Author's Note: Thank you so much for all the feedback! It really does keep me motivated. This chapter is a bit shorter than the last, but it should even out with all these WORDS I'm putting up here. Geez, the nerve of me!
Anyway, we're back to Light in this one.
Death Note was created by two guys with really similar sounding names. Tsugumi Takashi and Obata Ohba. Don't mix it up!
The week's progress had been slow and uneventful. Light continued to excel in his classes, almost to the point that it's baffling as to why he doesn't have a Ph.D in Life. It's like he goes to class to torture himself. He must be a masochist.
Even the weekend was turning out to be a huge bore, with Sayu leaving to a sleepover and Light having to go on dates that last forever with Misa. It's not like anyone wants to chit chat with Ryuk. That wouldn't be any fun at all! He's not lonesome or anything. Sure, Ryuk has apples, and they're pleasant company for a little while, what with their cute eyes, button noses and absolutely adorable smiles! Oh wait, is that Ryuk's reflection? Daw, Ryuk, you're so cute! No wonder you have so many friends!
Aw, now Ryuk's lonely again.
He'll be dammed if he talks to Sidoh though. That guy has got to be the most annoying thing Ryuk has ever met. All he talks about is, 'Where's my Death Note?' and 'Ryuk, you promised you'd give it back!' and 'No, Ryuk! Don't throw apple cores at me!' and 'Stop laughing at me! Why are you so mean Ryuk! Waaaaah!'
Well, Ryuk wouldn't be so tempted to throw trash at you if it wasn't so funny Sidoh. Kind of sounds like your fault doesn't it?
Oh well, Sidoh is in London anyway, and Ryuk doesn't want to take all that time out of his busy schedule.
He could go on Light's dates with Misa. Then he could tell Rem really old knock knock jokes, but she never laughs. She's like a wet blanket covering a stick in the mud. That, and he'd have to watch Misa and Light snuggle, and hold hands, and kiss, and laugh at Light while he begs for mercy. Aside from a few funny bits, going on dates is pretty boring too.
Ryuk could always...kill people? But that's just it! Ryuk can always kill people. Like, whenever he wants! No trouble at all. He'll do it right now!
One...two...three...four...five...six...well, whenever forty is. Or was it thirty-five?
Well, either way they should be dead soon enou- oh cool! See? Ryuk counts to fifty, and that guy dies. Completely uninteresting.
"Ryuk?"
Oh thank Paganism Light is home.
"LIGHT, I KILLED SOMEONE. YOU SAID I WOULDN'T BE BORED AND I KILLED SOMEONE 'CAUSE I WAS BORED," the shinigami yells in the boy's direction.
Light flinches at the sound of Ryuk's screech. The monster seems to have lost all volume control since he came from the shinigami realm. It must be strange having very few people able to communicate with you. He would rather Ryuk not go back though. He needs the Death Note, and even though he has yet to use it, he's just waiting for the right moment.
Some time ago, at the beginning of his last year in high school to be exact, he helped a young detective solve a case. That detective, Ryuzaki, is actually the great detective L. Around that same time, he met Ryuk and got acquainted with the Death Note. Now although Light is a tad torn on murdering a close friend of his, he is certain that abolishing all criminal activity in the world would do humanity some good. For this reason, he has attempted to remain internally at arms length with Ryuzaki while pretending to get closer to him at the same time.
It's... actually more difficult than one would imagine. The young man is brilliant, and provides some very intellectual conversations to the table. Light will learn his name someday though. Then he can kill him. Hopefully.
Back to reality though, Ryuk is screaming again.
"What? Ryuk!" Light takes a deep breath, "Ryuk, STOP SCREAMING."
Sprawled across the boy's bed, Ryuk's eyes wander over to Light, "I'm trying! WHY IS IT SO HARD. MAKE ME STOP SCREAMING LIGHT. I'M SO BORED. GAAAAAAAH."
"Let me buy you some apples!" he offers, eyes closed, hands covering his ears.
"I ALREADY HAVE APPLES. YOU PROMISED I WOULDN'T BE BORED AND I AAAAAM. HURRY UP BEFORE I KILL MORE PEOPLE."
Hearing sirens outside, Light rushes to the window to see Mr. Fujiwara get packed into an ambulance. He did hear Ryuk killed someone earlier, but Ryuk kills people to live. It's something Light tries to not think about.
The young man closes the curtains and turns, "You killed my neighbor because you were bored?"
"Yes," Ryuk answers as he folds himself into another impossible position.
Feeling a cold sweat forming, Light sees the severity of the situation he's in. He brought home what he thought was essentially a puppy that kills people. He knows now that Ryuk is more of a puppy mixed with a two year old who, whenever he has tantrums, kills his neighbors.
Wonderful.
Dad probably should have gotten him a dog or something.
Dogs are hairy though...
Anyhoo.
"Ryuk, you can't kill people because you're bored," Light explains, " If you keep killing my neighbors, L will find me before I even have a chance to change the world."
The shinigami sits up on the bed, "But Light, I have nothing to do, AND SEE I'M SCREAMING AGAIN. I CAN'T HELP SCREAMING. I'M SO BORED. THIS IS YOUR FAULT."
Massaging his temples, Light tries to make his ears stop ringing, "You know those are some insane logical jumps there right?" He glances to the monster, "Okay, never mind. I'll find something for you to do okay?" He tries to give a smile, but his lips run out of gas and there isn't a gas station for miles.
The genius looks around the room, being held hostage by a shinigami that will kill an innocent person if he's not entertaining enough is fairly nerve wracking. He used to have a Rubik's Cube, but that's probably in Sayu's room now. He threw he stress ball out the window all too long ago, and Ryuk doesn't seem like one to play fetch anyway.
"I could...how about we..." he starts and stops, eyes drifting around the room. Eventually, they settle on his computer.
"I have a plan," he sits in the computer chair and reaches the tower to turn it on, "Just a moment Ryuk."
The shinigami looms over the college student while he accesses the internet. Watching him type really isn't what Ryuk wants to do either, but he'll be patient for just a little longer. He does hope it's worth the wait though.
"Alright," Light looks over his shoulder to grin at Ryuk, "You can talk to people on this website if you want. It's completely anonymous, so you don't have to sign in or have an email address or anything. I probably would go around saying you're a shinigami though."
Light gets up from the chair to allow Ryuk to sit, "See?" He reaches around him to click a few things on screen, "All you have to do is click this tab, then this button. There! You're able to talk now!"
The young man stands back to marvel at his handiwork while Ryuk sits dumbfounded. Light thinks he can talk to humans on this thing? But it's not a human. It's more of a...well it's more of a not-human if Ryuk had to explain what this was to anyone.
Seeing that it couldn't hurt, Ryuk tries typing. His gangly fingers are more of a hindrance than anything with the tiny buttons though.
You: AJGJKASBJBGSJKL,D
You: JHSM,YETFJIK
Stranger: What?
Light pulls Ryuk;s hands a few inches away from the keyboard, "Try it like this."
You: HI HOW R U
Stranger: ...Uh, fine?
Stranger: How are you?
So Ryuk is speaking to humans! Aha! Life as he's known it will never be the same! Looking to Light, his smile grows a disturbing amount, "THANK YOU LIGHT, hyuk hyuk hyuk."
"No problem," he returns the smile, "I'm going to take a shower. Stop touching the computer if anything goes wrong, okay?"
Seeing that Ryuk is too busy typing to reply, Light leaves the room relieved that he found a solution so soon.
You: I AM GOOD
Stranger: This isn't your native language is it?
You: U R FUNNY GUESS WHAT
Stranger: ...
Stranger: ... ...
Stranger: I give. What?
You: IM A SHINIGAMI
Matt pulls away from his computer, "Hey Mello, I'm talking to a grim reaper. I'm almost positive it's a pedophile, but what should I ask him?"
Silence.
Mello puts a finger in his book to save the place, then looks to Matt, "What?"
"I got into a random Japanese chat site so I could practice speaking natively. I'm talking to a pedophile grim reaper man. I wanna pretend to be jail bait for him. Advice?"
The blonde looks thoughtful for a moment, "Oh, me so horny?"
Matt grins, "That is gold, my friend."
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