Chapter 2 is here! For the character roles, the sweet L is Basil H; Light Yagami is Dorian Gray, and very twisted Beyond is Lord Henry…my favorite character of the book. XD Enjoy.
Beyond giggled insanely as the elevator began its decent to the bottom floor, He enjoyed it when his L looked so stressed out. "What's wrong Ryuuzaki," Beyond managed say between his laughter, "I'm sure Light and I will be the best of friends, haha!" L had been silent for the last minute, eyes glassy as he thought of a plan to keep Beyond away from Light.
He knew he was being childish, thinking that Light belonged to him but Beyond had a history of corrupting people. The thought of Light being touched by the teen made L shudder, Light was a pure and honest person who would never anyone. Beyond would only leech on to him and steal that lovely light from his eyes; L couldn't imagine the brunette like that.
"Beyond," L spoke after a while, "I want you to promise me something."
The young man smiled, his burgundy eyes twinkling under the florescent light, "Anything for you, Ryuu-kun!" L sighed, "Promise me that you will not hurt Light. Don't smother him with your empty-headed theories; don't try to seduce him with your little games and candy laced words. Just stay away from him." The detective spoke slowly, hoping the teen would remember something of the conversation.
"He is a young and clean man, don't do anything you would regret," L concluded, waiting for a response from the man.
The elevator dinged as it reached its destination, Beyond chuckled as the doors opened to the large room. "I have no idea what you're talking about Ryuu-kun, let's meet your little friend," Beyond crooned into L's ear as he left the elevator. L muttered a curse as he followed the young man, mood suddenly lifting as he saw his friend.
Light Yagami stood in front of a monitor, the screen giving off an eerie glow on his face. "Hey Ryuuzaki, what took you so long?" the young man said, his back to the pair. Beyond smiled and winked at L, he liked the way the teen spoke, full of arrogance and innocence. L glared venomously at him, Beyond absolutely loved ruffling the detective's feathers.
"Have you looked at this file, we could put Higuchi in Death Row with this," the boy turned, auburn eyes widening as he saw the crimson-eyed man. "I'm sorry Ryuuzaki, I didn't know your brother was here," the teen apologized. Light immediately saw that they were at similar height and had the same blank look on their faces.
The only differences were that the other one wore a black shirt and his eyes were an odd shade of purple. No, not purple, they were as red as blood. L gave him a faint smile, "Ah, no Light. We're not related at all, he's my-"
"We're lovers!" Beyond blurted out, he inwardly cackled as he watched the detective pale and Light's face drop.
"But Ryuuzaki…you two look like twins…why would you be in a relationship if-" This was going too far, L thought, "Light, I am not in a relationship with him. He's my apprentice and even if I were in a relationship, it would not be with him. He's too immature and unstable for me."
Beyond sent a razor-edged glare at the man, softening it when he turns to Light, "Hello my name is-"
"Backup. That's what his name Light. Either that or BB would suffice."
Beyond's laugh was strained as it passed his lips, "It's Beyond. Just Beyond. Can I call you Light-brite?" Light chuckled at the name, he never thought someone working under L would have a personality. Beyond leaned forward to Light, taking in his smooth and sculpted face, "So Light-brite…how do you like working with Ryuuzaki?"
Light smiled with perfect white teeth, "Well he can be a handful at times but he's a nice guy." Beyond only nodded, he looked better in real life, he decided.
Beyond wondered how soft his lips would feel if he kissed him, if Light's honey eyes would close in passion and moan with that deep voice of his. Light certainly seemed to be a person Beyond could toy with, an experiment to see how far he could destroy the little angel. In addition, to see how good in bed he was. That was high on Beyond's list of mischief, no wonder L wanted Light for himself.
L walked to his computer as Beyond uttered, "If I were you I wouldn't take a job on the police force. Someone may ruin your pretty face," Light blushed with the compliment. L froze when he heard Beyond's comment, glancing at the man, "Beyond, Light and I have a lot of work to do. Why don't you take a break and go out to the city?"
And hopefully give you disgusting words to someone who cared, L thought to himself. Beyond smirked, feigning hurt as he turned to Light, "Do you want me to leave, Light-brite?" he whispered to the brunette. "L, if Beyond goes then I would be bored out of my mind," Light said to the detective. "You never talk about anything except the case and only then, it's just a few words. I actually wanted to talk to Beyond for a little bit."
L could hear the triumph in Beyond's voice, " We can talk about anything you want Light. I hope you don't mind L, you always told me that it was better to some stimulation when working on a case." L bit his thumb in frustration, "Fine. If Light wants to stay Beyond…then you can. Just remember what I told you in the elevator."
Beyond nearly giggled in delight, "Huh, really? I wish I could but…I have a meeting with a friend, Light. Have Ryuuzaki to give you my address, I'm always home by five. But call me first, it would be horrible if I missed you." Beyond began to walk toward the elevator but Light grabbed his arm, "Ryuuzaki, if Beyond goes then I will too. You're so boring when you work, ask him to stay!"
L closed his eyes in irritation, he should have just kept Beyond locked up in his room…but he would probably break out of it anyway. L enjoyed the thought of Beyond gone while Light and him worked. But the detective couldn't say no to that perfect voice. "Stay Beyond, for Light and myself," L sighed, ignoring the sense of dread that clawed at his chest.
L pointed to a small chair far across the room, "Sit there and don't bother us." Beyond gave him a questioning look, he wouldn't have thought Light would have such a powerful hold on the detective, "But what about my best friend Ryuk?"
Light's face brightened, "You know Ryuk? He's my sister's boyfriend even though he's five years older than she is." "Huh, small world isn't it Light?" Beyond said. "Beyond , we both know that you don't really care about your friends. Sit down and keep Light company, I'm sure he'll enjoy it for a while," L said, half-hidden jealousy in his eyes. He didn't want to share Light and was disturbed by their connection, Beyond could probably see Light more because of this Ryuk person. L addressed Light, " You said something about file? I'll give it to you in addition to some e-mails we have from Aiber.
Also Light, please don't listen to anything Beyond says, he likes to ramble and has a very bad influence on people." The red-eyed man walked over to his seat, surprising Light when he mimicked the older detective's stance. "Wow, it's like you're an exact copy of Ryuuzaki," Light observed as he sat in a chair next to Ryuuzaki, the detective's wide obsidian eyes glued to the computer screen. Beyond chuckled, "You'll soon find out that we share everything, Light. I mean-"
"Beyond. What did I tell you," L spoke, his eyes still on the computer. Beyond winked at Light, his eyes glittered like rubies as he gave the teen a smirk. "Why did Ryuuzaki say you're bad influence?" Light questioned, eager to learn more about the man. "Hmm… I think he meant that people act differently when I'm around.
"I would never influence another person that would just make them a shoddy copy of myself, and I know no one would want to be me, ha. Maybe it's the make I act, I have no self-control when it comes to possessions, and I just lash out and take what is rightfully mine." Beyond cocked his head as he gazed at the teen, the audience in his head madly giggling as they saw the young man pale.
"I just act like myself and people freak out, it's clear as day in society. Take the honest man with a caring wife and great job, he has everything he ever wanted…but he's as dull as a rock and empty inside. He probably never cheated on a girlfriend while his friends told tales of ménage de trios in the dirtiest of places, never lied to anyone but couldn't tell his mother's lie that his parents weren't going to get divorced. Now look at the drunkard who lives off his parents' charity. He has no friends except the sun and the moon to keep him company, he probably has had as many lovers as Casanova and could make you sell your soul to him.
"The difference between the two is that even though the drunk is lonely and wishes to be a better man, his life is the best in the world." Beyond's voice was oddly hypnotic, Light couldn't resist the man's words, the velvet words pulling Light in like a spider drags its trapped prey to it's poisonous fangs.
Beyond continues, "The honest guy looks at him and just longs to walk one mile in his shoes, to shed all of his responsibilities and lift up a defiant middle finger to the world. You've felt it too, haven't you? When all your lowly, sinful and dirty admirers come to gaze at you, the all-powerful deity. You just want to tear off that beautiful face, huh? You want to open your chest and claw out your still beating heart to show you're human, that you want to be the same as them. But…they won't let you.
"Because of genetics and luck, you have the body of a Greek god and the mind of a computer, haha! It's with that mind where you imagine a world, one where no filthy people have ever roamed the earth. A world where only people of good stature and sound mind live, and you would control it as a god , wouldn't you? You have dreams that batter your conscious, ideas that would shock your mother's hair white as snow, thoughts that make you flush crimson with the mere fragment of memory and-"
"Stop! Please Beyond!" Light uttered, noting the manic gleam in Beyond's eyes, "your words make my head spin. Give me a minute to sort through them." Light stared off into the distance, he felt…the same but he knew that something had changed. It was as if Beyond's words had unlocked a deep part of Light's mind, once a part in darkness that now surged through Light's veins. It was the feeling Light got from drawing, a tightening in his chest as his pencil glides on the ivory paper, the feeling of relaxation in his limbs as the last shadow is filled in.
Light would lock himself in the room for days at a time, drawing whatever came to mind. But drawing never affected him this much. Those words…they made Light feel odd. They were clear and true but ohso dreadful! Either wrapped with compassion or laced with malice, they are ultimate weapons the human mind. Yes, of course Light had thought of a world were only honest people lived, but he only buried it with his childish longings. But now it had sprouted into a full-bodied organism, just waiting for Light to put it to use.
Beyond smirked, he knew he had Light under his spell and how he loved the look on the boy's face. He was actually shocked that the psychological switch happened so soon, it took years for it to work on A…Beyond hoped that Light wouldn't have the same outcome though. Beyond wanted to mess with him more. L was still focused on his documents, unaware of the silence in the room.
"Ryuuzaki! I need a break, can I go to the fifth floor?" Light turned to the detective, his body for some reason was tense. L blinked, eyes focused on the young man, "Hmm? Of course Light, you look tired already. I hope Beyond hasn't said anything to bother you." Light laughed, "He didn't say anything like that but I ignored his ramblings and-
"I know you hung onto every word I said, Light-brite," Beyond called from his seat, eyes full of laughter and a hint of despair locked onto Light. "I'll go with you, Light. Hey L!" Beyond addressed the detective, "Can you ask Watari to make us tea…something with raspberries?" L waved him off, already contacting the old butler as Light left the room.
Beyond quickly took the stairs, finding Light leaning against a wide window, eyes glassy in thought. "A penny for your thoughts, Light?" Beyond whispered behind the teen. Light jumped forward, shock clearly on his face, his hair looked ruffled and his eyes were wide with a look that made Beyond's heart skip. "You don't realize how special you are Light," Beyond crooned, chuckling as Light turned away from him and his words, choosing a seat far from the man. For some reason, Light enjoyed the pale man's presence, there was just something in those bored burgundy eyes that drew Light to him.
His low and charming voice made Light's head feel fuzzy, even his spider-like hands had some power over him. They moved with a hidden grace, as if tracing invisible pictures in the air as Beyond spoke. Light felt himself blush, why was he thinking of this man? He wasn't five years old or a shy schoolgirl but he felt himself fret in his presence. He looked just like Ryuuzaki…but he was so much more.
Watari's entrance broke the teen's trance, Light's blush increasing when he realized Beyond had been staring at him for sometime. "Come on Light, you need a drink, it looks like you've seen a ghost," Beyond called from the end the room holding the tray of drinks. "Why?" Light asked, walking over for a drink. Beyond's smile seemed to twitch as he said, "Because you're young and handsome, the only things with having in life." Light frowned, "But I don't feel that way Beyond," he said as the man curled on a couch.
Beyond stared at him, empty eyes pulling Light down an endless abyss , the darkness in them seemed alive. Light felt a stirring his chest as if something was trying to get out. It became more painful as the seconds wore on.
Beyond blinked.
Light sighed, the darkness was still there in the man's eyes but somehow Beyond had under control. "I'm sorry, I guess I spaced out for second," Beyond smiled at the teen, unaware of what happened.
"But as I was saying, Light, you should hold on to youth as long as you can. Before long, that auburn hair will turn grey and that face of yours would be like a road map in twenty years or so. And your mind, the same one people prided you for will become old and forgetful. Your friends will desert you the second you make a mistake, the first grey hair will send your beautiful wife into the arms of a younger if not more handsome man.
"Then you'll be alone. I mean, if you're children have a shred of respect for you at that time, you might live with them. But who wants to take care of drooling grandpa, my best bet is that you'll be sent to a nursing home, Death playing checkers as she waits for you to croak. Ha! So that's why I'm telling you this, Light-brite, so you can live your life before Death comes for you. The flowers will bloom next year, each petal as vivid as they were last time and year after year, the trees will cradle fragrant cherry blossoms. But we will never get our youth back, each year stealing a fragment of our souls until there's nothing left."
Beyond let that sink in, Light's face blank as he thought, Beyond's words stirred that hidden part of him again, a strong tapping on Light's skull. Light was about to speak when L's voice echoed from the overhead speakers, "Light, I think I found something would interest you, come up now please," the detective's voice sounded hollow as he spoke. Light sighed and turned to beyond, "Aren't you coming?" he asked the man.
Beyond shook his head, midnight locks falling in front of his face, "I can't. I have something do, but I'll see you later Light with a present." Light shrugged and went into the elevator, a little twinge of hurt as the doors closed on the man. Light hoped he would get to see more of him soon.
Beyond chuckled as the teen left, he was going to be a fun experiment. Beyond called up the elevator and walked in, going to the floor where L kept his creepy photos of Light. He wondered if he should them to Light, he cackled as he imagined L committing suicide the moment he learned what happened. But, that would take away from his fun.
Beyond walked into the computer room, picking up a picture of the boy. Light looked happy in the image, Beyond wondered if it was a real smile or something well hidden grimace of pain. That could wait for later, Beyond thought to himself as he walked out of the room. He had a meeting with a painter named Ryuk.
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