It's rich and salty and it makes her hum, pleased.
Oggetto
| you were standing here like an angry god |
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It happens exactly like he planned, she's sure (clever little shit that he is, innocent and bright when he pretends to meet her for the first time, knows she won't say no when his mother invites her to stay for supper to thank her for retrieving his wallet, Ryuk sending her a thumbs up with a bony, skeletal finger).
And so here she is, a few days after the start of a new year, seated next to his little sister who asks too many questions and in front of him, who listens with too much attention as his mother serves miso and fish and rice.
"One-san…" She blinks at the youngest of the Yagami siblings, who seems completely at ease with gushing over her. "How old are you?"
"Twenty-two." She answers easily.
"When's your birthday?" Sayu asks, eyes wide and innocent, truly innocent, unlike her mass murdering older brother.
"Early November." She says vaguely.
"Sayu…" Sachiko Yagami, who has taken off her apron and finally taken a seat, scolds lightly, but her daughter carefully pretends not to hear her.
"Do you have any siblings?" Light's eyes shine, too bright and too happy, questions he wants to know the answers for, but never dared to ask.
"I do – a brother and sister, both older." Sayu sends her a smile.
"You're the youngest, like me!" She seems happy.
"What do they do?" Light this time, who sends her a smile that is meant to come off as innocent curiosity. She manages not to roll her eyes at him or point out that if he wanted to know, she would have told him.
"My sister is a neurosurgeon." Three pair of eyes blink at her. "And my brother's a corporate lawyer."
A moment of silence and she takes the opportunity to taste her soup. It's rich and salty and it makes her hum, pleased.
"Wow." Sayu, finally, who lets out a low whistle. "And what do you do, One-san?"
"I'm an actuary." It earns her another three slow blinks.
"An actuary?" Light tilts his head to the side. "Isn't that a very high paying job?" She shrugs her shoulders at him because the money is not the reason she has her job.
"What's an actuary?" His sister asks with a tilt of her head.
"A risk manager." She tells her, fully aware that this is the most basic way to explain what she does. "It's a lot of math and measurements." And a lot of late nights, paperwork and meetings.
Sayu makes a face at the mention of math.
"Your parents must be very proud." Sachiko this time. "Three children, all with successful jobs…"
"We had a lot to live up to." She tells the woman with a smile. "But yes, they are very proud of us." She agrees easily, even if her parents never put any pressure on any of them.
"Live up to?" Light's attention is fully on her and she sends him a cool, detached smile.
"My father used to be the Governor of the Bank of Japan." She smiles. "And my mother is one of their shareholders. They're meant to be retired, but they still help out here and there."
Another wave of silence, this time, she takes a bite of fish.
Behind Light, Ryuk offers her a grin and she answers it brightly, swallowing.
a/n: my wrist is getting better, thank you for all your lovely wishes. I'm glad so many of you enjoy Eden, here's more about her. Thank you for reading, let me know what you thought and I hope you enjoyed.