"Another 23 heart attacks reported yesterday" Aizwawa reported gravely.
I smiled to myself. I have accomplished much more than I planned now that Misa was doing all the dirty work. L still hadn't dropped his suspicions, but I didn't care, everything was going as planned. Rem agreed to kill L for me in order to save Misa. It was settled. I was going to win. I was going to become the god of the new world, and people were going to accept me as that. Nothing stood in my way now.
"Yagami-san," L called, his voice completely serene.
"Yes, Ryuuzaki?" Soichiro answered.
"If I die in the next couple of days," the raven said without skipping a beat. "Your son is Kira."
Me and my father gasped in complete harmony at L's confirmation. He must be bluffing!! I told myself. How could he figure out so quickly?
"R-Ryuuzaki," My father hesitated. "What kind of proof do you have?!"
"Well Yagami-san, Light-kun is seeming to feel very content with himself this morning. It's almost as if he has no worries even though we are currently working on an extremely dangerous case right now. I'd say the percentage your son is Kira is about 11.37%." L almost gloated.
At this point, I was retracing every step I made that morning. I thought it over and didn't notice anything I had done that was suspicious. But still, how could I be so unaware? I couldn't afford to make any mistakes. I practically just tattooed "Kira" on my forehead for L. I inwardly groaned as I mentally beat myself for being so naive and stupid. I needed to think things through more carefully from now on, I am Light Yagami for gods sake! I'm a genius!
L eyed me carefully out of the corner of his eye, noting how nothing out of the ordinary had changed about me, except for the fact that I had nearly completely stopped my wretched whining about being attached to L the last couple days.
The detective knew I had something planned for him, that his life could and would be disposed of any day now. Timing was always important in a detective's case, but a criminal's as well. The raven stared up at my clear amber orbs, filled with such disgust for the world around them, searching for any kind of spark in them. Even the tiniest hint of guilt. After finding no purchase in his search, L happily returned to munching on his strawberry cake, iced with the sweetest delicacy in the world, no, universe, the detective mentally corrected himself.
"Ryuuzaki, I don't think you should just jump into conclusions like that. It isn't like you." I noticed.
L was acting rather strange today. Was it because he had proof I was Kira? Did I leave behind some major clue because of my unawareness? The questions rambled on and on inside my head. Soon, my head hurt from the pressure of the needle-like questions, making me almost spasm in a painful manner. Hold yourself together Yagami, you're God, you can handle something as trivial as a headache!
Just before my breaking point, I burst out the first question that came to mind, seemingly it slipped right out of my subconscious.
"Are you feeling all right, Ryuuzaki?"
I quickly shut my mouth before anything more fatal could emerge from my mind.
L quickly looked towards me, his eyes uncomfortably confused.
"What does Light-kun mean?" L asked not knowing what kind of answer he was going to receive.
"I-uh..." I stumbled. "I mean you look a little... off today."
The elder man simply raised his eyebrows, forming a smooth arc, a small, nearly unnoticeable frown gracing his lips. "Is that so?" L replied, lifting another frosting covered strawberry into his mouth, the thin, pink lips locking the sweet treat inside.
My upper lip visibly twitched.
This was so not happening. Ryuuzaki was so not seductively eating summer fruits. And I was so not blatantly staring at the scene before him, stuttering out some poor excuse of a worried glance.
"Yeah..just a little.." With that I swiftly turned on my heel, busying myself with whatever seemed to come to mind.
"Hey Matsuda, did you get a new hair cut?" I forced out trying to make my mind forget about L and his ever-so-soft lips.
Matsuda's face went from momentarily confused, to beaming his bright grin happily.
"Yeah Light I did! Thanks for noticing!"
I sighed. I detested making Matsuda happy. As much as it seemed wrong, I didn't like encouraging him.
I laughed nervously and searched my mind for a new subject.
L broke the aching silence with an odd statement.
"Watari-san, I seem to be out of cake, would you be so kind as to fetch me some more?"
"But, Ryuuzaki, there is some right in front of you..." Watari stated, obviously a little put off as well.
Sure enough, when L looked down at the table, a half eaten piece of cake appeared on the silver china.
L continued staring at the sugary delight probably wondering, if he stared at it long enough, would it just disappear?
Though the young detective seemed blissfully unaware of the attention he had drawn, I was not. It was not only extremely rare for Ryuuzaki to make such a simple mistake, it was down right impossible! Never had I seen his pursuer in such a confused state, brought on by himself nonetheless!
"I suppose you are right... My apologizes, Watari-san." Ryuuzaki quickly corrected himself, tilting his head, he continued his staring match with the calorie filled goodness.
"I-it's fine, Ryuuzaki.." The old man stuttered out, obviously put through a loop at the odd behavior. A few moments of awkward silence ensued, before everyone hesitantly returned to their work, brushing it off and pretending the situation had never even occurred.
What was the worse that could happen?
I silently sighed as I looked out the window. The sky was dark, with a tint of blue light that made the stars shimmer. However, I wasn't paying attention to the beautiful moonlit sky, my mind was on the lying body next to me. The body that was most likely awake at this hour seeing as though he never slept. What happened this morning? Why did L seem so... Out of it? I thought. This isn't his usual self. I need to get some answers. Now.
"What happened to you this morning, L?" I asked, my voice almost a whisper.
"Hmm? What does Light-kun mean?" L answered with another question.
"You know what I mean, Ryuuzaki." I argued, getting angry.
When L didn't respond, I pushed him some more.
"The incident with the cake?"
"What cake, Light-kun?" L responded, proving to me that he didn't remember.
"When you-... And Watari-... and-..." I trailed off, not knowing what to say to the confused detective.
L couldn't believe what he was hearing. L forgot something that happened just this morning? That wasn't like him. He never forgets anything, no matter how small. And he certainly did not forget cake.
"By the way, Light-kun," L added. "Do you perhaps know where I put my laptop?"
Another confusing question, great.
"It's right there... On the desk, Ryuuzaki..."
L looked around the room lazily once, not seeing the correct results, he looked it over once more. That was odd...He didn't see his computer anywhere...
A third look around, and a small, silver piece of machinery seemed to catch the man's eye, as he turned and hurried over to the desk, slowly and carefully examining the precious piece of cargo.
I watched the scene unfold before me. Ryuuzaki was eyeing his laptop as if it might explode any minute now, like he possibly didn't even believe it was his! I turned my attention back to the television set, watching the dull animation in false hopes it would progress into a more stimulating plot.
A few moments later, the raven joined me on the couch, taking his favorite position. He began tip tapping on the keys, stopping every now and again to stare blankly at the white wall before him.
I raised a single brow, going completely unnoticed by the elder male. Something was up, and Light Yagami was going to figure it out.
The night carried on with no further interruptions from the either of us, L was busy tapping away at his laptop most of the night, stopping occasionally to throw in his two cents every time I tried to bring up a plausible explanation to the phenomena that is television's horrible programing.