A/N: Sorry guys! I know I was MIA with my laptop having no charger... Forgive me!
I wrote this before I tried to sleep so my thoughts are a little muddled. Hope you guys don't mind if I get things all messed up in this one because I'm not sure if they will tell about death in an asylum... After all I've never been in an asylum before... Or if B will act like he does... ANYWAY you know the drill: R&R. :) Lots of love for everyone! Even the Flamers and Trolls of the internet, 'cause they need love too.
I blinked my eyes open and rolled over with a groan. The sun was shining in the window right onto my face, making it hard for me to sleep. As I rolled over I glanced over a mess of black hair at the clock. 9:04. Groaning at the early time I snuggled my head into my pillow and tried to sleep. Then something dawned on me. I had to look over someone to look at the clock. Who else was in my bed? I looked up to see Beyond staring at me.
I sat bolt upright and stared at him in shock. "What are you doing in my bed!"
"We fell asleep, remember?" Beyond smiled lazily and rolled onto his back. "You are quite the talkative sleeper. Did you know that?"
I stared at him in dread. "What did I say?"
"I couldn't make out most of it, but I remember something about L and Whammy's and a few others there. Also something about how sad you were when I died. What do you know about me dying?" B seemed a little mad about it all.
I sat staring at Beyond for a few moments with my mouth hanging open, mind scrambling for a plausible explanation. "I don't know anything. Don't worry about it. Just stuff I read in a book mixing with reality. My dreams are messed up, pay no attention to it."
Beyond seemed to believe me and stood up. I followed his example and the pair of us walked down the hall to the rec area to find chaos. Orderlies were running everywhere, what they were doing was anyone's guess, but it was obvious something was wrong.
"What do you think happened?" I asked B.
B shrugged as a nurse passed us. She knew what was going on and told us sadly. "A patient hung themselves last night."
"Who was it that hung themselves?" B asked.
"The patient was referred to, by his request, as A."
I thought the name sounded familiar then the look on B's face made it click into place. 'A' was what B's friend at Wammy's that hung himself. At least that was what I had read, but maybe the truth had been changed a bit. Or maybe this was a huge coincidence.
"I really shouldn't have told you that." She muttered. "I could lose my job."
"I won't tell anyone." I assured her.
"Neither will I." B added.
She thanked us and hurried on to help everyone else. I turned to B and cocked my head to the side. "You knew A, didn't you? From Wammy's."
B nodded sadly then shook his head. "It was A's fault. He knew I wasn't happy with him because I always got called his 'Backup'. But then he had to go say that..."
"What did he say B?" I placed a hand on his upper arm.
B shrugged me off and turned away. "Nothing."
"Tell me."
"That I didn't kill you because I was too..." B trailed off.
"B, please tell me."
"BECAUSE I WAS TOO USELESS! That I can't do anything because I'm useless! I couldn't become L's successor, I couldn't kill you, I couldn't even kill myself properly! But I killed him. The last thing A ever saw was me. He knew I killed him and was going to get off completely free."
I was horrified at the thought. B had killed someone last night, then instead of going back to his room he came to mine and slept next to me! My stomach rolled but I forced the nausea away and stepped in front of B.
"That was wrong B. You shouldn't have let him get to you like that."
B looked me in the eyes. "I would do it again if I had to. He deserved it."
"Because you were hurt by what he said? B if I killed someone every time they hurt me I would have killed more people than most serial killers! You need to control yourself!"
B raised his hand and hit me sharply across my face. My eyes watered and I cried out but B wasn't done. He pushed me up against the wall and placed his arm across my throat.
"Don't you talk to me about control Michi. You have no idea how much control I have. How much control it took for me to only hang him and make it look like a suicide."
I pushed him off me and took off running down the hall to my room. Once I made it there I slammed the door shut and slid down onto the floor in front of it. I felt sick and my throat hurt where B had pushed his arm. I felt tears fall from my eyes from the pain in my cheek and throat but ignored them. I was angry and hurt and no matter how many times someone came to the door I ignored them.
I must have fallen asleep because the next thing I knew I was being shaken awake by a nurse who's worried face told me she thought something was wrong with me. I rubbed my eyes and winced at the pain in one of them.
"Do I have a black eye?" I asked her.
"Yes, what happened?" She sounded alarmed.
I considered telling her that B had hit me. He would be mad and get locked up or something. "I ran into the door last night. It wasn't even that hard but I bruise so easily. It's no big deal, just hurts."
She seemed to be convinced that I was telling the truth and left it. "And why are you laying on the floor?"
I scrambled for an excuse and saw a black notebook laying on the floor. "I was going to write in my journal and must have fallen asleep and rolled over here. It's the only explanation that I can think of."
She bought it and stood to leave. "Just be a little more careful next time, alright?"
I nodded and waved as she left then turned my attention to the notebook. It wasn't there before and I didn't recognize it. There was no way it could have gotten in here while I was sleeping because I was blocking the door. And the nurse couldn't have put it there because she believed my journal story. Cautiously I approached the book and picked it up. A shadow fell across me as my hand touched the cover of the notebook and when I looked up I nearly screamed.
SOOOO? Like it? I worked hard to break through my writers block to write this. And I'm sorry if Beyond was OOC! -.-" Review and tell me what ya think! Like how I incorporated A? Any ideas as to who the shadow belongs to? I'll keep working and post another Chappy soon!
