Wind Beneath My Wings

Pairing: L x Raito

Rating: T

Summary: AU, Yaoi. Raito can see angels. He always could, ever since he was smaller. One day he meets an angel that's different than the others. Enter Ryuuzaki.

Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note.

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Angels. There are many legends and myths about them. Ranging from having the ability to fly, to other strange abilities.

Raito could see them. Others couldn't. He could see them flying through the sky. He witnessed them saving peoples lives, helping people. And the sad thing about it was that the people didn't even notice. They didn't know how lucky they were to be saved from a death they wouldn't see coming. They didn't know how lucky they were to be watched over by an angel.

The beautiful creatures had once saved Raito, when he was a freshman in high school. He was walking home one night, exhausted. His friends were a handful, and often threw parties. He was about to walk across a crosswalk on a red light, when all of a sudden he felt a hand press lightly against his chest. He looked up, and saw one of the creatures he'd been seeing for his whole life holding him back. At that moment, a car zoomed past. To others, it would have probably looked like he had suddenly realized that he had almost walked a red light. But to Raito, an angel had stopped him from getting hit by a car.

He nodded to the angel, who seemed surprised at how Raito could see her. She simply smiled to him before flapping her large, white wings and taking off.

At the moment, Raito was eighteen. He had perfect, smooth skin, silky auburn locks and honey-brown eyes. He was intelligent, good looking, artistic, a good actor, a good cook— In other words he was good at everything. He was perfect.

He sometimes wondered why he was stuck on this earth. Why was he stuck on the ground, when he had the qualifications to be a perfect being; an angel. He would sulk over not being up in the air with the angels, soaring through the sky like they hadn't a care in the world.

Though Raito would soon snap out of his thoughts. He had a large ego, but he didn't think of himself as some sort of godly-being. No, he wasn't that full of himself.

The sound of soles hitting against cobblestone echoed in his ears as the brunette walked down a path lined with cherry blossom trees. He was in a garden; the garden that his mother had taken him to many times when he was smaller. They would walk around and look at the flowers, stare up at the sakura, and gaze down at the koi fish swimming in the running stream.

The large garden was nice to look at, and because of all the distractions, not many noticed the entrance to the church at the back of the garden. Yes, church. It had came along with the property, and Raito guessed that the original land owners left it there, not wanting to do anything to it.

The church was pretty much hidden by a large willow tree, with long branches that acted like a curtain. The branches were quite long, and almost reached the ground. If Raito hadn't seen the surplus amount of Angels, he wouldn't have noticed it the first time he came here.

There was no path leading to the church, so that was why most people missed it. The church was at the corner of the property, and the cobblestone path simply curved and went into another direction. The brunette stepped off the path and head to the abandoned church.

Today was the day Raito first saw the angel.

It was odd. There were no angels around here. Since it was holy grounds, there were usually plenty of them circling around the cross that stuck up proudly from the roof. Though today, there was nothing. The brunette looked up at the navy-blue sky. The stars could already be somewhat seen, and if the sun was out you could probably see no clouds in the sky. That was probably why he could see the shining specks of light so clearly.

He stopped after he had walked around the willow tree. He looked at the church, and took in its almost eerie appearance. He glanced up at the roof, where he spotted a breath-taking winged creature.

It appeared to be a male, and his feathery wings were stretched out behind him. He sat with his knees curled up to his chest, which seemed to make it look like he was defying gravity with the extra weight on his back. He had the same glow that all angels had, but he had very light, milky skin. His hair was ebony black, which was a strange contrast with the rest of him. He wore a baggy, white long sleeved shirt and faded light blue jeans. A small halo was floating above his head.

Raito gazed up at him. He had seen many angels, but this one, he seemed to just stick out. He took a few steps forward as he watched the angel stare off into the distance. He had to now crane his neck up so he could see, though he didn't mind.

At that moment the angel glanced down at him, to which Raito jumped at the sudden intensity of his gaze. The dark obsidian eyes locked with his own honey-brown eyes, and he felt as if he had suddenly frozen. His breath caught in his throat. The angel raised an eyebrow before getting up and jumping off the building. He landed right in front of the stunned boy. Raito stared at him.

"So… you can see me?" He said as he waved a hand lazily in front of the boy. Raito nodded, and realized he wasn't breathing. He inhaled, and tried to calm himself down.

"That's interesting to know," He smirked as he turned around and walked into the church. The brunette (not knowing what else to do) followed. The inside of the church was magnificent. The walls were all covered in white wood panels. Long, sturdy oak benches took up most of the room. There were two columns with ten benches on either side of the middle aisle. The angel walked up the aisle and stopped at the podium. He then turned around, seeming pleased that the boy was following.

"What's your name?" He asked as he leaned a little forward. Raito stayed silent. The angel waited, but got no reply. What was this boy's problem? If he could see him, why couldn't he hear him? Or, was this the first time that he had seen an angel?

"Helloo? Can you even talk?" He waved his hand in front of the boys face again, to which Raito finally blinked up at him. The raven-haired one smiled, glad that he had gotten a reaction.

"Yeah, I can. My name is Yagami Raito," He said politely. His hands were fiddling with the bottom of his white dress shirt.

"You can call me Ryuuzaki," The angel said as he smiled at the seemingly nervous teen. Ryuuzaki has so many questions running through his mind at the moment. He was generally a smart person, and so it bothered him when he didn't know things. This human boy was a mystery to him, and he wanted to learn more.

Raito sort of felt the same way. He had been seeing angels all his life, but never had he felt like how he did now. A strange feeling overtook him when Ryuuzaki's gaze rested upon him. He was curious as to know why this angel stood out so much. He just gave off a different aura.

The brunette walked over to a bench in the first row and sat down. The placed his hands on his lap and looked at Ryuuzaki. He was standing in front of the large stained-glass window that covered the whole back wall of the church. It was a beautiful combination of geometric shapes forming a rough picture of a lady cradling a baby.

"How can you see me?" Ryuuzaki asked as he flapped his wings. He flew into the air for a mere second before landing on top of the podium he was standing in front of a moment before. He then sat down in the same position as before, with his knees pulled up to his chest. His wings were folded behind him. Raito looked at him, taking in the weird sight. Most angels were graceful and elegant. This one seemed sloppy.

"I could ask you the same question," Raito sighed.

"How long have you been able to see… us?"

"Ever since I could remember…" Raito let out a small laugh. "…Some people thought I was delusional when I was a kid. Others thought that I just had imaginary friends like most kids did. I hadn't realized that talking to beings no one else could see was definitely out of the ordinary. Shortly after, I had realized what I was doing and stopped talking to the angels whilst others were around…" Raito trailed off, realizing that he was almost explaining his life story. He looked up at Ryuuzaki from the spot on the floor he had been gazing at. Ryuuzaki was looking at him with his wide eyes, seemingly interested. His next words proved his interest.

"No-no, it's quite alright. It's nice talking to a human about things, whatever they may be," He stated. Raito looked up at him and nodded.

The brunettes eyes suddenly widened in realization. He stood up quickly, making Ryuuzaki tilt his head in confusion.

"What's wrong?"

"I knew there was something different about you," He said as he took a few steps forward. He pointed to the ring of light that floated above his head.

"You're halo is fading."

Ryuuzaki blinked. How could he notice something like that? Yes, it was fading, but he wasn't sure that it was noticeable.

"Yes, it is. It seems that way…" He brought his thumb up to his mouth and lightly chewed on the very tip, careful not to bite through the skin. Raito looked at him, into his large obsidian eyes that were slightly lined with bags, and then back at his halo.

"You're not…" Raito stopped. L cocked his head to the side.

"I'm not what…?" The raven head asked in confusion.

"…going to die or something, are you?" Ryuuzaki laughed. How could this boy be worried over something like that? Raito hardly knew him.

"No, no. I'm not." He smiled reassuringly as he raised a hand and ruffled it through the brunette's flawless hair. Ah, he looked cute with his hair messed up. Though Raito didn't seem to like it that way, so he quickly brought a hand up and fixed it back to how it was. Ryuuzaki simply smiled as he watched the teen.

"Well, that's good," Raito said, looking as if he was trying hard not to yell at him for messing up his hair. He was very girly, if you asked Ryuuzaki. He cared for his perfect auburn hair too much. Raito was glad that they were free to talk in this abandoned church, so no one would think Raito was going crazy, talking to himself.

Ryuuzaki simply smiled at him. It has been long… since he smiled this much. It was nice, talking to people who weren't angels. Who weren't like him. Who weren't… boring. The angel's eyes widened as he realized something, but his face simply molded back into an emotionless barrier once he regained his posture. He was glad Raito didn't notice.

Raito was staring at a spot on the ground, like he usually was. His parents said that he might get neck pains when he's older, and that he should look up more. Oh well. He glanced up at the angel, not sure why he was acting so nervous around him. Well, he might act like this around people he just met, but Ryuuzaki was an angel.

"It's really late, shouldn't you be getting home?" Ryuuzaki asked the teen once he looked up at him. The brunette brought his head up and nodded.

"Yeah, maybe I should be getting home now," Raito said as he latched his right hand onto his upper left arm. Ryuuzaki nodded, and the teen turned around to walk down the aisle.

"Raito-kun!" He suddenly heard his name being called, and turned around only to feel Ryuuzaki pressing his soft lips against his own. He blushed as he gave him a long kiss, and then the angel backed away.

"I'll be watching over you."

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AN: I'm not sure if I want to continue this, that's why the ending of this could act as an actual ending, or the ending of just the first chapter.

If you want me to continue, say it in the reviews. If not, this will just be some random one shot.