Author's Note; Hello! In case you've forgotten the story will probably be broken up into paragraphs, the reason being that this was actually a roleplay that I decided to post. The first paragraph being someone else's starter, the second being my reply, the third being their reply, and so on and so forth. Now that we've gotten that out of the way, let's begin chapter 2 shall we?
L grumbled as he began to wake up. He opened his eyes but everything was blurry. He kept blinking, trying to have his focus. He could tell that where ever he was, it wasn't exactly anything grand. It wasn't even anything decent. He stayed on the floor and closed his eyes, using his other senses instead.
It wasn't like L could move much anyway. His legs and arms were chained to the floor. Beyond wasn't letting L get away that easy. He noticed L's eyelids fluttering and knew he was awake, he grinned letting his laughter echo off the empty walls of the warehouse.
L tried to look at B, but it was hard. "Beyond. Release me." He tried to sound demanding, but the chloroform was causing it to sound tired. L tried moving his arms, trying and failing at making the chains go away.
"Now why would I do that?" B smirked, standing calmly against the wall with his jar of strawberry jam. "The fun's just starting.. Or is L already getting angry?"
"It would be common sense that someone would get angry from this." L replied, his tone blank and obvious. He shook his wrist, sighed then looked towards Beyond. "So what now? You only have so much time until we are found."
B's eyes narrowed slightly. "I wouldn't count on it, L... Oh? And anxious are we?" he chuckled and stepped closer until he was face to face with L. "Don't you worry.. We'll have plenty of fun." B studied L's calm facial expression, noticing a hint of something that resembled fear or at least worry in his eyes. Smirking slightly he reached out and ran his thumb along L's cheek smearing a bit of jam on it. "Oh yes." he withdrew his hand.
L cringed. He didn't want to be touched and certainly not get jam smeared on him. "I'm not having fun Beyond and I don't believe I ever will." L said getting a little angry. He glared his cold dark eyes into Beyond vibrant red ones.
Beyond glared down at him, not breaking eye contact. "Does L not like being touched? Well, you might have to get used to that."
"I doubt I will." L replied, staring at Beyond. "Nothing you do will change that."
"Nothing I do, huh?..What a challenge. But don't worry, you will. You won't like it, but you'll know it's coming.." He snickered, all the while licking the strawberry substance off his fingers from the jar. "You had this coming."
L glared. He didn't know what to reply to this. He would say he had nothing to do with A's death, but he would be lying because he knows that he pressured A the worst. He caused A to commit suicide. That was something he regret, but he can't change that. All he could do was glare at B. So that's what he did.
The same person was on B's mind; A. And that was the main reason Beyond had such a strong hate for L. He forced a smirk on his face, but it didn't look all that confident. More like an undertone of sadness. "By the time I'm done with you, all that life in your eyes.. It'll be gone." He stepped closed, face cold as stone. "I'm going to take. Everything. Away from you." It actually scared B sometimes how he could switch emotions so quickly.
L could see a sudden look in B's eyes. But it was only for a few seconds. It was sadness. L didn't know how to deal with such things. He only looked away and listened to B talk. After B was done, he looked into B's eyes again. "You'll have to break me to do that. I don't break easily."
"But you will. And I'll be the one to break you... Then you'll see how it feels." Beyond chuckled. "Except, I might make you suffer more physically than emotionally."
L's eyes grew cold and calculating. "So you are broken?" He looked at Beyond in the eyes, watching for any twitch, any flicker that Beyond might make.
Hearing L say that..It just made him furious inside. So much that he froze for a minute, almost shocked in a way. B's eyes flickered with anger. He then lashed out, slapping L across the face. His heart beat faster as he grit his teeth. "Smartass." He spat after stepping back a bit.
L kept his face turned from when he was slapped. He only moved his eyes so that he could look at Beyond. "So you are broken." L states as a matter of fact. He saw how Beyond had frozen. He could tell with the actions that Beyond was angry. But he kept on speaking. "You are broken, but why? Because of A's death?" L began muttering to himself.
"You just don't know when to shut. up." B answered angrily, ignoring L's questions as if to prove him right. The tables had turned and Beyond didn't like that one bit. He had to shake it off. "A's death is a big reason, but it's not all. You know nothing about me, so stop trying to figure it out."
L turned his head straight at B, confidence causing his tone of voice to rise. "Why not? What are you hiding? What else has made you broken? If A wasn't all, then what else?" L began asking, staring right into Beyond.
"Give me one good reason why I'd tell anything to you?" Beyond glared straight back.
"Because what would it hurt? You're just going to torture me anyway? Why not tell me everything?"
For a moment Beyond considered telling L everything. Everything he felt, everything from his past and every reason that L angered him. But that blank unreadable look came back to his face. "Hm.. Let's just leave it at, you're not the only one of us who was chained against their will."
L watched Beyond silently for a moment before speaking in a quieter tone. "You're right. I'm not. But why can't you tell me?" L questioned. "What is so wrong with telling me?" L looked at Beyond for a few more seconds in silence. Then curled his lips up slightly, trying to look at least a little friendly. "How about we make a deal... You tell me everything, and I'll do three things you want me to do without complaint."
As soon as Beyond heard his deal he laughed louder than he had during their time in the warehouse. "Oh Lawliet, you're going to do whatever i say whether i tell you or not.. Trying to strike a deal with me. How cute." He ran his sticky fingers through his hair, calming down his laughter. "But maybe, I'll humor you. Maybe i will tell you." He eyed the attempt at a friendly smile on L's lips, feeling a weird pang in his heart that clearly showed in his eyes, if only for a second. He knew it wasn't real, though he wanted so badly to believe it was. He hated L more than anything else with a passion, but it wasn't as if he entirely hated him oddly enough. B just couldn't express any emotions other than that to anyone.
L took a mental note at the look in B's eyes. "You know as much as I do that you will have to force me to do what you would want. Why not make it easy? So please do, Beyond, humor me and tell me?" L kept his smile on his face.
B really did think this whole thing was funny, his hostage trying to make a deal with him. He thought he might tell him some things, not because he wanted his offer, he could easily make L do anything he wanted, but because it may be funny to enlighten him a bit. "Gee, what story might i even start with, L? Maybe the one you know best? That prison you sent me to?" His tone went cold with the last sentence. "I think you know that one well enough. Do you think it's fun there? There are people there worse than me if you can believe that. That whole 'don't drop your soap in the shower thing' may just be a good lesson to learn after all." He laughed, scooping up more jam on his fingers more for distraction than his addiction. "But no.." He imitated L's monotone voice. "Backup is crazy. He deserves whatever he gets. Hooray for justice!"
L listened. "So you were raped?" L questioned in a mumble. He then looked at Beyond sharply. "I don't sound like that. Also, I don't think you are crazy." L said, his tone even.
Beyond opened his mouth to snap at his question before he heard his last sentence. After that... He froze, nearly dropping his jar. "You... Don't think I'm crazy?"
L looked at B with honesty. "No. I can understand what you did from the LABB Murder Case. It was wrong but I see why you did it. A crazy person would have done it with no reason what-so-ever and probably would have not stopped or try to end it like you did. Crazy is no the word I would you for you. Misguided and misunderstood maybe, but crazy is definitely not it."
A few times B tried to start a sentence, then closed his mouth. He wanted to say something sharp or witty, but he couldn't. He was more shocked than he ever was in his life. He never would have guessed this. He stared hard into L's eyes and saw none of this was an act. The person he'd tried to be and even tried to kill his whole life.. Didn't think he was as crazy as others made him out to be. He mentally cursed when he felt something in his eyes. He didn't know what was going on. He hadn't done this since he was a child. Was it tears? He furiously wiped at his eye in an attempt to hide it, but he knew L could see it. He had to get out of there. He turned his back to him sharply.
L's eyes widened in shock. B was crying? "Beyond...?" L didn't know what to say. He has never seen nor thought Beyond could cry. "I apologize... I did not intend for you to cry..." L said. He didn't know what to say. But he had heard that if you make someone cry, apologize.
When one of his hands balled up into a fist to strike L, the other held his wrist to stop him. What was going on? For the first time Beyond Birthday was confused. "Shut up." He grit his teeth. "I'm not. crying." Why wasn't he leaving? His feet wouldn't move, that's why.
L sighed sadly. "Beyond. It is okay to cry. It proves you are human. It also gives me another example to prove that you are not insane."
"I said I'm not-!" Beyond spun around with anger, still tears in his eyes but that melted away upon seeing L's sad expression. He didn't know how to deal with this. "-...crying... Don't you give me any pity, Lawliet. I've done just fine without it.."
"You are crying. I'm not giving you pity either. Its okay to admit you are crying. I would say I have cried to, but I honestly don't know if I have. I make you more human than I." L smiled slightly, feeling guilty for having to make Beyond cry.
B looked L up and down. "I'm...human." he mumbled, repeating this a few times in his head. This foreign feeling wouldn't go away, and that genuine smile made B want to cry even more. Something overtook him, he couldn't explain what it was, maybe his more human side he'd tried so badly to hide kicking in. He moved quickly forward in a stance as if to hurt L, but surprised both of them when he wrapped his arms around him in a hug. His first hug since the day before A died.
L froze up when he saw B move and he closed his eyes, waiting for the blow. When he felt himself get hugged, he slowly opened his eyes and looked down. Then he slowly bean to relax. Because he couldn't exactly move, he laid his head near B's, in a gesture of a return hug. But he still felt awkward, not use to this affection.
After a minute Beyond came to his senses, backing off rather suddenly. He scratched the back of his neck nervously, leaving the jar he'd dropped on the floor. "I have to go." He mumbled, his heart racing over what just happened.
L didn't know what to see. He could only stare at Beyond. He frowned slightly, then began to think to himself. Beyond must not be used to affection. L sighed. He was at a loss here.
B walked quickly out, closing the door behind him immediately making it lock. He knew L couldn't move freely, it was just a precaution. He decided on going for a walk outside awhile to calm himself down. He pulled the black hood over his head and started out in any direction, reminding himself to buy more jam.
L could only wait for Beyond. While waiting, he just looked around the mostly empty at where he was in an attempt to distract himself until Beyond came back. He just hoped B would bring back something sweet he could eat.
Author's Note; I think this is my favorite chapter because of that cute little scene... Yeah, don't get too used to those. Anyway, review please!