Title: Even a Genius Gets Grumpy

Word Count: 433

Disclaimer: Not mine, not mine.

A/N: -shakes head- I really have no excuse. u.u


"You look like a panda."

L slid his gaze from some document he had been reading over to Light, arching his eyebrows. "That wasn't very nice Light-kun."

Light had been kept awake by his insomnia-ridden partner for nearly four days straight, with no end in sight mind you, and hadn't had a bite to eat in just about as long. As far as he was concerned he didn't have to be nice. To anyone.

Light just closed his eyes and let his chin fall to rest on his chest. He was almost in a passable sleeping posture, slouched down in the swivel chair with his feet kicked up on the computer desk in front of him.

"Is Light-kun alright?"

Light ignored the question. "When are we going to get to eat? I'm starving here."

L tilted his head to the side in question, thumb pressed against his lips. "Hungry? But Watari just brought us lunch less than an hour ago and Light-kun said he didn't want any."

"I said I didn't want to eat cake for lunch," Light corrected. As far as Light had seen, L survived only on sweet foods. And he seemed particularly dedicated to the kind that could rot your teeth just by looking at them. L could eat a cupcake for breakfast, a cake for lunch, sugar cubes for dinner, and still shovel down some ice cream for dessert. Light, however, wasn't quite so fond of sweets and avoided the so-called food whenever it was offered to him.

"What's wrong with cake?"

Light glanced up at L- did he just sound offended?

"Nothings wrong with cake, if it's for a birthday or something like that. I just prefer to eat something that has a little more substance."

L sat silent for a long moment, chewing thoughtfully on his thumb. L's head bobbed as he came to a conclusion. "I see."

"See what?" demanded Light, not bothering to mask the annoyance in his voice.

"Light-kun gets grumpy if he is not fed to his liking."

"Do not," Light denied instantly in a childish manner.

The chain that bound them together clinked softly as L moved, turning back to stare at his computer screen. "Now Light-kun is in denial."

Light tried to bite his tongue, choosing instead to plot out the seemingly endless ways of killing L with slow, painful deaths inside his head. But when he cracked an eye open and saw the detective perched on his chair like some kind of alien bird, staring wide-eyed at him he changed his mind.

"I still say you look like a panda."