I loved 'It's just the nerves' too much, I'm gonna ask another one. Hope I'm not annoying xD
May I have a continuation where the reader has a photo of them (not great resolution since the phones in dn are keypad, I think) as their wallpaper and the boys see it?
I hope you'll have fun writing it. Please take as much time as you need! Have a lovely day!
“Caught, Not Quite In 4K” - Death Note Boys
Headcanons: How they react to being your phone wallpaper. (Continuation of It’s Just The Nerves, which you can find here)
Characters mentioned: L Lawliet, Light Yagami, Touta Matsuda, Mihael Keehl
Author’s Note: So so sorry for the wait! I wanted to get it absolutely perfect. I hope they’re to your liking!!
•Work on the Kira case was progressing swiftly. It had been bizarre at first, but everyone finally seemed to be adjusting to conditions on the investigation. As much as was possible, anyway.
•You hadn’t spoken much with L (or, should I say, Ryuzaki) since the earlier incident, aside from a few short minutes here and there. Perhaps he was taking a liking to your conversations. He’d ask simple questions, like if you thought things were going well or not, or how the other team members were doing from your perspective. It was all professional talk, just in a more relaxed tone, to some degree. There was no doubt that there was at least a sense of mutual respect between the two of you.
•Matsuda was out on a coffee run for everyone (or whatever drink is of your choosing) and in true Matsuda fashion, forgot his ID to get back into the building. It had started to rain pretty heavily, and the first thing he’d thought to do was to call you so that you could come downstairs and let him in.
•Which brings us to the present moment. You’re sat next to L, going through a few new witness files, noting down anything suspicious. Nothing special. In fact, so mundane you can feel your eyes getting heavy. Your phone starts to ring in your bag, and you raise one eyebrow at the contact name. “Why is Matsuda calling?”
•He explains the situation and without a second thought, you rush down to grab the door for him…leaving your phone on the table, completely in L’s line of sight, with the screen lit up and displaying none other than himself. It’s taken from behind, and it’s just him sat at the exact same spot he was now, though the photograph was clearly taken on a different day, as there were a few slight variations. Small things like lighting or a set of keys. Not something everyone would notice, but this is L.
•When you come back up, you’re carrying half of the drinks, including L’s and your own. As you go to set his down, he looks up at you, eyebrows raised. He doesn’t comment on the phone though, and instead just opts to take the cup and thank you. However, you can tell something was definitely wrong, and call him out on it.
•”Well, it’s nothing much, so there’s no need to worry.” He sighs, then pauses for a second before he begins again, “It’s just that I noticed the wallpaper on your phone. It’s…definitely something.”
•Your mind completely shuts down in embarrassment, and you’re speechless at first.
•”I told you, it’s nothing to worry about too much. I would just rather it were deleted.”
•You stand there looking and feeling like a total idiot. Of course he wouldn’t want pictures of himself on anyone’s phone? Think about who you’re dealing with here, Y/N. Damn.
•You manage to make up some excuse about how it looked good from an artistic perspective, but he didn’t buy it at all.
•L is definitely a tough one to break, and you just seem to keep setting yourself back. Stay optimistic, though, and you never know what might happen.
•You’d taken him up on the offer for his number and kept in contact over the coming weeks, considering he seemed nice enough- both in personality and to look at, that was.
•You’d been studying for an upcoming exam in a corner of the library one afternoon when you caught his attention. He noted that you seemed to be struggling, and suggested you come over later that day, to see if he could be of any help.
•Of course, Sayu makes a huge deal of you coming over. You’re barely even romantically involved yet, but she keeps calling this a date and asking you various questions about yourself as Light grabs a few snacks and a drink for each of you from the kitchen. You don’t exactly mind it, aside from the slightly awkward atmosphere. Well, awkward for you two, not for Sayu in the slightest.
•Everything is always neat and set up in Light’s room, but the ambience isn’t usually this cosy. Lucky you, he’s gone the extra mile for this occasion.
•Things are fairly productive but you do also have a lot of good conversation, getting to know each other more.
•You realise it’s gotten dark outside, and Light asks you what time it is. Of course, when you turn on your phone to check, he’s greeted with a photo of himself.
•”Already, hm?” He smiles softly and plays it totally cool, as though he’s completely unfazed by it. Maybe there’s a little hint of deceit or whatever, but still. He reaches for your other hand that’s resting on the desk, stroking the back of it with his thumb.
•It’s not often at all Light is affectionate, especially in such a calm and peaceful manner. It’s all part of his game, to make you let your guard down.
•That being said, however, I think this would be the moment he realises that he actually has something with you, rather than it all being fake for his personal gain.
•I don’t mean to say it’s an instant change, but rather, this is the turning point that begins a genuine relationship. He’ll try and stop himself from falling, telling himself it’s all for show, but it’s not much use.
•He finds himself actually wanting to spend time with you, and you ended up staying for dinner with the family that evening.
•For one night, the names in the notebook would just have to wait until later than usual.
Hopefully L wouldn’t notice a break in the pattern or anything, right?
•Bonus: You don’t know it, but of course Ryuk is there the whole time, and he totally saw the way Light looked at you. Trust me, he did not fail to comment on it. “It would be a shame if I had to write your name down before you could get married, wouldn’t it? I’m sure you wouldn’t want to leave the new love of your life so lonely?” And so on.
•Play your cards right, and you might find yourself in a position of royalty of the new world.
•He stuck to his word, and as promised, he took you out on a date.
•As I have said before, Matsuda is definitely a fun date kind of guy. Let’s say for this scenario, you guys went bowling and for milkshakes, or something similar. And also, like I said, he brought you flowers, duh. Specifically, he went for a small batch of red roses for the first date. He figured he couldn’t go wrong with the most classic type, and pictured it just like in the movies. He’s such a cheesy romantic, let’s be real.
•You both had the best time and took a ton of pictures together! Mostly ones where you were both pulling stupid faces and messing about. There’s one in particular where you’re doing gun fingers and pretending to shoot each other, trying your hardest not to laugh, and that’s the one you set as your background. Maybe the first date was a little early for setting phone wallpapers, but the picture was just too cute to pass it up.
•Fast forward about a week or so. You had been calling and texting whenever you got the chance, totally hitting it off.
•He drops you a text one day in the early evening, informing you he’d gotten off of work early, and offering to go for a walk together and catch up.
•You were sharing headphones and listening to music from his phone and talking about everything you had to possibly tell the other when his phone suddenly died.
•”Oh, it’s okay,” you responded, “We can just use mine. I have a ton of songs downloaded.”
•You dig through your bag and pull out your phone, totally forgetting what your wallpaper was.
•Matsuda does a double take when you turn it on, totally surprised.
•”You set us as your background?” He questions, and you’re unable to read his expression. Now you thought of it, it was definitely a little strange considering you hadn’t even had your first kiss together yet.
•”Is that okay with you? I can change it if you’d like-“ you begin, but you’re cut off as he does exactly that. He pulls you into a soft kiss, one hand cupping the side of your face delicately, as if you were too precious for someone clumsy like him, while the other one found your waist. When you both break the kiss, he’s grinning like a total idiot, which you do in fact tell him.
•”I think you should keep the wallpaper” He finally answers, holding out his hand for you to take. “Maybe I’ll even set one myself. You know, when my phone isn’t dead.”
•And then, both of you noticing sunset had passed long ago, he walked you through the glowing city lights back to your place. (Psst, if you were cold, he’d definitely give you his jacket without a second thought.)
•Something told you he’d be your background for a long time to come. ;p
•As fate would have it, you did end up seeing him again. You’d unknowingly befriended Matt, having no clue the two knew each other. He invites you back to his place just to chill for a while, briefly mentioning a roommate.
•”Yeah he might be around, but he’ll be totally chill, don’t worry about it.”
•So you don’t even have a second thought on it. You’re just expecting some random dude. Oh how wrong you are.
•You make eye contact with Mello as soon as you walk in and the world just stops for a second. He’s sat sideways on an armchair with his legs hanging over one of the arms, and the TV is blasting some action movie you don’t recognise, so he reaches for the remote to mute it and greet you.
•”Oh, look who it is. Never thought I’d see you again.” He smirks, and Matt’s jaw drops because he’s totally assuming the worst.
•”It’s nothing awful, Matt.” You shake your head, unable to contain a smile of your own. “We just met outside of a store one time when his bike broke down.” You take off your coat and shoes and make yourself comfortable, per Matt’s request while he sets up a video game on the TV for you all.
•Mello decides to push it a little more, making sure to point out that there was never any actual conversation, but rather you’d basically indirectly hit on him and then made an escape before any consequences could come of it. He’s not upset at all, he’s just trying to fluster you, and it’s working, evidently.
•”Maybe you’re right, but I did do one thing. Catch.” You throw him your phone, much to his confusion before you clarify. “Turn it on and look, stupid.”
•”…What the hell is this?” He snaps, as though it’s a defence mechanism. He’s lost for words.
•Matt comes up behind the chair to look and just starts totally laughing his ass off, “Aren’t you embarrassed?”
•”Nope.” That’s a lie, but you want the upper hand here. “But I did say you looked hot, didn’t I? Well, I meant it.”
•Mello’s face has turned a deep shade of crimson by now, and he’s shoving the phone into Matt’s hands, telling him to go give it back.
•Matt wishes he had popcorn right about now, it would have been perfect for this moment.
•”By the way, Matt, does pretty boy here have a name?” Both of your laughs are very much contagious to each other while Mello is racking his brain for a witty response, but alas, he has nothing. He just mutters a “Oh my fucking god” in total questioning of his life.
•”His name’s- Fuck- His name’s Mello.” Matt finally manages to spit out between wheezes.
•The noise finally dies down, and you just hear a “If you’ve got my face in your phone, you should probably have my number in it too.” Took him long enough, but a worthy result.
•Now kick his ass at this game, it’s only right.