Light Yagami

Whack!

I shot back and crashed on the hard floor. Above me, Ryuzaki was dangling, half on and off the bed. His wrist was bright crimson from where the handcuff yanked him with me. That's what he gets for kicking me!

"What the hell!" I shouted.

Ryuzaki looked down at me with deep regret in his abysmal eyes. I felt my scowl evaporate faster than it emerged. I couldn't be mad at Ryuzaki, especially when he gave me that look and when he was oozing apologetic waves. Just looking at him made my dead heart hurt.

"I'm sorry, Yagami-kun. I didn't mean to hurt you,"

I gave him a small smile. "I told you to call me Light."

He tried to smile back, but it came out in a grimace. "Right. Light-kun." My lifeless heart tingled with relief.

"Light-kun," he murmured.

"Yes?"

"I must be honest. You are... I guess my only friend. If you consider yourself that… that is."

Friend? I hadn't thought of it. "I guess I am," I said, grinning.

He nodded. "Well, I am a member of the police force…"

"You're working with my dad on the Kira case, right?"

His head snapped up, shocked that I'd guessed this far. "Yes, ah, how did you know?"

"I've been keeping tabs on him, despite the fact that you think I don't." I lied only slightly.

"Oh. I am indeed working on the Kira case."

I said nothing. I couldn't really, because what would I say? "Yeah, I know. I'm Kira."? No.

"What do you think about Kira, Light-kun?"

Tread lightly, I warned myself. "I think Kira has done some good things. Killing criminals is smart."

"Hnn, but wouldn't it be murder?"

"Some of the people he killed were murderers as well."

"That makes it alright? If they kill someone you can kill them?"

"If they die than no one else will be hurt."

"What if they're locked in prison? They're hurting no one there." Ryuzaki's owl eyes watching me intently.

"People can break out, and I know there are such things as prison rapes and acts of violence."

"True," he bit the end of his thumb nail in thought. Then jerked at the handcuff. "Sit back on the bed, please Light-kun. This isn't very comfortable."

I agreed and stood, sitting beside Ryuzaki on the bed.

"Light-kun, the rest of us, your father and the task force, are trying to catch Kira."

I nodded, telling him to go on.

"And I am starting to suspect… that you, Light Yagami, are Kira."

Smash!

My fist collided with Ryuzaki's nose. Ryuzaki sat frozen, clinching his teeth in pain, but the blow only managed to make his back lean, not knock him back. And I was the vampire! I must have been holding back…

"Light-kun, that was extremely irrational." he gritted his teeth as he spoke.

"You just accused me of being Kira!" I was Kira, but I couldn't let Ryuzaki know I was punching him because I was worried.

"Yes, I did. Think of it, Light-kun. You disappear from the world, Kira emerges, and you are found at a criminal raid and enter the bar where I was stationed at record speed. Your vampire powers. Also, the criminals who died by Kira's hand are all drained of blood, a vampire mark. You run away from your father because he's on the Kira case, otherwise I believe you would have told him you were a vampire."

Those were all very good points, but no true evidence. I removed my hand from his nose. It was bleeding. I instantly held my breath. The smell would be too much for me if I inhaled it now. I stood and walked toward the bathroom. Ryuzaki had to follow me, seeing as how we were attached.

"Sit," I ordered, pointing to the edge of the tub.

"Are you going to bathe me?" Ryuzaki asked.

I sputtered, "No! I'm just going to wet a towel and clean your face!"

We walked to the connecting 'sink room' and I wet a washcloth, rinsed it, and walked back with Ryuzaki. Crouching low enough to be eye-level with him while he was sitting on the tub, I wiped the blood from his nose and mouth, making sure to not breath during the whole process.

"Here," I instructed him to hold the towel to his nose until it stopped bleeding. He did so, and we sat there for a few minutes, until Ryuzaki said it was fine now. Taking back the cloth, I agreed that it was fine. Not broken, at least. I had held back.

"I really want to go to town today, Ryuzaki. I want this handcuff off." I did want it off, it was starting to chafe my wrist, but honestly, I didn't want to be away from Ryuzaki. Even if he thought I was Kira, even if he was working to catch me. His smell intoxicated me and I wanted his companionship, being a vampire was lonely. Ryuk wasn't much for a friend.

A pause. "Alright, Light-kun. I also wish to have some cake. I'm going to have low-blood sugar…"

I chuckled despite my thoughts of leaving Ryuzaki. "I bet you're hungry, huh? We'll stop by a café on the way, okay?" Really, I just want to spend more time with him.

Ryuzaki nodded and followed me back to the bedroom. I realized something along the way.

"Ryuzaki, how can I change clothes with this handcuff attached to me?"

Ryuzaki ponders this for a second, comprehending the dilemma. "You could tear the shirt off, I'm sure it's not a big deal. One shirt…"

I figured he was right; there was no other way to get the shirt off without damaging it… I unfastened each button with ease, and then slid my left arm out, and pulled the right one off as far as I could. It now hung from the chain of the handcuffs, unable to be taken off without removal of the cuffs. I paused then, seeing another issue.

"If I rip it, I can't put on another shirt."

"Ah, seems you're right." he mumbled. I twisted to see him, and he's staring at my chest, so I turned back around. Slipping the shirt back on, I contented myself with the fact that I can change, shower, etc, when I get the cuffs off.

"Light-kun?"

"Yes?"

"Ryuk said you can't go out during the day,"

"Ah, I can. We don't burn or anything, but it does hurt my eyes. It's raining, though. Can't you hear it?"

Ryuzaki tilted his head for a moment, and then straightened. "I see. I had not noticed."

I hadn't until you smacked me with your foot… I think.

"May I use your toilet?" Ryuzaki asked.

I forget sometimes that human's have that need also. "Yes, of course."

I had to walk with him to the toilet room, but it was a small room and I didn't have to be right there while Ryuzaki did his business, so I stood outside the small room, getting as far as I could away from him while being chained. It was an awkward situation, but necessary.

After two minutes, Ryuzaki was presentable, and we walked outside in the rain, both of us holding umbrellas.

The early morning was dreary, the rain pelted down as many people rushed around streets to their cars or into dry shops. Colorful umbrellas sprinkled the blue day-break. Ryuzaki and I walked along, close enough for our shoulders to brush every now and then. I told myself it was because the sidewalks were crowded and this was to preserve space, but even as I tried to convince myself of that I thought about how I liked being by Ryuzaki's side, being close to him.

I felt Ryuzaki's hand brush mine, by accident I was sure, but it made my stomach turn into knots. In a good way.

Then, Ryuzaki grabbed my hand. I glanced down anxiously, and saw him rearrange our fingers so they intertwined.

"Ryuzaki?" I asked, evidently gesturing to our linked hands.

"I'm sorry, Light-kun. I just…"

I squeezed his hand lightly, silently telling him it was alright, I didn't mind. I didn't mind at all.