Chapter 2
Some time had passed since Light and I had been handcuffed together. So far things were looking good for Light. I was now at only a one percent chance that he was Kira. If I thoroughly examined my own feelings, underneath the disappointment that it looked as though I'd been wrong, I was happy. It was an unexplainable happiness.
Today, we had uncovered no new evidence and I was disappointed about that. But on the bright side, the construction of the new task force headquarters had been completed. We'd moved in and all of my fellow investigators, with the exception of Aizowa who wanted to be home with his family, had their own rooms. Misa had a floor to herself. I had done that to stop her from complaining. Hearing her complain was worse than someone hammering a nail into the side of my skull..
Light and I had our shared room. That's where we were now, Light was reading a book and I was lost in my own musings about the day and trying to piece together what was turning out to be the most difficult case I had ever worked on. I was unconsciously stacking sugar cubes in a tall tower, delicately placing each one to avoid making them fall.
"Ryuzaki?" Light's voice brought me back from the depths of my thoughts and I looked up to find him watching me. "It's amazing how you can do things like that." Light observed I could feel myself going slightly red in the face. If God existed I would have to thank him someday for giving me long enough hair to hide my blush.
"I do things like this all the time, without thinking about it." I said quietly, looking down at my toes which I was twisting together in my nervousness. I always got like this when I talked directly to people about personal matters. Social interaction was not one of my many talents.
"You know, Ryuzaki, you're strange. But it's a good kind of strange." Light told me. I wasn't looking at him, but I could feel him smiling. My heart started to beat faster. I was sure my face was red as a strawberry. Why was this happening? Why was I reacting this way? I had never had this much trouble before. Why was I even more awkward than usual around Light Yagami? I looked at the clock. It was half-past midnight. Good, now I could say I was tired and Light wouldn't suspect I was just trying to end the conversation. Which I was.
"It's late. I'm tired. Let's go to bed." Without waiting for a response I climbed out of my chair and walked over to our beds. He came along without comment. We said good night and he drifted off to sleep. I was awake for a while, but eventually I fell into slumber.
I was awoken at four in the morning by Light muttering. I turned over and looked at him, he was hugging his pillow. His eyes were tight shut. Sleep talking. I was just about to go to back to sleep when I heard him say my name.
"Ryuzaki.." It was a sleepy mumble so at first I was sure he'd woken up but as I was about to respond, I realized his eyes were still shut. He was still fast asleep. I blinked and watched him for a while longer but he didn't say anything else that I could understand. As I finally closed my eyes to go back to sleep I couldn't help but imagine Light muttering my real name in his sleep. What was happening here? I definitely needed to think more about this..and soon. These strange feelings I'd been getting lately. What did they mean?
