'Raaito-niii!!' an endearingly familiar squeaky voice called, breaking through the silence of the basement.
Light, stilling completely, let out a sigh of relief when his sister's footsteps ran past the entrance to the basement - this was the first time that relying on his instincts saved him. The boy sat on the stairs and took out his phone, a frown on his face. He opened Instagram - an application he had installed on the insistence of his younger sister, and paused as he regarded his sister's last post. Light sighed, wanting to palm his face. So that was what his sister had been doing with the phone last night! He read the caption:
Having the time of my day with my brother spoiling me!
Light rolled his eyes - his sister was either crazy or making things up to get more likes... maybe it was a bit of both. He didn't like the post - it was a series of himself and only half of Sayu's face, merely curiously tapping a blue hashtag that said "Yagamikun." His lips turned down when he the results popped up, this waa the last time he was ever underestimating a fan base. Then he went to his profile his page which had only one post - his profile picture (31,701 likes), and selected his list of followers which was a world apart from his own one follower (which was Sayu).
Light did palm his face when he found I.am.the.Law (a certain Leonardo Lawliet) with a blue tick at the top of his followers' list. This will also certainly teach him to at least check his social media once in a while.
'Raito! Come on! Where are you?!' Sayu demanded, making Light grin secretly. 'Stop being such a baby and give the guy his wish!'
Why should I? Light thought sourly. I got about a hundred other wishes, I got no reasons to be some random guy's Valentine's... even though I once briefly considered becoming a lawyer because of the famous Lawliet. That was no reason to become his date!
Don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like this?
Light's heart jumped to his throat, his eyes falling to his phone, which had lit up with Sayu's grinning face.
'Aha!' she yelled, somewhere above him. 'I knew I had to put such a nice ring tone for myself!'
Don't you wish yo-
Light cut it short, cursing the device to hell and glaring at it. He was going to blacklist his sister sooner or later.
Light engulfed the staircase when someone opened the trapdoor leading to the basement.
'There you are!' Sayu squealed. 'Man this is the best Valentine's day I have ever had! Squee!'
Camera clicks and flashes of light followed. The eldest Yagami flinched, glancing up, only to be caught in a series of photos again.
'Limited pictures all for myself!' She danced a bit.
'Don't tell me you are part of a fan club,' Light drawled coolly, standing up and lifting the carton with him in one, smooth motion.
'Of course I am,' she said.
Light walked out of the basement with as much pride as he could manage, acutely aware of the dust clinging to his, once clean, school pants.
'I'm your sister, I have got to be,' she said. 'I'm also the one that has to make sure you're getting a love life!'
'Sayu I do not need one,' he replied, calmly. Getting excited would only serve him a more ecstatic sibling. 'Especially not with a man - I am straight, if you didn't know.'
'Who cares?' she demanded, throwing her arms up. 'It's just one day.'
'Which will put his hopes up for nothing, Sayu.'
'I don't think he's that stupid,' she argued, intent on getting her brother a valentine's. 'Maybe he just wanted a pretty date or something.'
'I'm not pretty, Sayu. I'm handsome,' he said, cracking a smile.
'Come on, you don't realise what you're giving up,' she said, carefully. 'How many people are able to brag that their big brother. . . I mean, how many people are able to brag that some foreign rich dude was their valentine's?'
Light sighed, leaning a shoulder on the wall softly. 'He's not just a "rich foreign dude," Sayu, he's the ultimate lawyer out there, a prosecutor everyone fears and an attorney every criminal wishes they had. His trails have never taken longer than a year - eleven months at most. He's-'
'I don't care about that,' she interrupted. 'I care that you're accepting all these flowers and chocolates without paying him back.'
'I did not ask him-'
'Just say yes, it's only one day, geez.'
'I have cram schoo-'
'I know just as well as you do that you do not need to go to cram school, what's it use to you, anyways? Learning how to cram all your free time with books and wrinkled teachers?'
Light sighed, trying not to smile, Sayu always managed to do that to him. 'Sayu..'
'Do it for me, then,' she compromised, crossing her arms and pouting.
'For you?' he repeated.
'Yes, for me, your cute little sister,' she answered.
'Why should I?'
'Because I love you?'
Light sent her an unimpressed stare. 'What a good reason to sell myself out to some foreign rich dude.'
'He's not just a rich foreign dude, Raito,' she reminded, wagging a finger. 'Come now.'
Light sighed and followed his sister. At least he might get the chance to speak to a world-class lawyer. Even if it was to reject him more clearly.
...
Lawliet waited calmly, whether Light Yagami came or not was going to depend on how much his younger sister had him wrapped around her finger. Either way, Lawliet knew he had a chance, even if it was a small chance, from the way Light looked at him. Or maybe that was just his wishful thinking.
He straightened his back when he saw the door open and the younger Yagami exit, her brother in tow. He had to look cool, Lawliet "casually" ran a hand through his hair and uncrossed and crossed his feet at the ankles.
Light Yagami glared at him, his eyes glinting red.
Lawliet almost choked - Calm down, heart, calm down.
Sayu grinned mischievously, winking at him and pulling at her brother more vigorously. This was going to be good.
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Not a long chapter, I know. It is just to let the readers know that I am continuing the story. I will have a longer chapter out soon.