I had the crazy urge to write this one. Please deal with it.
Disclaimer! Ohno! Death Note isn't mine.
Summer Job
Think about the money. This is just for the money.
The Kira investigation had been at a standstill lately, leaving Light Yagami unemployed and broke. If he was going to keep this ruse up, he needed a little money to deal with. L, able to see that he needed some money, had graciously given him the address of a place that was hiring.
Light had not expected anything like this.
He was dressed in an oversized, sweaty taco outfit, holding a sign outside of a Taco Bell. The suit was complete with large plastic eyes and a goofy smile, which was made of a see-through material so that Light could see.
He was extremely grateful that he was hidden by the cartoonish face.
A family of four approached the front doors. The two children, one boy and one girl, were rather young, maybe five or six. The girl's eyes widened as they fell on Light, and the boy grinned evily. Light shivered inside the heavy costume.
Him in a taco suit plus young children equals chaos.
"Mommy! It's Timmy the Taco!" The girl whined, pulling on her mother's sleeve and pointing wildly at Light. The boy pounded his fist into his other hand. A bead of sweat trickled down Light's face.
Timmy the Taco. Hmph.
The girl ran up to Light and began talking to him, her mouth moving so fast that he had no idea what she was saying. The boy kicked him in the shin.
"Hey, kid!" Light growled, glaring down at the boy through his grinning mask. The boy stuck his tongue out.
Light looked around. Where did their parents go?
"Don't hurt Timmy!" The girl cried, pulling her brother's hair.
"Ouch!" The boy turned and hit his sister in the arm.
Light swore she was going to start crying. She stuck out her lip and balled up her hands into fists, glaring at her brother.
"Hey there, little girl..."
Light looked up to see someone in a panda suit, holding a sample on a toothpick out to the girl. She smiled and took it, thanking "Petey the Panda". The boy held up his fist and demanded a sample as well. Petey gladly handed him one, and the two siblings ran happily into the Taco Bell.
"Hey thanks. I owe you one," Light said to the person in the panda suit.
"I'll remember that, Light-kun."
Light's eyes widened underneath his taco exterior. You've go to be kidding me...
Petey removed the head from his panda outfit, revealing the smiling face of L. And he had serious panda head hair.
"Isn't this great? I'm over at the chinese place," L pointed to a restaurant across the street. "We get to see each other every day still! But we'll be in these suits..." L pulled at the material that hung off of him.
Light was silent. He was truely shocked this time.
"They didn't have my size, sadly. But I was willing to take the job, so I was hired anyway!" L was still smiling. He shook his head wildly, sprinkling Light's outfit with sweat.
"You're a panda."
"I know!" L said, excitement in his voice. "I love it!"
"And I'm a taco."
"That's right, Light-kun."
Light sighed and leaned against the wall behind him. This was just too ridiculous.
"Well! I have to get back to work," L waved as he began walking back to the chinese restaurant, still smiling widely.
Light watched as more children approached L's restaurant. L handed them samples and proceeded to dance around a bit. The kids clapped and laughed.
Light groaned. He was determined to defeat L, but this wasn't exactly the way he wanted to do it. Not as Timmy the Taco.