Yay! I got some really nice comments about this story, and I've made it top priority (so 'An apple a day' will be one hiatus, sorry). To those who liked L's choice of career, it was because I thought L would be smart enough to choose a job he would enjoy because of the quirks (namely the gifts of food that the students successfully finished).

Enjoy tomodachi!

Light Yagami's bed covers seemed warmer than usual. He rolled over, the heat of the duvet intoxicating. He faded in and out of sleep, and rolled to lay on his front.

Ow...What the hell..?

A sharp pain shot through the area below Light's abdomen. Sitting up straight, he pulled the covers up to see the, uh, root of the problem. Noticing the reason of the heat of his futon, Light swore to himself and pulled himself out of bed. This was the third time this week it had happened, and it was only Thursday. It was all Lawliet sensei's fault, of course, but now it was becoming increasingly persistent and he found it shameful that his favourite teacher had started to invade his mind in his sleep, too.

{LATER, AT THE SCHOOL}

Light walked in through the school gates (accompanied by his sister Sayu, who didn't seem to want to shut up), his mind preoccupied with the scent of early spring. He kept his hands in his pockets, and tried to think about something that didn't involve Lawliet-sensei. He tried everything, including thinking about manly things like alcohol and boobs. But of course, it failed badly, as he didn't really like masculine drinks like beer, and the last time he'd gotten within a mile of a naked women was when he was suckling. God, he really was gay, wasn't he?

Annoyed at his lack of testosterone, Light glanced up to check he wasn't about to bump into anyone as he rushed so hurriedly (and unnecessarily) towards the main building.

He wasn't expecting to see Lawliet-sensei walking exactly his way. Not looking at him eye to eye, Light kept his head down and moved towards the left to get out of the teacher's way. But it seemed Lawliet-sensei was intentionally walking towards him, and he simply directed himself more obviously.

'Yagami-kun.'

Light's eyes wandered back up to look the teacher in the face. He was shocked that he was talking to him outside of a lesson, but it didn't really matter. Because Lawliet-sensei was actually talking to him, it didn't matter.

'O-ohayo, Lawliet-sensei. How are you today?'

'Ohayo gozaimas, Yagami-kun. I'm very well, thank you for asking. Listen, I was talking it over with Wammy-san, and he was willing to let you stay after school so that I could help you with Cooking on a more professional scale. Would you like that?'

YES PLEASE YAGAMI-KUN WOULD LIKE THAT VERY VERY MUCH LAWLIET-SAMA MY MAAAASSSTER

'That sounds w-wonderful, sensei.'

JUST IMAGINE IT ME AND SENSEI ALONE TOGETHER NO ONE AROUND I THINK MY NOSE IS BLEEDING

'Aww onii-kun, you're so lucky!' whined Sayu, 'Just cause you get good grades everybody wants to be a part of your education! And your nose is bleeding!'

Light's hand shot up to inspect the area just below his nose. He gazed at his bloodied hand, and blushed ever so slightly. 'So it is! I'll go and clean up.'

Light hurried away towards his form room, embarrassed and eager to get away from impressionable company so he could go fantasize somewhere.

Watching Light as he rushed away, Lawliet looked at Sayu. 'Does your brother's nose tend to spontaneously bleed?'

Sayu shook her head. She was just as confused as he was.

'I mean, it did happen once, the other day, when he came out of the shower. I was just talking about him cooking dinner, you see, and I said, 'You can cook, right, or are Lawliet-sensei's lessons not getting you anywhere?', and then, like, three seconds later he started bleeding. Maybe it's something to do with you, sensei?'

Sayu gave a strange look, and she looked at her feet thoughtfully. 'Who knows, sensei... maybe onii-kun likes you...'

Lawliet snorted uncharacteristically. 'Don't be so absurd, Yagami-chan. For one, how do you even know your brother is of that sexuality?'

Sayu shrugged. 'He cooks a lot. Oh well, it's probably just a boy crush.'

Sayu turned her back to him and started in the same direction as her brother. Lawliet watched her walk away, and he smiled to himself. A 'boy crush', eh...?

***

Light pulled himself back slightly. His nose had finally stopped bleeding, and for some strange reason he felt like punching Sayu. He also had a strange feeling of foreboding surrounding his excitement about seeing Lawliet-sensei after school. Well, yeah, he knew he had a lesson with him at 4th period, but even so...

The day drudged past very slowly, and this put Light in a bad mood, as his eagerness had started to grow subconsciously. When 4th period eventually rolled around, Light felt relived at the temporary lift of the monotony.

As he entered the class, he instantly felt eyes on him. Looking over to the front desk, he saw Lawliet- sensei curled up into his usual position in a crouch upon a chair that really wasn't made to be crouched on. The man's wide apertures were gazing at him haphazardly, yet attentively. Light pretended to ignore him, when his mind was screaming.

OH MY GOD HE'S LOOKING AT ME WHY IS HE LOOKING AT ME DID I DO SOMETHING WRONG OH MY GOD HE HAS ADORABLE EYES WHAT AM I SAYING WHY IS HE LOOKING AT ME?

Light sat down in his usual seat and fiddled with his thumbs. He could feel himself getting sweaty under the teacher's gaze, and tried to look out of the window, but he felt too distracted to think properly. The room suddenly felt really hot...

... And why was he looking at him...?

All of the students settled down, and the class progressed. But all the way through, Light felt like his every move was being watched. It made him uneasy, and it was playing havoc with his imagination.

Maybe he's finally picked up on my affections, or perhaps it's the opposite, what if he suddenly hates me...?

Light felt vulnerable, and he suddenly wanted to leave the class.

...Undressing me with his eyes...

Wait, what?

Light was shocked at his own thought process. When had he become so perverted? As if, man, get yourself together!

'...of flour and the two eggs in a bowl.'

'Perfect, Amane-chan. Yagami-kun, would you care to read the next part of the instructions?'

Well, he knew he was very intoxicated with Lawliet-sensei, and that he had thought about sex a lot ever since he started to feel this way, but he'd only ever really thought like that when he was in the shower or- although it embarrassed him to say- touching himself (come on, a healthy fifteen year old boy. Which one doesn't?). So why had he started to think this way so regularly...? He turned to look back to the front of the class...

...To see everyone staring at him.

What, have I suddenly become that attractive?

'Yagami-kun,' murmured a hot voice next to his right ear, 'the instructions, if you please?' Light turned around to see Lawliet-sensei bent down to his eye level, smiling.

Light ran hurriedly out of the room, trying to hide the point that his nose was bleeding yet again.

Lawliet watched him run off with interest.

This will be fun...

....HE KNOWS! And yes, this will be fun.