Chapter 3
What? Light is no longer suspected to be the mysterious Kira and this makes L lose his motivation? Light is at a loss.
If he was chained to a person he would be relieved if it turned out that said person wasn't a mass murderer.
But, he can on the other hand understand why L feels the way he does. If Light was Kira L would have been very close to solving the case. Now he has to start the investigation all over again, searching for new suspects, motives and patterns in the kills.
None the less, one thinks L might show some relief and be happy about his discovery for Light's sake. Though Light doubts L has ever felt something with or for someone else in his entire life.
Someone who acts the way L does can't be used to having friends or family around. He never compromises or changes his mind, something one must do when being physically or mentally close to somebody.
Light ponders this new revelation. Him not being Kira should of course mean that they can remove the chains now.
But L doesn't mention anything about the matter, just goes on eating his cake and then heads down to Headquarters with Light in tow.
Light wonders if he should say something about it or if this is just another test, if L actually still believes that Light is Kira. If he were Kira Light would have wanted his freedom as soon as possible.
Obviously he wants his freedom anyway but decides that if he doesn't mention having the chains removed they will find themselves at some sort of status quo.
So neither youth says anything about the chain. After all, they have survived the first month so surely a couple of more days or weeks won't make any difference.
On their way down to the main room were the police officers are waiting L proposes that they not mention anything about his lack of suspicion against Light.
Light agrees it's for the best not to mention anything. If his father and the others still believe he is under suspicion they will work all the harder on trying to catch Kira in order to clear Light's name.
Thus the day continues where the other left off. Light and L bounce questions back and forth between each other while the police investigate suspicious looking deaths.
Light doesn't know if the others notices it or not, but to him it's very obvious that L isn't working with his usual fervor.
L is not paying proper attention to what's being said to him and even though he is eating more sugary things and drinking more coffee than he normally would, he keeps yawning.
When it is time to call it a night he is, for the first time since the investigation started, the first person out of the room.
This makes Light the un-voluntary runner up as he is forced to shout his good nights to his father and the others over his shoulder.
When they enter their room and L goes straight to the couch Light is somewhat surprised. He thought that L's tiredness during the day might have something to do with him being un-motivated.
In other words he wasn't expecting L to sit down in front of the screens to keep working but thought the youth would probably want to sleep.
When voicing his thoughts out loud L looks at him with a surprised expression. He says he was planning on sleeping - on the sofa.
Light tells him it sounds rather uncomfortable and that L can share the bed with him if he likes. It's a big bed after all, and they will have separate covers.
L looks at Light with his big dark eyes then closes them slowly. Light stares at him, waiting for a response of some sort.
After a long silence Light realizes that there is probably not going to be a reply and goes to bed without saying anything else to L.
Maneuvering his way to the bed and to the not so comfortable position on his stomach without pulling the chains and disturbing whatever state the rude L is in - sleep, concentration, or just ignoring Light? - is more difficult than usually.
Light is annoyed with the detective - how hard is it to answer someone who has just been nice to you, offering you a better place to sleep when you are tired?
But at the same time, Light is not surprised. It's not like L seems used to being around people, not like he knows how to act like a decent and polite human being.
No, it is probably best just to leave L alone in his strange crouching position on the couch; he is after all old enough to take care of himself and do what he wants.
Light drifts of to sleep and dreams about L telling him he is not Kira but in the dream Light is killing people anyway. Then L lets him know his real name and says that they are friends.
That is when Light decides to kill him. He doesn't want to be friends with L or anybody else. He kills them all, every single person who has ever been remotely close to him. His dream turns a dark red and then black as he is falling though space and time.