Lavi:Incubus – Page 3

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“You sure you aren’t just sick? Things have been going around a bit.” Lavi finally sat up and closed his book. He slid his way over to Allen and put a hand to the white haired male’s forehead along with his own. “You don’t feel warm. If you really think it’s what was in that water bottle then we can call Komui when we arrive. I think the last time I heard we had around an hour left.”

“Maybe youre right…” Allen agreed, keeping still as Lavi checked his temperature. Other than a lack of energy, he felt fine, but it could just be that his body was still fighting it off…?

“I think Ill take a nap until we get there. Then we can call him and figure out whats going on.” Hopefully he was just sick, that seemed like the better of the two situations, though it would be equally as inconvenient for the mission.

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When the compartment door opened Lavi perked up and pointed at the white haired male instead of turning to look at him. He kept his eyes trained on the words covering the page as he spoke.

“Is everything okay with you Allen? That took you over half an hour. I’m no expert about you, but I’m pretty sure you inhale your food a hell of a lot quicker than that.” He paused for a few moments before finally putting the book down and giving Allen a smirk. “Did you find a nice person to ‘talk’ to.”

Allen shook his head, completely missing what Lavi was trying to imply.

“No, it was empty… It took a while cause I ate more than usual…” He wondered if he should keep his suspicions to himself and not worry Lavi. But, if he was right and Komui’s potion really did mess his body up somehow, Lavi should know about it, at least for the sake of the mission.

“I think Komui’s potion did do something after all. I ate a ton but I still feel hungry and tired…”

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During the rather extensive time that Allen was gone Lavi made himself comfortable, stretching out across the bench fully rather than resting his feet on the floor. He hadn’t realized how long it was taking Allen until he had gotten halfway through the book.

“What the hell?” He glanced out the window at the sun, guessing that maybe half an hour had passed. Allen never usually took that long…

Allen sighed in frustration, pushing a plate of food away and laying his head on the table in defeat. He had already eaten more than usual, but he still felt hungry.

Is that stuff I drank somehow stopping my body from getting energy? If that was the case, he was in a lot of trouble. He needed that energy to use his Innocence. If this mission turned into a battle… And even unactivated, his innocence required a lot of energy. If it couldn’t get energy from food, it would take it from his body. Allen already felt tired, and he hadn’t even done much today.

He decided for the time being he would see if it improved on its own, and he would check in with Komui when they arrived at their destination. Hopefully by then Komui would have an idea of what had happened, and how to fix it.

When he got back to the compartment, Allen sat down silently on the bench opposite Lavi and leaned his head against the window. Lavi seemed to have made himself comfortable, lying across the bench, and Allen contemplated maybe taking a nap, to see if that made him feel any better.

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Lavi set his book down on his chest and stared at Allen. “Honestly Beansprout, it’s just like what Komui said. Most of his experimental projects do react instantly. As long as you don’t feel shitty then I’m sure it was only water.”

When the white haired male stood up to go eat Lavi picked up his book again, immediately starting to read. “Alright, just let me get another fifteen minutes in at least and then I’ll talk to you. I can read the rest when you’re sleeping.”

Allen nodded, and made his way to the Dining car. It was empty for the time being, though there was a buffet table set up, so Allen helped himself.

As he ate, however, he felt more and more uneasy, despite what Lavi and Komui had said. Why am I still so hungry? This is usually enough…

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“Allen, if you keep tapping your foot like that I’m going to rip it off. You’re fine, just calm down already.” Lavi said with a sigh from where he was laying on a bench upside down, reading a book that Bookman had sent with him. They had been on the train for approximately 15 minutes and the redhead hadn’t gotten passed five pages due to Allen’s incessant tapping. “If you keep thinking about it you’ll give yourself symptoms.”

Allen hadn’t even noticed his foot tapping, and with a quiet apology he stopped.

“I know… its just hard to not worry after all the weird things we’ve seen Komui’s potions do…” Allen said. “And there isn’t really anything else to distract me from thinking about it.” He had already read through the mission documents, and he hadn’t had the foresight to pack a book, thinking Lavi would chat the whole time as he usually did when Bookman wasn’t around to supervise.

“I think I’m gonna go grab a snack from the dining car, I’m hungry.” He said, standing up and heading for the door of the compartment.

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“I’m pretty certain you will be absolutely fine Allen. Let’s just go and I solemnly swear that I will watch you carefully for any differences. Besides, I know how to treat most types of chemical poisoning so I’ve got this.” He said nonchalantly, ushering the white haired male out the door before he could get any more worried.

Once out in the hallway he swung an arm over Allen’s shoulder comfortably. “We’ll be out of here soon.”

Allen let Lavi lead him away, trying to ignore the bad feeling he still had.

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Allen prepared for the mission quickly, and soon the two of them were on a train, headed towards their mission; a small town where all the people mysteriously vanished overnight. Komui had said it was probably Akuma, but the normal traces they left behind were absent, so they were being sent to investigate if Innocence could be involved.

Allen leaned against the window, watching the scenery pass by. He was still nervous about drinking the unknown liquid in Komui’s office. He thought he felt a bit odd, but it was so slight he wondered if he was just imagining it.

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“Oh thank God. I’m still sorry about that though, Bookman belted me to the chair so I couldn’t leave until I finished. It took forever for me to get him to release me.” He mumbled, letting out a loud sigh as he flopped onto the couch next to Allen. Automatically he swung an arm over the white haired male’s shoulder and smiled, half paying attention to Komui while the other half was focused on playing with Allen’s hair.

When Komui suddenly freaked out about the ‘water’ Lavi’s eyes widened. He had run into a few of the hidden objects in Komui’s office. “Let me see that…” The redhead plucked the bottle from Allen’s hands, sniffed it, and then gave it back. “Doesn’t smell like anything, but I’ll keep an eye on you while we’re gone.”

Allen nodded, still looking worried as he passed the empty bottle to Komui and accepted the mission documents.

“Don’t worry, Allen, you are probably fine. Most of the potions we have here take effect very quickly, so its likely that it was just water that someone left around.” Komui said, smiling as he started ushering the pair to the door. “I can analyze whats left and double check, but Its likely you are fine!”

Allen wondered if he didn’t sound a little too optimistic, but he did have to agree. His experience with the Science Departments experiments showed that they usually had immediate effect.

“Will you know by the time we report in?” Allen asked.

“Well I will at least be able to tell you if it was water or not by then.” Komui said, his wide grin not at all reassuring. “Now off you go!”

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“Panda I need go to Komui’s to get briefed with Allen! I’ve been trying to leave for the past hour. Can I just go already?” Lavi let out a loud sigh and leaned his head back on the chair he was sitting in. He had tried to escape forever ago but his mentor had gotten the jump on him and managed to belt him to the chair, leaving the redhead stuck until he could convince the other to let him go.

“Did you finish your studies brat?” He asked, not paying attention as he continued to scan the pages of the book in his hands.

“Yes! I’ve been done!” He groaned, trying to reach his hands back again to pull the belt free. Unfortunately, Bookman had tied it up in a way Lavi would never get it off by himself.

After about five minutes Bookman finally put his book down and scanned Lavi’s work, finding it acceptable. He released the younger boy and Lavi took off running through the doors and out into the hall.

“I’m here!” Lavi wheezed as he flung open the doors to Komui’s office, slightly out of breath.

Allen had just about finished drinking the water, and was considering sneaking away for a snack while Komui was distracted, when Lavi appeared.

“You haven’t missed much, he cant find the documents…” Allen said as Lavi approached. A few moments later, though, Komui let out a shout of triumph and held a folder above his head.

“Found them! Ok so…” he launched into the mission details. It was an easy enough mission. Just investigating an area with rumored Akuma activity. Allen thought he could probably handle it on his own, but he was glad that he would have company along the way. He yawned as Komui droned on, and drank the rest of the water.

Komui suddenly stopped, staring at the bottle in Allen’s hand.

“Allen… where did you get that?” he asked quietly, and Allen’s eyes widened as he looked between Komui and the bottle.

“It was on that table… You said I could drink it. I asked!” he said in a panicked voice. “I thought it was water. You said I could drink it! What was it?”

Komui raised his hands in a gesture to try to calm Allen down.

“I’m not exactly sure if it was anything at all. There are only a few things I had kept lying around here… If it tasted like water, it could have easily been water. Or at least it probably was very diluted if you couldn’t taste anything. There haven’t been any effects yet, right? I’m sure it should be okay for you to go ahead on this mission, and Ill look into it and figure out if it is something to be worried about.”

Allen calmed down slightly, and silently vowed to never eat or drink anything found in Komui’s general vicinity again. But it was true that he felt no different than before, so maybe Komui really was just being cautious about it, and nothing would happen.

(Closed RP with veridiansoulwrites)

Allen sighed, slouching on the couch as he watched Komui search through stacks of papers, looking for the mission documents he had prepared for Allen and Lavi. Normally, Allen didn’t mind Komui’s disregard for filing, but he also normally did not have to wait over a half an hour for Komui to find the papers he was looking for.

“Komui, can’t I go to the dining hall and eat while you look? You can just call me back.” Allen whined. He was hungry! “Lavi isn’t even here yet anyways.”

“Hold on, I’ll find it in just one minute…” Komui muttered, half buried underneath a pile of papers as he searched through them.

“You’ve been saying that this whole time.” Allen muttered. Where was Reever when you needed him? He would have found the documents for Komui within five minutes, probably. He was hungry! And thirsty too…

Allen spotted a bottle of water on one of the side tables. Or at least, it looked like water. Allen got up to look at the bottle, and opened it to sniff cautiously. It smelled fine… but with Komui, who knew?

“Hey, Komui, can I drink this water?” he called, waving the bottle in Komui’s direction.

“Yea, sure, that’s fine.” Komui said in a distracted tone, barely glancing in Allen’s general direction as he searched.

Allen sat back down on the couch, and sipped the liquid just to make sure. It seemed to be safe, so Allen continued to sip it as he waited for Komui to dig out his mission papers. He was still hungry and bored, but at least he wasn’t thirsty anymore. Hopefully Lavi would show up soon to fix his boredom as well.