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You were grateful that the Yagami's had let you spend the night in their home. You had been spending late nights at school for study reasons, which your parents were not the greatest fans of, but you preferred to study at school rather than home, and your grades were only getting higher and higher for doing so. It had become routine that Light would see you walk home when he looked out his window when he saw that this had become an almost daily activity, he eventually asked if you wanted to stay in the guest room in his home to save you the long walk to the train station. Of course, you had accepted, how could you not, he was Light Yagami asking you to stay over. Sure, it was school related, but your seventeen-year-old brain found it a good enough reason to get excited. The room was simple, a bed with a desk (that you assumed Light had made sure to have in the room for you) along with a chest of drawers.
During your senior year, it had become a routine to stay there, during that year you had started to feel as though you were indeed part of their family. Light’s mother being so welcoming only added to the feeling. It had come to the point where you were invested in his family’s day-to-day lives and had started to leave stuff in what was now referred to as ‘your room’. You had grown to love his family, there were times where they had felt like your family more than the pair that had raised you in your home. Light’s mother had even remembered your birthday every year and had always gotten you a gift, you treasured all of them. One, in particular, you had fallen in love with was a watch. Tears had welled up in your eyes when you opened the box, it was one of the greatest gifts you had ever received, you had hugged his mother tight thanking her while she had just laughed assuring you that it was all right. It was a simple design that while showing the time also showed the date, it had been so useful for you and you always made sure to protect it with your life and wear it every day.
Even if it had started with being a nice gesture to do with school, there was no denying that it was far more than that now. Especially since even during holidays you would stay there with them for the majority of the time. The Yagami’s would invite you to family dinners and all things of that sort. Of course, however, there were negatives about living with the Yagami’s and that was Light. You had had a crush on him since your junior year, and now that you basically lived with him, for the most part, you felt as though he saw you more like a sister or friend more than a romantic partner. Then again, you weren’t sure that Light was even interested in having a romantic partner, he was so focused on his studies, and so many girls at your school swooned over Light. Not to your surprise.
You sat hunched over your desk at the Yagami’s home, your home. You had been working almost three hours on your essay, it seemed the more time you spent on it the more you noticed what was wrong with it. Why couldn’t you write something without second-guessing yourself? You let out a frustrated sigh before you leaned back in your chair, stretching your arms above your head until you heard the satisfying pop in your back. Even that didn’t seem to be able to wind you down. You stood up from your seat and stretched more before you walked around your room. You hated being at your desk for too long, it had tendencies to make you feel insane.
“Light, (Y/N), dinner will be soon,” you heard Light’s mother call from downstairs.
“We’ll be right down!” You heard Light call out from his room which had only made you jump slightly. It didn’t make sense to act this way about his voice, but you always seemed to get in an odd state around him. Even if you had been living with him for this long.
You glanced at yourself in the mirror, you looked tired. Very Tired. Staying up late the night before, but you knew it would be worth it. When the time comes that you would get to see your results from the nation-wide exams, all the studying late nights and the plan cancelling would be worth it. You knew you would never compare to Light and his genius, you had learned a long time ago that anything of that nature was futile. Yet his mother always seemed proud of anything you showed her. Your marks weren’t horrid, they just weren’t first place. You stretched one last time before you left your room, to your surprise, before Light. He must have been finishing up his readings.
You made your way to the dining room, Sayu was already sat at the table, a huge grin on her face when she saw you walk down, “There you are (Y/N), hey since you’re super great could you grab me a book from the library tomorrow?”
“Trying to butter me up?” You smirked before you sat down next to her.
She only giggled, “It works though!”
“Alright, what’d you want?”
“Kokoro! You seemed pretty into it so I wanted to try.”
You gave a small shrug, “Well I’m honoured. I’ll grab it tomorrow okay?”
“Thank you!”
Light’s voice cut you off from your thoughts when he entered the kitchen, “Sayu are you bribing (Y/N) again? Remember she’s got her final exams coming up.” His voice was calm and smooth, while he pulled out his chair across from you, he sat down his eyes shut slightly as though he was thinking for a moment, before he looked back up at you, “you’re allowed to say no to her you understand?”
You laughed slightly, “I could never say no to Sayu, she’s too sweet.”
“Or a brat.” He shrugged slightly.
“Hey, that’s not nice!” Sayu yelled at him.