I am Ryoko || L Lawliet x Kira!OC

1. From the beginning

(A/N: I'm so fixated with Death Note that I needed to write something about it. Please, enjoy my (first) love story and forgive me for my English, it's not my mother tongue.)

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«Koike-san, please translate the sentence I've read just now»

«Yes, sir» the girl stood up from her seat and translated it in English. It was a book about English Literature and that was the last lesson before lunch time.

The teacher thanked her for her excellent translation and Ryoko sat down again. The lesson continued without other interruptions and the teacher assigned a long translation for the next week.

Ryoko fixed her long hair and took a look at herself through her pocket-sized mirror: straight long black hair, pale skin, two brown eyes and white uniform with a big red bow on the chest. Ryoko Koike was one of the smartest student in her school (the third in the entire institute): excellent marks in each subject, good athletic skills and she could sing splendidly.

Her life was pretty normal: in the morning she would go to school, in the afternoon she would take part at different projects and clubs and at night she would do her homework. Sometimes she and her best friend would go shopping but it was rare: Ryoko didn't like much crowded places and she was pretty awkward in public. She also sang and played many sports: tennis, volleyball, cricket and baseball. Despite she did many social activities, she had a very poor social life: her shyness and her natural distant / cold attitude towards the others stopped her in everything. In other words, despite her grades, Ryoko was not popular at school.

She took her bento from her bag: it was a pink box with a pair of red chopsticks. She could smell the delicious scent of her lunch.

«Oi Ryoko-chan!» a cheerful girl with the same uniform as Ryoko approached her.

«Hi Eriko-chan∼» Ryoko smiled. There she was, Eriko Kimura: Ryoko's best friend with long deep brown hair usually fixed in two ponytails and black eyes. Eriko was so cheerful compared to Ryoko: she loved talking about many different things while Ryoko preferred reading in silence; Eriko adored doing shopping and hanging out with other friends of hers while Ryoko stood at home alone all the time. Maybe it was because of this that the two girls got along from the beginning.

«Can I sit here and eat with you?» Eriko asked so happily.

«Yeah sure»

The two girls ate together their lunch from their bentos and gossiped. Eriko was a huge fan of Misa Amane and she was going crazy because she read in a magazine that Misa would organise a runaway show there at Yokohama. Eriko tried to convince Ryoko to come with her at the event but the black haired girl was not fond of crowded places. Eventually Eriko had an entire month to try to convince her anyway.

After many other lessons their day at school finished and Ryoko was ready to come back home with Eriko (as always). During their walk they ended up talking about Kira and how Eriko felt safer in the streets after their appearance. Ah, Kira: a hero for someone and a mass killer for others, it was a figure who had already changed the history of the world. Recently a transmission from a guy who said to be the famous detective L messed up the broadcasts but he died right after his speech live recording. Everyone thought that Kira really killed L (and that he was not-so-great by showing up his face) but it was a trap from the real L! A white screen with a giant black letter "L" spoke with a strange voice provoking Kira to kill him.

«What do you think about Kira?» Eriko asked interrupting Ryoko's thoughts.

«I don't know. Sure, killing is a crime...but he kills criminals who are already sentenced to death, so...» Ryoko hadn't a true opinion about Kira: he was a grey character to her.