Okay…many spoilers ahead if you don't want to hear it, please do not read on.
Again: SPOILERS
Spoilers consist of: L's real name, character deaths and…uhh…I'm sure there are more, I just can't think of them. So there.
Here's the synopsis: This is me twisting around the last weeks before L's death. After L's death, I've also twisted it so that Raito "does" succeed in taking place of "God of the New World", but a question still remains…can Raito truly find happiness when L is gone? It highlights Raito's thoughts on L's death, about L, L's feelings towards him and his own towards L…and how life could've been. So…oh yeah…and forgot…
YAOI…YES…BOY ON BOY…L & RAITO, RYUUZAKI & YAGAMI, RYUGA & LIGHT, DO YOU UNDERSTAND???? IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, TURN NOW…FOR ONCE YOU GO GAY, YOU NEVER GO ASTRAY!
Lol, I just made that up.
Well…hope you like it so far, here's chapter 1!
Raito looked at the screen before him. It looked blank to him. It was hard to pretend like you were interested in something for so long. His glazed look traveled across the room to the pale detective taking a bite out of his strawberry cheesecake. He glared at the sight.
L
Disgusting, infuriating, aggravating L
…L
But no matter how annoying Raito knew Ryuuzaki was, he was truly genius. He was clever, tricky, intelligent and passionate about what he did. Raito noted the silken look L's features took on in the dim lighting of the investigation room.
How his pitch black hair looked like a pool of space that stretched out more than anyone could ever truly comprehend. How his onyx eyes were outlined in black and sent him questioning glances…uh oh…he was staring.
Raito looked away, hoping he'd get away from any of Ryuuzaki's scaffolding questions, but was sadly, too late.
"Light-kun, are you in need of my help?" Ryuuzaki asked softly
"No, Ryuuzaki, I was just…thinking." Raito replied, somewhat angrily
"Thinking of what?"
"The case, of course." Raito sneered
Ryuuzaki's wide eyes roamed around the room, as if looking for the place where more annoying questions would come to him.
"You should take tomorrow off, Light-kun."
"What?" Raito shot
Matsuda pouted and asked, "Why don't I get offered days off?"
"Because you don't need them." Ryuuzaki told him
"Why do I need them?" Raito snapped, ungratefully
Ryuuzaki moved his eyes back to Raito's as he replied,
"I have concluded that you were thinking not of the case, Light-kun, but of Misa. Your gaze was fogged with emotion and there was fluster in your cheeks. One flusters when thinking of romance, and don't hide under the impression that I didn't see that pornographic site you were on earlier."
"I-I only got on that site because it said it was a link to a Kira site! Why am I the only one who finds these?! And I swear I wasn't thinking of Misa! I was thinking about the case! I don't want the day off!" Raito fought
Ryuuzaki stood and with his index finger hanging from his bottom lip, in his usual crouched position he said, "You are taking the day off. You are young and tired. If you wish to work any further on this case then I encourage you to take the day off tomorrow, Light-kun."
"But I wasn't thinking of romance! I was just flustered cause…cause…" Raito didn't know why..
"Light-kun, the only other reason one would be flustered is embarrassment…" Ryuuzaki's expression then twisted into one of surprise…
He turned back to Raito with intrigue and his wide eyes followed Raito's interestedly as he asked,
"Unless…are you embarrassed to be working with me, Light-kun?"
Raito seemed caught off guard by the question, but before he could form anything coherent Matsuda chirped, "How could he, Ryuuzaki? Anyone would be honored to be working with the famous L."
Ryuuzaki did not move his creepy eye from Raito as Matsuda complimented him. He titled his head, noting the sweat drop in front of Raito's ear as he asked "Is that true in terms of you, Light-kun?"
He gathered himself and lied, "Of course it's an honor to work with you, Ryuuzaki. Back when Kira's killings had only just begun, I only dreamed of working with L."
Ryuuzaki nodded and turned away again.
"You're taking tomorrow off, Light-kun."
Raito opened his mouth to object, but Ryuuzaki had already walked away. What was with that? Ryuuzaki usually hated the fact that Raito had to rest and take time off and now he was forcing him to? Not that it truly mattered so much to Raito.
That moment was odd though, no? Getting caught admiring that scrawny, disturbing, awkward man. Admiring now?...It was a moment ago he was only 'staring'…hmm…
"Yagami-san." Ryuuzaki called patiently from another room
"Yes?" Raito's father called
Raito watched as his father raced into the room.
The door closed and Raito's father waited for his reason of coming to be stated. Ryuuzaki was staring out of a black window when he announced nonchalantly
"If I die within the next week, your son is Kira, Yagami-san."
He cringed and snarled, "What is this Ryuuzaki? Why do you suspect my son? I'm sick of this!"
Ryuuzaki's eyes lowered as he replied, "I was never healthy on it."
"Don't you…" Yagami began…
His expression was fierce, his anger though had died out into a sad curiosity…
"Don't you care about my son?" Yagami asked sincerely
Ryuuzaki turned to Yagami with his index finger hanging absently from his lips as he looked stared.
They stared at each other for a long while until Ryuuzaki began to walk out of the room…
Yagami was about to call out to him, but as Ryuuzaki reached the door, he stopped and replied finally, "I don't think that needs answering, Yagami-san."