27A/N: I'm sorry that I haven't been able to update my other stories. I have two stories on my mind for Raito-kun and L. I want to update the others first but then honestly, the lack of reviews really demotivates me. :(So, I plan to work on the two new stories or maybe more in the future and finish them first before returning to my other stories. I'm kinda new to this so please understand. :)
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My Amnesia Boy
Summary: L Lawliet was supposed to marry Yagami Raito but ran away, leaving his brown haired fiancee alone on the altar. After three years, they meet again. However, things weren't the same anymore. LxRaito
Chapter 3:
"Look here, gorgeous! Smile for the camera now!" A flash came from the camera as a man and a woman posed in their wedding attire. Raye gave the excited couple a big grin. "Your pictures will be done later. We can deliver them if you're too busy to..." Raito tuned his friend's voice out. He knew he could handle it.
The two of them decided to start a photography business together just after he recovered from his accident after L left. He had a good eye for photography but it was an agreement between Raye and him that he will never take pictures of married couples.
"Hey honey bear," Raito rolled his eyes at the nickname, "Naomi-chan called. She agreed to meet up with me. I hope that-" Their office phone started to ring. "Raye here. Yes? Oh! I didn't forget! We'll be there. Yes. Don't worry. Okay. Bye." He sighed. "That was one of our regulars, Suzuki-san, she wanted to have us take pictures for their family reunion. But..." He sighed again.
"It's okay. I'll take the job. Go have fun on your date." Raito started to gather his equipment while the other man walked towards the door. "I'll get you something nice on the way back." He was about to grab the door knob when someone knocked. He opened the door and saw a black haired man.
"Is Raito-kun here?"
"We have plans. We're supposed to leave soon."
"Raye? Do you have... Oh? Ryuuzaki? What are you doing here?" Raito smiled innocently. And Raye knew that smile. It was anything but innocent. He looked back at the newly arrived man. Black hair. Black eyes. And those eyebags... Oh!
"I just wanted to talk but it seems that you had plans today."
"Oh, I have a date and all but Raito has to go to work. I'm actually worried because he'll go alone and the drive just to the location is two hours at maximum." Brown eyes glared at him. He had been doing appointments alone in the past.
"Then, can I accompany Raito-kun today at work? I'll help."
"...Okay." He knew that he should've said no but he also knew that L would follow him anyway. He'll have fun erasing that smug smile off of his best friend's face later.
They hadn't had much talk in the two hours of the ride. Raito was busy assembling his equipment and L took extra care in driving. The fact that his former fiancee got into a car accident just didn't give him confidence in his driving.
"Suzuki-san. We're here for your reunion."
"Ah! Yagami-kun! I'm happy that you're here now."
Two teenagers ran off their way and approached the old woman. "Happy anniversary, Granny!" They ran away again back to a group of girls.
"Anniversary?" L looked at Raito with concern. The brown haired man looked anxious.
"Oh, yes! Sorry about that. Can you believe it? My husband and I have been married for almost forty years already!"
Their whole afternoon was spent with Raito taking pictures and L watching the other work. He offered help but then the photographer would only snap at him. It was already fiver in the afternoon when they were already loading the equipment into the car. L sat quietly in the driver's seat while Raito looked over the pictures in the camera.
"Are you okay? You seem distracted back then."
The photographer didn't look up. "It's fine."
"Did I do something wrong?"
"Nothing, really. It just that... Did you know that I was supposed to get married in the past? The guy left me on the altar, unfortunately"
"They didn't tell you... I mean, you don't know who that guy was?"
"No. I didn't bother asking. I might have just ended up killing the guy." Raito smiled but it didn't reached his eyes.
"What about emails? Letters? Texts?"
Raito lifted his head up to look at the sky which was starting to darken and then looked down to check the pictures again. "Dad deleted everything. He burned everything tangible too. They didn't want me to remember. I just... I wonder what kind of person would do that thing?"
L turned his head to look at him but didn't say anything.
"Dad said I had a bright future ahead of me. I was about to enter into the NPA. They all had high hopes for me. To think that I gave everything up just to marry that guy. On the day of our wedding, however, he didn't come. He sent someone to say that he already left me."
Their eyes met and L saw glossy brown eyes.
"What kind of guy was he? They said I looked so happy that day. Then, when I learned that he left, I ran and ran. I cried so hard. And then I ran and ran some more. Dad ran after me but I didn't stop. Just kept running."
Raito looked down again at the camera.
"I thought no, he can't do this to me. He wouldn't do this to me. I was wrong, though. It was raining that time too." Raito turned his head away to his window. He was smiling when he turned to look at L again, his eyes were no longer glossy but his voice was strained.
"It was a good thing that I had an accident, I think. Even having amnesia, the pain is really still here." He had put his hand on his chest. "But then it helps a bit." He released a shaky sigh. "I just wanted to know why? Why did he do that to me? Why did he left me? Why?"
L turned his gaze on the steering wheel and gripped it until his knuckles turned white.
"Maybe he became scared-"
"Bullshit! That's it?!"
L forced himself to face Raito who was looking intensely at him. The brown eyes starting to get glossy with tears again but never falling.
"Maybe he thought he wasn't ready-"
"Why did he bother proposing if he wasn't ready then?!"
"Maybe he has his own reasons? Even I would be afraid-"
"Of what?"
"Of you?"
"Of me? So it's my fault?!"
"No! Maybe he was afraid... That you would hurt more if you married him."
Raito laughed, making some tears fall. "That's bullshit! I'll be hurt? Doesn't he think that I'm not hurting now?"
"Maybe he had a lot of questions then. What if everything doesn't work out because you both have different sets of priorities? That if he said yes that day... What if he wasn't able to commit to his promises to you?"
The intense look from the brown eyes returned. "What? Did he find his answers, then? Did he?"
"I think that he realized it was harder for him after he left you. Raito-kun, I'm sure that wherever he is, he's regretting that he left you. He's regretting that he hurt you. I know that if he were here standing in front of you, he would only hope for you to forgive him. More than anything else in the world."
He didn't receive a reply, though, but he just kept on going. "I'm sorry, Raito-kun."
The rain started to fall heavier. Raito just gave him a tired and sad smile. "Why are you apologizing? It wasn't even you." He turned to look at his window again. "Let's just go."
Raye was arranging the food on their table when he heard someone enter. It was Raito and their equipment was just laying on the floor of the hallway.
"I have the brand of potato chips that you like. The brand with the price as if they sprinkled gold in there. Extra large. Come on." He pulled his friend's hand and guided him to the kitchen.
Raito began walking around and around but only stopped when a hand gripped his shoulder.
"What is it?"
"I hate him."
"Nah. Wrong answer."
"I hate him! All I feel is anger for him!"
"I told you. Wrong answer."
"You don't understand! You just don't understand!"
"I know you better than you know yourself. Isn't that written on my resume before I applied as your best friend? Your buddy? The other half of your lonely and misguided soul? And I know that you're still in love with him."
"No."
Raye sighed. "Okay then." He went back to arranging the food.
"I said, no more!"
"Hmm."
"No more."
"Okay."
"Nothing else but hatred."
"I know."
And if dinner started a bit late after that, they didn't talk about it. And if Raye heard Raito's sobs while eating, he never mentioned it.
Sorry if I haven't updated soon! Should I include Misa? I was actually thinking that maybe in this story, she was just an model, doing her thing, modelling, acting or something and just you know, doesn't meet up our two main characters? LOL.
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