Alarm clock on his night stand buzzed at 5:30, that meant Light had exactly 2 hours to make bento and breakfast for himself and his sister and then get ready for school. He always left the house before his father woke up, it was safer that way.

He didn't mind having to wake up early just to make food for his sister, after all, it was his fault she had no mother to take care of her. And then, he loved his sister, lately it seemed that she was the sole reason to wake up in the morning. His beautiful sister didn't know what was happening in their household and Light was determined to keep it like that. Her family was broken enough as it was and she was so innocent.

He gently knocked on her door and when he heard no response, he entered her room. She was laying on her bed.

''Sayu, it's time to wake up.'' Light whispered and caressed her hair, ''You have to get ready for school.''

Her lashes fluttered and then she slowly opened her eyes. Every time Light saw her wake up, he felt his heart melt a little bit. Then she reached out with her hands to Light and he pulled her into a hug. He understood, this was her way to say good morning. After she was told that her mum died, she stopped talking.

''Dress up and come down for breakfast, ok?'' Light asked and Sayu nodded.

From then on, everything went smoothly and they were able to leave house before their father woke up.

...

School was boring but peaceful, he had to keep his mask on all the time so that nobody would notice something is wrong with him. He was used to hiding his injuries, he always said that he had got them while playing tennis or some other sport and everybody believed him, nobody questioned anything Light Yagami said, that was the power of his charisma. All the teachers loved him, after all he was so good at school and sports, it was such a shame that the poor kid has lost his mother. But he is so strong, isn't he? Taking care of her sister and coming to school everyday with a smile on his face. Such a good kid, they thought.

And Light did everything he could so they would continue to think exactly that because he was scared that if anybody found out what was happening at Yagami household, his father would go to prison and he and Sayu would get separated. He wouldn't allow that. Even after his father did all those things to him, he didn't want him to go to prison. It was the death of Sachiko that broke him and made him do all those things to Light. Before Sachiko died, he had never hurt Light. Even now, he was really nice to Sayu and never did anything to Light in front of her, which Light was very grateful for.

Light was disturbed from his thoughts by seeing something behind the window in his peripheral vision. He wasn't sure what it was, he just knew that it was black and not very big. None of his classmates seemed to notice anything. Just what was that, he wondered.

...

After the school ended he rushed out of the building onto the school grounds. If his classroom's windows were there then the object must have fallen somewhere around this bushes, he thought. There it was, he found it.

It was a black leather note book with silver letters: 'Death note' on the cover. He opened it, the pages were empty, just on the inner side of the cover there was a set of rules. He quickly read through them. It practically said that the notebook could be used for killing people just by writing their names in it. Hmm, interesting but a little bit sick for a joke, he thought. He put it in his back.

...

When he came home there was a message on the phone from his father: 'Don't wait for me with the dinner, there is emergency at work.' Light listened to the message and smiled. Even if his father hurt him a lot, he stilled left messages like this, which showed that he cared. It were a moments like this that reminded him of how his father was in the past.

''Sayu! Do you want pizza for dinner? Father will come late from work.'' Light asked and Sayu nodded.

...

They were eating pizza on the couch and watching news on TV. It was Sayu who switched it on because there was a certain probability that the case that father was working on would be on news. First was a reportage about a collapse of bridge but then there was a live broadcasting from bank robbery. The reporter said that the robber has taken 6 hostages and one of them was a pregnant woman. The robber was identified by camera footage to be Satou Kojima, 36 years, currently unemployed, his photo was shown.

Light remembered the black notebook in his bag. It was no chance it would work but something was tempting Light to try it. He stood up and went to his room, took the notebook out of the bag and placed it on the desk. He opened it and wrote: 'Satou Kojima'. and hurried back to the TV. At first nothing happened but then hostages ran out of the bank, one of them was explaining on camera that the robber had a heart attack.

Heart attack? Light thought that there was definitely a probability that it was just a coincidence. But at the same time maybe it was the Death note. He felt sick. He just maybe killed a person.

...

Light was always tired and the only time when he wasn't was when he was sleeping. Sometimes he dreamed, some of those dreams were about how his family was before all of those things happened. And some of those dreams were about his father hurting him. Today Light had a dream about his father trying to suffocate him. He woke up gasping for air and after a moment realized it was just a dream. He looked at his alarm clock, it showed 5:07, which was okay, he slept quite enough, it was time to get ready.

It was currently a history lesson but Light wasn't paying attention, he was thinking about the Death note. Even though he was doubting if it was real he was thinking about the potential it was holding. But Light was scared, when he caused his mother's death, it was indirectly, without wanting to do so, even if it was his fault, it was just an accident. But when he killed the man yesterday, if he really killed him, it was just out of curiosity. If it was really him killing the man by writing the name in the Death note, then he was a murderer.

Light felt his head spinning.

''Yagami-kun, if you are not feeling well, you can go and rest in the nurse's office.'' said the teacher.

''Thank you, sensei, I will do that.'' said Light and left the classroom.

''Takada-san, accompany him, so he will make it safely.''

''Of course, sensei.'' replied timid looking girl from a last row.

''Yagami-kun, Yagami-kun! Wait!'' said the girl and hurried after Light. When she caught up with him she grasped his hand and Light froze.

''Yagami-kun? Are you okay?'' asked Takada. Light pulled away his hand and turned around to face his classmate.

''Yes Takada-san, I'm sorry, it's just that I'm a little dizzy right now.'' explained Light with a gaze that made Takada nervous.

''Okay, let's go to the nurse's office.'' said the girl.

When they reached the nurse's office, Light knocked on the door and opened it.

''Good morning, I was feeling a little bit dizzy so...'' explained Light and looked around. No one else then him, Takada and the nurse was there.

''I just accompanied Yagami-kun, I will head back to class now. Goodbye.'' said Takada and the door behind her closed.

''So Yagami-kun, sit here and take off your shirt so I can check you up.'' said the nurse cheerfully.

''I would rather just lie down for a while...''

''Come on, don't tell me you are shy.'' said the nurse and laughed. Light was getting nervous. He couldn't really get undressed in front off the nurse, she would see all his bruises. She wouldn't believe he got them during sports since he initially refused to take off his clothes.

''Maybe I am.'' said Light and smiled. ''Anyway, do you really want me to undress so badly?''

''It's not like that. I just want to make sure you are okay, Yagami-kun.'' said the nurse and looked at her shoes.

''I'm okay, just a little tired.'' Light sighed. ''So can I lie down here for a while?''

''O-of course, Yagami-kun.'' said the nurse and minded her own business, so Light went to the back of the office and lied on one of those beds. Women were so easy to manipulate, if it were his classmates like Takada, or older women, like this nurse. The moment he made an eye contact with them and smiled, they did everything he wanted. At least he can take a nap in here. His eyelids were heavy, he really was tired.

The nurse was reading a book until she heard Light's mumbling caught her attention.

''Father, please don't... ah, d-don't do that. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.'' mumbled the boy in his sleep. He was also breathing heavily and stirring. He was probably having a nightmare.

''Wake-up, Yagami-kun.'' said the nurse and put a hand on his shoulder to shake him a little. Light woke up and immediately covered his head.

''I'm sorry father.'' he whispered.

''You were just having a bad dream Light-kun.'' said the nurse and to comfort him she ran a hand through his hair. Light flinched away and stood up. He backed away a little and then bowed.

''Thank you for letting me rest in here. I will go home now.'' said the boy and ran out of the school. He finally calmed down when he was outside. This was bad, the nurse was definitely suspicious. Returning there now wouldn't help either, he could only hope that she will keep quiet. He went to pick his sister up from school.

''Hello Sayu.'' said Light and hurried to his sister. Her face was unusually blank. A man was talking to her and other little girl. When he saw Light aproaching them he straightened his jacket. He was wearing black suit and thick black glasses.

''Hello, I am Kurou Otoharada, Misako's father. Nobody was showing up to pick Sayu-chan up so I was worried about her. I was wondering if I should give her ride home but she wouldn't answer any of my questions.'' said the man and smiled but Light though there was something off about his smile. He showed all of his teeth when he smiled.

''I'm Sayu's brother. I'm sorry we have to hurry home. Come on Sayu.'' Light said and grabbed his sister's hand and hurried away. When Light looked behind himself the man was still looking at them.

''Let's go a little faster Sayu.'' whispered Light and Sayu nodded.

When Light felt they were finally far enough he slowed down.

''Listen Sayu, I don't like that man. I want you to stay away from him, okay?'' Light asked and his sister nodded.

''Did he ask anything weird?'' Light asked and Sayu just looked into his eyes without nodding or shaking her head, as if hoping that Light could read her mind. He couldn't, so at least he hugged her.

''Don't worry, I won't let us get separated. I'll take care of you.''

When they arrived home, Light saw his father's shoes. He became nervous, it was unusual for Soichiro to be home so soon. He peeked inside a living room a saw Soichiro on the couch with a glass in his hand. That was bad.

''Sayu, you have to be really quiet now.'' Light whispered. ''Go to your room and lock the door and don't come out until I tell you.''

Sayu understood and did her best to sneak into her room. When Light heard her lock the door he felt a little calmer. When Soichiro was drunk, he could really become violent, without really differentiating who is he violent to.

''Father, I'm home.'' greeted Light Soichiro because he knew that if he didn't take care of his father when he was drinking, Soichiro would get very angry with him later.

''Light, is it you my son?'' Soichiro asked with his eyes glassy.

''Yes, it's me father. Do you need anything?''

''No, no. It's just that today, we found a dead girl, around Sayu's age. When her mother came to pick her up from school, she was already gone. Witnesses said that her father picked her up. But that's not possible, her father was at work... and a few hours later, we found the girl dead in a river.'' Soichiro explained.

''That's horrible.'' Light said and couldn't help but tremble, when he imagined something like this happened to Sayu.

''Yes. Light, have a glass with me.'' said Soichiro, poured glass full of brown liquid and handed it over to Light, who considered for a while refusing it. But it was so rare for his father to actually talk to him without shouting at him and calling him names. He took the glass and sipped it's content.

It was bitter and it set his throat on fire but he drank a little bit nevertheless before putting it down on the table.

''Light, you remind me so much of your mother. Especially your eyes are the same. It's so hard to look at you when she is gone, my Sachiko.''

''I'm so sorry father.'' Light whispered.

Soichiro didn't reply, he passed out, so Light took a glass away from his hand. When he saw his father like this, his guilt was even more suffocating.