"..." L shifted awkwardly from his perch in his seat.
"..."
"...Raito-kun?" All L received was an extremely pissed death glare from the teen.
"...er...." Raito's expression did not change.
"...I can understand why Raito-kun may be a little...upset..." Raito's eyes narrowed.
"...perhaps extremely pissed would be a more accurate description..."
"..." Raito's expression still did not change.
"But...in light of the recent events happening, Raito-kun must acknowledge th-"
"YOU. LEFT. ME. BEHIND."
"Yes, I did." L snapped, beginning to lose patience.
"Because you got 'distracted' from certain recent events, Ryuuzaki."
"...What would Raito-kun have done if he were in the same situation with Kiyo-chan?" L retorted. "It also did not help that he was just sitting in a corner moping like an 'emo' person. He was very easy to forget."
"Oh, is that the case????" Raito snarled, beginning to lose his cold expression.
"Yes, that is the 'case', Raito-kun. You were acting very depressed."
"..."
"...now that we have come to it, may I ask why Raito-kun was so depre-"
"NO."
"..." L slowly chewed his thumb. "...I think it is only fair, since Raito-kun knows what the 'recent event' happened to me...."
"I DON'T CARE." Raito said stubbornly.
L paused. "...Is Raito-kun still ma-"
"YES."
"..." L started to resume his thumb chewing. "Raito-kun seems to regard himself highly and does not like to be forgotten. Therefore, I am raising his Kira percentage by 25 percent-"
"WHAT??" Raito's eyebrows shot up. "COME ON, RYUUZAKI!!! ANYONE WOULD HAVE BEEN UPSET-"
"Not as upset as Raito-kun is now..." L retaliated.
"You're kidding me!!!!!"
"Then Raito-kun should tell me why he was depressed yesterday."
Raito gaped incredulously. "What kind of detective are you??? You're just abusing your power that way, Ryuuzaki!!"
"Yes, I am. Now tell me."
"Urgh..." Raito gritted his teeth. There was no way he would tell Ryuuzaki why. Even when he thought about it, he felt like an idiot.
"The chance that it is something trivial and irrational has risen by-"
"OH JUST SHUT UP!!!!!!!!"
L drew his thumb away from his mouth, grinning triumphantly. "So it is something incredibly stupid...I see..."
"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..."
"...sometimes Raito-kun's behavior makes me think that he really is gay..."
Five milliseconds later...
CRASH!!!!
Yomi looked up, a frown appearing on her face. "I hope that wasn't just Raito-kun and Ryuuzaki fighting just now..."
"I AM NOT GAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
L rolled his eyes and kicked Raito swiftly in the stomach. "Really, Raito-kun is such an idiot..."
"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY???????????????"
"You heard me. You're an idiot."
BOOOOOOOOOM.
"ROKYA!!!!!!"
"Yoko, I only make explosions in the afternoon. It's disturbing things that I make in the morn-"
"MELLO!!!!!!"
"Not me."
"RYUUZAKI!!!!!!"
"...Raito-kun started it."
"I DID NOT START IT!!!!!!!!!"
"Yes, he did, by throwing the first punch."
"ONLY BECAUSE YOU SAID I WAS GAY-"
"Only because Raito-kun was acting like a PMSing girl-"
"BECAUSE YOU WERE ANNOYING THE HELL OUT OF ME!!!!! ANYONE WOULD HAVE ACTED LIKE A GIRL ON THE RAG, RYUUZAKI!!!!!!!!"
"...this conversation is very disturbing..." Mark commented. The other six, even Rokya, nodded in agreement. Above them, L and Raito's argument continued.
"I only wanted to know why Raito-kun was acting depressed, therefore, it is his fault, because he should not have gotten depressed in the first place. If he had not, he would not have-"
"NO, IT IS NOT MY FAULT!!!!! IT IS YOUR FAULT FOR BEING SO...HORNY!!!!!"
"...do they know that everyone in the house can hear their conversation?" Rokya wondered out loud.
"Probably not."
"Well, if Raito-kun had not decided to become Kira, this whole thing would not have happened, thus, it is his fault no matter how many times one would look at it." L concluded, sticking his thumb back into his mouth.
"I AM NOT KIRA, DAMMIT!!!!!!"
Rokya rubbed his forehead irritably. "Sheesh, those two need to stop, they're giving me a headache."
"Actually, Rokya-kun, it would be more accurate to say that Raito-kun needs to stop because he is the one making all the noise-"
"SHUT UP, RYUUZAKI!!!!!!!"
Rokya froze. "How the hell did he manage to hear me?"
"Because I have a camera watching the seven of you in my room, Rokya-kun."
"Oh, I see." Rokya paused again, scratching his head. "Hang on, how could I have missed that?"
"Well, the cameras are very difficult to see, Rokya-kun-"
"No, I mean, the scent. How could I have missed the scent before?" Rokya pondered, now scratching his chin. He noticed then that the other six in the room were all giving him weird looks.
"Oh come on, haven't you guys gotten used to it, already?"
"....You made it very difficult, Rokya..." Kiyo muttered through gritted teeth.
"I suppose I do. I'll take that as a compliment, then."
"Raito-kun needs anger management classes."
"NO I DO NOT NEED ANGER MANAGEMENT CLASSES!!!! YOU NEED A GOOD SPANKING ON THE ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"..."
"...okay, even I got disturbed by that sentence..." Rokya hissed quietly, his hand snaking to his forehead again.
"...I'm sorry, Raito-kun. It would never work between us..."
"I DID NOT MEAN IT THAT WAY RYUUZAKI AND YOU KNOW IT-"
"Okay, seriously, guys!!!!" Rokya yelled at the camera, "My head REALLY hurts!!!!!!!!!!"
Kiyo snorted. "Your head hurts? More like anyone's head who lives in a fifty mile radius hurts. Well, maybe except for Near and Matt."
Mark raised an eyebrow. "Why them?"
"Well, they did have to put up with Mello for a long time..."
"WHAT-"
"Mello," Kiyo snapped, "that's a compliment, sheesh."
Kiyo turned back to Rokya. "But you actually have a headache, Rokya? That's not like you...You didn't get a headache when we had to hear things worst than this...you were just irritated..."
Rokya shrugged, disguising his unease with casualness. "I guess it's backlash from the sugar thing..."
"But that usually lasts five days at least..." Kiyo pointed out.
Meanwhile, Raito continued to yell at L, who responded by making provoking comments that made Raito yell even more.
Yomi rolled her eyes irritably. "Honestly, what do I see in that guy?"
"Hang on," Mello said excitedly, "you like him?"
"Don't be stupid."
"That's not really answering the question." Matt pointed out, still playing his gameboy.
"It's not supposed to." Yomi said, crossing her arms and leaning back in her chair.
"...which means you like him."
"No, it does not."
"Yes, it does."
"Does not."
"Does."
"Does not!"
"Does!"
"Does not!!!"
"Does!!!"
"Will you all just shut the hell up????!!!!!!!!!" Rokya demanded, finally snapping. "And that goes for you, too, Ryuuzaki!!!! I mean it!!!! Don't underestimate my wrath!!!!!!!!!"
The now pissed seventeen year old walked out of the room, leaving six throughly confused people and two equally confused geniuses watching the scene on camera, Raito and even L now stunned with Rokya's unexpected actions.
Mello blinked. "...whoa. Rokya is scary when he's pissed."
"Not as scary when he's happy, though." Mark pointed out.
"Yeah, you're right..."
Kiyo raised a confused eyebrow, concern unwillingly stirring in her. "Rokya?"
Five minutes later...
"What was with him?" Matt asked curiously as he continued to play his gameboy.
"..."
"...that was a little too late, Matt."
"No one cares."
"I care."
"You don't count."
"WHAT??"
Near twirled a lock of his hair pensively. "Am I the only one, or has someone else noticed how similar Mello's behavior sometimes is to Yagami-kun's?"
"WHAT??"
L ruffled his successor's white head affectionately. "That's my successor."
"WHAT???"
Matt rolled his eyes. "I can't blame Rokya for getting pissed at all of you..."
"But that was weird..." Kiyo mused. "It's only been once since I've seen Rokya snap like that... something must be bothering him."
"Like what?" Yomi asked, still carefully giving L a wide berth after yesterday's 'recent incident'.
Kiyo shrugged. "I don't know, what do you think, Ryuuzaki, Raito-kun?"
L looked up hopefully. "Perhaps it has something to do with Kira."
"Or it does not have something to do with Kira." Raito pointed out. "It could be something personal."
"..." L pouted childishly. "...the chance of Raito-kun being Kira has risen by-"
"Can't you just go for one day without raising my Kira percentage??" Raito asked exasperatedly.
"Can't Raito-kun just go for one day without doing anything that would raise his Kira percentage?" L shot back.
"I am not doing things that would raise my Kira percentage!!"
"Yes, you are. Take now, for example. You tried to direct the conversation away from Kira, which raises your Kira percentage to five percent, because that is something Kira would do."
"I was just pointing out other possibilities!!!!"
"There is a possibility you could have just been pointing out other possibilities." L acknowledged. "Which is why it is only five percent, not a hundred percent."
"Come on!!!"
"No, Raito-kun, I will not 'come on' as you put it. The Kira case is a serious matter. Up seven point three percent."
"WHAT??!!!"
"That was for thinking little of the Kira case."
"I do know that the Kira case is a serious matter!!!"
"But you were not treating it like a serious matter, therefore-"
"Are you guys just going to argue, or are you actually going to find out what's going on with Charlie??" Mark demanded, driven to irritation as well. "Because, no offense, but you guys are really annoying everyone."
"..."
"...sorry." L said sheepishly.
"You should be." Yomi retorted.
Kiyo frowned. "What could have happened yesterday that made Rokya like this?"
Near shrugged. "There are many logical explanations if Rokya-kun were an ordinary human being, unfortunately, however, he is not."
"Yeah, Near, that really helped us out." Mello said sarcastically.
Near glared at him coldly. "I was merely stating the facts."
L chewed on his thumb, deep in thought. "I think the best course of action we should take..."
Seven pairs of eyes looked at him expectantly.
"...is to have Kiyo-chan ask Rokya-kun what's bothering him."
Kiyo gave a start. "What?!!"
"That does make sense..." Near said monotonously.
"Yeah, you're probably the one who is closest to him, Kiyo." Yomi said gently.
"You do want to know what's making him act all bitchy, don't you?" Mello asked challengingly.
"Well, yes...but..."
"You'd be doing it for him just as a friend, right?" Raito asked nervously.
"...I guess...but I really don't think..."
"I think you should just get it over with." Matt offered.
"...I think..." Mark began hesitantly, "that it would be worth a try, Kiyo. I know you two aren't really close, but Ryuuzaki seems to think that it's best..."
"..." Kiyo was ultimately overruled. She sighed resignedly. "Fine. But don't blame me if it doesn't work out."
"Wouldn't dream of it..." L muttered as Kiyo walked out of the room.
Rokya was sitting almost in an L-like position, his knees drawn to his chest, his back slouched. All he needed was to stick his thumb in his mouth and he'd be a copycat L.
However, chewing his thumb does not help Rokya think. All Rokya was actually thinking was of the unsettled feeling in his stomach that he had felt earlier.
To his surprise, he had had a hard time trying to figure it out, and it did not help that the other members of the "gang" had started the extremely irritably conversations, which caused Rokya to get all pissed and run away.
"..." Rokya gave a deep sigh. It...had to be just his hormones. Yes, that was it. He never had a girlfriend before, or felt attracted to any girl before, and now his hormones were finally acting up and Yoko (Rokya thinks of Kiyo as Yoko in his thinking) just happened to be on him when it happened.
Yeah, it was nothing to worry about. Yawning, the seventeen year old stood up, stretched, then lazily fell back down. He should go back now, and tell the others that he had a bruise or some kind of damage on his butt from yesterday.
Kiyo was looking for Rokya reluctantly, not really wanting to ask her former classmate why he was so pissed. She opened the door and peered outside.
"Rokya?"
"Yo." Came the response, and Kiyo soon spotted Rokya's form sprawled on the grass. She approached him cautiously.
"You're back to your usual self." Kiyo commented as she sat down next to him.
"Yeah. Sorry about that..." Rokya said casually. Yoko...I forgot to tell you. I checked L's numbers the other day. He still has seventy more years until he dies.
That's great. Thanks. Kiyo thought back.
Why so unenthusiastic?
Because... Kiyo took a breath and decided to get straight to the point. "Rokya, what's bothering you?"
There was a very tense silence that followed.
"..."
"..." Rokya opened his mouth to tell Kiyo a lie, but closed it. "...well..."
"You don't have to tell me if it's that upsetting." Kiyo added hastily.
Rokya bit his lip. "...no...it's not bad...it's just...funny..."
"What kind of funny?" Kiyo asked unnecessarily.
"Weird funny. Um...how should I put this?"
"Is it...disturbing?"
Rokya sighed. "Yeah..."
"Maybe I don't want to know about it?"
"Yeah, you don't want to know. I had a boner last night."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"...I really, REALLY, didn't need to know that, Rokya."
"Yeah, you didn't. Which is why I told you." Rokya teased slightly. Actually, it was only half of the truth...
"Of course." Kiyo retorted, inching away from him slightly.
"...can I try something?" Rokya asked hesitantly.
"No."
"I'll try it anyway." Rokya swiftly grabbed Kiyo's wrist.
"Whoa, Rokya!!!" Kiyo tried to break free, feeling very disturbed.
"...." Rokya let go.
"Sorry."
"I-it's okay..."
"..."
An awkward silence settled between them.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"BUTTER TOAST!!!!!!"
"WHAT THE FUCK, ROKYA??"
"It's what I do when there's an awkward silence. It doesn't make it any better, though..."
"Yeah, it makes it even more awkward. Come on, let's go inside."
"...so...what was bothering you, Rokya?" Mello asked cautiously.
"Well..." Rokya began.
Kiyo cut him off swiftly. "You don't want to know."
Raito groaned. He should keep a closer watch on Kiyo from now on...
Kiyo looked around. "Hang on, where's Ryuuzaki?"
Yomi shrugged. "He got a phone call five minutes ago and walked out of the room. I really don't know what it's about, and I'm really not missing him."
The words had no sooner left her mouth when L burst back in, a serious look in his eyes.
"Ryuuzaki??"
"What happened??"
L grabbed his laptop and began furiously typing on it. "Do you all remember the building where Rokya-kun took Matsuda-san?"
"What?" Mark asked, confused. Rokya laughed sheepishly. "Ehehe...."
"Yotsuba? What about it?"
"People are dying of heart attacks again." L said shortly.
"Huh????"
"But...how????"
Raito blinked. "And their deaths have benefitted Yotsuba in some way?"
L nodded. "Precisely. We are all going back to Japan immediately."
Kiyo and Yomi exchanged horrified looks. ...Another Death Note???!!!!!
"Wait, aren't we going too??" Mello demanded.
L frowned at him. "No. All three of you are staying here."
"Aw, come on!!!"
"Are we leaving now?" Yomi asked bewilderedly.
"Yes."
"Am I coming too?" Rokya asked hopefully.
"Yes."
"Sweet!!"
"Yeah, he's back to himself alright..."
But then, Rokya saw something that did not bode well for them. Not at all.
As the teenager glanced at L's eyes, he saw that the numbers above L's head had changed.
The detective only had eight days.
OOOOOHH!!!! Now what will happen??
Find out next week!! ^.^
