The brunette gasped as he felt a hand on his foot. "What are you doing?" Light asked, in a surprised yet awkward tone.
Him and L were sitting on the steps of the stairs, drying off from being out in the pouring rain. At this moment, The detective had made his way down and sat on the step closest to the others foot, setting a hand on it.
"I thought I'd help you out... you were busy wiping yourself off, anyway." L replied, slightly looking up at the other.
Light stared back down at him, giving a slightly nervous look. "L-look... It's fine, you don't have to do that."
"I can give you a massage as well," The other said quickly. "It's the least I can do to atone from my sins. I'm actually pretty good at this."
Light looked at him for a few more moments before giving up with a slight sigh. He looked to the side. "Fine... Do what you want."
L looked back down at the others foot. "Alright..." Was all he responded with as he ran his hand along the Brunettes foot. He found a tense area near Light's heel, squeezing it slightly.
"Hngh..!" Light suddenly let out the noise. It had hurt, yet felt relieving in a way. But he still had his doubts. "Hey..."
"You'll get used to it." The detective responded, giving another soft squeeze. This time the other only made a soft gasp, trying to get comfortable. he looked up a bit to the ceiling.
As the brunette sat there with his gaze on the ceiling, wondering why this was happening, he felt a sudden wetness on his foot. He looked back down to see the others hair still soaked, water dripping from one strand of his hair, leaving water droplets on Light's foot. "Hm.." He picked up his towel, leaning over a bit to reach L. He softly wiped off L's hair to stop the dripping. "Here...You're still soaked..."
The detective looked up for a moment, but then quickly back down. "I'm sorry." He replied gently, holding up Light's foot. He ran up Light's foot with the towel he was using, gently massaging every place that felt tense.
The brunette stared down at the other, narrowing his eyes slightly. Why was he beginning to feel so sad? The moment turned silent, as they sat there, The detective softly rubbing at the others foot although by now it wasn't tense at all.
"It'll be lonely, won't it?" The silence was suddenly broken by the detectives low voice.
"Hm?" Light looked at the other, realizing he'd been staring into space in deep thought this whole time, though he quickly forgot what it was he was thinking about.
L looked up to stare directly back at the other, his face that usually didn't show much emotion now had a hint of sadness to it. "...You and I will be parting ways soon."
The brunette's foot tensed up again. He wanted to say something, but no words found their way out his mouth, all that came out was a slight, confused noise.
The other looked back down to Light's foot. "You've tensed up again... Hm."
"Y-yeah well... What do you mean by 'Parting ways soon'?"
L was silent for a moment, before responding. "Does that worry you?"
"...What?" Light stared at the detective like he just said something crazy.
"Does that worry you?" He repeated slowly, taking the others 'what?' literally.
"I..." Light grew silent before nodding. "It...It does."
