Star-Crossed Lovers
"Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt". - Shakespeare (Measure for Measure)
Onyx eyes peered unabashedly at the teenager walking next to him with a pair of books in hand.
His name was Light Yagami and he was a living dream.
He was handsome with golden strands of silk for hair, his eyes a soft honey color, his skin a perfect olive tone. His clothes were tidy and flattered his lean form. His smile was…was…breathtaking.
Yes, the little raven was quite besotted by Light and as he noticed passing girls ogling the youth as they walked together, he felt his jealousy would suffocate him.
Light was his…he was his, wasn't he?…he wanted Light to be his …and only his.
The little raven suddenly grabbed the youth's arm and clung onto it tightly.
Light noticing the boys abrupt attention peered at the child through the corner of his eyes. He smiled upon discerning the boy's sour expression half-hidden by unruly wisps of ebony tresses. The child pressed his cheek to the adolescent's arm and mumbled something indecipherable under his breath.
"What is it?" Light asked curiously.
" Light-kun doesn't like girls, right?" the child asked as his wide dark orbs lowered shyly.
The teen let out a shallow laugh before he ruffled the boy's hair playfully.
" Why do you ask?" the teen pried.
" J-just w-wondering." the child lied.
A wicked grin crossed the youth's lips as he increased his pace so that the child currently linked to his arm had to scurry to keep up. After a long enough moment passed for the boy to be truly worried and bothered by his own thoughts, Light finally answered him.
" Ryuu-kun, is far cuter than any girl I've ever met." he stated.
The boy let out a sigh and relaxed as he continued to cling to the older male's arm. However, his confidence wouldn't last for long.
As the duo trekked silently along enjoying their stroll, a lovely slender woman with red hair approached them with a bright smile.
" Excuse me, could I bother you for directions?" she asked in a pleasant tone.
The teen smiled courteously at her and nodded. " Sure, where do need directions to?" he asked.
" Well I was hoping to find a nearby library." she commented casually.
" Actually, we are headed to the library. You should come with us." he suggested.
" Oh, lovely." she beamed. " By the way, my name is Elizabeth."
" Nice to meet you, my name is Light." he replied.
" Nice to meet you, as well." she answered but her attention immediately landed on the pair of opalescent orbs that eyed her warily at the youth's side. " Oh and this precious child, must be your little brother. How nice of you to take him out." she commented.
" I try." the teen answered.
The little raven suddenly cut his eyes at Light and glared at him suspiciously. He didn't like that the teen had agreed with the woman's conception. He was not his lover's brother or otherwise this would be incest. The boy's finger nails drew into the handsome olive flesh, earning himself Light's full attention.
" And my darling little brother's name is Ryuuzaki." he added. The small boy felt a stab of pain deep in his chest at the comment. Light was lying to this beautiful woman and basking in her attention right in front of him. Light had dismissed him to his face by claiming that he was his brother. Those lies hurt and he couldn't stand the sight of this woman so near to his companion.
" So Ryuuzaki, why don't you tell me about your older brother. Is he always such a gentleman?" she questioned.
The small child stared at her blankly for a moment with his bottom lip stuck out. It almost seemed that he had no intention of responding until finally he said " Only until he gets you in bed." he remarked bitterly.
The woman gapped at him She was taken aback by the young boy's inappropriate words. Her face turned scornful. " My what a little pervert." she commented cattily.
Upon hearing those cruel words of ridicule he dashed off and disappeared behind a nearby bush. The little raven felt hideous. He felt unlovable. He was so often described as ugly and weird and now he had been deigned a pervert. It was just all to clear to him now why Light had lied and said he was his little brother. Why would Light such a perfect creature admit to being desperate enough to pursue someone so grotesque. It was now just all to apparent how little he had meant to the teen. He had been nothing, but a trifle. A mere toy. A knickknack that would someday be pushed aside in some cramped box and forgotten.
Crystalline tears began to flow freely down his pale face while he crouched like some monster hidden away from the world inside a large bush. He could hear Light's voice as well as the woman's calling out to him, but he didn't respond. No, he wouldn't burden Light anymore with his lackluster appearance. He wouldn't mar the world with the eyesore that was his face.
Thus, as he sobbed inside the bush his swollen onyx eyes watched through blurred vision as the teenager passed the very bush he was secured in. How ironic and appropriate that the flawless teen proceed right passed him and not even bothered to dirty his hands in his search.
" Ryuuzaki!!" He heard Light's frantic voice call out again and again, but not once did he reply. Soon the teen's voice began to sound distant, but even then he didn't answer the teen.
After a while, Light gave up on calling after the boy. It was obvious the child was gone or intentionally not answering. With some reluctance, Light lead Elizabeth to the library. Partly, because he felt obligated to assisting her and also because he hoped the little raven would show up here eventually.
Once at the library the teen returned his books and carelessly wandered toward the section labeled 'law'. As he stood in the aisle blankly staring at the books he thought of Ryuuzaki and wondered where the boy could be. He hoped he would be alright and that he would come to his senses soon enough. Today was their last day together. He was leaving this evening and he had no desire to leave the child on such hostile terms.
Suddenly, a thin black book slipped off the bookshelf and fell to the ground. The teen picked it up, but before he placed it back upon the shelf something caught his eye. It was the lettering on the cover, which read "death-note" in English.
He smirked that was surely an odd title. Due to his curiosity the teen opened the book and read the first page.
The Human's name who is written in this notebook shall die.
The youth eyes the words as if they were a contagious disease. What a horrid joke. He flipped through the following pages and noted that they were all blank.
Feeling disappointed, he tossed the book aside and began to walk away , but decided against it. Once again he flipped through the book, but this time he was searching for the library's ownership stamp. In the end there wasn't one, which meant the book didn't belong to the library. So he stuffed in his back pocket and went about his way. Shortly, he would have to head off to the airport to embark with his family onto his father's private jet and head back to Japan. Yet, still he hoped to see Ryuuzaki and comfort the child before he left. He longed to hold him just once more…
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The little raven had stealthily followed the teen and waited outside the library and once he resurfaced from the structure the child was gladdened to see that the woman was no longer with him. Nonetheless, he still felt like an insufferable bother and didn't dare appear before Light. Thus, he continued to invisibly tail the youth all the way to air port.
As the child watched his lover vanish inside those greedy glass doors he fell to his knees and began to sob. Light, was leaving and would be gone for two whole years and when he came back he would most likely have forgotten him again. Yet, it hurt so much more to realize you weren't a memorable aspect in someone's life when you lost your virginity consummating the relationship.
His Light was gone. Leaving him in a world of darkness. A world where all he had was Watari, justice and criminals. Because that day a boy supposedly named Ryuuzaki , who was secretly an orphan taken in and trained to become a great detective , died. That day the renowned detective named L was born and began to solely strive to solve the world's most challenging cases. He was no longer some little boy who everyone detested. He had become a well-respected man without a face, a fleeting shadow, or in other words a sleuth.
Four years passed and not once had he seen or heard from Light Yagami. Of course this was fine, because Ryuuzaki was dead and L was about to take on his most difficult case yet. The Kira case.
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A/N
Anti-climatic? I think not.
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