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A/N: Light may seem OOC here, but he doesn't have the Death Note yet. I'm just assuming that he has lots of friends etc because in the beginning of the manga you see him with a group of friends. This is what I imagine he's like when he's 'good Light'. He also looks like someone who has friends, he's too good looking to not have friends.
EDITED - 8/8/2014
Chapter 1 – Don't You Have Friends?
I lean my head on my hand with my elbow propped up on the desk. I couldn't pay attention. Not that I cared right now.
My parents decided to split up. I moved with Mum from Akita to Tokyo. I had to leave my old friends behind, not that I had many, leave my old school behind and the house I grew up in.
It also meant that I was the awkward new kid who started in the middle of the week. Mum, no matter how many times I begged, would not move earlier so I could start at the beginning of the week instead of a Wednesday.
"Yoshikawa?" someone asks, my head snaps up and I look at the teacher who was glaring at me. I hadn't learnt his name yet; all I knew was that he didn't like students daydreaming during class. He's going to hate me since I daydream all day and every day.
"Uh, yeah?" I say and he rolls his dark eyes.
"Answer question three please," He snaps. He is clearly irritated that I wasn't paying attention. Probably even more annoyed since this is my first day here. Well, you can't please everyone.
By lunch, I have no friends. I just couldn't be bothered to try and make friends. It's too close to the end of the school year to bother. I'll be off to university soon, if I pass the entrance exams. I just hope Mum doesn't nag me too much about not making any friends. Anyway, it's her fault for moving so far away. I wouldn't have to make new friends if she didn't cheat and get us kicked out.
The only reason why I was kicked out along with Mum is because Dad knew that he wouldn't be able to be at home all of the time to look after me and he goes on the odd trip for work. He didn't kick me out because he hates me. Well, I hope so anyway.
I sit on my own in the canteen and eat my lunch. As I slip my lunch box back into my bag, someone approaches me. I look up to see a boy with brown hair and brown eyes. I'm pretty sure he is in my maths class. I'm not sure but he does look familiar.
"Hey," He says and sits down opposite me.
"Hi," I mumble and look away. I have to admit that I'm quite shocked to find someone who wants to talk to the new girl who does nothing but daydreams.
"I'm Light Yagami," He introduces.
"Nice to meet you, Yagami-kun, I'm Manami Yoshikawa." I reply and he gives me a warm smile which I don't bother return.
"Do you want me to show you around the school?" He asks politely. He must be a delinquent that is desperate to get into the new girl's underwear. I shake my head quickly and narrow my eyes at him.
"No thank you, this school has roughly the same layout my last school had." I say sharply.
"Where are you from?" Yagami-kun asks me. Will he ever get the hint that I don't want to talk to him? I guess he isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer . . .
"Akita," I reply. "I'm going to go to my next lesson," I stand up from my chair as soon as the words leave my lips.
"What do you have?" He asks even though I'm sure that he doesn't really care.
"Chemistry," I say and turn to walk away. Annoyingly, Yagami-kun follows me. He's acting like a lost puppy.
"Ah, me too, I'll walk you." He offers.
Just leave me alone already.
"Don't you have friends?" I ask bitterly. I didn't mean to come across as rude, I just found him annoying, and to be honest I don't want to make friends.
"Yes, but I'd rather walk a new girl to class." He says. Is he trying to flirt?
"New girl has a name." I snap and pull my dark hair back into a ponytail.
"I apologise if I offended you," He says nicely. I roll my eyes and walk faster to get away from him.
"Are you trying to run away from me?" He asks with a hint of laughter in his tone.
"Yes, but technically I'm walking quickly to get away from you." I say with venom bleeding into my voice. I didn't want to run, because knowing my luck I'll get caught and given a detention. If I could run, I would. You're not allowed to run inside the school building, which is a terrible rule in my opinion. They clearly make these school rules to annoy us.
"Why?" He asks.
"I don't have time for people trying to be my friend."
"You don't want to make friends?" He asks and I shake my head.
"What's the point? I'll be leaving here soon and going to university."
"You plan on going to university? So why do you daydream in class?" He asks curiously. By now, we were outside the classroom door. I open it and say hello to the teacher. I tell him my name and sit down where he tells me to.
Of course, Yagami-kun follows me to my seat and sits in the seat next to it. I roll my eyes and stare out of the window. Why do I get sat next to him? Just my luck!
"Why?" He asks.
"Maybe because I already know it," I say and turn my head away from him. I really don't care if I'm being rude, I'll do anything to get him to leave me alone.
"Yoshikawa-chan?" He says and I ignore him. He pokes my shoulder and I look at him and shoot him a glare.
"What?" I hiss. He puts his hands up in defeat.
"If you don't understand it, don't be embarrassed. I can always tutor you if you want." I glare at him again.
"I do understand what is going on and I don't need a tutor." I snap and turn to look out the window. Class then begins as the classroom is now full of students. Only a handful of them I recognise from passing them in the corridors or seeing them in my previous lessons.
"What are you doing tonight?" He pesters.
"None of your business now shut up unless you want a detention." I hiss under my breath. Yagami-kun lets out a sigh and finally gives up trying to talk to me.
Finally, the school day ends and I begin to walk home on my own. When I'm only a few metres away from the school, I hear quick footsteps as someone is running up to me from behind. I turn to face them and my face turns into a frown when I notice that it's Yagami-kun.
"So how was your first day, Yoshikawa-chan?" He asks politely.
"Do you care?" I retort.
"Yes, otherwise I wouldn't ask." He says.
"No, it was crap because some weirdo kept following me around like a lost puppy."
"Ouch, that hurt," Yagami-kun says and I turn to see him pouting. I shake my head.
"Sorry, truth hurts," I say with a shrug and pick up my pace. I wanted to get home before he annoys me anymore; I never knew that someone could be this annoying.
"So, where do you live?" Yagami-kun asks. I don't see why he wants to keep the conversation going, why can't he see that I'm not interested in being his friend?
"Somewhere in Tokyo," I snap.
"Seriously," Yagami-kun sighs.
"I'll narrow it down for you. Somewhere in Japan." I retort.
I finally reach my house and open the gate. "Bye," I say quickly. I'm pretty annoyed that he followed me all the way home, now he knows where I live.
"Haha, this is funny, I happen to live next door." He says with a chuckle and walks up the path to his front door. He gives me a wave and walks inside. I scowl. I open the front door and walk in.
"I'm home!" I call out but I don't get a reply. "Right, she's at work." I murmur under my breath and kick my shoes off. I walk up the stairs and enter my room. I sit by my desk and get out my books. I may not pay attention in class, but I do study. I don't want to fail my exams.
An hour later, Mum gets back from work. She opens my bedroom door and steps inside.
"How was school?" She asks. I shrug and continue writing. "You can't still be upset about the move, you have had four months to get over moving and we've lived here since Monday morning." I don't reply. She lets out a sigh. "I met our neighbours today, the family that live to the left of our house when you're facing it, they're really nice. There's also a boy about your age."
"Oh, Light Yagami?" I ask and turn to face Mum. She nods. "Already met him, but I'm not being his friend. I'm not making friends. Plus he's annoying." I turn back to my work.
"You have to make friends, Mana," Mum sighs. "The Yagami family are very nice, Sachiko Yagami says you are welcome to go over and study with Light."
"Okay," I say dismissively. I hear my bedroom door shut and let out a sigh. Since the divorce, I haven't been talking to Mum. I feel guilty, but it's her fault we moved. If she didn't cheat on Dad, he wouldn't have kicked us out.
I lean back in my chair and shut my eyes. Maybe it wouldn't be bad to make friends here; I could give Yagami-kun a chance. Even if it is for a few months, but if I'm lucky we may end up going to the same university.
"Dinner!" Mum calls up the stairs and I let out a groan before leaving my room and joining Mum.
I shut the gate behind me and begin to walk to school.
"Yoshikawa-chan!" Someone calls from behind me. I turn to see Yagami-kun and I let out a groan.
Then I remember what I decided yesterday. I will try and make friends today. I'm sure it's normal to be a little distant when it's your first day at a new school, plus I'm sure people will understand if I explained that my parents got a divorce.
I give him a wave when he catches up to me. "Hey, Yagami-kun,"
"You seem cheerful today; did you wake up on the right side of the bed today?" I give him a light push and scowl at him.
"No, I changed my mind about not making any friends." I explain as we walk along the road.
"Before I forget, do you wanna come over tonight? My mum wants me to try and be friends with you, since you're our neighbour," He asks. I shrug.
"I guess it'll be okay, as long as we get work done." I say and he laughs.
"You do all your work at home instead of school?"
"Yeah, it's quieter." I explain and he nods.
"You're one strange girl, Yoshikawa-chan."
When we arrive at the school gates, we part ways and I head to my first lesson.
I tried to make friends, but the way I was yesterday has everyone convinced that I'm weird. When I spoke to people, they either ignored me or told me to bother someone else. So by the time I was sitting in maths, I had given up. Maybe Yagami-kun will be my only friend here; I guess that's better than no one.
I stare out of the window and daydream through maths; luckily I didn't get caught until there was five minutes left of the lesson. Mr. What's-his-face didn't seem to care that I wasn't paying attention for once.
I sit at a table by myself when it's lunch time and I pull out my lunchbox. As I begin eating, Yagami-kun sits in the seat opposite me like he did yesterday.
"Hey," He says and I swallow the food in my mouth before replying.
"Hi," I say. "Don't you have friends?" I ask and raise my eyebrows.
"Yes, but I can see that you have none." He replies with a slight shrug. His brown eyes look at me as if I'm a bomb about to explode.
"I have friends; they just don't live in Tokyo." I snap and shove food in my mouth. I look away from him and scan the cafeteria.
"You have friends?!" He says shocked and I glare at him. I roll my eyes and ignore his comment. "So are you coming over straight after school?"
"Not if you keep insulting me," I snap. He sighs.
"I'm only joking," He defends. I give him a weird look.
"Jokes are supposed to be funny," I inform him and he smiles.
"I know that," He says. "So, are you coming over?"
"I barely know you," I say.
"Stop changing the subject."
"I'm not!" I retort and ball my hands into fists after placing my rice ball back in the box.
"Yeah, yeah," He rolls his eyes childishly and a quiet giggle escapes my lips. He then smiles at me.
"Fine, I'll come over, we are neighbours after all." I give in and his smile grows.
"Good," He says and folds his arms on the table. He studies me while I eat and I squirm in my seat. I can't stand it when people watch me as if I'm an animal in a zoo.
"I'll have to stop at my house so I can leave my mum a note to tell her where I am. She'll ground me if I don't." I say and my lips pull down into a frown.
"You don't like your mum?" He asks me when he notices the frown on my face. I look at him questionably. "Or do you not like being grounded?"
"Both. In a way, she's the reason we moved in the first place. Everything was fine at home, then she cheated on my dad and of course they split. Dad then kicked Mum and me out and Mum decided to move across the country to Tokyo. I have no idea, I guess it's because she was worried rumours would get out and she'll earn a bad reputation." I confessed. Yagami-kun nodded to show he was listening.
I look down at the table and my half eaten lunch. I put the lid on and look at the clock. We had five minutes left until the bell rang.
The rest of the day passed quickly, and before I knew it I was writing a note for Mum telling her where I was. I left it on the table by the front door and leave the house. "Ready," I announce and follow Yagami-kun to his house.
"I'm home!" Yagami-kun calls out. His mum walks into the hallway and gives us both a smile.
"Hello, Light, and you are . . .?" She greets.
"I'm Manami Yoshikawa, I live next door," I inform her and she smiles.
"Oh yes, I'm glad you and Light are friends." She says "Study before you two do anything else! I don't want her mother to complain!" She leaves us and I look at Yagami-kun.
"Your mum is nice," I compliment. I kick my shoes off and follow him up the stairs.
"I guess," he replies. He pushes his door open and steps to the side so I can walk in first. I murmur a 'thanks' before stepping into his room.
"Wow," I gasp. "You have your own computer?!"
"Yeah," He says. He sits down in the middle of the floor and takes his books out of his school bag. I mimic his actions.
We finish our homework and study, time of course flies quickly and I realise that dinner must be ready back home. I pull out my phone from my bag as my phone rings.
"Yes?" I say.
"You have dinner," Mum says before hanging up. I flip my phone shut and slide it back into my bag.
"I have to go home," I tell Yagami-kun and he nods. He walks me to his front door.
"Do you want me to walk you home?" He jokes and I laugh. He gives me a smile.
"Bye, Yagami-kun, I'll see you tomorrow." I say.
"You can call me Light," He tells me and I nod quickly.
"Okay, Light-kun," I say and give him a smile. He returns the smile.
"Bye, Yoshikawa-chan." I glare at him.
"You can call me Manami," I tell him and he laughs.
"Okay, bye Manami-chan." And with that I leave and walk home. Before the door shuts I can hear his mum scold him.
"You should walk her home!"
I let out a quiet giggle into the night.