Chapter 21
I picked up Kellan bridal style and placed him on my bed.
"Come on, Color, Kellan will come down when he's ready," I said, grabbing her hand and leading her down the staircase.
"Khol, could I make some tea?" she asked.
I nodded as she went to the kitchen. Using the Kuerig, she put hot water in an "I Hate Mondays" mug. As the water poured, she raided the cabinets until she came across my mom's caffineated Earl Grey. She put half the sugar bowl in the tea and took out the bag out. She sat across from me on the island.
"Color. Why didn't you tell us you were possessed by Near?" Light asked aloud, keeping his cool way better than I could.
Color raised the mug to her lips. "Because I didn't think it would be important. It was only three months after all," she said into her tea.
"He's gone? Then what was Mikami talking about with auras and stuff like that?" I asked
Color put down the mug. "Well, according to Near, when a person had the shinigami eyes in life, after they possess people, those people, along with the spirits, have the ability to see auras. There's a code, too. Red is malevolence, blue is good, and yellow's blind happiness. White's emotionlessness and black is pure evil. You don't see a lot of black. I guess that's a good thing. Near's aura was a really bleached out blue. Mikami's was a very red plum color: mostly red, some blue, and a little black. My guess is Kira's would be blood red. Maybe even straying into blackish red category. Light, you're a pretty solid blue violet and Khol, your blue green. I was blue violet like Light until Near got to me. When he left, he only took what he could without hurting me. When you're possessed for that long, your auras become one. If you're separated, part of your aura becomes the other's and vice versa. This isn't important for you to know because this possession's a little different. You, Light, and Kira will make a pretty clean break."
"What about Kellan?" I asked.
"Kellan is color blind now. The colors he'll see are auras. It'll be the same if he ever has kids and when he dies if possesses someone, they'll see auras, too."
I nodded slowly.
"And there's one more thing you should know: I'm a Lawliet."
"What!?" Light asked aloud, surprise elevating the volume of his voice.
"Okay, so when I was a baby, I was adopted. Shortly after, my mother died and I never really knew her. I have one picture of her and that's it. So Near was sifting through my memories one day- it's cool how he does it- and he found the memory I have of my mother and he recognized her instantly. As it turns out, she and L were cousins. Since L's only surviving relatives at the start of career were my mother and his twin brother Beyond who went on a murder spree a few years before Light found the Death Note and then was killed by Kira, I'm the genetic heir to the L name."
Light made me run over to her and give her a hug. "That's great!"
"No, Kitsune-senpai, it's not! It means I can't ever be anything other than the next L. Great misfortune always befalls us Wammy's kids. Always."
"My poor baby."
"Uh, who's seme again?" Color asked.
"L, but that's beside the point."
"Yeah, that's a little strange. But I bet you'd be a crappy seme."
Light blushed. "No, he caught me by surprise, that's all!"
"Right," Color muttered sarcastically.
"Please return to normal conversation! I have no idea what you're talking about!" I protested.
You probably don't want to, Light commented nonverbally.
"Sorry, Kitsune-senpai and I got a little carried away," Color apologized with her hand behind her head. "You know Light, if this whole 'I'll see L again in heaven' thing doesn't work out for you, there's always room for you in the yaoi corner."