At court, the sitting of the very slow author. With L as judge~
Author: 'I'M TOTALLY INNOCENT!'
L: 'So you didn't abandon your fanfic for more than a month?'
Author: '... I have reasons.'
L: 'Please tell the reasons you have for us.'
Author: 'Well, you see... I'm in the middle of my exams as mediadesigner so I need to do a lot for that.'
*Mello in the audience*: 'BULLSHIT, you sit at home for weeks doing nothing and you only need to work on your exams now and then!'
L: 'Yes, don't talk about nonsense here. This is a very serious case. *pops lollipop into mouth*
Author: *tears* Alright! I confess! I've discovered many K-Pop groups and amazing K-drama's and I don't know how to stop ;-;
Mello: *gasp* 'You left us to watch real guys?! Traitor! TRAITOR!'
Matt: *pulls Mello back on the chair* 'Calm down, Mels. She can't help it. Once you're in those fandoms you'll never get out.'
*Beyond Birthday suddenly appears*: 'I think I can persue her to get out...' *pulls sharp knife out of nowhere*
Author: *gulp* 'I... I need to go somewhere...' *Runs to the door*
L: *sigh* 'This sitting is a mess.'
Author: *still running away from Beyond* 'I'll wriiiiiiiite! Don't you dare use that knife!' Q.Q
L: 'Ah, alright then. Case closed. Time for cake.'
It was time for dinner already, but Mello had sent Matt alone to the canteen saying that he needed some more time to cool down after his fight with Raoul. Luckily Matt believed him and left him alone. Leaving Mello with his darkening thoughts.
'A girl, hm? Cheating for my place as successor?' Mello muttered darkly. 'I'll show you made a big mistake messing with me.'
'Hey kid!' Beyond exclaimed while he flew through the wall into the room, Light following behind him. 'I just heard some other children talk about you and fighting someone. Why didn't you warn us?! I'd love to see some action.'
Mello huffed. 'It's not like I planned it. Raoul suddenly got mad about some rumors that I never spread.' His eyes shooting fire. 'He dared to call me a girl and said I'm only second because of lying and cheating!'
'Well… you look pretty feminine for a boy with the long blond hair and- HEY!' Beyond stopped when Light punched him in his side and shot him a meaningful glance.
'That sounds awful, Mello… what are you going to do about it?' Light asked sympathetically. 'You look like you're about to write his name in the Death Note and make him pay for his disgusting and unjustified words.'
'Ah…' Beyond said understandingly. 'Yeah, of course why don't you make him do something embarrassing? You can do it with the Death Note…'
Mello looked down and sighed. 'I already thought of that honestly… but I have no idea what his real name is. Just like me everyone else here lives under a false name.' He sat down plump on his bed. 'The Death Note is an amazing and helpful thing although you can't do much without knowing someone's name.'
Light kneeled down before Mello to be on the same eye level as the blond. 'I know we haven't told you this yet and you have to understand we didn't because we'd never offer you something like this just for our entertainment… as for everything there's a high price for a high catch.'
'What do you mean?' Mello asked curiously. 'What didn't you tell me?'
Beyond knelt down next to Light and pointed at his blood red eyes. 'Both of us can see the names and life span of humans. It's right above their heads…' He glanced at the space above Mello's head. 'That's how we knew your real name from the start.'
Mello's eyes widened. Are they trying to say that it's possible for me to have that sort of eye sight? The Eyes of a Shinigami?
Light grinned. 'I see you already figured out where we want to go with this. Yes, one of us can give you the same Eyes so you can see everyone's real name.'
Mello jumped off his bed in excitement, making both Shinigami's quickly step back. 'Do it!' Mello demanded.
Light tilted his head in slight surprise at the eagerness. 'Don't you want to know what you have to give up for it? You need to be willing to give half of your life in exchange for the Eyes.'
Mello frowned at this, but Beyond shrugged. 'Ah, it won't matter that much for you. I can see you have a long lifespan so half of it won't be very short to live with.'
Light nodded. 'It would be of great help for your future goals as detective. We can't give you the names as it would be against the rules for Shinigami.'
He thought about it for a short while. The Eyes wouldn't be helpful to him with Raoul, but it would be very handy in the future too. If what Beyond said was true and he had a long lifespan it wasn't much of a problem if it went through half.
'Alright.' He decided. 'I'll trade half my life for the Eyes.'