'What happened to you,' Maya asked him, while Mello ignored her and continued to sulk.
'Um he. . .' Matt hesitated.
'He realized just now that if you became the no #1 in the line of L's successors then he is now the third,' Near explained in a monotone, although it looked as though this was amusing to him.
Mello just glared at Near, then gave Maya a somewhat funny look and looked away.
So much for thinking the lunch would be peaceful after school, Maya thought. All the time she had been there, there was always a problem.
'Hey you are home,' Light said, looking wearied, as he took a seat with them at the long, half empty dining table.
'L didn't work you to death, did he?' Matt asked sarcastically. After the day Maya had stolen L's cake he had found it an insult at not being L's personal student, although he was not very enthusiastic when it came to being L's successor but still he found it an insult to his intelligence.
'No it was fine,' Light said with a hint of smile,' He wants you four to meet him in his room.'
'Which one "the room" or the one next to it,' Mello asked enthusiastically.
'No the one next to it,' Light said clearly aware of the sudden fall in the expression of the three kids in front of him. ( yes even Near's face fell) But Maya face hasn't even risen to fall. She found matters pertaining L to be indifferent to her after her encounter with him.
'I think he is going to give you a case to test you out,' Light said chewing a boiled potato.
'Well hasn't he tested us out enough,' Maya said narrowing her eyes, clearly showing distaste for L.
' Maya he is not a very bad person, although he pisses me off frequently but the frequency has decreased. He is not a bad person to work with,' Light said.
'It won't be better to work for him and why are you taking his side,' Maya said irritably.
'I am not really taking his side besides he still pisses me off. You should have seen his face when Dave slapped him. . '
'I already saw it,' Maya said dryly.
'What Dave slapped him? That must have been awesome,' Matt and Mello both cried out.
'And when you took his cake away,' Light continued, as though unaware of the disturbances,' Actually that one was very funny, L sitting there looking like a kid who got his lollypop taken by a bully or something,' Light said smiling at the memory.
'I think we must go, we are going to be late for our classes here,' Maya getting up from the table still irritated by both Light and L. Light was supposed to be HER friend not L's and now he is taking his side, well she would see to him later.
'Didn't I tell you that right now after lunch you have to go to L, I don't think that you have classes today,' Light said.
'He can get anything in the world he wants can't he,' Mello said sarcastically, his once fondness of the greatest detective of the world clearly dissipated over the years especially after Light coming there.
'Hold on a second,' Light said as the four of them got up.
'What do you want,' Maya said now narrowing her eyes at Light.
'You people are jealous of me and are accusing L of it, besides if you want you can ditch meeting L,' Light said standing up from the table, a smile tugging on his lips.
'And how are we going to do that?
'He can find us anywhere,' Mello said.
'Come on you are Mello the dare devil, I dare you to ditch this meeting with L and come with us,' Matt said already enthusiastic about the idea.
'I don't know,' Mello said, the sense of being chivalrous to his mentor momentarily overtaking him.
'Let's go,' he said at last while Near, Maya, Matt and Light put on their coats.
'Where are we going, to be exact?' Matt said peering over his gameboy to the people in Light's car.
'We are just getting away from the house,' Maya said from between Matt and Mello.
All three of them had fought over who would ride shot gun but in the end an expatriated Light made Near sit in the front with him because he was the only one who wasn't specific about the seating arrangement and it was getting late, L could be looking for them now.
At last Light stopped in front of a café and they got off the car.
'This is my favorite place to come when L has made me extremely angry,' Light told them as they took a seat at one of the few table in the small but comfortably warm café.
'This is great,' Maya said sniffling at the smell of coffee in the air, her anger at Light forgotten.
'Watari, can you explain where all of my protégés disappeared to?' L said mildly to Watari but his eyes held the faint glint of anger in them.
He was L, they all had failed to answer his summons and also managed to disappear somewhere, L thought taking a sip from his coffee.
'L, I have no idea where they could have gone,' Watari said failing to look less amused by the situation.
She stole his cake right in front of his nose ditched a meeting with him somehow persuading Light, Near, Matt and even Mello to do so too, now what is next, Watari thought as he saw L get out of the room clearly agitated.