Chapter 7: Human
"I won't keep you waiting long." I smile. After that day, the weeks flew by. More deaths came, but none near me. The phone rings one day and I answer it.
"Iliana? May I see you please? Alone?" It was L.
"Ryuzaki, of course!" I smile. He comes over about ten minutes later. I open the door for him as he knocks on it.
"Sorry about all this, I just had to know that you were safe…" L says. I smile again.
"It's alright. Come on it and I'll get the tea ready!" I turn to go inside. L grabs my hand gently and pulls me back. "Hm?" I look at him.
"I'm not good with girls… Or with anything romantic… But I've been doing research about things that girls like and I was wondering if you'd like to go out with me?" L looks at me with his large eyes. I blink.
"Oh, uh, sure! When would you like to go out?" I ask, getting a grip of myself.
"Could we go now?" He asks. I nod and write a note to my parents and Melina, telling them that I'd be out for the day. I turn around, my purple skirt flaring around me. I fix my purple corset top with black ribbons on it and slip a black jacket on. I walk out with L. I notice that there's no car waiting for us, but I figure that L asked Watari to drop him off.
"Where would you like to go?" I ask.
"You like crepes, don't you?" He turns a corner. I nod. "There's a good crepe stand nearby. Why don't we grab one and walk around the park a bit?"
"I think that's a wonderful idea!" I smile. We walk by the stand and I see someone familiar
"What would you like, my dear?" The person working at the crepe stand asks. He smiles at me.
"Oh… What would you like, Ryuzaki?" I ask, being careful to use his other name.
"I'll order my own, so you may have whatever you'd like." L says. I bite my lip.
"I guess I'll have a strawberries and whipped cream crepe please." I tell the man. He nods and tells my order to the person actually making the crepes. He takes L's order and in a few minutes, L and I are walking around. I take a bite of my crepe, getting a bit of whipped cream on my nose. L looks over at me and uses the tip of his finger to get it off my nose. I blush a little bit. L bumps into the same familiar person
"Hey, watch where you're going!" She exclaims, as he gets whipped cream on his cheek. She immediately smiles. "Oh, hello, Ryuzaki!
"Sorry, Misa… I was a bit distracted. You see, I'm on what I believe is a date with Miss Iliana Honda." L says. My blush deepens.
"Oh, so YOU'RE Iliana Honda!" Misa says, intrigued. I take another bite of my crepe as I bow to her.
"Pleased to meet you, Miss Amane." I say, swallowing my bite. I rise up and Misa laughs.
"Please, call me Misa! Everyone does!" She smiles again. I look up.
"Well then… Misa… I'm pleased to meet you!" I smile.
"Pleased to meet you too, Miss Honda." She bows to me.
"Oh, you can call me Iliana." I say.
"Okay!" She says. I jump a bit as my cell phone rings.
"Excuse me…" I blush, answering my phone. I hold my crepe in my other hand. "Hello?" I say
"Lana? Oh, thank God!" Light sounds like he'd been running.
"Light?" I say, my heartbeat rising in fear.
"You're mother said you'd gone out for the day…" He says.
"Yes, I'm out now." I avoid L and Misa's gaze.
"Where are you? I need to speak with you."
"Light, we broke up weeks ago… I'm sorry, but I still need more time…" I say.
"You're with Ryuzaki, aren't you?" Light asks, in a cold tone.
"And so what if I am? He's my boss after all!" I sigh. "Look, I don't have the energy to argue with you. Goodbye." I hang up. I turn around and Misa is squinting at me.
"You were the one who Light was going out with?" She says.
"Yes… Is that a bad thing?" I ask, tentatively.
"Not at all! You can tell me what he likes! I'm his new girlfriend!" Misa smiles. I look at L, who still has whipped cream on his cheek. I reach out and gently wipe it off. He blinks at me and takes another bite of his crepe.
"Well… I'm happy for you two!" I smile. Her eyes widen.
"You're very sweet. Here's my number and please make sure to text me, okay?" She gives me a card and skips away. I turn to L.
"That was interesting…" I clear my throat.
"You were very direct with Light. More direct then I've ever seen you before…" L says.
"Is that a bad thing?" I ask.
"No it isn't." He smiles and takes another bite of his crepe. We finish our crepes and our walk. I sit on a bench and he sits next to me in his usual childlike position.