I sling my bag over my shoulder as I board my bus.
I wonder why that man suddenly died. I mean he seemed perfectly fine when he was trying to force himself on me. I think as I take a seat.
When the bus drops me off at the bus stop I make my way over to Light's house which is just three houses down from mine. I ring the doorbell and a young girl with chocolate brown air opens the door.
"Hi, I'm Sayu Yagami. Do I know you?" Sayu asks me in a cheerful voice.
"Um, I'm Light's project partner for our Biology project." I answer.
"Oh, come on in then! Light is just up in his room right now." Sayu explains as she grabs my hand and leads me inside. "Can I get you something?"
"No, I'm fine. You said Light is upstairs right?" I ask.
"Yeah!" Sayu answers.
"Okay, well I better go and start the project with him." I reply as I make my way to the ever familiar staircase where Light and I used to run up and down. I make my way slowly up the stairs and hesitate by Light's door.
"Sayu, darling, who was at the door?" I hear someone ask.
"Mom, it was Light's project partner, and she's really pretty." I hear Sayu answer.
I knock twice on Light's door. "Come in," he says.
I open the door and make my way inside, shutting the door behind me. I look around and Light's room hasn't changed much. His desk is bigger, his bed is bigger, and he has added more books to his bookcase.
"Okay so here's the deal. I'll do all the work and you can just get an easy A." Light explains as he writes rigorously in his notebook.
"So basically what you mean is that you don't think that I have enough brains to get us an A if you let me work on this project with you." I say.
Light stops writing and turns around. "You just don't have to work on this if you don't want to." clarifies Light.
"Well I do." I say as I drop my bag in the corner of his room and take a seat on his bean bag chair.
Light smiles and says, "When we were little and you came over after school, you would throw your bag in that same corner and sit on that same bean bag chair."
But, before I can answer, Sachiko, Light's mom, walks in with some snacks.
"I just thought that you guys might get hungry so I-Mae…" says Sachiko. "It's so nice to see you again. It's been such a long time. Light, you can close the door if you want." says Sachiko as she sets the snacks on Light's bed and rushes out of his room.
Light shuts the door and sits down again.
"Why did she say that you can shut the door?" I ask.
"Well, I have a girlfriend, Misa Amane, and my mom thinks that we might have sex or something if I shut and lock my door. But, she trusts you…I guess it's because we were really close when we were younger." explains Light.
"Oh," I say.
"Well, speaking about sex, we should probably start on our project." Light says.
"How did that man die?" I ask randomly.
"Well, from the way he died, it looked like he was having a heart attack." Answers Light.
"But, he looked young. Why would he have a heart attack?"
"Well, Tadashi was a very sick child. He had complications, so I wasn't surprised when he died. I also didn't feel bad because he rapes girls, but when people tried to report him the police never had enough evidence to convict him. Anyways, why didn't you call 911 or something when he died? You just left him there and got on the bus." explains light.
"Well, first of all, I was in shock because of the previous events, and second of all I think that, that jerk deserved it. But, don't get the wrong idea, I wouldn't dream of murdering someone." I answer.
"Let's just leave it at that and get to work on our project. So I already read through the instruction booklet and we need to interview each other with the questions on page five. Then, we have to describe the consequences of unsafe sex and how safe sex works. Lastly, for people who want to have sex describe how it really feels." explains Light.
"What? We have to describe how sex feels like? I cannot answer that question…I haven't had sex yet!" I exclaim.
"Neither have I." replies Light.
"Well this is just awkward!" I say as I cross my arms and sigh.
"Just imagine if I was stuck with another guy on this project." says Light.
"You'd probably watch porn." I reply.
"Actually, you're right," says Light as he laughs.
"So you're admitting to the fact that you watch porn?" I ask.
"No! I don't watch porn, but it would probably end up like that though." answers Light.
"So what are we going to do about the last bit there?" I ask, seriously.
"I don't know, we'll figure it out later. I can ask people." says Light.
"Okay, should we start the interview?" I ask.
"Sure," Light answers.
I pull out my notebook and ask him the ten very awkward questions on page five. Once I'm finished writing down his answers, Light interviews me. By the time we're done, it's about 7:30 pm.
"Gosh, it's so late, I better get home. I haven't even started on my homework yet!" I exclaim. "I'll show you out," says Light as he walks downstairs with me.
He opens the front door for me and Sayu and Sachiko come to show me out too. "Light, it's dark out, are you going to walk Mae home?" asks Sachiko.
"Um, I guess." he answers.
"Bye Mae! You're so pretty! Come back again tomorrow!" Shouts Sayu.
"I will! Bye Sayu. Bye, Mrs. Yagami!" I say as I start the short walk back to my house. Light falls in step with me and we walk together, silently until we reach my front door. I ring the doorbell and my dad answers it.
My dad is in his pajamas and he has his beer bottle in his hands. From the way he walks, I can tell that he's drunk.
"Why you ungrateful child! I let you live in my house! Your mom doesn't come home until late in the night and, I expect you to make me dinner by 6:30. Do you care more about this boy than about your dad? I mean I don't know where you are, and if you get pregnant I'm not going to take care of you." my dad yells at me.
"Mr. Yagashi, we weren't having sex. We were working on a project three house down from here." explains Light.
"I wasn't talking to you," my dad shouts at Light.
"Go home Light," I say to him.
"Are you sure?" Light asks.
"Yeah, I got it." I answer. I watch Light as he makes his way back to his house.
A few hours later, I drag myself into bed all bruised and banged up and I pass out before my head even hits the pillow.