here's the next chapter...hope you'll like it...
Light woke up feeling grumpier than usual. It was Monday, the day he hated with all his heart. It was the start of another gruelling five days where he had to face his pompous teachers, most of whom he could outwit, deal with those brainless fan girls and keep up his image with the 'cool' people.
After performing all of his morning rituals, he went down to have breakfast.
"Ohayo, oka-san, Sayu-chan," he greeted in grumpy voice.
Sayu looked at him and giggled.
"Looks like someone is in a bad mood, today," she said.
Light merely huffed.
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Light was walking slowly down the street. There was still plenty of time before school started.
The cool morning breeze made him feel less grumpy as it blew across his face. He breathed in the morning air and enjoyed the way it filled his lungs. Breathing out, he turned a corner.
And saw L walking a little bit ahead of him.
Light had never talked much to L, the raven-head being a loner most of the time and had a habit of disappearing during lunch hours.
L was probably the only person who can match Light in wits, if he could be bothered to that was.
While Light often took part in debates, speeches and discussions, L would only sit quietly and keep his opinions and thoughts to himself, unless asked.
Every time in the exams, L would get higher marks than Light in some subjects and Light would get higher marks in other subjects.
Light had often wanted to talk to L, but his popular status in the school and the people around him prevented him from doing so. Those people of course, had argued that hanging out with L was bad for Light's image.
But today, this morning, those people weren't with him, he was not Light Yagami, one of the best students in the nation or the most popular guy in school. He was simply Light Yagami.
Picking up his pace, he called out to L.
"Lawliet-san!" he cried.
The pale boy in front of him stopped and turned.
"Yagami-san?" he said, a little surprise showing on his face.
"Ohayo," said Light once he had caught up with L.
"Ohayo," replied L before turning to continue walking to school.
The two of them walked quietly for awhile, L showing no interest in talking while Light kept thinking of ways to start a conversation.
"I had no idea that you lived in this area," he said.
"Nearly no one does," replied L, not looking at him.
"How long have you lived here?" asked Light, genuinely curious.
"Fifteen years, I moved in when I was two," answered the raven-head dismissively.
Light raised his eyebrows in surprise.
Fifteen years? Longer than me?
"How come I never saw you around before?" he asked.
"You're full of questions today, Yagami-san," came the cold reply.
Light winced inwardly at the coldness.
"Hey, just trying to be friendly," said Light, trying to get through to the other boy.
L stopped and turned to look at Light right in the eyes.
"You've never shown any interest in being friendly with me before, Yagami-san," said L bluntly. "Why now? Did you make a bet with your friends that you could fool around with me? Perhaps as a result of losing a bet? I assure you if that's the case, then you're just wasting your time."
With that, L left Light looking stunned.
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It was English class, the class that L disliked the most. It wasn't that he wasn't good at it, it's just that the teacher, Ryuk kept insisting on doing most of the work in groups. So far, L had got around socialising with the others by doing the work himself and passing it up. He felt that Ryuk knew, but his teacher never said anything about it.
Sitting in his crouched position in his chair, L began to bite his thumb anxiously, feeling that something bad was going to happen today.
While he didn't let it show, Light's behaviour towards him that morning had somewhat rattled him. He hadn't been able to focus on his work as well as he should have, mainly because he noticed that Light kept shooting glances at him. It completely threw his little world of balance.
He could feel Light's eyes boring into his back, and he wanted to tell him to stop, but he didn't want to make a scene.
Luckily, Ryuk chose that moment to arrive.
The English teacher was very tall, about six feet four. He was also very gangly. His black hair was spiked up and he was as pale as L. His huge black eyes were capable of sending chills down anyone's spine. Despite his intimidating look however, he was one of the more friendly teachers in the school. Another curious thing about him was that he seemed to carry an apple with him everywhere.
"Yo," he greeted lazily, biting into his apple.
The class said nothing, knowing it was better to remain quiet while he talked.
"All right, for your finals, I've decided that I won't do the standard exam papers," he said lazily.
The class began to talk among themselves, intrigued.
"Why, you ask?" continued Ryuk. "Studying English is not like maths or physics. English is something you use your whole life, unlike those two where you use it as long as you can still remember it. You have to communicate in English. That's what you brats are going to do for the finals, communicate. It's also because I'm too lazy to set the papers for your exams."
Hearing this, L sank deeper into his seat, dismayed. He knew what was coming next.
Ryuk's eyes flickered to L momentarily. Then he continued.
"You're all going to get into groups of two," said Ryuk, not noticing L's turmoil or more likely, ignoring it. "You're going to find out about each other, as much as possible. I want you all to do a presentation on each other's likes and dislikes, personal stuff and basically any old thing about them that might be interesting. Your presentation is due in a month. I'm being nice, so get cracking."
L looked around in despair as his classmates quickly began to sort themselves into groups. As he had expected, no one even glanced his way. He tried to ask a few of them but his soft voice was drowned out by the noisiness of the class.
Light was a different story, he was swamped by his classmates. Most of them were girls, and soon an all out catfight was breaking out on who should be Light's partner. Ryuk, noticing this quickly forbade any girl from being Light's partner as punishment. By then, the other guys in the class already had their own partners and Light's rabid fan girls resorted to sorting themselves out among each other.
Looking around, Light noticed that L was sitting alone.
He approached the pale boy.
"Lawliet-san?" he said.
L jumped slightly and turned to face Light.
"Do you have a partner?" asked Light.
L shook his head.
"Well, neither do I," said Light. "Why don't we group up?"
The atmosphere in the class had grown tense as everyone in the class was watching the scenario before them. The Light Yagami was asking L to be his partner! The guys looked stunned while the girls were practically snarling at L. Even Ryuk stopped chomping on his apple to observe the scene unfolding before him with interest.
Light was oblivious to it all.
L however, wasn't. He wasn't used to having the class's attention fixed him, positively or negatively. He felt as though he could drown under all the hostility being directed towards him.
Desperate to end it, he quickly nodded his agreement and quickly asked Ryuk if he could go to the toilet.
As soon as Ryuk said 'yes', L was out of there as fast as lightning.
Light blinked at L's sudden departure, confused.
Ryuk, meanwhile was grinning to himself.
"This is going to be interesting," he said to himself.
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L didn't go to the toilet; instead he just sat outside the classroom, trying to catch his breath. All the hostility those people felt for him, terrified him more than anything else.
Calming himself, he tried to figure out a way around this one. After thinking awhile, he could find no way around it.
He ran a hand through his dark hair in exasperation.
"Lawliet-san?"
L turned to find Light looking at him.
"Are you all right?" asked Light, concernedly.
L blinked in surprised.
He's worried about me?
No! He's trying to fool around with you!
"I'm fine, Yagami-san," replied L coolly.
Light frowned and walked forward and stood right in front of L, too close for comfort.
L fought his panic down. He would not lose; he would not show any weaknesses.
"Lawliet-san, I don't know why you're being so aloof with me," said Light. "Is it because you think I'm trying to play you or something?"
L didn't answer, looking at Light in the eyes.
"Fine, if words won't convince you, I guess actions will," said Light in exasperation. "I'll show you that I have no ulterior motives or anything. But come in now, will you? We need to get started on out project."
L was surprised by Light's words.
Maybe…he's not trying to play me?
Is he actually being sincere?
No! I can't trust him! I know how foolish it is to trust someone outside of my family.
Outwardly, L said: "You're right, we should get started."
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Despite their best attempts however, they were unable to get any work done. The hostility of the class rendered L unable to focus.
After the class was over, so was school. English was the last period that day.
"I guess we should do our work outside," said Light to L as the rest of the class filed out. "Why don't you come to my place?"
L stared at Light.
This was the first time someone had actually invited him over to their home freely. But then, it was for the project, wasn't it? All the same, L was sorely tempted to accept the offer.
"I'm afraid I can't, Yagami-san," said L quietly.
Light looked disappointed.
"Why?" he asked.
"I have to fetch Near from school today," answered L.
Immediately curious, Light asked: "Who's Near?"
"My little brother," answered the raven-head.
"You have a brother?" said Light, pleasantly surprised.
"If you don't mind, Yagami-san, I'll be late if I don't leave soon…" began L, but then Light cut in.
"Why don't I go over to your place, then?" suggested Light. "We could do our project there."
L struggled to find a reason to refuse Light but found that couldn't. Light was looking at him so eagerly and sincerely that L's ceased his efforts.
"All right then," said L, giving in. He smiled slightly when he saw that Light was grinning broadly.
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so how was it??...do tell me what you think of it...
i find it quite irritating to use formailites...so i'll try to end that part as soon as possible...anyway...hope you guys liked it...
next chapter coming soon...