I want you to want me

I want you to want me. He hated Cheap Trick. I want you to want me. he couldn't get that stupid phrase out of his head.

I
Want
You
To
Want
Me.

Lee sat in the dark laboratory, florecent lights were bad for science. He rubbed his stubby fingers through his short brown hair. He let out an enormous, melodramatic sigh, and looked at the pocket watch that was lying on the desk. I want you to want me.

"Argh, you know what I want E?" Three days ago he would not have asked this question. Three days ago he had not split himself into two people in one body.

"What is that L?" E was mocking L now. Of course he knew what L wanted, L always wanted the same damn thing; to go back in time.

"I want to get that song out of my head."

"I'm afraid I don't know what song it is you have stuck in your head L, we don't share the same mind anymore,"

There was a pause as L contemplated changing the subject, E would not be happy when L told him the name of the song. "I want you to want me."

There was a pause, suddenly E slammed the table causeing the pocket watch to fall to the floor. "Don't ever tell me anything that remindes me of little brother L" He was quiet now. "Just shut up," he picked up his little brother's pocket watch, and put it back on the table, "just, just keep working on time travel.

L did what he was told, he hated that E had split off from him, so he always obeyed him, in the hope that one day he would come back. L knew that E would come back if he could build the time machine and save little brother. Lee sat at his desk and worked harder and longer than ever before, hoping that he would succeed. Hoping that if he discovered that time travel was possible, he would be able to change the past. There were so many theories and laws on time travel that Lee had no idea which one was correct. All they knew was even though he hated that song, they would give anything to hear little brother sing his favorite song ong one more time, I want you to want me.