A/U: More angst and Light Yagami being an uke. Despite its not yaoi...I think I'll have them do 'stuff' next chapter.
Chapter 2: Yagami Reborn
Light woke up in bed, it took him a while to remember what had happened. Had it all even happened? He wasnt too sure, he tried to scratch his head but upon lifting his hand up he saw that the hand was all bandaged up and the scars from Misa's nails which he forced into him marked his arm. He tried to get up but he must have hit his chest pretty hard back then but not have noticed in the heat of the moment. The fact that he stood back up and collapsed again probably only worsened the wound.
"It...happened" Light sighed to himself with a smile "Am I...redeemed?"
"RAITO-KUN!" Misa screamed as she ran into the bedroom. That same high pitched squeal that he used to hate to hear and would always turn away and pray she would just leave him alone, now had a totally different meaning. Now he wanted to hear it more than anything else in the world and he welcomed her with whatever strength he had
"Misa...I'm so sorry..." he said as Misa sat down on the bed next to him
"Misa-Misa forgives her Raito-kun!" Misa said, smiling for the fallen god who lay in the bed beside her. She wondered if Light was really sorry, he was one to lie but now, he wasnt smiling with his common arrogant smile, and he wasnt frowning with that frown which said 'another failure unworthy of my attention'. Now his face, and his eyes were completely empty, very similar to L. "This is is a honest as he probably gets" Misa thought
"Why Misa though? Why are you still by my side? After everything I've done...to you..." Light said, still pondering on the age old question
"Because Misa-Misa loves her Raito-Kun! Thats why!" Misa said, brightening up
"Thats...adorable..." Lights voice became more silent, it got slightly harder to breath "How you...talk about yourself...in the third person..." he remembered how stupid he used to find that, Misa referring to herself in the third person, now it changed so much...
Misa lay down on the bed next to Light, realizing he couldnt get up. She just looked at him and thought of how powerless he looked, something which was a first for Light Yagami.
"Raito-kun you look so..." She began, but stopped herself realizing Light would hate her saying that.
"Helpless...Desperate...?" Light groaned, "It's because I am..."
"Is this really Light Yagami talking? That cant be true" Misa thought to herself. But Light Yagami was always like this, it was Kira who wasnt.
"Help me Misa..." Light said, reaching out and placing his hand on her thigh
"Misa-Misa is ready to do whatever it takes to help Raito-kun get better!" she said, taking a careful hold of his hand so she wouldnt hurt him further
"Just...stay with here...with me, will you do that favour for me?" Light asked
"Of course!" Misa replied "I'll stay here until you heal up Raito-kun! Don't worry, your Misa will never leave you"
"My...my...my Misa" Light said as tears formed at his eyes. She was 'his' Misa. How did she even stick with him this long.
Misa edged closer towards him to share the tender moment. She wiped a tear from his eye, since he couldnt and he pulled the rest back in.
"Say...say that again..." Light said
"Say what?" Misa asked him, who thought he placed no value in her calling herself 'his'
"Say that...that you're my...my Misa" Light pleaded
Misa suddenly realized that Light had found new value in her words, the words he ignored for so many years in the past. But finally, her words had meaning for him. She moved closer to him again so that their bodies would touch, she wrapped her arm around his waist.
"I am your Misa, no one else's, and I'll be your Misa forever" she said and leaned in to kiss him. For the first time ever since they first met, when he kissed her once to get her interested, Light actually participated in the kiss as well. And now it felt more true, it wasnt rushed anymore, Light wanted to please her just as much as she wanted to please him.
Light wanted to ask one last question, but he was scared the answer wouldnt be true. After all, when she asked him that he lied to her so many times...
"Is Misa-Misa's Raito-kun happier now?" Misa asked
Light also just realized that she called him 'hers'. Before he would find it insulting, who is she to claim the god of the new world as her possession? But he couldnt take it anymore, he had to belong to someone, other than himself.
"Yes..." Light breathed "Your Raito-kun...is happy" but then he remembered the question which he wanted to ask before. He had to just blurt it out, his heart began to ache.
"Why is he crying then?" Misa asked giving him a playful kiss
"Mi...Misa...I of all people...should be...the last to ask this..." Light began
"Its ok Raito-kun, go ahead" she comforted him
"I...its..." Light didnt know how to go on
"Just say it, I wont say anything bad" Misa said smiling and giving him another kiss
"Do you...do you..." Light said
"Yes?" Misa asked, now overly curious
"Do you love me?" Light asked. Misa thought she'd never see the day Light would ever say that to her. Her heart started racing and despite knowing that multiple times when she asked him if he loved her he had lied, she would reply truthfully, since now, it all seemed more true than it had ever seemed before.
"So much, I love you so much" Misa replied "I can't imagine my life without you, Raito-kun"
"Are you being honest...or are you giving me...a taste of my own medicine...?" the unsure Light replied
"As honest as I'll ever be" Misa said
"Then kiss me again..." Light replied and Misa leaned in once more. This time Light managed to lift his arm and wrap it round her waist. "Tell me...show me...that you...that you love me" Light gasped in between kisses. They kept on kissing until Light had eventually gotten way too tired and needed some more sleep.
"That was...beautiful...like you" Light remarked "On your lips I...tasted sweet wine like never before...you leave me starstruck...what was I missing out on...all this time? I...I need to get some more sleep though...my head is hurting..."
"Light..." Misa sighed, it was like a dream come true. "I'll go get you some water" she said getting up but Light stopped her.
"Wait" he said "Stay and..." he stopped
"It's ok, say it" Misa said
"I want you to hold me...until I sleep" Misa could tell how that confession ripped Light, no, ripped Kira apart. She could see strings snapping inside Light's psychological world, he was coming out with all of this faster than he could handle.
Misa sat next to him and Light leaned his head against her thigh. Misa took a lock of his hair and twirled it between her fingers.
"Has Raito-kun's Misa proven her love?" She asked, already knowing Light's answer
"Yes..." Light said, and once again, everything around him went black, and he drifted off into sleep...
