Mikami and Mello found us as we were finishing up a tour of the cruise. Light and I tried hiding from Mikami - Amanda and L thought we were playing a game with each other or something - but he found us. I mean, we like Mikami, but he can just get too clingy sometimes. If so many people had not been around, he probably would have been on the floor, kissing our feet saying, Gods, there you are, I was getting nervous because we couldn't find you! Typical Mikami...Mello, on the other hand, waved and smiled sweetly at me. I know he was hurting on the inside, but he never showed it. We hugged, although Light did not approve, so he took me away from Mello's grasp. I gave him an annoyed look, and he let me go. And I thought Mikami was clingy...Well, I guess he's just going through one of those phases in our relationship where he thinks that I would rather be with any other guy that comes my way. I can understand that.

"Hey guys!" Amanda waved to Mello and Mikami.

"Hi!" Mello replied. "What are you guys doing?"

"We just finished our tour of the cruise." L told Mello. "Where are you headed?"

"The slots." Mikami smirked. "We're gonna try and get big bucks!" he laughed, and Mello chuckled. I gave a small chuckle as well.

"Maybe I'll head with you guys! It would be my first gamble!" I replied, laughing excitedly. Mello smiled and Mikami was nodding big; one of those that says, Yes, God! You must come! Just as I suspected, he said that exact thing, but with a slight change of words.

"Joanna, you must come, you'll have so much fun!" Mikami yelled to me. He grabbed my hand as we ran to the casino. Mello followed us.

"see you later guys!" I yelled as Mikami pulled me away. Light looked aggravated.

"So are we still going to lunch?" L asked.

"You guys go ahead. I'm gonna go to the casino with Mello, Mikami, and Joanna."

"Why?" Amanda asked, "Because you need to be by her side every waking minute, or because you're jealous of Mello?" she smirked as Light got annoyed.

"Just to go!" Light yelled. "And I would like to be with Joanna, because I love her!"

"Ok, ok! Don't get so defensive!" Amanda backed off and sighed as Light started walking away. "I guess I just don't see the same thing Joanna sees, because when I look at you, all I see is Kira." Light stopped in his tracks, not looking back to glare at Amanda's smirking face. He then continued walking.

"You better value your life, Amanda." Light murmured to himself. "Because one of these days, I'm not going to follow Joanna's rules..." Light smirked evilly as Amanda and L watched him walk away. She then looked at L seriously.

"L..." Amanda started.

"No Amanda, I'm not letting you do this to yourself. You're the one who told me we weren't going to worry about the Kira case this week." L interrupted.

"Yeah, I guess you're right." Amanda sighed. "After all, the chances of Kira being on this cruise ship are over a billion to one!" L gave a chuckle as they walked over to the cafe for lunch.

.::CASINO::.

I was so excited to finally be allowed to gamble, it's so much fun! I had already won over $1000 by playing the slots and at the card tables. I love being 18!

"Haha! I win again Mikami!" I yelled excitedly, winning yet another game of poker with Mikami. He was shocked that he was down to his last $100, and I won every card game we played so far.

"Not possible!" Mikami whimpered. I gave a small chuckle. As Mello was playing the slots, he had won around $500 so far.

"Wow Mikami, you suck at gambling!" Mello laughed, as did I. Where we couldn't see, Light was watching us, making sure nothing was actually going on except for gambling. I spotted him, and he knew it. I got out of my seat and excused myself.

"Excuse me, I just need to use the bathroom." I lied.

"Do you know where it is?" Mello asked. I chuckled.

"Yeah, I think I can find it." I replied, walking away as Mello smiled at me. As I walked out of the casino, Light followed me. When I made sure Mello and Mikami couldn't see us, I stopped short and Light ran into me. I turned around and gave him an annoyed look. "What are you doing?!"

"Hey, I didn't mean to run into you! You stopped short!" Light replied.

"Not that! Why were you spying on me?! Are you still worried that I might go out with Mello behind your back?"

"I just wanted to check up on you to see where you were going after the casino."

"Then you would have come over and asked me." I replied, placing my hand on Light's cheek. He put his hand over mine. "I've known you for 2 years, Light...no, even longer than 2 years...I know what you're like." Light gave me a serious look, and I gave him one right back. He then let out a sigh.

"I'm sorry." he replied. "I can get over protective sometimes." I smiled at Light, and he smiled back at me.

"Only sometimes?" I chuckled, as did Light as he held me in his arms. We then kissed each other gently. "It's alright, I forgive you...Oh, and I'm probably going to leave the casino now and head back to the hotel room...maybe I'll order room service...It's just getting so boring beating Mikami at poker!" Light laughed.

"Alright. I'm gonna go get something from the cafe, and then I'll come back the hotel room." Light replied. "Oh, and we're going to get dinner early tonight, so we could watch the stars later...just the two of us...is that okay with you?"

"Sounds romantic." I whispered, still in Light's arms, smiling. "And at midnight, the club opens, so I wanna go there too, but you don't need to go. I think it'll just be me and Amanda going."

"If you want to just go with Amanda, that's fine by me. I'm not really that into clubs anyway."

"Ok." I gave Light another kiss. "Well, then I'm gonna go, so you can get your lunch. Bye Light, love you!"

"Love you too, Joanna." Light replied as he walked to the cafe. I walked over to the elevator and got in. I suddenly saw Mello run over, so I kept the elevator open for him. When he got in, I let the elevator doors close and I pressed the button for our floor.

"Hey Mello, I thought you were going to stay at the casino." I said.

"I thought you were staying too, but you didn't!" Mello laughed.

"Oh yeah, I sorta forgot, because I ran into Light on the way back...Sorry." I replied, smiling, scratching the back of my head. When we got to our floor, the elevator opened and let us out. When we got to our rooms, I looked through my pockets for my card key. I suddenly realized that I left my card key on my bed in the room, and I was originally coming back with Light after we went to the cafe. "Crap..."

"What is it?" Mello asked, getting his card key out and sliding it through his door, making the door open.

"I don't have my card key with me." I replied.

"Well, you can stay with me until Light gets back if you want." Mello suggested.

"I guess that would be fine...Thanks Mello." I smiled at Mello, and he blushed. He invited me in, and when we were both in the room, he closed the door. We stood in awkward silence for around a minute and a half.

"So..." I started.

"Why do you like Light so much?" Mello interrupted, looking at the floor. He looked a little aggravated, but more disappointed. "What does he have that I don't?"

"Huh?" This question came out of no where. I didn't know what to say.

"You know what I said." He looked up at me. "What makes Light such an amazing person? Why do you love him?"

"Mello, where is all this coming from?"

"Why would you rather be with Light than me?!" He started raising his voice, getting annoyed that I wasn't answering his questions.

"You wouldn't understand..." I replied to Mello. I couldn't tell him that one of the reasons I'm with Light is because we're the two Kiras. That wasn't the only reason though. I love Light very much...

"What wouldn't I understand?!"

"I don't want to talk about it!" I yelled back. "Actually, I think I'm going to head over to the cafe and get the card key from Light-" I was stopped by Mello pinning me to the wall, pressing his lips against mine.

TO BE CONTINUED...