Chapter 16
L and I left the building, and I walked behind him. He mentioned something about calling that old man, Watari, to come pick us up. I wasn't really paying attention to him though. My mind was more focused on figuring out why someone I knew would try to kill me.
I didn't notice when L stopped in front of me, so I ended up bumping into him. "Sorry." I apologized and backed away from him.
"You seem to be troubled." He commented and I sighed.
"Am I going to jail or something?" I asked him.
"No."
"Then why did you handcuff me?"
"I only want to keep an eye on you and watch your movements to make sure you don't try to break B out of prison." Wow. He could have just asked me to go with him nicely instead of making a scene in a restaurant.
"I still don't trust you." I told him. His owlish eyes gazed at me.
"And I don't trust you, Lamia," was his reply.
We stood in silence until Watari pulled up in that old fashioned, black car. He got out and opened the door, holding it open like a butler would. Well, I suppose that is what he is anyways. L climbed in first, and I followed. Watari shut the door and got back in the drivers seat. When I glanced over at L, I seen him sitting in that odd way again.
"Why do you sit like that?"
"If I don't, my deduction decreases by 40%."
"Oh. Beyond sat like that when he mocked you." I smiled softly at the thought, remembering the man with blood red eyes.
"That's... interesting?" He said, but it sounded like he questioned his choice or words.
I sat quietly and looked out the window. When the car came to a stop, I looked at L to see him sitting normally, because he was about to get out of the car.
"This way, Miss Lamia and Mister Ryuzaki." Watari said and held the door open for us, then L led me into the lobby of the hotel he was staying in.
I didn't want to stand around and wait for the old man to come, so I pulled on the chain that connected L and I. "Let's go."
"Alright." He walked to the nearest elevator and pressed the button to open it. Once inside, he pushed the button for the top floor. Boring elevator music was playing, and I impatiently pulled on the tail of my cat outfit as I waited for it to stop so we could get off.
When the elevator did stop, I was the first to run out of it. L was being lazy and walking slowly, so I was yanked back towards him because of the handcuffs.
"You shouldn't be so excited." L told me with dry humor. I scoffed at him, but followed him to the room and stood as I waited for him to unlock the door.
He walked in first, then of course I followed. Closing the door behind us, I tapped the man in front of me on the shoulder.
"You might want these, since you don't trust me." I had my ninjato and pistol in my arms, holding them out to L.
"Why are you giving me your weapons?"
"It's to show you that I can be trusted. Besides, I don't need weapons to kill someone, which I'm not going to do while I'm around you." I explained and he took them from my arms.
"You might need these for selfdefense purposes when we go somewhere, so I will let Watari know that you are to have them back if we do." L told me and sat the weapons on the coffee table that was in the center of the room.
"What do you mean, 'we'?" I asked, putting my hands on my hips.
L merely raised his hand that had the cuff on it, and rattled the chain connecting us. "We will be together for a while." He told me, putting emphasis on 'we'.
"Am I of some use to you or something?" I asked with a frown and he nodded slightly. "How am I going to shower, use the bathroom, and sleep while being handcuffed to you?!" I almost yelled at him whenever I realized the things we would have to do together.
L just shrugged and stuck his thumb to his mouth. "I'll do those things with you, I suppose. If I let you free for a moment, you would take advantage and run, or even kill me. You even said yourself that you didn't need your weapons to kill someone." He has no idea how wrong the first eight words sounded. Ha. I laughed in my mind, having a perverted moment.
"That is true..." I trailed off in thought. I noticed the small cuts on my arms. "I need to clean these cuts, L. So, please let me take a shower by myself." I pleaded and pointed to the scratches.
"You will be taking it by yourself, I'll just be waiting for you outside of the shower." L told me.
"Still, it's sort of creepy. Oh, I need my stuff from Beyond's place!" I said happily, but L ruined my train of thought whenever he pointed behind me at Watari, who had just now walked through the door.
"He already has your things, Miss Lamia."
"Oh, okay then..." I took my suitcase away from the old man and L showed me to the bathroom.
Let me just say that taking a shower with a person standing there watching you with large, owl-like eyes is not very pleasant, and it could take some getting used to.