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"Well, you'll be staying in this room with me....." I said, pushing open the flimsy feeling wooden door that kept the secrets of my room hidden from other eyes. I flicked on the lights, turning the normally dark room into a dimly lit room.......not much of a change but it still was a change.
"I take it you don't like bright lights all that much," the sex-no, not sexy.....just charmingly attractive..........but not to me, look alike of me. See, he looks a lot like me so how can I think he's sexy? That's like saying that I'm sexy and I do not think that way. I'm not about to start obsessing over myself and calling myself a 'sexy beast' while looking in the mirror. Bluck. That was a major turn off. Conceited people disgusted me....although confident wasn't bad as long as they weren't too confident. No, then they would be cocky.
"Hello? Earth to L!"
I jerked out of my thoughts to see a pale blur moving in front of my face. I quickly stepped back, my body moving faster than my mind because it was anticipating an attack. Suddenly I felt a object under my left foot and down I went, tripping over my own other foot.
I expected the floor to meet with my back but nothing......
I opened my eyes that I hadn't even realized I had closed. I flinched slightly when I saw piercing red eyes an inch away from mine. My brain shut down. I couldn't think. I'm pretty sure I stopped breathing.
"You alright?" I heard his voice dimly in the background but I couldn't respond. Oh God, oh God, oh God, oh God, oh Goddddddddd......please move away, move away..... I thought, desperately. My mouth was utterly dry and I couldn't speak.
"Um, L?" Beyond raised an eyebrow. "You okay? Or do I gotta give ya mouth-to-mouth."
That woke me out of my daze. "N-No! I....I mean, I'm fine. I was just a bit dizzy.......from lack of sleep....." I stammered, lying a bit at the end.
He didn't respond at first and I wondered if he had caught my lie but then he gave the tiniest of shrugs. "With those shadows under your eyes, it's a wonder that you can even stay awake," he said then started to help me steady myself.
"I don't usually need sleep for a few weeks as long as I take a nap or two each week," I said, slipping out of his grip.
"Why miss sleep that much? I love sleep," Beyond countered with a slight shrug of his shoulders.
I looked at him, studying him for a slight moment before turning back towards the room. "I'm a detective. That's how I work," I said dismissively before entering the room.
I heard him plod after me into the room, looking around and observing. "You can do whatever you like with this room, just don't touch my things especially my computer," I said and touched the big monitor with my foot. "I need this for all my detective work so if you mess with it, I will personally kill you."
"Oooo! Scary!" Beyond sarcastically said, pretending to be afraid. "I'm so scared, I'm shaking in my wittle boots." He did a fake knees knocking together bit which just made me slightly annoyed yet I felt like I wanted to smile.
"Whatever, just don't touch it."
"Like this?" He poked the screen.
I glared at him, just daring him to try that again.
His grin turned into a full blown toothy grin that made him.....more sex-no, physically appealing than normal. Then he poked the keyboard, popping up a new window.
"That's it!" I growled and lunged at him, knocking both of us to the floor. We tumbled away from the computer, getting into a mini tangle of limbs and etc.
Suddenly I found myself pinned to the floor, Beyond straddling my stomach and holding my wrists to the floor. "Pinned ya," he whispered, bringing his face close to mine.
I felt myself start to smile and before I could stop it, I had a grin on my face, big enough to rival the man's above me. My chest began to shake with laughter that I tried to hold back but it still escaped my lips.
"Oooo, if just pinning Lil' Lawli will make him laugh, I wonder about this," He chuckled and freed my wrists, moving his hands. Before I could even fathom what he was doing, I felt a tingling sensation in my side. I started to writhe to move away from it because it.....TICKLED!
This was the first time anyone had dared to tickle me but I had done it several times to myself when I was bored or feeling really down. But I never felt it this way, not knowing when it was going to stop. And I was laughing. Laughing so much my vision was blurred with what I assumed to maybe be tears.
"Stop!Stop!Stop!Stop!Beyond!T-That t-tickles!" I managed to gasp out between my laughter. But the other continued his assault on my ticklish sides. And I continued to squirm under him.
"Well this is unexpected," A familiar voice said and Beyond stopped his fingers, looking up a the person who dared to interrupt us.
"S-Sorry....Roger...." I gasped softly, wiping my eyes with my arm. It probably looked pretty bad; my face all red from exertion and tears and the quite obvious pinned position. I had never felt so embarrassed until now.
"It's alright, L. I just came to check on you two. But I see you two are quite alright," Roger said, his voice hinting at something that I didn't quite understand. "Now I thought I should let you two know that dinner will be on in a few minutes."
"Alright," I said, pushing Beyond's legs to let him know to get off. He got the hint and easily climbed off, then extended a hand to me. I wasn't about to show any awkwardness between us that Roger or anyone else might get a nick-picky on, so I took his hand and got to my feet using his help.
"Clean yourselves up and get to the dining room. And don't be late," Roger declared and then walked out of the room, not heeding to us anymore.
I rolled my eyes but padded out of the room, heading to the bathroom adjacent to my bedroom. I flicked on the lights as soon as I stepped into the room and I instantly squinted, disliking the bright lights Roger had me install in here. He was sooo worried that I might slip and fall in the dark.....on carpeted floor. Seriously. I hated the feeling of a tile floor on my feet so they had put in a thin carpet. It was pretty nice. Except around the shower and bathtub was tiled floor but I understand that. Wouldn't want the carpet to get all wet and all.
I turned of the faucet, letting the water run into the bowl of the sink. I watched it for a moment before putting my hands under the thick stream of water.
"Y'might need this." The liquid soap bottle was stuck in front of my face by a hand, holding the spout by a thumb and forefinger. The same way I hold a phone. Odd.....
I reached my hand out to grab the bottle but it moved out of my range as Beyond stepped back till he was at the doorframe. He comfortably leaned against the frame, tauntingly waving the bottle.
"Beyond!" I snapped softly, glaring again.
"Yes?" He nonchalantly responded, raising one eyebrow.
"Give me the soap," I said, a bit more tersely than was needed.
"As you wish," he smirked and unscrewed the top. Before I could even question what he was doing, he was standing behind me . Then he tilted the bottle up and.....Oh God!........dumped it all on my head. I quickly covered my eyes to keep any soap from falling into my face.
"Beyond! What the hell!?" I growled, and pulled one hand from my face to sock him in the stomach. It connected and a lot harder than I intended because he grunted and stumbled back, dropping the bottle onto the carpet with a dull thunk. I sputtered then, spitting into the sink because soap had trickled into my mouth.
"Sorry, jeez. You asked for it....." Beyond muttered, stepping back over. "Here......" he murmured then guided me by the shoulder over to.....I think the tub? The floor was tiled so it was either the bath or the shower.
"Get onto your knees." I heard his soft voice and the gentle pressure on my shoulders. I lowered myself till I was sitting on my knees. I almost flinched when I felt Beyond's hands on my head, guiding it forward slightly......until my neck touched the cool porcelain of, yup the tub.
I heard the water turn on and there was a moment's pause and the sound of something filling up before I felt a gentle hand covering my eyes over my own hands. Then the water poured down my head, going through my hair. I positioned myself more easily so that water didn't go down my back.
After several minutes of, almost soothing, fingers rinsing the soap out of my hair, the water was turned off. "Where are the towels?" Beyond asked and I could picture him glancing around.
"There should be some sitting on the toilet..." I said, remembering how Watari always made sure the towels were within reach of someone sitting in the bath or in the shower.
There was a moment of shuffling before I felt the familiar fabric of the towel wrap around my hair. "Okay, you can get up now." He said and I shakily stood, removing my hands from my eyes and lifting my head.
"Sorry 'bout that. I just wanted to tease you again. You sounded so cute when you were laughing earlier," Beyond said, patting me on the head. I blushed slightly and was glad that the towel hid most of my face.
"Let's just go to dinner," I muttered slightly then chewed on the inside of my cheek.
He just smirked in response and walked out of the bathroom. I just trailed behind him, mentally sighing. I felt like I had taken one step forward but somehow ended up two steps backwards