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Chapter 6: Detective Slumber Party
Watari's Successor Chapter 6
Mello was walking downstairs in intense frustration. He just finished speaking to Watari about, somehow, alleviating his punishment, but to no avail. He would have to go without chocolate for a whole week. 'Is that even possible?' Mello thought to himself as he approached his room and opened the door.
Upon opening the door, he immediately walked towards his bed in deep thought and sat down with his eyes closed. He reasoned that when the punishment finally subsided, he could binge down a whole week's worth of chocolate in one day to make up for it. He nodded repeatedly with a huge grin on his face just thinking about it.
"Thinking about something nice?" A voice asked Mello.
"Yeah, I was…wait," Mello opened his eyes and turned left towards the direction of where the voice came from. There was Near playing with a puzzle with Mist lying on her stomach watching him intently.
"Everything okay Mello?" Another voice questioned.
Mello turned to his right and noticed L working on his laptop with Lilly hovering over his shoulder observing his work with great interest.
"Yeah, we have some guests," Matt's voice, which came from behind Mello, explained.
Mello turned around in surprise and noticed Matt and Sonic both sitting on the opposite sides of the front of the bed facing away from each other playing Gameboy Advances. Upon observing everyone else in the room, he noticed that they, aside from L, were all wearing their pajamas. Mello then turned to Matt's bed and noticed a large amount of folded blankets and pillows on it.
"…What's going?" Mello asked, although he was sure he already knew the answer.
"Detective slumber party!" Sonic yelled enthusiastically whilst playing his Gameboy. His response caused Mello to put a blank expression on his face for a few moments.
"Ah, I see. A detective slumber party," Mello repeated whilst nodding knowingly. "Wait, what?! Who the hell decided on that?!" Mello yelled finally grasping the situation.
"Well…" L began
*Flashback*
L rushed out of his room at Luise's command, grabbing his Laptop in the process. He didn't really understand at all what he had done wrong in the first place. He laid his back against the door to his room pondering what he should do. Typically, whenever a female roommate would yell at you before bed, the most logical response to that would be to…not return until morning.
Just as L concluded this, he heard the door to the room next to his open. He turned to his right and saw Near walk out the room nonchalantly.
"Near? What are you doing up so late?" L questioned in an accusing tone. Not that he was anyone to judge, since he never slept in the first place.
"Well, normally I would be sleeping," Near began, "but my roommate and I overheard your little argument next door. She claimed that, since I was your number one successor, I would, likely, grow up into a pervert like you," Near explained without showing any emotions.
"I'm…a pervert?" L murmured to himself while raising an eyebrow. It was the first time he's ever been called one and, personally, he didn't understand why he was being called one at all.
"Apparently," Near sighed as he began to lean against the door to his room.
"Who is your roommate anyway?" L asked with genuine curiosity
As soon as he posed the question, the door to Near's room swung open, causing Near to fall down.
"That would be me!" a very mature looking woman with long wavy light blue hair and glasses yelled out loud in confidence. "And, by the way, you're a sick pervert," the woman accused.
"Um…," L pointed down to the floor where Near fell down causing the woman gasp.
"Ah, s-sorry, Near. Guess I got a little carried away," the woman admitted as she helped Near up.
"No, it's my fault. I shouldn't have been leaning against the door in the first place," Near reasoned as he dusted himself off. "Anyway, L, this is my roommate Crystal. She's one of the best artists at the school and…she hates men," Near announced sounding, almost, apologetic at the end.
For Near to include that in her introduction, L reasoned, it must be because it's an essential part of her character. So, logically, L figured he should be as polite as possible to avoid any possible incidents that would trigger her man-hating side.
"Pleasure to meet-," L began.
"SHUT UP YOU CHAUVANIST PIG! YOU THINK I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT YOU WERE PULLING WITH MY DEAR FRIEND LUISE NEXT DOOR YOU SICK PERVERT! I SWEAR IF YOU SO MUCH AS LOOK AT HER THE WRONG WAY, I'M COMING AFTER YOU! AND YOU BETTER NOT CORRUPT MY LITTLE NEAR, YOU HEAR ME?!" Crystal raged.
"Uh…," L was speechless and bewildered at the sudden outburst that he had just heard.
"C'mon," Near demanded as he pulled L's sleeve and began walking away from the bedrooms and towards the family room. "Goodnight, Crystal. See you in the morning," Near stated whilst walking and waving his hand up.
"Okay! Have a fun night with your friend, dearie!" Crystal yelled whilst waving very motherly-like.
L sort of gave up and just let Near drag him to wherever he was taking him. He was very thankful that Near was able to get him out of that awkward situation, although, he wasn't exactly sure how he did.
"You said she hates men, but she didn't appear to hold any antagonism towards you," L noticed.
"I've been her roommate since I was six years old and she was twelve years olds. So, she sees me as a little brother in a way," Near informed stoically whilst still dragging L.
'Seems more like a brother complex to me,' L thought to himself. It appeared as if Near was, indeed, taking them into the family room, but instead he stopped in front of the last room in the hallway which had the words 'Game Room' on them. This piqued L's interest because there was never a Game Room when he attended Wammy's House.
"By this time of the night, no one's usually in here because of curfew, so we can stay here until morning," Near affirmed whilst opening the door. "Hm…that's strange the light in here shouldn't be on," Near claimed whilst walking into the room with L following.
L looked around the room and noticed a plethora of television sets, videogame consoles, and couches on right half of the room, a playpen which, he presumed, was for the smaller children in the further left corner of the room with mind enhancing learning games, and, in the closer left corner, he noticed a shelf filled with dozens of puzzles, action figures, a dart board, etc.
"Well, it's nice to see where my donations are going…," L stated.
Near picked up two dice from that corner of the room and threw them towards the videogame section of the room.
"Ow!" two voices called out after getting hit by the dice. One of them popped their heads up to see who threw it. Due to his extremely red spikey hair, Near concluded that it was Sonic which would make the other…
"Hey, Matt! It's okay, it's only Near and L," Sonic assured as he rose up from hiding behind a couch.
"Thank God," Matt exhaled in relief as he rose up from his hiding place as well, "if Roger caught us in here again we'd be on clean up duty for a month," Matt joked.
"You know, even though I just met you both, somehow it's not surprising to find you in here," L revealed.
"Right, the bigger surprise is YOU guys being here. Something happen?" Matt questioned.
L and Near explained to Matt and Sonic how Luise got upset over the changing incident and how Crystal overheard it.
"Man, L, you're a riot!" Matt announced whilst slapping L's shoulder and laughing hysterically.
"Glad someone finds it amusing," L sighed whilst rolling his eyes.
"You know, you could have just gone into the bathroom while she changed," Sonic suggested.
"We didn't exactly have time to think the whole thing over," L informed.
"So, L…," Matt walked right next to L and began nudging his side with his shoulder, "did you see anything you like?" Matt asked with a wink.
"I wasn't aware that she was changing in the first place until she told me," L affirmed.
"Really? Then how'd you know she was in her underwear?" Matt inquired with a smirk.
"Your insinuations are making me uncomfortable. It'd be a shame if Roger got an anonymous tip that a certain red-head was playing around passed curfew," L warned.
"Hm," Matt drawled whilst thinking deeply, "…you know, L, you may be the number 1 detective in the world and Luise may be Watari's successor but when you get right down to it, you're both just a boy and a girl who are almost the same age. Remember that," Matt explained with a very serious expression on his face.
"I'll keep that in mind," L lied, dismissing everything he said as nonsense in his own head.
"Alright, I'll stop bugging you. Wouldn't want to get in trouble," Matt shrugged. Upon hearing that, Near shot up almost as if he had a realization.
"Matt, let us sleep in your room tonight, or Roger will hear about you playing around," Near demanded.
"Well, you're out past curfew too, you know," Matt pointed out.
"I'm out past curfew with L. If Roger caught us, I'd just say we were discussing some of the more detailed notes about being the number 1 detective in the world. Unfortunately, you wouldn't have such an excuse, would you?" Near asked with a smile on his face almost as if he was declaring victory.
"Hmph, well fine then. The beds can hold two people anyway," Matt gave in.
"Hold it!" another voice coming from outside the game room yelled.
Lilly walked into the Game Room with her arms crossed with Mist following her with her gaze on Near.
"You think I don't know what you're trying to do?" Lilly asked whilst pointing at Near. "You're trying to get on L's good side by spending as much time with him as you possibly can. All so you remain his number one successor. Well, I won't let it happen! Matt, we're sleeping in your room too," Lilly ordered.
"What?" Matt asked bewildered.
"You heard me! You're with me, right Mist?" Lilly directed at her friend.
"I go where Near goes," Mist stated matter-of-factly.
"So, it's settled then. It's only fair that the fourth and fifth in line to be his successor get to join in too," Lilly concluded with a triumphant grin whilst folding her arms. "By the way, L, I don't care even if you are a, um…pervert because you're still the best detective in the world. I'm in your care, so please teach me a lot!" Lilly informed awkwardly whilst bowing in front of L.
"Uh…sure?"
*End Flashback*
"…and that's what happened," L explained thoroughly without stopping for a second from working on his laptop.
"Speaking of which, what were you two doing outside the Game Room so late at night?" Matt asked directing his question at Lilly and Mist.
"Well…," Lilly began
*Flashback*
Lilly and Mist were-
*End Flashback*
"No! No more flashbacks!" Mello yelled.
"To put it shortly, I was stalking Near and Lilly was stalking L," Mist informed nonchalantly.
"I was not stalking him!" Lilly yelled causing L to look back behind him. "I was NOT stalking you," Lilly promised facing L whilst waving her hands up in front of her and shaking her head.
"Near, are you not hearing this?" Matt questioned.
"Hm? Hear what?" Near replied curiously.
"I swear that kid has selective hearing when it comes to women," Matt hypothesized.
"Can you all just shut up!" Mello snapped in annoyance whilst holding his right hand over his face in frustration. He was cringing at the thought of having to share his room with so many people, especially Near, his archrival.
"I don't think of you as a rival at all," Near pointed out, having finished his puzzle multiple times already, he pulled out a bag of dice and started stacking them.
"Now you're reading minds?!" Mello shouted. "Also, no stacking your dice in here, it'll be too annoying to clean up if someone topples it over," Mello reasoned.
"Fine," Near complied as he put his dice back in his bag.
"Darn it!" L complained whilst biting thumb nail in frustration.
"What's the matter?" Mello asked with genuine curiosity.
"I'm trying to hack into someone's computer for a case," L explained.
"Maybe, I can help," Matt insisted as he got up, put his GameBoy down, and started walking towards L.
"No, that's not necessary," L assured, but Matt was already right above him.
"L…why are you on a PORN site?" Matt asked feeling a little uneasy.
"What's a porn site?" Sonic whispered to Near.
"No idea," Near responded truthfully.
"Cool, is it the Near yaoi site Linda, Sierra, and I set up?" Mist asked with her eyes sparkling.
"I swear there is something seriously wrong with you, Mist," Mello sighed.
"Lilly, how come you didn't say anything? I mean, you were watching him the whole goddamn time!" Matt pointed out.
"Because I, clearly, stated before that I didn't care that he was a pervert," Lilly justified.
"Does nobody trust me here? I'm not a pervert. The creator of this website is a major suspect of mine in a case I'm trying to solve. So, I'm trying to extract his computer's IP address so I hack into it and track him," L explained nonchalantly.
"Oh…well all you have to do is this and that and then this and done," Matt finished.
"Thank you," L stated sincerely.
"I don't mean to state the obvious here," Mello began, "but we only have two beds that can fit two each at the most, so three of us are going to have to sleep on the floor," Mello brought up.
"I won't be partaking in the sleeping portion of this 'slumber party', so now you only have six to deal with," L mentioned still working tirelessly on his computer.
"This is a detective slumber party, I thought we were all pulling all-nighters," Sonic guessed with a grim expression on his face.
"We have classes tomorrow, so no," Mello informed.
"The girls will get my bed and Sonic and I will get the floor, that alright with you?" Matt asked.
"I guess…pretty short sleepover though," Sonic snorted.
"Wait a minute, that would mean that I'm sleeping with…,"
"I'd advise you to choose your wording a little more carefully, Mello," Near suggested.
"No no no, there's no way that I'm sharing a bed with hi-," Mello began before he was interrupted by Mist whispering something in his ear. "Ahem. Okay, fine," Mello gave in. Whatever Mist whispered in Mello's ear seemed to have made him, quite, flustered.
Everyone began setting up for bed. Lilly and Mist both settled in Matt's bed with Lilly choosing the end and Mist choosing the side closer to the center of the room. Mello also settled into his bed, picking the side closer to center of the room, leaving Near with the end. Matt and Sonic both set up pillows and blankets on two corners of the room. L just watched as they all set up until Near walked up him.
"Luise usually sets her alarm for around 8:00 AM," Near acquainted.
"Why are you telling me this?" L inquired curiously.
"You know why," Near stated whilst walking towards his bed.
'I do know why,' L thought to himself. To be honest, he thought if he explained what happened to the others that they would support his reasoning but he was incorrect in assuming so. Instead, they just called him a pervert. 'That means only one thing,' L thought, 'that I am in the wrong here.' L realized that he would have to go apologize to Luise straight away and he would do so at 8:00 AM. He'll have to thank Near in the morning.
Matt closed the lights in the room leaving the only light coming from L's laptop and the only sound coming from his typing. The detective slumber party officially ended as everyone but the number 1 detective himself went to sleep.
L looked at the time on his laptop, which read 7:51 AM. He had successfully completed the case he was working on last night and scrolled through various other potential ones that he could do from Wammy's House all night long. He closed his laptop and got up, preparing to leave the room.
However, before he reached the door, he noticed an…inconsistency with the bed arrangement. Mello was now in the same bed as Lilly and Mist was now in the same bed as Near. And not only that, but Mist was hugging Near very closely from behind. She also appeared to be awake.
"Mist?" L whispered quietly.
"Hm?" Mist replied. L could have sworn he saw hearts coming out of her eyes.
"What are you doing?" L asked.
"Can't talk. In heaven," Mist stated.
"You know, Lilly's probably going to be pretty mad about this L," L revealed.
"Don't care. In heaven,"
From L's point of view, it really did look like she thought she was in heaven. Honestly, though, he couldn't understand how Near could sleep through all of that hugging. 'He must be a really heavy sleeper,' L reasoned just as he was about to leave the room. He didn't want to be here when Lilly woke up, so he left the room quietly and began walking back to his room
L, finally, reached the door. He figured that by now it was a few minutes after 8:00 AM so she should be awake. Okay, so now all he has to do is open the door and apologize. Shouldn't be that hard. L opened the door quickly and walked in.
"Luise, I've come to apolo…gize," L began before realizing that right in front of him was Luise changing again. And worst of all, she was wearing nothing but her bra and underwear…again. Only this time, he actually got a good look at her. 'Pink,' L thought to himself. L stood there with a blank face before running into the bathroom and closing the door. "Let me know when you're done," L requested from inside.
Luise just stood there for a few seconds in bewilderment before she could ponder what had just happened.
"What the hell?!" Luise yelled in annoyance. "L, I swear, you're planning this!" Luise accused whilst she finished changing.
"No no no I'm not," L responded with his heart racing either out of fear or excitement, probably the former. With the circumstances, he doesn't think he'll be thanking Near after all!
"Goddammit, L, I know you saw this time!"
"Well, to be fair, you did see me in a similar situation yesterday," L reasoned
"It's different for a girl!" Luise screamed.
"Can you not be so loud? I don't want to wake the neighbors," L pleaded.
"WHERE IS THAT CHAUVINIST PIG?!" L heard Crystal's voice before hearing the door to their room being kicked open.
"Here we go…," L sighed to himself.
"Whoa, Crystal! Where in the world did you get a baseball bat?" L heard Luise ask Crystal.
"Where is he?" Crystal asked.
"Calm down, Crystal. It was just a misunderstanding. If something really does happen, I'll give you a call, okay?" Luise suggested as she pushed Crystal out of the room and closed the door. "Phew," she sighed. "L, you can come out now."
L opened the door slowly, revealing a fully dressed Luise in front of him with her arm's crossed and an angry expression on her face.
"As I was saying," L continued, "I wish to apologize for my behavior yesterday. I've thought about it for a long time, and concluded that it was rude of me not to just leave the room while you were changing. I swear it will not happen a secon…a third time," L corrected himself.
"Well, I guess it wasn't entirely your fault or your intent," Luise concluded. "But, goddamn, L, just learn how to knock!" Luise demanded.
"So, I'm forgiven?" L presumed.
"Yes yes, you're forgiven. But this is strike one," Luise informed.
"One more thing," L brought up, "I feel like I need to take responsibility for what happened," L disclosed.
'Responsibility? What the hell's he gonna do: pop a ring?!' Luise thought to herself.
"So, I'm going to provide you with my cell phone number which I will use to inform you whenever I am to enter the room," L explained whilst handing her a piece of paper with his number on it.
"Okay, good, no ring. Got scared there for a second," Luise murmured to herself as she took the paper and pocketed it.
"Excuse me?" L asked.
"Nothing!" Luise denied saying anything.
"Also, Watari has made the suggestion to me and, likely, to you that we get to know each other better. I don't feel very comfortable seeing a female…in that state without knowing a thing about them, so would you care to go for a walk later to discuss our future partnership?" L asked.
"Sounds like a plan," Luise responded with a smile on her face. Luise pulled out a pen and a piece of paper and wrote something on it before handing it to L. "Just call me when you want to go," Luise stated before leaving the room.
L looked down at the piece of paper which had a phone number on it. He took out his cell phone and added the number to it under the name 'Luise.' L climbed into his bed and began lying down.
'Even I could use a 20 minute nap after all I've gone through in the past twenty four hours,' L thought to himself.
Hope you all enjoyed Chapter 6!
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