((I do not own Magic Kaito or Death Note))
Aoko leaned against the wall to the police station, mentally counting the minutes her two friends spent inside her father's office. She stood by the stair well door and watched the tiles on the ceiling, one foot resting on the wall.
The lobby was silent, a constant tap from the receptionist typing away at the computer, logging who walked in, how long they were there, and why they were there.
An officer with brown hair and tan skin stood near the entrance sipping coffee on his break, talking sheepishly with a female patrol officer with long hair sipping at her cup of steaming coffee. Aoko didn't pay attention to what they were talking about but the male officer was blushing pretty hard. Off to the side a woman was sitting in a chair and fidgeting her fingers in panicked manner, glancing from side to side and checking her watch.
Aoko was used to standing around in the police station and watching people come in and out to report crimes and give statements. She had seen all sorts of people enter and leave, she had not, however, seen anyone like him. He slid into the police station with a sense of confidence. He strode over to the receptionist and slid a file over to her.
"I was sent to deliver this." He stated, something about his voice sent chills up the girls back. And she couldn't stop watching him. Not until he noticed she was watching. Aoko blushed hard and quickly looked for something else to stare at so he wouldn't know she had been staring.
Too late. he had noticed. He smirked to himself and strode over to her, leaning against the wall and towering over her slightly. Aoko stared up at him, her cheeks slightly red. The boy looked to be a little older then she was, two or three years. He had dirty blond hair and piercing brown eyes.
"Hello." He offered politely, despite the fact he was looming over the girl and making her feel very small. Aoko moved over to stand in front of him, noticing his hand was against the door and wondered what would happen should Hakuba and Kaito come through that door.
"H-Hi..." She trailed off, staring up. He held out his hand and she took it cautiously.
"I'm Ya-" At that moment the door to the stairwell flew open and crashed into him. He pitched forward and toppled on top of Aoko who 'yeep'ed' and couldn't do much else as the boy pinned her against the ground, his lips meeting hers in an accidental kiss.
"Aoko!" The girl heard her friend step through and gasp at the obviously indecent scene.
"Kaito!" She gasped.
"What are you doing!?" Kaito snapped at the blonde. The boy only shifted slightly to look back up at the messy haired teen.
"I fell on her when you forced-"
"Get off of her!" Kaito pulled the boy off his friend and dropped him on the floor before he stood up for himself, brushing his self off and pull the girl to her feet, his hand wrapping around her elbow as he steadied her.
"Sorry." He stated as another boy stepped through the door, causing it to crash into Kaito who would have crashed into the other boy but Aoko yanked on his arm to pull him away and let Kaito sprawl on the ground.
"Kuroba-kun?" The teen who stepped out blinked down at the other boy. Kaito stood up and grumbled to himself about something and looked at Aoko who still had her arm wrapped around the stranger.
"Aoko. You gonna hold his arm forever?" He inquired. Aoko blinked and then flushed hard as she let go.
"S-Sorry, I-"
"It's alright." The boy smiled. "I'm Yagami Raito." He told her.
"Nakamori Aoko." Aoko bowed her head slightly in respect. "These are my friends Kuroba Kaito and Hakuba Saguru."
"Nice to meet you both." he said politely and then checked his watch. "A-Ah... I should be going, nice meeting you." He quickly moved away from the trio and headed up the stairs.
"Ja..." Aoko blinked after him before turning to gripe at her two friends for taking so long.
-
Neither Light or Aoko thought much on each other over the next few days. The most Aoko thought about Light was realization that, that had been her first kiss and that 'Yagami' sounded familiar. The most Light thought about Aoko was realization that 'Nakamori' sounded familiar, but he left it at that.
She went on with her life and pretended the kiss didn't happen, her first kiss was not for that random stranger, although now that she thought about it he did seem familiar... it probably wasn't important.
An alarm pulled the girl out her thoughts as she moved to smack the 'cancel' button and pulled herself up into a sitting position, her hair a slight mess. "Mou." She moaned, looking at the time and sliding out of bed. Just a little past noon, she'd slept later then she'd intended. The girl looked over at her calendar to check the date. The fifth, that meant four more days of summer vacation and she hadn't even thought about studying for exit exam.
Aoko hurried to her closet to pull out a brown skirt and pastel pink tank-top and went into the restroom she would have had to share with a sibling if she had one. The teen carelessly tossed the clothes onto the counter and went to the tub to turn on the hot water, and scrambled to get the rest of her clothes ready.
Once the water was good and hot she pulled the pin up to the shower would spurt her with hot, steaming liquid. She washed her hair with a strong apple scented shampoo and shaved her legs with ease, going back over to avoid missing a spot. She doubted she had, she did the same thing everyday.
She stepped out of the shower and dressed quickly, plugging in her hair dryer and straightener and got ready to fix her hair as she always wore it. About an hour later she emerged from the bathroom, grabbed her purse and threw it over her shoulder, Making sure she had her list of study items before doing so. She was half way out the door before noting the gray sky overhead.
Aoko let out a sigh and grabbed her umbrella, keeping an eye on the gray clouds swirling over head. She slipped out of her house and made sure her purse was secure over her shoulder and began the short walk to Ekoda district's library. She hurried in order to escape the threatening down pour.
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Light looked up at as his little sister entered his room, he could tell by the look in her eyes she wanted a favor.
"Need something, Sayu?" He inquired, shutting his note book and going over to her.
"...Would you walk with me to the library?" She requested. The teen thought about it a minute before frowning slightly.
"The library's not that far away, It's safe for you to go by yourself." Sayu shifted slightly and looked away for a minute, thinking.
"The book I want is in the Ekoda district Library, and I don't want to go there alone." She confessed. Light paused and then nodded slowly. With Misa off in another city for the week he had more time to himself and he supposed he could spend some of it with his little sister.
"Sure. Let me get my jacket." He moved passed her, knowing she followed, beaming brightly at his agreement.
"Thank you Oniisan!" She piped, practically dancing with excitement as she followed him out the door. Light froze and glanced at the sky.
"...Should probably get some umbrellas first." he observed, turning around to go back into the house.
"...Oh! I just remembered, I have something I have to do." Sayu exclaimed, handing him an umbrella once they were ready. "Can you get it for me?" She asked, pouting slightly like an adorable little sister.
"...Sure." Light begrudgingly agreed.
"Great!" She smiled her thanks and headed back to her room after handing him a piece of paper with the book title on it. Once outside, Light opened the umbrella and made his way towards the library.
"You sure have a soft spot for your sister." The Shinigami that was always following him stated. Light sighed, hearing the rain drops hit the umbrella.
"It's one favor." He defended himself, ignoring Ryuk's chuckling.
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He got to library just as the downpour hit and closed his umbrella, entering the building and pulling put the paper that Sayu had given him. He paused for second as he recognized the Nakamori girl, focusing hard on something. He got the book first and strode over to the girl. It was raining and he wasn't in any big hurry to get home.
"Exit exam?" He inquired, making the girl jump and look up at him.
"H-Hai." She stammered, moving a few books out of the way. "I'm entering my third year of high school next summer." She admitted as he casually sat down across from her.
"Aoko-chan, isn't it?" He asked. "I could help you, if you're have trouble with anything, I'm a freshman in college after all."
"...You're kind of arrogant, aren't you?" She couldn't help it as the words slipped from her mouth, but it was true. The way he just assumed he could sit with her, the way he proudly stated he was in college. The way sat said he was arrogant, and frankly, Aoko had never liked arrogance, or at least, that's what she told herself. She shook her head and went back to studying.
Light didn't know how to respond to that, denial? Offense? Arrogance? "Maybe." Arrogance won. "but I can help you, if you want it." Aoko sighed and looked up at him again. He obviously wanted to help her, for what reason, she had no clue.
"...I could use a little help on world history." She gave in. Light nodded and reached for a piece of paper and pen. he scribbled down his number and address, handing it to her. "Th-thanks..." Aoko said slowly, tucking the paper into her purse. "...Couldn't you just help me here?"
"I have to get a book back to my sister, she asked me to get it for her."
"...unless you want to get struck by lightening, I suggest you stay inside." Aoko said calmly, flipping the page of her book.
"...probably." Light agreed, staying in his seat, waiting for her to say something. Waiting on her to engage him in meaningless conversation as most girls normally did. But she didn't. She went right on back to reading, studying hard. He couldn't help but feel slightly angry, he was sitting in front of her and she was just reading. It was obvious she didn't know who he was, she wouldn't ignore him if she did, but he knew how to flirt, catch a girls eye and she remained unfazed, not even batting an eyelash.
He was intrigued. She'd showed more interest in studying then a guy flirting with her, she even pretended she didn't care for him one way or the other. Or maybe that test was more important then he thought it was. He watched her, watched her study and read and jot note down.
"She smells nice." Ryuk commented, sitting behind Aoko who was clearly oblivious. Light raised an eyebrow.
"...You smell like an apple." He told her. Aoko blinked and looked him over.
"...Yeah, my shampoo apple scented." She stated, going back to her studies.
"It's nice." Light hid the annoyance he felt at Ryuk's chuckling. He found it funny this girl wanted nothing to do with Light.
"...Thanks?" She awkwardly took the compliment as thunder roared outside. Silence reigned down again and Light drummed his fingers on the table, willing the rain to stop.
"...So..." Light tried small talk, for once not wanting to sit in silence. "You come here often?"
"...yeah, I live down the block from here." She said automatically. "And it's not like anyone's home anyway, Touchan's always busy." She muttered bitterly. Light raised an eyebrow, suddenly remembering where he'd heard the name 'Nakamori.'
"...surely you get to see him some."
"Not really, He comes home after I've gone to bed and leaves for work after I've left for school." Light inwardly smirked. He had to have her, she was alone most of the time, so she didn't have any conflicts and she was a clear challenge.
"Are you dating any one?" Aoko thought about Kaito a minute and blushed hard.
"...no," She denied. "You?"
"Ah, not really." He noticed the blush and made a mental note to look into it. He realized then that she was acting completely different then she had been the other day. She more cynical and clearly not as nice as he had originally thought. Either something was bothering her, or she was just really focused on studying.
She flipped the pages of the book and jotted down a few more things before shutting it and then looking up at him.
"...Is there a reason you're watching me?" She inquired, sounding annoyed. Light faltered a minute, his eyes locked on her brilliant blue ones.
"...No." He said finally, glancing toward the rain pelted window. "Just... well, it's starting to get late and the library will be closing soon." Aoko blinked and then checked her watch.
"...EE!" She squeaked, seeing it was close to five and the rain was showing no signs of stopping. She scrambled to quickly get all the books put back away and gather her notes stuffed them messily into her purse. Light watched as she fumbled with her baby blue umbrella.
"...It's pretty bad out there, we should just stay in here." He stated. Aoko blinked, finally ready to go.
"...my house isn't that far from here, just down the street a little, you could come with me, it's not so bad we can't make it there." She offered, watched as he grabbed his umbrella.
"Oh, sure." He agreed, following her out of the library. She was acting different again, so she was just focused on her studying.
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Aoko shut the door to her house quickly and locked it up tight, turning to Light's soaked form.
"I guess we got drenched anyway." She laughed sheepishly, closing her umbrella and storing it in the closet. "I'll put your with mine." She told him, holding her hand out for his umbrella.
"Sure." He handed it to her.
"I can get you some tea if you want." Aoko offered, dropping the pair of men's slippers at Light's feet so he could step onto the carpet. "Or something to eat, I suppose, but I haven't been to the store recently, so I don't really know what we have." Light looked around the spotless house, not a speck of dust anywhere. She must have been bored a lot, to clean this much.
"Tea's fine." He moved to the well kept living room, sitting down on the couch and waiting for her to come back. He glanced down at the coffee table and noticed it was littered with articles on the notorious Kaitou Kid. If he remembered right, Nakamori was the one in charge of the Kid task-force. Probably didn't leave a lot of time for Aoko. But he could easily occupy the girl's time.
She returned with a tray of tea and served him quickly and set the tray on the table, sitting down on the other side of the couch as the storm raged on outside. She quickly became aware that she was getting the couch all wet and jumped up, rushing to the restroom and yanking a few towel out of the cupboard. "H-Here." She handed it to him. "You don't want to catch a cold."
He took the towel and stood up to dry off. "Yeah, thanks." he offered a smile. Aoko smiled back and started drying off herself. He counted in his head for about ten seconds before she started to leave and get something else. "Aoko-chan, wait."
"Hai?" She turned to blink at him.
"...Thank you." He said simply. Aoko blushed slightly and turned to go to the kitchen. Light smirked once she was gone and leaned back on the couch.
"Going to use her too?" Ryuk chuckles, recognizing the look on Light's face. Light glanced at the shinigami.
"Ah, have a problem with it?" He asked quietly, so Aoko wouldn't be able to hear. The shinigami was silent a moment.
"She has good tastes." he said finally. Light blinked and looked back at Ryuk.
"...It's only her shampoo, besides, I don't intend to kill her." He stated. "I just need her for a few months, then I'll leave her alone, so long as she doesn't find anything out." A second later Aoko returned with a plate of crackers and set it down, sitting beside Light again.
"Sorry, this is really all we had." She stated. Light glanced at the crackers and then back at her.
"It's fine." He assured her, scooting a little closer, causing her to tense up. "I've been thinking, it's rather a nice a coincidence we've met up with each other like this twice now."
"I-I suppose." she agreed, taking a cracker and biting down on it. Light mentally cursed that the mood hadn't changed yet.
"Maybe it's not just coincidence. You're father is well respected police inspector and mine is too... perhaps it's destiny?" He tried, watching for her reaction.
"...Destiny?" She said, her tone cynical. "Are you really hoping I'll buy into that?" She made to stand up. Light sat in shock for a few minutes, hearing Ryuk laughing at his failed attempt.
"Better watch it with this one, Raito, she's not as dumb as you think she is." Light ignored him and stood up, following after her.
"A-Aoko-chan, really, I'm sorry you see it as a line, and maybe it is, but can you blame me for wanting to date such a pretty girl?" That got a blush at least. Aoko stopped a minute to clear her thoughts.
What was with this guy? Was he really this into her? Unlikely with all the things she'd been called in her life. But she could use the company, and she didn't necessarily have to like him back, not in the way he seemed to like her. Even if it was horrible, she was sick of being alone.
"Look you!-" She pretended to cut herself off, looking into his seemingly concerned eyes. "...You, you really think I'm pretty, don't you?"
"Of course, why wouldn't I?" 'Good, the mood's changed.' He thought to himself, priding himself on his acting.
"I-I just, no one's ever told me that before," she pretended to blush hard, turning away from him. He quickly turned her back around and tilted her chin up.
"They must have been blind." So she was sensitive about her looks. He made a mental note. "I'd love to have you.. by my... side." he let his lips capture hers in a perfectly chaste kiss.
Aoko pulled away, not all of her blush faked. "Oh. I..."
"Come with me to lunch tomorrow?" he requested, not letting her pull away to much.
"..sure." she agreed, letting him kiss her again.
"I'm glad." He offered a small smile, and then glanced towards the door. "...It seems to have stopped raining." he stated. Aoko nodded, noticing she couldn't hear it anymore.
"Yeah..."
"I'd better get going." He told her, moving to the front door, feeling accomplished.
-
Light knew the moment his normal tactics didn't work he'd have to be extra careful to keep hold of her. He had to appeal to her weak side and do it subtly, or she might realize what was up, Ryuk was right, Nakamori Aoko was not stupid and couldn't be treated like she was, she'd catch on. He had to spend as much of his free time with her as he could manage, he had to pretend to be completely infatuated with her. To keep the illusion up he started to touch her hand whenever he had the chance, pretending to embarrassed when she said something.
The subtle touching seemed to really work, she blushed at hand touches stuttered when he wrapped his arm around her shoulder. He pretended to only want to talk about her for a little while but found that to be dangerous as she started getting uncomfortable, so he watched movies and talked about nonsense with her, as much she liked, she also explained her long thought out opinion about Kaitou Kid. He took the opportunity to bring up Kira to see what she thought about him.
He couldn't really tell from her answer, she either vehemently despised Kira or she flat out didn't care. To be on the safe side he decided to go with the former.
Aoko knew what she was doing was wrong, she knew that toying with someone's affections was evil, and the more he doted on her the more guilt she felt, but also the more she wanted to stay with him. They sure had talked a lot in the few days she'd known him, they must have covered every subject. She sat with a bowl of popcorn between her and Light, his arm was casually draped around her shoulders, with her feet propped up and watched the old black and white horror movie in the comfort of her own home with lights shut off, she didn't care if she was supposed to watch t.v. in a well lit room, the picture was better with the lights off.
"...He really shouldn't go off alone like that." She stated, watching as the doomed man left the group in search of a lantern. Light looked down at her a minute and then shrugged.
"It's a movie." He said nonchalantly.
"So? It's fun to speak hypothetically sometimes." She defended herself, almost pouting. Light looked back at the screen and forced himself to think that she did not look cute when she was pouting. That was a small moment of weakness and it wouldn't happen again.
"Oh?"
"Well, like... what would you do in that situation?" She inquired, eating some more popcorn.
'Use the Death Note.' Light thought. "I'm not sure.. protect my girlfriend?" He tried, squeezing her slightly. Once he got to know her, she really was easy to keep. Just make her blush and she was butter in his hands.
Aoko blushed slightly, but inwardly thinking about how lame that answer was. "Oh, Raito-kun." She playfully pushed him and turned her attention to the t.v. "...That's suggestive." she stared at the screen as it went back to the other two people, the woman straightening her clothes. Light smirked so she couldn't see, the mood had just changed again. He turned and put his lips up to the side of her face.
"What? They have the right idea." He murmured, kissing the side of her face. She blushed hard and pulled her face away. He gently turned her face to him using the hand handing over her shoulder and kissed her deeply.
Aoko's eyes widened, sure, he'd kissed a few times before, but not like this, those were all chaste kisses. And now... she felt her eyes flutter shut. Even if she didn't actually like him, he was a good kisser. Her right arm left it's place lying limp on the couch to wrap around his neck, pulling him closer.
Light turned so he could kiss her better, leaning slightly so he could start to lay her down.
Aoko's other arm shoved the bowl of popcorn off the couch and wrapped it around his neck pulling her legs up onto the couch to avoid falling off. Light moved to allow her legs room, putting his leg between hers and moving his kisses to her neck, taking in the sound of her quickening breath as his hand went to the hem of her shirt, pushing it up. She wasn't showing signs of discomfort, so he figured he was in the clear.
She gasped quickly, wondering why she wasn't objecting, she wasn't ready for this sort of thing, she barely knew him and she didn't even like him, she also couldn't think clearly with his lips on her neck like that. She'd have to do something about it later, when she could think clearly.
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((So, I fixed it. I like this better, it helps the sekrit!plot along if neither of them know they're being used. ...Light's still kinda OOC, but my Cousin was right in her review, he'll be back to being a bastard soon XD ...I still have the smut bits and I'm still thinking about posting it on adult fan fiction, just let me know if you want them. ...Anyone noticed all me fic have been Aoko-centric, recently? o.O
Kaito: Yes. -.- and not one of them are me and Aoko.
...oh hush you. ))