Prologue: Dad will be home.
Light Yagami, a very epitome of brilliance, genius, perfection and other synonims of those.
A perfect son, a perfect brother, a perfect student, a perfect friend, a perfect guy. The said perfect guy would dearly pay to get out of this nonsense boredom they called school.
The overbearingly strict voice of his teacher sounded muffled to Light. He exhaled as his eyes drifted to the window very slowly. Even the boring clear sky is more interesting than the teacher's lecture.
It's not like Light is your usual lazy student noo. Quite contrary, Light had finished the current subject of discussion since... The beginning of middle school?
Yeah, Light still remembered how fascinated he was over those alphabetic addition for Math in the middle school, making the normally boring subject to be even more interesting and challenging. Eventually, Light got too skilled at it (As he usually was) and decided to look up for the highschool curiculum in the local public library... It worked to keep Light challenged until he got too skilled at it again.
It was just a waste of time to pay attention to his teacher, Light is confident that he could even beat him in his own field. But that won't be good.
Teachers have big ego. Light has a genius (Not Light's level of genius, the standard one) distant cousin who had to switch college because she pissed off one of the lecturer by correcting him in front of the entire class.
Her assignment was literally tossed to the rubbish can. If it was Light, he would plot to send that petty lecturer to jail, but alas, Light's distant cousin was too nice.
Besides, he's perfect student. It will be bad if he pissed off his teacher. He won't argue unless provoked first, simple.
Light spaced out as he watched bunch of clouds drifting peacefully. They're like sheeps, seducing lazy students to fall asleep or start daydreaming. Light began to contemplate about his future instead.
Graduate from this boring place with highest exam score nationally. It will be easy to get dream job or getting into famous universities with that predicate. Then, Light will waste his time on reading books he already memorized thrice times over while waiting for To-oh university's entrance exam. Pass the exam with highest score. Then waste his time again, waiting for new semester to start.
Maybe, he'll help his father to solve some cases, that Soichiro deemed 'teen-friendly' enough, in his free time. Or he could hack FBI's database just because of the recent sensation about a teen hacker going suicide because he felt shadowed by FBI.
Or maybe he should hack Sakura TV and move all of Hideki Ryuga's show to midnight time so his sister will finally give up on her useless pathetic fangirling and focus more on her study? Sounds fun.
He was still in freshmen year, it's still not too late yet to decide and plan for his future. After he got into To-oh, he'll be the smartest one in his year (possibly, the entire university) and be admired by many... again. How boring.
Light sighed, lamenting his own perfection. What should he do? He didn't choose to be in spotlight, the spotlight chose him.
After finishing his college with national highest score predicate again, he'll join NPA. To be honest, he's still torn, whether he want to be a police or a detective, Light blamed it on his childhood's mystery mangas. But you have to admit, standing straight and confidently (borderline arrogantly) point at someone and accussed "You're the murderer!" seemed rather fun... cool, he meant cool.
Maybe he could also do that as NPA's investigator.
Besides, if he became a free detective, his father will be severely disappointed... REALLY disappointed. He'd launch to that 'I have high hopes on you, Light' talk again. Which was seriously unnerving and annoying. Just because he was a boy and a firstborn at that... Luckily, Light's mentality is not something people could mess with.
A black blurr flashed down at the corner of Light's sight and Light blinked. His eyes followed the trail to look at a rather isolated part of school where a black book sat innocently on the grassy ground.
'A notebook?' Light mused. His curiousity is piqued, a book fell from the sky? Maybe someone threw it from a higher floor- no, it certainly fell down from the sky. A book fell from the sky? Huh, cool. Was there any plane up there? It could be a possiblity but Light hadn't seen any passing by.
"Mr. Yagami," A voice called out for Light's attention which immadiately received without being filtered out, Light smoothly looked to the teacher. He was mildly surprised to find the gentle English teacher rather than the boorish Math teacher at the front of the class. Did Light spaced out that long?
Light's hand smoothly went inside his drawer and pulled out his English book, putting in his lap without being obvious, still smiling angelicly towards the teacher, "Yes, teacher?"
The teacher smiled, "Re-read the paragraph after 'Once I fell there's no escape' please."
Light randomly opened the book, stood up, and start reciting the paragraph perfectly without any accent, after he finished, the teacher gushed on how perfectly done it was. Light bowed in thanks and sat back down, putting the book on his desk and flipped it to the right page. Blankly staring into it.
He had memorized the entire content.
The final bell rang and the teacher ended their discussion, Light put his things inside his bag and immadiately exitted the class, trying to not look so eager while at it. More and more students piling out of their classroom, each have their own look of relief on their face.
Excited gossips and talks filled the air, burning up Light's desire to quickly get away from this mundane place. Just as he was about to quickly get away, his feet suddenly slowed down as his head couldn't help but to look at the direction where that strange black book is.
Of course he remembered the black book. Of couse he's very interested in a mysterious book that fell from the sky.
Light stood there as many students passed him, debating whether or not to go there where the book was laying innocently. But what if the book is already founded by someone? Won't it be a waste of time to go there? But what if it wasn't? Then, not only his satisfaction would be fulled, he would also gained a new notebook.
Light finally made his mind and changed his direction when suddenly his phone revibrated in his pocket. Light stopped, he lazily fished out the vibrating device and looked at the caller's ID.
Melancholy.
Sayu. Light exhaled exasperatedly, Sayu's name herself means 'Melancholy' in a certain tropical country's language. Light suspected, it had something to do with their parents' second honeymoon to the tropical country. The one where they dumped Light to some distant relatives at summer, saying they'll be gone for theraphy session in the said country, at most for one or two weeks.
Apparently, the 'theraphy session' they meant was really 'visiting famous tropical islands'. Not to mention 'one or two weeks' changed into 'two whole months'.
Light certainly remembered how the three years old him did the silent treatment after they got back. The nerves.
Light pressed the green button and put the cell on his ear, "Hello, Sayu?"
"Nii-chan! Where are you?!" Sayu's loud and excited voice greeted Light's poor ear and Light flinched. He positioned the phone a bit away this time.
Too bad her name doesn't really reflect her personality. "School, just out of it. What's wrong?" Light replied.
"Quickly go home! Father is coming back early tonight! Help us prepare the dinner would you?!"
Light smiled, both at her antic and at the information she conveyed, "Really? What's the occassion?"
"None. That's why, hurry up!"
"Alright, alright, I'm going."
"Great! See you at home, Nii-chan! Love you!"
"Love you too," with that, the line is ended. With renewed vigour and excitement, Light continued back on his route to go home, completely disregarding the thought of the black notebook.
The moment his feet touched the ground outside the school, he suddenly felt extremely relieved, relaxed and his shoulders felt light. As the breeze greeted him, he looked to the distant horizon which painted almost orange.
Without him realizing it, an enchanting smile spread on his handsome face.
Unknown to him, on the other side of the world, a raven haired man with tired eyes, suddenly also felt the same.
This is just some try of me. Written when I was sixteen, this story was born because of my thirst of the idea "Light didn't get the DN because of somethings that made him hurried home, no Kira Light, years later, he'll be an awesome detective in his own right and will meet L in one big case."
This one won't be necessarily Romance. I'm shit at romance especially for things that I had read when I was young (Yeah, it's hard to destroy your own childhood). But it can't be said to be purely not romance too...
There would be hints, some flirtings from a certain rude blonde successor, some verbal admittance that Light is hot (he IS hot). But none of it will be official, I feel disturbed to write that (My childhood, forgive me... please!).
As you can see, it was written by my sixteen years old self, whom of which, had only tried writing for a year or so. There bound to be some inconsistency...
This is just self-indulgence though. Hopefully you like it?
This is just the prologue!