"Class, we have a new student today from England. Please be nice to him, he might not be able to speak a word of Japanese." The awkward teacher, Matsuda Touda, chuckled nervously before leaving his table to open the door once he heard the knock from outside. Light Yagami adjusted in his seat as he heard his fellow classmates whisper about their excitement on having a foreigner as a classmate. He wouldn't be lying if he said he wasn't interested though. But hearing the excited squeal of the student in front of him, Misa Amane, wasn't really the most pleasing sound he could hear. It was like fingernails scratching against a chalkboard; annoying. God, why did the teacher have to place the annoying blonde in front of him? He would smack her if it weren't against his principles..
Matsuda was seen talking to an old man outside the classroom. Light was unfortunately at the very back of the classroom, so he didn't seem to hear about what they were talking about. But he leaned closer nevertheless, attempting to hear what was going on outside between his awkward teacher and the elderly man. The old man wore a hate to keep most of his features hidden, as well as a black trench coat. But if one were to look close enough, you could notice the seemingly puffy deep black hair behind the old man, waving from the supposedly non-existent wind.
"He might be a bit of a hindrance, for his habits are extremely hard to break and I am not exaggerating when I say so." The old man sighed. "But I assure you, Mister Touda, that Ryuzaki here will not disrupt nor fail any of his classes. He is quite an intelligent and well-mannered boy, if not a bit blunt and hard to read. He is quite an oddball at times, so I apologize for any disasters he might cause in the near future."
Matsuda chuckled, rubbing the back of his head. So. Very. Awkward. Who decided that this man would be a decent teacher anyway? It absolutely made no sense. "It won't be any trouble at all, Mister Watari! Your son's habits might not be as bad as a few, smoking or drinking at a young age, for example. What might they be?"
"He has a tendency to kick off his shoes and crouch like a frog. On a chair. He might not sit properly, but he claims that if he were to sit like a normal person, his intelligence would decrease drastically.. hm, what is it, Ryuzaki? Mm. Ah yes. His intelligence would decrease by specifically forty percent. Kind of like his older brother here." He jabbed a thumb from behind him, but Light wasn't able to see who he was pointing at. His only guess is that his new classmate had a sibling. "Well, I may as well be off right now. His brother needs to get in class too, yes? Ryuzaki, do have a good day at school. I will fetch you and your other brothers later."
"See you later at lunch then, Ryuu." Another voice said outside. It had a bit of an accent, reminding Light that this person and his brother was from outside of the country. It would be natural for them to have an accent.
"..Bye Rue."
Matsuda ushered an odd-looking teenager behind him and shut the door gently. The boy was the epitome of weird; his hair was a complete mess. Black and puffy, but also spiked and resembled a certain someone's hair after he woke up. He wore the same uniform as them, except his school uniform's tie was sloppily tied and the coat looked as if it weren't ironed, as it was as disheveled as his hair. And another thing was those rather large bags underneath his black eyes. Heck, Light was sure there was nothing darker than black.. except for this man's eyes. He slouched as Matsuda made him stand in one place, so all eyes were on him. "Right, right! Introduce yourself! Go on, don't be shy!" He cheerily said.
The oddball scratched his cheek with his finger slightly. "My name is Ryuzaki Hideki. Nice to meet you." He bit his thumb as he said that sentence. Huh. Were all English men like that? Light was sure they weren't. Yet, as freaky as that guy looked, he seemed to be slightly interesting, with his posture and all that. He rubbed his right foot against his leg and shifted uncomfortably, as if he hated the attention he got from the others. Yet for some reason, Misa relaxed and leaned in with her lips parted open, slightly perplexed. Even Light was surprised; he was sure Misa wouldn't be interested in someone that looked really creepy in her opinion. Maybe she sensed the interesting aura about him too?
When Matsuda told Ryuzaki to sit next to Light, he wasn't at all surprised; Matsuda considered him a perfect student. Maybe he thought making Ryuzaki sit next to him would do his hair some justice, and maybe fix his appearance a bit. But what about those "habits" that he heard from Ryuzaki's supposed-father earlier..?
Oh.
Oh.
So that was the problem. Yes, sitting like a frog would surely cause his legs some soreness later.
After a few hours of lessons that Light already knew due to his high intelligence, it was time for lunch. Just when he was about to go to his usual quiet place of eating, Misa immediately grabbed his arm, causing him to internally scream out of frustration and annoyance. That naive girl was so obviously smitten with him, it was plain scary. "Light-kun! Come here for a sec! I just want to confirm something with Ryuzaki-kun! He seems to remind me of someone!"
She lead him to where Ryuzaki was, still crouched on the seat, deep in thought. But when he heard Misa's fit of giggles and her footsteps, he glanced at her, as the blonde patted his shoulder. "Hi! I'm Misa Amane! But you can call me Misa-Misa if you'd like to! Nice to meet you, Ryuzaki-kun! Or is Ryuu-chan fine with you?" She asked. UGH. So high-pitched.. if his sister wasn't good friends with her for some reason, he wouldn't have even have considered replying when she attempted to converse with him. Sayu was forever causing trouble for him.
Ryuzaki shifted in his desk, pushing out his legs to stand up. He stood up, yet slouched, as he shuffled in his bag.. a container. His lunch, probably. "Hello." Was his only reply. "It is very nice to meet you, Amane-san." Knows how to use Japanese honorifics? Light thought. Pretty fluent in Japanese too, for a foreigner. Interesting. He must be smart under that mask. "And he would be..?" He pointed to Light with a slender finger, lips curled into a frown. His voice seemed to be softer, as if he didn't want the conversation to continue.
Light pulled on his usual, "perfect son" smile. In other words, a smile he had been using ever since he was kindergarten. And the older he got, the more charming his smile became. Well, he needed to use it sometimes. "Hi. I'm Light Yagami. Very nice to meet you, Ryuzaki." He greeted, extending his free arm towards the other male. Ryuzaki inspected him, almost like he was suspicious of him. Ryuzaki nodded and shook his hand slowly and with caution.
Misa let go off his other arm, but she was still glancing at him as if daring him to run away. "Just out of curiosity, Ryuu-chan, do you know someone named Maki Nikaido?" She asked. "I know we used to be friends with a guy that looked exactly like you back then! Hm, but was it you though? Have you ever been to Osaka before?" She shot questions continuously, hoping for answers.
Ryuzaki raised an eyebrow, shaking his head after thinking long and hard about it. "I highly doubt it, Amane-san. This is my first time in Japan, and I only arrived with my family two weeks ago." He stated simply.
"Really? Must have been mistaken again! Sorry about that, Ryuu-chan." She bowed her head. "But since we're all here, let's have lunch together! Maybe we'll get to know each other better then!" She cheerfully said, holding up her lunch box.
Ryuzaki bit his thumb, signifying he was thinking about the peppy blonde's offer. "Mm. I'm going with my brother.."
"Oh! Can we meet him too? Pleeeeease?~"
"..Maybe you are allowed to join me and my brother for lunch, then. My brother and I aren't really.. sociable, as per would say. You and Light-kun seem to be my first friends, see.. I'm very worried that my brother won't talk to anyone too, he is quite.. cold at times. All of my brothers are, including me. So maybe he would talk to you two, as you did to me. He doesn't tend to listen to others, unless it's me or our.. father."
By the time he said that, the three of them were already walking away from the classroom, Misa leading them god knows where. "Really? Was your brother the one with your dad earlier?" Light asked, stuffing his left hand into his pocket while his right held his lunch box. Misa was carrying a basket, as where her dietary food were, but Ryuzaki was holding his as if it were an odd specimen. Ryuzaki nodded in response, and stopped in his tracks. Across them was an individual that looked exactly like Ryuzaki, except taller and a bit more muscular compared to his younger brother's lanky figure. Aside from that, his hair was more of a mess and his eyes were deadly blood-red rather than black. He wasn't slouching like the other though, and his hands were full; he was holding about five jars of what appeared to be sandwich spreads. The mushy-fruit-kind. Jam.
"..Rue." Ryuzaki greeted, making sure to not drop his container full of food. While he remained the same blank expression, his tone had been somewhat became happier at the sight of his brother. He pointed a finger at Light and Misa. "These are my new friends, Light Yagami-kun and Misa Amane-san. Light-kun, Amane-san, this is my older brother.. Rue Hideki. Rue, they will be having lunch with us, if that's okay."
Rue shrugged. "Let's go. I found a spot. Oh, give me that, I'll carry it for you." Ryuzaki handed his older brother the container and the three of them followed Rue to the cafeteria, where the other students gathered. Rue headed to the table where there were two freshmen sitting; one of them was a blonde that was gnawing on his chocolate bar, and the other barely touched his lunch, pausing his game for a few seconds to nibble on a grain of rice. While Misa attempted to ask Rue who those two were, he only shrugged her off, which caused her to pout and go to Ryuzaki and pester him instead.
"My brothers.. Mello and Matt." He said.
The blonde one, Mello, looked up from his halfway-done chocolate bar and grinned at them. "Yo, Ryuzaki, Rue!" He waved his hand. However, he glanced at Light and Misa, then his hyperactive eyes suddenly turned dark, as if he hated their very presence. Matt paused his game as expected, but he stared longer than intended. His eyes were darting from Light to Misa, then from Misa to Light, then from Light to Misa, and over and over and over.. until Mello broke the silence. "Alright! Sit down, you guys must be starving!"
Matt scooted over and so did Mello, but Misa chose to sit next to them anyway, causing Mello to internally scream out of frustration. Rue took the seat across Matt, Ryuzaki sat next to his brother, and Light sat next to Ryuzaki. What irked Light was the way both males sat. They were crouched so casually, and not even their brothers seemed to mind. Mello kept gnawing on his chocolate, Matt paused his game occasionally to take quick bites of his fish fillets, Misa delicately ate her "lunch" (which was just lettuce with dressing as far as Rue was concerned), Light ate his balanced meal in a proper way, Rue opened two of the jars of jam and used his fingers to lick on the sandwich spreads, and Ryuzaki's container contained animal-shaped crackers and candied chocolates, along with a slice of cheesecake and four chocolate-coated strawberries.
..His body was surprisingly thin for someone that gobbled sweets.
Next chapter will have more interactions between Light and the Wammy Boys. Misa is a woman, so she has plans with other friends. Also, I don't really like to antagonize Misa-Misa, so she'll have more use in future chapters. Here are their real and fake names: Lawliet is Ryuzaki, Beyond is Rue, Mihael is Mello, Nate is Near, Mail is Matt, and Air is Allen.
