The room in the Task Force Headquarters couldn't have been quieter. Light could've dropped a pencil, and it would have been like a bomb had exploded. Unfortunately, Matsuda couldn't stand the tranquility of the silence that had fallen over the men…(Misa was out shopping)
He just sat there at his desk, lightly drumming his fingers on the table top, glancing around nervously. He stopped L, eating cake. No surprise there.
Plopping the strawberry in his mouth, L sighed, wishing every busy afternoon could be this nice. Suddenly, he felt as if someone was staring at him, and wondered with annoyance if it was Light.
He whipped his head around and blinked in surprise as he saw Matsuda staring at him. What did he want?
Matsuda chuckled nervously, having been caught staring at L and not being busy doing work for the Kira case. Like there was anything new with that!
"What's the matter, Matsuda? Are you hungry…?" L asked, tilting his head and staring at Matsuda with his creepy black eyes.
"Oh…uh, no thank you, Ryuzaki…I…I was just…umm…" Matsuda faltered and stumbled over his words, not knowing what to say. Suddenly, a thought came to mind. Without wondering if it would sound stupid if he said it, he asked, "So I heard you like cakes…!"
L frowned. "…Yes, yes I do…" What was Matsuda up to?
"Y'know, I once had an aunt who would eat three slices of cake each day. She said that the fruit on it made it healthy!" Matsuda laughed, shaking his head like that was the stupidest thing he had ever heard.
L sighed, wondering if Matsuda was okay. "What do you mean by 'I once had'?"
"Oh…sugar problems. The usual. She died a few years ago. See what eating cakes all day can do to you?" Matsuda waived his hand in the air dismissively, and then chuckled nervously, hoping he hadn't just offended L.
"I guess, but what does this have to do with-" L was about to say, but then he was interrupted again by Matsuda.
"I mean, there's nothing wrong with you eating cakes, Ryuzaki. I mean, just look at you! You look perfectly healthy!" Matsuda giggled, thrusting his hands out toward L, as if proving a point.
L blinked, wondering where Matsuda was going with this, and wondering if he should let him finish, or just ignore him.
"I mean…yeah, vegetables are awesome, but…you could choke on one! Who knows? Although, if you're a criminal, it could just be Kira's fault…I have no idea where I'm going with this." Matsuda finished lamely, a blank look on his face.
"Matsuda, I swear, if you don't shut the hell up, I'm going to make sure Kira finds out your real full name and makes you choke on a carrot. And let me tell you, that is not pleasant!...Goddamn prick…" Light yelled at Matsuda, shooting him a death glare.
Matsuda gulped, instantly shutting the hell up. Light mumbled something and then went back to work.
L sighed, shaking his head. Just another day at the Task Force: Matsuda acting like an idiot and then getting yelled at by Light. Yep, just another day…
(A/N: Yeah…I'm with you, Matsuda. I have no idea where I went with this. This…is…this was dumb…)