After two days of neglecting my hygiene, my mother brought up the fact I should take a bath. So, I reluctantly ended up sitting in the bathtub, uncomfortable as hell, and feeling a quite obvious embarrassed blush on my face as I curled up in one corner. It's hard to forget about the cameras and since I'm female, I can't help but feel vulnerable when I was naked. Not that I really liked water in my previous life either. I was nice to Ryuk though, going out and buying him apples every day. That was partially because his handstands could get pretty hard not to laugh at. I also went out to write down names I remembered on the page I had in my wallet, or I pretended to study while watching T.V. as well.

"Hate water." I muttered, shuddering when I left the bathroom and started wandering around the house.

I found out I was home alone and I happened to look into an office and spotted something interesting in the corner. Sitting there all dusty and unused was a portable piano. A giddy feeling bubbled up as I got the urge to play some of the only songs I knew. I pulled it out, dusted it off, and plugged it in. I grinned when it turned on, then I grabbed a chair and stretched my arms and fingers before gingerly hovering over the keys as I took a moment to pull up the mental sheet music. It was a lot easier to do this time. Probably because I'm supposed to be a genius. I decided to start with "Love-Lost Elegy" and ended up singing along too. I'm not the greatest singer, and I only knew English lyrics for this song, and there were a few mistakes due to my piano skills being rusty that were ignored, but it was fun anyway. Once I finished, I paused, catching my breath and thinking before the smile faded from my face and I took one last deep breath as I looked down at the keys. I started playing "Kagerou Days" and singing in Japanese, closing my eyes and picturing the video. Those two songs probably don't exist yet in this timeline, but I only know those well enough to hear them again in the only way that was possible right now. Once I finished, I let out a breath, closing my eyes and smiling sadly.

"I haven't heard those songs for a while. I missed them." I murmured nostalgically, then heard the front door open and remembered where I was and who would've seen that. "Aw, crap!" I felt my face flush, then quickly started putting away the electric piano.

After that was back where I had found it, I dashed back to my room and sat down at my desk, breathing a little heavily as I covered my face with my hands. Not only did I embarrass myself by singing those songs, I just had to sing "Kagerou Days", which was probably kind of suspicious since the lyrics are kind of…Well, I guess there's nothing I can do about it now.

I managed to recover and spent the rest of the time I was being watched acting rather normally and mostly just playing video games. Until the day Ryuk finally spoke up about the absent cameras.

"Hey, Light, I just checked and all the cameras have been removed." He said from where he was hanging on the ceiling. "All of them. Every single one. Hello? Are you listening to me?"

I set down my game and got up from my chair to start heading downstairs.

"Hey, Light!" Ryuk followed me, but I just pointed to my ear. "Oh, good point. I still don't know if they've removed all the wire taps from the house."

I went into the kitchen and got an apple from the basket. I went back to my room, then tossed the fruit over my shoulder to the shinigami, who started devouring it as I sat back down at my desk and picked up my video game again. I'm just getting closer and closer to meeting him. Only a little longer now.