Beyond narrowed his eyes as he felt around Nate's ear, he sat back and grinned, "Open your mouth?" Nate started at him confused and Beyond gently plucked a coin from his mouth.

Nate's eyes widened with amazement, "How?!"

Beyond smiled and fanned out a bunch of cards in front of him, Saturday's were always boring. So, Beyond started to wow crowds with some parlor tricks he learned from a street magician in L.A. Nate reached over and picked a card, "Write your name on it. Show the crowd." Nate signed the card and showed the crowd. He placed it in the center of the deck that Beyond set on the table, "Go ahead. Anyone cut the deck, I don't care how many times."

Several members of the small crowd that had gathered mixed the deck several times. Beyond smiled and took the cards shuffling them skillfully. He opened the deck, flipped a card, "Hmm not your card." He smiled and pulled the card back in and set the cards on their side. "Why don't we all make them all your card then." He rolled the deck to fan completely out on the table, every card contained Nate's signature, including the one Beyond had just showed the crowd. He smugly folded his arms and grinned, "Screw your card, now it's your deck." The small crowd watched in amazement.

"That's amazing! What else can you do?" A young man asked.

Beyond rubbed his chin in thought, "Just about anything… Within reason, if you ask me for a fucking unicorn, I'll duct tape a toilet plunger to your forehead." The crowd chuckled, Beyond flipped his cards, then flipped them all again and only one card had a signature on it, it was Nate's original card. "I don't do live animal tricks. Just simple coin and card tricks."

He smiled and patted his pockets, "Oh. By the way, Nate, you'll want this back… Won't do you much good without it." He handed Nate's school ID badge back to him. Nate stare at him with bewilderment. "Anyone else care to be my victim? Oh, I also read tarot." He smiled.

Paul sat down across from him, "Wow me."

Beyond arched an eyebrow and smirked, "You said you don't believe in magic."

"Because, I don't."

Beyond grinned deviously, "You can believe in me." He snapped once and a coin fell from out behind Paul's ear. He looked at the coin with wide eyes. "See the thing about magic is… It's like faith, whether you believe or not. It's there." He snapped several more times each time producing a coin from behind his ear, the other guys from behind him stared wide eyed. Beyond sighed, "Alright. I'm tired, cough up my coins." He clapped and Paul choked and hacked up a coin. Beyond stood up and bowed, "And, on that note!" Beyond scooped his coins into his hands and wiped Paul's spit off of one and whipped it on Paul's coat on his way out.

The small crowd clapped and cheered. Beyond stepped outside and lit a cigarette. Light stepped outside next to him, "You're amazing." Beyond smiled and held a cigarette out to him, "You know I don't smoke." Beyond silently shook his head and ran his hand in front of the cigarette and produced a single rose in place of the cigarette. "Whoa."

He smiled silently and sat down under the awning as the light rain began to pat on the sidewalk. "It's all about perception."

Light rolled his eyes and sat next to him, "It's still impressive. Where did you say you learned that from?"

"When I was a kid I wanted to help my mom make money, so I always helped out this magician who preformed on the streets for spare change. Normally we could get a decent crowd. It's also where I learned how to pickpocket and lock pick." Beyond smiled slightly. "Magic is an illusion, nothing more."

Light smiled, "So, how do you do it?"

Beyond gasped over dramatically, "That's like asking a woman how old she is or how much she weighs! You never ask a magician how he does his magic!" He smirked at Light who started laughing.

"Alright. I won't ask." Light said still laughing.

Beyond smiled and put his cigarette out, "Well… That passed an hour. What should I do next?" Light shrugged and handed the flower back to Beyond. Beyond waved off the flower, "Keep it. A beautiful rose for a beautiful soul." He stood up and walked back into the dining room leaving Light wide eyed with a surprised expression on his face, that seemed to flush just slightly.

Beyond walked into the library and hid himself behind a shelf of books. He sat against the wall and hugged his knees. L silently approached him and sat next to him. He said nothing.

Beyond glanced at him, "What?"

L smirked slightly, "I figured this was the brooding corner, you looked lonely, so, I figured I'd come brood with you."

Beyond smiled a little, "Thanks?"

L shrugged quietly, "Beats being alone, I suppose."

Beyond smiled softly, "I thought you didn't come here to make friends."

L sighed, "As did I. I suspected we'd all become friends… Think we'll always be friends?"

Beyond chuckled and put an arm around L, "Always."

L chuckled, "Did you hear about the spring formal?"

Beyond sighed, "What about it? How lame. A dance with a bunch of dudes?"

L smiled, "No. There's an all girls school in Sheffield they're arranging with."

Beyond choked back a laugh, "If that doesn't scream teen pregnancies waiting to happen I don't know what does."

L stared at Beyond, "And that you and Light are front runners for Freshman King."

Beyond's smile quickly faded, "Ah… Fuck."