Series: Death Note
Title: Blood and Sugar
Genre: Angst/Romance
Pairing: Beyond Birthday/ L Lawliet
Summary: In an alternate universe without Kira, where BB was simply caught and put in prison, L stumbles across a case that he can't solve. He has no choice but to get BB's help. And BB has no choice but to ask his Shinigami for the answers.
Chapter Two
"It's a Shinigami" B said, staring ravenously at the plate of food Watari had brought him. It consisted of two sausage patties, a waffle and three pancakes that had been made into a sort of peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich. Strawberry jam, of course.
L paused his eating, a strawberry speared onto a fork hovering just in front of his pink lips. "Shinigami?" He "nommed" the strawberry and stared. "That's impossible. Shinigami do not exist"
"Then how do you explain that?" B fervidly seized a photograph of the "thing" and raised it to L's face.
"A costume."
"God, must you be such a cynic?" B groaned.
"You're being a hypocrite" L said, cutting a piece of the sponge-cake he was eating.
"My cynicism is not of concern at this point!"
"Well" L mumbled between chews. "I don't see how a Shinigami-" And then L wondered why he couldn't see the thing before touching the note.
B grinned.
"Okay, Biyondi-Chan" L said in a soft voice, for he was not used to being proven wrong. "Explain"
"Okay, Lawli-Pop" B smiled. "In Wammy's House the kids told stories about a thing called a Death Note." Beyond paused. "It was a black notebook that was owned by a Shinigami...and they used it to kill people so they could take their remaining lifespan. Which is why Shinigami are basically immortal"
L mused on this thought. "And the corpse?"
"Distraction" B said, taking a bite of his pancakes.
"So how does one go about killing with a Death Note?" L questioned, obviously getting quite interested.
B sighed. "There were so many rules...so many. We kept it on A's computer"
L grimaced at the mention of A. "I'm sorry about...A"
B's face turned to a grimace. "Don't you have the files on his computer somewhere?"
L muttered something to Watari in Russian, thus leaving B out of the conversation. Watari nodded.
"We do"
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B stared at the back-then high tech laptop that Watari held in his hands. They were in a huge, brightly lit white storage area in the back of Wammy's where they kept the possessions of old and new students. Of course A's laptop would be there. "Oh..that was so long ago" B murmured.
Watari laid it down on the table in front of L and turned it on. B was surprised that it still worked.
"You can't hack it or something?" B questioned.
L shook his head. "No. It's an invasion of privacy. However, if you log in it is not because you are A's friend and he trusted your judgment"
"Was" Beyond corrected.
L stared.
"If you do recall, A killed himself."
"Yes, I know. You're still A's friend, however"
B shook his head in disbelief. His hair today was flat, but still somewhat L-esque. He looked young, and he was, but it was different. He looked nineteen, yes, but somehow much older...
Beyond pulled up the file. "Enjoy"
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L stared at the first line. He'd gone over the dozens of rules for the entire night, memorizing each one. The first rule still bothered him. No matter how much thought he put into it, he couldn't rationalize this one rule. This one, single rule. Without this rule, the rest wouldn't work. It was the backbone of the entire Death Note. But it didn't make sense.
The human whose name is written in this note shall die.
L had run this line through his mental machinery for hours and hours on end. It was already four in the morning. How could a notebook...kill people?
The elder man closed his laptop and frowned. "Damn" He whispered in a harsh voice.
Beyond had fallen asleep on the couch, leafing over a printed copy of the rules. The pages were strewn about on the floor next to the teenager's limp hand. His red eyes were closed. His face was serene.
"Some copy" L smiled inwardly.
A/N: Shorter chapter. I thought I'd write more when I left my house for the weekend. I went shopping with my friend Serina and then stayed the rest of the weekend at my friend Mataya's. We walked to Wal-Mart and back...it was hell. I actually just got home a few minutes ago, as I type. Hope you enjoyed the chapter! Please review! It lets me know people enjoy reading my work.