Chapter 28

Hai everyone! I'm finally back! I know it's been a while and I did try really hard to write the chapters this time, but I've had so much stuff to do with work and painting my house. Lately I've just been too tired to do much of anything, that and my laptop is still on the fritz…Anyway; we are getting very close to the entrance ceremony an then we'll be on our way to seeing her reaction to Light, and I'm sure you all want to see that. Well you've waited long enough so, here we go!

"We can't all be your Valentine's that would be absurd."

"I only have one person that I want to be my Valentine, silly."

"Oh? Who would that be?"

"It's you."

. . .

March 14th

It's been about a month since I basically confessed my love to Ryuzaki; after I told him he was so surprised that he almost dropped his cake. His whole face went bright red. I don't think I'll ever forget that moment. Unfortunately for me though, we didn't get the chance to talk about his feelings because Aizawa found a bottle of champagne, when he popped off the cork, it came flying at me and hit me right in the head. Needless to say I retired early that night with a killer headache.

Since then not much has happened, Kira hasn't even stopped killing. It's crazy to think that there are even any more criminals left after all the killing he's done. Our charts show the same pattern lately, he kills one criminal on the hour every hour. We still don't know how he does it….it's infuriating…

I'm sitting here on the couch like I normally do; it's just Ryuzaki and I at the moment. He decided to give the team the day off, something about how he wanted to give the Chief a break and if he didn't do that for everyone then surely Matsuda or Aizawa would have complained. Y'know…I was sure that after the events of Valentine's Day that Ryuzaki might talk to me differently or scold me about our relationship, but he hasn't said a word about it…I can't tell if he's still thinking about it, or just plain forgot…

"Suzuki?" Ryuzaki's voice breaks through and I look up to see him standing right next to me.

"Oh sweet baby Jesus!" I jump in my seat and nearly fall off the back of the couch again.

"Oh, I didn't mean to startle you…you must have been really deep in thought. I was going to ask if you would drive me to the bakery across town, I'm really craving cake right now." I glance at my phone that's been sitting in my lap for the time. It's 3:00pm.

"Is Watari gone of something? You never ask me to drive you anywhere. Come to think of it…do we have a second car?" I sit up and put my feet on the floor.

"He's out running errands." I groan inwardly. Always with the errands….I stand even though I don't feel like driving. Wait isn't there a bakery down the street? Maybe we can just walk there.

"Ryuzaki if you want cake I think there's a bakery down the street…"

"Oh?"

"Yeah, Watari mentioned it once before, he said it wasn't too far from here. So if you wanna go, we can just walk there." Ryuzaki looks excited and moves out of my way and I begin to walk toward our front door.

We're at a new hotel this week, but the inside is set up like the others. I guess that's one of the cool things about this city, there are so many different hotels…and honestly I don't think we've stayed at any of them twice.

Ryuzaki follows me to the front door, an as I put on my boots I notice that his shoes are just slipped on. I sign and look up at him. "Ryuzaki…you're gonna trip if you don't fix your shoes." I gasp as my eyes meet his face. That damn pink mask. I frown. "What did I tell you about that mask? A hat and sunglasses will do just fine, and not bring attention to you." I reach up and take the mask off him and set it on the table to my right that normally holds our keys. He frowns as it leaves his head. "What?"

"Nothing. Do you still have your hat and those sunglasses?" I nod and head to my room to get them. It doesn't take long and when I return it seems as though he hasn't moved from the spot that I left him. I swing the hat up and place it snugly on his head then hand him the sunglasses.

"We ready to go?" Ryuzaki nods and I check all my pockets to make sure I have the key to the room and my phone, just in case. I also pull my pants up by my secret agent belt. You can never be too safe. I look back to Ryuzaki, satisfied that I have everything I need. "Alright let's go."

. . .

As we walk up to the bakery I see that I was wrong and it's actually a coffee shop. Tables and chairs line the sidewalk and we can already smell something good coming from inside.

"Wow that smells really good…" I glance at Ryuzaki, he seems like he concentrating on something.

The doors to the coffee shop are wide open so without much hassle we stroll on in. The inside isn't that big, only enough room for a few tables and chairs, but that doesn't seem to be the main attraction. Under the register is a glass display case with all sorts of sugary treats. Ryuzaki hustles over to it and practically presses his face to the glass.

Just like a kid in a candy store…a Ryuzaki in a coffee shop bakery…

A female barista walks up to us in a blue and yellow uniform. "Hi there, Welcome to MoonGil, did you find anything in there you'd like?" I stare at her blankly for a moment.

Did I just hear that right? Moon…Gil…? What an odd name for a coffee shop…

I glance down to Ryuzaki who is browsing the sweets. I sigh and bend down next to him and look into the case myself. There are only a few things out of all the treats that jump out at me…that being the truffles, white chocolate covered strawberries, and turtle cheesecake.

"I think I'll get a slice of that turtle cheesecake and two white chocolate strawberries." She nods and puts on gloves before going in the case. I'm still next to Ryuzaki so I bump him a bit with my shoulder. "Hey, it's time to pick out what you want…and no, you can't have one of everything." I can see the barista through the glass picking out my stuff. Ryuzaki sighs slightly almost as if he's unhappy with what I said, but then he begins to point at the case.

"I'll have two of the orange mochi…two strawberries covered in chocolate and this here and that and this…" I roll my eyes and stand so I can get my wallet out. I glace at the barista and she's beginning to look a bit flustered as she puts together Ryuzaki's order.

She's probably thinking that he'll end up with diabetes.

"W-will there be anything else? Drinks, maybe?" He voice is slightly shaky.

"Yes, do you have Orange Tea?" I'm a bit surprised at Ryuzaki's question; Orange Tea isn't really like him. I look up at the big chalkboard behind the counter and begin to make out the drink menu.

Mm…one downfall of being here is that I don't like tea that is unsweetened…and you can't just keep adding sugar packets to the tea, it just doesn't work that way…I keep scanning until one word jumps out at me. Blue Raspberry.

"Can I have a Blue Raspberry Coolatta Slushy thing please?" The barista stands and smiles at me.

"That's my favorite. I'll get your drinks in a minute because the tea takes a few minutes to get right, but we can still check out. Now, how will you be paying today?" I look down at my wallet at all the different cards I have to carry.

Shit…which one should I use…

"Suzuki…?" I glance at Ryuzaki as he stands.

"Hmm?"

"Use the Platinum one." I stare at him for a minute.

"Are you sure? I can pay for it Ryuzaki…"

"No, please, I'm the one that wanted to come here, let it be my treat." I sigh and take out the shiny card and hand it to the girl.

"If you say so…"

The Platinum Card is Ryuzaki's personal card; he has me hold onto it because he doesn't carry a wallet.

She hands me back the card after swiping it and I return it to my wallet as Ryuzaki signs the signature pad. After that she hands us a tray with all our goodies on it.

"I'll call you up once your drinks are ready. May I have name please?" I pick up the tray.

"Uh…Suzuki." She nods and Ryuzaki and I go to find a table.

We sit at a table that's far away from the door where no one will notice the way Ryuzaki sits right away. As he steps into the chair it creaks and for a split second I think that it's gonna break. I set the tray on the table and realize there are no forks. Shit… I turn and head toward where they are and when I return Ryuzaki is picking up a strawberry and is trying to put it in his mouth.

"You look like you're trying to drop a gummy worm into your mouth…" A grin forms on my face because he looks ridiculous. I plop down into my chair and he stops and stares at me, lowering the strawberry away from his face. I adjust myself in the chair and pull the plate with my cheesecake on it closer to me. I'm just about to put a bite in my mouth when I realize that he's staring.

Wait a minute…Ryuzaki said he wanted cake earlier…he didn't get any, I wonder if he wants some of mine…

"Ah…you okay?" I return my fork to the plate and Ryuzaki seems as though he wants to say something, but he won't. "Ryuzaki? If you wanna ask something just do it…"

"I was just wondering-"

"Suzuki! Your drinks are ready!"

Of all the shitty moments….

I look back at the barista then to Ryuzaki. "Go on…" I sigh and take one more look at his face before standing and walking to get our drinks.

As I walk up the barista is standing with both my plastic cup and Ryuzaki's ceramic cup in her hands. "Thanks." I take them from her, but then she leans on the counter and looks like she's about to speak.

"Wow, your boyfriend is so nice. The way he treated you both to treats on White Day. I wish my boyfriend would bring me on a date like this." My heart flutters and jumps to my throat.

Today is White Day? She thinks Ryuzaki is my boyfriend?!

I glance around uncomfortably and my eyes land on their calendar and see that today is indeed White Day. "Y'know from this far away he's actually kinda cute, but the way he's sitting is kinda weird…" I laugh nervously and turn my head to look at Ryuzaki, he waves a little. "Guess that just means he's flexible right?" She winks at me before walking away and my jaw nearly hits the floor.

If this was a cartoon I think I'd be so red that smoke would be coming out of my ears…not from anger but embarrassment. I'm mortified, I've never even thought of that before.

I turn and quickly head back to our table, careful not to spill anything.

"Is everything alright? Your face is bright red…" Ryuzaki seems concerned, but I push his tea forward and take a big sip of my slushi.

Ugh shit! Brain freeze! I place my fingers against my temples.

"I'm fine…" He nods at me and we start to finish our food…

After a few minutes our plates are completely clean. I smile at him and rub my stomach.

"Those strawberries were pretty good; we're going to have to make some of those." Ryuzaki looks at me over the cup he's sipping. He drops it down for a sec.

"Indeed." I begin to put all of our trash into a pile then check my watch. Wow, been here for an hour and a half. I wonder if Watari's home yet…

Ryuzaki notices me looking at my watch.

"Time to go?"

"You're the boss, that's up to you." He places his cup down and puts his thumb near his mouth like he normally does when he thinks.

"Let's head back; I think our break has lasted long enough." He stands from his chair, leaving his cup behind. He's heading toward the door and I look around.

Where do I put this stuff? Do I trash it? Leave it here? Then what about Ryuzaki's cup? I can't trash that…

I glance at Ryuzaki who is still trudging toward the door, then to the trash. I quickly pick up the trash and throw it out then return to our table to grab my drink and Ryuzaki's empty cup.

I'll just bring this to the counter.

As I walk up to the counter the barista meets me there. "Leaving already?" I nod but just looking at her is reminding me of the comment she made earlier so I keep my head low and hand her his cup. I turn to leave, but she starts talking. "Oh wait! I almost forgot. We have a special giveaway for couples just for White Day. Just wait right here." Before I can protest she leaves me standing here and with nothing to do I sip my slushy.

Ugh! All this is now is syrup! Fuckin' gross! Gotta trash this…

I take a step back and toss it in the can next to me, as I turn back the barista is on her way toward me. "Oh good, you didn't leave. Here, these are our White Day panda phone charms." She's excited as she sets them in my hand. I pick one up by its string and it twirls slightly, it's obvious that these are made for couples. My face begins to heat up.

"T-thanks…I'll make sure he gets one." I manage a smile, but then I quickly walk toward the door to get away from her, I stuff the pandas in my back pocket.

"Have a great day! Thanks for coming!"

Ryuzaki is waiting for me outside and I quickly make my way to him. "What kept you?" His tone is cool and calm. He must be tired.

"The barista wanted us to have these." I pull the pandas out as we walk toward the hotel. He takes one by its string with his thumb and forefinger and investigates it.

"Oh? What for?"

"She said they're for White Day…for couples…" I scratch the back of my head in embarrassment.

"Is that so?" He doesn't seem fazed at all.

"Ryuzaki…did you know that was today?" We walk through the hotels front doors into the waiting room.

"That what was today?" Ryuzaki is still focused on the panda.

I can't tell if he's trying to be cute or just an ass or if his question is legit.

"Ryuzaki…White Day…it's today." We step into the elevator and as I hit the button for our floor I catch him put the panda in his pocket out of the corner of my eye.

"Yes I know what about it?" Sudden irritation grips me.

Is he trying to piss me off? Y'know what…forget it. It's not even that big of a deal.

The elevator jolts and we begin to rise.

"Nothing…j-just forget it…" I sigh and lean on the wall,

"Are you sure?" The elevator stops and we step out into the hallway.

"It's nothing; the barista at the café mistook us for a couple…" I trail off, not sure if I should give him her reasoning. I defiantly won't mention the thing she said about the way he sits…Ryuzaki seems a little surprised, but not enough to change his expression. We reach our door and I take my wallet out to get out the key card. As I swipe it, it beeps happily and I hold the door open for Ryuzaki. As he passes through he speaks quietly and it takes me a minute to understand what he said but when I do my heart skips and I'm left standing stunned in the door way.

"Would that be so bad?"

A smile makes its way across my face and I can almost see the walls of my slouchy friend crumbling down to let me in.

No Ryuzaki…I don't think it would be bad at all…

Well there you go folks, Chapter 28! I hope you liked it; we only have one more event before the story gets back on track and we're almost at 30 Chapters! Are you excited for Suzuki to meet Light and see Ryuk again? I bet you are! Thanks to Hateme, the Guest, and Kyary for your comments, annnnddd that's it because I have no new followers or favorites We'll see you next chapter, and if you've been paying very very close attention I bet you can guess what's next.