Mello:

I was ready to tear his door down. I probably would have, too, considering the amount of freaking adrenaline running through my veins. But Matt just put a hand on my shoulder, and I turned to look at him, and the bastard shot me puppy eyes.

Grumbling to myself, I stepped away from the door. Still, I made a show of checking to make sure I had enough bullets to kill someone.

Matt rang the doorbell. Surprisingly, it was Misa who answered.

"Mello! Matt!" she squealed in her usual high-pitched tone. "What brings two of my best friends here?" She didn't seem to notice my shotgun, or if she did, she probably didn't know what it was.

Best friends? We've only met each other once.

Matt rubbed his arm awkwardly. He opened his mouth to tell Misa something but I interrupted with, "I'm looking for Matt."

Misa giggled. "Matt's right there!" She pointed to the redhead beside me.

My eye twitched in irritation. "No, my puppy!" I nearly bellowed.

Losing her smile quickly, Misa stammered, "I-I'll go g-get Light." She hurried away.

"Argh...my eardrums," I muttered, stepping inside. Matt came in after me, shutting the door.

Soon, Light walked into the room. Seeing the shotgun I was wielding, he turned pale. "What brings you two here?" he asked casually.

I slung the shotgun over my shoulder just as casually, replying, "I happened to have lost my puppy. Have you seen him?"

Light's adam's apple bobbed. "No," he said stiffly.

"You sure?" I lifted my chin higher into the air.

"Damn it Light, just give him his dog back," Matt said exasperatedly, putting a hand on his hip. He looked like an angry housewife. Hmm...Matt the housewife...

"I don't have him!" Light said, putting his hands up.

"Bullshit!" I pointed the shotgun at him. "We heard the barking!" Really, I wasn't going to actually shoot him. If I didn't get Matt back, I'll scare Light by shooting around a bit. I wasn't as stupid as to shoot him then go to jail for murder.

Misa suddenly piped up, "Oh! You mean Ruby?"

Matt and I said at the same time, "Ruby?"

Misa nodded, smiling widely. "Uh huh! Light gave her to me for our anniversary."

"And when was that?" I asked suspiciously.

Misa shrugged. "Two days ago? I don't know."

I looked to human-Matt. The gamer gave me an 'I-don't-know!' look. I sighed. Was I the only smart one here? "Can I see Ruby?" I said to Misa.

"Ruby just fell asleep a few minutes ago. She's a really light sleeper, so I don't want people disturbing her beauty sleep," Misa said. "You can wait though... Oh, I have an idea! You can stay for dinner!"

Light's eyes widened. Obviously, he wasn't thrilled.

"Hm. All right." I set my gun down, leaning it against the wall.

"Great!" Misa chirped. "The rice just needs to finish cooking, and then we can all eat!"

And that's how we ended up in the dining room ten minutes later, eating in silence. I chose to eat my own chocolate bar that I'd retrieved from the car. Light and Misa were the only ones actually eating. Matt was clicking away at his video game.

I was just licking my fingers of the melted chocolate when barking started to emit from the hall. It got louder as I caught a glimpse of a familiar auburn puppy bounding into the room, stopping near the doorway, panting as his tail wagged.

"Ruby!" Misa exclaimed at the same time I said, "Matt!"

Matt-puppy seemed to recognize me too, his ears perking. He looked at me once before running, jumping at the last second and ending up in my lap. I couldn't help but giggle as he licked my hand and pawed at my chest.

"You mean Ruby," Misa said crossly, huffing and crossing her arms.

"This is Matt," I growled, standing abruptly. With my puppy down at my feet, I said to the human redhead, "C'mon, Matt, we're leaving."

"Hey!" Misa cried. "You can't just take Ruby away!"

I tried not to curse her out. "This is Matt," I explained as calmly as I can. "He's even wearing a fucking name tag!"

Misa went silent. "Oh," she said thoughtfully. "But Light-kun said that it was the name of the company that sold Ruby."

At this, I whirled on Light. "You son of a bitch!" I hissed. "How did you get Matt?"

"I didn't steal him!" Light protested. "He was trotting around on the sidewalk when Misa and I were driving by. My guess was that he'd climbed out of the window and down the fire escape or something like that. Misa wanted him, so I brought him with us and gave him to Misa as a present."

I ignored his explanation. "Whatever. Just be glad I didn't kill you, Yagami." With that, I grabbed human-Matt's hair and tugged.

"Ow!" Matt complained. "You made me lose the level!" Then he saw my eyes and shut up.

Puppy-Matt in tow, we walked out of Light's house and I grabbed my shotgun on the way. Human-Matt got into the passenger's seat of my car with my puppy in his lap while I got into the driver's seat. From the doorway of Light's house, Misa was waving, calling out, "Bye! Take care of Ruby, Mello!"

Nicely, I flipped them off before beginning to drive back home.

I have no excuse. Forgive me, anyone who reads this story. Probably the only reason I updated was because my sister wouldn't stop bugging me... And because there's only, like, two more chapters of this left, and I really wanted to see another story of mine finished.