Then and There by blackdragonflower
Chapter Ten: Turmoil
Disclaimers: Characters belong to Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata / Hana, Tsuki, Erin to xxdemonchild+blackdragonflower
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Sayu,
You haven't written me lately sweetie. I was wondering how you are. I'm getting worried about you. Your aunt Hana tells me you've been employed for quite awhile now as a cook at an orphanage. How come you never told me? Your brother is working with your father in the NPA now. I'm so proud of him. Well, please write me soon.
Love your mother,
Sachiko Yagami
The brunette girl sighed and pressed the "control" and "n" button at the same time bringing up a new email.
Hi mom.
Sorry for not writing you lately. I've been very busy with school, work, and things. Um, the reason I haven't written lately is I've been busy spending time with my new boyfriend.
Sayu snickered thinking about it. Mello wasn't fairly new, it'd been a little over five months now, and it was going pretty steady. She hadn't thought of telling her mother about Mello, or the details of her life. It was just she was fine and doing okay. But it was about time the cat was let out of the bag and her mother came to find out.
My boyfriend is very nice. I like him a lot. He goes by the name Mello. He has blonde hair, blue eyes, and he's very intelligent. Haha, I think he could rival Light in that department! He's the same age as me and treats me very well, I think you'd like him mom. He really likes chocolate too! I'm sorry I haven't written lately. Well, I love you! ; )
Sayu
The girl was shutting down her computer when she heard her cell ring. Quickly she scrambled over and snatched it up. "Hello?"
"Hey. You ready for our date? I'm outside the gate waiting for you on my bike."
"Why aren't you in the gate?"
"I don't think your aunt likes me too much." Mello laughed through the phone.
"Oh I'm not so sure. I'm sure she loves you."
"Oh sweetheart I think you might need to rethink that. You couldn't tell? Ever since last month when you got home late your aunt increased security. Probably doesn't help your cousin Tsuki and her friend tried sneaking over the fence."
"Oh my... I didn't know about that...Wow... how did I not hear that?"
"I have no idea... Please hurry. One of the guards is staring at me weird, and I'm tempted to flip him the bird."
"Oh please don't do that I'm coming!"
About a week later
"Sayu! Your mom's on the phone!" Tsuki yelled. "Come get it!"
"Coming Tsuki! Hold on!" Sayu turned her attention back to her cell. "Hey Matt talk to you later. My mom's calling from Japan."
When she ran down the stairs and grabbed the cordless phone from her cousin she found a voice much different from her mother's. No, this was the voice that had sent her away about half a year or so ago. "Sayu?"
The young woman felt her heart flutter and her knees ready to give out from under her. "D-dad?"
"Why don't you come back to Japan, permanently?"
"Dad... I-I don't know..." Tsuki watched her cousin concerned. Though she didn't see her cousin much she knew something was up. The girl ran off to call someone on her cell.
"Why not Sayu? Come back to Japan. Your mother misses you." He didn't say, "I miss you" or anything like that. Sayu felt her chest tighten.
"Can I... talk to mom dad?"
There was a sound of the phone being passed, and for the first time in months Sayu heard her mother's voice. Tears welled in her eyes. Out of her whole family she missed her mother the most. "Hi Sayu darling!"
"Mom..." Sayu bit her lip and tears rolled down her face. "Mom I miss you so much!"
"Please come back home. I miss you so much too."
"Mom... I don't know... I have a lot of things to think about..."
"I understand. You've been living in England for a while now. It's nice to hear your Japanese is still fluent."
"Of course! I've still been practicing with Tsuki-chan! She's not the best since she's lived here her whole life but she tries. Mello speaks Japanese too!"
"Oh your boyfriend speaks Japanese too? That' s nice. Is he Japanese?"
"I don't think so."
"Well, I better let you go dear. You have a lot to think about. If you don't come home to stay... please come visit. Love you dear."
"Yeah... I love you too mom... Tell dad... and Light I love them too."
"Bye sweetie."
"Bye..." The phone fell from her fingertips and she left it hanging. Her feet moved themselves as she dragged herself to her room.
She closed her door behind her and locked it. She fell onto her bed and stared at the ceiling. What was she to do? She grabbed her stuffed cat and hugged it closely tears spilling down her face.
"I don't want to leave him... but I want to go home..."