Chapter 48
May 25th (con)
Light gave me directions as we drove, and it didn't take long until I was putting the Mercedes in park in front of the Yagami house. As I turn her off I lean my arms on the steering wheel and smile.
So, this is it, the house of Kira…I saw the inside in fragments when we were conducting surveillance, but never really the outside.
Light unbuckles his seat belt and gets out with is messenger bag, Ryuk tailing behind. I undo my own belt, get out, stretch, and then check the time on my phone as I walk toward Light who's at the front door fumbling slightly with keys.
A little after eight…it's not that this place was even that far…I guess we just left later than I thought.
I put my car keys and phone in their respective pockets and brush my bangs out of my face as Light opens the door, letting me go first. As I step inside I hear Sachiko call to us from what I think is the kitchen from what I can remember from surveillance.
"Light, is that you?!"
"Yeah Mom, and a coworker of Dads! I met her outside, she said she came to get him a change of clothes." Before Light finishes, two heads pop around the corner and they're both sharing smiles. I have a sneaking suspicion that I'm about to get pulled inside so I quickly kick off my boots and put on the guest slippers as Light shuts the door behind us.
"Suzuki!" Sachiko squeals with excitement as she pulls me into a big hug.
"Hi, Mrs. Yagami." I return her hug, but she's already turning to her daughter.
"Sayu, this was the woman I was telling you about." The young junior high girl comes around and takes both my hands in hers.
"So, do you really work with my Dad?" I turn to Light for help, but he just shrugs.
"Ah-yeah, I work with your Dad." I smile, feeling more uncomfortable than I thought I would.
"That is so cool!" Sayu, as the Chief predicted, seems to like me, but neither Light or I have made it past the foyer area.
"Mom, Sayu, why don't you invite her in for tea?" Light groans and they seem to realize what they've done. Ryuk chuckles from behind me somewhere as Sachiko's face fills with shock, like she is mortified by her actions.
"Oh my! Forgive my rudeness! Please Dear, come in, come in." She takes me by the arm and drags me inside. I turn my head and mouth 'help' to Light but he just shrugs and shakes his head before turning toward the stairs.
"Mom, I'm going to go upstairs and study."
"Okay Dear, would you like me to bring you up anything?" Her questions stops Light with one foot on the stairs, he turns, and I stop and look between them, noting that Sayu is missing.
"No thanks, I ate already." He smiles and turns to start heading up the stairs with Ryuk in toe as always. Sachiko watches her son leave then looks back to me.
"So Dear, would you care for some tea?" She smiles motherly and my heart aches, wishing I had a mother figure like her instead of no one.
No thanks I hate tea.
"Sure, do you have raspberry?" She nods and turns to head back into the kitchen as Sayu comes out of it.
"I put the kettle on for us, Mom" She smiles, and Sachiko puts a hand on her daughters' shoulder.
"Thank you, Sayu. Why don't you and Suzuki both have a seat at the table and I'll come out with the tea." I nod and follow her over to the table where I pop a squat and notice for the first time that the T.V is on.
Good, when the police message launches I'll know it.
"So, what's it like?" I turn back to Sayu startled.
"What?"
"Working with my Dad on the Kira Case, what's it like?" Her just asking me out of the blue catches me off guard and I'm not sure what to even say.
"Oh…um…I can't really give specifics, but your father is a good man, I respect him. He treats me as an equal, but sometimes like I'm his own kid. He looks out for me y'know." I look down remembering how upset he'd been at Maxx and how fragile he looked in the hospital bed. "I wish he could learn to take it easy sometimes though. He works so hard that I worry for his health." She smiles as I hear the kettle whistle.
"Yeah, that sounds like Dad alright."
Sachiko comes in with a tray with the tea set on it and gently places it on the table. "Would you like anything else Suzuki?" I look at the tea set and internally cringe, not looking forward to the blandness of hot raspberry water.
"Um, actually, Mrs. Yagami…do you have any sugar? I know it's an odd request, but I like my tea sweet." Without missing a beat, she nods, clearly not fazed by my request.
"Of course, Dear." She turns and heads back into the kitchen and I watch Sayu pour the tea.
"So, what does your family think about you working on such a dangerous case?" I know she's just trying to make conversation, but my heart sinks a little. Sachiko comes back and must have heard because she taps her on the arm.
"Sayu, don't be rude." I put my hands up in defense.
"No, it's okay, she didn't know." Sachiko hands me the sugar and sits down, her daughter looking very confused. "I…uh…don't have any parents-well I have adoptive parents, but we're estranged. I don't know what happened to my real parents, I think they died, but I can't remember my childhood." I shrug, but she shrinks in her chair.
"Oh, I'm sorry…" I shake my head.
"It's whatever. Besides, your parents have been super nice to me, so I feel like I do have parents." Sachiko puts her hand on top of mine and smiles though glassy eyes.
"Anything you need Dear, don't hesitate to ask." I nod, and she takes her hand back, I take this time to dump sugar in my still warm cup and gently stir it with a spoon Sachiko had also given me.
If I put enough sugar in here maybe it won't taste like hot raspberry ass water…it's nothing she did, I just don't like tea…but it would have been rude to refuse her offer.
"So, in that case, is it okay if I call you Big Sister?" Sayu shows her excitement with every word and I smile as I take a sip of my sugared-up tea.
Ugh, yep…still tastes like raspberry ass water.
I swallow and set the cup down, being careful not to show my distaste and now at Sayu. "Sure, if you wanna, or Suzuki is just fine." She bounces in her chair.
"Yay!" I chuckle lightly and Sachiko smiles.
"We interrupt this program to bring you a special announcement from the police." My head whips to the T.V.
8:55 already?
"This is an announcement to the second Kira. Your life is in danger, but if Kira doesn't know who you are then there's still time to save it. You must not get close to Kira out of curiosity. If you contact Kira, you will be used and killed. Kira is a mass murderer, you must not help him. What you must do now is think of the value of human life and atone for your crimes by revealing what you know to the police. In doing so you'll save the world from the terror that is Kira." The announcement ends, and I can't help but wipe my hand across my face in irritation.
You literally just told her not do something, so she's gonna do it!
"All this Kira talk is getting kinda scary…" I turn to Sayu and for the first time I can see that she's just an innocent junior high student. She has no idea that her brother is Kira, no idea that she's living with a murderer, but she also doesn't know that she's safe. She just a girl who lives in a world where criminals are dropping like flies and no one knows who's gonna be next. I sigh and turn myself around, putting my hand on hers.
"Hey." She turns from the T.V to me confused. "Your Dad and I will catch Kira, okay. I don't care how long it takes but he will be put behind bars and atone for his crimes. And don't worry, I have a gut feeling that you'll be alright, there's no reason for you to be afraid." She smiles, accepting what I said. I tap her hand and smile back before returning my hands to my tea cup.
Sachiko puts herself more as I try to choke down mine. "Sayu, why don't you go get ready for bed and I'll get your fathers clothes after. I'm sure Suzuki doesn't want to stay here all night."
Not all night but I wanna catch that girl talking to Light.
"Oh, I'm fine, they all know where I am, so it's not like I have to rush back." Sayu stands anyway and bounds over to the stairs.
"Okay, I'll be right back." Sachiko watches until Sayu disappears and then turns to me.
"Thank you for saying that to her. With my husband gone for days at a time and Light going back and forth to college, she's gotten very concerned. Having someone like you that she can look up to and tell her everything will be alright is comforting, I'm sure." I smile and nod as Sayu bounds back down the stairs sounding like a herd of elephants. As she turns the corner I can see that she's changed into plaid pajamas that have a button up top.
It's like 70'F outside…isn't she warm? (~21'C)
She comes into the loving room/ dining room area and stands where we can both see her, doing a little spin. "I'm back! What do you think of my pj's?" I chuckle and pretend to look her over, even asking her to spin once more.
I wouldn't wear 'em, I'd die of heat.
"Very cute, Sayu." I nod then turn to her mother as she stands and starts to clean up. "On, it's okay-" I jump up and take the dishes from her. "I'll bring everything into the kitchen for you." She smiles, pleased with my offer/demand to help.
"Thank you Dear; in that case I'll go upstairs and get Soichiro's clothes ready." I nod and continue to clean, bringing all the dishes into the kitchen and setting them on the counter.
I'm surprised the second Kira hasn't shown up yet…that video was practically daring her to…
I wash my hands in the kitchen sink and return to find Sayu on her stomach on the couch watching what seems to be some romance. She swoons over the main male actor as I take a seat on the opposite couch.
"Oh, Hideki Ryuga, I swear he's perfect." I look from her to the T.V at the actor and burst into laughter. Her head spins to me and she looks offended.
"Oh, Sayu, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to laugh. I'm taking some extra classes at To-Oh with Light and we have a friend with the same name, but he doesn't look anything like the actor at all."
She sits up, latching onto a new conversation starter. "Tell me what he looks like!" She puts her elbows on her knees and her head in her hands and waits patiently.
"Well, for starters he has raven black hair, but it's long, shaggy, and untamable. He's about as tall as your brother, but he slouches so it's possible that he's taller. He's really pale and thin 'cause he doesn't usually go outside, but I think he does martial arts so the thin might be muscle…" I pause and Sayu crinkles her nose.
"He doesn't sound attractive at all." I laugh as she recoils in disgust.
"What if I told you he's super smart, like Light smart." She pretends to think about it, but still shakes her head.
"Nah, still not my type." I laugh again as Sachiko comes in with a brown paper bag.
"There's an awful lot of laughing coming from in here, are you girls having fun?"
"Oh yeah Mom, she was just telling me how a friend of her and Light has the same name as Hideki Ryuga but looks nothing like him." Recognition comes across Sachiko's face and I can tell she remembers him from the hospital but says nothing because Sayu still doesn't know. "So, Suzuki," I turn back to the young girl as she jumps topics. "since you go to college with my brother, does that mean you have a boyfriend?" My face turns fifty shades of red as Sachiko yells at her daughter again.
"Sayu!"
"Kidding!" She turns back around and returns to her previous position, kicking her feet lightly as the show progresses. Sachiko walks over and hands me the bag, shaking her head disappointingly.
"I'm sorry about that Suzuki…" I scratch the back of my head awkwardly.
"Don't be it's fine."
Should I leave? Stay until the last train? Leave but stay outside in my car until 2.0 shows?
The door bell suddenly rings, and we exchange confused looks.
What the hell? I pull out my phone to check the time. It's like 10pm who would come-it's gotta be 2.0 there's no one else it could be.
"That's odd, it can't be your father because he sent Suzuki in his place, and he would have called…" Sachiko doesn't seem to be as worried as she should be.
"I'll get it Mom." Sayu jumps up from her seat and heads toward the door.
"Sayu, wait!" I jump up from my seat and chase after her. She stops a short distance from the door and as I walk over to her she seems to understand that I want to be there when she opens it.
I stand at the threshold between the living room and entrance area with Sachiko as Sayu opens the door wide enough for us all to see. I hear the voice before I see the face, but once I do I also see the Shinigami behind it and my heart shoots through the roof and my blood runs cold.
So what did everyone think? :D Surprised I got them up so quick? It was hard with my tendinitis acting up but i pushed through it. Let's see what we have for favorites and follows! Thanks to BlackLotusLiz and syzygy zacker for your favorites ^^ Now the follows: oh look it's you two again! Thanks! OKay now do we have any comments?
Two from Hateme101-
Hateme101 CH 45- "Love how she spots it"
Lol oh yeah? I wanted to make that scene memorable but i didn't know how, then i remembered how Misa like tips her glasses at one point and you see the shinigami eyes so i thought that if the light reflected at that point it would make a good moment.
Hateme101 Ch 46 - "haha lolz the way she acts when she returns is so funny and it was cute when he gave her a foot massage"\
Well i would be irritated too if i came home and someone started bombarding me with questions before even saying hello. Lol she's also supposed to be someone who teaches L how to act around people since he's so socially awkward and i try to show it in little things and actions that he does that he is in fact getting better but sometimes if he takes a step forward he takes two steps back so that's why there hasn't been much 'love'. He's been focused on the new developments in the case and i don't think he's in the mindset yet of 'wanting her bits' lol. Maybe things will change in the new building :) Ah yes, the foot massage. Do you remember that happening in the anime? I know that people took it a few different ways like Yaoi or the whole Judus thing, (i mean i'm all for some LxLight but i did see it as one last ditch effort on L's part to try to get Light not to force checkmate) but i wanted to show L/Ryuzaki's human side, like he see's this girl and he knows he has feelings for her and he's sad that he's working her so hard but he doesn't really know what to do about it and so he just makes her relaxed enough to where she can sleep until they go to the new building where she has a super nice bed, and he'll make sure of it. I also imagine her passing out on the couch a lot because she wants to help him but she can't stay up for a shit ton of hours like he can. I know i haven't referenced that yet but i will when she comes back from the Yagmi house like 'how long you been up Ryuzaki?' "About 36 hours."
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