The first thing I noticed when I woke was the bright light streaming through the windows, indicating it was not yet even past midday. The second thing I noticed was the ache in my neck... that's what I get for sleeping on the sofa. The final thing I noticed was L sitting just across the room in his usual odd way, eating cake. Suddenly I had the extreme desire to eat cake too.
"Morning... nice to know I didn't just make up the whole of yesterday in my mind..." I sighed, rubbing my eyes. At least the headache was gone for now, though no doubt it would come back with a vengeance soon enough. I sat up and yawned, running a hand through my now very knotty hair. I was too tired to even care that L was watching this whole thing, and I probably looked like hell. I stood up an shuffled over to the kitchen.
"Good morning Sephy-chan!" sang Simon through his cereal. Mello beside him stayed silent, glaring at am empty bowl. I made an incomprehensible grunt at him and proceeded to raid his cupboard. I found some chocolate covered breakfast bars and proceeded to stuff two down my throat. Yum.
"What's wrong with her?" I heard Mello ask Simon, as they watched me zombie walk around the kitchen towards the kettle.
"She's not a morning person..." whispered Simon. I still heard him. Jackass.
I turned the kettle on and pulled the hot chocolate out of the cupboard, putting three very large spoonfuls in my cup. Now this would help.
"Your bag is in my room by the way if you want to change... meaning go and change now you skank," Simon told me casually.
"Great, thanks," I grumbled, shuffling off into his room, my now ready hot chocolate in hand. I grabbed my bag and headed to the bathroom before taming the hair that some birds must have nested in whilst I was asleep, washing my face and throwing on a comfy pair of clothes. It just so happened to be my long woolly jumper with the bunny ears on the hood. I pulled on a pair of fluffy socks just for extra comfort. By the time I had exited the bathroom and chugged down my hot chocolate I felt much more alive, enough so to smile at each of the boys as I passed them, including Watari who was now sitting at the kitchen table.
I jumped up onto the kitchen counter. "I need to go home," I stated.
"You mean you don't live here?" asked Mello.
"No way. I'd end up killing Simon if I had to live with him... although apparently that's what I'm going to be doing," I grumbled.
"Hey, if it's so bad you can stop eating all of my food," retorted Simon. I stuck my tongue out at him.
"Ha! Not if I'm going to be paying for it!" I growled.
"Yeah yeah, whatever, just go home already," he laughed in return.
Fine. I jumped off of the counter and grabbed my bag, heading out of the door.
"Sephy!" called L, just as I was about to reach the door. I paused and turned to him with a smile.
"Yeah? Fancy joining me?" I asked.
"Uh... no. I'd rather stay inside... Do you think you could bring a laptop back?" asked L. Well that felt like a kick in the gut.
"Oh... yeah, sure," I replied, smiling weakly and heading out of the door. It would have been nice to have had some company. I sighed and began my long trek back home. I seemed to be doing a lot of sighing lately. I suppose it was because I hadn't yet had enough time to freak out over the fact that L was real and I had met him... not to mention Mello and Watari too. This was beyond anything I had ever imagined happening... I wondered why it was me who had found both of them. It could have been anyone. I was happy though, that I had been given this chance. Even if it meant my job was to send them back home.
As soon as I had grabbed everything I needed (an entire suitcase... who knew how long I was going to be there) and explained to my parents I was going to be staying at Simon's (they were surprisingly good about it), I headed back to the flat.
"Do not blow anything up or I swear I will remove every last piece of chocolate from this house!" screamed Simon as I walked in through the door.
"Then I will go and steal some dumdass," Mello roared back at him.
"And I shall have you brought to justice," L said calmly, sitting on the sofa.
"Hey guys... can't go twenty minutes without me can you," I laughed.
"Welcome back Sephy," L said, and I gave him my best smile.
"Here's the laptop you asked for," I said handing it to him before dragging my suitcase to a clear spot in the corner.
"Thank you," L was just turning the laptop on when realisation dawned on me.
"Craaaaaaaaaap, L give it back a moment!" I cried, leaping across the room and snatching it back from him. Unfortunately I was too late to prevent him seeing my wallpaper of him. Damn it. I grabbed it and slammed it shut... backing away slowly. L watched me, a light pink dusting his cheeks. "I uh... have to go delete some stuff," I squeaked, diving into the bathroom.
I opened my laptop and began removing all of my beloved anime pictures. It was hard to delete the Death Note ones, but then I remembered I had the real freaking things right next door. There was also some mild yaoi I had to make sure was never found by them. How shameful. Even more so that I ended up keeping my favourites and just locking them away in a password protected file. Thank god my wallpaper was only L making the 'loser' sign with his fingers. Anything worse and I might have had to have just jumped out of the window then and there. Finally satisfied that my documents had been wiped and browser history cleared, I trotted back into the living room and handed the laptop back to L, trying to act as if nothing happened. Simon was sitting at the other end of the sofa at this point, but I wasn't sure exactly where Mello and Watari had wandered off to. I sat between him and L, rather squished, but neither of them moved.
"Simon. Where is everybody going to sleep?" I asked. His flat was somewhat bigger than most, but not big enough for five people.
"Well... I think Watari gets the other bed that's normally yours... Mello gets the fold out bed in there too... L gets the sofa, and you have the floor," grinned Simon. Oh, how kind of him. Not.
"It's fine, Sephy can have the sofa, I do not have much need for sleep," L said softly, tapping away at the laptop.
"Oh L.. thank you. I could just hug you," I smiled.
"You may if you wish," he said softly, still tapping keys, but now with a light pink once again dusting his cheeks. I think I became the happiest fangirl who ever lived as I wrapped my arms around him. I actually could have died a very happy girl in that moment, even though he made no move to hug me back.
"I've just had a thought," announced Simon, ruining the moment completely.
"Oh wow, it's a freaking miracle," I muttered, removing myself from L.
"No really... If L, Mello and Watari are all here because they were killed by a Death Note... doesn't that mean that Light will turn up eventually?" Simon croaked.
"You're right!" I gasped. "He was killed by Ryuk's Death Note!" Beside me L had gone extremely tense. "This is not good..." I whispered.
"We don't even know when or where he will show up... anyone could come across him..."
