"How could manage to go two whole months without eating?" Nannie scolded.
"Dunno…" Beyond replied dully, his forehead down on the round table they both sat at.
"How are you not dead?"
"Dunno…"
"Why are you so stupid sometimes?"
"Dunno…"
"Is that all you can say?"
"Yep…"
Nannie let out a frustrated sigh. "Do you have any plans yet?"
"Plans don't get things done."
"Why do you say that?"
"I had a plan to beat L, but I failed and ended up with a few dozen scars."
"But you got so close as to opposed to how you came without a plan… Assuming those few weeks were based on impulse…"
"I came just as close."
"What? How?"
"I have a connection to Kira, who knows where and wants L dead."
"When did that happen?"
"You were blue in the face with hypothermia."
"Oh… So then who is Kira?"
"Dunno…"
"Oh, please don't start that again…" she muttered, holding her forehead in her hand. She jumped slightly when her phone began ringing, and retrieved it from her pocket sluggishly.
"Who in the hell is this…?" she frowned as she stared down at the caller ID.
"Lemme see." Beyond lifted his head from the table and reached across. He grabbed her wrist and pulled her hand towards him to see the phone. A second later, he snatched it out of her hand and flipped it open.
"Who do you know that would call my phone?" Nannie asked incredulously.
"Kyeong?" Beyond asked, ignoring Nannie completely.
"How did you know it was me?" Anzai complained on the other side.
"Who the hell is Kyeong?" Nannie questioned.
"Do you know where he is?"
"L? Yeah, I do."
"Where who is?"
"Then where is he?"
"He's in a building he had built for the Kira case off of Oume Highway, across the Nakano F Building."
"Who is he?"
"You're sure, then?"
"Yeah. But Kira wants to meet with you first."
"Beyond, what's going on…?" Nannie complained when he finally folded the phone and handed it back to her.
"Nothing important," he answered absently, standing up from the table and walking out of the room.
"…What? Where are you going? And when are you going to take off that stupid straight jacket?" She scowled when he didn't answer and shot up to her feet, darting after him as he disappeared in a different room.
She shuffled out of the room and down the hall towards the other room, and frowned when she found Beyond sitting down at the bench in front of a piano. "Wow, I didn't notice that… How did you know that was here?"
"I've been here before," he answered bluntly.
"When have you been here?"
"Do you recall looking for the hideout when here last?"
"… This is it? No way! I was just looking for abandoned reality in Japan…"
"How did you find that?" he asked incredulously as he pushed up the sleeves of the jacket.
"Google," she shrugged.
"Of course…"
"Can you play, then?" she asked, stepping further into the room. She was soon seated beside him on the bench.
"Clearly," he muttered, hovering one hand over the keys.
"How long?"
"It was required at the orphanage to learn."
"Why?"
"It was the best way to learn music theory."
"Why did you need to know music theory?"
"Just in case."
"In case of what?"
"Never mind," he sighed, and pressed his fingers to the keys.
"… When was the last time you played?" she asked after a minute.
"It's been a few years."
"Why so long?"
"Been busy with other things."
"Like what?"
"Do you ever stop talking?"
"Sorry…"
"Press that key."
"Which one? This one?"
"No, a half step up."
"… Hunh?"
"The black key next to it…"
"Why didn't you just say that?"
"It's common knowledge. I figured you already knew."
"Oh, shut up…"
"Just press it?"
"Why?"
"Because I don't have a third arm. Is it really that hard?"
"Maybe it is!"
"You've reached a new level of pathetic…"
"That's not nice…"
"Neither are you."
"How so? I broke you out twice now!"
"The second time I wasn't very particular on escaping, however."
"I swear, you act like such a girl sometimes…" Nannie muttered, leaning her head against his shoulder.
~*~
"So how'd he get out this time?" Ryo asked Mello absently with her head down on Matt's shoulder. The three had been sitting on a bench outside, Matt in the middle with his elbows on his knees as he played a game on his DS, and Mello on the other side of him.
"Same way, I guess. Haliburton broke him out," Mello sighed.
"And how long ago was that?"
"Two days ago."
"Did she break him out of her own free will this time?"
"She had to have… Beyond was allowed no contact with anyone. He had no way of communicating with her."
"Awh, fuck…" Matt muttered when he ran into a Game Over.
"Hey, Matt…?" Ryo began.
"What?" he sighed.
"Quit smoking?"
"Nuh-uh."
"Please?"
"Nope."
Mello sighed inwardly as they continued on, and turned the other way. He frowned slightly when he noticed an orange sheet of paper with black print stapled to a lamp post. "Matt…" he started, standing up hesitantly.
"Yeah?" Matt asked.
"Your picture… It's everywhere."
"…What?" he frowned before taking notice of all the orange "Have You Seen Me?" papers everywhere. "Shit… How'd we not notice that before…?"
"Who would have your picture?" Ryo asked, also frowning.
"That doesn't matter right now, just take down all the fliers," Mello ordered, already hurrying off to begin taking them down.
Matt and Ryo quickly followed his lead, splitting up to get the task done faster. The fliers were concentrated in that on particular area, luckily for them, and had collected them all in half an hour. They met back at the bench.
"There's a number to call…" Mello pointed out.
"Fuck, it's like a lost dog poster…" Matt muttered.
"Calling them?" Ryo asked when Mello took out his phone.
"Yeah…" he sighed. He held the phone to his ear, waiting for the other end to pick up. "Who is this?" he demanded when they finally did.
"… Who is this?" they questioned with some alarm.
Mello frowned. The voice sounded vaguely familiar. "… Keelahan?"
"The hell? Keelahan?" Matt frowned.
"Who's that?" Ryo asked.
"Is this one of the genius kids?" Liam asked.
"Uh… Yeah. Why are you looking for Matt?"
"I found that bug he put on me, and managed to sneak it on Nannie's person before she disappeared again. I need help finding her again."
"Y-you did?"
"Yeah. I'm in Japan already. I'd assumed you two would be also."
"Yes! Where are you?"
"At the Ueno Train Station."
"Great, we'll find you there," Mello said quickly, and then hung up the phone.
"… So, uh--" Matt started.
"We know where B is! We can catch him again before he finds L!" Mello grinned.