Dangerous Wishes (Death Note)

初日 - First Day

"Temari!" Aizawa called, "Can you get me some more coffee?"

"Sure." The young girl answered, "I'll be right back."

Temari left the investigation room and sighed. She's been working since seven, and all she's done is get coffee and chocolate. Everyone kept saying that she was doing a great job as a snack runner but even she knew that it was just a misguided attempt to help her feel important.

The coffeepot in the kitchen was empty. Temari had to take it upon herself to make more. Making the coffee wasn't a hard thing to do, she had done it many times before, but there was still a major problem: The coffee grounds were on a shelf at least 3 feet above her.

She set the mugs down and hoisted herself up on the counter with a grunt. Even with the added height of the counter, she was still too short while crouching on her knees. Temari didn't want to stand up because she knew she would fall but her job is important to her.

"Let me help you with that."

Watari grabbed the coffee grounds and helped Temari off the counter.

"Thank you Watari."

"You could have called me." He said, "I gave you a cell phone yesterday, didn't I?"

Temari nodded, "Yes. I just didn't think of it, I guess."

Watari poured the grounds into the coffee maker, "Don't be afraid to ask for help. How is your new job going?"

"Kinda boring." She admitted, "All I do is get food and coffee and everyone patronizes me."

The older man chuckled, "I'm sure you'll go higher up in the ranks soon. You just have to be patient. The college that Light is currently going to has a few criminology classes you could take, if you're interested."

"Aren't I like, too young? I'm 12."

Watari shook his head, "Not necessarily. With the grades that you have, I'm sure they'll let you in."

"Maybe." Temari shrugged, "I'll think about it."

The coffee maker made a ringing sound, signaling that the drink was done. Temari quickly poured the hot liquid into mugs, making sure to put a large amount of sugar into one of them. After placing the cups on the tray she also placed a few doughnuts on the side for Ryuzaki.

"Temariiiiiiiiii!" Saya ran into the kitchen and gave her older sister a bone-splitting hug, almost causing her to drop the tray she was holding.

"I made two new friends at school!" She babbled excitability, "We have so many more breaks here than we do in America! But we also have school on Saturdays, what's up with that? But on Saturday we also get to go home at noon. I'm gonna go say hi to Uncle Matsu!"

As abruptly as she appeared, Saya left. Temari groaned. She hoped once again that her little sister's over-exuberance wouldn't tarnish the task force's own opinion of her.

"You should go get your sister." Watari said, "Good luck with your work."

She quickly nodded and hurried as fast as she could to the main investigation room. When she got there Saya was showing Ryuzaki a picture of a creature with a lot of spiky black hair. Aizawa glared at Temari, who mumbled an apology as she gave him his mug of coffee.

"I drew you, Ryu! I spent extra time on the hair so could get it just right."

"Thank you Sayako." Ryuzaki took the picture and taped on one of the computer monitors, "But remember what Watari said? You can't come down here without permission. Matsuda will go play with you just this once but from now on you are not allowed to disturb us while we are working."