#bxlight

How exactly did he get here? All Light could remember was a hit on the head so severe that it blacked out his recollection of the past hour.

What Light Yagami did not know was that the injury in question occurred the previous week from today. It was all coming in a flash; Beyond Birthday told him that the only way one could get out this prison was to dig a hole under an unsupervised location. What all the prisoners knew, except for Light Yagami, were the consequences of such an assertive act: If you attempt to breathe in the rich soil as you dig your way out, the powerful fumes will kill you instantly and no one will mourn you as you are forever forgotten in the system. Beyond Birthday was counting on getting rid of L’s shiny new enemy for his own amusement.

Fortunately for Light Yagami, a guardian angel in the shape of a broad-shouldered criminal overheard Beyond Birthday’s instructions to Light Yagami, already prepared to save him from such terrible fate. He followed Light until he was feet away from the location and knocked him so hard on the head that he immediately passed out. The following morning, the criminal alerted the guards about Beyond Birthday’s intentions.

The guards dealt with him accordingly: Bring him to L.

After what seemed like minutes, Light Yagami remembered what happened and a hot fury traveled through him like lightening. L, it was all about L. No matter where he went, his presence disturbed him tremendously. He might not be face-to-face with him, but Beyond Birthday was the closest annoyance he could imagine. That smug smile, his inability to accept his mistakes, and his physical violence were so reminiscent of L that he wanted to hunt both of them and kill them with a Death Note. Too bad he was stripped off that power not too soon after he was captured and brought sadness within Light. However, something was still not right: Where did Beyond Birthday get his Shinigami Eyes if he lacked a Death Note? Unless Ryuk tricked him, shouldn’t The Eyes be removed once you give up the Death Note? Not like he wanted to know anyway; if he saw Beyond Birthday’s face one more time, he wouldn’t if know if he could stop himself from ripping off the hair that was left from Beyond’s head and break his ribs.

~

Meanwhile, in Beyond Birthday’s highly secured cell.

“You are fucking with me, right, Wammy?” Beyond Birthday hissed. “I did nothing wrong, why is L so upset if he hates Light Yagami anyway? He should be happy that we have more in common than originally thought.”

Beyond was in a terrible shape; his injuries from his fight with Light Yagami were still glaringly present and L being the sadist that he was, continued to refuse giving him medical care. First the untreated burns and now a broken face. Fantastic, truly fantastic, Beyond thought sardonically. I’ll never get away from him, he continues to torture me until I can no longer take it. Well, boo-hoo, how about you take me like a real man and stop hiding for once?

After his taunt, Quillsh Wammy administered an electric shock connected to Beyond’s arm, causing him to whimper like a child.

“Still not speaking to me, huh?” Beyond said after he recovered. “You can physically abuse me all you want, I couldn’t care less about you. You and L still ruined mine and A’s life without any remorse. None of you deserve any respect. I ought to kil—AAAAAH, AAAAH, AAAAAAAAAH!”

Wammy administered electric shock before he could finish. “I want to say sorry, but I’m not. At the end of the day, you wanted to be noticed by your death and destruction. You got what you wanted and it is disgusting that you are not willing to accept the consequences. Light Yagami was scheduled for execution; it was not your calling to be the one to do it.”

“He was going to die anyway!” Beyond insisted on proving himself on the right. “You mean to tell me this was an ego thing? How typical, I shouldn’t be surprised. Where is “Mr. Perfect” by the way? I didn’t get the chance to thank him properly for finally giving me chance to escape that hell-hole.”

“Oh, you’ll see him soon,” Wammy said nonchalantly. “I doubt he would be happy about it, but you’ll learn to coexist with each other.”

Beyond raised an eyebrow. “So he is here. Great, can’t wait for the exhilarating reunion.”

~

Light Yagami wanted this torture to end. As two guards dragged him to another room in handcuffs, he already feared the worst. The word “execution” shone brightly in his brain and, if he were honest with himself, that did not sound terrible anymore. Anything to be away from L’s torture.

They opened the door and he received the reminder of that night. Beyond Birthday looked more putrid than ever and if he were to stand closer, he would probably smell the lack of hygiene from rotting away in prison. Beyond had the audacity to blow a kiss at him and he couldn’t take it anymore; he launched himself on top of Beyond and hit his face with the handcuff’s metal surface. Beyond did not fight back; he was too amused to care.

“Enough,” Wammy did not raise his voice, but the sharpness was enough to make them stop. “Whether you like it or not, you are stuck with each other until one of you dies.” It didn’t take a genius to figure out who he meant. “Obviously putting Light Yagami in the same cell as Beyond Birthday was a terrible idea, so the rules have change. You do not longer have any liberties; no more prisoners to interact with and certainly no way out. You are not going to starve or be neglected of your basic human needs. Consider that a blessing, but don’t get too comfortable. From now on, you are highly supervised.”

Light was shocked by Wammy’s harsh nature. He remembered him as someone who was professional yet reserved. He almost reminded him of—No.

Was L speaking for him? By any chance, was he watching him right now? That could explain the surveillance camera, but he did not have a proper explanation on why Wammy was like this.

“I hope you gentlemen have no questions,” Wammy returned to his calm nature. “You’ll be inspected first thing in the morning for security purposes. Have a good night.”

~

Light couldn’t sleep, his paranoia was amplified by that patronizing surveillance camera; he felt mocked and distraught, there truly was no escape.

“You are boring me tonight, Yagami,” Without any warning at all, Beyond slid himself in Light’s bed. “Where is your flaming nature? You were so spicy when we met, now you are soft.”

Light felt sick; would it kill the guy to at least take one shower? “Go back to your bed, it is a single for a reason.”

“Yeah, yeah,” Beyond rolled his eyes. “I can’t sleep either. Isn’t it sad that even though your execution is coming, your numbers have not budged one bit?”   

He had to ignore him, it was certainly one of his other tricks. “Not that I’m following for it, but why do you think that is?”

“Maybe you don’t get to die just yet.” Beyond raised one finger near his mouth. “I can’t one reason why, he clearly hates your guts.”

“Really? I never noticed.” Light said sardonically.

“Aw, the spiciness is back,” Beyond purred against him. “Now the real fun can begin.”

“What are you talking about?” Light said, alarmed.

“Relax, pretty boy, it’s not what you think. I have a plan.”

“Oh, an escape plan? I certainly never heard one of those!”

“Okay, now you are being annoying,” Beyond forced Light to look at him, never mind the fact that he looked like wanted to throw up. “Listen, this one is special because we both lived happily ever after.” He whispered. “I can’t tell you all of it because I know L is watching. I noticed the camera, I’m not a fool. All I know for sure is that you have to pretend to like me.”

“Trust me, Beyond, I would rather kill you.”

“That’s the spirit,” Beyond grinned. “Once you get to truly know me, that feeling gets more intense. Hatred can turn into passion, please work on it.”

“I’m going have to ask you to go back to your bed, goodnight, Beyond.” Light attempted to push him off.

Beyond resisted. “You are not being reasonable. If L sees us getting along, it would throw him off his balance. It would be too suspicious and he would have no choice but to talk to us personally. That would be our chance to escape. We get out, you’ll be the Bonnie to my Clyde, and we live happily ever after.”

Light frowned. “Bonnie?”

Beyond took his hand in between his. “Think about it, sleep on it. You don’t have to agree, but you have to at least have the same lust as I do to defeat L once and for all. I want out, I can’t take his abuse anymore. Anyway,” Beyond kissed Light’s hand. “Goodnight, I wish you good luck on inspection day.” And with that, Beyond left Light alone.