I'm sorry for disappearing .
•••Chapter 4•••
•••Valentina's POV•••
I was woken up at a very unfortunate time of the morning by shouting. Matt and Mello's shouting, to be exact. After a poor attempt at trying to block the noise out with my pillow, I decided to do something about it.
Groaning, I pulled myself up and shoved the covers off me. I grabbed the spare key to Matt and Mello's apartment - the key which they may or may not have been aware existed. I used it to unlock the door to their apartment.
When I walked in, they both turned to look at me in surprise. It didn't take them long to get angry again, though.
"Care to explain why you're shouting at this time, boys?" I asked tiredly.
"He stole my chocolate!" Mello yelled, pointing at Matt.
"He stole my PSP!" Matt shouted, pointing back at him.
I sighed. "Okay. First - how did this even happen at this time? And second - Matt, I thought Near had your PSP?"
"I stole it bacl," Matt said proudly.
"Yeah, you steal a lot of things, don't you?" Mello muttered.
"Yes, Mello. I did steal your chocolate. And you know what? It was the best chocolate I've ever eaten," Matt taunted.
"Shut up!"
"God, you two need anger management classes or something!" I shouted.
"I'd like to not control my anger, thank you very much," Mello stated.
My eyes widened. "Did you just say what I thought you said?"
Matt smirked. "I think he did."
"Why? What did I say?" Mello asked quickly, his eyes darting between Matt and I.
"You said the magic word!" I gasped.
"Anger?"
"No, you said thank you!" I exclaimed.
"I didn't mean it like that though," he said bluntly.
"Oh well, you still said it!" I sang.
He laughed bitterly. "Yeah, but I'll turn into an orange the day you ever hear me say the 'S' or 'P' word and mean it."
By 'S' and 'P' words, he meant 'Sorry' and 'Please'. Clear your dirty minds out, people!
"I know one way we could turn you into an orange," Matt said, hardly able to control his smirk.
"How?" I asked for Mello.
Matt laughed, then hurled an orange at Mello's head.
Although it wasn't Matt's turn to laugh. Mello caught the speedy orange. He squeezed it until it burst and oozed down his arm, then dripped from his elbow to the floor.
Matt's face dropped. "I..."
"Do you like oranges, Matt?" Mello asked suddenly.
"No, I hate oranges. Why?"
"Because I'm about to beat you with one."
Matt laughed stupidly, then ran away.
Mello just rolled his eyes and turned to leave.
"Where are you going?" I asked, swinging my arms around like a kid.
"Out."
"Where?"
"Out," he repeated through gritted teeth.
"Where's out?"
"Out is out!"
"Are you going on your motorbike?"
"Yes."
"Can I come?"
"No."
"Thank you so much, M!" I yelled, running over to him and hugging him. I grabbed his special black helmet and handed him the spare.
I ran all the way downstairs with Mello running closely behind me. He probably had let me win.
"Can I drive it, too?" I asked excitedly, my eyes lighting up.
He raised a blonde eyebrow. "I don't know, can you?"
"Oh, stop being so pedantic, can I drive your bike?" I asked impatiently.
"Are you going to hurt it?" he asked hesitantly.
"Nope."
"Are you going to kill me?"
"I'll try not to," I answered honestly.
"Are you going to crash it?"
"No."
"Fine... but if you hurt it, I'll kill you," he warned, putting on his spare helmet.
I rolled my eyes. "Yeah, yeah. You've threatened to kill me plenty of times, and I'm still here."
"This time I mean it," he said seriously.
"Blah, blah, blah - let's drive!" I grabbed the handle bars and swung myself over.
"I hate you for doing this," he reminded me.
"Yup," I said, purposely sounding like I wasn't listening. "How do you drive a motorbike again?" I asked.
"Oh, god, I'm gonna die," he muttered through his helmet.
"Kidding," I chuckled. "Keys?"
He tossed me the keys, then jumped on himself. It dipped slightly, before coming back up again.
Just before I started the bike, I turned back to Mello. "You're kinda gonna need to hold on, or else you'll fall off and die."
"Yeah yeah, whatever."
"Where to?" I asked.
He shrugged. "Scotland?"
"Unless this is sectretly Hagrid's magical flying motorbike, no."
"Just drive."
"Yes, sir, Mr Mello, sir!" I turned back to the front and started the bike.
It had been ages since I had driven a bike. It felt surreal.
I didn't remember it like this, though. Now it was completely different. Now, the lights whirred past, dancing around and creating a wonderful light show, just for us. The neon colours contrasted with the inky black skies, making the experience even better.
Mello's arms around me tightened. I was probably going too fast.
I slowed it down a little, reluctantly.
"No, I meant drive faster!" a muffled voice yelled from behind me.
Ah, that made more sense.
I obeyed, going up to eighty. It felt absolutely amazing going that fast. I hadn't driven this fast since I had my old motorbike. Which, coincidentally, happened to look a lot like Mello's bike.
That was probably why I felt so at home on it.
My eyes widened upon seeing a strangely familiar face. Hey, was that... L?
Mello signalled for me to pull over by kicking my calf lightly. He had probably seen him too.
I slowed the bike down rapidly until it came to a complete stop. Mello jumped off first, then - to my complete and utter surprise - helped me off it too. I kicked open the makeshift stand for the bike and slowly leant it until it felt safe enough to let go.
"What's he doing around here?" I muttered, mostly to myself.
"I have no idea, but this looks pretty suspicious to me," Mello replied, voicing my exact thoughts.
"Text Matt and ask him."
"Already on it."
I pulled out my own rarely-used phone and typed in a text.
'Do you know where Ryuu is tonight?'
L had told us not to call him 'L' or 'Ryuuzaki' in texts.
I sent it to Near.
He replied almost immediately with; 'No, where have you seen him?'
I sent back; 'He's wandering around the lake area.'
"Matt says he doesn't know anything about where L is," Mello said, not bothering to look up from his phone.
My phone buzzed, signalling Near had texted me back. 'Call him.'
'On it.'
I pressed the dial button under the name 'Ryuu'. In the distance I could just see L pull out his phone and answer it. "Hello?" he asked.
"Hi, Ryuu. Where are you?"
"Is that Ryuu?" Mello asked. I nodded.
Then he did what he normally did. "Aw, hey, dude! I was just about to call you two! I was totally thinking we could all go out somewhere. Unless you're having big troubles with money, 'cause I would totally pay for you, bro."
"Ryuu, where are you?" I asked boredly.
"Oh. You should have two seperate numbers for me, I hate doing that voice."
"So where are you, exactly?" I asked again.
"Working on the case," he answered simply.
"Working on the case where?"
"Around."
"Right. Anyway, see you later, Ryuu," I said dismissively.
"Why did you call me? You can see me, can't you?"
Dammit. "No, I just thought I saw someone that looked like you near the lake," I lied. I knew it was him.
"Oh, right. See you later then?"
I was about to agree, when I remembered something. "Hey, Ryuu?"
"Yes?"
"I have something to tell you, is the line secure?" I asked.
"Yes, but don't tell me yet. Let me just..." I heard him press a few buttons on his phone. "Go ahead."
"Um... actually, I'll tell you later. Just in case. See ya, Ryuu." I pressed the 'End Call' button before he could say anything else.
In the distance, I saw L give his phone a weird look, before putting it back into his pocket.
"The bike would attract too much attention," Mello informed me.
"I know, don't treat me like I'm stupid."
He smirked. "But you are."
"Shut it, before I deck you with my helmet."
"My gun and I are shaking with fear," he said sarcastically.
"Are you threatening to shoot me?"
"V, I do it all the time. Don't act so surprised." He took the keys off me. "He already knows we're down here and we thought we saw him, but it's not him. So we can drive past without letting him know."
"And go where?" I asked.
"Watch him from a distance."
"Or we could just follow him on foot?" I suggested, like the idea was obvious.
Mello looked at his bike longingly, before responding with a hasty agreement.
"Alright then, L. What are you up to?"
