"To be safe, it should be someone who deserves to die, someone rotten…" Light eyed the book.
B watched Light analytically and raised an eyebrow, "Like a murderer?"
Light looked at him a little surprised, "Uh, well, yeah, I guess."
"You'll murder murderers for murdering?" His stare was cold.
Light rubbed his chin, "It does seem a little, contradictory."
"No. It's down right hypocritical." His stare still hadn't wavered in intensity. "But, I suppose it would end the possibility of future murders.
"The justice system is flawed. I could kill prisoners."
"On the chance of hopes, that the flawed system didn't put away an innocent man?" B narrowed his eyes slightly.
Light sat back in his chair and groaned, "Stop being right."
"I said I would help you." His voice was borderline monotonous. Light sighed as B continued, "Or perhaps you should just get rid of it. Rotten world and flawed justice system aside. Who are you to punish and take lives… And, if there is a God who is in charge of that… He or she isn't doing a very good job… Why should you shoulder the burden? Although, I'm sure there are scenarios that would fit the purpose of this notebook should it be effective."
Light raised his eyebrows, "I'm listening."
"Stop the crimes in progress. If your so interested in playing the peacekeeping God… You could always watch the news." B folded his arms, "The internet isn't such a reliable source."
Light shrugged, "I suppose it wouldn't hurt."
"I am behind on current news as is anyway." B gave a devious smile. Light chuckled and turned his TV on, "Would it be unacceptable to ask what happened to you?"
B landed a cold stare on Light, "Can we talk about it on the occasion we know and trust each other a little more? I have trust issues. I'll tell you that much." Light smirked and nodded. A news cast came in of a man holding hostages in a school. B leaned forward to watch and Light focused his attention, "There's you best case scenario…"
Light watched the news cast a picture of the man is shown, Kurou Otoharada. Light glanced at B who curiously watched him. He writes them name down and closes the book. They watch the broadcast. Slowly the hostages start coming out and the news report states, 'It seems he suffered from a massive heart attack!' Light held his stomach and ran for the bathroom.
B smiled darkly, "Murder isn't so easy… Is it?" B leaned back and arched an eyebrow, "Could have been coincidence as well… He wasn't a spring chicken…" Light came in drying his face, "You didn't puke did you?" B crinkled his nose.
Light shook his head, "I had to make sure I wasn't dreaming."
B shrugged, "Like I said, he was under some pressure and stress, could have been coincidence."
Light sighed and opened his mouth to speak before Light's mother's voice could be heard. "Raito! Dinner is ready! I just got off the phone with your dad, he'll be home!" Light chuckled, "I'm going to help mom with setting up. You should come down as well…"
B nodded and followed Light down the stairs. Light helped his mother in the kitchen and B leaned over the couch to watch Sayu writing. She wrote down a problem then started to lift the pages to find the answers in the back, "Thirty-two."
Sayu startled at looked up at the mysterious man behind her, "Huh?" B narrowed his eyes, analyzing her every move.
He raised an eyebrow, "The answer, is thirty-two."
She stared at him astonished, "How?"
He smirked deviously, "I like math."
Her eyes widened, "Can you teach me?!" He blinked a couple times in surprise. "Please?! This is really hard!" He glanced at Light and his mother who were staring at him.
He nodded, "Uh. Sure." He sat next to her on the couch and took the book from her, "Ah. I see what you're doing wrong… Your order of operations is wrong." He looked up at her confused stare, "Um… Okay." He wrote down a phonetic on the side of her book in the margins, 'P.E.M.D.A.S.' He looked up at her and she just stared at the page, "It's the order of operations, parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition and subtraction. You're doing your exponents too late. Uh. They way I remembered it when I was taught was, 'Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally'…" He ruffled his hair nervously as her face lit up. "Of course, multiplication and division, like addition and subtraction, can be switched. When it comes to them you just do them left to right, so, which ever comes first."
"Oooh! I get it!" Sayu snatched her book back and started scribbling her math homework down with ease.
B looked back at Light and his mother with a nervous smile, Sachiko smiled, "That's impressive, have you ever considered a career in teaching?"
B chuckled, "No. I doubt they'd ever hire someone like me."
She smiled and laughed, "Someone like you?"
B laughed, "Confidence issues, sorry."
She gave him an endearing smile, "You've no reason to feel unconfident." He just shrugged, "I mean it. That was the fastest I've seen her grasp math when explained to her."
Sayu groaned, "Mom, that's not true!" She hung her head, embarrassed.
B smiled at her and put his hand on her shoulder, "English was my weak subject, don't worry." She blushed slightly at his smile and nodded. He pulled his hand back quickly and closed his eyes tightly, crinkling his brow, placing his hands on the sides of his head.
Sayu leaned a little closer, "Are you alright?"
He opened his eyes and jumped slightly at her closeness. He nodded quickly, "Migraines, I get them a lot." He frowned slightly at the numbers above her head.
The door creaked open and an older man's voice was heard, "I'm home family!"
Sachiko grinned and quickly walked up to him and gave him a kiss on the cheek, "Raito brought home a friend. Who helped Sayu with her math homework."
B leaned over to Sayu and whispered, "Does she always give daily reports?"
Sayu giggled and nodded, "Yeah. Whenever she sees him, she updates dad on everything."
The older man came around the corner and greeted Light and Sayu warmly, his gaze fell on B, "Greetings to you as well, young man." He held his hand out.
B stared at it momentarily then gave a firm handshake back, "Mr. Yagami."
Light arched an eyebrow in thought, 'I never told him my last name. He must have seen it on Sayu's homework…' Light peeked at Sayu's homework, no last name to be seen, he scanned the room for any stray mail or anything that would have their family surname on it. He found nothing.
Soichiro smiled, "And what is your name?"
B smiled, "Everyone calls me B."
Soichiro nodded quietly, "I hear you're a whizz at math." Sachiko and Light continued to set the table.
B shrugged, "I wouldn't say that."
Sachiko smiled and sat at the table, "Alright, Dinner time." Everyone took their usual places and Light set the spare chair down for B.
x-BB is Free-x
"In this world, there are very few people who actually trust each other."