Chapter 9

Hai again, glad you decided to continue reading it really means a lot to me, I won't talk too much this time because I'm sure you're dying to see more.

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I'm practically bouncing in anticipation of seeing our room, but I play it cool every time Ryuzaki looks at me. Need to calm down, need to play it cool, need to relax.

I take a deep breath as Watari opens the door to our room. Its pitch black until he flips on the light. The illumination reveals a giant suite with many rooms inside it. This place is bigger than my goddamn apartment.

Watari walks in and heads to the kitchen while Ryuzaki heads to what I assume is the living room. I step in slowly and shut the door behind me, locking it. Ryuzaki, before heading in his direction had kicked off his shoes and they were now lying haphazardly on the floor. I quickly hop to pull mine off and align them by the door on a mat. Ryuzaki isn't that far away so I run after him, throwing my art stuff on the nearest flat surface. This place seems like it was made for us, then again, he probably had it set up ahead of time. I can feel my excitement turn into fatigue as he changes direction and leads me to a room with a big 'S' on it. He looks to me then wanders off somewhere else. I stare at the door for a sec then open it slowly, flipping on the lights. It's a big room, but smaller than the one at the mansion. My suitcase and belongings have already been brought here and are waiting for me on the bed. Walking around I notice it also has a bathroom attached to it. I take a seat on the bed and lay back, stretching out.

I'm exhausted…

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I open my eyes to the light of the sun coming through the window of a strange room. Where am I? Oh right, the hotel. I must have fallen asleep. What's this? I don't remember getting into bed…someone must have moved me. Was it Watari or Ryuzaki? I'm under the blankets and my hoodie is off. I glance around and see it on a chair; I roll over and see the contents of my pockets have been emptied out onto the table next to the bed. Oh my god…they reached into my pockets? It had to have been Ryuzaki…

There is a knock on the door.

"Miss Matsui, are you awake yet? We need to get ready for the meeting." I can tell by the voice that it's Watari. And who else would call me 'Miss' I sit up and rub my eyes.

"You can come in Watari."

The door opens slowly and Watari's head pops in first before his whole body. He's holding a plastic dress/suit bag. "I've taken the liberty of getting you new clothes for this occasion. I remembered how uncomfortable you had seemed in your skirt so I ordered a new pantsuit for you, and it has already been dry-cleaned. Watari moves over to a door near my bed and opens it revealing a closet, it's empty. He hangs up the bag and unzips it. I rub my eyes again and swing my legs over the edge of the bed. Watari turns and smiles as I get ready to change into my new clothes. Watari removes them from the bag and gently drapes them over my arm. I remember that I had seen a bathroom in here so I head toward that door. Before I open it I glance back at Watari who hasn't moved.

"I would like to make sure that they fit properly before we leave." I nod and walk into the bathroom.

It's a pretty normal bathroom for a hotel; the shower is a tub shower and there's a toilet and a small vanity. I turn and notice that one wall has a full body mirror and I turn away from it to put my clothes on the vanity, but look back a few times.

Everyone has always told me how they think I look great and how thin I am, but I've never thought myself as thin or pretty. I'm not fat per say but I've always wanted to be thinner. That and if the universe could give me bigger-than-A-cup-breasts that would be great. I don't particularly have a gut but I feel like the pudge that I do have is too much.

I remove my jeans and slip into the black dress pants. With the button the way it is the pants fit snug and as I glance behind me I notice how great my ass looks. My tank top is black and the shirt Watari included is blood red. I leave my tank on and slip my arms through the shirt; it's long sleeved and button up. I leave the last button undone so that the collar is open and you can see my trademark crescent moon necklace. I loosen it and it hangs down near my collar bones. The sleeves are a bit short for my liking but I usually like them to be long enough to where I can hide my hands, so technically, the shirt fits fine. I sigh and pull on my suit jacket; it's black and seems to be made of the same material as my pants. Its sleeves are slightly shorter than the red shirt and as I reach my hands out I can clearly see that according to me, I'd never buy something this short, but for work it's perfect. I turn to the mirror and do a little spin in my fancy new getup before pulling the suit jacket down.

This is some high quality stuff, probably cost a fortune…

There is a knock at the door. "Miss Matsui are you alright? How do they fit?"

I put my other clothes into a pile and open the door, Watari is waiting on the other side. When he sees me he seems surprised for a second but then smiles. "Oh, they seem to fit nicely I'm glad." I nod and turn to grab my clothes from the floor. "Oh, don't worry about those yet, are you hungry?"

I'm more tired than hungry, but I guess I should eat.

"I'm more tired than hungry but I should probably eat." Watari nods and turns to leave.

"I will make some coffee, what would you like to eat?"

"I don't know, a bagel I guess, plain or blueberry if you can find one. I don't want anything on it, but leave it as is." Yeah…I eat it raw, it's like flavored bread.

"Very well, our suite is relatively small so I'll find you when I'm done." I nod and he leaves my room. I look around and spot the pile of clothes, I grab them and walk into my bedroom and drop them near my suitcase anyway.

I wonder what Ryuzaki is up to.

I exit my room an as I close the door behind me I adjust my belt, it's the special one they gave me. When I dropped my clothes on the floor I had grabbed it and put it on.

I look around me and head toward the room that's the most dark, from the doorway I can see the light of a computer monitor. "Ryuzaki?" I call into the room.

"Yes Suzuki?"

Holy shit!

I nearly jump out of my suit as the voice comes from behind me. "Oh my god! Why would you sneak up on me like that? You scared the shit outta me I thought you were in that room." I spin around and my hand jumps to my chest.

"Oh? I'm sorry; scaring you was never my intention. I was simply returning to work." Ryuzaki unwraps a lollipop and sticks it in his mouth. My breathing calms down as Ryuzaki stares at me with his onyx eyes.

"You're very jumpy Suzuki…Anyway, you'll be leaving with Watari soon right?" I nod and step to the side as he goes to enter the room. As we enter I flip on the lights and Ryuzaki turns and glares at me a bit. I give him a sly smirk. Yeah, I turned the lights on what are you gonna do about it?

Ryuzaki turns back and sits in a chair in his usual position; he stares at the screen as if he's preparing for something and wants to make sure every detail is perfect. I lean against the wall not far from him; I hear a noise and look out into the hall, Watari is walking toward me with a coffee mug and a bagel. I smile and reach out for it as he gets closer.

"Thank you Watari." I take a sip of the coffee. Wow that's sweet; I wonder how much sugar is in here. It is better than black coffee though. I raise the cup as an mmm that's good and bite my bagel. Mmm blueberry bagel.

"We'll be leaving soon Miss Matsui, please be ready to go when I call. Oh by the way, you left your cell phone and ID case in your bedroom, for fear of you forgetting them I've brought them for you." Watari attempts to hand it all to me but my hands are full. I put the bagel in my mouth and take the phone, shoving it into my back pocket. Before the bagel falls out of my mouth I take the ID case and place it in my suit jackets internal pocket. God I love having pockets. I bite off the soggy piece of bagel and the rest returns to its place in my hand. There we are crisis averted, no pun intended.

"Thank you Watari, knowing me I would forget them." I turn and meet Ryuzakis eyes. He must have been watching the entire time .I smile at him but he turns back around. Wonder what his deal is…

"Suzuki, you realize that once you leave the hotel people all around you will be speaking Japanese and once you get to the conference people will be speaking other languages as well. How do you plan to deal with that?" Ryuzaki speaks but doesn't look at me, he still seems annoyed.

You've got a point Ryuzaki…

"I didn't think anyone would need me to speak, I just figured I'd stand against a wall and listen." Ryuzaki turns to me with dead eyes and his thumb near his mouth.

"How do you expect to understand any of what you're listening to?" Shit…another good point.

"I really hadn't thought about that. You're the brains here, I'm just a soldier." I sip my coffee and Ryuzaki seems frustrated.

"You don't give yourself enough credit…" He sighs and his words seem forced through his sigh. "For now I will record the event and tell you if anything important is said via ear piece, but…" He turns back and grabs a book with his thumb and index finger then stands and walks toward me. "This is that dictionary you asked for."

I put the bagel in my mouth once again and take the book, putting it under my arm before biting the bagel again. "Thank you. I'll look thought it later when I have more time." I'm almost done with my bagel so I pop the last piece in my mouth and wash it down with my sugar coffee.

"There's one more thing Suzuki…please be careful. You are in Kira's territory and if he were to kill you…well that would be upsetting."

That would be upsetting…

My face heats up and I turn from him.

"Miss Matsui, it's time for us to leave." Watari appears and I nod at him.

"Okay, I'll see you later Ryuzaki, and don't worry, I don't plan on getting killed by Kira." I don't hear his response because I'm already trailing after Watari, but before I leave our suite completely I glance back at where he was standing.

That would be upsetting…

Well, what did you think? Ryuzaki is a pain in the butt to write for. Here you have a character with almost zero social skills and I'm trying to make him fall in love. It is possible but things have to be as slow as friggin' molasses to work with his Death Note persona. He has to begin to rely on her and see her for her full value before he even thinks about her that way. Yeah there are hints here and there but I'm not expecting him to just come out of nowhere and confess, unless that's what you want…let me know how you want Ryuzaki to act, I'm all ears. So I want to thank Youkai-no-Natasha for telling me that my story is beautiful, I appreciate the review. Now I'd like to know what part is beautiful lol the part where I described the city, or the whole story. *laughs uneasily* Anyway continue to favorite and read and comment and review. And I will see you next time in DNTOS.