"Light!" Sachiko Yagami called from downstairs. "Light, you have a visitor!"
Light glanced over to the clock. It was 8 o'clock p.m. Who would pay him a visit this late? He didn't have a date tonight. Or had he forgotten?
With a sigh he stowed the Death Note away in the desk drawer and stood up to open the door of his room.
"Coming!"
If he really had forgotten about a date, he better didn't show it. He checked his appearance in the mirror. Alright, but not perfect. He pulled the sweater he was wearing over his head and unfastened his belt to put on a fresh shirt and a suit, just in case. For a finishing touch he also used a few drops of his favourite perfume. He checked the mirror again. An image fit for a god, no doubt about it.
He heard excited voices from downstairs. Apparently his mother was entertaining his guest until he arrived.
Entering the living room, he gasped. There was Misa, sitting on the sofa with his mother who inexplainably had managed to use the short time he had dressed to get their family album out, showing Misa pictures of him and Sayu in the bath tub. Misa giggled and told his mother how cute both of them looked and how she hoped to be blessed with children as adorable as Light and Sayu.
Light cleared his throat to announce his presence. Both women turned their head and Sachiko beamed at him: "You really have the most loveley girl-friend, Light! I just showed her a few pictures of you when you were little," she explained. Light nodded and shrugged. Why should he care?
"Liiiight!" sqealed Misa and rushed up to hug him. Instead of her usual style, dominated by dark colours, she was wearing a lacy red and white dress with red ribbons in her hair and white stockings. Light knew, why she was here.
"Misa! What a surprise to see you! I thought you were busy today!" he exclaimed and pressed her against his chest to give his words extra weight. She blushed.
"I would never miss Valentine's Day with my Light," she declared softly. "And of course I got you something!" Light loosened his grip and she skipped away to fetch her bag from the sofa.
"Shall I make tea for you?" asked Sachiko, "or are you going out?"
"It's fine, Mum, we'll stay here. I didn't know Misa had time for me today, so I have nothing prepared."
"I'll make you tea, then," Sachiko confirmed. With Misa modelling and her son working hard for university, the two of them would have a hard time seeing each other regularly. So she would put her best efforts into letting them have a wonderful evening tonight.
Author's Note: to be continued. Rated M for later events in the story. Please comment!