A/N: It's a really short chapter, I know. I've kinda got Writer's Block right now..
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Silence and Beyond Birthday arrive at Tokyo International Airport at 3.00am after retrieving their plane tickets from Silence's mailbox and enduring the 13-hour-flight in Economy Class with a toddler kicking the back of Beyond's chair the whole time.
"I seriously think that kid might have fractured my back.." Beyond says, hunched over, his hand on his lower back.
"You'll live." Silence dismisses him with a wave of her hand, a weekend bag hanging on her arm as she drags him over to passport control.
"God, now I know how L feels," Beyond mumbles, hobbling behind Silence.
"I think I may need a chiropractor."
"Man up."
Beyond obeys her, falling silent except for the odd groan of pain. Successfully making it past passport control and security - much to Beyond's confusion- , the pair end up standing outside of Tokyo International Airport, attempting to catch a cab.
Eventually, one acknowledges their existence and Silence hands the driver a scrap of paper with an address scribbled on it in black biro.
He scans it and nods before handing it back to Silence. He presses the accelerator and the cab thrusts into life.
Beyond leans back, attempting to get comfortable but failing miserably and he fidgets relentlessly until Silence threatens to shoot him.
He has no doubt that she will. She'd done it before but that, is a different story entirely. Getting shot, Beyond discovered, hurts. A lot.
He immediately behaves.
The cab draws up in front of a large hotel, the lights from the windows shining out into the dark Tokyo sky.
"The Hiroba." The cab driver announces, turning in his seat to look at his two passengers. Silence hands the fare to him and he grins as he takes the money, checking it's authenticity in the light spilling from the Hiroba windows.
B climbs out first with Silence close behind. Collecting their bags from the trunk, they make their way into the Hiroba.
"Silence.. I didn't see you make any bookings for a hotel and shouldn't we be looking for L?"
"You want to go searching for Lawlipop at 3 in the morning, be my guest. I'm just not coming with you. What I'm planning on doing is going to bed, actually getting some sleep and then search for L. Besides, we don't need to 'search' for him anyway."
"Oh? We don't know where he is. Therefore, we need to search for him."
Silence looks at B for a long time, the disappointment in B evident on her small features.
"I have L's phone number. I can call him. I also know exactly where he is."
"Oh."