Do I Want Friendship Or Do I Want Your Love?
Chapter 14: Vincent

"Nightana, you can't sleep. I have something for you." My eyes opened the moment he spoke and I saw the Shiningami hovering in front of me.

"Vincent! What are you doing here?" He grinned, showing his large, sharp teeth.

"So you remember me then, Nightana?"

"I've remembered you just recently. I mean, I remember what you did for me when I was two and then when I was six, you gave me the Shinigami eyes and that special Death Note, but that's all." He sighed and closed his eyes.

"Did you give your Death Note to someone else? Do you still have your eyes or not?"

"Of course I still have my eyes!"

"So then you haven't given up the notebook? Do you remember where you hid it?" I closed my eyes, trying to remember and then I had a flashback thingy. It was blurry, but I knew it would help.

"I hid it in a floorboard in the second floor of my house somewhere." I opened my eyes. "Vincent, I need to find it before Light does."

"I'll do it, Nightana, you rest and I'll be back tomorrow night with the book."

"Are you sure?"

"I am," he answered as he put his feet on the ground and he tucked his wings away, walking over to me and he leaned over me to place a kiss on my forehead. I blushed and he laughed as he unfurled his wings once more. "I'll be back."

"Good bye, Vincent," I murmured.

"Have the doctors checked your head?"

"Yes."

"Okay, then you should be alright."

"Alright," I answered, a little confused. He nodded to me and left. I closed my eyes to sleep again, but I was interrupted.

"Good morning," a nurse said to me and I opened my eyes. The sun was beginning to rise.

"Morning," I murmured and she handed me something.

"You'll probably be released later today, but I need you to tell me what you need for breakfast."

"Oh, thank you..." I began choosing what I wanted and I looked up as someone walked into the room. "Ryu-kun!" He smiled at me and the nurse took the paper from me and left.

"How are you feeling Nightana?" he murmured as he brushed a strand of my hair away from my face.

"Good news! I'm probably going to get out later today, Lawliet!" I said his name quietly though.

"That's wonderful, Nightana."

"Has anything happened at the Kira Case?"

"I sent them away for the moment, but we're going to get back at it at around three this afternoon."

"I'm sorry for being a burden," I whispered.

"You aren't. You're just being your klutzy self." I laughed and my food was brought in.

"Thank you," I said and began eating. L didn't speak to me as I ate and I went to say something to him when I was done when a doctor walked in.

"Ms. Yagami, we're going to send you home now. You're perfectly fine, with just a head bump that needed a few stitches."

"Okay, Ryu-kun will take me home so my father doesn't have to bother himself with it."

"That's perfectly fine." In an hour, I was out of the hospital and back at the hotel. I was told to work on some other cases while we waited for the detectives. I sat in my room, a pen on my lips as Vincent flew overhead.

"Do you mind, Vincent? I can't concentrate," I said as I wrote down something.

"Well, what am I supposed to do? I got you your Death Note and you've left the hospital and WON'T TAKE THE BOOK!!!!" he shouted the last part.

"I told you I wouldn't take it because it would be betraying Ryu-kun."

"Of course. Because you love him." He snorted and I glared up at him.

"Why is that such a big deal?" And then I realized it. "Do you like me?"

"Nightana, I love you. Have you not been able to figure that out?"

"I'm sorry I'm slow. Shinigami's can't love humans though," I murmured and blushed.

"Do you not like it?"

"No... just what happens to a Shinigami once he or she falls in love with a human?" I put my notebook down and looked up at Vincent. He sighed and closed his eyes.

"I would tell you the story behind it, but it's a long story. I'll just explain the basics." He opened his eyes again. "A Shinigami dies when he falls in love with a human. He has to love the human enough to try to stop their death from happening and then the Shinigami gets turned to this dust which isn't actually dust nor sand or anything. It's something different." He frowned as he talked about that 'dust', "Then that human gets the lifespan of what is left from the Shinigami, but surprisingly for me, I'm a kind of Shinigami that gives out lifespans and can rescue a human from their death without dying. I've done it three times so far. First, when you were two, then when you were five and I gave you the Death Note, and then last night."

"Oh..."

"You're life was supposed to end a long time ago, but I keep rescuing you." He smiled sadly and didn't say anything else. After a while, I went back to my work without a word and Vincent continued to fly around my room until I heard someone else come through my door. I looked up, though I didn't move my head at all and saw it was Ryuk.

"Vincent, what are you doing here?"

"Ryuk. This is a nice surprise, brother."

"Would both of you quit talking!" I looked up at them furiously. "I can't concentrate on this case and I can't not finish it, okay? So can both of you stop it!"

"You can see me?" Ryuk asked, almost amazed and I nodded as I got up.

"Light's here, right? And you're attached to him."

"Yeah..."

"I've been able to see Shinigami my whole life. Ever since I met Vincent when I was two. I want to know; is Light being Kira?" I slid the manilla folder into a crate and pulled out another one, glancing through it. It was the Kira Case. "I have to go."

"Ryuk, make sure not to tell Light Yagami. Do you understand?"

"As if."

"You wouldn't, would you, Ryuk?" I asked, putting on my innocent face and he sighed.

"I wouldn't either way. I just wouldn't do it for my brother."

"Wait, Vincent is your brother?"

"Yes."

"Why hadn't you told me, Vincent, that you had a brother?" Before he could answer, I interrupted him again. "Never mind, I have to go out now." I left the two of them and went out into the main room.

"Ryu-kun!" I ran and threw my arms around his neck from behind since the detectives still weren't here (hmm... wonder where Light is).

"Nightana, are you done with your work already?" he asked.

"No, I just couldn't concentrate. What's that?" I looked over at it as he held it and he tucked it away.

"It's a journal page from the Second Kira."

"Journal page? That's weird."

"Nightana, does Light know your name is really Nightana?"

"No and he wouldn't find it on my adoption papers either. The Wammy House just put me as Night."

"No last name either?"

"Nope!"

"Good. He can't hurt you then."

"No, he can't." I smiled at him and got off to stand in front of him. "I really missed you." I hugged him and he hugged me back without question. I nuzzled my face into his chest and leaned into him. For a moment, we stayed that way in the silence.

"Nightana, I need to tell you something-" We were interrupted by There was a knock on the door and we let go of each other. I began opening up my laptop and he looked at the paper as the door opened.

"Hey Light!" I greeted.

"Ryuzaki, what is that?" Light asked and he smiled at me.

"I'll explain it once everyone else gets here." I began looking over some of my emails from the other detectives I was working for. There weren't a whole lot; barely any of them were any use to my cause of the cases. I sighed and looked up at the ceiling.

"Night, is something wrong?" Light asked as he came over to me.

"Oh, you know, I'm not able to figure out how to solve a few cases and my clients can't give me any useful information that I don't already have."

"Really? That sucks..."

"Yeah, it does a lot."

"Night, what are you doing?" Soichiro asked as he came over next to us and I quickly closed out my email.

"Oh, I'm just checking my emails to see if any of my clients have any new information."

"Who are you working for?" I swallowed and tried to think of some place that wouldn't sound too suspicious.

I was lucky enough to be saved by L. "Good, you're all here. We have this; a journal entry from the Second Kira." I looked over at him.

"Can I see it?" I asked and he handed it over. I sat next to him in a chair in my position and scanned over it before giving back to him, thinking about how this was set up. If the Second Kira wanted this broadcasted, then people would know what was going on. What was his goal... Or was it a she? "Ryu-kun, can I have those tapes for an hour. Here, I mean... It's just I have this hunch that I want to solve."

"Sure."

"Do you need this again? I can't promise that it'll come out perfectly again."

"I have copies," he said plainly.

"Then could I use one of the copies? I don't want to ruin the original one."

"They're over there." I walked over to the papers piled everywhere and found the tapes easily. I glanced over a few of the stacks of papers and decided I'd look over them again later.

"So what do you guys think of this?" I asked, "because it doesn't make sense to make this public. Everyone would know they were planning to meet at the Tokyo Dome. It doens't make sense."

"It doesn't," L agreed and explained a plan he had.

"I think we should cancel the game though," I broke in when he mentioned it and he nodded, "And keep an eye on those two places they mention." He finished explaining and then I was released to do whatever I had wanted to. I put the tape in the player and began listening through it. I then began taking out all the synthetic voice covering there voice. My eyes widened when I began hearing a woman's voice, but I couldn't completely get through it. I quickly wrote that note down next to the sketch I had made of the name on the video. I was proud of myself on how I was helping the Kira Case, although I hadn't shared this information yet, but I was doing good. The rest of the detectives were gone; I had been in my room for over four hours. I blinked and then walked over to my laptop, searching through different places the Second Kira could be thinking about. She had to have some place planned. I laid on my stomach and began scanning through places, humming some random tune to myself as I worked while thinking about the sheet.

"Hey, Ryu-kun," I said after a while, looking up from my laptop.

"Yes, Nightana?" he asked, looking over at me from his coffee.

"Can I make a copy of that journal entry for myself? I swear I won't share anything-"

"That's fine. I trust you." I smiled my thanks and put my laptop on the glass table, getting up to get my notebook. "You have a lot of information, don't you?"

"Yes. Quite a bit."

"Are you going to share it with me soon?"

"One thing for sure is the Second Kira is a woman."

"How did you figure that out?"

"I tried hacking through the synthetic voice and managed to hear her voice a little, but not enough to figure out exactly who it is." He nodded and I began copying the entries in my notebook. I circled the two places and the Tokyo Dome and then got back on my stomach to look through my laptop again, closing the notebook. My eyes caught sight of something and I opened it up. The Noteblue. Could that be where she was planning to meet Kira? I smiled. I bet that was part of the code, but what notebook? Or was that to cover the code. I sighed.

"Is something wrong?"

"This; I don't know if notebook is to cover up the real word or is she really talking about a notebook."

"Do you suspect there might be a notebook?"

"I don't know," I murmured, "am I going with Matsuda and Light?"

"Yes, I was going to have you go. Make sure to keep an eye on Light."

"I will." I closed down my screens and got up. "Are you hungry?"

"Watari will get us something soon."

"He doesn't have to."
"You didn't say that at the Wammy House," he pointed out.

"I was four, five, and six. What do you expect? I'm eighteen now so I know better."

"You can get what you want."

"Oh, what did you want to say to me earlier?"

"Oh, nothing now. It's not important." As L said this, his gaze lowered and I frowned.

"Are you hiding something?"

"No, of course not, Nightana. Are you?"

"N-no. I'm going to go to bed."

"Good night then, Nightana." He seemed pained about something.

"Oh, Ryu-kun, what's wrong?"

"Nothing. Good night." I winced.

"Alright." I left him and closed the door behind me softly, my laptop and notebook tucked under my arm and looked at the ground sadly as I put my stuff away. I curled up under my blankets, clutching my pillow in my arms and found I couldn't get to sleep.

"Nightana, are you sure you still love him?" I looked up at Vincent and nodded my head.

"I have to tell him how I feel. Even if he doesn't feel the same way. Good night, Vincent." I closed my eyes and found sleep embrace me almost instantly.