Tag: Lavi:Reckless

“You could have died!” (Lavi&Allen? Hope you’re okay with me sending this! OTL)

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ruzuki:

“Yea, but I didn’t. And neither did you, which is what counts.“ (Yes, of course! You’re playing Lavi?)

While Allen was moaning and groaning about flipping over, Lavi gathered the necessary supplies. He stepped into the adjacent bathroom to fill a small basin of water before returning just as Allen flipped over.

“That’s the same as refusing with you, ‘Sprout. I’ve never seen you turn down food for even a minute,” Lavi said as he sat the basin on the table next to them and seated himself next to Allen on the bed. For the time then, he noticed the small patch of blood on the left side of his face.

“The hell…? When’d ya do this, ‘Sprout?” he asked, only half-expecting a response from the boy slipping into a peaceful slumber already.

It wasn’t a deep enough cut that Lavi felt the need to concern himself overmuch, but it did present the possibility that he had a concussion. Worse was the possibility of a brain bleed, but Lavi would say that wasn’t the case if he’d remained conscious and fully aware, but a risk was still a risk.

“No heavy lifting or bending over until you get looked at by an actual Doctor, ‘kay?” he said as he started to wipe away the blood with a damp cloth. He may have just overexerted himself and overused his Innocence, but Lavi would rather be safe than sorry. It’d be a few hours before he had a better idea of what was the issue.

Allen made a vague sound, already mostly asleep and not really registering what Lavi was saying. He winced when he felt a wet cloth against his head, making the wound sting.

“You could have died!” (Lavi&Allen? Hope you’re okay with me sending this! OTL)

kusabi-tan:

ruzuki:

“Yea, but I didn’t. And neither did you, which is what counts.“ (Yes, of course! You’re playing Lavi?)

A light laugh escaped Lavi’s lips. “Refusing food? You sick, ‘Sprout?”

The grin he wore gave away the half-hearted joke, though it was a little concerning that Allen would turn down food. Must be more exhausted than he’s letting on, Lavi thought, seriously thinking about picking up and carrying him the rest of the way for kicks.

After a second, he threw the idea away and when they at last found their way to their inn room, Allen was quick to throw himself down on the bed with a muffled sound of pain.

As Lavi went to fetch the bandages and ointment from his travel bag, he nudged Allen in his side. “C’mon, Al, at least flip over before you fall asleep so I can clean you up.”

Allen groaned in protest, but rolled over to lie on his back.

“Not refusing… just later.” he said. The very idea of having to move to get food was exhausting. He wondered if he over-exerted himself during the fight, using his Innocence rarely left him this tired.

“You could have died!” (Lavi&Allen? Hope you’re okay with me sending this! OTL)

kusabi-tan:

ruzuki:

“Yea, but I didn’t. And neither did you, which is what counts.“ (Yes, of course! You’re playing Lavi?)

Allen was straight forward and he’d be the first to admit that he preferred that to him lying. Lavi’s grin widened a touch.

“You’re awful, Al,” Lavi said, his smile as transparent as the laugh that punctuated the sentence. Allen never took time for himself, never wasted a moment on a thought that wouldn’t better another person’s life and it was a damn shame. “Then to make it fair, it’s gonna go both ways.”

“That’s fair.” Allen said, smiling sadly. He didn’t like the idea of Lavi putting his life in danger to save him, but he couldn’t make Lavi make a promise that he had refused.

He could see that they were approaching the inn, and sighed in relief. He hadn’t been badly injured, but between his injuries and a few nasty knocks to the head, the battle itself, and the fact he never could eat quite enough when they were on missions, he was completely exhausted. He was looking forward to a long nap. Lavi could just as easily fuss over his injuries when he was asleep.

“You could have died!” (Lavi&Allen? Hope you’re okay with me sending this! OTL)

kusabi-tan:

ruzuki:

“Yea, but I didn’t. And neither did you, which is what counts.“ (Yes, of course! You’re playing Lavi?)

Lavi’s eye widened a bit at the revelation, his smile faltering for the barest of seconds. It was funny, in a way. Allen called him out on being stupid for attacking Tyki when he’d done the same to the Earl.

From where his earlier smile fell, a new one slowly appeared. Tender and soft, it contained all the qualities he should’ve been able to choke down and pretend weren’t real.

“But ya still saved all of us, ‘Sprout,” Lavi said because it was nothing but the truth. Allen tried to save everyone, but perhaps that’s what scared him most. That kind heart of his put him into constant danger.

“Just don’t go jumpin’ in front of bullets or attackin’ the Earl anymore. Keep that up and my hair’s gonna go white, too!”

Allen’s smile fell.

“I… I cant promise that, Lavi.” he said quietly. “I can promise I will try to not be reckless… but if it meant saving your life, or a friends life, I cant promise I wont do anything necessary. Even taking a fatal attack myself.” He felt awful saying so to Lavi, but he would feel worse if he broke a promise to him.

“I dont want to make a promise that I might not keep.”

“You could have died!” (Lavi&Allen? Hope you’re okay with me sending this! OTL)

ruzuki:

“Yea, but I didn’t. And neither did you, which is what counts.“ (Yes, of course! You’re playing Lavi?)

kusabi-tan:

Lavi was surprised to hear that Allen had a similar tale, recounting what had happened at the Ark when Lavi’s hammer had broken. It occurred to him that he never told him of how he challenged Tyki afterwards in Edo and gotten his ass kicked. Hell, he’d probably be dead if the Noah hadn’t been playing with him.

Allen suggested that it was selfish—and Lavi agreed. It was selfish of Allen to throw himself into danger to protect him so he wouldn’t have to feel that way. It was selfish of him to criticize him for it because at the end of the day, they wanted the same thing: The other’s safety.

The gentle upward curve of his lips told him—and Allen—that the anger pulsing through his body was rapidly fading. “Yeah well, ya kinda did save me, ‘Sprout—now and then.”

He reached around, clapped a hand on his friend’s back and motioned for him to start walking, to head back towards the inn they were staying at until this mission reached completion. Upset or not, he’d make going over Allen’s cuts and scratches his priority now, making sure none were too deep, keeping them clean.

“Ya know, I challenged Curly after I thought he killed you,” Lavi said, words punctuated by a soft laugh meant to ward away the tension between them. “He kicked my ass.”

Allen followed Lavi with a small smile.

“I would say that was really stupid, because it was, but I attacked the Earl when I thought you had died. Cross saved me from falling myself, actually. Because he needed me to get out, of course, but if he hadn’t… you all would have died there…” Now that he thought about it, his behavior did seem incredibly reckless, but it wasn’t like he had known that he could control the Ark at the time.

“You could have died!” (Lavi&Allen? Hope you’re okay with me sending this! OTL)

kusabi-tan:

ruzuki:

“Yea, but I didn’t. And neither did you, which is what counts.“ (Yes, of course! You’re playing Lavi?)

“Yeah, but—” He bit his lip, breaking off his words when he realized the words that lay on the tip of his tongue, just a split second from being put out on the open. But did you ever think about how I would if something had happened to you?

Lavi took a deep breath, trying to choke down his partially misplaced anger and will away the image of Allen lying in that bamboo thicket that wormed its way to the surface. He remembered the lone playing card that lay where Allen should have and the gruesome tale of what happened there, woven by the boy’s blood splattered across the ground.

Those few hours spent thinking he was dead had been followed by days of absolute certainty that Allen would never return to fight alongside any of them. And all Lavi could do was stare at the damn card, like something about it kept them connected. He couldn’t remember the last time he’d felt so hollow, empty, transparent.

“I don’t wanna feel that way again.”

… Shit. Had he said that out loud?

It only took Allen a moment to realize what Lavi meant.

“I… I’m sorry… but I dont want to feel that way either… like I could have done something to prevent it… in the Ark, when you fell… I could have saved you, I could have used Clown Belt to grab you, but I froze.” his voice was getting choked up just thinking about what had happened, how he had felt at that time, thinking that Lavi was dead because he hadn’t reacted fast enough.

“Maybe its selfish… but I dont want to feel that way ever again. That you had died in front of me when I could have prevented it…”

He realized that he had never told Lavi what happened after he had fallen. How Allen attacked the Earl with no regard to his own safety, how the only reason he hadn’t fallen himself was because Cross stopped him. Allen had almost wanted to fall.

“You could have died!” (Lavi&Allen? Hope you’re okay with me sending this! OTL)

kusabi-tan:

ruzuki:

“Yea, but I didn’t. And neither did you, which is what counts.“ (Yes, of course! You’re playing Lavi?)

“It’s not!” Lavi bit out, hands curling into fists tight enough to bleed the color from his knuckles. His life mattered. Allen’s life mattered—to him, at the very least—even if the younger boy was too much of a martyr to understand that and Lavi had dedicated too much of his own life to succeeding the old panda to make him. “Do you have to be so reckless all the damn time?!”

(Yay~ And of course~)

“There wasn’t any other way, Lavi! I couldn’t just let that Akuma hit you!” He understood why Lavi was mad, but he at least wanted Lavi to understand why he had jumped into that Akuma attack. Allen had gotten some nasty cuts and bruises, but the attack would have likely taken Lavi’s life.

“I had a higher chance of survival, Lavi… I can survive the virus, and Crown Clown can block attacks, and even if I got badly hurt, my innocence has patched me up before…”