Light and Misa were allowed to go wash, clean themselves up and change their clothes before all of the members of the investigation team gathered together. Light and Misa seemed to be feeling much better after cleaning themselves up. And yet still they were both a little pale and gaunt looking – no wonder since they had been in confinement for over fifty days.
Light found himself in a hotel room with L, Misa, his father, Matsuda and Aizawa. The three that were mentioned last were sitting on a couch. L was standing next to Light and they had been chained together with handcuffs. They could move away from each other only as much as the chain of the handcuffs allowed them to – in other words only a few meters. Misa stood in between L and Light, holding her hands on her hips. She glanced alternately at L and alternately at Light.
"So you meant this when you talked about being together 24 hours a day…" she said to L, glancing at the handcuffs that chained him together with Light.
"Ryuzaki… Is this really necessary…?" Light asked, lifting his left arm up to the level of his face. He gave the iron loop around his wrist a skeptical look.
"I'm not doing this because I want to", L said. But Light, quietly inside his own mind, was thinking that you could never know when it came to L. Light had known him for a while but during that time had happened a lot. In Light's opinion L wasn't very predictable person – he was a complete opposite to that. You could expect anything from L – but be surprised almost every time.
Misa, instead of L, was usually very predictable. Now both L and Light were prepared to that she would put up a fight about the handcuffs.
"Isn't this just a bit too much…?" she asked L, lifting her eyebrow in a very meaningful way.
"I'm ready to do pretty much everything to catch Kira", L replied calmly. "I believe that Light-kun agrees with me."
Misa turned towards Light, hoping that he would say that this handcuff-thing was a bit too much. But Misa had to endure a disappointment.
"I'm too going to do whatever it takes to catch Kira", Light said determinedly.
Misa snorted and tossed her hair over her shoulder, looking intent. She turned towards L again. "But that's just gross… You know… two guys chained together… yuck…" She winced.
"You're with him all the time. Light belongs to me! You were with him in the school too and now you're chaining him together with you! That's really going creepy, Ryuzaki… Is this what you're into?"
"Like I said – I'm not doing this because I want to", L replied, staying perfectly calm and monotonic.
"How do you think that Light and I are supposed to go on dates if you're chained together with him all the time?" Misa demanded, still holding her hands on her hips looking combative.
"The dates shall be with the three of us", L replied simply.
Misa didn't seem to be happy having that kind of answer. She extended her arms and opened her mouth to utter her protest. Light noticed from the corner of his eye his father, Aizawa and Matsuda moving anxiously on the couch.
"Disgusting…" Misa griped. "And you're expecting us to kiss in front of you, Ryuzaki?"
"Of course not", L replied composedly. "I don't expect you two to do anything. But if you do, I'll be watching."
Misa made a wince of disgust and indignation. "You're such a pervert, Ryuzaki!" she snapped. She was horrified of all those things that Ryuzaki was capable of doing, using solving the case as an excuse.
L sighed, putting his hands into the pockets of his jeans. "Light-kun… Would you please shut Misa-san up?" he asked, acting like Misa wouldn't even be there next to him.
Misa glared at L but Light got her full attention to himself by opening his mouth. "Please, Misa… Try to understand this", he said. "You're clearly the one who sent those videotapes to Sakura TV as the second Kira. You should be grateful to have even this much freedom."
"But Light!" Misa shrieked, pouting her lips like she had been insulted. "I'm not Kira! Don't you trust your own girlfriend?"
Light blinked his eyes abashedly. "Girlfriend…?" he repeated. "I don't know what you're talking about…"
Misa gripped the sleeve of Light's elegant striped blouse with her hands. "I am your girlfriend", she said.
Light shook his head. "I know nothing but that you're saying you've fallen in love with me and you won't leave me alone…" he muttered sounding abashed.
Misa's mouth opened wide. She wrenched Light's sleeve indignantly. "That's not fair!" she shrieked. "It was love at first sight! And you took advantage of it and kissed me!"
Fortunately L saved Light's butt – or sleeve more likely – by taking a step closer to Misa. He bit the nail of his forefinger looking pensive. "Misa-san…" he said. "About this falling in love with Light-kun… Did it happen in Aoyama on May 22nd?"
Misa nodded without hesitation. L looked upwards and seemed to be thinking.
"Why did you go to Aoyama that day? What were you wearing?" he asked.
"I went there 'cause I felt like it", Misa replied impatiently. "How many times do I have to tell you that? And how on earth I could remember what I was wearing back then?"
L ignored her words almost completely. He leaned his face closer to Misa's. "So you went to Aoyama and when you went back home you were in love with Light-kun and knew his name, correct?"
"Yes."
L leaned his face even closer to Misa's. Misa seemed to be feeling uncomfortable but she didn't back off.
"But you don't know how you learned his name, do you?" the black-haired man asked.
"No, I don't", Misa replied.
Now L's face was only few centimeters away from Misa's face. Misa stared in his wide, black eyes strictly.
"Then… how would you feel if Light-kun was Kira?" L asked.
Light frowned immediately after hearing that and L saw it but ignored him completely.
"That would be just awesome!" Misa said, gripping Light's arm and leaning her head against his shoulder. "I've always been grateful to Kira for punishing the burglar who killed my parents. Light is lovely but if he was Kira, I'd love him even more if possible!"
Light seemed to be feeling himself uncomfortable but Misa didn't notice that.
L took the forefinger out of his mouth and said: "We are talking about Kira here. And you say you would love Light-kun even more if he was Kira… Aren't you afraid at all?"
"I'd have no reason to be afraid if Light was Kira", Misa said cheerfully. "Misa is pro-Kira. I'd only try to help him all I could."
L cocked his head. "You would probably only get in his way…" he muttered. "But there is no mistake that you are the second Kira…" L was still leaning his face closer to Misa's. Misa hid herself behind Light's back.
"It's almost so obvious that it makes me question it…." L muttered and seemed to be talking to himself more than to anyone else in the room.
"Good because Misa is not Kira!" Misa said, still hiding behind Light's back.
L started to bit his nails again. "Still… You'll be put under surveillance…" he said, turning his back to Misa and Light.
He started to tell about their residential arrangements. He also told that Matsuda would become Misa's new manager with a name Matsui. Misa wasn't happy about that. She put up a fight again. Finally Aizawa lost his nerves and forced Misa to go to her room. After that L showed them the new building they would be staying in with his laptop. He said that the new headquarters would be completed in five days. Everyone became more motivated after hearing L introducing the new headquarters.
"Ryuzaki, Chief, Light, let's catch Kira together – no matter what!" Aizawa shouted intently.
"Hey, you didn't include me…" Matsuda muttered lousily.