AN: LxLight. This is mainly a romance story, compared to my other story SALIGIA. I hope you enjoy this fic. I am currently trying to finish the new chapter of SALIGIA, but I ran out of ideas. So, I decided to submit this story for now. I just hope I could finish the new chapter of my other story by next week.

Disclaimer: I do not own DeathNote or any of its characters.

Enjoy.

Chapter 1: I'm A Teacher. Yay.

L sighed as the limo parked in front of the enormous gate. He got out of the car and stared at the gate, seemingly thinking whether it was really worth it to stand in front of it. He sighed again. Why was he here again? Ah, yes. Watari. Watari was his foster father and he's the principal of this amazingly enormous school in front of him. The school, aside from it being strangely big, was an institution for brilliant students who have I.Q. that can qualify for the title genius. That was precisely the reason why he allowed Watari to persuade him to stay here. And teach.

He sighed again.

He was actually a little hesitant about this teaching job. He wasn't much of a social person and he was not actually the teacher material. So why was he here? Well, he just happened to be the owner of this excellent school. The school was having problems regarding four genius students and so he was summoned up from his blissful solitude in England, to handle the kids. If they do actually think like kids. He brought out his cell phone from his back pocket and dialed Watari's number.

"Watari." He said, and he heard the old man sigh in relief.

"Ah, L. I was wondering whether your flight was delayed." The old man's voice sounded exhausted.

"I just arrived. Roger drove for me." He replied with a tone that clearly indicated he was not enthusiastic about this… task.

"Ah, yes. Please come here immediately" After mumbling a swift okay, he ended a call and turned to Roger, who was already standing behind him. Nodding to Roger, he silently asked the man to follow his lead. He slowly walked past the gate with Roger tagging behind.

He entered the main entrance of the school building and the students in the lobby gave him curious glances. Not that it was surprising. Nobody knew about who L, the owner of the school and a top detective, really was. He strode forward eyeing the curious students in the corner of his eye. He walked further into the hallway towards the teachers' quarters. The teachers passing by just raised an eyebrow at him, silently mocking his weird appearance. Well, not that he could blame them. They don't know him, after all. Plus the fact that he indeed looked weird. Could he blame himself? He was not much of an appearance person. He couldn't care less whether he looks good or not. He wondered silently what would happen if the insolents discover that he was their employer.

He stopped in front of an ordinary-looking room. He nodded to Roger, and Roger bowed before walking away. He sighed. He hasn't started yet and he felt exhausted already. He turned the knob and was about to go inside when a voice halted him.

"Are you new?" He swiftly turned around. The owner of the voice was a young man, perhaps a few years younger than him, with mesmerizing brown eyes and auburn locks, and a fair skin to complement those attributes. The man smirked.

"Like what you see?" The brunette said, and L had to restrain himself from blurting out very. He said nothing and the man laughed.

"You don't have to answer. It was obvious." The man said, and L just shrugged. He didn't really know what to answer. "So. You're a new teacher." the brunette said, staring at L intently, making him feel uncomfortable under the chocolate orbs' gaze. It was a precise statement that didn't need affirmation.

"And I assume you're going to be one of my students." L replied, equally giving the young man an intent stare. The man just shrugged.

"Perhaps. Perhaps not. It really depends on your mental capacity."

L almost smiled. There was a hint of intimidation in the voice. Was this pretty boy one of the 'troubles' he had heard of? He silently prayed he was.

"Well, in that case, then definitely you are one of my students." He replied, smiling. The man just smirked at him, eyebrows raised.

"I suppose. I'd really hate it if you were just bluffing. You're too brilliant to do that." The man replied, and turned to walk away. L smiled. Interesting.

"May I have your name?" L called out. The brunette stopped and inclined his head to look at him.

"Why hurry? You will know it eventually. Right?" he answered, smirking. L let out a small smile. Right. He watched as the brunette walked away and disappeared into a corner of the hallway.

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When L opened the door, he wasn't surprised to see a dozen of students gaping at him. The class was quite small compared to the other classes. Perhaps there were fewer extremely brilliant students this year? Well, that would make things easier for him.

He flinched when the door loudly opened and a long-haired blonde boy walked in fiercely with a redhead boy trailing behind. The blonde one was munching a chocolate bar and raised an eyebrow at him before striding towards his seat. The redhead, on the other hand, was holding a PSP, and did not even look up at him before walking towards the seat beside the blonde.

He scanned the room. He spotted a white-haired boy who sat in a strange position too similar with the way he sits. Aside from the three, the others seemed perfectly normal. Though he was sure in the brains department, all of them were quite… abnormal. He scanned the room again searching for a familiar brown-eyed pretty auburn-haired boy. He sighed in disappointment when he spotted none. Not even one of them came close to the splendor of the young man. Was he wrong about his assumption that the man has extremely brilliant brains? If not, why was he not here? He bit his thumb in annoyance and the students just stared at him. He decided he'd search for the brunette's classroom later. For now, he should introduce himself.

"As you can see, I am your new teacher. Call me Ryuuzaki-sensei." He started and immediately a hand rose up in the air. He glanced at the owner of the hand and wasn't surprised to see that it was the blonde boy.

"Ryuuzaki-sensei, what subject are you going to teach us?" the blonde asked.

"All. Basically Science, Foreign Languages, Math, and Logic. I assume I need not teach you the other subjects, since you are in this class." L answered. The blonde smiled and L knew that the boy was pleased.

"Well, that's great. Thank heavens you're not one of those idiots who keep on lecturing about useless stuff." The boy said, smirking. L chuckled but remained silent. The boy was interesting. He eyed the white-haired boy, who was playing with his puzzle pieces. The boy seemed bored. He stared at the boy for a few seconds and smiled when the said boy abandoned his puzzle and directed his full attention at him. The redhead, who was in front of the white-haired one, glanced at him nervously before setting his PSP away. He chuckled to himself.

"You may do everything you want in class. I will not reprimand you." He said, and the class immediately broke into cheerful and excited whispers. The three interesting students just raised their eyebrows and shrugged. He cleared his throat and the students immediately hushed. "However, if you fail even just a single of my exams, be it long or short, I will ask the principal to transfer you immediately to another class." He said, smiling inwardly as the class collectively gasped.

The blonde boy laughed out loud and the redhead just blinked at him. The white-haired one said nothing and maintained his stoic expression, then turned to his puzzle.

"Heh. Interesting, sensei. Bring it on!" the blond exclaimed, and L smiled widely.

"Of course, don't expect me to be easy on you. The probability of passing all of my exams is just 18.76. So I expect you to do a lot of reading." He smiled and all the gasps were louder this time. L restrained himself from smirking. This was the consequence of taking him away from his sanctuary in England. When the whispers died down, he turned to face the LCD screen that was used for lectures. He wondered if it was all right not to use it. He shrugged and opened his laptop to start the lecture.

Then the door slid open.

The class turned quieter than before and L looked up to see who caused the disturbance. He barely restrained himself from gasping loudly when familiar chocolate orbs stared back at him. The too familiar smirk was plastered on the brunette's face.

"So. That wasn't a bluff, after all." The brunette said, eyes teasing. L chuckled and gestured for the man to take his seat. The brunette obliged and strolled towards his seat, which happened to be the one beside the white-haired boy. L smiled to himself. Birds of the same feather flock together, after all.

He started discussing his first lesson, all the while eyeing the brunette who was still smirking at him. He saw the brunette mouth something towards the blonde and the red head, then turned to the white-haired boy to whisper something. The white-haired boy nodded in return. He could hear the blonde's soft chuckles, and he saw the red head just smile knowingly.

He narrowed his eyes. There seems to be something going on with four, and he had a feeling the silent conversation was somehow about him.

The brunette turned his chocolate orbs on him, and he stared back. Based from the boy's smirk, he was certain that these were the infamous kids Watari was talking about. And he knew he was going to discover what kind of 'troubles' they are involved with.

He watched as the smirk morphed into a wide innocent smile, and braced himself as the brunette opened his mouth to speak.

"Ne, sensei." The brunette started, and L almost flinched. The voice was as sexy as ever, sending chills down his spine.

He raised an eyebrow and heard the blonde's snickering. He ignored it as he fully directed his attention to the brown eyes that seemed to smile mischievously at him.

"Yes?"

Oh, yes. He was sure he saw the smile widen some more.

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AN: Hmm… This chapter was written several months ago, but I decided to post it since I can't still think of how to write the new chapter for SALIGIA. So, I instead decided to submit this one, as I finish the new chapter of SALIGIA. I hope you enjoyed the first chapter, as much as I enjoyed writing it. :)

Oh, just for clarification, L's class is somehow the special class for the most intelligent ones in the school.

Look forward to the next chapter, please. And of course, reviews are highly appreciated. ;)