Disclaimer: I don't own Death Note. I don't think that there is anyone out there stupid enough to think that I do.
I was sitting in the library studying when Matt sat down next to me.
"Hi Mello" he said softly as he turned on his hand-held and began playing.
"Where have you been?" I asked him. "You were supposed to meet me here an hour ago."
"I was just playing my game." he replied.
I sighed in frustration. I knew he was lying. Again. For the past month or so he has been disappearing and not telling me what he was up to. He always lies when I ask him what he had been doing. When he comes back he acts kind of guilty and won't look me in the eyes. (All though if you don't know him well, it's hard to tell when he looking you in the eyes since he wears goggles all the time.) He's my closest friend, my only friend really. We had promised when we were kids to never keep secrets from each other. What was he doing that the didn't want me to know about? And why did he feel guilty afterwards?
I figured that there were two possibilities. One, he had a girlfriend and thought that I would tease him about it so he wasn't telling me. I probably would. None of the girls at Whammy's were worth dating. Either they were cute and annoying or they were nice but completely nerdy. Why wasn't there a girl who was cute and nice? I supposed that he could be sneaking off to see someone outside of Whammy's, but we were pretty isolated. He wasn't gone long enough for that.
The second possibility was that it had to do with L. Private lessons? Or maybe even helping L with a case. I don't know if Matt is ready to help solve a case, but if L needed help with hacking into something then Matt was definitely the person to ask. If L was telling Matt to keep quiet then I guess I can't really be mad at him. I would do the same thing in his position. But if he's keeping secrets from me over some girl then we definitely have a problem.
I guess I'll just have to start following him. This would really cut into my studying time, which was why I hadn't done so before. How can I beat Near if I spend all my time sneaking around after Matt? I'll try following him once. If I can't figure out what he's doing then I'll just make him tell me. Even if I have to tie him up and force it out of him. Why can't he just stay with me all the time like he used to?
