Chapter fourteen- Wake up call.
Just as he'd said the night before, he wasn't there when she awoke. She found an ironic mixture of disappointment and amazement.
Disappointment because she missed his soothing warmth and the fact that he was no there to tease her at how messily she slept. She got the feeling he'd tell her later.
And the amazement held captive her heart. After all, how exactly had he managed to free himself without waking her? Sure she'd passed it off as needing him, but in all honesty, she'd set them up that way so that he'd have a hard time getting up. And should he try, he'd fail miserably.
"Oh, Ryuuzaki, you be fooled me again!" She chuckled to herself, throwing back the covers. "Is there no end to your tricks?"
She made the bed and got dressed in one of her lighter Gothic Lolita ensembles. The purple and black trim jutted in at the waist, forming a lacy corset. The top was puffy and tucked around her bodice flatteringly. The curves of her breasts were revealed ever so slightly. The skirt part jutted put at the waist, forming graceful waves. She tied her black knee-high boots up and smiled as her reflection.
L would definitely have to like what he saw, if he was there. She chuckled wryly to herself. Oh well, you missed out, my lover.
As she was walking out the door, she got a call him Matsuda. "Hey, what's up?" She asked him, craddling the phone into the nape of her neck as she stepped into her car.
"It's not good," he told her. "Saki's not here. I think Kohane might have something to do with it. Misa, what if she's hurt her?"
She heard the whimper in his voice as he asked the question. Misa felt her fists clench at the mention of her enemy. "Okay, Matsuda, you need to calm down. I'm sure she's fine. Where's Kohane?"
"I don't know!" Came the frantic reply. "She disappeared over a little more than an hour again. Misa, look; I'm really panicking. What should I do?"
Misa rolled her eyes at his whining. "Stay put. I'll be there in five minutes. Just hang tight. Talk to the girls, if it helps."
She got the feeling he was nodding on his side of the line. "Yeah, that-that's a good idea. Thanks, Misa. Oh, and one more thing."
The young model felt a slight frown touch her face. "What is it, Matsu?"
"Kohane? Kick her a-"
She laughed as she clicked off her phone. Matsu and swearing never went over well. Besides, she had more important matters to think over.
She glanced down longingly at her phone. If only she knew Ryuuzaki's number! As if God answered her prayers, her phone began ringing.
She tentively answered it. "Yes?" Her voice came out more shaky than she would have liked it to be.
She heard a deep sigh of relief on the other end. "Wow, that was fast," said a familiarly masculine voice. "I didn't think you'd pick up at all."
"Ryuuzaki. You sound distracted? Are you okay?" She rattled off questions.
There was a slight pause before there was an answer. "I'm fine. But your friend, Saki, well, I've found her."
Misa's eyes widened. "Where is she?!"
Another pause. "Hokkaido critical. She had a heart attack."
Her heart thudded hard in her ears as the cellphone fell from her hand. The world around her spun as she lost control of the wheel. She barely felt the impact of the crash.