Birthdays are Torture

By AmouIsrafel

A/N:Ok people. I have to admit. I had this chapter done a while ago...like several weeks ago... and...it sort of got accidentally deleted...Along with all the corrections I had made to it. So it took longer to come out. Oh well. I was working on TWO amvs so that took up time too. (Naruto-The Last Song I'm Wasting on You –SasuNaru-Evanescence-Completed and Fullmetal Alchemist-Infection-D'espairsRay-Extended Beta...both are up on youtube) I also got to have a sleepover and got to go to Disneyland! Yay! Sad...living in Los Angeles all my life and never going to Disneyland. I've also had swimming lessons...(Yup, I can't swim! XD) And my Kairi outfit from Kingdom Hearts just arrived at my friends house (She bought it along with a pass to Disneyland! I love you Chibi-chan! Thank you so much!!) Thank you to all of you that reviewed too! I love you guys! .

Beta: TheLightsShadow (Read her stories if you haven't .)

"people talking"

'people thinking'

Disclaimer: Let's just say that if I owned Death Note…L would have never died...along with other differences.


Recap: So, if I am correct, L and Raito have just reached Misa's room after several small semi arguments! XD
Chapter 2

"Oh, Raito-kun! Misa-Misa has missed you so much! Misa was beginning to think Raito didn't love her anymore!"

"Noo. Of course not. What ever gave you that idea?" stated Raito in a monotone voice. All he got for that statement was a tighter hug courtesy of Misa.

"Well," Misa finally released him. Raito straightened himself up and smoothed his shirt quickly while sending L a glare for his lack of thoughtfulness and lack of help.

"Raito-kun just never visits Misa anymore, even though she is stuck in the same building as her and whenever Misa sees Raito, he is always busy." stated Misa, a dejected look on her face.

"Hm. It seems my speculations about Misa were incorrect. She can form coherent thoughts on occasion…" an absentminded L quietly mused out loud.

Raito had to suppress a snicker and succeeded; however, his lips kept twitching upwards.

"Huh? Oh. Ryuuzaki. Misa did not see you. Did Ryuuzaki say something?" That same look was still on her face as she said this.

Raito cut in before Ryuuzaki could utter a single word. What he said next made Misa perkier right away.

"Don't worry Misa. I'll try to visit more often. And no, Ryuuzaki did not have anything to say. Right?" At this point Raito turned to look at L, his eyes indicating that if he said otherwise, he would wish that he really were Kira.

L would have, on any other occasion, agreed with Raito about the matter, not wanting to spend much time with the bouncy blond. This time though, he decided that if he had to suffer by being dragged away from his precious investigation, then he would take Raito down with him.

"Actually Raito-kun, I was just going to ask Misa if she would let us in for a little while. I'm sure she would love to get to spend more time with you. It must be incredibly difficult for her to not see her ever so cute boyfriend whenever she wants too. Right Misa?" L turned to Misa.

Misa just stood where she was for a second before running up to L and grabbing his hand. A flowery background seemed to pop up behind her while her eyes seemed to shine like stars.

"Misa always knew that Ryuuzaki was a good friend to Misa! Misa does not know what to say! She just wants Ryuuzaki to understand how grateful she is for this so she will give him this!" With that said, Misa quickly scrambled to her bedroom, autographed one of her photographs, and ran back to where both men were still located. She gave L the photo along with a small peck on the cheek and proceeded in pushing them inside.

When Ryuuzaki first uttered those words, all Raito could do was stare at him with unsuppressed horror! How?!...Why!?...What had he ever done to him! i.

Ok, sure he often got into arguments with the other man about things like his habits. He would only eat sweets, almost never get any sleep because he did not want to leave the investigation for even a moment, and he expected Raito to do the same! Not to mention that being stuck to the insomniac 24/7 was a cruel and unusual punishment. What sane person would go along with all of that!? ii. And sure, he had turned several of those quarrels physical but Ryuuzaki had given him a fair share of bruises as well!

Am I really sure it's my birthday today and not Let's Make Raito's Day More of a Living Hell Than It Already Is day!? No, I'm pretty sure it's the 28th today. Then what can it be? Oh no…can it be…did he find out about that one time when...can't be. I was pretty sure he was asleep when I…wait a minute! iii. Did he call me cute?!' Light grit his teeth at this realization. 'That bastard! How dare he! Is he insinuating that I look like a girl! If anyone of us had to be called cute it would be him!I mean he is the one with the (slightly) smaller body frame! And I swear he would look way more like a girl if he were to dress in a skirt or something than I would.' iv.

Out of nowhere, the image of L in a school girl outfit popped into his head, short skirt, knee socks, lip gloss and all.

Light felt himself suddenly feeling much warmer; along with wanting to see what flavor lip gloss L was wearing.

'Knowing him, I wouldn't doubt if it were strawberry flavored…Oh-Dear-Lord…Please tell me I was not just thinking that. Ah! I know! That was just the hunger talking-erm…thinking!'

Now in Misa's apartment, Misa excused herself uttering something about bringing some refreshments to her guests.

"What the hell was that about!?" hissed Raito at L when he was sure Misa was out of earshot.

"What the hell was what about Raito-kun?" questioned L.

"You know what!" snarled the younger man. "The whole me staying here so Misa could see more of her 'ever so cute boyfriend' crap!"

"Yes, well, I was just stating facts. After all, you two are a couple and, like Misa stated before, you do not see each other as much as a pair of people in your type of relationship should."

"What the fuck! Since when do you care about this sort of thing!?" responded Raito.

"Misa's back with two cups of black tea!" exclaimed the oblivious girl.

"Besides, part of the reason for that is because I'm always stuck working on the case with you!?" The brown haired boy raised his voice slightly.

"Oops. Misa forgot the…um…sugar. Yeah, that's it! Misa will do that now!" exclaimed the not so oblivious blond while rushing back to the kitchen.

'Oh no,' thought the poor girl while dropping sugar cube after sugar cube into two tea china tea cups. 'It's Misa's fault that the both of them are arguing. Misa has had her suspicions from the start! Ryuuzaki-kun likes Misa-Misa. So he enjoyed that small kiss that Misa gave him. Raito is thus jealous of Ryuuzaki and afraid that Misa will leave him. Oh…Misa should have been more careful about her actions!'

"—And part of the reason is because I don't like Misa like that… you should know that, considering how you always hear me complaining about her visits…" Raito quietly mumbled.

"Well maybe it would be better if you told her that. I may not be an expert in relationships but I do know that, it is not wise to toy with people's emotions and feelings. Doing so just proves that you are not so different from Kira himself and just adds to my suspicions."

"I know that! And that upsets me more than anything. That guy will stop at nothing from getting what he wants and I don't like thinking that I might actually be like that. As for Misa… I just don't know how to break it to her gently…" sighed the eighteen year old.

"Oh Raito-kuun!" sobbed Misa. Both Raito and L turned to her although the detective was obviously not surprised at her entrance. He had seen her enter.

'Crap. Shit. Fuck,' Raito mentally panicked. 'Tell me she did not hear all of that!'

Misa launched herself at her boyfriend. The small collision forced him back onto the loveseat and made Ryuuzaki bump his leg hard against the table. Her small digits entangled themselves in the front of his white shirt and she placed her head against his chest. Raito hesitantly placed his hands on her shoulders, not sure what to say to her.

'First thing to do should be to see how much she knows. Don't want to accidentally reveal anything she doesn't yet know'

"Misa… tell me… how much of that did you hear?" he gulped out.

"Enough of it! Oh Raito-kun! I'm sorry! It's my fault you two are fighting!" She buried her head further into his shirt, succeeding in muffling her voice even more.

"Huh?" inquired both geniuses.

"Raito-kun got jealous at Ryuuzaki-kun because Misa gave him a kiss! Misa wants Raito to know that he is the only one she loves and the only man she will ever love! He is her world and she never wants to let him down. She would rather die than disappoint her Raito!" At this, Raito groaned. What had he done to deserve this! He felt horrible!

"And Ryuuzaki-kun. Misa is sorry. Misa does not like him as more than a friend. Misa is flattered but she thinks he should find someone cleverer than she."

"Uhh." For once the detective was truly at a loss for what to say.

'Well. She is right about that last part. If I ever do decide to be romantically involved with someone I'll be sure that they at least surpass the mentality of a 10 year old.'

"Thank you Amane-san."

"Oh! Misa forgot the drinks! She'll go get them!" she scurried of quite happy.

"I see what you mean, Raito-kun." stated L while looking directly at Raito.

"Here they are!" Misa gave each of her guests a pink tea cup. "Oh, and here's the list of stuff Misa needs." She handed Raito what seemed to be a small pamphlet of all the shopping she needed done.

"Mmm. Amane-san, I'm surprised. This tea is quite delicious." L took another sip of the sugar infested drink.

"Che. Speak for yourself." Raito quietly hissed at the older man.

"Do you like it too Raito-kun!? Misa wanted it to be perfect for her love but then she saw him and Ryuuzaki fighting so she went back and while thinking put more sugar than she initially wanted!"

"Yeah," Raito took a sip from his cup for sheer purpose of effect while simultaneously holding back a grimace. "Wonderful."

The moment Misa turned her back on him, however, he dumped the tea on the plant next to the loveseat he was situated on. Unbeknown to him, L had seen him and was mildly amused by the young adult's childishness.

About half an hour of chatter on the part of Misa, Raito found out that he really, really, really couldn't take his hunger anymore so he bid Misa adieu. Misa was more than giddy for Raito to start her shopping and, with minimal effort from both boys, they were soon out of Misa's apartment.

"Bye-bye! Don't forget anything on Misa's list!" Once both boys were gone, she murmured to herself, "I sure do hope that they won't me mad at Misa for doing this…" She slowly closed the door, a weird expression on her face.

After one quick stop to their bedroom v. to get Raito a new shirt, ("It wouldn't do to go walking around with a wrinkly, tear stained shirt!" Raito convinced himself in order to force his stomach from letting him go out in public like that.) they were off.

"Finally! I thought we'd never get out! And don't think I've forgotten what you did Ryuuzaki!" exclaimed a very excited Raito.

Back at HQ, several people were having very similar thoughts though only one of them was childish enough to voice them out loud.

"Finally! I thought they'd never leave!" exclaimed a giddy Matsuda.

"I'm still not sure that this was such a great idea," said Watari while picking up any forgotten sweets, courtesy of L.

"Those two boys have been working non-stop. I'm sure they'll appreciate this!" Yagami Souichirou retorted while shifting through a pile of paper work.

"It's not like they have a choice." Mogi replied. Matsuda closed his eyes, crossed his arms over his chest, and nodded with an approving expression at Mogi's response, seemingly thinking the same thing.

"I just hope this won't come back to haunt us later…" mumbled Aisawa while he walked out of the room. vi.


Notes

i. I love playing on this. Because, obviously, Raito has done more than enough things to deserve that AND more…like the death penalty! I mean, he's plotted to kill L! But then again, THIS Raito does not know that since HE doesn't remember anything having to do with the Death Note.

ii. Another thing I love playing with…because Raito is so not sane when he starts using the Death Note.

iii. P.M me if you think you know the answer to this one. I sure do! XD And I don't think I'll be changing it!

iv. Yeah. Whatever you say Raito. But I have to point out that L wasn't the one wearing a PINK BUTTERFLY BELT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE FIRST DEATH NOTE OPENING (I am never gonna let that one drop)...AND HIS LAST NAME DOES NOT SPELL I'M A GAY! XD (My beta pointed that one out!)

v. How weird does 'their bedroom' sound! XD

vi. And this, my friends, is called foreboding! XD


A/N: Well, please review since they make me very happy and leave a thought about what you think the crew is up too! And don't be afraid to drop ideas in a review because I'm very lenient with plots so I'll probably find a way to fit your idea into it somehow! And you shall be credited so no worries! Well, ja-ne!