Hell Or High Water (2)
Chapter 2: Forget
It was perfect to describe me. The word 'lost.' Lost inside and out.
Light helped walk with me up the stairs and opened a door.
A pretty girl with bright hair smiled. "Light! I'm so glad to see you!" She jumped up to hug him. "Who's your cute friend?"
"This is Lost. We don't know his real name, and he doesn't either. I found him tied up under the bridge I was supposed to investigate...why don't you keep him company for a bit while I set up a room for him?" Light said with a smile. "Oh yes, and he can't speak...he can understand english fine and can read and write, but he just can't talk."
The girl smiled at me. "I'm Misa Amane. You may have seen me in the PoPiGirl magazine cover sometimes, or performing on TV, and I modeled for some fashion companies." I smiled and nodded, mouthing the word 'cool.'
"It's really nice to meet you," she said. "You are just sooo cute! Your purple hair is way adorable!" She drawled cutely, pinching my cheek as I widened my eyes and shifted back. She sighed dreamily. "Light is my boyfriend, and I am so in love with him. I think I'm gonna marry him," she said.
I wrote down on the notepad on the table; 'that's nice, I'm happy for you. Light seems like a great guy.'
"Oh, Lost-kun!" She hugged me tightly. "You're so so so sooo adorable!"
"Lost, your room is ready...I'll show you where it is," Light said, pointing to the door.
I nodded, waving to Misa as I followed Light. She was a very nice girl. We climbed up some stairs and he opened the door for me. The room was very nice—big with a comfortable looking bed, a bathroom, a television and a view of the city.
I excitedly ran over, touching the glass and looking at the city. Light laughed. "Somebody's excited."
I nodded, pointing at the pretty lights. The sky was full of sparkling stars.
Beautiful...
"I put some clean clothing on the bed. Tomorrow we'll do a fingerprint test for you and see if we can find anything," Light told me as he patted my shoulder. "You should take a shower and get some rest."
I nodded as he walked out of the room, closing the door behind him.
I pulled up a chair by the window and just stared at the view for a while.
Why am I here? I could have been dark energy wandering in space outside of earth, alone in the universe far far away.
Too much thinking, I needed to rest. I took the clothes and clean white towel into the bathroom with me and set it on the counter, stripping off my clothes and turning on the shower.
It felt good to wash all my problems away. Not all my problems, though. Watching the soapy water go down the drain made me feel satisfied.
After about ten minutes I turned the shower off and stepped out, drying and putting on the clothes. It was a blue loose T-shirt and pajama pants.
I walked out of the room quietly and closed the door, walking downstairs. I didn't want to rest yet, I wanted to join the others and find out more.
I crept and heard them talking as I hid behind a pillar.
"Light, you can't just take some kid off the street. What if he's dangerous?" Soichiro Yagami said.
"Well...maybe he might be useful. He lost his memory, dad. You honestly think an amnesiac kid could be dangerous?" Light said.
"Light is right, sir. Maybe 'Lost' can help us!" Matsuda said happily.
Soichiro sighed. "I guess he may be able to help..." He said as he tapped his foot. "...fine, he will stay for the night. But we are going to have to run some tests tomorrow."
"Okay," Light said. I smiled but I was curious why Light cared about me so much. Shouldn't they be concentrating on their case? Oh no, I'm a distraction! This isn't going to help...
I quietly slipped back upstairs to my bedroom. I sat on the bed, watching television. Mostly on the news were about the 'Kira' killings. It was interesting, but kind of depressing so I decided to turn off the TV and sleep. The TV made my head hurt anyways.
I pulled the covers over, trying to sleep, but I couldn't. How could one sleep when they don't even know who they are?