Chapter 11
Light stared at L. "You," he said, "are just pathetic."
"Sorry, but I'm certain staying with those kids is bad for anyone's sanity. Only more so now that I'm dating the only girl there."
"Are you really dating?"
"Yes."
"Where've you taken her so far?"
"There was a horror festival a few weeks ago that we went to."
"That's it?"
"And the time before that, we went to a wrestling death match."
Light face palmed. "Are you an idiot? You haven't gone to the movies or an amusement park? What about a hot spring? Or the beach?"
"You're not dating a Goth. That sort of thing doesn't work with Sunako-chan."
"But death matches do?!"
L nodded, shaking his head. "You should have seen it. I never noticed how animated she could be just by seeing blood."
"That," Light said, "has to be one weird chick. I really do have to meet her before my execution in a couple months."
L winced.
"Hey, I had time to think about it. It was a good shot, but it was stupid."
"It was excruciatingly stupid, Light-kun," L snapped. "But yeah. I'll make sure to bring her here."
"What if she's a Kira supporter?"
L shrugged. "I don't think she is. Heart attacks are painful, certainly, but Sunako would more likely prefer Kira torturing his victims to death."
Light shivered. "Wow…"
After a few seconds of silence, L stood. "I'll bring her next time."
"Going?"
L nodded. "I've got to get to their school. Today's the beginning of the School Festival."
"Get me a souvenir if you can," Light said.
"Why? You're going to be executed in just a few months."
Light glared at him. "Maybe I want to be buried with it."
L snickered. "Later."
"Yeah."
L walked out of the prison and walked to the school.
"Kya! It's Lawliet-san!" a girl screamed.
L turned to the source and, with a scream of his own, ran as fast as he could into the school.
"What the hell!?" he shouted, running into the Horror House. Looking around, he sighed. "Well…might as well hide here…"
"L?"
L turned to the speaker, thinking it was another fan girl. "Oh…Sunako-chan…it's just you…"
"What do you mean, just me?" Sunako snapped.
"Two words: fan girls."
"Ah," Sunako muttered. "I thought only the Creatures of the Light had them."
"Apparently, I have them too—at least since Valentine's Day, but they've pretty much left me alone…"
"Nakahara-san," a boy said, "we could use your help."
"Right," Sunako said, returning to her post. "You're welcome to stay here until someone kicks you out, L," she said.
"Thanks," L said sarcastically.
Sunako ignored the sarcasm and went back to work.
He looked around the room.
At first glance, it looked like just a display. Jarred remains and oddities rested on a shelf. There were screens that had a hole in them for students to stare at people. There was even a girl who screamed with fake rats crawling over her.
L, over all, was unimpressed. But for a high school horror house, it was better than just a display. He left the Horror House after an hour.
He glanced out prudently; first to the left, then to the right.
He stepped out and walked around the school.
Since leaving the horror house, he had no problems.
"Ah! Lawliet-san!" Ranmaru called.
L glanced at him.
"Want some tea?"
"Er…"
"Relax, my class is doing a café."
L shrugged and entered the classroom.
"Kya! Lawliet-san!" a girl squealed.
L glared at Ranmaru, but the boy looked shocked. L stopped glaring. "Was she one of your fans?" L asked.
Ranmaru nodded.
L sat down at a table and a girl came up to him, hugging her tray.
"Would you like something to drink?"
"Milk tea with three lumps of sugar," L muttered.
The girl ran to fulfill his request.
"Would you like chocolate or strawberry cake?" another girl asked him.
"Eh?" L said. "All I want is some tea."
Ranmaru blinked. "I thought you liked strawberry chocolate cake?"
"Morii-kun," L growled.
The girl ran off and returned with chocolate cake with a strawberry on top.
"Here you go, Lawliet-san," she said, setting the plate down.
L face palmed and tried to relax.
The first girl returned with his tea.
"I hope you like it," she said.
Both girls had not left, staring at him.
L glared at them, "Can I eat in peace?"
"Alright, ladies, back to work," Ranmaru said, trying to push them away from L. Ranmaru returned and sat down. "Thank Kami, I'm done for the day," he said.
L shrugged.
"How's the tea and cake?"
"I'm surprised it's actually edible," he muttered. "At least it's sweet."
"I know what you mean. Once you have Sunako's food, you can never go back."
L shrugged. "Do you know why I have fan girls?"
"Because Takenaga, Kyouhei, Yuki, and I tossed you to the sharks a few months ago."
"Don't get fresh with me, kid," L snapped. "I figured they'd leave me alone after getting over a quick fling."
"Never underestimate fan girls, Oniisan," Ranmaru said.
L glared at him and opened his mouth to retort, but Ranmaru continued: "Some of us have had fan girls since we hit thirteen, or younger. Just ask any of us—Kyouhei could whip out a country song about it."
L shook his head. "Wow…and I thought Light had it bad…"
"Who?"
"My best friend."
"Ah."
"Kya! Lawliet-san and Ranmaru-kun together!" another girl screamed.
Ranmaru smiled winsomely at the girl. L just glared at her.
"Lawliet-san!"
"Oh, F*ck…" L growled, trying to hide his face.
"Hi-hi, my cute little kittens," Ranmaru said, blowing the girls a kiss.
"KYA!!!" SQUIRT!!
L glanced at the group of girls, now lying on the ground, out cold and twitching from blood loss. He turned to Ranmaru who ran his fingers through his hair.
"See, it's easy, but Kyouhei and the others just don't seem to listen to me."
"Gee," L said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. "I wonder why."
"Oh, don't be such a spoil sport," Ranmaru said. "You have your own group of fan girls; they're getting on your nerves. Sometimes, it does help having a little bit of…shall we say…flare?"
"I'm dating your housemate," L snapped. "I'm not using, as you so kindly put it, 'flare' to get these girls off my back."
"Fine, but most of them still think that Sunako and Kyouhei are together."
"How popular is that rumor?!"
"Very popular," Ranmaru said. "You could just kiss our pretty little Sunako-chan at tonight's ceremony. That will get them off your back even just a little bit."
L stared at the teenager open mouthed. "Sunako, plus kiss, equals lots of blood. You know that better than I do. Why even suggest it then?"
"Because you," Ranmaru said, "Are her boyfriend. I know you've kissed her before. Why would it make any more different?"
L opened his mouth to snap at him, but closed it again. Damn! I got outwitted by an idiot.
I REALLY like this kid.
If it doesn't work, Morii-kun will be fed to the sharks. "Fine," L said, "at the ceremony."
"On stage—and it's got to be a hot kiss."
Really, REALLY, REALLY like this kid!
I'm going to kill him…
"Fine."
Ranmaru smirked.
~That Night~
"Presenting Mr. Mori High! Lawliet-san!"
"WHAT THE HELL?!?!" L shouted. "I'M NOT A STUDENT!! I'M NOT EVEN A TEACHER!!!"
"But everyone voted for you."
L face palmed.
"LAW-LI-ET! LAW-LI-ET!"
"Fine," L hissed, stepping on stage.
"Now, for Ms. Mori High—hey!"
"Ms. Mori High," Ranmaru said, taking the microphone from the announcer, "is Sunako Nakahara."
"EEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHH!?!?!?!?!" the entire school shouted.
The announcer looked at the slip saying the winner to Ms. Mori High. "He's right…"
"But it should have been Noi-chan!"
"Well…once it was Yuki-kun, but that time, he was dressed in drag."
"Chuu…"
L glanced at Ranmaru who winked at him.
That kid messed with the results…how did he…?
I think he's smarter than he lets on…
Well no shit!
Sunako was shoved on stage. She hid behind L, trying to keep hidden from the thousands of eyes staring at them.
L glanced at Ranmaru, who was smirking at him.
Better now than later…
Hehe… ;p
L pried Sunako off of him and embraced her, dipping down onto one knee.
Sunako wrapped her arms around his neck to keep from falling, though L had a fairly good grip around her waist, and stroked her cheek with his other hand.
"What's going on?"
"Isn't Nakahara with Takano?"
"No," Yuki said to the girl, "never was. We lied about that."
"But still," Takenaga muttered. "This reeks of Ranmaru."
"Yep," Noi agreed.
L captured Sunako's lips.
Sunako gasped; L snaked his tongue into her mouth.
"WHAT THE HELL!?!"
"NAKAHARA!!!"
"SHE'S DEAD!"
"WOOT! GO LAWLIET!!!"
Sunako shivered in L's arms. Come on, Sunako-chan, keep conscious….
Come on, Sunako, kiss me back!
Not the time or place!
Oh shut up.
Sunako's strength gave out and blood squirted out of her nose. She passed out in L's arms.
After they left the stage, L went to wash the blood off his face…
He had also gotten a nosebleed—though it was on a lesser scale.
okay, so the image I was using for the kissing scene was from Ouran High School Host Club, ep. 1 when they're debating whether they should or should not drink "commoner's" coffee...ya know what, here's a link. Type in "youtube" first and copy the rest...sadly it won't let me actually give the darn link .
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