I DON'T OWN DEATHNOTE~
Macrophobia - The fear of long waits
Don't even ask where I got this idea. I was suddenly hit by an idea lightning and it progressed from there. It does have a beginning, but the end I am still working out in my mind.
And the middle is the fun of writing it out~
So! -grins- I shall have the story begin here. Enjoy.
Mello P.O.V.
The Kira Case is over.
Thank fucking God.
I was starting to get tired of hearing about how Kira is great and how he was one of God's children that came to Earth to rid us all of evil.
Fuck that shit. Kira is a psychopathic idiot thinking he can dominate the world. I think he was just power-hungry or something.
I remember the day that L told us he had caught and arrested Kira. We actually celebrated and then L told us that he was going somewhere else in Japan to continue his detective work and what not.
It was then that Near decided to have the guts to ask L if he could go with him. L said something along the lines of: of course. There is nothing denying your right for that.
Well, if Near goes, then there's no way I'm staying here. Near won't beat me. I won't let him. So, I asked L if I could come too. He said sure. The three of us and one of L's friends (which scared me; L had friends?) would be the best detective team to walk this earth. Then, it came to me. What about Matt?
L said, if Matt wants to come, then he can come. We were to pack our bags immediately and get on a plane for Japan in about two hours.
So, I went to my room that I shared with Matt and started packing. Curious Matt looked at me and asked where I was going.
"Japan," I had replied. "We're going to be detectives with L."
"We?"
I nodded. "That's right. So get packing you slow-poke."
And we packed and went to Japan. I was fourteen at the time.
It started off all awkward and strange. Especially when us three Whammy kids met L's friend, Light Yagami. I didn't like him to start with. He looked so cocky and full of himself. But there was something about him that I couldn't put my finger on. He was off somehow. Like, he wasn't totally complete or something.
L didn't explain much about Light. He just said how they worked together and solved the Kira case together. Whatever. If L could put up with Light Yagami, then I could too.
Over the years, we had all pulled our own weight and had managed to solve hundreds, maybe thousands of cases together. It's been...what; nine years? Ten? My birthday was about a week ago and I turned twenty-four...so...yeah, a little over ten years. We've all managed to stay on a certain ground with each other.
Near was the only one that always seemed like a loner though. It was kinda strange. Where ever L went, Light went and vice versa. I asked L once and he just said they were used to it. But, then again, Matt and I do the same thing. Where ever I go, he goes. He's always been like that though; a puppy always willing to do whatever he can for his master.
Don't get me wrong though. Matt is able to do whatever he pleases.
I guess I'm getting carried away; I should probably get to what I was getting to. There is a bad ass storm going on outside. Raging rain and some crazy wind. I whistled lowly. "I don't think we'll be doing anything any time soon," I said.
Matt looked out the window and nodded in agreement. "It looks really bad out there," He commented.
This got Light and L's attention. They looked up almost in unison. "I do hope the power does not go out," L said in his monotone voice. He put his thumb to his lips and it almost seemed like he was telepathically telling the storm not to knock the power out.
"I agree. If the power goes out, I'm going to lose all of this work," Light said.
I rolled my eyes. "What work? You've been staring at that website for about two hours now," I deadpanned and grabbed a chocolate bar off the coffee table in front of me. "and don't deny it, Yagami."
"Oh, be nice, Mells," Matt said and elbowed my side. "this is his life; he's probably just getting bored."
And then the power went out.
"Dammit," Light deadpanned.
The emergency lights came on and we all sort of slumped in our seats. What's a genius supposed to do without a computer?
"Lets play a game," I said.
"No," Near shot down that idea almost as quickly as I had said it.
I made a face. "Well jeez, Mr. Negative." I snapped off a piece of my chocolate and sent dagger eyes at the albino boy.
"L, would you like me to go get the back-up laptops?" Whammy asked curiously.
L nodded. "Please," He replied and Whammy walked out of the room.
It's been about two and a half hours since Whammy left.
"Where is he?" I demanded.
"If we knew, we probably would've told you, Mello," Matt replied.
I glared at him. I was on my third chocolate bar and getting pissed. Whammy isn't the kind of person to skip out on this kind of thing. If L wanted him to do something, he would jump off a bridge to do it.
...Hypothetically speaking.
I finally stood up. "C'mon Matt. We're going to go and look for him," I said.
Matt shrugged and put down his PSP. He stretched like a cat. "Lets go."
I grabbed a flashlight (the emergency lights are only on for three hours) and then lead the way out of the room and down the hallway.
"You know...it's kind of creepy how quiet it is. You can literally hear the wind pounding the side of the building," Matt commented.
Yes Matt. Thanks for creeping me out. Of course, I didn't say that out loud. It would've sounded weird; I don't get creeped out by anything. Instead, I said, "What if Whammy got lost?"
"That's crazy Mello. Whammy wouldn't get lost; his sense of direction is incredible," Matt said.
I rolled my eyes. "But he's old. Old people get lost easier than normally aged people," I said.
Matt scoffed. "Mello, you're an idiot. Whammy is kind of like trained not to get lost and what not," He replied.
"Whatever!" The emergency lights went out and I flipped on the flashlight. "Do you know where the back-up laptops are? Maybe that's where he's at."
"Check the lobby."
So, Matt and I walked downstairs and into the lobby. No Whammy and no back-up laptops. "Any other ideas?" I asked.
Matt shrugged. "Maybe-..."
Matt never finished his sentence. I had shined the light around the room and stopped on a figure laying on the floor in the corner of the room. "Matt...is that...?"
"Whammy!" Matt ran forward and got on his knees in front of Whammy's slumped form. "Oh shit Mello, come here!"
I got closer and got on my knees next to Matt. It was then that we realized Whammy had been murdered. Whammy had been brutally stabbed in the stomach a few times and his throat was slit. Whoever did this wanted him to suffer.
Matt looked at me with worry etched onto his face. I was sure mine looked no different. "Fuck; we better get back upstairs!" I said.
"What? We can't just leave him like this!" Matt pointed out.
I gave Matt a look. "What if the murderer is still here? We have to warn the others!" I said.
We were up and running in seconds. We got to the room in about twenty seconds flat. Not bad for running up seven flights of stairs.
We entered the room at the same time and slammed the door shut. I locked it and we both slid to the floor with our backs against the door.
"What is wrong with you two?" Light demanded.
"We found...Whammy...he was..." I took a deep breath and tried to say it again. It didn't work out too well.
"Would you spit it out already?" Light said and looked annoyed.
Matt took a deep breath. "Whammy was...murdered," He said.
Silence echoed around the room. The only sound was our heavy breaths.
L was the one that decided to break the silence. "I beg your pardon?" He sounded worried and scared and sad at the same time. It was the very first time that I heard his monotone voice break.
"Whammy was murdered," I confirmed. "Stabbed multiple times...and his throat was slit." I swallowed, got to my feet, and then helped Matt to his. "We didn't know if the murderer was still here or not...so we got the Hell out of there."
L looked like he had a hard time processing this. His face was confused and worried at the same time.
"L? Are you okay...?" Light asked cautiously.
L said nothing. He stared at me for a moment as if wondering if I was lying or not.
I stared back. "...I'm sorry..." I said quietly.
L got to his feet and went back into detective-mode. "If the murderer is still here, then it is necessary to leave immediately. I have a back-up place if something like this ever happened," He said in his monotone voice. "follow me."
So we grabbed a few things (chocolate, video-games, a puzzle, and a piece of cake) and L lead the way to a secret door. I had always thought it was a closet, but apparently not.
L opened the door and there was a staircase that went on forever! We walked for what felt like half an hour, but what was really about five minutes.
When we got to the bottom, we were in the parking lot. "Who would like to drive?" L asked simply.
"I'll do it," Light said. "which car?"
L lead the way to a mini-van and gave Light the keys. We all got in, Light started up the car, and we were out of there.
"Jesus! Look how bad the roads are!" I commented.
"I can barely see five feet in front of me and I don't even know where I'm going. I'm going to have to go really slow..." Light said and sighed.
L pointed down the road. "Down this road and take the first right," He advised.
So, decimeter by decimeter, we made it to some fancy house that L wanted us to stay in.
But, because of the God damn rain, we were all soaking wet.
"...If I had known we would've ended up like this," Matt shook his head, sending sprays of water everywhere. "I would've brought extra clothes."
"Matt, we all would've brought extra clothes," Light pointed out.
L hestiated. "You can find rooms upstairs. I am going to go to my room. ...If you'd excuse me..." He quickly made his exit and went upstairs.
Light frowned a little and followed after L.
"Well, I'm off to find a room then." Near made his own exit and he made it fast.
I looked at Matt. "Well, I guess it's just you and me then," I said and went over to the fridge. I pulled it open and grinned. "Dinner for two?" I asked.
In the morning, Matt and I were the first ones downstairs. Everyone else was probably awake; we were just only ones able to make it down those dangerous set of stairs.
Matt and I both almost tripped down them. Damn evil stairs, I swear. I think they're out to get me. It is so on! They won't get me...I know they won't....
"Hey, Mells? You're scaring me," Matt said and pulled me out of my train of thought.
"What? How?" I asked.
Matt blinked. "You've got that evil look in your eyes like you might kill somebody," He deadpanned.
...Evil stairs... "I was just thinking about yesterday," I lied. "...I hope L's okay, too. He looked...broken."
"Of course he looked broken. Whammy was everything to him. I wonder how L's going to adjust to this..." Matt trailed off.
I frowned a little. "He's gonna be pissed. Someone murdered the man that was like a father to him," I said simply.
Matt shrugged. "I don't know...L's not the kind of person that would be pissed off about this. I think he'd be more upset and sad than pissed off...but maybe I'm wrong. I don't know L as well you do," He said.
"You may not know L, but you know people Matt," I pointed out. "you might be right." I ruffled his hair and grabbed a chocolate bar out of the fridge.
Matt made a face. "What was that?" He asked.
"What was what?"
"You just touched my hair...what was that?"
I shrugged and opened up my chocolate bar. "I wanted to ruffle your hair. Is there something wrong with that?" I asked.
Matt hesitated. "No but...nevermind..."
"Whatever floats your boat, Matty." I sat down at the table and snapped off a piece of my chocolate. Delicious.
Matt looked a little lost for a moment. "You seem...different," He said and sat next to me.
"Different how?" I asked curiously.
"Different like..." He smirked. "mellow."
I rolled my eyes. "Oh ha-ha. You're hilarious," I said sarcastically.
"No, I'm serious. You're like content. It's strange. There's usually something on your mind that makes you not so content or something. You're never really calm," He explained.
Really? "Are you serious?" I asked.
Matt nodded. "Yeah," He said and shifted uncomfortably. "you worried me sometimes. I think you work too hard; you're turning into L."
"Honestly Matt, I am nothing like L," I said.
"I know," Matt replied and the conversation ended there.
I would've brought it back up, but it just didn't seem right. I was "mellow" as Matt had put it.
And then Near walked downstairs and my "mellowness" sort of went away. There was something about Near that always set me off. The way he always just knew everything or how his calm face never broke. Ever.
"Good morning Matt, Mello," Near said simply. He took a seat at the table across from us.
Matt nodded a little. "Hi Near," He said politely.
"Ngh." I took another bite of my chocolate.
Near apparently didn't take my response to heart. "Have you two seen Light or L this morning?" He asked curiously.
Matt shook his head. "We got down here like five minutes ago," He replied.
Near shrugged. "Okay," He said.
"Hey Near, did you trip down the stairs?" I deadpanned.
Near blinked. "No...Mello, I didn't," He replied.
I stared him dead in the eyes. "You didn't?" I asked.
"No."
"Whatever." I turned my attention back to my chocolate and tuned them both out.
I only tuned back in when I saw L and Light walk down the stairs.
"Good morning," L mumbled. His thumb was against his lips and I almost didn't hear him say it.
"Morning," Matt said happily. "This is a really nice place L; how did you come across this?" He asked, easily slipping into a conversation.
Sometimes, I wished I could do what Matt did. Matt could easily make conversation with virtually anybody. Hell, I bet he talks to the dead too. There's something about Matt that none of us has. He has a sort of easy-going vibe or something; I don't know. It's different though...
"So, when do we leave?" Near asked and that broke me out of my train of thought.
L hesitated. "As soon as possible. We need to get back to the headquarters to make sure Whammy's body is still there. Then, we can start our investigation."
I made a face. "When we get there, can we take showers or something first? I had to sleep in these clothes and trust me, wet leather is not comfortable after twenty-four hours."
L looked like that hurt him somehow. "Of course, Mello," He said.
"So, what's for breakfast?" Light asked and that somehow just broke all of the tension in the room.
When we got back to the headquarters, L was shaking. I think he was feeling too many emotions at the same time. So, Near, Matt, and I gave him privacy and went to go take showers and what not. Apparently, Light didn't feel like doing that. He felt like staying with L.
I am now starting to call him Light Bastard Yagami. His middle name will now and forever be Bastard.
When Matt and I got to our room, I collapsed on my bed and rubbed my eyes.
"You okay, Mello?" Matt asked curiously.
I nodded. "Yup. Just fine." I said.
"What's bothering you?" Matt deadpanned.
I hesitated. "Guess."
Matt rolled his eyes. "You're really going to play that game, Mello?" He asked.
"Guess," I repeated.
"Alright, fine. I think what's bothering you is this whole Whammy ordeal," Matt said simply.
I shrugged a little. "Maybe..."
"Maybe...?" Matt sat next to me and poked my side.
I squirmed and sat up. "Don't poke me," I said.
"I won't poke you if you tell me what's bothering you," Matt replied.
Sometimes, Matt drives a really hard bargain. "Alright. Deal. What's bothering me is..."
Matt waited patiently. "Is...?" He asked.
"Can I just say you were right? I mean...we found Whammy's dead body...it's sickening and it's bothering me," I replied quietly.
Matt stared at me for a moment. "Mello...you're scaring me," He said.
That surprised me. "Scared you how?" I asked.
"You said I was right which is something you barely ever do," Matt replied.
"Oh, shut up." I threw a pillow at his face.
Matt took the pillow and threw it at the ground. "I'm going to go take a shower before you," He said with a smirk.
"Bastard!" I said and he grabbed clothes and quickly retreated to the bathroom. I smiled and rolled my eyes. What a dork.
FIN
AN:// -grins- Good huh? I had write that for about...four hours? Not straight; apparently other people in the house want to get on the computer too. This is why I need another laptop!
My old one melted from the inside. D: WTF right? And I'm not lying either. It was sitting on my bed for like two hours (not even turned on) and then it was just melted!
Well, whatever. Reviews make Near and Light talk more~~~!