Glow

Chapter Six - Extra

Ryuzaki was sitting calmly on an orange bench in a small park nearby his house, underneath a large tree with red leaves. It was a nice place, with small trees lining the borders, flowers frequently placed and the grass quite healthy and green, not many weeds. He had his sketchbook and pencil out, to sketch random parts of the landscape. A loved pastime. And no one really came to that park, so it was always very quiet. There was a small area of grass uninterrupted by tress or flowers, and Ryuzaki had taken to drawing that.
After a few minutes as he looked up to see what type of trees surrounded it, he was surprised to see a boy and a girl setting down a fleece blanket upon the grass in the clearing. On closer inspection he noticed it was, in fact, Light and his sister. Sayu, right? The two had briefly met before, and she seemed nice enough. He shrugged to himself and slowly began to add the two to his black and white sketch. After about ten more minutes of defining small details, he heard a voice calling his name. He looked up from his book to see Light, approaching him and sitting on the bench next to him. Fairly far away but better than nothing.
"Uh, hey. What are you doing here?" Ryuzaki was asked, and he took a sharp breath as he attempted to hide his drawing.
"Just relaxing. Sketching." Light tilted his head, reaching out slightly in request.
"Could I?" Ryuzaki sighed and allowed the other male to take his book. Light blinked then smirked slightly.
"Wow. It's good." With a small cough to hide the surprise in his voice, he looked away and dropped it back into Ryuzaki's lap. He gave a small nod of proud content.
"Thank you.." Crossing his legs, Ryuzaki let his shoulders relax a bit as he chatted about random things, the weather, anything. Meanwhile, Sayu was sitting alone on the blanket, staring at the glowing boys. 'But I won't speak of this.' She thought, pushing the thoughts away.
"Well, I need to go now. Homework to do." Ryuzaki spoke and stood, followed by Light.
"Sure. Bye.." They bid eachother farewell, Ryuzaki left, and Sayu got her brother back.
As Ryuzaki entered his house once more, he couldn't help but smile. Bully? Gone. Friends? Yes. Girlfriend? ...close enough.. And for once, he didn't want to even look at the box under his bed. He felt great, in fact.
A few hours later the sun was just about to go down and Ryuzaki had finished all his work from school. He'd already eaten (cake) but he felt quite tired, so he lay on his bed and  hacked his messages. One. From just a few minutes ago...
   'Hey. It's light. Near gave me your number, but I don't know how he got it... Anyway, wanna just talk or something?'
What a surprise. Regardless, Ryuzaki smiled. And they chatted through their phones until they both fell asleep.