eye open. It wouldn’t focus either. He figured he was close to the end. He regretted not being able to see Lena or Yuu one last time. He wanted to say goodbye to them. Ah, Allen deserved that as well, didn’t he?

“..’m.. sorry... Al...” He let out a small gasp of pain. At least he’d gotten an apology out, but he needed to tell him more. He knew it was over the moment he passed out. It was hard keeping awake, but he was managing for now.

@eye-patch-kun

“Yeah, please keep it a secret, Lavi, I’d very much appreciate it” he smiled lightly nodding to the other, “don’t worry about it though I guess.”