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When: Sunday afternoon
Where: Apartment Building
Rating: G?
Summary: Lavi's off checking up on the people in the apartment. Someone's got to make sure no one injures themselves.

So, this is not exactly how he had expected to start the day.

Sure, he was no stranger to weird things, but it wasn't everyday that one woke up without being able to hear anything. To say that worried Lavi was an understatement, and if he hadn't seen what was going on in Allen's message then, he probably would've been a lot less calm. Though, to be fair, he knew he had it easier than the others. Losing his sense of hearing was only bad if he needed it badly, like in a fight with doubles or something. Here? It was just an inconvenience he'll have to get used to.

But he did worry about the others. While he's sure the Exorcists can handle themselves just fine, he won't leave it to luck. So with that, and after making sure Allen will stay put, he decided to go exploring the building for the rest of the people. He might as well check up on everyone, if there's just a handful of them living here. This was going to be fun.

Knock, knock.

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The silence was still bothering Lenalee. No matter what she dropped on the floor, banged on the wall, she couldn't hear it. She couldn't even hear herself talk, not even when she raised it. All she could hear were her own thoughts, a quiet voice in the deafening silence. And truth be told, it was slowly driving her mad like the silence back at the Order when she was young.

After she made sure that Allen didn't do anything reckless such as climbing up eight or so flights of stairs, she sat at the edge of her bed and started fiddling again with the PDA. She wanted to hear someone's - anyone's - voice but nothing was coming out, just images. Her lipreading skills weren't even that good yet.

"This is ridiculous," she said in a voice that was probably a whisper. She couldn't tell.

He continues to knock on her door, frowning when she doesn't answer. He hasn't heard from her yet, not even when Allen made that message, so he was definitely worried. Not getting a reply even after knocking several times didn't help, and he can't help but feel that something bad must have happened.

"Hey, Lenalee! Are you there?" He called out loudly, knocking on the door even harder. She didn't go out, did she?

If she could hear the knocking, she would have already given a sign. Such as answering the door. But seeing that she couldn't hear anything, Lenalee didn't. Simply sat there on her bed, watching the images on her PDA. She couldn't even reply to some of them. A moment later, she shut it off and placed it on top of the table, sighing. It was something she wouldn't do on a normal basis, turning off her means of communication with this world. But it was terribly depressing her already.

Normally, this would be a good time to press his ear against the door to listen if someone is there. That is, of course, if he can even hear in the first place. Fat chance of that happening. He goes to check the communicator, see if Lenalee left any message. Seeing nothing, however, made him renew his efforts. Lenalee wouldn't just go out carelessly and tell no one if she's affected, right?

He lifts one foot and stomps on the ground instead, trying to see if that works. If her feet were on the ground, maybe she'd notice the slight vibration. Maybe.

If not, he may have to try barging in soon. This was worrying him.

Lenalee blinked twice at the slight vibrations under her feet, frowning at the floor. Was it just her or . . . She looked around, noting the room. Everything was falling apart already after all and the apartment, while it was better than the other buildings around, didn't seem that sturdy as well. Was it possible that it slowly falling apart as well?

The thought was maddening, considering that she couldn't hear anything. After all, if something were to happen, without her hearing, it would be difficult for her to know anything.

But then, that vibration didn't last too long. Just one and it was over. She sighed absently. Maybe it was just a small tremor. Nothing to worry about really. She was just being paranoid with her loss of hearing, that's all. Still though, she stood up from her bed to walk over to the door.

Maybe she should check on the others too.

Another stomp, another vibration, before he stops. He's not sure just how much that would help, so he planned to give it at least a minute or two before he really worries and tries knocking down the door. Of course, that was on a more drastic scale, since then they'd have to worry about how to fix it once he's broken it down. He's pretty sure Allen and Kanda wouldn't be so happy, and he might get a kick at the back of his head from Lenalee if he tries it.

And now to wait.

A moment and then --

Lenalee paused in the middle of the room. There it was again, that vibration. And it didn't feel like a tremor, more like someone walking heavily on the floor. Which was strange enough because why would anyone do that. Unless it was one of those weird occurrences again.

She frowned at door, half-hesitant to open it now. Just judging whatever it was behind that door based on the tremors . . . Still, was it really safe to open it? She didn't want to risk it though, especially when her own legs still hurt and her Innocence still barely active.

She stood there for another minute, weighing the pros and cons.

Lavi waits for any sign of Lenalee coming out, trying not to show his worry in his body language. Gramps wasn't here, so he can't lecture him about the need to keep his emotions in check, but the unconscious reminder that he's still a Bookman first and foremost was still evident, so worrying isn't really much of an option to him.

Of course, by waiting he's only giving her a minute or two before he actually does show he's worrying, but he can keep his cool just a little longer.

The vibrations paused again.

What was going on? Lenalee finally walked over towards the door and slowly, apprehensively opened it, standing behind the door itself. If there was indeed anything outside - anything at all - at least she'd be shielded by the door first. She could think of other ways later to fend for an attack later.

After a minute or two, she peered around, only to blink twice at the person standing outside. Had he been there all this time?

"Lavi?"

He relaxes visibly, glad to see her face. It was strange though, that she didn't respond immediately. Was she busy, or...? Well, maybe she did respond, but he couldn't hear it. That was an annoying thought. He rather liked knowing what was going on, rather than taking guesses like this.

"Hey, Lenalee. I was just coming up to check on you." He says, chipper, as if he wasn't affected by any of this at all.

Lenalee frowned visibly as he started speaking, only recognizing her name from his words. Her lipreading skills were still poor and the only reason she could understand Allen was because he was speaking slowly. She knew Lavi had lost his sense of hearing according to Allen and she didn't know if he could lipread too so she simply smiled.

"I -" She pointed at her ears then shook her head. "- can't hear you, Lavi."

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