Chapter 9: Sorting it Out
Author's Note: Wow! I'm already up to chapter 9, how did this happen? This chapter is a little bit shorter than the others, but I felt that if I stretched it too long, I would be boring. Thank you guys for all of your wonderful support in the fanfic; every view, favourite and review is treasured dearly to me. Hope you like the story so far!
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The boys, (and girl,) started to walk home from the park.
"Who was that?" Gunner asked.
"Oh, just this guy, Mihael, or Mello, that I think I know, or knew anyway." Val replied.
"What do you mean, you can't just know someone like that?"
"Yeah, and he has 2 names, where did you think you knew him from?" Rowan spurted out.
She walked the side of the group and nudged them away slightly with her hands.
"Chill, you guys, you're acting like some over-protective parents."
Lawliet turned his head towards them. So far, he had been trying to fit in, and make a good impression of himself, but so far,
It had been surprisingly challenging.
They were so energetic and positive, while Lawliet, was much calmer, much more passive. They sat and played a fast game of cards by a table while he joined in at a much less interesting speed and volume, hunched over with his knees drawn up to his chest, occasionally. Not to mention school had been a bore, with him acing all of his classes, except for art, that he could never quite succeed quite as well in at the others.
Although they are my friends, I don't quite fit in with them.
Once they reached their dorm room back at school, Remy picked up his phone and started flicking through it.
"It's so weird, I mean, Val's a smart girl, you'd think that she just wouldn't go rushing up to strangers and talking to them, especially that guys, he looked kinda weird."
Finch snickered.
"You're just jealous that she shows an interest in a guy that wasn't you!"
"Piss off, that doesn't even make any sense."
"Remy and Val, sitting in a tree," he started.
"Shut up, how old are you?"
"Yeah, except Val climbs out and leaves the picture." Gunner said walking across the rooms, trying to sort out his books for the next day.
"Shock horror, Gunner made a relevant joke."
While the others bickered about the topic, Lawliet listened to his own thoughts.
Is this what average 13 year olds do?
This was definitely a different experience from growing up at Wammy's house. Although other children played sport and wasted time on mucking around with each other, the same couldn't be said for Lawliet.
After all, he was the great detective L.
Emphasis on the L.
But, obviously, when he was given the choice to live again in the new world, in a new life, he had reason to choose his age.
At age 14, he officially became L, the crime fighting, elusive, mysterious person working from the shadows.
And at age 13, he had the power to change his mind, and his future.
The day after, they met up in their classes again. Val, Rowan and Lawliet were all in the same class for history.
While the teacher droned on about the ethics of war, the three passed notes.
Rowan: My god, when is she going to stop?
Val: I know, who cares about this stuff anyway.
Lawliet: I'm sure it would serve some kind of purpose, but this teaching format is negative.
Val: I wish we did more modern history.
Rowan: Yeah, like the Kira case and all that.
Val: No, that's too controversial, some people might even be pro-Kira still.
Lawliet: I agree with Val.
Finch raised his hand anyway.
"Yes, Finnicus?" The teacher asked, turning her head.
"What do you think about the ethics of Kira?" He replied, his head held high.
There was a short pause.
"Well, we'd prefer not to talk about that in this class," she said.
"Yeah, but this is relevant to this topic. Do you believe what Kira was doing was right?"
"I can see where Kira was coming from, the approach to get rid of all evil in this world, but by doing in the wrong way."
Finch nodded his head. For, him, it was all just a challenge, to see how far he could push this teacher before she snapped out at him.
"And what about L, he did a pretty good job, what do you think about that?" Finch continued. "Who was evil out of the 2 of them?"
Val raised an eyebrow.
"Kira, obviously," she said.
Why is this topic still in debate? Kira was a mass murder, and L was he force trying to combat Kira, right?
That day, after class the other sat around a table, doing, homework, wasting time.
Normal things, L thought.
"Hey Lawliet, we should give you a nickname." Finch said.
"Yeah, it's not that we don't like the name, it's just that it doesn't suit you, if you know what we mean." Gunner added.
"What about L?"
Where is this going?
"Yeah! You're smart, and kind of mysterious, just like the original!"
I am the original.
"What do you think of that Lawliet, or should we say, L?" Val added, point her fingers at him.
Lawliet stood up.
"You can call me whatever you like. I'll be at the music room."