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Confession

Tulip – Declaration of Love

Allen had always liked the snow. When he was younger, Mana would take him out and dance. Or sometimes, they would just stand in the park and watched as the snow fell. Other times, they would laugh and fumble after the flakes, trying to catch the cold, wet precipitation with their tongues.

Nowadays, Allen rarely found the time to do anything remotely like that.

So when it snowed in mid-November, he gleefully packed a few snacks and went outside for some fresh air.

As he sat under a tree, he pondered over the news of his recent mission. Apparently, there was an Innocence to be retrieved somewhere up north near the Greenland region. Komui had sent Lavi and himself for this trip.

Allen munched on a crisp. But, he thought, I do deserve a good break once in a while.

He continued to eat as he watched the snow fall when the crunching sound of footsteps came up behind him.

Allen turned around, pleased to see the red-haired exorcist. Lavi gave a little wave and as he got closer, spoke, “So whatcha up to, Beansprout?”

“It’s Allen,” he replied, almost used to the automatic “Beansprout”, “nothing…” He ran a hand through his hair, “aren’t you supposed to be doing some research?”

Lavi grinned and sat next to Allen. As he reached for a bag of crisps, he spoke again, “Well, it’s not like it’ll walk away or something.”

Allen slapped Lavi’s hand away from the bag of crisp and gave Lavi his best admonishing glare.

“Hands off, thief.”

“Meanie, Beansprout! You have plenty here!” Lavi protested, nudging Allen. “C’mon, just one bag?”

Allen continued to eat, “no way,” he replied.

Lavi sighed, knowing that Allen’s stubbornness would get him nowhere and gave up. He leaned next to Allen and crossed his arms.

For a few silent moments, they sat there, watching the snow fall together.

“Do you do this often?” Lavi asked, breaking the silence.

It took a few seconds before Allen replied. “I used to,” he said, and began to open a new snack.

It was another few silent moments before Lavi, feeling mischievous, made a grab for Allen’s snack.

“OI!”

But it didn’t go as intended. As Lavi reached for the snack, he lost his balance and ended knocking Allen over into a rather awkward position.

They stayed that way, however. Lavi found himself drowning in Allen’s wide eyes and he swore he could hear Allen’s heart beating frantically.

But what that good or bad?

Nevertheless, Lavi found himself lowering his head closer to Allen. Closer and closer, so close that he could pick out each detail in Allen’s eyes…

The snacks lay forgotten as their lips met and Lavi, needlessly, confessed.

The snow continued to fall as Allen, unhesitant, responded.

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