Chapter 12: Crazy and Psychotic Geniuses Alike, Part 2
"Don't you know what I could do to make you feel alright?Don't pretend I think you know I'm damn precious
And Hell Yeah
I'm the motherfking princess
I can tell you like me too and you know I'm right..."
- "Girlfriend," Avil Lavigne
3:27 pm
"Holy crap, you scared me..." Ami panted.
"I apologize." L gave her a slight nod.
Ami furled her brow and stared him down. "Aah...then back the hell up." He doesn't seem to understand the concept of the "personal bubble" space...
"Oh yes." L took a step back from Ami and stood to the left of Light. "This is Light, Assistant Director Yagami's son.
Light extended a hand, and Ami shook it, but felt discomfort start to settle in. I've been in this kid's room...
Light smoothed his tie. "So." He paused. "...Ryuga never mentioned who you were. How do you know...?"
Light was interrupted by L suddenly wandering away from Light's side. It appeared to Ami that his solution to the handling of Light asking questions of them was simply to leave the scene. However, he did not get very far, having caught himself in a social trap. Approximately ten paces from Light and Ami, L was stopped by the freshman who had found him to be "cute." She seemed plain to Ami with mousy brown hair and basic, brown rimmed glasses.
He was not only stopped by her talking to him, but she physically blocked his path of escape. While she was fumbling for words, L looked back over his right shoulder in Ami's relative direction.
Ami chuckled slightly. Nice one L...
She looked briefly at Light. "I'm sorry, I need to go." So not sorry...
Ami stepped to her right and shuffled over to L's side. She looped her left arm inside of his right, and much to Ami's surprise he didn't react violently or in sudden apprehension. Ami cocked her head to the left and looked at the freshman. "Sorry, he's taken." She said with a snide smile. She then whispered: "What are you doing? We need to go."
"Aah!" L jumped slightly, apparently unaware of what was going on. "Yes, we do."
Ami pulled L towards the left, forcing the freshman to take a step back and let them through. The girl was visibly disappointed, and hung her head slightly. Ami took no heed of her attitude, wanting to be away from the auditorium and Light.
She would not be so lucky. After Ami and L took several steps, Light appeared at L's left, having caught up to them. What the hell? What does this guy think he's doing...? Ami wondered. She caught L eye her out of the corner of his eye, but said nothing.
"You know," Light started to say with the slight laugh. "You seem a tad old to be a regular student at To-Oh."
Ami tried to hide a scowl at the mention of her age. "I came out of consideration for Ryuga."
The trio excited the auditorium and entered the campus' main courtyard.
Light tried his original question again. "So, how do you know...?" He was once again cut off, but this time by a group of giggling freshman girls who came to a stop in front of them.
A woman with short black hair started the confrontation. "Heh, so how did you get so lucky? Got both the smartest guys in the class?"
A woman with long black hair tied with a blue bow continued it. "Aren't you going to share? I think she's being greedy."
Light opted to cover the situation. "Now, now, I should only be as lucky as him." He gestured to L and the fact that he and Ami still had their arms locked.
L and Ami came to similar conclusions. He's just too perfect socially...he could lie his way out of anything, I bet...
The young women giggled in response.
L stared Light down, finding his commentary inappropriate for the situation.
Light noticed the glare, and was taken slightly back. "I apologize. I was just trying to add to the atmosphere." Okay, this guy is a full-blown weirdo...
The three sidestepped the group of girls and continued down a paving-stone path. They continued for a few moments in silence. Upon entering the parking lot area, L and Ami noticed Watari standing along side the Bentley.
"I see out ride, Ami." L nodded in the general direction.
Light stopped suddenly. "Well, I guess this is where we must part. I bid you a good afternoon." He gave a slight bow and walked towards the left down an alternate path.
Ami and L arrived at the Bentley, and Watari got out of the driver's seat to open the backseat's left-hand door. Ami suddenly became aware of chatter about them, this time about how she must be "with a man from the slums" and "she must like them poor and needy." L appeared to ignore the talk, but suddenly broke from Ami's grasp and slid into the backseat of the car. Watari turned to mixed group surrounding the car, and told them to excuse them - they were due at the Diet Building. The mention of the government appeared to be enough to shock most of them, and the group abruptly disbursed down a number of paths. Ami smirked at how fast the group ran off at the mention of the Diet, and got into the car. Watari shut the door for her and then got into the driver's seat. He started the car and the three drove in silence for a number of minutes.
L was first to break the quiet, but watched the scenery rush by his window. "I've told Light that I'm L." He stated suddenly. "I also offhandedly mentioned to him that I would be interested in adding his cognitive skills to the investigation."
"Ah..." Ami was only mildly shocked at L's gall. "I hope you had a good reason for doing that." She looked across the car at him for a moment, then returned to looking out her own window.
"I do."
Ami started to roll down her window, stopping around the half-way point. "I need some air." She also leaned forward and pushed a button on the partition dividing the front and back halves of the Bentley, which rolled it all the way down.
Watari inhaled noisily. "So, did you do have 'fun'" He gave a slight chuckle, knowing how much the two hate social functions.
"I hate social functions, and you know that..." Ami retorted.
L's response was simpler. "I'm hungry."
Next Chapter:"L and Light try to feel out the villian in each other."
