ALL YOU HAVE
Chapter Seven:
Floor
A.N. What this? Another chapter? Yes! It is! Great title to go with it, no? Anyway, I had to extend the finish goal for this story by roughly two weeks. Why? Because I'm doing a horrible job of updating. I'm sorry, I really am.
"Why?" Dimitri asked calmly. I had just told him about the laptop thing, and I was expecting him to get pissed off. If anything, this calmness scared me more.
"I saw it, and well... I need something to keep me entertained when we're at a standstill!" I protested.
Dimitri only sighed, turning back to setting up the laptop I had placed in front of him.
Knowing that I had escaped his wrath for now, I made way way across the room to sit down next to Mello.
"How'd it go?" he asked quietly. As we were walking back, I warned him that it would be likely that Dimitri wouldn't take the cost lightly.
"A hell of a lot better than I was expecting," I replied. "He asked why I bought the last one, and then just left it at that."
"Why did you buy a gaming laptop anyway?"
"Because mine got blown up or something. Fuck, I'm not even sure what happened to it; all I know is that it's gone for good."
"I still say you and Matt would get along pretty well," he said. "Hey, I have an idea. In a few hours we'll go down to mine and Matt's apartment, and scare the shit out of him."
"Why do we have to wait so long?" I asked.
"Because he's on edge for a while when he gets back there. This way, he'll have time to let his guard down and get so absorbed in his games that he won't know what happened."
"And I thought I was evil..." I mused.
"You still are," Mello reminded me.
I laughed a bit, when a thought occured to me. "What happened to the alias thing?" I asked. "You used my real name in front of Matt."
"He can be trusted," Mello replied. "He may act like a dumbshit most of the time, but he's actually pretty good at remembering things.
I nodded, turning back to my laptop, sighing.
"What's got you so depressed suddenly?"
"All my screenshots and pictures are gone," I replied. "Not to mention all the files and documents I had. So basically-" I planted my forehead on the table "-I'm starting from scratch."
Mello laughed, patting my back slightly. "Did you have them stored somewhere that could be accessed from other computers?"
I nodded. "Misha and Maxim were the only ones who knew how to get into them though," I replied, "and they're both dead."
"Good news for you then," he replied. When I looked at him, he added, "Matt's a pretty damn good hacker, too."
"How good?"
"Got into some top-secret FBI files just over a year ago."
My eyes widened. "Shit, he is good."
"I want to make a comment, but I have a feeling you'll hit me if I tell you," Mello said.
"No I won't," I replied. "What's the comment?"
"It sounds like you want Matt to-"
Before he could finish the sentence, I roughly pushed him off the couch and onto the floor.
"See!" he exclaimed. "I knew you'd do something like that!"
"You said I'd hit you," I reminded. "I pushed you. There's a difference."
"You used your hands and caused me pain, so it's close enough!" Mello retorted, standing up. Laughing, I moved so that I was pretty much laying across the couch.
I had expected the glare I got, but what I did not expect was Mello going around to the back of the couch and tipping it. Next thing I knew, I was the one on the floor... again.
"Asswipe," I muttered darkly, fixing the cushions and sitting back on the couch.
"Aww, is the little baby upset?" Mello asked teasingly, despite the glare I sent him.
"If I'm a baby, what's that make you?" I growled.
"Hey, calm down," Mello replied, putting his hands up.
Sighing, I turned around and went back to my main laptop. After roughly half an hour of setting it up the way I wanted it, I moved over to my gaming laptop and started on that.
For once, I was even more thankful for taking the time to learn English as a kid, because if I didn't there was no way in hell I'd be getting this shit done.
A.N. Yes, I know, filler chapter. Just as a head's up, there's probably going to be a few of those before I can back into the plot; I've done enough timeskips for now.
Before you ask, I will say it now; for the most part, this is following the anime timeline. There will be a few alterations, but nothing major for a while.
Okay that's enough spoilers from me, I'm going to just shut the fuck up.
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