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Reunions and Reconciliations
Silver-13
Mello-13
Matt-12
Silver was working on her schoolwork when someone knocked on the door.
"Unless you're Mello or Matt get lost!" Silver shouted without looking up from her schoolwork.
Then the door opened and Silver spun to glare at the person who dared to interrupt her while she was studying.
"Silver, a call for you has come in." A staff member said quietly.
Silver raised a brow before shrugging and following the staff member downstairs to Rogers office.
"Who called me?"
Roger looked up.
"It seems your family has tracked down the number for Wammy somehow. Your aunt and cousin are coming to England for some sort of thing for your aunt and they were hoping to see you before they left."
"I will get to see Rai?!"
Roger nodded and held the phone out to her. Silver nearly ripped it out of his hands and pressed it to her ear.
"Hello?"
"Hey Silver!" Rai's voice echoed through the line.
"Rai! Oh my god I can't believe I'm talking to you!" Silver gasped.
Her cousin laughed on the other end of the line.
"Yeah, me either. I can't believe how long it's been since you left. It feels like it's been decades. I really miss you, we all do."
"I really miss you too Rai."
A melancholy silence fell over the line before Rai spoke again.
"Hey, so mom is going to be in England for the wedding of a old friend of hers and because I'm ahead of what's being taught right now in school mom said that I can come with her and see you! We've already gotten permission from the man we had just been talking to."
"Really?! When are you going to be in town?"
There was a laugh.
"I'm calling you from the airport of one of our connecting flights. We'll be in town this evening and I was thinking that we could meet up tomorrow."
Silvers face lit up in a massive grin.
"I would love to!"
"Great! I was thinking we could meet at a cafe and chat and then maybe head out to the mall or a arcade or something."
Silver nodded vigorously even though she knew Rai wouldn't be able to see her.
"I would love that."
"Sweet! Then it's settled. I'll see you tomorrow." Rai said cheerfully.
"Alright. I'll see you tomorrow. Bye."
"Bye."
The line disconnected and Silver returned the phone to the cradle before turning to Roger.
"You said I could go?"
Roger nodded and Silver grinned before doing something random and crazy and launching herself at Roger to give him a massive hug.
It lasted less then a second before she let go and tore out of the office, yelling at the top of her lungs at the blond boy who was walking down the hall and leaving Roger staring after her in shock.
"Hey Mello! You can take your statement about having no life back now sucker! I'm going into town tomorrow for a hot date!"
The next day Silver was dressed in black jeans, a dark green shirt and her-sorry Mello's leather jacket and was impatiently waiting at the door ready and raring to go.
When it was finally time to go Silver sat in the passenger seat of the car bouncing in place as the staff member drove her into town and to the cafe.
The car had barely stopped when Silver had already gotten out and was almost running to the door, pulling it open and stepping inside before looking around. Then she saw him.
Her cousin sat in the corner booth, his honey brown eyes sparking as they looked around and his caramel coloured hair styled just so.
"Rai!"
His head shot up and he looked over at Silver before his eyes lit up and he stood to his feet, grinning as Silver weaved through the other cafe patrons to get to him.
"Silver!" He exclaimed as she finally reached him and threw herself into his waiting arms. He hugged her tightly, lifting her off her feet and spinning her around playfully.
Once he had set her on her feet again he held her at arms length and studied her.
"Wow, you look so different from the last time I saw you! I would never guess that you're thirteen. Your eyes make you look so much older!"
Silver laughed.
"Well I can definitely see that your sixteen. You look every bit the part of a heartthrob teen." Silver teased.
Rai rolled his eyes but before he could respond there was a pointed clearing of the throat.
Both Silver and Rai turned to face the staff member that was watching in slight amusement.
"Care to introduce me?"
Rai laughed and stepped forward to Silver's side, wrapping a brotherly arm around her shoulders and shooting a heart melting smile at the staff member.
"Hi. I'm Silver's cousin, Light Yagami."
The staff member smiled back and shook the hand that Light offered.
"Nice to meet you Light. Although I was under the impression that your name was Rai."
"If you pronounce my name with a heavy Japanese accent it sounds like Ratio. When she was really little she gave me the nickname Rai."
The staff member smiled at that little cute tidbit and looked over as Silver who was beaming.
"Well, I'll leave you two to chat. Silver will probably start getting impatient to get rid of me at any moment now." The staff member said with a smile before leaving.
Light grinned before moving and taking a seat in the booth. Silver nodded to the staff member before slipping into the seat opposite Light.
"I can't believe your actually here! It's been so long since I've been able to even talk to you!" Silver said nearly bouncing in place.
"I know. I've been missing you like crazy. It's not right for them to keep you isolated from us, you and I are like siblings." Light agreed.
Silver nodded and glanced back to see the staff member take a seat at a table on the other side of the cafe.
"So how has life been for you? Do you have a bunch of new friends?"
Silver shook her head.
"Not a ton but I have two friends that I always hang out with and a girl that I sometimes talk to in the halls."
"Oh? What are their names?"
"I'm not allowed to tell you that but I can tell you that my two best friends are two guys and they are the first people aside from you who've actually accreted me as who I am without trying to change me."
Light raised a brow.
"Two guys hmm? When exactly did you meet these guys?"
"When I first arrived."
Light seemed to relax ever so slightly.
"And these guys aren't jerks?"
"No."
Light gave her one last look before his expression brightened.
"We'll have you been able to at least act like a kid without the stress and death you lived around when you were in Japan?"
Silver was silent as memories of A committing suicide and the change that came over her and her friends as well as Near and Sunny. She only amused for a half second before smiling brightly and nodding but Light had caught sight of the small pause.
"Silver. Why did you pause?"
"Nothing. I was just remembering life before."
Light gave her a look.
"I don't believe you. You have never been able to lie to me. Now, what happened?"
Silver sighed.
"Someone I knew committed suicide. It rocked the whole orphanage since no one had ever done that before. A lot of things changed since the girl who killed herself was really special to everyone. It happened last year."
Light's eyes crinkled sadly at the edges.
"That must have been hard."
Silver nodded before giving herself a mental shake and pasting a smile on.
"Never mind that. I'd rather talk about you." Then Silver grinned evilly.
"Like perhaps if you've finally stopped being a studious nerd and gotten yourself a giiirlfriend~"
Light turned bright pink and he tried to bop her on the head.
"Silver!"
Silver burst into laughter at the look on his face.
"You cannot seriously tell me that your not used to this from Sayu."
Light's face went sullen.
"She doesn't ask me that anymore."
Silver blinked.
"Why?"
"Because she did a school project on last names."
Silver pondered their last name for a moment before dissolving into hysterics.
"Imagay! Oh my god she thinks your gay!"
Light's face turned a even brighter red.
"Don't say that so loud! It's not even true but she won't let up on it and it's driving me insane!"
Silver clutched her middle as she laughed like a maniac. Light grumbled at her but he was smiling as well.
Eventually they fell into easy conversation about their lives, mostly about Lights since Silver couldn't talk much about her own. They talked for several hours before Light looked down at his watch.
"Hey, I need to meet mom but I'll be here all week. Can we spend a couple of hours together all this week?"
Silver nodded.
"Absolutely!"
"You'll be allowed?"
Silver's smile became slightly unfriendly.
"I don't care if I'm allowed or not. I'll be here."
Light winced but didn't argue the point as they both rose to their feet. Light squeezed her shoulder before heading out. The staff member walked over to Silver.
"Ready to go?"
"Yes. We were just agreeing to meet here again tomorrow."
Silver's tone left no place for argument and the staff member shook her head with a smile.
"Of course."
The next day they met at a arcade. Silver really enjoyed that but the day after that Light surprised her by bringing her to the hotel to say hi to her aunt and go swimming.
When they arrived at the hotel Silver had been fascinated by the white marble fixtures and the statue in the middle of the lobby.
"Come on! My mom will want to see you and then we can swim."
"Sure! But, uh, I don't have a bathing suit."
"There's a store in the hotel that sells them. As long as you don't expect me to buy you a bikini we shouldn't have a problem."
"Seriously Rai? A bikini? Since when have I ever liked wearing stuff like that, it gets to cold." Silver said with a roll of her eyes.
He glanced at her with a smirk as they made their way up to his moms hotel room.
"Sweetie! Oh its so good to see you again! How are you?" Her aunt cried, giving her a tight hug.
"I'm good auntie. How about you?" Silver asked with a smile. She knew that even though her aunt loved her she didn't do small talk very well and would soon be on her way to go shopping.
"I'm fine. Oh! Your uncle and Sayu send their love. Your uncle really wanted to come and see you but the case he's working on right now prevents him from even coming home much less leaving Japan for a week. I hope your not too upset." Her aunt explained.
Silver shook her head.
"I understand completely. There are some things that always have to take priority. Tell him and Sayu that I love them and miss them for me please auntie."
Her aunt gave her another hug and then headed out to go do shopping or spa stuff or whatever she had planned for the day.
Silver then followed Light down to the shop in the lobby and proceeded to look through the racks. Trying to find something that wasn't bright coloured, maybe red or black.
"What about this?" Light asked, holding up a brightly coloured pink number with a black attached skirt.
"Do I look like I enjoy walking around as the body stunt double to a bottle of Pepso Bismol?" Silver said with a soft snort.
"You wouldn't look like a bottle of Pepso Bismol. You'd simply look like Sayu's makeup kit had thrown up on you."Light said with a smirk of amusement.
Silver rolled her eyes at him as she plowed through the racks. Eventually Silver found herself a forest green swimsuit and black cover up. Silver tried to pay of it herself but Light wouldn't let her.
So Silver got him to play rock paper scissors with her for the right to buy the swim stuff. She won of course, paying for her things with more glee then she had ever thought possible.
He brought her up to his room to change in the bathroom. They switched once she was done so that he could change and then headed down to go swim.
She hadn't been in a pool since she left Japan and she was a really crappy swimmer so as she moved she found herself studying the water beneath her intently to make sure she would not fall into deeper water than she could swim.
Splash!
Silver was slapped by a virtual wall of water hitting her in the face.
"Ah! Rai what the heck?!" Silver sputtered.
She could hear Light laughing. She put a dejected look on her face and instatly felt the concern radiating from him.
"Hey, you o-"
His words were cut off by her giving him a light push and watching him fall back into the water with a surprised expression.
After a second he popped back up, sputtering as he did so. He shot her a wicked grin.
"Oh, it's on!" He shouted with a shove of water in her direction.
Soon the two of them were engaged in a all out water war. Eventually they tired of that and pulled out some inner tubes to sit and relax in.
"I have to use the washroom. I'll be right back." Silver said as she got out of the pool. He looked up with a lazy grin and saluted before plopping his arm back over his eyes.
Once she had finished using the washroom she returned to the pool, giving a wave to Light from the deep end of the pool deck as she made her way over to the shallower water. All of a sudden she felt hot breath near her ear as one of the older teen girls she had seen eying Light earlier grabbed her arm and spoke. She had a posse of girls behind her who were snickering at Silver.
"You little prat. That guy's to good for you, you don't deserve a boyfriend like him."
She hissed angrily.
Silver opened her mouth to tell her that they were family, not a couple. But before she could the girl gave a mighty shove and sent Silver into the deep end of the pool.
She let out a strangled cry before her head went under the water, Silver panicked. She couldn't swim in water this deep, she could barely swim at all. Silver thrashed around trying to get her head above water.
She felt warm water gathering in her eyes before being washed away by the pool and realized she she was crying. She was so scared that she was crying.
Suddenly Silver felt a arm latch around her waist from behind. She stopped struggling, instead focusing on not blacking out while the person swam to the surface in a few strong kicks and her head popped above the water.
Silver took huge gulps of air as she felt herself being pulled tight against her rescuer. She looked through blurry eyes into the face of Light, his face was pale.
She was coughing up water as a lifeguard and several adults came running over to the ledge. No one had seen the girls push Silver in but Light had yelled for help when he swam out to Silver.
Hands pulled her out of the water and Light pulled himself up before lifting her gently, cradling her to his chest as he carried her over to some chairs and sat her down, kneeling at her feet with his hands resting on her knees as he studied her with worried eyes.
"Silver are you ok?!" He asked frantically.
"I'm ok. Thanks Rai." She whispered.
"Are you sure your ok?" He asked with a worried expression.
"Yes. I'm sorry about that. I should have been more aware of my surroundings and gotten out of the way before she could have grabbed me." Silver mumbled, looking down at her lap.
Light's face changed from one of concern to one of anger.
"That wasn't your fault! She had no right to push you in like that. You could have drowned if I didn't know that you can't swim. Speaking of her, where did she go? I have a few things I would like to say to her." Light said looking around the pool deck.
Silver watched him focus on something just out of sight so she braced her hands on Light's wet shoulders and leaned forward to see the girls gathered in a group listening as the girl that had pushed her flapped her hands around in apparent anger.
"Why would she do something like that?!"
"She thought we were a couple."
Light's head swung back to her and his eyes narrowed.
"She pushed you in because she thought we were a couple?!"
Silver nodded and his jaw clenched.
"That stupid b-...never mind." Light cut off his words and reached out to grab a towel and wrap it around Silver's shoulders.
"Why don't we go upstairs and get dried off and changed. Maybe hang around the hotel room for a bit before you have to head back."
Silver nodded and was about to stand to her feet when Light stopped her.
"Just a moment. I want to talk to those girls."
Light then swiftly stood and stalked across the pool deck. Silver stood to her feet and followed him, staying a couple of feet behind him.
People were taking notice of the furious teen power walking towards a small group of teen girls and slowly Light was gaining a audience as he spun the girl that had pushed Silver into the pool to face him.
"Wha-"
"How dare you!" Light shouted, cutting her off mid word.
"You don't know anything about me or Silver and yet you made the assumption that Silver was my girlfriend and pushed her into the pool because you were jealous! She could have drowned! If you had waited a half second you would have probably learned that we're actually cousins!"
The girl opened her mouth to speak but Light overrode whatever she was trying to say.
"Even though I'm single I would never pay attention to a shallow, cruel and stupid girl like you. How dare you pick on someone like that, especially someone younger then you!"
The girl sneered and Light's face took on a even more angry expression before he scanned her swimming attire.
"Can you even swim?"
"Of course I can! I'm a very good swimmer I'll have you know! Not like that weak girl!" The teen girl snarked.
Light got a look of cruel amusement in his eyes.
"Oh good. Then I can do...THIS!" With his last word he gave a mighty shove and sent the girl into the water with a shriek and a splash.
Then he spun and asked over to a stunned Silver, wrapping a arm around her shoulders and steering her out of the pool area as people laughed at the teen who was shrieking about her now running makeup from her place in the pool.
Silver couldn't help the grin the crawled across her features as Light herded her protectively to the elevator.
Light was like her brother and she could always count on him to be there for her. She knew that nothing would ever change that.
Before either of them wanted it to come the last day arrived. Silver was taken to the hotel where Light and her aunt were waiting outside for the hotel shuttle to take them to the airport.
"Light." Silver greeted quietly as she approached.
Her cousin turned to face her with a soft smile on his face.
"Hey."
"Hi."
He opened his arms and Silver stepped into them, wrapping her own around his middle an resting her head on his chest. His own arms encircled her and held her tightly for several long minutes.
"So that guy in charge told us that we can call you anytime from three to eight in the evening English time." Light said with a small smile.
Silver's face brightened.
"Really?!"
Light grinned.
"Yeah. And he said that as long as you make untraceable you can create a email address that you can use to communicate with me."
"That'll be easy! Even someone who doesn't specialize in that sort of thing could do that." Silver said with a grin.
Light chuckled, the sound vibrating in his chest. There was a sudden honk noise and Light and Silver turned to see the shuttle waiting. He called for five more minutes before turning back to face Silver.
"Hey, I have something for you."
He reached into his cost pocket and pulled out a small black velvet box wrapped in a bright emerald green ribbon. He pressed the box into her hands and swallowed hard.
"Don't open this until your somewhere by yourself ok?" He said hoarsely.
Silver nodded and he pulled her into one last tight hug before turning and jogging towards the shuttle.
"I love you! I'm gonna miss you Silver." Light called over his shoulder, jogging backwards for a second to face her as he spoke.
"I love you to Rai, stay safe!" Silver called back, clutching the box in her hands tightly.
She waved and watched the taxi drive away, waiting until she couldn't see it anymore before turning and climbing into the Wammy car.
She looked out the window quietly for half the ride before the staff member spoke up.
"You know, at first I wasn't to happy about driving you back and forth every day this week. But now I'm extraordinarily glad to have done this."
Silver glanced at her.
"Why?"
"Because I got to see a very small glimpse of who you must have been before you came to Wammy and got thrown into a word of successors. And then after that suicide last year... Anyway, If I didn't know that you were cousins I would have thought you were brother and sister without a doubt. The sibling love between you is so gentle and caring. Part of me wishes that you could have stayed with them, if only so that you two could have grown up together."
Silver nodded.
"I do to sometimes. But then I remember that if I hadn't come here I never would have met Matt and Mello. Heck I wouldn't have met Near and Sunny either. As much as it hurts sometimes this is the better way. I have a feeling that one day I'm going to need the training and the connections I've made here."
The staff member smiled.
"I know. I just value the opportunity to see past that cold mask you live your life wearing to the girl that probably only Light, Matt and Mello have ever seen."
The rest of the drive was made in silence leaving Silver to contemplate that statement.
Eventually they reached the Wammy house and Silver headed straight up to her room, going in and closing the door behind her.
She sat on her bed staring at the box for a moment before opening it. Inside was another necklace. This one was on a woven silver chain that could probably stand up to being run over a chain saw, it was a attractive chain though, it suited her style.
There was a heart shaped pendant hanging from the chain with a couple of kanji's engraved on one side of the heart.
"Sister"
Silver let out a soft breath at the inscription. She flipped over the heart to look on the other side and read the saying.
"Life has hurt you and scarred you badly. But always remember that no matter what I will always be there for you. We may not be blood siblings but if you ever need me just call, and I will drop everything to come and help you. Because to me, you are my sister who I love dearly. Don't ever forget that.
Always and forever,
Rai"
Silver felt a tear trail down her cheek and she cradled the heart in her hand. She had always thought of Rai as her brother, it didn't matter that he wasn't her blood sibling. To know that he felt the same meant more to her than anything else he could have said.
She would never take this necklace off during the day. It meant to much to her.
Her bedroom door burst open to reveal Matt and Mello. They began to holler at her for not going to them when they saw the tear. Instantly the stopped and rushed to her side asking what was wrong.
Silver gave them a watery smile and held up the pendant for them to see.
"Nothing. I was just realizing how much family means, even when we're far apart."
Mello and Matt gently took the heart and read it. They looked up at her silently.
"That Rai guy gave this to you?" Mello asked softly.
"Yeah. It's just like the one he gave me the day I left Japan for Wammy's." Silver explained unhooking the heart he had given her when she left from around her neck and gave it to them to read.
They did and handed it back to her. She tucked it into the velvet box and slipped it into the back of her dresser before gently placing the new pendant necklace over her head and letting the heart settle against her chest.
'I'm going to wear this pendant for the rest of my life, as a reminder that family comes above all else.' Silver thought.
'Forever.'
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