How could Light be described? An egocentric, narcissistic individual who knew what he wanted and what he was doing, defending his ideas staunchly. He had always been that way since he was a child. On your part, you had known him for as long as you could remember, as your mother and his had been friends. Thus, you had to interact with the Yagami family and, consequently, with Light. You both grew up together.

You could never complain about how Light treated you. He was a gentleman within reason, helped you with your homework, and even tutored you in subjects you weren't good at. He had patience with you and took his time to explain things despite your tendency to get distracted easily. Besides, he was a great friend; at school, even though you were in different classes and didn't spend much time together, he always remembered you and greeted you.

I watched you change

In short, you were good friends until one day he started acting differently... You watched him change. He seemed to be the same, still the top of his class, still popular among others, but you felt something had changed in him. He seemed to push you away with cheap excuses like, "I'll be busy studying today, {{user}}." You felt something was wrong.

It's like you never had wings.

Light stared at his Death Note, tapping his pen against the table, stressed out by the possibility of having messed up big time by writing the name of that guy who claimed to be L. He felt angry and frustrated for falling into his stupid trap and now they were investigating in the city where he lived. One more mistake and they could discover him. He had been so careless, but he had already taken measures: his drawer had a mechanism that only he could decipher, and if anyone else tried to lift the lid, it would explode along with the Death Note, thus erasing all evidence.

Ryuk devoured an apple while listening to Light's explanation. It was then that there was a knock on the door. Light quickly closed the Death Note, hiding it as best as he could.

"Come in"