Hello children!! I AM SO HAPPY!! I COMPLETED NANOWRIMO!!! WOOO! I still can't believe that I have written over 50,000 words in one month! The story isn't quite finished yet and so I will still be working on that but at a more leisurely pace. To celebrate I have written the next chapter of Unintentional Love! Yay!
It was really odd writing Fanfiction again… I felt like I had lost my touch (If I ever had one to begin with) and I'm sorry if it's a little awkward at the start.
As Christmas approaches I will be able to update a bit more, hopefully once a week, but if I can't don't hold it against me as I do have GCSE mocks in January which I need to revise for.
WARNING: I didn't have time to send this to my beta because I was all excited and wanted to post it straight away so I apologise for any mistakes I couldn't spot myself.
I hope you like this next chapter!
"Nii-san?" Sayu called from downstairs. "Your friend has brought your notebook over!"
Notebook? I thought as I left my room. I haven't lost any of my notebooks... my thoughts trailed off as I saw her by the door.
"Raito-kun?" Amane Misa said as she stepped into my house.
I froze as I saw the blonde girl bow deeply at my mother and me. What is she doing here? I thought. Dammit, if anything would rise Ryuzaki's suspicion of me it would be if the Second Kira randomly walked into my home for a chat.
"This notebook," she said, shyly holding out a black notebook with bent edges. There was no way in hell that was mine but I invited her up to my room anyway without accepting it. I was also conscious of my sister's and my mother's worried faces.
"You're inviting me up to your room? Oh, ok!" Her face lit up.
"Ka-chan? Can you make some tea?" My mother unfroze and nodded her head shakily. As I led Amane up to my room I heard Sayu stage whisper to my mum.
"I didn't think Nii-san had an actual girlfriend. She has nice underwear though…"
"Of course she isn't your brother's girlfriend and that's not funny or polite, Sayu!"
Amane looked interestedly around my room and I motioned for her to sit in my office chair and I sat opposite her on my low bed. She drank up the room as if it were the most fascinating thing in the world. I didn't understand her interest; even I wasn't that fond of my room.
I waited for her to focus on me, pushing down the urge to snap my fingers in her face. Once she did turn to face me I composed my face into an easy-going smile. "Why have you come here again?"
The blond girl offered the notebook to me again.
"Umm, that's not my notebook. I don't recognise it… maybe you've got the wrong person?" I asked, hoping it was the latter. What's up with her?
Amane shook her head furiously, her blond hair bouncing around her head. "You don't understand! Please," she said holding the book out to me again.
I gingerly took it from her. Has she lost it or something? What's up with the odd behaviour? She was looking at me hopefully and I examine the notebook. There wasn't anything particularly special. It was quite thin with a black cover and white foreign symbols were etched into the cover. I flipped open to the first page and stopped at what I saw.
Sato Jun, Sasaki Kaito, Ohayashi Ryuu, Yamada Touta, ,Mada Tatsuya, Wada Yuu, Kamida Daiki, Takaki, Akira, Ojimi Chika, Hara Kuro, James Tucker, Sakei Hiroshi, Jessica Duncan, Gabriel Poe.
A shadow fell across the paper and I looked up. A bleached white skeleton hung in the air before me and I recoiled in shock. The instinct to run thrilled through my veins, my heart beat faster and I felt hot all over.
Amane-san was up in a second. "It's ok!" She screamed. I stared at her dumbly with her arms stretched out towards me as if to catch me.
"What?" I whispered. My eyes flickered back to the monster floating in the corner of my room, sweaty hands clutching the notebook. This is not happening…
"Her name is Rem and I promise she won't hurt you," Amane-san continued to babble and all the while my eyes never left 'Rem's' disgusting face.
"Raito-kun?" Amane-san said as she crossed her arms over her expansive chest and pouted at me. I turned my head to face the blond, my eyes only leaving Rem's at the very last second.
"Misa-san?" I asked. I dumbly closed my mouth realising for the first time that I had been acting like an idiot. I had expected for Rem to somehow attack me as soon as she revealed herself like monsters do in horror films but she only stood in the corner uninterestedly watching the conversation or peeking out the window. My brain quickly snapped back into place and I frowned at Amane-san, shifting slightly on the bed. "You're the Second Kira," I stated.
Her blue eyes widened. "Yes. I saw the broadcast on TV and…" tears spilled out onto her cheeks and I mentally rolled my eyes.
"So you've decided that what you've been doing is wrong?" I knew I should have been more friendly, more surprised, to make sure that she didn't somehow kill me but I simply could not believe that she had the audacity to take people's lives and then cry about it.
She nodded her bowed head and sniffled. "So why did you not go to the police like they said?" Amane-san sat straight and looked at me with intense eyes. I was surprised by such a quick change but schooled my expression.
"How can I trust them?" She said vehemently. "How can I trust them after they failed…" Her anger gave way and she sank to the floor. I raised an eyebrow.
"Failed…?"
"A burglar killed my parents and the police delayed his trial over and over and everyone thought he would get off Scott free! How could they do that? People said I should have forgiven him for killing my parents. Why should I? He killed then, he took them away! And then-" Hope entered into her eyes and I was glad she wasn't so hysterical anymore. "then Kira-sama killed him for me. Kira-sama knew that I was hurting and he made me better."
I looked down at my hands still holding the notebook to try and mask my disgust. Was I supposed to feel sorry for her? I guess I did a little: no one should have to lose their parents so young but what she did was disgusting! I told myself. And yet… if that happened to me would I kill in revenge? I doubted it but I could see where she was coming from.
"Misa-san," I said before kneeling down to envelope her in a hug. Best thing to do is stay on her good side to get some information. I glanced over at my mobile phone cursing that I didn't have it in my pocket where I could casually turn the recording device on. I glanced at Rem and decided it was best not to risk it now.
"Raito-kun?" She squeaked.
"I understand Misa-san… you were hurting and the man that caused you such pain was punished by Kira. Is that why you decided to help him?" Amane-san nodded into my neck. "I see…" I gently pulled her back up into my chair and offered her a tissue. She took one gratefully.
"If you're so grateful to Kira then why are you admitting all this to me?" I settled back down on my bed, trying to ignore Rem who had moved closer to the conversation.
"Punishing criminals feels right; I'm helping Kira-sama this way, but I know that it is wrong. It's wrong to kill people and I'm scared. I don't want to get caught, I don't want to die! But I can't trust the police… so I came to you, Raito-kun." Here she turned to look at me with hope filled eyes. "You were so kind to me before and I know that you'd help me. And I was right," she said looking down at the tissue and blushing lightly.
Honestly, what is up with this girl? Can't she tell that I'm just faking? I pitied the girl the next time she met a sleazy actor… I supposed that she wouldn't have to worry about that considering what L was planning for her…
"Well, Misa-san you really should have gone to the police." She looked up at my stern expression as if she couldn't believe it.
"But!"
"Misa-san! You have taken people's lives! You deserve any punishment they give you, consider yourself extremely lucky that they're letting you go freely if you give them information on Kira."
"Don't say that!" She whined getting dangerously close to tears. Again. My patience wearing thin I stood up in front of her and pinched the bridge of my nose.
"Misa-san," she looked up at my gentler tone. "What you have done is very wrong but you're trying to fix it, right?" I smiled encouragingly at her and I was glad to see her take the bet.
"Yes! I knew you'd understand!" She moved forward and took my hands in hers.
"As it happens my father is a member of the police and I've been helping him on the Kira case."
I saw her eyes light up. "Really? Wow!"
"So coming to me is like going to the police. If you tell me everything then I can pass it on." Amane-san nodded thankfully and over the next hour she explained everything to me.
She explained that if you had someone's face in your mind's eye and wrote their name down in the notebook- called the Death Note- then they would die in 40 seconds of a heart attack but only if you either specified a heart attack or didn't write down another method of death.
"You can't be serious?" I said more to myself than Amane-san. I held the Death Note in my hands and stared down at it. To think that something so small and insignificant could cause such a catastrophe.
Amane-san nodded. I had stolen Sayu's rarely used office chair and pulled it up next to mine at my desk. The blond girl next to me looked at me and blushed deeply. I did my best to ignore her.
Amane-san next explained to me about shinigami and that the notebook we were looking at once belonged to a shinigami called Jealous that died to save her, apparently it was horribly romantic. After explaining about shinigami and the way to kill them (I was a little nervous about that topic in front of Rem but she didn't seem to mind) Rem moved forward and properly introduced herself.
"Yagami Raito," she said extending her large hands. Like hell am I going to shake her hand…
"Hi," I said giving her a charming smile. The shinigami blinked at me and I looked back at Amana-san who was giggling.
"Do you want to know about the Eye trade?" I blinked at her and she told me that shinigami could see a human's names and life span above their head and would make the Eye trade with the humans who they were attached to. Worryingly enough I had to tell her to explain it in more depth.
If you gave a shinigami half of your remaining lifespan then they would give you the ability to see other people's names and lifespan but you couldn't see your own lifespan and neither could you see the lifespan of other Death Note owners whether they had made the Eye trade or not. "I don't think that Kira has made the Eye trade himself, though."
"I see…" I covered my chin with my hand. So that means that if she saw L she could see his name… what about the times we had gone out together at the University? I had met Amane-san at the same café that I took Ryuzaki… is he in danger? I suppose no one would really guess that he was L just by looking at him but still…
"Can you see people's names and lifespan from photos? Even if it is from the past?"
"Uh-huh," she said seemingly happy to help. Thank God Kira and Amane-san never met up. It would have been a disaster if she became his Eyes. A small part of me registered the irony of Misa becoming Kira's Eyes and me being L's eyes. I suppose this is just a big fight between L and Kira… Some part of me hated being in such a passive position but if I could help Ryuzaki I would.
"So what about the tapes? How have you been sending them?" Amane-san launched into another explanation. She said that the fingerprints were her friends who she managed to convince the tapes were occult videos and she sent them from a variety of places. I was surprised that she had actually put some thought into her plans.
"Anything else, Raito-kun?" Amane-san had been playing with one of my pens and I wanted to yell at her to not seem so at ease.
"Who is the real Kira?" I asked. She looked down at her lap and I sighed. "Misa-san I can't tell this to the police without knowing who the real Kira is!"
"But what if-"
"No, I'm sorry, there isn't any 'what if's'! You've committed a serious crime I need to know." The blonde girl semi-cowered under my harsh glare and I sighed. "The police said they would let you go free if you told them everything about Kira. Why don't I call them now and have them deal with you?" I said my famous cool finally breaking. I can't stand her anymore!! She believes that she is being let off and yet she still can't be humble enough to reveal everything. She says she feels sorry but she can't tell me who the real Kira is?
"Yagami Raito," Rem said. I shivered lightly as she flew closer, her white bones creaking as she moved.
"Yes," I tersely replied. I am no in the mood to be dealing with silly blonde girls and annoying bloody Halloween decorations.
"If you threaten Misa once more I will kill you." I blinked in surprise, my anger quickly deflating.
"Rem! You can't kill Raito-kun!" The shinigami looked confusedly at the blonde girl beside me and I stared much the same. "He's only trying to help so don't kill him, ok? I'd be very upset if you did!" Rem looked away seeming annoyed but it was impossible for me to read the unfamiliar features well enough to gauge her true emotions.
"Misa-san," I said turning to the girl next to me. She smiled at me sadly.
"I'm sorry, Raito-kun. I know I said I'd tell you everything but I can't tell you that. No matter what I'm doing I can't betray Kira-sama. I love him," she said blushing down at her hands which were clasped into her lap.
"Fine," I said pinching the bridge of my nose. "Fine," I repeated she shyly looked at me from under my hand. I have to be careful so that Rem doesn't kill me. I could see her Death Note swing at her side and I knew she wouldn't hesitate to take my life. Ryuzaki wouldn't even know why I had died… And with the information Amane-san had told me I couldn't get myself killed now.
"Raito-ku-"
"Raito, can I come in?"
"Hang on, Ka-chan!" I spun around to Amane-san.
"Don't worry she won't be able to see Rem." I nodded.
"Come in." My mother opened the door and looked in worriedly.
"Raito-kun it's 11:30 the trains will stop running soon…" I turned to Amane-san.
"Ok, we'll be down soon." My mother left us and I grasped the blonde's shoulders.
"Ok, Misa-san, I want you to go home now. You couldn't tell me Kira's name so the police might come to ask you a few questions but if you-"
"What? Raito-kun they can't! They'll kill me," she said clinging to the front of my shirt. Jesus Christ… I thought. Sorry Ryuzaki…
Our lips met with more force than I had intended and every fibre of my being screamed at me to pull away, push her out of the room and scrub my mouth with wire wool. Instead I gently pulled back our lips making a light 'chu' noise as we did so. Amane-san looked at me with a dazed expression.
"Go home ok? I'll take care of everything."
"Ok… Raito-kun…" she said, her eyes unfocused. I escorted her downstairs and out of my house. My mother told me to take her to the train station but Amane-san, still dazed from the kiss, assured her that she would be fine on her own. As she screamed goodbye at me I sincerely hoped that the kiss was enough to keep her out of trouble for a few days till Ryuzaki made his move.
***
The next day…
"And she refused to tell you the name of the real Kira?" Ryuzaki asked me for the hundredth time. The night before I had rung Ryuzaki and explained what had happened but he told me that it was too dangerous for us to talk over the phone and, considering my heavy work load (he must think I've been given a new thesis to write everyday) he had told me to talk to him in the morning. I woke up at six, even though it killed me, and sped out to the hotel, leaving a note for my mother who was now used to my early departures. We were sitting in the living room of Ryuzaki's generic hotels after I had explained, conveniently leaving out the kiss.
"No, she didn't. She said that she owed him too much to rat him out, or something," I replied waspishly watching as Ryuzaki abused a lollipop in a way that made it almost impossible to concentrate. "Ryuzaki if I didn't know better I would have thought that you weren't taking this seriously."
However, rather than be insulted he stood up excitedly and began to pace. I had never seen him so full of energy and so found it incredibly amusing and cute when he whipped around to face me, his index finger pointing up like Sherlock Holmes. "Thanks to you, Raito-kun, we now have a prime suspect for the Second Kira! It is a pity that you could not record the conversation but your testimony is enough to warrant a search of her home and to question her. And from her we can find out who Kira is and finally end this. Raito-kun!" I jumped as he looked at me fiercely.
"Yes?"
"Well done. Your work has brought together this case very nicely." The praise brought a foolish warmth to my face and I took Ryuzaki's offered hand. But instead of shaking his hand I pulled him close and stole a quick chaste kiss.
My lover raised an eyebrow at me. "If I didn't know any better, Raito-kun, I'd say you weren't taking this seriously." He popped his lollipop back into his mouth causing one cheek to bulge out like a hamster's. I couldn't help but laugh. "I suppose you did deserve it though."
He sat down next to me on the sofa and I turned to face him. Ryuzaki smiled to himself. "Everything is coming together with impeccable timing." I raised an eyebrow.
"Ryuzaki?" He seemed to notice that I was still there and stood up.
"Raito-kun! You must go home, take the day off; I have a few things to arrange."
"I do have to go to University after lunch but can't I help you until then?"
"No Raito-kun," he shook his head seriously at me. "You must go have fun, contact your friends if you must." Ryuzaki sounded like he was sentencing someone to a lifetime in prison rather than recommending a fun half-day break.
"But-"
"No buts! It's not healthy for a boy your age to be cooped up inside," Ryuzaki said as he shooed me out the door. I caught the door frame in my hand and pushed my way back into the room.
"If it's so unhealthy then why don't you come with me?" Ryuzaki's energy seemed to seep out of him and I immediately regretted my words.
"I'm afraid I can't Raito-kun." His thumb made its way to his mouth and he looked up at the ceiling. "But I believe that I may be able to join you very soon." He smiled at me but it was a little forced, it wasn't the perfect half-moon smile that I loved so much but it was good enough. I returned his smile and stole another quick kiss, this time on the cheek.
"Ok then, call me if there's any developments." He nodded and waved me away still staring at the ceiling. I left him to his thoughts.
***
"Should we go get something to eat?"
I turned to Takada who was walking beside me and nodded. I had asked her out sometime ago but because of my recent infatuation with Ryuzaki I decided to gently let her down. She had been absolutely furious and I couldn't see any connection between the banshee she became and the 'refined Takada' she was meant to be. She was the first girl I had been afraid of since my mother had lost any ability to actually punishing me affectively. However, once she had calmed down from her fit and I had recovered from her well aimed book we had talked it over and we decided to stay friends. The only times that our friendship was truly tested was when I couldn't hang out with her because I was working with Ryuzaki (although she didn't know who I was with) or when the other ignorant University students complained about us being together.
Together we walked down the shaded path outside our University and I smiled into the light breeze. It was times like this when I could close my eyes and pretend that Kira was only a bad dream. The only thing that would perfect this moment would be if Ryuzaki was there.
"Hey, that weird guys waving at you. Where have I seen him before?" I felt Takada tug on my sleeve and I opened my eyes to see Ryuzaki waving at me from behind a book. He was sitting in his usual way on a bench under the shade of a thin tree attracting plenty of attention. Bloody hell, he's going to get himself killed!
"Hey, Ryuga-kun," I said before tuning to Takada. "I'd like to talk to him in private for a while; can I catch up with you later?"
"U-uh sure," she said before walking off not bothering to look back. I knew I'd be in for it later but that didn't matter for the moment.
"Hello Raito-kun."
"What on earth are you doing here?" Ryuzaki blinked at my angry tone.
"I am following your advice. I decided that I had some time free and so came to see you. Was I interrupting?" His thumb made it into his mouth again and he leaned around me to look in the direction that Takada had walked of in.
"Of course you weren't I'm just…worried about you that's all." Ryuzaki blinked at me before smiling his cute half-moon smile.
"There is no need to worry Raito-kun. I have calculated that there is a 13% that anything will happen to me."
"Ok…" I said unconvinced. Why would he come out now? This is the guy that set up cameras in my house because there was a 5% chance that I was Kira, now he's risking his life on a 87% chance of coming back safely. He definitely had something planned.
"What are you up to?" I asked narrowing my eyes.
"What makes you think I'd be 'up to' something?" He asked me, the perfect picture of innocence.
"Look, Ryuga-kun, you know I hate being kept out of the loop so what's going on?" I got closer to Ryuzaki and whispered so no one would overhear us. Ryuzaki gave me a mischievous smile.
"I was hoping we could go get something to eat. After all you have done splendidly well yesterday and, as I understand it, when two people decide to 'date' they often go outside with one another. I won't be able to as often as you would like so I thought we should take this opportunity."
I openly gaped at Ryuzaki. He's risked his life so we could go out on a date? Foolish affection welled up inside of me. Half of me want to hit him for being so careless but the other half of me want to pull him into a strong hug.
"Ok, Ryuzaki."
"Do you have anymore lectures today?"
"Yeah, one more in about," I checked my watch. "45 minutes."
"It would be silly of us to rush our date so why don't we begin it after your lecture? It would be nice if I could join you for the lecture as well, University is fun as long as you don't die. In the mean time I was thinking of going to the cafeteria." I smiled at him. Absolutely typical…
"Sure, but we need to be quick before it's all gone." Ryuzaki began to speed up but I slowed him down a little. "And don't even think about trying to eat in the lecture hall again, Asahi-san was furious last time!" Ryuzaki and I chuckled at the memory of the usually calm elderly man turning red in the face as he told Ryuzaki to leave and never come back after he had whipped out a bag of marshmallows during the lecture. The detective's excuse was that at least they were quiet to eat. I thought the detective would have been upset and I found him a few hallways away. He had rolled into a ball and I thought he was crying but he was laughing so hard tears formed at the corner of his wide eyes. It was the first time I had seen L laugh and, even though I was shouted at for being associated with such a 'twit', it was one of the best days of my life.
However, that day was long past and it seems that Fate had worse things in stall for us.
***
Mikami's POV
"Hyuk, hyuk, hyuk! Looks like they're getting pretty chummy!" I glared at the shinigami behind me. I was sitting on one of the many benches littered around the campus, watching my love interest from a far. I had been watching his and Ryuga-kun's exchange with a stiff mouth and I, without turning my head, spoke to the bush behind my bench.
"Are you finished yet, B? I want to get home and write his name in the Death Note," I ground out after making sure no one would notice I was talking to a bush. B's dark owl eyes peeped out at me through the leaves and I heard him chuckle.
"They look quite happy together don't they?" He asked his voice thoughtful. I could see he had his thumb in his mouth, the ruddy antisocial…
I turned back to the couple as they got smaller and smaller. Even though I hated to admit it they did look a little good together… I shook my head.
"Come on, B, if you're ready let's go home."
"But I wanted to spy on them some more…" the odd man whined and I rolled my eyes.
"I'll buy some more jam on the way home." B crashed through the bush startling a female student as she walked past. The other man was covered in scratches and had a twig in his hair. I looked around and realised people had begun to look. Why did he need to hide in a bush anyway? No, I had not forced him to hide in the bush instead he did it because he wanted to.
"Jam?" He said, tugging on my sleeve.
"Can we get some apples as well?" I looked between my two 'house mates' and sighed. What had I gotten myself in to? Being Kira was almost not worth this torture. Almost.
I turned to go when a scream reached my ears.
"RAITOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"
***
Raito-kun's POV
"RAITOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" I whipped around to face Amane Misa who bowled straight into me. She squeezed me tightly and rubbed her face into my shirt. Ryuzaki raised an eyebrow at me and I sent him a look which said, later. I managed to detach myself from the blonde leach.
"I had a photo shoot nearby and so I thought I'd come and see you!" She said in her usual bubbly voice. It grated against my nerves and I yearned for a quiet place with Ryuzaki where I could listen to his deep calm voice. Ryuzaki had come to a stop and stood beside me. I looked them both up and down and had the odd urge to laugh. They looked like complete opposites, Amane-san all fashion and Ryuzaki in comfortable clothes, but inside they were even more different, Ryuzaki the best if not a little unorthodox detective in the world and Amane-san who had the mental capacity of ten year old.
"Is this one of your friends, Raito-kun? He looks so odd…unique! Hello I am Amane Misa, Raito-kun's girlfriend." When did she decide that??
Ryuzaki looked at Amane-san's proffered hand and took it with his thumb and index finger. "Ryuga Hideaki," he said.
"Huh? Ryuga Hideaki?" Amane-san turned dumbly to me and I took her shoulders and pushed her a few steps back as if that would protect L from her Eyes.
"Yeah, it's odd isn't it? My best friend having the same name as the singer, huh?" Amane-san's eyes widened and, even though it wasn't terribly subtle, it was perfect for her.
"Raito-kun?" I turned to look at my best friend. "I am so jealous. Why didn't you tell me you knew Misa Misa?" I blinked at him. What the hell is he going on about?
Ryuzaki turned back to Amane-san. "I've been a big fan of yours ever since the March issue of 'Eighteen'."
"Really?!" Amane-san clapped her hands together. "I'm so happy!" She squealed.
"What?" He can't be serious.
"Hey look, it's Misa Misa!" A boy said which set off a group of girls.
"WHAT?? Where? OMG It's Misa Misa!" One black haired girl with glasses screamed pointing out Amane-san to her friend. A group of teenagers materialised out of nowhere and surrounded us. Dammit, this is bad…
Ryuzaki leaned closer to me and whispered in my ear, "I'm you're best friend, Raito-kun?" At my nod he smiled cheekily. "You flatter me." I rolled my eyes. Only Ryuzaki could see the humour in such a situation. I leaned closer to him and whispered back.
"There's nothing going on between us it's just-"
"You had to use some coercion that you failed to mention to me before?" I nodded and he smiled. "That's fine Raito-kun. I would have preferred it if you didn't have to but if it helps with the investigation then I understand." I breathed a little easier.
"Wow, she's so small and cute!"
"Adorable!"
"Wow! I'm getting so popular!" Amane-san clapped her hands in delight again.
"Man… I wish I could date someone like here…"
"Like anyone would date you, Imai." The crowd grew bigger and bigger and I wondered if we would get to our lecture on time let alone getting something to eat first; it might take us 45 minutes just to break through the throng of squealing teenagers.
"AAH! Someone touched my but!" I looked back to where Amana-san was blushing and Ryuzaki was looking angry.
"How imprudent! I shall catch the scoundrel who would take advantage of such a situation!" Amane-san giggled into her hand.
"Can I touch it too…?"
"This is why I don't want to be seen with you."
A serious looking black haired women broke through the crowd and grasped the blonde modal by the wrist.
"Misa we need to go now! Do you want to be late again?"
"Oh, sorry Yoshi. By Raito-kun! Goodbye Ryuga-kun it was great meeting you!" She said before she was hauled off by Yoshi. The crowed dispersed as soon as the entertainment was gone.
"Well, that was random…" I said. I spotted Mikami walk off but as he was farther than the rest I doubted he had been in the crowed. I hadn't had the chance to talk to him since the incident in Aoyama. He was with a man who I was sure I didn't know but he seemed familiar. Maybe it was because he was wearing a white shirt and jeans… I turned to Ryuzaki to point out a possible twin separated at birth but was distracted by his proud mischievous smile. His back was a little straighter than usual and he had a healthy glint in his eye.
"What's gotten you so happy?" Maybe it's because we can go get the cake now…?
Ryuzaki only shook his head and carried on walking. Fine if that's the way you want to play it… I replayed the scene over in my head, evaluating all the things that would have given Ryuzaki such pleasure before I knew I hit the right one. I pulled out my mobile phone and entered Amane-san's number which she had given to me the night before. I only had to wait about a second before some rock song began to emanate from Ryuzaki's pocket. He looked down in surprise before pulling out a pink phone with a small doll attached to it.
"Hello?" He said to me through the phone.
"What do you mean 'hello'?" I asked feeling very proud of myself. Ryuzaki continued to talk to me through the phone even though I was only a few feet from him.
"May I ask who is calling?" I had to fight down the urge to laugh.
"You stole that from Amane-san!" I gasped in fake horror. "Thief!" I pointed at him. Ryuzaki finally turned around his eyes wide and he hung his head in fake guilt. This time a laugh bubbled up and I couldn't hold it back. "You have no idea how ridiculous you look," I said before hanging up.
"You've just gone and wasted some of your credit, Raito-kun." He asked and I laughed again. Ryuzaki joined me this time, his eyes shut and his mouth in that beautiful smile. I loved his laugh. "Ah, Raito-kun we really shouldn't be laughing like this. She is the Second Kira after all."
I sobered up as best as possible and quickly checked that no one had noticed what Ryuzaki had said. It was a foolish exercise: he wouldn't have said it if he thought we would be overheard, but it was a good habit to get into.
"How did you know I stole her phone?" Ryuzaki asked me.
"Well, she had come here and blatantly stood all over you, claiming a weird possession over me and generally took over our conversation. I knew you would want to get her back in a way that would also show off your skill."
"I used to be better at it, it seems I've gotten a little rusty," he said smiling shyly.
"How do you of all people know how to pick pockets anyway?"
"It only makes sense that to identify an act easily you should familiarise yourself with the process of said act, yes?" Ryuzaki began to walk off and I caught up with him. He still had a soft smile on his lips and I felt elated. The danger of Amane-san was over and I was going to go on a date with Ryuzaki. I never felt better.
That was until Ryuzaki's phone rang.
"It seems it's mine this time," he said pulling out a blue mobile from his pocket and flipped it open holding it between his index finger and his thumb.
"So you did it? Yes… yes understood," Ryuzaki turned to me with a sorrowful expression on his face. "I'm afraid I'll have to skip our date Raito-kun."
"Why?"
"The plan has had to be put in affect quicker than I had thought. Amane Misa has been apprehended under the suspicion of being the Second Kira. If your next lecture isn't too important then I would appreciate it if you came with me back to my hotel but if not…?"
I shook my head at Ryuzaki. How can he be thinking of things like lectures at a time like this? "It's fine. Takada is in the same lecture as me; I'll call her and get her to take notes for me."
My boyfriend nodded. He called Watari to come pick us up and while we were waiting he turned to me, his back hunched once more. "I really am sorry for missing out on our date, Raito-kun." I waved away his apologies.
"Don't worry about it, Ryuga-kun, I'll just have to get some cake and coffee and we can have our date in the hotel, once everything is sorted out." Ryuzaki smiled up at me.
Watari pulled up in Ryuzaki's Bentley, we got in the back seat and together we drove off towards Ryuzaki's hotel.
Phew! I hope you liked it! The next chapter should be done next weekend. I'd love to ehar what you thought so don't forget to review!