Warning: Partial filler chapter (Well that's what it reads like to me...) And I am so happy for the reviews of last chapter as well as the fact that this fic has 11 favorites! I'm so ecstatic right now. Thanks all.
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After being released from prison, I made my way home in a walk of shame and exhaustion. My head facing down towards my feet with my arms limp at my sides and my eyelids half closed wearing that same uncomfortable red and black dress, the very definition of the walk of shame. I made sure to text Saka and Rei to make sure they were alright and got home ok. Thankfully, they were fine. They got a ride home from Sakaye's most recent romantic conquest. Apparently this one was the one she'd marry and have six kids with. Yes, Saka for some unfathomable reason wants six kids running around in the mansion she'd most definitely have after moving out of her current mansion. Sakaye was ranting about how worried she was that I'd gotten murdered after I disappeared. She was only joking about thinking I was dead though, but she really was worried.
I slipped my keys in the doorknob and turned, pushing the wooden door open in front of me. "I'm home!" I called to whoever was listening before swinging the front door shut behind me and marching up to my room, not wasting a moment to flop onto my bed and try to get a good night- well day's sleep. Of course, not before lifting a certain finger up from the rest with annoyed eyes to no one in particular. Surely the cameras caught it so as long as my very clear message was heard- basically, me saying 'screw you' as a display of my opinion towards the surveillance- then I could sleep peacefully. I was woken up to a banging on my door. Groaning, I lifted myself out of my bed, noticing it was dark outside, also known as night.
"Who is it?" I called to the door as I pulled the second drawer on my dresser open and took out a pair of fleece pajamas. I would've put them on pre-nap, but I was honestly too tired to give a damn.
The door swung open fiercely, "KITA-KITA!" I briefly saw Sakaye's face before she rammed into me and knocked me to the ground. Couldn't I get a break? Ugh...
"Oophf." I muttered as my body collided with the carpeted floor. "What the hell was that for?" I growled in annoyance. I was still tired and I wasn't done sleeping when I was so rudely interrupted. Is it so much to ask to get a peaceful sleep after having spent the night drugged and in jail? I deserved sleep.
"WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE OKAY!" She screamed right into my ear. Great, now my headache was beginning to come back...
Reina waved to me from the doorway with a sincere smile as Sakaye pushed herself off of me. "Ugh, why are you here?" I groaned as I rubbed my forehead with one hand and pushed myself to my feet with the other.
"Rude?" Saka retorted with a hand on her hip.
I sighed. "Sorry guys, it's just... a lot happened." No kidding. It's not everyday that you're saved from being assaulted by a supernatural serial killer and then thrown in jail on suspicion of being said serial killer on the orders of the renowned detective L, all in a scratchy dress that's way too short for comfort. I'm never wearing that dress again. It probably brings bad luck or something.
"That's why we're having a sleep over while you tell us all about it!" Saka squealed as Rei nodded in agreement, holding up a duffle bag presumably filled with sleepwear and miscellaneous sleepover items. I didn't know if I was up for a sleepover. I was still exhausted and I'd probably need a couple dozen cups of coffee to get me through the night. Ok, maybe that was a bit of an exaggeration... but I was tired!
"Fine." I smiled despite myself. The last time we had had a sleepover was back during the summer before senior year. Ah, good times... Reina and I ended up covering Sakaye with shaving cream and once she woke up- which was like three in the afternoon by the way- she chased us around her mansion trying to hug us. After she caught up to us and smothered us in shaving cream as well, Sakaye's mom- extremely terrifying mom- screamed at the three of us to stand on the front lawn while she hosed us off with freezing cold hose water like we were dogs. Then she made us sit in the sun to dry off instead of giving us towels. She claimed she didn't have any towels but that was a total lie, she just wanted to subliminally punish us for making such a mess. Good times...
"Reina, why is Kita smiling like that?" Saka asked Reina in a false whisper, drawing me out of my moment of remembrance.
Reina shrugged and opened the duffle bag. She began taking things out and putting them in my hands. Toothbrushes, toothpaste, a brush, shampoo- wait? What? Were they planning to take a shower at my house or something?- pillows, pjs, blankets, lipstick?, magazines, movies, clothes, towels, shoes- geez you'd think they were going on a camping trip. My arms were filled with a load of random stuff and Saka decided that was the right time to march over and pull her silk pjs from the near bottom of the pile and knock everything else to the floor. Then she started pulling her shirt up and my eyes widened.
"NO!" I screeched, diving for her shirt and pulling it back to its original position.
"What the heck Kita?" Saka furrowed her brows at me.
Damn L, damn cameras, damn perving on my friends. "Uh..." I paused. For a long time. What could I possibly say? There's a detective in another room watching us? Yeah right. "There is a... Creepy guy, that lives across the street! Yup, so change under this blanket." I threw the comforter over her face.
"What?" She questioned my blatant falsity with a skeptical look after removing the blanket from her face. Why does she choose this moment to become aware of others? Ughhhhhhhhh. Why me?
"Just, do it."
Thankfully, she shrugged and covered herself with the blanket before changing. I did the same, picking up the fleece pajamas that Saka had knocked out of my hands when she toppled me over earlier and then changing behind the security of a blanket. Rei stared at the two of us and then proceeded to leave the room, her pajamas in hand, probably planning to change in the... bathroom... Did L say he was going do surveil the entire house? Dammit.
"REINA!" I took off after her and tackled her to the ground in a similar fashion that Sakaye had to me.
"Why did you do that?" Reina questioned as she reached for her fallen sleepwear in front of her.
"Just, cover yourself in a towel while you change okay?"
She got off the ground and turned to me with suspiciously narrowed eyes. She lifted her pointer finger to her cheek, focusing her attention elsewhere in thought. "You're acting weird." She concluded as her eyes met mine once again.
"So?" I shot back quickly.
Her eyes lowered in all seriousness, "why?"
I gestured that I couldn't tell her by metaphorically zipping my lips and discarding the metaphorical key. "Out of my control." I muttered quietly as I turned towards the staircase on a mission to create the confection that were chocolate chip cookies, a sleepover must. Ok sure, maybe it was a little odd to be college students and having a sleepover, but I guess we are all children at heart- which is just a nice way to say that we're immature. But it's true, sleepovers are considered elementary and not an activity that adults participate in. Oh well, who was there to judge us? Besides L- but personally, I think spying is worse. Reina halted me in my steps though, and frowned.
"Tell me." She directed. By the way, Reina hates when you mention something and then refuse to tell her. She also hates when people are cryptic with her instead of telling her whatever it is that she should know straightforward. "You can't just act weird and not tell me why."
"I-I" Her gaze was serious, and I couldn't help but blurt out, "L is surveilling the house.
She looked confused for a moment, before her face went devoid of all emotion. That's when she erupted in giggles.
"What's so funny?" I demanded with a frown at her unexpected reaction.
"L, is... watching you?" She tried to keep her voice steady but ended up snorting. "Oh gosh Kita, I never knew you were one of those conspiracy theorists."
My cheeks went red against my will, "I'm not!" I defended. How is it that the quiet one is the only one able to embarrass me? Saka couldn't embarrass me no matter how hard she tried. The only times Sakaye has embarrassed me were all unintentional, but when she's actually trying, she can't do it. "It's true!" I tried to say.
"Why would L be surveilling you?" Her giggles quieted slightly.
"Cause he thinks I'm Kira..." I looked down at my feet shamefully. I did not murder anybody. No matter how much of a coincidence it is that my attempted assaulter died from a heart attack before I was assaulted.
"You? Kira? I thought L was supposed to be a good detective." She mused with a wide grin as she supported herself with my shoulder. At this point I couldn't help myself, I laughed too. Rei had just unknowingly took a blow to L's ego right in front of him.
And then Sakaye busted out of the door in all her glory. "Hey! What's so funny?" She pointed at us accusingly, "You're not planning anything right?"
"Kita is delusional and thinks that L is watching her with tiny little invisible cameras." Rei told her bluntly, casually examining her nails.
"Shh!" Great. Now Sakaye knows, which means her boyfriend will know and the Light Yagami fan club will know which means Light Yagami will know and she'll probably tell her maid too. Chances are that the majority of them will think I'm delusional. Though that one girl in the fan club of Light might claim she's being watched by L as well even though that would be a total lie considering that girl lies a ton. Saka had me meet all of them to my utter displeasure.
I don't remember like any of their names though, but I'm pretty sure the club disbanded after high school but Sakaye still hangs out with them from time to time. And if the Light Yagami fan club knows about L surveiling me chances are they'll try to make conversation on the topic with Light Yagami himself. I do not need the top student at To-Oh to think I'm crazy, no matter how much I dislike his perfect exterior. What if he's secretly paranoid though, and thinks L is watching him too... Ha yeah right. What reason would Light Yagami have to be suspicious of L. It's not like the guy is Kira or something. That would be hilariously ironic though. Imagine the scandal-
"KITA!" My head snapped to Sakaye.
"What?"
"Get with the program, I called your name like three times." She huffed.
"Oh." I mumbled simply, trying to remember where my thoughts left off.
"Kita! Stop doing that!" She complained at my obvious lack of attention.
"What?" I really was out of it today.
"Stop... Looking like you're about to zone out! I'm trying to ask why you think that L is 'watching' you." She explained in irritation.
"Never mind." I grumbled.
"Psh, no 'never mind'." She actually put up air quotes as she rolled her eyes. "Just tell us." Sakaye pushed me to talk, both of her hands on her hips.
"You know what? Fine. Who gives a shi- who cares about confidentiality. This is what L gets for spying on me. So you know how I said a lot happened?" They nodded eagerly. "So that guy, Satoshi, turns out he was-"
"L!" Sakaye interjected.
"No." I deadpanned.
"Aww... I was sure I was right and then you guys would get married and have ten little kids and I'd be the god mother of them all!" She began to get this weird look in her eyes as she fantasized about it. My face turned red and flamed up.
"NO! What even- L is like some forty year old guy! That's so messed up and perverted Sakaye... Plus he has a wife!" I spewed in utter randomness, my face getting redder.
"A wife? How do you know?" Reina asked curiously.
I paused. "I don't... I... It's just a guess." And that's why I cannot voice my inner thoughts, it makes me seem like a crazy person.
"Oh."
"A-anyways," I swallowed nervously, my face beginning to return to its normal hue, "Satoshi was a-a rapist-"
"I SET YOU UP WITH A RAPIST?! I'M THE WORST FRIEND EVER!" Saka screeched, putting her face in her hands.
"Saka, it's not your fault... Anyways, he almost-" I paused, skipping over saying the event that could've happened had he not died, as it made me way too uncomfortable to even bring up. And though it was unspoken, the two still knew what I meant. "-before he did he died and then I fainted. And then I was taken to jail..." Both of their mouths were open in shock at that point. "And then I woke up-" and that's when the doorbell rang. "Hmm, that's weird... Who could that be?" I wondered aloud with furrowed brows.
Sakaye and Reina followed me as I made my way down the steps. I swung the door open without hesitation, not considering the possibilities. You know when you do something quickly without thinking about it and afterwards you realize you're extremely stupid? Yeah, that was me. After I had hastily swung the door open, caution thrown to the wind, my eyes were met with the sight of a figure in a black trench coat and a black fedora. "Miss Kitamura, I have been instructed to retrieve you in order to prevent you from revealing any other confidential information..." The figure turned slightly in the direction of my friends who were gaping like fishes.
"L?" I questioned, somewhat starstruck. Is this the L? I was gaping too.
"Not quite..." he spoke with a slight chuckle. He then moved to the side and gestured to the limousine that was parked at the street in front of my home. Now I'd have to give an explanation to the neighbors as well...
"I-I'm not just gonna go with some stranger!" I shrieked. Hadn't I been through enough? This was worse than that time I got caught up in that school six hour school lock-down back in my cousins' old elementary school when I stayed with her family for three months, because some stupid high schooler brought explosives onto the property. Yeah, that school was not a good school...
The trench coat guy sighed. "Very well... I'll have to use other means in order to retrieve you then..." And then the man's black glove brought a rag that smelt strongly of chemicals to my mouth and nose, effectively covering them. Saka and Rei screamed as I went out like a light. Fan-freaking-tastic. Drugged twice in one week, what are the odds?
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