The two walked side by side, trying to hide their cuffs, binding them to each other. Raito looked around for his girlfriend, who would be the one who didn't fit in with the crowd. He looked by the water and saw Tabby standing there, her hair standing out. He walked a bit faster, dragging L behind him. "Tabby!"
"Raito!" She shouted, running over and throwing her arms around him. "Raito! I haven't seen you in a while!" She kissed him and he smiled, happy to finally see her in what felt like forever.
"I know." He kissed her back and they broke their embrace as L approached.
"That.. Hurt…" He replied, grabbing his bony wrist and flicking it up and down. "Why did you have to run so fast to see her?"
"Just shut it." The fourteen year old commanded, lacing her hands with his and the two walked over to a nearby bench. They sat down and L stood up behind them, completely bored. As the two lovers talked about whatever it is they talked about, he played with the ants that were marching up the tree. Soon after he began, Raito turned around and hit him.
"Stop playing with my hair!" He shouted. L looked taken aback.
"I am not touching your hair."
"Then who is?" L just shrugged and Raito turned back around, rolling his eyes. After a few more seconds, her turned back around and came face to face with Ryuuku. "Eh…"
"What's wrong baby?" Tabitha asked, looking at L, but could see he wasn't looking at him. "Raito…"
"It's… nothing…" He turned back around.
"You look like you just saw a ghost." L said, leaning over Raito's head and looking at him upside down. Raito hit him and the insomniac stood up. "That hurt…" He pulled a Hershey's kiss out of his pocket and unwrapped it.
"Heh heh heh." Ryuuku chuckled, flicking Raito's ear. "You thought you could just get away from me like that, eh?" Raito shook his head.
"Raito, baby, is something wrong?"
"I'm fine, Tabby." Raito replied, looking mad at the pond and the buildings in the background.
"You came here to see your little girlfriend, I see. Well, Raito-kun, guess what?" He stood up and stood behind Tabitha. Raito looked up at him and Tabitha confusedly looked back at him.
"What?" He shook his head.
"I am going to write her name down ---"
"No!" Raito shrieked, standing up, jerking L towards him. L caught himself on the bench and looked up.
"What the hell?" Tabitha and L said together, looking at Raito funny.
"Why not, Raito-kun?" Ryuuku asked, smirking.
"Don't… don't hurt her!" Raito cried out, coming closer to Tabby. He tripped up, falling on her, and they tumbled to the ground, causing L to fall over the bench. Ryuuku backed up and stood over them. As Raito sat up, his notebook fell out, and Tabby grabbed it, handing it back. Raito stared at her and looked down, sighing. As the two stood up, Tabby turned around, and saw Ryuuku.
"WHAT THE HELL!" She screamed at the top of her lungs. She fell backwards against Raito and he caught her. L scratched his head in confusion and sighed.
"They're on drugs…" He said to himself, watching Tabitha cling to Raito and then they fell on the bench.
"That's Ryuuku." He whispered.
"Hello, Tabitha-san." Ryuuku greeted, smiling at her. "I'm Ryuuku, Raito's shinigami. He thought that he could just get rid of me, so I am taking matters into my own hands."
"Shi…" her voice failed her and he nodded, looking up at Ryuuku. "Shini…gami?"
"Yep." Ryuuku neared the two.
"What the hell? Shinigami?" L asked, walking on the other side of the bench. "Shinigami don't exist!"
"Let him touch the book." Ryuuku demanded. "Let him see for himself that I am nothing but real."
"I'll explain later." Raito whispered in her ear, standing up and helping her up. "We're leaving."
"No, you aren't." Ryuuku replied, grabbing Tabitha's wrist and pulling her back. "I'm keeping this one." As Tabitha squirmed, she kicked her foot up in the air, causing it to hit Raito's hands, knocking the book out of them. L picked it up and saw Ryuuku.
"Do what…?" He lost his voice as well, dropping the notebook. He stared terrified up at the thing. He was really tall with spiky hair, blue skin, along with long arms and legs and chain-linked bones and skulls on his belt and hands. "You're a--"
"Shinigami." Ryuuku finished. He placed his hands on his hips. "It's about time." Tabitha tried to jerk her hand away.
"Eww! Get away from me! Let me go!"She commanded. Ryuuku smirked and let her go, making her trip up backwards and fall into the tree. She grabbed her head, tearing up, and looked at Ryuuku. "Damn it…"
"You're all so pathetic." Ryuuku giggled. "Humans are both interesting and pathetic." Someone ran through him and walked over to Tabitha.
"Are you OK, ma'am?" The man asked, holding out his hand. Raito walked up and took Tabitha's hand, helping her up.
"She's fine." Raito said for her, looking at the man, and smiling. "She just lost her balance." Tabitha played along and he sat her down on the bench. "I told you, ever since you hurt you ankle, you don't need to be wearing those gigantic Mary Jane's…" She nodded, holding out her foot, and Raito kneeled down, taking it off. The man walked off, seeing that she was alright.
"Nice cover." She whispered when the man had left ear shot. Raito looked up and she smiled. "Whatever it is, it always works." Raito smiled back up at her and slipped her shoe back on, getting up and kissing her forehead.
"Now. On with this business…" Ryuuku continued, snatching the notebook off of the ground from in front of L, who was still completely frozen.
