A's POV
Digi-journal log: 86
Time: 7:30 pm
I found him… my little brother that is. My mother had brought him to the U.S. he is currently in New York and he's only four years old. We have the same hair and eye color. His school thinks he's depressed because he doesn't talk to anyone and won't pay attention in class. I was like that at his age; maybe he's a genius too.
I wonder if I should tell Watari, would he let me go back to my mom if she wanted me back? Would he let me stay in contact with her and my brother? Or would he cut me off because I'm tied for number 2 at Whammy's. That would be cold, but it's very possible. He needs some one else in case something were to happen to L. Not that I would take the job, but he doesn't know that yet.
Right now I'm watching Mail (his names pronounced miles btw) through a streetlight's camera. He's on the playground watching everyone else play. He must be so bored at that school.
I paused because I heard one of my alarms go off. I turned on the cameras that I set up throughout Whammy's to find the source. I sighed in relief when I realized that it was only Mello. He was a new kid at Whammy's, around the age of six. I can't remember which at the moment. He's German and has straight blond hair that reaches his shoulders.
I minimize my digi-log and the surveillance tapes. I don't mind Mello knowing what I'm doing but that doesn't mean he should know that I have Whammy's bugged. Once I am done he flings the door open. I smirk and say, nicht deine Mutter dich lehren zu klopfen? (Didn't your mother teach you to knock?)
"Verpiß dich!" (Piss off!)
We both laugh and switch over to English. "So what's going on Mello?"
"Do you have any chocolate, Roger cut me off for the day." I rolled my eyes because that sounded like something he'd do. Roger was okay, I guess. He was a necessary authority figure for a mansion filled with homeless children. But that didn't mean we liked him. He acts like he has a twig up his ass. He always did remind me of a troll doll…
I open my draw and toss him a dark chocolate bar. He looks at the label for a few moments. "What you don't like green and blacks?"
"I do…I just didn't know they sold them around here."
"They don't."
"Then how did you get it?"
"Don't worry about it."
His eyes narrow at me as he snaps off a piece of a chocolate. I smile at the sound and turn back to my computer. He won't figure out that I'm a hacker, not yet at least. I made the company screw up their order. They sent me a case of dark chocolate and a case of white chocolate.
Mello sits on my bed and rests his back against the wall. He comes in here a lot. I don't mind, because it's not like when L or B comes. L always makes me feel really awkward, because he's always analyzing me. That's why I wear goggles. If he can't see my eyes I'm completely unreadable. And that's the way I like it.
I don't actually mind when B comes anymore, but when I first moved in we didn't get along. I always thought that he was too intrusive and pushy. But he understands me better than anyone else here and he relaxes me… I haven't decided if that's a good or bad thing yet, I guess I'll just have to see where that takes me.
I pull up a puzzle game from the Internet. It has 20 levels; each one has a different knot that you have to untangle. It's amusing and it'll kill some time. By the time I'm at level ten Mello has fallen asleep. I reposition him so his head is on the pillow and I pull the covers up to his chin.
About an hour later L and Watari came in. Watari is 5'9" and slightly balding. He has a sweet smile and eyes that shine. Behind him L is hunched slightly and the bags from under his eyes seem to have gotten darker. Makes sense because Watari started putting him on real cases.
Watari smiles and says "A, how are you feeling today?"
"I'm doing just fine, and before you ask the answer is no. I work alone, just as L does; I have no interest in working with him. Especially as his subordinate." Watari sighed and ran his fingers through his white hair.
L blinked twice before saying; "Watari should not force us together" in a monotone voice. Most people think that his monotone is because he has no emotions, but that's not true. He is constantly showing his emotions, he just shows them with gestures instead of expressions. I noticed it pretty quickly. His emotions are expressed by the way he blinks, tilts his head, bites his thumb, and how long he stares…
L is currently staring at Mello's sleeping form. He turns to me with a blank look and says "Why is Mello-kun sleeping in A's bed?"
I shrug and turn away because I know it bugs him when I don't answer on purpose. Watari rests his hand on my shoulder and says, "just think about it" before turning away to leave.
I pause for 2 seconds before saying "I'll do it on one condition."
L's eyes widen at this and Watari smiles thoughtfully. "I want to go talk to my mother, I found her a while ago. I also found out I have a brother. She's been hiding in the United States and she changed her name. There are things I want to ask her..."
Watari stayed quiet for a few moments before whipping out his cell phone. He double-checked that what I said was true and then turned to me. "We leave for New York tomorrow." I squealed in excitement and hugged Watari. I felt a little bad because I woke up Mello in the process but I couldn't help it, I was far too excited.
Watari squatted down so he was at my height and held my hands before saying "Are you sure you can handle this. What if she doesn't want to talk to you? What if she wants to keep you out of her life?"
I squeezed his hands and smiled. "I'm tougher than you think."
He gave me a curt nod and then left my room. Mello was groggily looking around and L stayed in his spot and tilted his head. "I did not know A wanted to find and live with her mother."
I shook my head. "L, please talk like a normal person around me. And you are correct; I don't want to live with her, at least not yet. She left me and my dad while pregnant with my little brother for some gangster."
"I don't understand."
"L, I already know why she left me. I want to meet my brother, and possibly find a way to keep in contact with him. As for my mother, I don't know if I want someone who abandoned me back in my life."
"You lied to Watari, that's wrong."
"L, technically I didn't lie, I just withheld information. Also, nothing in this world is completely good or evil, I don't know why u insist to be."
He bit his thumb thoughtfully before walking out of the room. Mello tugged at my pant leg to get my attention. When I looked at him he asked what L, ad I were talking about.
I smiled and ruffled his hair before telling him "you'll find out soon enough."
Mail's POV
So bored. Why is everything so boring and uneventful. Classes are boring, my classmates are boring, even home is boring. Only a few more hours of this place, then it's to the library. I like the library, it's the only place I find people that are able to keep up with me… unfortunately they are all in college and don't want to talk to me. But I can listen to them.
I pause for a moment to wonder if my mom is taking me home tonight of if I have to sleep in the park. The guy she's been seeing has been over our house the past few days, it hasn't been safe.
Then again, it isn't exactly safe for me to stay with my heroin-addicted mother anyway is it?
Out of the corner of my eye I noticed the street light camera had been angled at me. It does it at the same time every day, which means that someone is watching me. I can't understand why though. I'm just a random kid.
I ignore the camera and close my eyes thinking about the picture I found a week ago. It was of a little girl around my age. She had crimson hair and bright green eyes just like mine. In the picture my mother and some random man were holding her. They all looked so happy…
I had a couple of theories but I couldn't be sure. When I asked my mom about it she looked like she was about to cry and locked herself in her room. I felt bad because I knew I just caused her to do more heroin than she normally would that day. Since then she hasn't really talked to me. It makes me wish I never found it.
Even so something tells me I'm going to see that girl one day soon…
