AN; So.. I didn't get any reviews last chapter. To be honest, I don't know if anyone's reading this story, despite having followers. I don't wanna be like one of those begging-for-reviews Fanfiction people but c'mon xD. I left it off at a pretty good cliffhanger last time. Let's see what happens this time.
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Beyond was out wandering the streets for awhile, going to the bakery to buy sweets for himself. He decided he might as well get something for Light and save it for later if he still didn't want it, although he didn't know what he'd like. He shrugged, he'd be lucky to get something, and decided on getting him a sandwich. With nothing else to do, he headed back.
After what seemed like hours, Light heard a car pull up once again outside the building and frantically tried to calm himself and scrub the tears from his eyes, though couldn't stop the pained sobs coming from his throat. B unlocked the door and walked inside, blinking as his eyes adjusted to the new light. He put the food in the fridge before going down into the room Light was in. Once he walked in his eyes widened when he saw Light crying on the floor. "Light?"
"Just leave it be!" The brunette replied quickly, his voice strained as he made a desperate attempt to hide his eyes from the raven. B frowned and of course ignored this, quickly walking over anyway, "What are you crying about?" "That's.. none of your concern!" Light yelled, body wracking with sobs, still trying to calm down. Beyond sighed and plopped down on the floor in front of him, "Look at me."
Light only shrinked further into his knees, hiding his face there. "Light, c'mon, look at me." He tried again with a more stern tone of voice, reaching out to touch his shoulder. Light reached out quickly and roughly hit away the hand." Don't touch me! Bastard!" He shrieked, tears streaking down his cheeks. B wasn't fazed, he knew Light was just upset and he had a feeling why too. He put his thumb to his lip and bit his nail as he looked over at the other. "Just tell me. I'm not gonna start laughing at you."
Light curled into himself, shaking."I want to go home..! I don't want to be Kira!" He yelled in a distressed tone. B was surprised. Just yesterday the younger male was so confident about Kira, about being god-like and bringing justice to the world. Then, after he'd kissed him, everything seemed to change. "You don't have to be Kira, you've just been continuing it because of your beliefs in justice and wanting to be a God."
Light was tired, confused and down right upset. His Kira act was done and his confidence and stamina had run thin, he wanted to be a normal, happy high school student again. "Look.. I kind of know how you feel, except our situations are slightly different.. Just don't cry." B talked quietly and tilted his head slightly.
"You don't understand.. I won't even get to see them again.. My family.." Light replied, his voice strained."S-Sayu.. Please! Let me contact my sister..!" "And what are you gonna tell her when she asks you where you've been these past few days?" "I.. Won't say.. I just need to talk to her..! Please.." Light begged, lifting his head only slightly.
Beyond sighed and pulled out his phone, it couldn't be traced since his number was restricted. "Guess we're doing this again.. Dial the number and give it back to me, I'll put it on speaker phone." He handed him the phone and hoped this wouldn't be another regrettable idea. The brunette nodded once, taking the phone with a shaking hand and dailing in Sayu's number and handing the phone back to B. Beyond put the call on speaker phone and held out the phone, waiting for Light's sister to pick up the phone. He hugged his knees to his chest.
Light swallowed as he waited for her to answer. He wanted to tell her the truth..The phone rang once more before a voice spoke,"Hello?" Light's heart dropped at the sound of his sister's voice and already felt tears coming to his eyes again."S-Sayu.. I need you to listen to me carefully.. This is Light.." He begun quietly, continuing on with a pained expression."I-I was Kira.. All along, Sayu.. I shouldn't have been but I was.. I won't be home any time soon, I doubt.. But I'm okay, I deserve this.." Light's eyes began pouring out tears as he heard sobbing on the other side of the phone."You're not a murderer, Light! I love you a-and I know you better! Please, come home.. Come home.." Sayu choked back tears, Light could tell.
Beyond bit his lip, he didn't want Light to go but he actually felt kind of.. Bad, hearing his sister cry for him. Which is weird, because he never felt bad for anything. He shifted a bit in attempt to make himself comfortable, but it was a failed effort. He looked down at the phone he still held out in his hand, since he couldn't bring himself to look at Light's teary eyes.
It killed Light having to listen to someone as cheerful as Sayu sob loudly into the phone, begging him to come home."I-I can't, Sayu.." He choked on another sob, still shaking as he scrubbed at his eyes."I-I'll miss you too much, Light. You have to.. You just have to come home!" Sayu pleaded and begged, Light's sobs worsening as every second passed, he was unable to form anymore words, for they would come out as blubber.
Beyond gave the phone to Light, let him decide whether to keep talking or hang up. He hugged his knees and blinked a few times, surprised to feel something clouding his vision in his eyes. His heart felt funny, but it wasn't in a good way like how it felt when he kissed Light. Maybe these were the emotions he tried so hard to block out all those years. Half of him knew he had to let Light go, but the other more childish half wanted Light to stay, he knew if he let him go and by some chance Light didn't give him away, he'd go back to being lonely and on the run. He sniffled and rubbed his eyes.
Light mumbled words of comfort through to phone, telling her that maybe he would be able to see her again soon."Light, I-I want you to, stay safe, okay! And please...If you don't come home, I want you to call me all the time.. I love you, Light.." Sayu spoke in a heart-breaking tone."I love you too, Sayu.." Light mumbled back softly, and with that, the line went dead. Beyond cleared his throat and took the phone back, silently rubbing his eyes. He didn't know what to say, and probably had nothing to say to make the situation any better.
Light glanced up at Beyond, eyes blurred with tears."Th-Thank you.. You.. You're a good person.. Thank you for letting me call Sayu.." He whispered, wiping his own eyes. Beyond bit his lip, no one had ever told him he was a good person before. He knew it wasn't true. "I'm not a good person.." His voice came out shaky so he coughed, "I'm not keeping you here because you're Kira, I'm keeping you here because I'm childish and foolish and don't want to be alone again.." B looked at his hands.
The brunette's teary eyes widened slightly."Then come with me.. We can alter your looks and give you a new name so you won't be recognizable.." He told him in a soft tone, wiping the last of the tears from his eyes. Light felt bad for Beyond, he didn't seem like this terrifying murderer like he would've thought. Rather an innocent child, tormented in the same way he was.
Beyond looked up with a shocked expression, "But.. why? Why would you do that for me?" B couldn't understand, Light should've still been convincing him to let him go, he should be happy to run out by himself even if he wasn't going to help L catch Beyond. However.. The more the thought about Light's idea.. The more he thought about the idea, the more he started liking it..
"Because..I believe that you deserve a second chance at starting a new life..You don't want to live such a miserable life, do you?" Light told him with a slight reassuring smile, though a tired one."I have a plan, if you'd like to hear it." Beyond nodded quickly, crossing his legs like a pretzel as he leaned forward slightly to listen, "Mhm."
"From this point forward, you are not B, you are not a murderer. And I, am not Kira..As you might know, I can forge ownership of the notebook and have my memories wiped, though I'd prefer not to do that because I have to learn from my mistakes. So instead.. I'm going to bury it, understand? Once the killings stop, the police force will wait for a while before dropping the Kira case. Clearing my name completely.. As for you.. We'll alter your looks, give you a new name and I'll call Sayu, tell her I'm coming home and that a friend, which will be you, managed to take me from my captor and take me home. Mother would be all too happy to let you stay with us!" Light smiled softly at the raven.
Beyond smiled genuinely for once, rubbing the back of his neck. "I'd like to do that.. Thank you Light.." He didn't know how to show his thanks to the brunette although he really wanted to. So he leaned forward and pulled Light closer, wrapping his arms around him and hugging him tightly. "Raito." Light corrected almost immediately, feeling comfortable with B using his nickname. The brunette laughed softly as he hugged Beyond back."So.. What would you like to be called?" Light asked softly, gently rubbing his back.
Beyond nodded and cleared his throat, his cheeks flushed pink once he pulled away. "Hm.. I'll have to think. He took my alias." B mumbled and put his thumb to his bottom lip. Light nodded once, offering him a small smile."It doesn't matter right now.. How about you tell me more about yourself? The parts that weren't morbid?"
B bit his thumb nail as he thought, "Well, I grew up in an orphanage for gifted children, and our goal was to succeed L. I was the second best there, and my only friend was the first." B smiled slightly. "Ah, his successors, yes? I've heard of Whammy's house.. L had mentioned it once before and I did my research.. Hm? Who was your friend?" Light asked and tilted his head slightly in a curious manner, genuinely interested. "A." B smiled at the memory of his first love, "He wasn't like the other kids, didn't avoid me or call me 'demon child' because of my eyes." Beyond shrugged and rubbed the back of his neck, looking down. "Killed himself from the pressures of living up to L."
If this wasn't such a serious moment, Light would've deadpanned. 'A..seriously? First L, then B and now A?' The brunette rolled his eyes before smiling slightly. "Hm, interesting..How long were you at Wammy's for?" Beyond chuckled, "Most of us had letters as our aliases... A was for Alternate and B for Backup although I hated that name... I arrived there when I was four and left around a year after A's death. Went straight to Los Angeles." LA had always been the place him and A talked about going to once they were older, so it held a significance to him.
"Ah.." Light nodded slightly before frowning slightly,"So then, how did you end up here in Japan?" He asked. "Well, after the fire when they arrested me L wanted to place me in a jail that was closer to him so he could keep tabs on me. Obviously that didn't work well, because here I am." Beyond pulled at his hoodie sleeve absentmindedly. "A fire?"Light questioned, a look of confusion passing over his face as he tilted his head slightly, waiting for further elaboration.
"Uh yeah.." B rubbed the back of his neck and looked down. "After those murders I attempted to make myself the final victim by setting myself on fire... Unfortunately an FBI agent put out the fire and arrested me before i could die like I planned.""Ah, I see.." Light mumbled, chewing on his lip. Thinking for a few moments before coming to a conclusion. "You know, I dont think it'll be necessary to change your appearance, we'll just have to give you a name and we can head home." The brunette offered him a small smile.
"Oh good, i like my hair the way it is." B smirked and ran his fingers through his hair, absentmindedly touching the scar that ran from his forehead to his cheek. In fact that was the only thing he liked about his appearance. "I thought as much."Light chuckled, watching the other. "Though a proper smile would be nicer than a smirk, you know." "That's something i don't do often." B shrugged and tried at a small smile, dropping his hand to his lap.
"I can imagine." Light sighed and nodded. "That's better though.. A good start." He leaned forward and brushed hair away from Beyond's eyes. Beyond chuckled and froze a bit, his heart beat quickening slightly. "Your eyes aren't always red, are they..?" The brunette asked in a soft tone, smiling slightly as he fingers brushed under his left eye. B blinked, "Unfortunately. But I have different contacts."
"Contacts?" The younger male asked, raising a brow before withdrawing his hand. B nodded, "Mhm. I have black ones and blue ones." He bit his thumb nail as he thought about the last time he put on the black ones to look like L. "Ah, that's good. You'll have to use those, okay? Someone might get suspicious if they see you wandering around with red eyes.. It isn't natural, really. " Light chuckled softly. B laughed lightly, "Yeah, kind of knew that much... I'll wear the blue ones."
The brunette nodded and begun to get to his feet. "Shall we head out then?" Light asked, smiling slightly. "Oh, yeah. Um.." B leaned down and nervously unchained Light's ankles, apart of him still worried Light would run off. But he'd take the chance. Light smiled sadly at Beyond's unsure movements. "I'm not going to run off, I promise." He told him quietly. "Okay." B smiled slightly and nodded, grabbing his jam jar from the floor and standing up in front of the brunette.
"I think we ought to find a hotel for tonight. It'll give us some time to figure out some proper plans on our motives, yeah?" Light asked, sighing softly at the relief of finally being able to move freely. "Yeah. Sounds good.." B looked around the almost empty warehouse and rubbed the back of his neck, "And uh, thanks again for doing this and not running off even though i don't understand why.." He mumbled and looked at his jar.
Light smiled fondly. "Because, you've hardly had a chance at living yet. And anyway, I think you're good-hearted.." He nodded slightly. "Thanks." Beyond smiled and pulled his black hood up to cover his face, "We can go?" Light frowned slightly and reached up, pushing Beyond's hood back down. "Now we can."
"Why?" B raised an eyebrow, self consciously fixing his hair. Beyond was used to wearing his hood up in public. "It isn't necessary.. And you'd get scolded for it in class." The brunette smiled slightly. "In class?" Both of B's eyebrows shot up. Light chuckled at the look Beyond was giving him. "Well, yeah. If you end up staying with me, my Mother will send you to school. After all, I'm guessing you don't have much of an education.."
"That's right, after I left Wammy's that was it.." He put his thumb to his lip as he thought, "Hm, alright." Light nodded, smiling slightly. "We can go past it on our way to the hotel, if you'd like. I believe its still open on weekends for students to do any unfinished projects. Since it's a private school, they allow that sort of thing." "Okay." Beyond nodded and smiled, stuffing the jar into his pocket. "Let's go then."
Light nodded, smiling slightly. "Do you know where the closest hotel is? I havent even a clue where we are." "Oh yeah." B chuckled and spun around, walking towards the door. He patted his pockets to make sure he had everything before opening the door. Light smiled lightly and followed Beyond out the door, thankful that he was able to walk freely, but also nervous to see how this would all play out..
Author's Note; Yep, didn't end as good as last time. *Shrugs* oh well. Please review anyone who's reading this! Cause it'll make me feel like someone is actually reading and I won't just give up. Bye bye -BB