Broken Facades
by Arysthae is a Death Note AU where Light encounters Misa when he's 16 right after Misa lost her family.
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Broken Facades provides examples of:
- Alternate Universe Fic
- Anger Born of Worry: Light gets angry when he learns that Misa made the eye deal.
- Ascended Extra: Sayu becomes a major character.
- Break the Cutie: Misa, pre-story.
- Crash-Into Hello: Light and Misa
- Cry into Chest: Misa when she first meets Light.
- Dark Messiah: Light/Kira
- Declaration of Protection: Light promises his father he will look after Misa.
- Demoted to Extra: Rem has no reason to complain now because Light/Kira has already vowed to protect Misa. L isn't seen very often either.
- Fake-Out Make-Out: Misa and Light do this when Sayu bursts into Light’s room while they were discussing Kira business.
- For Want Of A Nail: Because Light met Misa before she became the Second Kira he actually likes her now instead of seeing her as criminal scum.
- Green-Eyed Monster: though she doesn't say anything Light gets the feeling that Rem doesn't like him very much.
- Het: It's Light/Misa
- Hysterical Woman: Misa comes off this way to Light when he first meets her.
- It's Personal: After discovering the Death Note works, the man who killed Misa's family is among Kira's first victims.
- Like Brother and Sister: Light cautions Misa that he's not exactly in love with her but he cares for her like a sister.
- Loves My Alter Ego: Misa likes Light but she worships Kira.
- Morality Pet: Misa and Sayu for Light.
- Older Than They Look: Lampshaded when Light reflects on how he is so much more mature than Misa who is two years older than he is.
- Orphan's Ordeal: Misa
- Outlaw Couple: Light and Misa.
- Poor Communication Kills: At first Light can't tell Misa how he really feels about Kira because he's under surveillance by L.
- Secret Identity:Misa: Kira.Light: What about him? Do you want stats or something?Misa: You're Kira. I can't believe it.Light: Don't be ridiculous Misa. Whatever are you on about?Misa: You're Kira because this notebook fell on the Earth for you as well.
- Strange Minds Think Alike: To his surprise Light discovers that he and Misa share similar opinions about the state of the world and the justice system.
- Third-Person Person: Misa's manager encourages her to speak like this.
- Took a Level in Badass: Misa
- True Companions: Misa to the Yagami family.
- Undercover as Lovers: Light and Misa both agree that the best way to throw off suspicion would be to "pretend" that they're dating.
- Undying Loyalty: Misa to Kira.
- What Were You Thinking?: Light demands to know this when he learns Misa traded away half her lifespan for Shinigami eyes.
- Witness Protection: after Misa gives her testimony Souichiro brings Misa home with him to live with them for a while in order to protect her from the dangerous criminal that murdered her family that's still on the streets.
