Finally, that third day came.
Light spent that day in the company of the princess, again. As evening approaches, he made suggest to her, that they go to the Ocean.
His bad hunch didn't relent, so he wanted to be prepared for the worst case scenario.
"Light?"
"Hm..?"
"It seems to me that you are somehow not in the mood all day."
"I'm a little tired, that's all."
"Sorry, that's probably my fault."
"No, Misa... it's not your fault." Light reassured her, pulling her into a hug.
"Oh, Light..."
Light tightened his embrace as he gazed into the distance, where once was his home.
He wondered what his parents and relatives were doing without him. Ryuk brought news to him every morning, but Light was still curious anyway. He missed them a lot. As he wandered away a little, Misa interrupted him: "Light?"
"Yes..?"
"I don't know if it's too early for that, but I want to tell you anyway..."
"What?"
"..that I love you."
Light was, frankly, caught by that statement. He didn't expect such an imminent confession. Although he too loved her, he was not yet ready to confess. But in order not to hurt her feelings, he said, "I love you too, Misa."
But, it sounded plastic.
Forced.
Misa's face gleamed with happiness. She kissed him on the cheek, and then on the lips. "I'm so happy we met! We just need to prove to my parents that you are indeed from a royal family, and there will be no obstacle to our relationship."
The brown-haired man just smiled and hoped he could make it happen.
As the minutes passed, he felt increasing anxiety.
Then it started.
Quite unannounced, he began to take his previous form.
The tail appears, legs disappears, and at that instant he fell to the ground. The clothes were torn, only the shirt remained intact.
Misa began to scream.
"Aaaa! Light!"
"Auch! Shit!"
"What happened? Where are your legs?"
Light felt defeated.
Deceived.
'Lawliet!'
Light's anger began to grow.
'You bastard. You will pay for this!'
Those were the only thoughts that were crossing his mind.
"Light!"
Surprised. "Misa."
She stared at him with wide eyes. Startled.
She surely didn't know what was going on.
"Misa..."
"..."
"Everything will be alright. I'm sorry..."
"W-what happened to your legs?"
"I'm a merman."
"WHAAAT?"
"I'm sorry."
"But how-"
"It was a magic. I got the legs for three days. They tricked me into having them forever if I kiss you. But, as you can see it was a lie. I love you, and want to be with you. That's why I wanted to get them."
"Oh... Light..." Misa knelt down to him. "What will happen now?"
"I'm going down there, to demand that they get my feet back. If you love me despite everything, and want me to come back, I'll find a way to fulfill that wish."
"Light, of course that I love you! I will always love you, no matter what."
"Thank you."
She hugged him and they had to part quickly as Light felt lack for water.
"I'll be back, I promise!"
Misa had tears in her eyes as she parted with him. They waved at each other as Light submerged deeper into the water.
...
Once inside the water, Light quickly swam to L's cave. He was pissed at the octopus, and had wish to choke him to death. He planned to regain his feet at all costs.
'You will pay for this, Lawliet! If you don't get my feet back, I'll end your life, I swear. You took my virginity, for what? For three days spent on the surface!? Bastard, who he thinks he is?!'
L was preparing himself some dinner when an angry merman appeared at the entrance to his cave.
He raised an eyebrow, and spoke in monotonous tone: "Oh, Light. It's already been three days?"
"You bastard! You fooled me!"
"Excuse me?"
"You gave me legs only for three days!"
"What? Why do you think so? It wasn't like that, and you know that." L asked supposedly surprised and offended.
"Because I kissed her, and yet I'm merman again!"
L rolled his eyes, now really annoyed.
"You seem to be forgetting one detail, Light," L added as he served himself dinner and sat down at the table.
"The only thing I forget about is, that I should beat you because of it right away!" Light spoke as he moved closer.
L began to eat and ignore him, as if what the merman was saying didn't concern him at all.
Angry Light shouted, "are you listening to me?!"
"Yes, and...?"
"What the fuck is wrong with you? Are you not ashamed of yourself?"
"No. Why would should I do be ashamed?"
That threw Light out of balance, and he struck the octopus in the face. L's head flied to the side. Then he turned, and glared angrily in Merman's direction.
"You really like to piss me off..." He raised his hand to his sore cheek, and stepped away from Light, who was approaching him with the intention of striking him again.
The second blow L successfully dodged. To prevent a fight from the start, he quickly trapped both of Light's hands with his tentacles.
Light looked at him bewildered, for he didn't expect it, and then he began to feel the octopus tentacles all over his body. L wrapped his tail, then he wrapped his tentacles around his waist.
Light couldn't move an inch. At the end L pulled him closer, clutching their bodies together, while the looked him straight into eyes with his piercing gaze. Too close.
"Let me go!"
L was just watching him silently.
Merman's heartbeat was so strong that he could feel it through the entire length of his body. He quavered, both from fear, and excitement. The memories from three days ago came to life.
"Let me go, Lawliet!" He was persistent.
"Listen to me carefully, Light. I only did you a favor, but you persistently don't want to understand. When I said it had to be a kiss of TRUE love, I meant it. Only the kiss of true love should have kept you in human form. And because, obviously, it wasn't true love, you have returned to your previous form. What part you can't understand here?"
Light began to stare, "I love her, and she loves me back, and we want to be together."
"Oh, is that so? You wanna tell me that you know better?"
"I want my legs back, dammit!"
"You're so stubborn you know.."
L tightened his grip on Light's body and the merman moaned.
"Let. Me. Go."
L had a strong desire to squeeze even harder. To somehow break out of Light's head that stupid idea of his. And to take him again, this time without thinking. To penetrate quickly and deeply into him until the last strengths in his body.
But he was not a rapist. Above all, he genuinely loved him. He wouldn't want to hurt him that way. He still felt a bit of regret from what he had done three days ago.
Light watched him with expectation, still trembling. There was fear on his face, the anger slowly disappearing as the grip intensified.
"Please... let me go."
Did he think he would win the battle with an octopus? It was reckless of him, and his anger interfered with normal reasoning.
But he was lucky.
"Fine." L pulled his tentacles back to himself. Light felt relief and lost his balance for a moment.
He moved away from him, instantly.
"If you are so sure about your relationship, I'll give you another chance. But this time too, you have to give up something."
"Just tell me what you want. And don't make stupid rules!"
"You need to give up your family. You will no longer be able to change and go to see them. This time, you will remain a human being forever. You will no longer have the opportunity to return."
"All right. I already let them down anyway and they certainly wouldn't accept me back." He was sad about it, but he knew it was probably true. He didn't want to give them up, but there were no other options.
"Very well," L turned and went to get him a potion.
"Like the first time. Drink it all at once. The change will take up to 40 seconds. Good luck."
L looked at him with indifferent look, holding back all his emotions. His inner self screamed, but he stayed motionless.
Light opened the bottle.
Déjà vu.
He quickly drank its contents, and was surrounded by darkness.