Light’s POV:

When Light got home from school that day he realized that, for once, no one was home. The house wasn’t normally empty. This was the first thing that tipped him off. He was sure that if L were to make a move, then he would have someone from the Task Force strike when no one was home. That way, theoretically, the Yagami household would have no way of knowing that they were being watched and recorded. Light, however, had been expecting this. He was careful as he stepped inside and took his shoes off.

“I’m home,” he announced even though he knew he would get no answer.

It was all about putting on a good show now.

The first thing he saw when he got to the door to his bedroom was that the tiny slip of paper he had crammed in the door wasn’t in the place he left it. The next thing he noticed was that the door handle wasn’t the way he last left it, either. He then closely looked at the ground below, finding two small pieces of broken pencil lead on the floor, giving him the final clue.

Someone had been in his room, and Light was certain that same someone had bugged the whole household. There were definitely hidden cameras, and probably even listening devices.

It was just as I suspected...L’s keeping surveillance now. Well, unfortunately for him, I saw this coming and I won’t slip up. Just you watch, L, I will prove to you that I am no more than a brilliant high school student!

He flopped on his bed, ignoring Ryuk, who was chattering away, begging Light to play some video game with him. While Light knew it had been a while since they last played, there was no way he could be seen playing video games with Ryuk. He had already given L a clue that shinigami existed, and that would just confirm to L that he was Kira.

Sorry, Ryuk, it’s just not possible right now.

“Hey, Light! Are you even listening to me?!” Ryuk demanded, he was now jumping up and down in front of Light in a vain effort to get his attention, “yoo hoo! Light!”

“Looks like no one is home,” Light muttered, getting up again. He went back downstairs, put on his shoes and coat again, and headed back outside. Ryuk followed him, still going on and on about how rude it was that Light was ignoring him. For being such a scary looking creature, he really was rather needy.

“Listen to me! There’s a very strong possibility that there are video cameras and wiretaps all throughout the house...no, I’m sure of it, L’s bugged the house,” Light explained once he was certain that he was far enough away from the house.

“Really?” Ryuk asked, “but that piece of paper was still in your door, wasn’t it?”

Ryuk really didn’t get it, “that’s true but I left the paper in the door in such a way that it would be obvious to anyone entering the room, and that was found in a different position than when I last left it. Anyway, the real test was the door handle. When that door is closed, the door handle automatically goes to a horizontal position and won’t go any higher than that. But, whenever I close the door, I adjust it slightly. Instead of letting it sit horizontally, I lower it by about five millimeters. Now this method alone isn’t enough to tell me that someone was actually in my room, so I put a mechanical pencil lead in place as well.”

Ryuk laughed, “so much detail. It seems like you really thought about everything.”

Light stared forward as he replied, “well that much detail is necessary. First the slip of paper, then the door handle, and finally, the pencil lead. I can be certain that someone was in my room now.”

“It could have just been your mother,” Ryuk replied, yet again not bothering to see the point.

“I find that highly unlikely, Ryuk, as someone actually took the time to return the slip of paper back in the door. If it were my mother, I doubt she would have even noticed it was there in the first place. It’s highly suspicious that someone went through all that trouble to put it back. The only explanation is that L finally decided to keep surveillance of the task force households...heh, now it’s time for me to put my plan into action. Operation Light is a normal student is a go.”

“Oh yeah, Ryuk,” Light added after a moment, “now that I think about it, how are you going to eat your apples?”

At that, Ryuk started to quiver as he fully realized the implications of the cameras and wiretaps, “oh no!”

Keiko’s POV:

Keiko hesitated a moment before finally gaining enough nerve to knock on the door. She hoped that she wasn’t too early, but she figured Light wouldn’t mind either way. He was, after all, the one that invited her over to study with him in the first place.

A few seconds later, she heard some footsteps and watched as an older woman with a gentle face, whom she assumed was Light’s mother, answer the door.

“Oh, hello! You must be Light’s friend, am I right?” She gave Keiko a friendly smile, holding the door open for her and motioning for her to come inside the house.

“Yes, I am. My name’s Kagami Keiko, Light invited me over to study with him,” Keiko said, bowing her head as she stepped inside.

“Yes, yes, he told me that you would be coming over,” Mrs. Yagami replied, a sly smile working its way on her face, “Light! Your friend is here!”

“I”ll be down in a second!” She heard Light holler in return.

Light’s house looked almost spotless, and she noted how warm and friendly the atmosphere felt. She watched as Light’s little sister, whose name she remembered was Sayu, got up from her spot on the couch and headed towards her.

“He said there was a friend of his coming over, but he didn’t mention that his friend was a girl,” Sayu cooed, “or that she was pretty.”

Mrs. Yagami gave a little giggle as her daughter approached Keiko, “now, now, Sayu, let’s not cause a fuss.”

“Yeah,” a voice from behind them spoke, “and anyway, I’m sorry to inform you but she’s just over here to study. You do remember that we have entrance exams coming up, right? Don’t let your imagination run too wild.”

Sayu pouted. “Aww, studying, but that’s no fun,” she commented, heading back over to where she previously sat on the couch, “but you know what is fun? Watching Hideki Ryuga’s fan concert!”

“If you two need anything, let me know,” Mrs. Yagami said, “like some study snacks or some nice green tea.”

“I’m sure we’ll be fine, but thanks mom,” she heard Light reply. Keiko turned around and saw Light standing on the bottom step of the staircase. He had a hand on his hips, and a mischievous smile on his face. He motioned for Keiko to follow him up the stairs to his room, and he apologized for his sister’s behavior downstairs, “sorry about Sayu, she likes to be dramatic. And anyway, it’s none of her business what we do.”

“Oh, it’s fine. She’s pretty cute,” Keiko said, “I wish I had a little sister. I’m an only child.”

Light chuckled, holding the door to his room open for Keiko. She stepped inside, carefully observing her surroundings. There was a large bookshelf that covered most of his wall behind the door, and to her other side was his bed, which she noticed was completely made. A few feet away right in front of her was his desk, which was neatly made up and comprised of a couple textbooks, a notebook, a pen, and a laptop. In front of his desk, next to his desk chair, there was an extra folding chair, which Keiko could only assume would be hers to sit at.

So this is what a teenage boy’s room looks like. It’s clean, like the rest of his house, but I guess that is to be expected. It is Light Yagami, after all. He doesn’t seem like the kind of person that would make a mess.

As much as Keiko would hate to admit it, she hadn’t even been inside Daicho’s bedroom. In fact, she had never been to his house at all, which looking back at now, should have raised a red flag for her. The two had only ever hung out in public or at Keiko’s own house. Unfortunately, she only now realized how suspicious that was.

I was a stupid fool in love. It was no wonder he didn’t take me home with him, he didn’t want me to meet his family since that way it would have been harder for him to cheat on me.

Keiko gave an uncomfortable cough, now realizing the full extent of the situation. She was alone in Light Yagami’s bedroom, about to have a study date with him. Multiple girls in their class would have given anything to be in her shoes.

She knew that she should have been happy, out of everyone else in her class, Light Yagami had asked her if she wanted to have a study session with him. However all she could feel were the butterflies flying around in her stomach.

Light knew full well that she was only a rank behind him in school, and yet he had still followed through with what he said a few days ago about a study date. To Keiko, this could only mean that he actually wanted to spend time with her. Neither of them really needed to study together, but he had insisted on it.

L’s POV:

Hmm, what’s this, he invited a girl over to study with him? Could this be because he knows he’s being watched? Is he trying to act more normal on purpose in order to appear less suspicious to me?

L shifted in his chair slightly, his gaze was fixated on the web camera that he had placed in Light Yagami’s bedroom. He watched as the girl shyly followed Light, sitting down next to him at his desk.

Beside him, he could hear the chief grumbling, “I never told Light that he could have a girl alone in his room with him…”

“Yes, but you also aren’t home to police him, besides, your wife seems fine with it. Please keep in mind that you cannot mention anything to Light now, or else he will know that we have been keeping an eye on him. And anyway, remember chief, your son is in his final year of high school, this kind of behavior isn’t that unusual. In fact, it’s almost to be expected of teenagers.”

“As always, you’re right, Ryuzaki,” the chief sighed, “I can’t stop my son from having a girl over now. At least even from afar, I can keep an eye on him, though.”

“Yes, yes, we’ll be keeping a very close eye on him,” L commented.

He had to admit, of all of the people he was keeping watch over, Light Yagami was by far the most suspicious. He knew that the chief’s son was quite intelligent, in fact, he was the rank one student at his school, and one of the brightest students in all of Japan. He also knew that Light wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps, meaning that he had a very clear sense of justice. This also meant that Light also had access to private police documents, that is, if he went through his father’s computer through their shared network.

L knew that there were no traces of Light going through private documents, but if Light had gone through any of them, he knew that Light would have been smart enough to cover his tracks.

He was interrupted from his thoughts when he heard Light say, “oh come on, Keiko-chan, don’t get shy on me now.”

Light’s arms were crossed, and there was a lazy smirk on his face, “wait...don’t tell me this is the first time you’ve been alone with a guy in his room. I know you’ve had a boyfriend before.”

“Y-yes, but I was never at his house,” the girl replied.

The girl, who's back had been turned on him, or was too far away from the cameras to be properly seen, was now facing the camera that had been placed at eye level on Light’s desk. She was looking straight down in the general direction of the camera, a blush forming on her cheeks. As soon as L got a clear look of her face, he gave a small gasp.

“Ah I see,” he heard Light reply, “well, don’t worry. I promise I won’t bite.” He lightly tapped her forehead with a pencil he was holding, which snapped her attention right back to him.

A few minutes later, the two got down to business and started studying. Meanwhile, L was trying to concentrate on why the girl’s face looked so familiar to him.

I’ve definitely seen that face before…but where? And why?

“That girl. What did she say her name was again?” he asked the chief while still staring intently at the video feed. He was determined to find out everything he could about her.

The chief furrowed his eyebrows in thought, “Keiko Kig...no Keiko Kagami, yeah Kagami, that’s it. Why? Why is the girl important, it’s just my son you suspect, isn’t it?”

Keiko Kagami...Kagami...wait a moment.

He hit his intercom, ignoring the chief’s question, “Watari, please search your files for the last name Kagami…”

Keiko’s POV:

/timeskip/

Light raised his arms above him, stifling a yawn as he did so, “I don’t know about you, but I’m beat. How about we call it a night?”

Keiko nodded, trying to fight a yawn herself, “mmm, sounds good.”

While she had been nervous at first, her worries soon were forgotten as the two had gotten lost in the world academia. She found out that Light had the latest edition of the study guide that was supposed to help them get into To-Oh University, and they had spent nearly all evening going over each of the problems one by one.

Keiko stood up, getting all of her books together when she felt a hand on her shoulder. Keiko turned around, now face to face with Light. She set the books back down on his desk, watching him carefully as she did so.

“Wait, before you go, there’s something I’ve been wanting to do,” he said, and Keiko could see the sly smile return to his face as he started to close the gap between them.

Keiko became increasingly aware of Light’s close proximity to her, and she could feel her heart hammering away in her chest. She hadn’t exactly had a crush on Light before, but given their current situation and all of their interactions lately, she had to admit that she found him now on her mind a lot, at least when she wasn’t thinking about school, entrance exams, or the Kira case.

He was rather good looking, and she’d be lying if she said she wasn’t in any way attracted to him, which was why she let him get ever so close to her. Keiko could feel the warmth of his body as he wrapped an arm around her back, pressing them closer together, their faces now inches away from each other.

Those few seconds felt like hours, and before Keiko could even properly process what was going on, Light had grabbed her face, and gently put his lips on hers, leaving no space between them. Her eyes closed, and she let herself kiss Light Yagami for the second time in her life. The only difference was that this time, it wasn’t because of an ex boyfriend, but simply because she wanted to.

L’s POV:

L watched as Light pulled in Keiko closer towards him. After a few seconds of them staring intently at each other, he watched as Light Yagami went in and slowly kissed her, earning a gasp from Light’s father. An amused smile found its way onto L’s face.

What an elaborate show he’s putting on, it’s like they are in a television drama or something. Light, you are a pretty good actor, I’ll give you that.

Meanwhile, beside him, Chief Yagami’s face was slowly turning pinker and pinker as he realized what his son was doing. It almost looked like a vein in his forehead was about to pop at any moment.

“You know, it’s not unusual for a teenage guy to kiss a girl he likes,” L said simply, popping a strawberry in his mouth, “you really shouldn’t overreact so much.”

“But that’s my son we’re talking about!” Chief Yagami replied, clearly irritated, “besides, he’s never shown this much interest in a girl before. This would be the first time he’s ever brought one home.”

“Oh really? Is that so?” L replied thoughtfully.

The first time he’s brought a girl home, eh? In that case, Light must really be putting on a show for me then.

“Ryuzaki, the documents you asked for earlier are here,” Watari informed L via intercom.

“Ah, yes, what good timing, come on in,” L replied, standing up and heading towards the door. Watari stepped inside, handing the papers over to L, “it would appear that the girl’s father used to be a rather prominent detective and private investigator, Hiro Kagami.”

“Of course!” L replied, the lightbulb going off in his head, “Hiro Kagami. I remember hearing his name before. There was an article in this newspaper about him,” he picked up the old news article that Watari had brought in, showing it to Chief Yagami, who was now standing next to L.

“This is Keiko’s father, Kagami Hiro-san. When he died a few years ago, this local newspaper had a special article dedicated to him, since he solved so many cases within the area. However, this is why I recognized his daughter, they have a photo of her in here, along with her mother,” he pointed out the picture to the chief, “you see, I remember every single face I come across, whether in print, on T.V., or in real life...now that I think about it, if Keiko is just like her father, then she must also share his sense of justice or, at least, his skills…”

“What are you suggesting?” The chief pressed, “do you think Light is dating this girl on purpose because of her father? Is that it?”

“Well, that could be it, but why go through all that trouble? More than most likely that’s just a coincidence. However, since this girl and Light are close, and noting this girl’s father, I would like it if we could keep tabs on her as well. For all we know, this girl could be Kira.”

Chief Yagami looked rather aghast at L’s comment, “you can’t be serious.”

“Oh but I am,” L said, “I say we have an agent tail her starting as soon as possible. If she proves to be innocent, then perhaps we can add her to the Task Force.”

In actuality, the chances of her being Kira are slim, even slimmer than Light’s, but it’s still a possibility that I would have to rule out before I could ever come in contact with her. If she proves herself to be innocent, and if she has even half the skills that her father had, perhaps maybe, just maybe, she could prove herself to be useful in this investigation. She would be a nice addition, and her connections with Light would make it even easier for us to spy on him. Either way, it’s a win.