She was sitting in her room. It was so boring… Her life was boring. She was just an ordinary girl, living in an ordinary house with an ordinary life. All those people in all those stories, they were not ordinary at all. They were super heroes, or just heroes, they had an exciting life or did exciting things. But she hadn't or didn't do anything exciting. What a shame.
She stood up and put on some music. Maybe… Maybe if I just… She picked up a manga from the floor, opened it and gazed at the pages. If her life had been a movie or something, she'd probably end up in the manga itself, and become part of the story. For a while. After that, she would return to her own life and live her life just the way she did before.
A big sigh. Even if her life had been a movie it would've been dull! For so many people there were so many opportunities… They could just travel to a foreign county, write stories and maybe get famous, start a band… A smile appeared on her face. Start a band… She didn't know why, but she couldn't let go of that idea. She had a guitar, but couldn't play it. She had a voice, but couldn't use it to sing. She tried once, but when she heard her own voice over the recorder, she thought she had the most terrible voice. No one would ever listen to that! It would even be more realistic to marry L, from Death Note… She couldn't help but laughing about it: that was the most stupid comparison ever! But, if it would've been possible… If L would live here, and love her…
She was still sitting in her room. Bored. Thinking of her boring life. And also, of starting a band. She decided to just think, like everything was possible. She would start a band, called… She'd pick a name another time. A band. She would sing or play guitar. Both, maybe? Then she needed someone for the drums, bass, and perhaps also someone to play lead guitar, if she wouldn't do so. But, who? After thinking for a few minutes, it was all settled.
Band name: Night Light
Vocal: She
Lead guitar: Jasmine
Rhythm guitar: L
Bass and backing vocal: Lawrence
Drums: Sander
Jasmine was a good friend of her. L, well, of course he had to join the band! Lawrence was somebody she knew from school, just a boy in another class. She didn't really know him, but still she wanted him to play bass. And also be the backing vocal, she imagined his voice would be fine. Now that she thought of it, she had never heard him say a single word… Sander had to play the drums. She didn't know any Sander, jet, but that would be the perfect name for a drummer.
The band name had to be Night Light, she thought. There were several reasons:
-Light is the name of the main character in Death Note, the one manga she really adored (mostly because of L).
-She loved the night sky.
-A night could also be seen as dark. In that case, you could really use a little light.
-Light also comes from lightning, which you can see clearly at night. It can be kind of frightening, when you're home alone or something, but it had also something special.
Outside it was dark. While looking at the floor, she slowly walked towards the mirror in her room. She counted, and tapped along with her right foot. "One, two, three four…" Suddenly there was a light flash, and you could hear the drums and the bass. "Are you ready, Ryuzaki?" Jasmine asked. "15%" he replied, and he began to play. Jasmine played along.
She looked into the mirror and began to sing. Without holding back for even a second, and jumping around the stage. The song had ended. So, on to the next one! Even a third, fourth, fifth and sixth song were played.
The girl who stood before her in the mirror looked at her. Her room was a bit dark, and there lay clothes and books all over the floor. She picked one up and sat down on her bed. Why couldn't she just be in a real band? … Well, an imaginary band was at least something… Especially when L played guitar in it! You might not expect it from him, but he can play very well.
"Ryuzaki, for how long have you been playing the guitar?" Jasmine asked. "Since I was a kid. One day, when I were still in Whammy's House, Watari came to me and asked me if I had any interest in music. I told him I knew very little about music, so I wanted to give it a try. But, after a little while I quit, I didn't think it was that important, and besides, something else had caught my attention. It was an easy choice." He replied.
Even in her imagination she didn't had the guts to ask L anything. Jasmine had to ask it for her instead…
