He was her brother, and they had been close. He hadn't always been the greatest older brother, but he wasn't horrible to her, and throughout her memories, he was always there. Her genius big brother.
Although at fourteen she had come to terms with the fact that she would always be in the shadow of her brother's incredible IQ, and had found that she possessed talents which he would never have, it wasn't always that way in the Yagami household. She remembered those times when she would basically throw a temper tantrum when her parents always fawned over his grades rather than hers, or when they would meet new people and show off their genius child, not their stupid daughter.
"Light, these are amazing!" Sayu heard her mother praise from downstairs.
Sayu wasn't downstairs. While Light had managed straight A's, she was lucky to have a B on her report card. C for average. C for nothing special. C for not as good as Light. Tears slipped from the eight year old girl's eyes as she lowered her head, brown hair falling over her matching eyes. A soft knock on her door grabbed her attention, but she refused to answer.
"Sayu?" It was Light's voice.
"What do you want?" her voice was laced with tears.
"Can I come in?"
"No."
He did anyway. Her brother sat down beside her, not knowing what was wrong, but not needing to know in order to comfort her. He threw his arm around her and smiled.
"My genius bug brother," She whispered, sniffing.
"My artistic little sister. My wonderful little sister."
She looked up into his brown eyes.
"I'll never be as good as you."
"You're right you won't,"
Sayu looked down.
"Because you're already better than me. Just because you aren't an academic person, Sayu, doesn't mean you aren't a wonderful and talented person," he kissed her hairline and stood, offering a hand out for her to take. She did. "Now come on, I asked Mom to order veggie pizza for tonight."
"But Light," she followed her brother, "you don't like veggie."
"I know."
She smiled and ran downstairs to consume her favorite food.