Light opened his eyes and stared directly into two large stormy grey eyes, "Gah!" Light shrieked and backed himself to the mahogany headboard and pressed against it, attempting to escape the perpetrator of his personal space.
Sayu looked up and smiled brightly, "Morning, Light!" She kicked her legs from her position on the chair whimsically.
C rounded the corner from the bathroom toothbrush hanging from his mouth, he pinched L's ear and pulled the whimpering boy away, "Knock that shit off, Beyond didn't sleep for three days after you did that to him, the first time!"
Sayu looked up, "Beyond?"
Caspian smirked and rinsed his mouth out, "He's another boy who lives with L and I. If you come to live with us, you'll meet a lot of kids from all over the world."
Sayu stared at him wide eyed with curiosity, Watari came from the sitting area with a tray of sweets and other breakfast foods, "Go ahead and eat kids, could be a long day if all goes as planned."
Sayu snatched a peach flavored cookie, "Mr. Watari? I want to come live with you and make lots of friends!" She gave him a cheerful smile.
Watari gave her a cryptic smile from behind his mustache. "You're more than welcomed to."
L snatched a cookie and nibbled on it while eyeing her from a sidelong glance, 'She's surprisingly resilient.' Sayu smiled at L and snatched a raspberry cookie out from in front of him and gave a devious smile, he returned her smirk.
Light sat huddled on the bed and watched L and Sayu. Caspian grabbed his coat and dropped two suitcases on the opposing bed, "Get dressed, kids. Watari gathered some of your belongings, if there is anything missing that you want, let me know. I'll get them."
Sayu hopped off the chair and started digging through her belongings, she clutched a well loved unicorn stuffed animal, "Una!" She clung to the stuffed horse and picked out the clothes she wanted to wear.
Caspian pushed L into the sitting room with Watari, "I'll take them so you and L can wrap up the case." He waited patiently and Sayu came running in, "I take it you're both ready?" She nodded and Light lingered in the doorway. "Let's go then." He placed a hand on top of Sayu's head.
They walked out of the room, "Watari and L aren't coming?" Light glanced over his shoulder at the closing door.
Caspian silently shook his head, Sayu skipped to the elevator and pushed the down arrow. "I helped!"
Caspian smirked softly, "And what a helper you are. No, Light, they have other matters to attend to." The rode the elevator down, Sayu grabbed Caspian's index and middle finger and held Light's hand smiling softly and humming to herself.
Caspian walked out of the elevator, Sayu and Light in tow, a woman stood up and smiled, "Thought I would just meet you here, I have the files you requested, is there somewhere we can talk, privately?"
Caspian glanced down to both Sayu and Light who had both hidden themselves behind each of his legs, peeking around timidly at the woman. "Yes. If I would have known you'd come here I wouldn't have bothered getting them up and ready." He gave her a stern glare.
She smiled at the two kids hiding behind him, Caspian walked over to an empty place in the lobby with her and the two kids. "Are you guys comfortable with Mr. Wammy?"
Sayu smiled and nodded, "Yes, I like Mr. Caspian."
Light shrugged, "He's not so bad."
Caspian smirked slightly, "What of a will?"
The young woman in business attire pulled out a file, "All that is ever stated of an inheritance is that all of their assets are to be liquidated and placed into a trust for both of them, the value is to be split 50/50. Nothing stating their living conditions, so the availability of a closed adoption stands."
Caspian laced his fingers together and knit his eyebrows as he rested his nose on his hands, "That's up to them. I won't force anything on them."
Sayu glanced up, "Miss Lady? I want to live with Mr. Caspian. He's very nice and reads me bedtime stories! And I like Mr. Watari! He remembered my unicorn! And I don't want to be separated from my brother…"
She smiled at Sayu and looked at Light, "Looks like the decision is up to you, young man."
Light nodded, "First, what kind of place would we be going to?"
Caspian smiled, "It's an institution for gifted and abandoned children. But it isn't an orphanage, it's a home."
Light raised an eyebrow, "What advantages would it have?"
"Tutors of the highest quality, all the basic needs met and catered to. There are two primary caregivers, Watari and Roger. Three if you count me, I'd be your primary."
Light folded his arms, "Why?"
The woman smiled as Watari approached them, Caspian sighed, "Because an intelligent and unchallenged mind is the greatest source of danger." He eyed Light warily from behind his hands.
Light smirked, "Alright. I like his answer. I'll do it." Sayu cheered and the woman started filling out her part of the paperwork. She shifted the pages to Caspian who signed them.
She admired the signature and smiled at Caspian, "Awfully young to be becoming a single parent."
Caspian sighed, "I've been told I have an old soul." He stood up and Sayu put her arms up, he smirked and scooped her up into his right arm and held out his left hand. Light eyed it cautiously before taking it. "Thank you, Miss Takinawa." He gave her a brief bow and Watari collected the paperwork. She smiled at the sight.
"Good luck." She whispered quietly.
L stood waiting by the door, with all the bags, when the group approached him, he placed his thumbnail to his bottom lip, "Are they coming too?" Caspian nodded and L gave a tiny smile. Sayu hugged Caspian's neck tightly, causing him to gasp for air playfully.
They waited outside for the car to come around. Caspian sighed deeply, "Is there anything you want from your old home?" L handed Sayu her stuffed unicorn, she took it with a small appreciative smile, hugging it softly. But both children remained silent.
As the car pulled around, Watari got out and loaded the bags into the trunk of the vehicle. L got into the front seat and Sayu and Light climbed into the back seat. Watari sighed, "I don't have to tell you, but, be careful. You have a big heart."
Caspian sighed handed Watari the remainder of the bags and smiled, "I know, grandfather…" He playfully rolled his eyes and got into the back seat. Sayu sat contently playing with her unicorn in between Light and Caspian.
Watari got in the car, turning to the occupants in the rear of the vehicle, "Well, whose ready to go home?"
Sayu looked up and cheerfully smiled, "Me!"
Boarding the airplane Light looked around, "First class?" The large aircraft was roomy with a deep blue floor and plush black leather seats that were accented with dark woods.
Watari nodded setting their things down in the holders. Caspian chuckled, "Can you imagine L, sitting the way he does, in economy?"
Light smiled softly, "I guess not." L sat next to Light in what Light considered to be, his trademark haunch, and gave him a tiny smile. Light rolled his eyes at him, "Clarify something for me… Your nickname? Like as in THE L?"
L's gaze shifted to Caspian who was reading to Sayu and then Watari who had his eyes shut with a smile on his face buried beneath his mustache.
"Yes. I am the detective L." His monotoned voice drawled a little on certain syllables.
Light nodded silently, "So my dad?"
L sighed softly, "Was a very brilliant police officer, a true doer of good and justice." Light looked down to his hands. L placed his hand on Light's shoulder, "If you ever need anyone to listen, I'll do my best." Light nodded silently and laid his head back on the seat.
A couple of hours into the flight, somewhere over Eurasia, Light sat next to Sayu and sighed solemnly, "Does it ever get better?"
Caspian looked up from his book and directly into Light's eyes, "No. It just hurts less with time. Time heals all wounds, Light. It's all in how you present the scar, that's what truly matters."
Light sat quietly thinking about what he was just told, "Um…"
Caspian looked up from his book once again, "My parents died when I was young, too."
Light glanced at the book, this one was in Russian. "How many languages do you know?"
He smiled, "Fluently?" Light nodded, "Nine. If you don't count Latin, I generally don't as it's a root language." Light stared wide eyed and let his mouth hang open slightly. Caspian laughed, "You're not to bad yourself, English is a hard language to learn, you and your sister have a very good grasp of it. I'm impressed. I can teach you, if you'd like. L knows five different languages fluently. We're still working on Arabic… He has issues with some of the annunciations."
L stared at the two from behind his laptop, "Making that sound is hard."
Caspian rolled his eyes, "Light, never stop chasing your curiosity and thirst for knowledge." Light sat next to Caspian and watched out the window. "Peace can only be attained within yourself and with world through understanding and knowledge."
Light opened his eyes slowly, he tiredly glanced around the airport, he closed his eyes again and dropped his head back down on Caspian's shoulder. He took a deep breath in, 'He smells like the rain in the mountains…' He heard Watari talking quietly to Caspian in a different language.