''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8629562/12/The-Plot-Bunny-Menace Broken Facades]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1922133/Arysthae Arysthae]] is a ''Manga/DeathNote'' [[AlternateUniverse AU]] where Light [[CrashIntoHello encounters]] Misa when he's 16 right after Misa lost her family.

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!! ''Broken Facades'' provides examples of:
* AlternateUniverseFic
* AngerBornOfWorry: Light gets angry when he learns that Misa made the eye deal.
* AscendedExtra: Sayu becomes a major character.
* BreakTheCutie: Misa, pre-story.
* CrashIntoHello: Light and Misa
* CryIntoChest: Misa when she first meets Light.
* DarkMessiah: Light/Kira
* DeclarationOfProtection: Light promises his father he will look after Misa.
* DemotedToExtra: Rem has no reason to complain now because Light/Kira has already vowed to protect Misa. L isn't seen very often either.
* FakeOutMakeOut: Misa and Light do this when Sayu bursts into Light’s room while they were discussing Kira business.
* ForWantOfANail: Because Light met Misa before she became the Second Kira he actually ''likes'' her now instead of seeing her as criminal scum.
* GreenEyedMonster: though she doesn't say anything Light gets the feeling that Rem doesn't like him very much.
* {{Het}}: It's Light/Misa
* HystericalWoman: Misa comes off this way to Light when he first meets her.
* ItsPersonal: After discovering the Death Note works, the man who killed Misa's family is among Kira's first victims.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Light cautions Misa that he's not exactly in love with her but he cares for her like a sister.
* LovesMyAlterEgo: Misa likes Light but she ''worships'' Kira.
* MoralityPet: Misa and Sayu for Light.
* OlderThanTheyLook: {{Lampshaded}} when Light reflects on how he is so much more mature than Misa who is two years older than he is.
* OrphansOrdeal: Misa
* OutlawCouple: Light and Misa.
* PoorCommunicationKills: At first Light can't tell Misa how he really feels about Kira because he's under surveillance by L.
* SecretIdentity:
-->'''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.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: To his surprise Light discovers that he and Misa share similar opinions about the state of the world and the justice system.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Misa's manager encourages her to speak like this.
* TookALevelInBadass: Misa
* TrueCompanions: Misa to the Yagami family.
* UndercoverAsLovers: Light and Misa both agree that the best way to throw off suspicion would be to "pretend" that they're dating.
* UndyingLoyalty: Misa to Kira.
* WhatWereYouThinking: Light demands to know this when he learns Misa traded away half her lifespan for Shinigami eyes.
* WitnessProtection: 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.
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