Disclaimer: I don't own Death Note.
The next day, everyone began packing. Mello had already said he would leave, and Matt and Site were with him. But where would they go? And what could they do to stop Kira? What could they do, period?
Everyone tried to take a break from thinking those thoughts as they took one last walk around the orphanage. They were leaving the next day. "So, who's gonna get the apartment?" Mello asked as they took their time walking down the halls of Wammy's. "Can't we get different apartments? I don't wanna live with a girl-" Matt said, with an almost nagging tone in his voice. "Thanks." Site said sarcastically. "Well it's true. Wouldn't you mind living with two guys?" he asked. "No, why the hell would I mind?" "Because we-" "Off-topic." Mello interrupted before Matt could say anything Site would prefer not to hear. "We're getting one apartment because it's cheaper." He explained. "Why? Site probably won't let me smoke inside." Matt complained. "I don't give a crap if you smoke inside, I take a smoke once in a while!" Site argued. "Well you probably won't let me use the TV for my video games all the time!" "I don't care, I have better things to do than watch TV!" "Back to the damn question, can I get an answer?" Mello asked in frustration. Site let out a breath a breath. "Fine, I'll get the damn apartment." She said.
Now that she thought about it, sharing an apartment with Mello and Matt wouldn't be so bad… no little kids to annoy them, no having to deal with anyone at Wammy's… and she and them would be alone more often, which meant that she could be alone with Mello more…
"Okay, start looking now." Mello instructed. "I'm not looking through 50 newspapers for an apartment by myself!" Site stated defiantly. "…Fine, we'll all look."
After another half-hour of collecting papers, they were looking for a three-bedroom, medium- to large-sized apartment. After God knows how long, Matt found something. It was a medium-sized, two-bedroom (they figured they would move another bed into one room or hope that the couch was a fold-out), and two other-room (a bathroom and a room that was a combination of a living room, a dining room and a kitchen) apartment. Not exactly cheap, but it wasn't out of the price range. Mello took out a chocolate bar, unwrapped it, and took a bite. "Perfect." Was all he had to say.
"We're gonna need jobs." Site said bluntly. "Jesus, can't you let us take a break and be happy about the apartment thing?" Matt asked. "One, we don't even know if we can get the apartment, and-" "it says the price has been lowered, so I'm guessing there weren't many takers. And the person selling must be pretty desperate to lower a price like that." Mello said pointedly, cutting Site off. "Okay, fine. Two, don't celebrate half-way through." She said, looking in Matt's direction. "We can worry about jobs after we get the apartment. We have some money in the bank." Matt said explanatorily. "…fine." Site grumbled.
Later, when it was dark, they were all in a room abandoned by the younger kids for their bedrooms. Matt was sitting in a large chair, fiddling around with his turned-off gaming device. Site was lying on a couch, legs crossed, hands behind her head, as Mello was looking out a window, leaning on the sill. "You know, I might actually might miss this place a little bit." He said, keeping his eyes on the appearing stars outside. "Hm." Matt said unfathomably. "I might not miss it so much." "Yeah, that's because you don't have any memories because all you've done during your time here is play video games." Site said. Mello turned his attention to her reflection in the window. The couch she was lying on was behind him. He took a breath she looked pensive. He loved how she looked when she was pensive. Matt looked over at Mello, raised his eyebrows, then looked over at Site. He had his minor suspicions.
Site sighed. "I really wasn't very happy when I first came here." She reminisced. "Still wasn't very happy when you people came along." "Aren't you nice?" Mello asked sarcastically. "Yeah, well…" Site said, becoming thoughtful again. What would her parents think of Mello? What would they think of her now?
As these thoughts ran through Site's mind, Matt was playing around with the idea of Mello and Site… Mello with Site… his two best friends dating… would this be a good thing or a bad thing?
The next day- moving day. Their bags were packed and they had called in for the apartment earlier that morning. Needless to say, they got it. Wammy's provided the last ride from the orphanage, to the apartment building. They were dropped off in a black limousine, and the woman who owned the apartment building got some rather disappointing first impressions from this. They were shown their apartment, and Site was given the keys. They walked in and were surprised at how large it looked for a 'medium-sized' five-room apartment. "…And we'll be living here…" Matt said from behind the other two. "Really? Because I was under the impression that we were just checking it out." Mello commented sarcastically. "I'm checking out the bedrooms." Site said, ignoring the other twos' statements. "Same." Mello said as Matt followed. They went down a small hall and into an open door on the left. They saw that it was painted dull green, with a queen-sized bed in one corner. "Look at the other room." Site said, hoping the other room would be more attractive.
…It wasn't. it was painted a more beachy sand colour, with a double bed. "Damn…" Site said under her breath. "I call the bigger bed." Mello said almost instantly. "Screw you, it's mine!" Site said. "No friggin' way, why do you get it?" he asked. "Why do you get it?" She threw right back. "Don't I get a say in this?" Matt asked from the oh-so-firmiliar sidelines. "Here, let's just see if the couch is a fold-out." "Why the hell do I get the couch?" "I never said that, maybe we'll take turns." Site replied. "And if it's not?" Mello asked. "Well, unless you two wanna share a bed, then one's gonna have to sleep on the couch, because I'm not sharing a bed." She answered as both Matt and Mello made disgusted faces at her notion.
The couch was fold-out. And instead of making dinner themselves and getting used to the apartment, Matt hooked up some games, Site ordered pizza, and they played video games and ate pizza until 11:30. "You guys getting tired yet?" "Mm." Mello responded to Site's question. "Not really," Matt said. "Pfft, fine." Site said tiredly. "I'm going to bed." she said as she got up. Mello instantly got up as well. If Site got to bed first, she'd get the better bed for herself. Site caught this, and darted towards the room. Mello raced her there and Matt saw them disappear into the hall in between the two rooms. "…I guess I'll have the couch… tonight…" he shouted. They didn't seem to notice.
It was a close race. They both got to the door at about the same time. "Screw off!" Site said as she grabbed the handle and jerked the door open. Nobody was at the bed yet. If she could get there first, she would get it. She'd win.
Unfortunately for her, Mello had thought of this as well. They shot towards the bed. Site successfully rolled on, almost right in the middle of the bed. Mello, on the other hand, had slipped and only managed to get his arms onto the edge of the bed. Site was lying on her stomach near the middle of the bed, and Mello was hanging on to the side- and their faces were inches apart. He got up and turned away, hiding his blushing. "Fine…you can have the damn bed." He said and walked out tensely.