A/N: Wow, you guys are fabulous. I'd like to thank everyone that reviewed, alerted, or faved the story. It's amazing how much more active the Death Note fandom is then the Star Ocean one. I might have to move over here permanently. XD
Disclaimer: Well…I would really like to own stuff…if they have a plushie L or Light, I'd happily go get one.
The next morning, Light found L crouched on his chair, absently staring at a blank computer screen.
"Ryuuzaki? Is something wrong?" Light asked.
"I don't feel well," L said a in a small voice.
Light was slightly concerned. He had never seen L sick before. L could get by with 3 hours of sleep a week and never eat any vegetables or protein and sill stay healthy. But now, L was sick, probably for the first time in his life. It would probably be a difficult pregnancy for L.
"Morning sickness?" Light asked quietly.
"No, I possess none of the symptoms of morning sickness. It is merely because I have slept too long."
Light looked skeptical. "Sleeping does not make you sick. Besides, there is no such thing as too much sleep."
"On the contrary, Raito-kun. Excessive sleep can lead to-"
Light cut him off. "Okay, let me put it this way. For you, there's no such thing as excessive sleep. You can use all the sleep you can get to make up for your previous insomnia. Sleep is good for you, Ryuuzaki."
L frowned. "There is a limit to how much sleep is good for one's health. Teenagers frequently sleep in excess of twelve hours on the weekends to make up for lack of sleep during the week. However, that amount is-"
"Ryuuzaki, stop exaggerating," Light said sternly. "It was only five hours. It won't kill you."
"It could indeed," L said solemnly. "Every moment that I spend asleep could contribute to my death. If I am sleeping, I am helpless if Kira chooses to kill me."
Light sighed. "I think you'd be helpless anyway. We don't know how Kira kills so for the moment, we are powerless to stop him. If Kira singled you out for death, you wouldn't know about it until you're dying."
"But perhaps…perhaps if I had stayed awake, I could have succeeded in capturing Kira and my demise would have been avoided." L sighed sadly and glanced down at the cup of coffee sitting on his desk. "Such a pity. Not even caffeine could keep me awake those precious five hours."
"Oh, give it a rest," Light said irritably. "You're not dead."
"Yet," L said somberly.
"Think positive, Ryuuzaki. I doubt even Kira would be so callous as to kill an unborn child. I would think you'd be safe, at least for as long as you're pregnant."
"But no one yet knows about my pregnancy, except for you, Raito-kun." Ryuuzaki gave him a piercing stare. "That increases my suspicions of you being Kira by six percent."
Light sighed. "Then all we have to do is announce it to the rest of the investigation team. Kira always manages to keep an eye on what we're doing, so he'll find out sooner or later anyway."
"Yes," L mused, staring vaguely at his computer, which was still blank.
"You know, it would help if you actually turned the monitor on," Light muttered.
"I do not feel motivated to continue the case," L muttered sadly.
'What? After all that talk about how sleeping cost precious time in solving the case? I don't understand you, Ryuuzaki. You make no sense."
L looked sadly down at his coffee cup. "I have not had a decent breakfast this morning, Raito-kun. The investigation team has not arrived yet, but Yagami-san has already called ahead to inform Watari of our little…tryst." He spat the word out bitterly.
"Did Watari refuse to make you breakfast then?" Light asked worriedly.
"Not exactly…." L trailed off uncomfortably.
"What is it then?"
"Watari would rather wait until the Yagami-san arrives….so the four of us could discuss…certain matters."
Light sighed heavily. "I guess that's when we'll break the news to them. As if we weren't in enough trouble as it is."
"I regret the trouble this pregnancy is becoming," L said, sounding slightly exasperated.
"You regret being pregnant, or you regret having sex with me?"
L looked surprised. "Why would I regret sleeping with Raito-kun? It was rather enjoyable, as far as such things go, considering my lack of experience in those matters. Well, I should say that Raito-kun was gentle and-"
"You talk too much," Light hissed. He bent down and gently kissed L's cheek.
L shoved him away quickly. "Do not do that, Raito-kun!"
"Why not? I'm trying to cheer you up."
"Watari," L hissed.
Light spun around and saw his father and Watari standing in the doorway, both looking at the two boys with grim expressions.
"Aw crap," Light muttered.