Disclaimer—Me no own Death note or any characters of dis show. Hopey you likey the story…y. XD


Ryuuzaki moaned as he slowly woke up, opening his dead eyes. Reality hit him in a flash as he quickly shot up from the bed, using his palms for support as he sat up panting.

"Hey, relax. I brought you back to the dorm."

He felt hands hold his shoulders which relaxed him. He quickly remembered the voice and the scent of this person, letting his body relax completely as it fell back down onto the bed. He heard Light walk away and sit somewhere not saying a word. Ryuuzaki remembered what had happened yesterday and felt a bit odd. Light must be a very nice person to have comforted him. He is very different from other people.

"If you're curious I'm just checking what classes we have before doing anything. The headman gave us some of the same classes so there's a possibility that we could have the same ones. Is that all right with you?"

Ryuuzaki nodded hoping that Light was looking at him.

"All right then." Light said as he stood up.

"C'mon, get up." He said walking back over to Ryuuzaki.

Ryuuzaki felt himself being pulled up by his arm and being supported by Light's arm to his back. He asked if he could sit up by himself and Ryuuzaki nodded, still feeling a bit tired. A minute after Light had let go of him, Ryuuzaki got off the bed, standing up perfectly straight for a second to stretch, and then limped downward to his usual way of standing.

"Ryuuzaki, you should really learn how to stand up straight." Light said as he put his tie on.

"It could be bad for you y'know."

"Yes…I know, but I don't really care. It only bends my spine a bit…nothing else." He replied nonchalantly as he merely grabbed a clean, long sleeve T and switched it with another one.

"Actually--" Light cut off knowing that Ryuuzaki wouldn't care much.

After making sure Light had a double checked his things, he walked out of the room with Ryuuzaki trailing behind quietly.

"Ok, your first class is…Religions of the World…Hm, sounds nice. I'll walk you there ok?"

"There's no need for that Light. You've already done more than enough for me."

"Nah, I just want to be a good friend. I'll take you; no exceptions!" Light replied as he softly held onto the teens' wrist.

Ryuuzaki blinked as he was astonished that Light was still helping him. He let himself be dragged through the halls over to his class mainly because he was being cautious about him. He could be tricking him like all the others do. Even though he trusted Light more than any other person right now, that didn't mean that he could be faking the whole thing just to prank him.

Light looked into the classroom to find it empty except for a teacher. He walked in and let go of Ryuuzaki's wrist.

"Ok, we're here." Light said.

Ryuuzaki merely blinked and started to remember the way the room felt. It was the class. Light wasn't lying…for now.

"Th-Thank you, Light."

"No problem. I'll come find you after my first class finishes. We might not have the same time periods for each, but whatever. Just wait here ok?"

"…What if you come late?"

"Well…I guess you can leave without me then."

"What's your class?" Ryuuzaki asked in his nonchalant and emotionless tone.

"Um…English."

"…" Ryuuzaki thought of telling Light that if he doesn't come to get him in this class, that he can just go to over to Light's class instead, but he wasn't so sure that he should tell him that. It'd be on the safer side to do so.

"Ok, so I'll see you later, bye." Light said as he walked out of the room.

Ryuuzaki listened to his footsteps as he walked away and once it was completely silent he went to go sit on his usual seat. When he went over to the front row he felt around for it and nothing was there; as usual. Someone had moved it again. Ryuuzaki sighed and grabbed the one next to it, pulling it up to his spot and sitting on it silently after checking if there was anything on it. He had no problem with taking the desk because no one ever dared to sit next to him. They all think he's a 'devil-worshipper' and what not. They usually go the extra mile by saying that he cuts himself and does sacrifices of some sort. That just made Ryuuzaki more creeped out then they were. He quietly put down his notebook and pencil, scanning the area with his ears and feet. Whenever he'd sit he'd take off his beaten up shoes to feel the vibrations of the ground and used his heightened sense of hearing to conclude what was coming or leaving. He always thought that having this ability was much better than having the ability to see. It was more accurate and gave him a quick answer (although eyes could do that too, but whatever). Everyone had their own way of walking; some heavy, some light, some run, and some take their sweet old time. That's how he could separate everyone from the school. He quickly paid attention to the first pair of feet; heavy and quick; it was Samuel Chord. Little bastard that boy. He always loves to mess with Ryuuzaki just to make himself look cool and tough, but he was actually a weakling. He had no muscle and was afraid of little things. Next pair; soft and slow, but it has its own rhythm; Aya Terraine. That preppy girl that thinks she's better than any girl in the college. Just by looking at her (Or for Ryuuzaki, hearing her) you could tell in a flash that she had lost her virginity a loooong time ago. She now has a child, but she never sees him because the father thought she wasn't 'good' enough to have a kid. The guy was like…34 or something?

Ryuuzaki shook the thought away and listened to another lone pair. This one made him brighten a bit because this person wasn't as mean as the others. She had a light step and a quick pace. With every step she took it felt like a bit of happiness was being thrown around. Ryuuzaki scoffed at the weird metaphor in his head, but ignored it as he listened to her walk into the room.

No one else was there so she knew she was safe to talk.

"Good morning Ryuuzaki." She said standing in front of his desk smiling.

"Good morning Misa Amane. How are you today?"

Misa giggled as she smiled wider.

"No need for the whole name Ryuu. Just call me Misa. Why must I keep telling you that? And I am doing well today. I have this new dress! Do you want me to describe it to you?"

Ryuuzaki smiled a bit (A TEENSY bit) and nodded as she continued to be her happy little self.

"Well it's a short dress that sticks up at the bottom like my usual ones and it's all black with red streaks going down. At the top it's like a corset and it has black spaghetti straps on each side. It has long sleeves that kinda puff out at the ends with its own red outline."

As she continued to describe the small details about her dress, Ryuuzaki envisioned it in his mind.

"Wow, it sounds beautiful Misa."

"(Hee) Thank you, Ryuu. Oh! People are coming; I'll talk to you when I get the chance again ok?" She quickly said as she ran up to her spot in the room.

So the usual day had to play where everyone passes by with a rude comment or so and Misa had to play along to keep her reputation up. He didn't mind though. Misa is a very good person, just a little simple-minded sometimes.

'Religions of the World' was one of his favorite classes. He had been in classes longer than some other students because he was blind and was able to come in earlier and learn his way around so the teachers would also be there with him teach him a couple things (probably for extra pay or something). Learning about different religions and cultures was interesting. It made you think about your own religion and how it works. L and his family used to be into Buddhism, but after his family had gotten attacked and his little brother had disappeared, Ryuuzaki didn't know what to believe in anymore. He lost all his faith in everything and just went on with life the way it is…which isn't that well.

Ryuuzaki shook the thought away realizing that the teacher had already started class. He began to listen as he talked about Christianity. It was a very odd religion indeed, but either way, isn't every religion odd? Everyone believes in their own way and whatever is different from that, they believe it is wrong. That's something he didn't like about Christianity. He never meant to think bad of it, but just the way the rules of it are is just…well it doesn't seem 'acceptable' to him. But that's him. He was pretty sure that the one's who were Christian understand it more fully than him.

"Ryuuzaki"

Ryuuzaki blinked and followed the voice.

"Yes, sir?"

"Please pay attention. Next time there won't be any warnings." The teacher said as he turned back to the board.

Ryuuzaki nodded and began to write some notes on the outline of his paper.


Light quickly wrote down some extra notes as the teacher talked. He didn't have to, but he was always a bit of that 'nerdy' type to go the extra mile. He had a workbook open and was writing small facts that seemed to stand out. But as he wrote subconsciously he couldn't get his mind off of Ryuuzaki. He began to clog his thoughts, telling himself that he is worrying about him, hoping that he is alright with all those people, but in the back of his mind he could easily tell what he was truly thinking. He was really thinking about Ryuuzaki…in a way he really couldn't understand. He would just imagine him in his usual posture (well if you would call it that), standing quietly and staring into nothing. Then when he would think of Ryuuzaki, he would remember yesterday; how he had panicked and jumped on him as if he was a lost child. Light wanted to know more about him, about the teen's past. He must've been an orphan and very lonesome. Poor thing.

Light shook the thought away of pitying him.

'No, it's not right to pity people. Especially someone that you like, but still I shou--'

Light cut off his thought. He stopped writing and stared at his paper blankly. He gripped onto his pen as his whole body froze in shock.

'Did I just say…No that can't be right…no…no…It's not right, no…I didn't say that, it just slipped; only slipped…no I didn't say that, I didn't say like' and just saying that simple word made Light realize that it would make sense, but looking through it entirely, it didn't. Confusion, is very evil. He had heard of this kind of mess that people sometimes go through and he certainly did not want to go through it as well. His whole teen life, he always imagined that he would find a wonderful young lady and start a good life with her, so it really isn't helpful to have thoughts of liking a guy. Just the thought of liking a guy gave him chills. He never found it necessarily wrong, but he never considered it for himself.

With a deep sigh Light just stopped himself from thinking completely. He continued to write and blocked off all thoughts of anything.

"Hey,"

Light flinched as the teen next to him had poked his shoulder. He looked over to see a blonde boy looking at him. His hair ended at his neck and flipped inward a bit. He had dark purple eyes and wore mainly black leather.

"Sorry if I scared you. I was just wondering if you had an extra pen I could borrow." He murmured to not interrupt the class.

"Oh, yeah, hold on." Light said reaching into his small book bag and taking out a pen.

"Thanks," he said turning back to the teacher as he bit a piece of a chocolate bar that he had. Light could only watch him. He was a bit odd, sitting somewhat like a female and nibbling on a chocolate bar.

When Light turned back to his paper he felt the tap again and turned to find the same guy.

"By the way I'm Mihael. Mihael Keehl, but most people call me Mello." He said with a smile placed across his lips.

"Oh, I'm Light. Light Yagami." He murmured back.

Mello smiled and shook his hand, saying "It's a pleasure to meet you". He moved his body so it was angled towards Light although his posture stayed the same. He had one leg bent over the other and an elbow placed on top of the chair he was sitting on. On one hand he had the pen Light had given him and on the other was a half eaten chocolate bar, Hershey's to be exact.

"So tell me about yourself Yagami." He said a little louder.

"Um, shouldn't we be paying attention to the teacher?"

Mello looked down onto Light's paper and smirked.

"Well it looks like you have enough information for a couple tests and besides, we seem to know enough English, so" Mello cut off twirling his hand a bit for Light to begin.

They were sitting all the way at the top and Light did have enough information and could easily get more, so he let the conversation begin. Before he could start Mello began to chuckle to himself that soon turned into a small laugh.

"What?"

"Spell your last name backwards." He replied between a laugh.

Light looked at his paper and spelled it backwards, sighing afterwards.

"Seriously, do we have to go there? I mean, what's with 'Mellow'?" Light said as he placed his pen onto the desk.

"I have my reasons and by the way, it doesn't have the 'w' at the end. I have to tell everyone that." He said obviously annoyed by it.


--Later on--

"Ok class; don't forget the report on your own religion and cultures which is due in two weeks. No excuses will be acceptable unless you are dead or in the hospital."

Ryuuzaki noticed how straight forward this teacher was. He was pretty silly. Some people laughed while others moaned and whined about having work in the first place. As they all got up to leave, Ryuuzaki came up to the teacher and asked him what time it was.

"10:30 am. Do you have any other classes right now?" He asked as he sat back down behind his desk.

"Not right now. At 11 I do though."

"You don't need any assistance getting somewhere?"

"I'm good Mr. Tisaef. I can find my way on my own." He replied pulling his small bag up over his shoulder. With a friendly good bye he left the class and started for the exit. It's probably best to go find Light, but what's the use?

As Ryuuzaki walked through a hall leading to the outside, he began to wonder about Light. He's been letting him in more than anyone and he didn't like anyone being close to him. Everyone in this world is evil and bad to him so finding someone who is actually 'good' is like a one in a million chance. And he highly doubted that there would be one in this school. They all seem the same to him. Still, if there were any good people in this world he wouldn't want to get close either. The last people he was close to were all killed (excluding Nate). Ryuuzaki paused in his steps when he thought of Nate. Even till' this day, L never thought that Nate was dead. He always considered him alive, but somewhere far.

Softly shutting his eyes he began to think of his little brother. A very small smile appeared on his face when he imagined his face. He was smiling deeply as most of his white hair covered his eyes. He was in his light blue pajama's that had little cupcakes and toy robots all over them. He began to hop a bit as he opened his birthday present and screamed when it was, yet another, toy robot. Seems like the series of robots never ended to him, even if some were the same. His other present was another puzzle and just how he wanted it; completely white. Near…he was so smart. L and Near were so young and yet they were so intelligent.

Ryuuzaki quickly was taken out of his thoughts as someone pushed him out of the way with their shoulder. He ignored the small laughter and continued forward to the exit.

As he made it outside he wondered whether he should go to Light's class or not. Maybe it was all right, but what if he was planning something for him? Ryuuzaki really didn't want to go through that today.

'I wish I knew how to fight…yeah, that'd be nice wouldn't it?' he thought walking across the grass.

Ryuuzaki blinked when he felt a rain drop fall on the tip of his nose. He looked up into the sky and listened to the wind rustle the trees. It sounded so peaceful. Blocking off the sound of people running or walking by, he counted his steps as he began to walk again. The rain began as a drizzle and soon turned into a soft pour across the school. As he remembered he had no classes for thirty minutes so he might as well go back to the dorm to relax a bit.


…A bit later on…

Light worriedly looked at his watch as he noticed that Ryuuzaki's class had already finished. Hopefully, he was waiting by the class or had come to wait near his. When he asked what class Light had, he assumed that Ryuuzaki would come and wait over here.

"Light?"

Light blinked and turned to Mello who had a confused look across his face.

"You ok? You seem a little worried."

"Oh…it's nothing really."

Mello cocked an eyebrow disbelievingly as he looked at him.

"You keep looking at your watch. Is something happening?"

"N-No, just…I had to pick someone up after class, but my class is longer so…"

"Your girlfriend?"

"What?? No!" Light replied back blocking off weird pictures that were appearing in his head.

"Damn no need to yell." Mello said between chuckles.

"It's just my roommate and I'm just…worried I guess…You know Ryuuzaki don't you?"

Mello blinked and stayed quiet for a couple seconds. Light noticed that something was bothering him and could easily tell that he was hiding it with a laugh.

"Most people know him as 'Ryuuga'. Misa Amane is the only one that calls him Ryuuzaki...Besides, who doesn't know him? The guy's a freak." Mello said taking another bite of his chocolate.

Light was about to respond angrily, but decided to hear the rest.

"Yeah, but why do people always think that? I mean we don't talk much or anything."

Mello turned to Light fully facing him, obviously about to get into the conversation.

"Ok, I'm not saying that I fully hate the guy, but he just creeps me out. He's so quiet, has no friends, never goes out—"

'Well what do you expect? He's blind.' Light thought. He would've told him, but thought of past events. The headman told him that something was wrong with his roommate and Ryuuzaki never told him. Of course it was hard to believe that he was blind, but he didn't tell him, so maybe others didn't either.

"Have you guys ever thought that maybe something is wrong with him?"

"I dunno, but I suggest you don't get near him. Something bad might rub off on you."

"…What if…nah."

"What? Tell me." Mello replied.

Light knew this would catch his attention so he let his fake, innocent side appear.

"Well…what if someone 'being' around him is what he needs…he seems alone so maybe he needs someone to talk to…"

Mihael took a while to reply, obviously thinking about a good reply.

"…Maybe…" he said looking up seriously.

Both Mello and Light were torn away from their thoughts as students began to conversate and get up. Mello got up and stretched, scratching his back a bit. Light also got up, gathering his things together.

"So, I'll talk to you later then?" Mello said grabbing his bag and throwing it over his shoulder.

Light nodded and agreed.


As Light walked outside he took out the paper that said which classes they had. Ryuuzaki had a mathematics class in a couple minutes. Light decided to check up to see if he was there.

Continuing forward Light began to once again wonder why he cared about Ryuuzaki so much. He could make it to his own classes, there's no need to check, but still…something in the back of his mind told him to go check.

He made his way through the crowded halls and soon was in the hall where the math class was held. Ahead he could see some students walking in and spotted a certain oddball that caught his eye. He smiled widely (Although not knowing why) and ran over to him, calling out his name.


"Ryuuzaki!"

Ryuuzaki blinked and turned his gaze towards the voice. That voice always soothed him for some reason. Something about it just made it feel like the troubles were being pushed away. One again, Ryuuzaki scoffed at his weird metaphors in his head.

"Light, what're you doing here?" He asked popping out of his thoughts.

"I guess I just wanted to see if you made it to your class." He replied sounding nice.

Afterwards there was an awkward silence, the two staring at each other.

"…Um, well I guess I made it fine."

"Oh, well, heh…"

Ryuuzaki felt a heat rising in the teens' body. He was blushing and felt nervous.

"Uh…do you have any classes now?" Ryuuzaki asked wanting to bring up a light conversation before separating. For some reason, Ryuuzaki was feeling a bit…odd around him.

"No, I don't. I wanted today to be completely off except for one so I can explore the place a little more."

"All right…so…I'll see you." Ryuuzaki said turning around and walking forward.

"Oh, hey look out!"

Ryuuzaki was quickly pulled by the arm which led him to stop.

"Y-You almost hit the wall."

Ryuuzaki paused, staring forward. He quickly pulled his arm away that didn't seem to forceful and quickly thanked Light as he walked by the wall and into the room a bit shaky.

He felt sorry for leaving Light like that, but that was the first time that had ever happened in years. The only time he would ever hit a wall, or anything, was when he couldn't think right; when his mind would seem blurry. So why was it that being around Light made him do that? Being so deep into thought, Ryuuzaki never noticed the teacher's desk in front of him and he fell forward a bit. Most people laughed, but the teacher came over to ask if he was all right. Ryuuzaki nodded and pulled himself up. The teacher obviously noticed that something was wrong as his hands began to shiver furiously.

"Ryuuzaki are you alright?"

"Maybe he's finally having a seizure!" A guy yelled out.

Ryuuzaki listened to all the insults coming to him and let them sink in and evaporate in his head.

"Let him die! He doesn't deserve to live!"

"Freak!"

"Look he's freaking out! Ha! What a loser!"

L couldn't handle all the people and quickly grabbed his bag and ran for the door. He hit the side of the exit a bit and couldn't control his body so he continuously hit the walls as he ran. Trying to focus on where he wanted to go, he tried to stop, but his body just kept him running. In his mind all the insults in his life made his eyes water. He tightly bit his lip to stop himself from crying out loud so only small whimpers were let out. Finally finding the exit, Ryuuzaki ran out and towards the only place he felt good. Half way through he dropped his bag and his shoes as they were slowing him down and sped up. He was still shaky and would hit the side of a building every now and then. Reality kept hitting him so hard that he was blind and the darkness was scaring him. No, it was terrifying him. The tears soon came out and flew to the sides of his face because he was going so fast.

In a matter of minutes he made it to a river that had one single tree at one side. He stopped when he felt his feet splash into the water. The blast of cold just grabbed his body and forced him to stop all movement. Panting roughly, he landed on his knees and let the water cover his jeans. Trying to calm himself he forced his hands deep into the soil under the water. This hasn't happened in a while so it was hard to control it. He hates when his fear of the darkness takes over and he feels like he's about to die. It's horrible. Tears trailed down his face as he let a cry out and another and another; louder each time.

Trying to keep his thoughts empty he tried to think of something, but everything was just horrible. So, even though it was hard, he thought of Light. At first he thought of how he hit the wall, but then he began to think about the day before. When Light had eaten with him and hugged him when he was in panic.

L gulped and began to calm down, remembering the feeling of someone's warmth. The way he had been hugged. It felt so wonderful and it made him think of his mother. The tears still came down reflexively as he tightly shut his eyes and moved the soil around his fingers. Soon, he was completely relaxed that he almost fell asleep. Taking another gulp, he pushed his upper body to the dry grass on the side. Since the land was somewhat angled he laid back as if he was on a chair and closed his eyes. Another cry came out as he curled up into a ball, biting his index finger. Yet, the feeling of the water on his feet calmed him, so he moved down more and stretched his legs into the cool river. There was no noise. All he could hear was himself panting and the sound of the river and wind. He hadn't had one of these bursts of fear in a while, but it began to vanish as drowsiness started to take over his consciousness. Soon, everything blurred into a mix in his head as a wild mixture of feelings were pushed into him.


--Later on--(A.N. I put 'later on' a lot don't I? XD)

Light walked his way back to the math class to go get Ryuuzaki. He liked to spend time with him. He was smart and weird which was kind of cool to him. Right when he saw Ryuuzaki he knew he would be an interesting person. As he walked into the classroom, he looked around to see no Ryuuzaki.

"Hey Mrs. Serra, have you seen Ryuuzaki?" He asked walking up to her desk.

"Oh…I don't know…"

Light noticed the worry and sadness in her voice so he knew something had happened.

"What happened to him?"

"I'm not sure Yagami…He came in and accidentally bumped into my desk. Then he began to shake as people started yelling out rude things to him…I was going to try to comfort him, but he just ran out."

Light didn't think twice as he ran out of the room. While running through the halls, he wondered where he could be. He ran outside and took a quick look around and didn't really see anything, so he continued on. He ran over to the dorm, but he wasn't in there. For some reason Light was worrying so badly. If Ryuuzaki had gotten hurt he would never forgive himself.

Light passed by students and never noticed when Mello had called out to him. He paused for a moment to catch his breath. He had been running quite wildly, but when he looked up he noticed something. Walking up a bit, he noticed a bag on the floor. Before picking it up he tried to see the angle it was thrown and soon found Ryuuzaki's shoes. Picking them up, he began to run in the direction is somewhat pointed, hoping to find him.

As he ran, odd thoughts began to run through his mind. He heard someone yelling…like a child…

'No! Don't go, please! Why can't he stay?!'

'I'm sorry Light, he has to leave…'

Light shook off the weird thought and continued to run, finding this more important.


Ugghhh, ok!! I'm done here. Damn, I was in such a writers block! I finally got ideas for this!! '' sigh man….lol

Wonder if he finds him!! I wonder if L will ever be ok!! And who isn't afraid of the darkness? Poor baby. I can't believe I'm doing this!! I'm Sorry L!! I love you!! ''moment of silence for L''

Anywho, please review and just tell me stuff and what not lol. god, its late and I promise to put the next one soon. I already got a full idea and stuff. Lovve you all! And remember!! For every review you get a cookie with ur favorite anime and/or charcter!! XD Thank you all dudes!! XD