Thank you, everyone who is reading this! It's been a bit of a slow process, as I work with the drama at the moment. I have enough for a third chapter, so expect that soon! This is really the beginning of the beginning. The next chapter is when everything will pick up. I hope you enjoy~!
Light started dressing, slowly, taking his time to avoid anymore interaction with L, who he feared might have been waiting outside for him. "Please have gone home..." Light thought, though quickly he realized that even if L did, he wouldn't be alone, and the giant shinigami hovering by his side didn't count. Light was being followed, and if that wasn't bad enough, he was being monitored in his own home.
Light finished dressing, glanced in the mirror and ran his fingers through his hair, making sure all of the strands were in place. If L wanted to watch him, fine. He'd act like a normal college student... That is what he was, anyway, a normal college student... Who had been blessed with a Death Note.
"What're y' gonna do, Light-kun?" Ryuk asked, his face by Light's, as they traveled down the street. Light couldn't answer, and he hated when people - or in this case, shinigami - stood so closely. He sucked in a breath and exhaled slowly and continued walking straight, until he came to a small convenience store.
"Oh?" Ryuk said, watching curiously as Light shoved his hands in his pockets and walked over to the magazine rack. He cleared his throat, glanced around, and picked up a porn magazine. "Oh!" Ryuk said again, this time in surprise. Light wanted to shoot him a glare, but just turned a slight shade of red as he went up to the counter to pay.
"Will this be all?" the old man behind the counter asked, and Light just nodded and mumbled a "Thank you," before leaving. He'd go home, take his bath, and look through his magazine before doing a bit of studying. He hoped this would come across as normal, at least normal enough for L, and maybe in the process, he'd make the smart ass detective feel some sort of embarrassment.
But, unbeknownst to Light, L just watched with his head slightly tilted and a smirk on his face as he decided he would play a game with Light, a game that Light seemed to want to play even if he didn't know all of the rules.
L was older, smarter... Better. Light was, indeed, blossoming into something beautiful, L thought, and something fun. Yes, he would have fun with Light-kun... Kira... He frowned, realizing there was a job to do and he was getting sidetracked by the pretty boy looking over a porn magazine on the monitor in front of him. Unlike Light, L knew his own sexuality, and knew what he wanted, and how to go about getting what he wanted... He just needed Light to come to him.
L was in luck. He knew that Light would make a move, and that he could use that move to his advantage.
L reclined in his chair, watching Light via the monitors that showed him nearly every inch of the teen's room; he took a sip of his Lucky Charge energy drink, and tilted his head, bored, until he noticed that Light shifted slightly. L was quick to pick up on Light's smallest movements. Light looked right up at the camera and stood up.
Light walked up to the camera and started preparing to remove the piece of equipment, when his phone started buzzing.
"Hello?" he answered, his voice steady. He was ready. He would lure L out into the open. "Congratulations on figuring it out, Light-kun." L said. "Ryuga?" Light acted surprised. "Bastard." Light thought, "I'm through with the act, L." He was annoyed by the detective's attitude. "Why are you doing this? Didn't I tell you? I'm not Kira! If you suspect me that much, why not come out and talk to me directly?"
"Come out, L." Light thought, feeling his adrenaline spike.
"You probably know this," L started "but Kira released a threatening letter. I can't really come out right now."
"Who cares? Come out." Light pushed. "Idiot," he scowled himself "be careful."
"If you want to meet me, why don't you come here... to the Kira Countermeasures Office?" L suggested.
"The Kira Countermeasures Office?" Light asked.
"It's at the Oriental East Hotel."
"Got it. I'm coming. But first, you must have other cameras hooked up, right? I'm going to take them all down, so tell me where they're hidden."
"Understood." L said, and smiled to himself. He had won this match.