Lol chapter 2! Thanks to all who reviewed! X3
Warnings: Light and Beyond fighting over L and that's pretty much it. Hm.
Disclaimer: Too tired to put anything funny or clever here, so I just don't own Death Note and let's leave it at that.
Summary: Light Yagami is an ordinary straight A student with a sweet, adorable, lovable best friend named L Lawliet who he likes a little more than the average friend really. But little do either of them know that someone else also likes L; a serial killer named Beyond Birthday. And Beyond'll do anything it takes to be with HIS L. LightxLxBeyond
Previously…
He chuckled and walked out of the café, a safe distance behind the two other boys.
L Lawliet would be his soon enough. But first he had to get rid of that pesky brunette that seemed to be so fond of him. And he'd literally do anything to get to what he wanted.
Currently…
Beyond Birthday pulled his grey beanie over his hair a little more and shivered into his black hoodie. Why was it so cold out? Granted, it was the middle of winter, so that was kind of obvious, but still. If Beyond didn't want to be cold, then the temperature should not be practically 0° outside. Just common logic. He kept his line of sight on the boys in front of him however, intent on following L wherever he went. He was going to have to eliminate his irritating friend however. He could become a nuisance and interfere with Beyond's plans if he stayed around him too long…
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L appeared to have all but forgotten the whipped cream incident, but Light would still blush a bit when he remembered his mistake. Of course, when questioned about his pink-tinged face, he blamed it on the cold weather. The coal eyed boy shrugged and accepted that answer gladly.
"So where are we going now, Light-kun?" L asked. "I assume Light-kun has some plans for the rest of the day?" He said.
"Yeah, how about your place? Mom'll be asking about the results of all my latest tests at mine, even the ones that aren't important." He said, starting toward the general direction of L's house.
"That sounds good. Besides, Watari's out for the day and we have an hour until I have to pick the Triple Terrors up from school. We can hang out for a while without having to worry about cans of sleeping gas rolling into the room and us waking up about to fall into a shark pit or something…" He said, following him.
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Beyond walked after them, far away enough to seem inconspicuous. Seven minutes and four-hundred twenty-eight steps later (He counted), the killer was standing by the bushes in front of the house that L had gone into. He needed to think of a plan to get into that house without breaking in and without scaring them enough to call the police. While he sat on the side walk, he thought about not only different ways to make L and his friend let him in the house, but also why he was utterly infatuated with the black haired teenager.
Really, their ages weren't far apart; if anything, they were probably the same age. He'd met him in middle school, where Beyond had moved to that town recently and happened to have the same first class as L.
He vividly remembered sitting all alone in the class, the chatter of all the other students with their friends leaving him heartbroken. He wished he had someone to talk to like that. Then, out of nowhere, a boy with longish black hair that was slightly similar to his own and deep obsidian eyes with dark insomniac-like bags under them sat down across from him and smiled such a sweet smile that he just had to grin back at him.
"Hey, I'm L Lawliet, what's your name?" He had asked kindly.
Beyond had been so happy that he had made a friend that day. He was sure it meant more to him than it did to the other boy, but it was an unforgettable day. That is, until lunch, when a boy with brown hair and brown eyes had walked up to the table and sat down right next to his new friend.
"L, wanna go play tennis?" The other boy had asked. Now that Beyond thought about it, he growled to realize it was the same boy that L was with today.
"But I'm playing with Beyond today, Light-kun." L had protested. He recalled feeling joy when he heard those words. Someone would rather play with him than their best friend.
"So? Come on L, please?" He begged. As L finally gave in and left him sitting there alone, Light had looked over his shoulder, and the expression he had used was the most dreadful mix between the words, 'Hey, look what I got that you don't!' and 'He's mine, back off.'
He'd been heartbroken, but luckily for him, he moved yet again that next week. He never forgot about L though. He'd never forget that one-letter name that was so elaborately simple, those soft, yet piercing charcoal eyes that could look straight into your heart, that messy black hair that looked so naturally soft that you had to stop yourself from actually reaching out to see if it was as silky as it appeared. Then, just last month, L and Beyond had ran into each other when neither while neither boy was looking up.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going. I'm L Lawliet, by the way. What's your name?" And then there was that exact smile. That unforgettable, perfect smile that just radiated contagious happiness. He could've sworn that everything and everyone brightened up as soon as the corners of the boy's lips turned up.
Then he remembered he had to go back to thinking about how he was going to get closer to L, but finally gave up on making plans, stood up, walked to the door, and rang the doorbell.
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Ding Dong!
"L, someone's at the door." Light said as he crunched on an apple, even though the other boy was two feet away, doing his homework.
"I know, Light-kun, I'm not deaf." He said, trudging over to the front door.
He turned the knob and swung it open to see a very vaguely familiar boy about his age standing there on the porch, looking a tad anxious, as if he had forgotten what he had wanted to say. "Can I help you?" L asked politely.
"I, er… hi. I'm… Rue Ryuzaki." Beyond made up a fake name is a split second. "I think we met in middle school and I just wanted to talk to you." He said. Well, technically that was true. Maybe if he kept up the nervous and uncertain act he'd gain their trust faster.
L smiled. "Sure!" He let him in the house.
That was slightly easier than expected.
"Light-kun, we have a visitor!" L called through the hall.
The brown haired boy walked around the corner and Beyond felt the hairs on the back of his neck bristle. Little did either know, they were thinking the same thing. "There is no way he is stealing L from me."
But they put on a perfect façade of friendliness, forcing a smile and trying to crush the others' fingers when they shook hands.
"So, Ryuzaki, how did you say you met L again?" Light asked, staring at him across the table suspiciously.
"We had a class together and I just decided to drop by and say hi." He repeated himself for the fourth time. "How did you meet L then?" He asked back, using a hint of harshness that only Light could hear.
"My dad's a police officer and L's adopted dad was a detective, so we saw each other a lot." He nearly growled.
"Guys, what's the square root of seven thousand twenty-one?" L interrupted, frowning at his unfinished homework.
"Eighty-nine." Light said quickly, moving his chair closer to the other boy, who was sitting at the end of the island in the middle of the kitchen, smirking triumphantly at the other boy, who gaped slightly at his mathematical ability.
"Oh, thank you Light-kun." He smiled cutely, giving the brown haired boy a hug.
And then it somehow became a war over who could help L faster with his homework.
"What's the square root of seven thousand four-hundred ten to the nearest hundredth?" L asked, most likely purposely taking advantage of the two other boys' battle of who could help him. He personally didn't mind, it did help get the nearly impossible math homework finished on time, if not much faster than usual.
Beyond's hand actually shot out and covered Light's mouth. "Eighty-six point zero eight." He told him two seconds after thinking about it.
"Thank you very much Ryuzaki-chan!" He said, wrapping his arms around his neck.
He leaned a couple pages of homework ago that they'll answer all the questions for him as long as he gives them a hug for whoever answers faster. In the back of his mind, he wondered if they were fighting over him, but shied that thought away. Light-kun and Ryuzaki-chan wouldn't do that, as much as he secretly thought it'd be awesome, for lack of better words, if they did. L loved attention, in the corners of his heart, and loved when people fought over his company. It definitely helped his self esteem. He didn't mind giving the hugs anyway. L had almost no sense of personal space.
Suddenly an alarm went off from L's pocket. "Oh, dang, I have to go pick up the triplets…" He pouted. "Can you two stay here for a couple minutes? It'll only take a little while to get them over here and to be good if I bribe them with cookies or something."
"Oh sure, that's okay." Light lied easily.
Beyond smiled. "Yep. Take your time, we'll be perfectly fine."
"Thank you so much!" L said as he dashed out of the house.
As soon as the door shut behind him, the two turned and glared coldly at each other. "What do you really want from him?" They asked in unison.
Light answered first. "I want him to be my best friend, or even more, forever. I've known him longer and therefore know more about him, and therefore could take better care of him."
Beyond growled at him. "I want to love him and have him love me back. You don't need to know someone forever to get along with them better, but I know enough about him to keep him happy, and away from creeps like you."
"Creeps like me? Look who's talking! Who was the one who randomly barged in on L and I for no reason with only the excuse of saying hi, anyway? Ryuzaki probably isn't your real name either!" He shouted.
"You're right, it's fake." He pulled off the beanie and mussed his hair up, shooting an insane crooked grin at him. He laughed maniacally, slamming his palms on the table and standing up, leaning forward so that Light could see the reddish tints under the brown contacts. "I'm Beyond Birthday! And L is going to be mine, or you're going to regret the day you ever fell in love with him! Got that Yagami?!"
Light's eyes grew wide and he fell out of his chair. "Wh-What?" There was no mistaking it, this was definitely the serial killer he'd heard about in the news. He'd known there was something strange about him the second their eyes met. "Y-You're not going to k-kill me, are you?" He stuttered, staring up, terrified, from the ground.
"No, unless you get in the way of L and I. You can go on with your life, perfectly happy, and forget about L. Or you can choose the stupidest option there is. You can refuse to let go and eventually just be killed off without me even caring. So really, just hand him over, and I can guarantee you'll be safer and happier for the rest of your days. Simple answer really. Survive, or die. Which one will it be, Light-kun?" He sneered, resting his elbows on the counter and holding his chin in his hands.
"I… I… I…" But then the door opened. Beyond's eyes opened wide, and he hurried to put his hat back on and sit back down.
"Tell them who I am and I won't hesitate to kill you on the spot." He hissed before they came around the corner.
Light gulped.
"Oh, Light-kun!" L said, "What are you doing on the ground?"
"Yeah, whatcha doin' down there?" A twelve year old redhead asked, looking up from his videogame and taking the half eaten cookie hanging from his mouth out so he could speak.
"Oh, I, er…" He looked briefly up at Beyond, who was staring interestedly at the knives on the table before he glanced sharply at the boy on the floor. "I fell." He said sheepishly.
"Ha! So Mr. Smarty-Pants Light-o isn't so perfect after all!" Mello pointed at him.
"B? What are you doing here?" Matt suddenly asked Beyond out of nowhere.
WOAH! CLIFFY! How does Matt know BB-kinz?!?!
Yeah. I decided to be nice to some people and post chapter 3 right after this one, so please continue on! :D
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