Lavi ~ Baka Usagi

“You’re an idiot.”
“You love me.”
“You’re going to kill yourself.”
“I’ve done it before!”

An annoyed sigh escaped your lips as you watched the red-haired moron attempt to scale a bookshelf. That idiot was going to get himself killed for the sake of a book. You didn’t even need the book that badly!
“Lavi, please stop. You’re going to fall, it’ll make a mess, and I don’t want to have to scrape ‘Rabbit’ goo off the floor.”
You were being patronising to hide your tremendous fear for his safety. Under that condescending layer that you were flaunting, you were terrified.
Lavi is an idiot Bookman in training, true. But he’s your idiot Bookman to be- he’s your best friend.
Baka Usagi.
“Don’t worry! This bookshelf is nothing- it’s only small! Don’t worry; this is a small task- nothing to be concerned with!”
“Lavi, that bookshelf reaches the ceiling.”
“Big whoop. What does it want, a medal?”
You shook your head. That moron.
“Get down and we’ll go find the ladder!” You pleaded,
“No point- I’ve almost got it.” His voice echoed, ringing out through the oversized library. He was so high up an on such a narrow shelf…
You twisted your hands together nervously. Why did he have to be such a stupid, wonderfully nice, and gorgeous in every way boy?
“Be careful!” You squeaked. God, that’s the worst thing to say to anyone in any situation. Of course he was going to be careful!
“A-ha! Got it!” He sang proudly, pulling a pale blue book from the towering shelf. His broad grin was clearly visible even at such a tremendous height. His grin suddenly dropped and he fumbled on the bookshelf.
“Lavi!” You screamed, your breath short. Laughter echoed softly from above.
“Gotcha~” He giggled. You huffed angrily.
“Jeez, Lavi. If you don’t fall and die then I’ll kill you when you get down here!” You threatened. He just laughed at your empty words and slowly descended from the shelf.
“Yeah, well that’s what you get for not believing in my amazing skills at retrieving books.” His boot clad feet landed on the ground with a soft thud.
“I do believe in you, I just wish you weren’t such an idiot…” You muttered. He smiled.
“One book for my dearest friend…” He teased holding the thick bound book out towards you. You shook your head with a sigh and folded your arms over your chest. His steps towards you grew slower until he finally stopped, waving the book in your face. “What, so I went to all that trouble to get you this book and you don’t even want it?!” His teasing continued.
“What happened to it being nothing; to it being a small task?” You retorted. A smile cracked over his face.
“Any job that I can do to help you, I can do in a snap. You don’t even have to ask.” You let out a long breath through your nose before taking the book out of his hand. Naturally, you smacked him a few times with it, only to have him laugh at your meagre attempts at causing injury. “Did you get slack, or what? You could knock me out with that!” He put his hands on his hips and leaned in, continuing his teasing ways, “Does someone care about me?” You twiddled the pale blue book that was filled with fairytales from your childhood in your shaky fingers.
“Idiot.”
You wrapped your arms around his torso as a silent thank you. You felt his chest rumble with soft laughter as a pair of strong arms encased you, his warmth enveloping your body in a hug.
“I love you too…” He muttered into your hair.


“Hey, Lavi?”
“Yeah?”
“I still don’t see why you didn’t just go and get the ladder.”