The lightning lit the dorm room up with several bright bursts accompanied by loud cracks of thunder. With a deafening roar all power to the campus was cut. Beyond smirked at L, "Only a matter of time now… You and that laptop…"
"Yes. But, there is the possibility that the power will return before my battery dies." L stated dryly.
Nate sighed, "A low possibility. We're in the middle of no where, we aren't a priority of the power companies as we're on weekend."
"But still, a possibility." He continued monotonously.
Light put a pillow over his head, "Leave him alone guys. If it dies, it dies, if it doesn't, good for him."
Mello sat next to Matt who was hugging his knees flinching at the thunder. "You alright, Matt?" He nodded quickly but stiffened at the lightning flashes.
Beyond watched Mello and Matt momentarily before harassing L again, "If it dies. Let's make a bet. If it dies, you have to actually talk to us. And, while it lives we'll leave you alone. Completely."
L watched Beyond's silhouette for a moment, "Very well. If it dies, I'll be reduced to that regardless… Or, make a faulty attempt at sleeping."
Another loud crack and bright flash made Matt jump and squeak. Light sat up and put his feet on the floor, "Matt, seriously, are you alright?"
Matt shook his head quickly, "I hate storms."
Light sighed, "You want to know what my and my mom did when I used to be afraid of storms?"
Matt looked up curiously, "You used to be afraid of them too?"
Light chuckled and scratched the back of his head, "Well, of course, I'm a control freak, you can't control what happens in a storm, even as a kid I was like that… But, my mom, me and my sister would build forts to 'hide' from the storm."
Matt smiled brightly, "Can we do that?"
Light smiled, "Sure, we'll push a couple of beds together, find some really long blankets…"
Beyond was already up, "On it. The service closet has California kings. I'll just pick the lock, I'll be back."
Nate looked up, "No one else is disturbed about what he just said?" L quietly smiled behind his laptop screen.
Light glanced around the room and snapped, "We'll use our brooms to hold it up… We may need more though. I don't think a single broomstick will hold up a heavy blanket."
Nate stood up and helped Light. "I have duct tape in my chest."
Light stared at him, "I'm more concerned about you having duct tape over Beyond lock picking the janitor's closet." Nate smirked.
Light unscrewed the broom heads from their posts and handed two sticks to Nate for him to duct tape together and to one corner of Matt's bed. Mello gave Light's bed a single shove, pushing it up to Matt's. Nate taped the two end legs together then climbed under the bed and taped the head legs together. Beyond walked in with a huge blanket. "Oh… We'll need more posts…" He dropped the blanket over L and ran back into the hallway.
L sighed at looked at his battery which read 98%, he then gave his back up power source a passing glance. But never moved the blanket.
Beyond came running in with six more brooms and started removing the broom heads. Nate started taping them together and to the two beds as he was handed them. Mello sat next to Matt with a comforting smile, "Storms scare me, too." He lied, it was an obvious lie, but Matt smiled anyway.
Beyond smiled and yanked the blanket off L spinning him in his chair slightly, "Sorry." He threw the blanket over the posts and it hung, Light pulled the other side and they straightened it over them. L watched with a tiny smile and turned back to his computer and continued to type. "Hey, Light, help me with stealing all the pillows." Light nodded and ran to the closet with him.
They came back into the room carrying large downed pillows and tossed them under the sheet, successfully hitting both boys under the sheet. Nate chuckled and took one in and clocked Mello on top of the head with it. All of them laughed loudly. Beyond nudged Light, "I'll be right back." He walked out of the room.
Light smiled and climbed into the blanket, "Better?" He gave a cheerful smile to Matt.
"Yeah, this is way better." He returned the smile.
Light leaned back on his hands, "When me and Sayu were little we lost power in a wind storm, and she came running into my room crying that, we were going to get blown away and mom and dad would never find us. I remember her being inconsolable, so we climbed under my bed and ate snacks waiting for either the storm to pass or our parents to come home… We fell asleep under my bed."
The group laughed and L pulled the sheet aside, "Mind if I join?"
Mello pulled L in with a laugh, "Duh!"
Light smiled, "Did your laptop finally die?"
Beyond walked into the room and smiled, L placed his finger on his bottom lip, "Indeed." Beyond shifted his glance to the odd glow of L's laptop's power button that was glowing orange with the battery gage reading, 90%. He smiled and climbed into the fort.
"When I still lived in LA, our biggest fear of the storms was tidal waves…" Everyone busted into laughter again.
The group sat and told stories about storms from their pasts and laughed into the early hours of the morning. Before long many of the boys had fallen asleep in an awkward heap. L was stretched out and his eyes widened when Light cuddled up next to him, with his head on L's stomach. He chuckled and ruffled Light's hair. Beyond sat back propping himself up with his arms, "Your laptop didn't die…"
L smiled and looked down at Light as he played with his hair, "This was way more interesting…"
