It was eleven at night, the entire office was empty and there sat Raito Yagami and L…L whoever. Raito would have been muttering profanity, staring daggers and complaining but he was so drained of energy. He had been asking for a break for hours, but L would either ignore him or hand him another document to read. It was possibly the most infuriating positions Raito had ever been in. Raito sighed suddenly and requested, "Can we stop working for a while, Ryuuzaki? I need sleep."

L continued to tack away at his keyboard, never sending Raito even a glance. Raito nearly growled, his anger was palpable. He swallowed his pride, though and added a desperate tone to his voice, "Please, Ryuuzaki? We haven't stopped for hours and I need rest, no matter how little you run on."

L still ignored his complaints. Raito gripped his digits in a fist so tight his knuckles went white. He seethed inwardly then his eye caught the glimpse of Hershey kisses next to L's computer. Raito wondered if perhaps he could try to get L to relate to him. He asked L, "Ryuuzaki…what if someone took your candies away?"

Raito was rewarded when he realized he had captured the detective's attention. L turned to him, his owlish eyes burning a hole through Raito's. His spidery fingers crawled back onto his knees as the rolling chair turned completely towards Raito. L finally responded in monotone, "…what do you mean, Light-kun?"

Raito repeated, "What would you be like if someone took away your candy?"

"I wouldn't be like anything, Light-kun."

Raito cocked a brow, "What do you mean?"

"I would be dead."

Raito glared and snorted, "Surely you're joking."

"No. I would either die from sugar deprivation or I would kill myself."

Raito wanted to laugh, but that would be far too absurd. He just shook his head and replied, "Well, anyway, that point is your candy is equivalent to my sleep. I need it, or I die."

L looked to him with enthrallment, stating softly, "That would be befitting, though, no?"

Raito glared, "What? What are you saying?"

"Nothing, I'm simply saying that death due to lack of rest would be fitting for a person such as yourself."

"How?"

L looked away in thought for a moment and finally replied, "I suppose because you're always working. Your brain is magnificent, Light-kun. It works exceptionally hard, even while you sleep. Your genius qualities always keep your thoughts in action and they remain complex no matter what state of consciousness you're in. So I find it interesting that you have not acknowledged yourself that you are never truly resting."

Raito's expression had melted into fascination as L looked to him again and added, "People such as you and me never do."

Raito turned the rest of his body towards L and suggested, "So let's break the monotony."

They sat there staring for a while, until L begrudgingly sighed and stood. Raito sighed with content. Another battle against L won. Sure he lost some dignity along the way, but it will be well worth it when he gets to climb into warm comforters and recharge his appallingly empty battery. He walked with haste and once Raito was finally in his pajamas and in bed, he turned his back to the crouched detective beside him. Raito closed his eyes before stating darkly, "Ryuuzaki…never compare me to you again."