"Oh? I'm sure you've seen me where I work. I work at Tomori Bakery," Sachi informed him, thinking there must be something on her cheek since his eyes never left her face. She immediately reached up and swiped at it, remembering the icing incident with L. The memory prompted a light blush to stain her cheeks.
"Yes, that has to be it. That explains how you met our friend here," Light said in his jaded way, jerking his head toward L who was busy talking with Misa Misa.
L was perched on the couch in his usual odd way and Misa Misa was sitting close to him, so close their heads were almost touching. L said something and his blonde companion laughed like a hyena. Who knew he could tell jokes?
Light regarded them with an expressionless face then turned his gaze back to Sachi. "Would you like to take a walk?"
"What about them?" she asked, turning her head to see those two were lost in a world of their own. She could only imagine what a strange place that must be.
"Do you think they will notice?"
They both studied to two bizarre human beings on the couch and decided they would never be missed. Light held out his arm as if he were escorting her to a formal ball. Sliding her arm through his, Sachi permitted him to lead her out of the room.
"Where are you two going?" Matsuda inquired with a quirked eyebrow when Light opened the door.
"We're going for a walk," he patiently informed the inquisitive officer who was just doing his job. "I'm sure you can watch us on the hotel's surveillance cameras. You know your system is linked in right?"
"Of course I do," the officer replied, sliding his chair over to his keyboard. Typing furiously, the screen immediately changed into sixteen separate camera shots. The rest of the camera shots popped up on a big screen on the wall opposite him.
"Wow! This is truly amazing," she sighed in wonderment, looking at the screens. This gave invasion of privacy a new meaning. Her eyes lit on a shot that was very familiar. Gulping loudly, she realized she was looking at the room she had slept in the night before. Her eyes raced across the screen and she realized there were other screen shots of rooms and bedrooms.
"Those are our rooms. Mine and Misa's," Light explained when he saw her staring in wide-eyed shock at them. "Don't worry. He shuts those off at night."
"So you're under surveillance?"
"Yes. You didn't know?"
"Well, no. We just started dating."
"Come on," he said, pulling her toward the door. "Tell me all about how that disaster started."
Light led her to the roof as Sachi explained how L frequented the bakery and became her favorite customer. She told him about the icing incident that led up to him asking for her phone number then his request for the cake that led her here.
"I have to admit, he found a very unique way to get me into his bed on the first night," she giggled lightly. Realizing how sexually blatant that sounded, she blushed deeply staring at her red satin pumps. She walked toward the edge of the building overlooking the city.
"The view is great from up here. Everything looks so beautiful. You can't see all the bad things. You can't see all the dirt and filth. That includes the human kind too," she added, laying her palms flat on the smooth cement wall edging the top of the building. She was not sure where Light was standing until she could feel his body heat radiating to her. He was located just to her left, close enough that if she swayed slightly she would touch him. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see him taking in the same awe inspiring display of city lights as her.
"So what do you think about the weird and wonderful Ryuuzaki?" he queried, taking one step closer to her.
Sachi giggled lightly accidentally bumping him when she moved. She felt her heart begin to race when he reached out to touch her bare arm. Leaning forward to pull away from his touch, she pretended to be searching for a better angle from which to admire the view.
"I like him. He's quite strange and sometimes a little frightening, but I think he's a really good guy," she said, feeling very protective of L suddenly.
Sachi whirled around, feeling quite aggravated and put out with Mr. Perfection. She inhaled audibly with surprise because Light was close enough to her that if she breathed hard her breasts would graze his body.
"I recognize you now. You were the girl in the back of my senior class who always fell asleep during class lectures. You still made high marks and everyone hated you for it. I hated you for it," he remarked vehemently.
Sachi's heart leapt to her throat choking her. He was absolutely right; she was that girl. She was the one person in their senior class who had been smart enough to give Light Yagami something of an intellectual challenge. If only she had cared. Instead, she had made the conscious decision to rebel against formal education and standards. She had purposely hemmed her skirts two inches too short and wore her shirts a size too small so the buttons between her breasts would gape open. Her body was a distraction to male students and teachers alike. She had even been accused of giving sexual favors to the male teachers to earn good grades. That was not the case at all. The things that had made her successful in school and enabled her to get high marks were her incredible memory including an impeccable photographic memory. Obviously Light's memory was pretty damn good as well.
"So what if I am? Maybe I didn't want Ryuuzaki to know I'm a super nerd like you," she snapped, edging from between him and the wall.
"Super nerd? Don't you know he's one too?" he rejoined, following her.
"Snappy comeback there, Poindexter. Yes, but unlike you, he has a personality," she retorted, walking to the other side of the roof to see what the view was like there. Hearing his footsteps behind her, she realized there was still too much Light over here as well.
"Personality? Is that what you call his brand of insanity?" he asked her with an unmistakable tone of annoyance.
Sachi grinned evilly. She was getting a rise out of the usually unflappable and passive handsome genius. She turned around to face him with a sardonic smirk.
"It's better than your short-sighted, self-centered, egotism. What is it like, Light? Being stuck here with us mere mortals. It must be awful for you," she stated with mocking pity, folding her arms under her breasts to glare at him.
"No wonder you two get along so well. You're just as crazy as he is," he countered, raising his voice slightly.
"Hey! Sweetheart! The food has arrived!" L yelled from the roof door. "I took the liberty of ordering for you. I hope you like it."
"Oh, man," Light grumbled wondering what gastrointestinal nightmare awaited him.
L had actually done very well with his choice of entrees. He had ordered steak sandwiches and fries for everyone.
Misa Misa ate about a third of her sandwich and none of her fries since she was watching her figure. She was a model and actress after all.
Sachi could not have cared less about her figure. She worked in a bakery for god's sake. She had made her peace with calories a long time ago. Both men watched in gaping awe as she finished off her food then began picking off of Misa's plate. After eating half of the beauty queen's food, she grabbed her beer and strolled out to the balcony, kicking off her shoes on the way.
"Ryuuzaki, you've found your perfect match," Light commented, eyeing the woman standing at the bannister.
Sachi sighed with satisfaction. She was quite content at this moment. Her head was buzzing nicely from her third beer that she was nursing to savor the experience. Her body flinched when she felt a hand gently rest on the swell of her hip then glide up the curve to her waist. She inhaled sharply when goose bumps erupted all over her body from the fingers grazing the side of her breast as he continued his uphill slide on her body. 'Boy, L is really taking advantage of this girlfriend thing by almost feeling me up,' she thought to herself.
"Oh, honey , we have guests. Can you wait?" she mumbled, turning to see Light standing there. She screamed and dropped her beer, the cold foamy liquid washing over her toes when the glass shattered. "LIGHT! What the hell are you doing?"
"I just wanted to see what kind of reaction I could get out of you if I took you by surprise. That was really good," he chuckled ever so slightly. He moved toward her, hefting her up into his arms to keep her from cutting her bare feet on the glass. "For you to eat so much, you're not terribly heavy."
"For you to be so gorgeous you sure are an asshole," she bit back, pushing against his chest when they were safely inside the room and away from the glass on the balcony. Had it not occurred to him that she could have simply stepped around the dangerous shards?
"You think I'm gorgeous," he stated in an accusatory tone, dropping her on the couch. He could not keep the self-satisfied smirk from his lips when she landed with a yelp.
"And an asshole," she added, standing up quickly to pull her skirt down that had ridden up to her hips.
"Nice panties. They're even red like your dress," he commented, watching her face turn the same color as well.
"You've been spending too much time with the resident perv. He's wearing off on you." Her searching eyes found L sitting on the couch with Misa. They were looking at one of her latest photo spreads in a fashion magazine.
"Maybe I'm just showing my personality." The lopsided grin on Light's face gave him a rakish appearance making him seem even more inviting in addition to already being drop dead gorgeous.
Damn. Life had a way of being really unfair sometimes. Brains, looks, and deceptively manipulative – Light Yagami was a triple threat.
"How did you and Misa meet?" Sachi inquired, sitting down on the couch and folding her legs underneath her. She scooted away when he sat down next to her.
"She actually searched for me. She showed up at my door one night," he answered truthfully with a conceited grin.
"Seriously?" she snorted derisively, rolling her eyes.
"You don't like me do you?" He leaned toward her because he enjoyed making her uncomfortable.
"No. I don't. But I do like him." She gazed at L in what she hoped was an amorous manner, although the only thing she longed to do to him was bite him and not in a romantic sense. She had no idea he was on such friendly terms with the bubbly and adorable model.
"Hmmmm…you're a very interesting person, Rose," Light said pointedly. He knew who she was but he could not remember her real name. He had never bothered to pay attention to the stupid giggly girls at school. The only reason she had garnered even a speck of attention from him was because her name was always below his when their grades were listed in order of highest to lowest. And she snored with disturbing volume during class. No one could ignore that.
"Light, my darling, I'm tired," Misa whined, putting on a pouty face to get Light moving.
"Well, go to your room," he returned callously.
Asshole. Sachi got up from the couch pretending to stretch and yawn. "I'm pretty tired myself. I think I'll go to bed as well. Misa, it was wonderful meeting you."
Misa Misa bounced her way and she resisted the temptation to run for her room to avoid the crushing hug. For the woman to be stick thin, she had surprising strength.
Sachi wished she knew why the girl had this irrepressible need to hug her. She assumed Misa Misa must need a friend. Glancing at Light briefly, she questioned how it could be so lonely at the top for them, especially when they had each other. She moved toward L who was still sitting on the couch. Bending to kiss his cheek, she found herself kissing his lips when he turned his head at the last second.
"Good night, dear," he said, reaching out to caress her cheek lovingly.
"Good night," she responded, walking toward the bedroom with her heart pounding in her ears as her pulse climbed. He was pushing the limits here.