Chapter twenty-three- Misa's ring.

Believe it or not, Watari didn't even have to lock her in her room as Ryuuzaki went through the house. She'd locked herself in.

Rem quieted as soon as she heard the door creak open, despite the fact that this mysterious Ryuuzaki L couldn't see her or hear a word she said. Misa shot her friend an apologetic smile as she shifted her gaze to the camera.

"Hello, Ryuuzaki," she spoke. "Did you have a good day today?"

Lawliet Ryuuzaki smirked as he crouched over in his chair. "Yes, it was quite eventful."

That perked her interest. "Hm? How so?" She asked, then frowned, an idea of why he was so amused came to mind. She sighed. "Did you make anyone cry today?"

He shrugged. "I might've. I didn't exactly stick around to see."

Misa nodded in return, resisting the urge to wince over his idiotic behavior. "I see. So, if that's not the case, why so mirthful, then?"

Because I trip the first Kira up today, Love. Audibly, he responded, "I got my dear friend, L, to sweat drop today. You should have seen him. It was quite... amusing."

Misa gasped, jumping to her feet in horror. "L?! You mean: curly, black hair, terrible posture, and an overall unhealthy obsession with desserts?"

L frowned from where he crouched, fingering his hair and staring at the chocolate sundae before him. "Yeah, that'd be him. Oh, Lover, did you two have a unpleasant encounter?"

"Lover? And yes. Yes we did. He was kind of a jerk, actually. For a dear friend, he had no problem kissing your wife."

Ryuuzaki bit the edge of his finger with curvy teeth. He reponded finally after an awkward moment of silence. "Is that so? I can attest to that. L always was on the playful side."

Misa gasped. "You're not mad?! He kissed me!" She snapped in her blind rage. "I've never meet a more disagreeable man than him!"

Ryuuzaki fought hard to keep his cool. But the laughter that chimed through his body refused to go down so easily. "Hm, fine. I'll speak to him and tell him to calm down a bit. However, I think I should warn you now, L does what L wants to do."

Misa groaned. A silent pity party ensued within her. "Fine. Can we at least get wedding rings?"

"Why?"

"Because we're married, and a ring's suppose to symbolize that outwardly. "Besides," she stifled a bit of laughter, "I think waving a ring in his face will cool him off slightly."

Ryuuzaki nodded. "Yes, I daresay it will, but not by much. It's as I said before, L does what L wants to do. And, honestly, I can't really blame him for kissing you. You're very cute."

She groaned. "Hang up now."

He did, but not before letting a bit of laughter escape through.

"So?" Misa whispered out of the corner of her mouth to Rem.

The shinigami looked deep in thought. "You two are definitely amusing," she replied finally. "And yes, you're right; Gelus would approve." She sighed begrudgingly. "He has my blessing."

Misa shrieked in delight, but quickly quieted due to the fact that Ryuuzaki could hear her.

He did hear her.

"Hm, is something wrong, Love?" His voice returned swiftly. Misa could detect an air of mockery in his tone.

"No. Why do you ask?"

He raised a quizzical brow. "You were screaming."

Think, Misa. Think, she berated herself. "There was a spider," she said quickly.

She got the feeling he was smirking as he replied in a jesting tone, "Oh, arachnophobia. I should have guessed. But considering your rather strange sense of clothing, I'd figured you liked spiders. Is that not the case?"

She shook her head swiftly. "No, I hate them! And my clothes are fine!"

He nodded thoughtfully. "Yes, quite fine, just weird."

"You're weird!"

"So I've been told."

"You say that like it's a compliment!"

"It just might be," he agreed. "In any case, do you want Watari to come in and get it out for you?"

She shook her head. "No, I think I might've imagined it. Sorry for troubling you."

He sighed. "Yes, but why apologize for your consisting nature of troublesome acts? You, Love, we're born from chaos. And I cherish it."

She flushed slightly at the mention. "I don't mean to be that way!"

Misa defended. "I just kinda am."

"Yes, but you are. Why apologize for something for something you can't change? Why are you under the impression that I'm not fascinated by this? I've told you before, but I'll say it again, you're a train wreck. And I wouldn't have you any other way."

A small smile overtook her face. "Uh, thanks. You're mysterious, Ryuuzaki. And I don't think I'd want you any other way."

He nodded. "Yes, mystery does appeal to young women, I've heard."

She chuckled wryly. "Oh, and you've got me all figured out, don't you?"

Another nod. "Yes, but that's nothing to be ashamed of. Husbands should know their wives better than anybody else. If they don't, that's when the marriage goes awry. Their partner seeks it from someone who does know and appreciate these qualities.

"It's the same with the wife. If she's cold and uncaring, the husband goes off with some other woman. And some just aren't serious about the marriage in general, casting it in the 'pointless' category, so to speak. These people just don't care."

Misa sighed. "You know, you're starting to sound like L. If you start quoting Edgar Allan Poe, I'll never forgive you."

Ryuuzaki smirked. "Ah yes, I'm quite sure L mentioned you liked Edgar Allen Poe in one of our discussions. That fact rather surprised and... intrigued me."

Misa cocked her head slightly to the left, smiling at the camera all the while. "Why so shocked... L?"

The spoon dropped out of his hand as his eyes went wide. He stared in amazement at her.