Here and Now by blackdragonflower
Chapter Two: Snapshot
Characters belong to Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata
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Mello sighed and ran his slender fingers through his hair. It had only been four days since they'd arrived at Sayu's parents house and he was already tired and his nerves were ragged. It wasn't her mother that had him like this; no it was her father and brother. Every chance they got they poked his buttons and threw him to wild, rabid dogs. Sensing her boyfriend's distress Sayu squeezed his hand. "What's up? You seem down about something."
"Huh? Oh it's nothing Sayu-chan..."
"You sure? You've been really stressed since we came to visit my parents..."
"It's really nothing... Don't worry about it."
"Okay..." The brunette bit her lower lip and tried to return her attention to the television but found it hard to concentrate on it.
"Do you wanna go somewhere Sayu-chan? Maybe the mall or something?"
Anywhere was fine, as long as it got him out from under the ever-present gaze of parental supervision. And the blonde didn't want to be there when Soichiro got back from work.
Sayu smiled. "Okay. That sounds like fun. It's been forever since I went to the mall."
Mello stood from the couch and walked towards the kitchen. "Sachiko-sama?"
"Yes?"
"Is it alright if Sayu-chan and I go to the mall?"
"You don't have to ask dear. Go have fun."
"Arigato Sachiko-sama. We should be back before six or seven..."
"Do you want me to save you some dinner?"
"No thank you Sachiko-sama... I think I'll take Sayu-chan out to eat."
Sachiko grinned. "You're such a gentleman. We'll see you when you get back. Behave you two!"
Mello chuckled and grabbed Sayu's hand. "You heard her. Let's go."
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At the mall
The mall was clustered with people of all ages, but was mostly inhabited by teenagers. Mello wrapped his arm around Sayu's waist. "So where do you want to go first?"
There were many stores Sayu hadn't frequented in awhile. "I don't know there's so many places... let's just walk around and go wherever... we have some time to waste. I'm sure you're happy to be out my house."
"A bit..." Mello admitted as they walked into a clothing store. Mello smirked and plucked a cute flirty skirt from a rack. "You should try this on. It would look good on you... you have nice legs...this skirt would compliment them." Sayu flushed but took the comment as a compliment instead of a perverted statement. The blonde picked out a fitted leather jacket with spontaneous zippers. "And this would go perfectly with it... Plus it matches one I have at home..." He grinned devilishly.
Sayu giggled to see him in such a perfectly good mood. She held the clothes as he went about picking different accessories and objects for her to try on. She'd never seen a boy do this, so she was quite amused. The girl was quite happy to find he had a good sense of fashion though. Mello was digging through accessories when he stopped.
"What's the matter?" The blonde cracked a grin then laughed showing her a cute panda backpack. Sayu squealed. "That's so cute! Look at its adorable little ears!"
"Want to go try this stuff on?"
"Sure." The brunette smiled following her boyfriend towards the dressing rooms. She winked teasingly. "I'll be out soon Mello-kun."
The blonde held the panda backpack as he sat waiting. Oh, how he loathed waiting. Inside the dressing room Sayu yanked off her jeans and pulled on a pair of black and white striped stockings and a black mini with red silk lining the edge of the ruffles. It was her lucky day that her tanktop was also red, so it matched. She slid her arms into the sleeves of the jacket and zipped it up halfway. Sayu looked in the mirror and had to smile. Mello had one hell of a style. The young woman felt sexy and like she could take on the world. 'Hm... Mello's right this skirt does make my legs look good...'
"Sayu are you almost done?" Mello rapped his knuckles against the door gently.
"Yeah... Gimmie a minute..." Mello spotted his appearance in the mirror and had to grin. Today he was sporting a black pair of jeans with two types of belts one lined with fake bullets and the other riddled with random holes of different sizes. As a must his rosary hung from its comfortable position around his neck. Not feeling the need to show off as much skin today he was wearing a tight, close to the skin, turtleneck sweater. And for fun, last night he'd let Sayu paint his nails pitch oblivion black. Unfortunately Light started picking fun about the blonde getting his nails painted. Mello was just barely able to contain himself from strangling the OCD brother. "Uh Mello-kun?"
When Mello turned his mouth dropped. He quickly shut his mouth and grinned highly pleased. "Damn you look good..."
"You really think so?"
"Yes." The chocolate lover kissed her knuckles. "One word Sayu, sexy."
Yagami Sayu blushed and gently punched Mello's shoulder. "Stop it..."
"I'm just stating the truth!"
Sayu fiddled the edge with the edge of the skirt smiling. "I think I just might buy this outfit... it's so cute..."
"Don't forget the panda." Mello held out the bag, which Sayu took and hugged close to her chest.
"Of course not! He's so adorable, just like Hello Kitty!"
Mello couldn't help but stare at Sayu's thin legs. "If you do buy the outfit... would you wear it the rest of the day?"
"Sure why?" The young woman asked oblivious. She giggled when it dawned on her. "Alright... but only on one condition!"
"What's that?"
"You pay for half. I don't think I have enough for the whole outfit if I get the panda backpack."
"That's a deal." Mello agreed. He could feel the insides of his gut begin to tighten and twist.
Once the outfit was paid for Sayu carried her original clothes in the bag from the store along with her old pair of shoes that she'd replaced with platform boots, which Mello had helped tie good and tight. Despite the boots she was still just a tad bit shorter than her boyfriend. She caught a few boys checking her out but was reassured when Mello wrapped his arm around her waist as if to say, "She's my girlfriend back off dogs." Together they cruised the mall. Surprisingly Mello insisted they stop in the bookstore.
Instinctively he headed for the manga section and inspected the selections. He picked up volume seventeen and eighteen of Case Closed by Gosho Aoyama and volume eight of Hellsing. "You read manga Mello-kun?"
"Yeah... I read a lot of manga..."
"What's your favorite type?"
"Mysteries... action... comedy... I read pretty much every genre."
"Even romance?"
Mello bit the inside of his cheek then muttered truthfully, "Yeah..." Truth be told, romance was his favorite genre, but he'd never tell anyone that, not even Sayu.
"Oh my god what ones?!" Sayu clung onto his arm tightly.
"Love Attack and Girl Got Game by Shizuru Seino and Backstage Prince by Kanoko Sakurakoji... are just a few..." Mello muttered kinda embarrassed. After all men usually didn't read romance, but then again Mello had always been just a little different then most around him. "Matt reads a lot of romantic comedy... He's always reading Ouran High School Host Club by Bisco Hatori and Wild Ones by Kiyo Fujiwara... when he's not playing videogames that is... or snogging with some girl..."
"Hm... I would have thought you'd like something more like Love Hina or Negima."
"We both like those series too... We own every one... He bought Love Hina, I bought Negima."
"Those are good series. I think they're funny... Dad would never let me buy them though..."
"Sad... Well you can borrow my copies whenever you want and I'm sure Matt would let you borrow his. We get them in the original Japanese format usually so we don't have to wait for translations..."
"Ah. Are you going to buy those?" Sayu motioned to the manga in Mello's hands.
"Yeah... Wait do they have... here it is..." The blonde plucked Ouran High School volume four from the shelf along with volume three of Fruits Basket. "Matt asked me to get him these since his copies got messed up."
"How'd that happen?"
"Well..." The chocolate lover smirked remembering the incident fondly. "we were messing around with some firecrackers and they exploded and caught Fruits Basket on fire... Ouran High School got lost somewhere though the numbskull probably just lost it under his bed. He loses everything under his bed."
"Wow..." Sayu giggled. "Matt's funny." They strolled casually to the counter and Mello paid for the goods.
"So Sayu-chan... what do you want to do now?"
"Wanna go to the arcade?"
"Heh... you sound just like Matt..."
"Do you miss him already Mello-kun?" Sayu teased hugging Mello's arm. The blonde rolled his eyes.
"Miss him? Nah... I don't miss Matt... much."
Thinking about it Mello had thought about his buddy a bit since he'd gotten to Japan. They'd been inseparable as friends since forever ago and had never been separated for more than three or four days at the most. This was hitting a new record. Mello was missing the redhead's random cracks and the annoying beeps from videogames, which he'd come to know and enjoy. The last game Mello remembered Matt playing was Super Smash Brothers Brawl for the Wii, the character was either Marth or Ike, Mello couldn't remember.
Mello was surprised when he felt Sayu's feather-soft kiss upon his cheek. "You miss him more than you're letting on Mello... Let's go... I hope they still have the DDR machine!" The girl tugged on Mello's hand dragging him in the direction of the arcade. The arcade was stocked full of children, but teenagers ruled the joint. Mello noticed the many teens wearing dark clothes, and punks, this was their hang out. While some of the sportier and "popular" kids ruled the rest of the mall the arcade was where the so-called "outcasts" hung, where they could be themselves and let loose. "Aw... I don't think I can play in these boots..."
"Here... sit down and I'll help... after I get some tokens okay?"
The girl nodded happily and sat sideways on a motorcycle. As Mello went off to get tokens she closed her eyes and imagined this was Mello's motorcycle back in England. She could imagine the hum of the engine and the feel of the wind blowing through her hair, her arms wrapped tight around Mello's waist and her cheek pressed against his back. She let out a contented sigh in a cheerful bliss. "Hey pretty lady..."
Her eyes opened to find a cute Japanese girl grinning at her. "...Ame?"
"Oh my god Sayu-chan it is you! Damn you look cute! I thought you were exiled from Japan by your tyrant father."
"Um... I was... Uh... thank you... He's not a tyrant..." Sayu had imagined this encounter for so long, but this wasn't going exactly how she'd planned it. Then again, most things didn't quite go the way she wished they would. When she looked into Ame's bright brown eyes Sayu remembered all the hurt she'd felt when this same girl turned her down, and left her. "H-how are you?"
"Doing fine... Yuki wrestled me into going out with some guy... but he disappeared somewhere... You still single? I haven't found anyone like you and probably never will!"
"She's taken." Mello muttered standing directly behind the Japanese girl. Sayu smiled weakly and Ame whirled around frightened. Mello had been completely silent.
"Oh... hello! Who are you?"
Mello rolled his icy blue eyes and kneeled down to help untie Sayu's boots, his back turned towards Ame. "I'm Sayu's boyfriend. Got a problem with it?"
"Nope. Actually I'm jealous." The girl easily laughed off her fear. "You always knew how to draw them in Sayu! Where'd you find him?"
"Um... England..." Sayu stuttered. Both her and Mello were quite surprised when Ame leaned in and planted a sneaky little kiss to Sayu's lips.
"You're so cute! See you later Sayu-chan!" Ame waved.
A little distance away two boys stared their eyes wide. "Did she just get kissed by a girl?"
"Dude yeah..."
"Whoa."
"I thought that only existed in porn movies..."
"Ditto..."
Sayu felt her face burning so hot it was threatening to melt at any moment. The brunette jolted away from Mello and into a photo booth to hide. The blonde sent the coldest death glares to the two boys. It sent their spines to tingling and the feel of a shinigami's claws curling around their necks the sharp claws teasing the flesh to split open and sticky blood to trickle out playfully. Sweat oozed from their pores and ran down their ever-paling skin. What a creepy guy... Mello stood, grabbing his and Sayu's belongings in the process, and made his way to the photo booth where she was currently playing hide away. Putting the things down right by the door so he could still keep an eye on them, the blonde slipped into the booth, drew the curtain behind him, and put his hands on either side of Sayu's head. The girl eeped her eyes locked in his and her stomach lurching.
"You okay?" Mello's breaths came out in little puffs over her lips causing the young woman to shiver involuntarily. She was getting so turned on. It probably didn't help Mello's face was hovering literally an inch away from hers.
"Y-yeah..."
"You sure? That wasn't a very pleasant experience..."
"T-that's h-how Ame-chan i-is..."
"Doesn't make it right..." Mello argued, "She deliberately provoked me, kissing you right in front of me. You're my girlfriend... then there were her attempts at trying to win you over while dissing you at the exact same time... It was pathetic."
"Mello..." Sayu put her hands on each cheek and pulled his lips to hers. She couldn't stand him hovering there, so close but so far, so she decided to do something about it. Mello sighed into her mouth and decided to let her have her way. His hand fell from beside her head to cradle the underside of her jaw lifting her into his mouth. Mello switched their positions so he was sitting and Sayu was standing. That however wouldn't last for long. He pulled the young woman onto his lap his tongue swirling around hers. One of the blonde's hands went underneath the hem of her top to trace patterns near her belly button, the other slid underneath her skirt up the side of her thigh. The chocolate lover was careful though, he kept his hand on the side and didn't move in, though it was almost painful to resist. He groaned happily when she ran her moist tongue against his palate in pleasing strokes and along his teeth. Taking the kiss back into her mouth he wrestled her tongue into submission and sucked on the muscle. His stomach jolted hearing her soft mewls as fingers dug into his shoulders. If this went on much longer Mello was going to get a very irritating hard on. Regretfully Mello pulled his lips away from hers.
"Wanna take a couple of pictures?" Mello was turned on by her appearance. Her cheeks were a hazy red, eyes sparkling behind a dazed gloss, and her lips were beginning to swell from their yummy makeout.
"Okay..." Quickly Mello smoothed her hair down and inserted the tokens required.
"Smile." Sayu giggled as Mello pretended to drag his tongue up the side of her neck in enjoyment of her flesh grinning like a madman. The next picture they rubbed noses with one another cutely. In the third Sayu hugged Mello around the neck, who turned an adorable shade of rose. For the final picture Mello kissed Sayu's lips sweetly. The brunette's eyes were open a little wider than normal taken aback in surprise.
Before anyone on the outside could even pretend to see the photos Mello snatched them out of the tray and drew them back behind the curtain. "My lap must be pretty comfortable... You haven't gotten off it yet..." The blonde jested cuddling Sayu close a devilish smirk on his lips. Sayu bit the inside of her cheek and rested her head on his shoulder. "Aw look at these! Your dad's gonna try and kill me!" Mello sounded smug as if he rather enjoyed the thought of Soichiro Yagami trying to kill him.
"I like them..."
"And look we got two copies... one for me, and one for you... unless we're going to sacrifice mine to your parents..."
"Mello!"
"I'm serious." He replied with the most serious expression on his face. "We should really give them one. I'd like to see your father's face at these pictures, especially the first one... heh... I bet he'll think I've tainted your innocence."
"Mello..." Sayu shook her head. "Don't be mean to daddy... Be nice."
"Fine..." Mello grumbled. "We won't tease your dad... much"
"You... These are rather nice snapshots... I'll treasure them always."
"Mmm... So will I... So will I..." The blonde kissed the top of Sayu's head then the shell of her ear. "We better go... Or the arcade as my witness we may never leave this booth again..."
Wow, many disclaimers for chapter two, so here I go. Case Closed belongs to Gosho Aoyama. Hellsing belongs to Kouta Hirano. Love Attack and Girl Got Game belong to Shizuru Seino. Backstage Prince to Kanoko Sakurakoji. Ouran High School Host Club to Bisco Hatori. Wild Ones to Kiyo Fujiwara. Love Hina and Negima to Ken Akamatsu. And finally to end disclaimers for all the manga mentioned, Fruits Basket belongs to Natsuki Takaya.
I've personally enjoyed (or are enjoying) all these manga and recommend them! I can't wait for Aug. of 08 for volume 3 of Love Attack! They left me at such a cliffhanger at the end of volume 2! And of course Super Smash Brothers Brawl for the Wii belongs to Nintendo.
Anyways, hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. Hee hee. XD
Zomg Ame came out of nowhere! You remember who she is right? Sayu and Mello are getting pretty comfortable with each other eh? Wrote this while watching Death Note episode "Transfer"... Nice huh? Mello's scar is pretty smexy (despite the fact I only saw it for what... three seconds behind his pimp sunglasses)! Before the scar, Mello was a brat, after the scar he became a man! lmfao Ooo, I just checked out my plot cheat sheet for this story and there's some goodies coming up!! But not a lemon I'm sorry… that's further away Yay! So much fun stuff to write!
Well, see you in chapter three!
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Holy shiz... this is six pages worth of 10pt. font text... what a long chapter for me...