Challenging you
Disclaimer: I don't own Death Note even though I wish I would...
Light Yagami watched as the clasp around his wrist snapped shut, chaining him to the very idiot who suggested this intrusion into his private life. While he had to admit that it was probably his own fault as well for willingly letting him being taken into custody as a Kira suspect, he resented this so-called detective with all his might.
Really, from the way L looked, he might as well have crawled out of a dark alley...wait, did this guy even shower? Light couldn't claim that he smelled bad, except for the permanent fragrance of sugar-loaded candy, but his hair certainly looked as if it had never before seen shampoo or a brush. Not to mention his clothes – L wore the same outfit every day, an oversized white shirt that made him look even skinnier than he obviously was despite all the sweets, and a pair of baggy jeans that didn't compliment his figure either. And what was it with these creepy eyes, always wide open as if he was a deer in the headlights...
His train of thought was interrupted when the subject of his reflections suddenly addressed him. "I sincerely hope you won't mind a limited amount of sleep from now on, Yagami-kun", the nightmare of every hairdresser stated in his usual monotone voice. "I'm afraid I will have to keep you awake during the nights from now on."
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Misa putting on an indignant face. He briefly wondered what had gotten into her when he himself caught up on the insinuation of what L had just said. All color drained from his face and he sneaked a glance at the chief of the NPA, Soichiro Yagami. How might his father interpret this kind of situation?
"Judging from what I have observed so far, there is a 83.97% chance that you sleep seven, even more likely eight hours a night to maintain your well-groomed appearance. However, since Kira is a highly dangerous mass murderer who apparently won't shy away from disposing of innocent people that are in his way, we need to spend every waking second trying to catch him." His empty eyes turned to him, a silent question in their depths. Will you be able to cope with this?
Just thinking about how he would have to listen to this freak during the next few weeks until they caught Kira infuriated Light. There was no doubt that L was trying to provoke him. And to his chagrin, it seemed to work...
"Naturally", Light replied unfazed, knowing how to conceal his anger with such perfection that any actor would go green with envy. Not only did he acknowledge the detectives' words with his curt response – even more more importantly, he accepted the unspoken challenge to deal with any kind of trouble L might fling his way.
The black-haired man briefly lifted his invisible eyebrows as if to tease him and the faintest smile flickered across his pale lips.
Their mimic reactions were kept so subtle that the rest of the investigation team didn't seem to have noticed their silent exchange.
"I doubt that you'll have to worry about my son's ability to adopt to this situation", Soichiro Yagami interjected friendly but decidedly, one hand on Light's shoulder. "This would not be the first time that he gave the investigation team a crucial piece of advice that contributed to the solucion of a difficult case." He probably didn't notice himself, but his words were dripping with parental pride.
Not that Light thought he didn't deserve the praise, but it made him sick to know how easily he could fulfill everyone's expectations, be it teachers, classmates or even his own father who usually was a sceptic man and hard to convince.
"I apologize, Yagami-san, but I can assure you that I didn't mean to question your son's capability", L explained in this bored tone of voice that already pushed all of his buttons. Lies over lies. Your only intention was to ridicule me.
An unexpected tug on the chain almost made him fall face first to the floor. Outraged, he glowered at the slouching detective who indifferently looked back at him over his shoulder. "I'm sorry, Yagami-kun, it seems I have forgotten that you're attached to me now", he apologized, the amused spark in his eyes betraying his words.
"Don't worry about it", Light brushed it off politely. "That could have happened to anyone."
That smug bastard! There's no way he simply forgot about that! If he's intending to play this stupid little game of his, I'm going to show him how I'll turn the tables on him. Who laughs last, laughs best...
And so ends the first chapter...it's very short, but the next ones will be longer for sure and there will be more L/Light interaction ;)
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