Scarlet Crimson [Light x Reincarnated OC]

Chapter 16

Chapter 16

It was just a few days before Christmas when Mom suddenly dropped a bomb on me, literally making me choke on my miso soup.

"Light, I heard you went on a date today?" Although the question was innocent from my mom's tone, I could hear the underlying mischievous intentions she was desperately trying to hide. Light noticed too, shrugging casually as Dad lifted his head with bloodshot eyes.

He looked like a vampire.

"Son, as long as you keep your grades up, I'm not opposed to you dating. But don't forget whatever you do, be sure to treat the girl with respect." He eyed Light with a perpendicular warning.

Dad's hair was a mess. It seemed as if he hadn't taken a shower all week nor did it seem like he had slept for a month. His mustache was all over the place, having not groomed or shaved in a week due to his lack of relaxation in his workplace.

The Kira task force had demanded a 24-hour concentration.

I'm surprised that Soichiro was even hiding the fact that L was suspecting his own son. I thought he would be more hesitant, furious at the detective even.

Well, L had not outforth declared Light as the prime suspect yet.

"Of course, dad." Light's smile remained genuine and reassuring, causing my dad to nod and sigh, continuing to eat his grilled fish on his entree plate. Light's gaze shifted over to my frozen ones that were staring hard at my chopsticks before he focused on his own food.

Oh shite.

Are we already at that event now?

I totally missed it.

Frustrated, I sighed and continued to move my fingers to tear a piece of my fish apart with the utensil.

"Sayu? What's the matter?" Light's voice called out before I could even place the fish into my mouth. Dammit! Couldn't you just have waited until I took the bite?!

"I'm thinking that we're growing up too fast." This time, I fully placed my chopsticks down and softened my look deliberately. "Light has a girlfriend, I'm moving soon to college or university, then I realized that mom and dad are growing old..."

My mom coughed at my comment, looking at me like I had just first handedly insulted her.

"Mom, you still look young, it's just, age is a number that keeps growing without any possible ways to stop it." I released the tension in my shoulders and looked at the parents that served as nothing but a plot mover to both Light and me.

"Sayu, it's good that you're growing up." Mom smiled sweetly despite the hard truth. "We all grow older someday. That's what makes life so interesting and short."

My face scrunched up sadly as Soichiro nodded along with her.

"I...I know." My voice came out unsteady as I forced a choked squeak before standing up. "Please excuse me, I'll eat later."

I rushed up the stairs, ignoring all their stares that were on my back as I slammed the room of my room before changing my gaze instantly stone hard.

Shite, you never told me when the events would happen!

I screamed in my mind, throwing my hands up while staring at the ceiling as if there was a mythical being that could form into a Wikipedia page.

Goddammit and here I was, planning my next step when I've already missed a big one!

I paced around my room in circles before swishing back and forth from my bed to the desk. Sighing with more exasperation, I pressed my face onto the cold window, trying to cool down my blazing and hyped-up cheeks.