Immer: I'm delighted to say the plot is coming along nicely. Among other things.
Chapter title from the song Flesh by Simon Curtis.
Chapter Three Flesh
ALUMINA
First week of having B as his new roommate was nothing but exciting. Light often came back home with the whole place in a mess, empty jars of strawberry jam littered every surface. Just how did Beyond go through so many jars of jam? And what was worse B decided upon himself to share the bed with him.
"Beyond, why do you insist on sleeping on my bed?" Light grumbled one night.
"You know my name? Do you have the eyes?"
"No, L revealed to us about you. And the challege you had for him? That's fucking sick." Light resisted thr urge to roll his eyes.
"Ah." Beyond wasn't that bothered of the news.
"You didn't answer my earlier question."
"What question, Light-chan?"
"Why are you in my bed!?" Light snapped.
"It's comfortable. And it's annoying you." B flashed a toothy grin.
Light lost his temper and threw a punch. Beyond knew it was coming. He deflected the punch and then pushed the other down onto the mattress, then proceeded to straddle squirming hips while he held wrists in a tight grip. Light glared, and Beyond felt a thrill of watching red bleed over honeyed eyes.
"That's it. Fill yourself with hatred. Stir the flames until it burns your very soul. I want to watch the killer in you born. I know it's there, waiting underneath the surface. Waiting to come out and wreak havoc and fear in this rotten world." Beyond leaned closer to nibble and lick along a tanned neck.
"Don't. You. Dare." Light seethed.
"Tell me, Light-chan, are you a virgin?" Beyond tilted his head like an owl.
"That's none of your business!" The brunette's voice was at a higher pitch, the telltale sign that it was true.
"I see that you are. In that case, I won't push the matter." Beyond retreated, surprising Light, who blinked repeatedly.
"What? Why would you - ?"
"I want us to work together. And for now, I will simply make you want me."
I highly doubt it.
"Tch. Please. You're going to make me want you? Like that will ever happen." Light did roll his eyes at that.
All he's got is L's looks.
"Is this a challenge, Light-chan?" Crimson eyes bore into his.
Suddenly Light was uneasy. Something about that determined gaze had him doubtful that he could actually win this challenge, let alone get out of it unscathed. But he was Light Yagami, he never backs down from a challenge.
"Sure. It's a challenge."
"...I'll have you begging for me by the end of next week." Beyond grinned in a feral way that sent shivers down Light's spine.
For the rest of the second week, Beyond has started to clean up after himself. A few times he even cooked and prepared dinner for Light. When Light admitted that he liked Beyond's cooking skills, the dark haired roommate started preparing all of his meals. Light insisted Beyond didn't have to do this, but the other was stubborn.
Light didn't know how to feel about any of this. He was starting to feel confused by all of this. At night Beyond never tried anything. At some point his thin arms held him, not tight enough to be suffocating, but secure enough to ward off growing nightmares.
Then by the middle of the third week Light would awaken with a throbbing member. He tried to hide it, but Beyond was quick to discover it. A spidery hand felt over it gently, feeling the length of it and Light squrimed with a gasp.
"I could help with that, you know." Beyond whispered into an ear, nibbling it.
No, no I have to get to work soon.
Light didn't get to answer when the hand squeezed him through the cloth of his pajama bottoms, earning a loud gasp that almost became a moan. His body betrayed his mind as his hips moved on their own accord. Light was too far gone from just waking up and a foreign hand working on his member.
Feels good. Why am I allowing this?
Light bit into his pillow to quieten his gasps that were quickly turning into moans when he was close to release. Suddenly he was pulled to be on his back with Beyond above him. Honey brown met crimson for a split second. Then the hand that had been fondling Light pulled the hem of his bottoms down to reveal his throbbing hardness.
"Impressive, Light-chan." Beyond smirked.
Light was full on blushing. He was about to retort something when the hand grasped him and set a rough and fast pace. The brunette arched his back and muffled a moan with a hand. Beyond took hold of his wrist and leaned over until his mouth was over a collar bone peeking out from underneath the night shirt.
"Let me hear it all, Light-chan."
Nope.
When Light was still being stubborn and refused to make a sound, Beyond bit down hard enough to leave a mark over the collar bone. Light shrieked and squirmed as he came hard into the pale hand. It was one of the most intense releases Light experienced. He spent a few minutes enjoying the after effects as he caught his breath.
At this rate...I'm going to lose.
ALUMINA
"Hey, Light. You still haven't held your end of the deal we made yet. I'm claiming the dues tonight." Mello boldly stated at work.
Light choked on his coffee. He had completely forgotten about it. Being on his toes constantly between L and B was quite tiring.
"Where are we going exactly?" Light questioned. This was all too sudden.
"To a club." Mello smirked, eyes gleaming. "We're leaving right after work."
This is bad. I don't have a way to inform B I'll be late. Or explain why I'm going out with a surprise date. Wait - why am I even thinking like we're together?
"...I am not exactly dressed to go to club, Mells." The brunette pointed out.
"I took the liberty of getting you some clothes. Ryuzaki told me your measurements. Hope you don't mind." Mello giggled as he sauntered away, probably to eat with Matt.
"Tonight's gonna be fun." Ryuk commented.
"Of course I mind! Mells, get back here! Can't we reschedule?" Light was trying not to panic.
"Nope. Not gonna happen. I've been patient long enough. I'm claiming my date." Mello called out before he entered an elevator.
For a few minutes eyes studied the young man. The awkward silence was deafening. And the elder men didn't know how to comfort Light. But they all wished not to get in the way between Mello and his future date. The blonde was scary when the wrong button was pushed.
"...Someone want my food? I lost my appetite." Light offered to the others. What Beyond prepared was meant to be eaten fresh, not save for later. Soichirou slid his son's food closer for a bite.
"Light, where did you learn to cook like this? This almost as good as your mother's." His father complimented.
Oops. Quick, think of something -
"Oh uh...been practicing, you know?" Light nervously covered up the lie.
"Light-kun, I believe with a solid seventy four chance that someone else made that for you." L chimed in, eyes never straying from the brunette.
"...Excuse me, Ryuzaki?" Light was on the defensive.
Does he always have to stick his nose in everyone's business?
"For the past two weeks you've been coming to work with homemade food. I know it wasn't store bought, there's nothing plastic and it's wrapped delicately in cloth like it was prepared by someone else. At first I thought it was by you, but then some foods you've had were prepared in French or British cuisine, something I am sure you wouldn't know how to do. So, who is it?" L had solid reasons for his conclusion. Light couldn't get out of this one.
"Uh oh. Looks like you've been found out." The shinigami laughed. "What are you gonna do, Light-o?"
"No one special, okay? Look, it's not what you think. It's just a friend I haven't seen in a while. He noticed I haven't eaten well and he started preparing lunches for me on my way out of the apartment complex in the mornings. It's nothing, really."
"Then why are you blushing?"
I'm...I'm blushing?
"Hyuk hyuk. He's right. You're as red as an apple."
"...Excuse me." Light reclaimed his lunch, averted his gaze as he stood up and left.
L is going to pay for embarrassing me like that in front of the others.
ALUMINA
"You were too hard on him, Ryuzaki." Soichirou was silently seething inside, L could sense it.
"I didn't mean to. It was a curiosity that has been bothering me for a while. And with BB and this unnamed anomoly gone quiet, there's nothing else to dwell on than a little mystery that presented itself. Plus, I wanted to ensure my heir doesn't get over his head if Light-kun is secretly in a relationship."
"While that is a viable reason to question him, embarrassing him like that will only serve him to distance himself from you. You could have asked him about the food alone, and not in front of us." The chief advised.
So I hurt Light-kun's pride.
Light was a prideful individual. It was a quality about him that he happily showed off to anyone who cared. And woe to anyone who made a big enough dent to it. Yes, a quality L and Light shared. The difference was L was willing to go below the belt to win.
"I'll apologize to him, then." L pulled out his phone.
"I think in person would be best, Ryuzaki."
"You think so? Hm. Watari, where is Light-kun?"
"He is in the lobby, eating his lunch." Watari answered through the computer.
"Thank you, Watari." L got up to head that way.
Some minutes later he sat down next to Light in the lobby. He sat in his usual fashion of knees to his chest. Honey brown eyes glared, but the owner remained silent. L sighed as he spoke first. He should have expected Light would be stubborn.
"Light-kun, I would like to apologize for embarrassing you like that. I should have pulled you aside and asked you those questions privately."
"...My father put you up to this, didn't he?" Light narrowed his eyes.
Nothing escapes Light-kun.
"Maybe. But I am being sincere. I hope you can believe me that I truly am sorry."
"...For now, I forgive you. Just don't pull that sort of thing on me again, got it? And don't stick your nose where it doesn't belong, while you're at it." Light sensed the apology was as genuine as it would be from L.
"But I thought you were interested in me? Mello I can deal with. But if I have another contender for Light-kun's heart, then I have to know."
"Oh, so now you're interested after there's the threat of someone else taking my heart from under your grasp?" Brown eyes accused, and L almost shrank back.
"No, that's not what I had meant."
"Ryuzaki, no offense, but I've been holding out for you for more than a year. I'm tired of the waiting. For now, I'm unsure how I feel about this other person who always takes time to prepare me meals. He's an asshole with an ego a mile wide, so that's saying something if he's putting my health above his own. But what he does says a lot more than what you are doing."
"...I am sorry." L didn't know how to proceed. The rejection hurt, and he could tell he wasn't the only one hurting.
"So until I make a decision, can we please drop this whole mess? I miss playing chess against you." Light was trying to ease the pain for both of them.
Why do I get the feeling I already lost?
"I miss playing with you, too, Light-kun."
ALUMINA
The club was loud and crowded. The music vibrated through the air and into the very bones. First time at any clubs like this, and Light was at first claustrophobic and found it distasteful. That was until Mello shoved alcohol into his hands.
After a few drinks the music started to work on him. It was somehow sexual, and upon noticing Light was more at ease Mello pulled him to the dance floor. It was more or less grinding and teasing to the beat of the music, but it was hot. And somehow it was releasing all the stress that had built up until now.
Who knew this would be so thrilling?
But all the while Mello's hands wandered over his body, Light could only imagine someone else. He imagined spidery pale hands expertly touching him like a skilled musician. Hands that knew where to touch all the right places, apply the just the right amount of pleasure coursing through his veins.
I want to enjoy this with Mello, but I can't help but imagine Beyond. Damn it, he's won.
Noticing the strange behavior of Light, the blonde pulled them outside. He did it for the privacy and because the air outside would cool them down after the heat inside made their heads swim.
"You're imagining someone else." It wasn't a question.
Course he would notice. I tried.
"...Yes." Light found himself smirking in a teasing way. "You jealous?"
"Fucking hell, yes. What do you think? This is supposed to be my date with you, and you're thinking of someone else. Who is it? It sure ain't Ryuzaki with the way you moved." Blue eyes glared.
He can tell?
"An old friend from college I haven't seen in a while. He's the one preparing me lunches for the last two weeks." Light admitted the same information he had told to Ryuzaki earlier.
"Why didn't he catch your eye in the first place in college?" Mello tilted his head.
"Because I was too caught up with studies and aiming to graduate." Light easily found a good cover up.
For a moment it looked like Mello wouldn't buy it. But after considering, the blonde sighed in defeat. He knew he had lost his chance. And fuck, after all the trouble of getting Light a sexy outfit, too. The brunette looked damn fine in tight black jeans and a black and red shirt. Mello had an eye for fashion, and he was correct to assume Light would look good in red.
"You can keep the outfit. In fact, I encourage you to use it to tease the lucky bastard who has your eye." Mello offered a wicked smile.
"You sure?" Light blinked, surprised he gave up so easily.
It might help ease the tension if I go home to a furious Beyond.
"Yeah, yeah. Now let me get you a taxi before I change my mind. I bet this guy is worried about you." Mello waved in imatience. He was eager to dance the pain away.
"Thanks, Mells."
"Hope you get laid. Cause that ass is way so damned tempting, it's a crime."
Light laughed, despite how lame that pick up line was. A few minutes later he was inside a taxi on his way home. And then suddenly he felt dread in the silence. Even Ryuk, who was usually Mr. Chatterbox, was silent as a ghost, which was almost fitting.
Light entered his apartment. Seconds after the door closed he was suddenly pushed against a wall with rough hands. Light didn't even fight as he was pinned, not even as the breath was knocked out of him. He stared into sanguine eyes, wild and beyond furious.
"Where the hell have you been? And what's with this outfit? Why didn't you inform me if you were going to go out?" Beyond snarled like a wild animal.
"I can do what I want. I'm an adult. And I wasn't exactly given a choice when I owed someone a date decided to spring upon me. He wanted to take the offer tonight. I wasn't allowed to come home after work." Light smirked at how riled up the other was.
"And you didn't bother telling me this before you challenged me to make you beg for me, why? Were you planning to make a fool of me, Light?" There were no honorifics, which meant he was serious.
"Course not. I honestly forgot about the deal I made to him. And before you demand, it wasn't L. I wanted to come home to tell you, honest. But I wasn't allowed. And Ryuk wouldn't go warn you." Light leaned his head against a boney shoulder, breathing in the scent that belonged to the paler man.
"So where did this date take place for you to be dressed like that?"
"Is someone jealous?" Light laughed despite himself.
"Don't test me, Light." Beyond growled low in his throat and chest. The brunette could feel the vibration from the boney shoulder.
"Relax. We went to a club and danced. It was fun, surprisingly enough. But as we danced and touched," Light felt more than heard a feral snarl. "I imagined that it was you who were touching me. And so I came home."
Beyond stared, surprised of the confession. Light was starting to feel the buzz of the alcohol start to leave him. Even with a more clear mind he still wanted this. And he was positive on something else. Light pulled away to smirk, honey eyes darked to deep red. Beyond found himself lost in those eyes.
"I'll take the Death Note to the next level. And Beyond, I'm taking you up on your offer."
"Hyuk hyuk. Knew you weren't gonna let me down."
Beyond could only grin. He leaned in until his lips were pressed against a tanned neck, feeling the pulse there quicken. Light sighed and leaned his head to expose more of his throat to the other. Spidery hands snuck underneath the shirt, one of them trailed up to a perked nipple and began to toy with it. Light gasped, hands holding onto the other male.
Encouraged, Beyond bit down hard onto the tanned skin, it would for sure leave a mark for a long while on Light's flesh. The brunette shrieked, knees buckling. Beyond held him steady as he pressed their bodies together harder, relishing the cries, moans and gasps from the handsome brunette. Light lost himself from the ministrations. The feel of Beyond pressed against him, the rough handling and a wet tongue expertly licked and sucked the new bite mark.
"Be-Beyond," Light moaned out, and the other lost it.
The brunette was picked up and carried into the bedroom. Beyond didn't pull away from the delicious neck until after he placed Light on the bed and began to undress them. They eyed each other's bodies, soaking in everything in sight. Hands explored, and the pair fought with teeth and tongue who would dominate first. It was a game to them, one where it was difficult to say who was clearly the winner.
Losing patience Beyond forced Light to his knees and shoved his face into the pillow. This position forced his ass in the air. Light squirmed at the lewd position, but his nervousness melted as fingers entered him to stretch him. When he sighed at feeling three fingers, Beyond pulled out. Light whined at the loss, but was quickly silenced with anticipation of feeling a throbbing hardness pressed against his entrance.
"Beg for it, Light-kun." Beyond grinned at the beautiful sight beneath him.
"Fuck you!" Light still had an ounce of stubbornness left.
"Not tonight darling. It's going to be me who's doing the fucking." Beyond laughed, pressing the head inside but stopped. It took every ounce of self control not to thrust fully inside the tight velvetness and go wild. He gripped Light's hips tightly to keep him still.
The brunette squirmed to press himself against Beyond. But the hands kept him in place. Light released a pained whine. He glanced back to meet crimson eyes, and Beyond shuddered. He was so close to losing control, but he knew that would mean giving into what Light wanted. This was a battle of wills now. And Beyond was determined to win.
"I can stay like this for a long while, Light-chan. If you want me fully inside and thrusting into that wonderful ass of yours until daybreak, then you know what to do." Beyond dropped his voice to a heavy baritone thick with lust, enjoying the feel of the brunette shivering.
"Beyond you bastard! Just take me already!" Light grew impatient, fury rising within his chest.
"Say the magic words, Light-chan."
Light wavered, this was driving him insane. Then he inhaled deeply, to gather his wits. He should have expected this. Of course Beyond would go the extra mile to make Light throw away his pride. After a moment he opened his eyes to meet heated gaze again.
"Beyond - please."
"Please what?" Beyond was at his limit.
"Beyond please fuck me!" Light glared.
"With pleasure, darling." Beyond lost control and let out the animal inside.
Light released a scream, which was quickly followed by gasps and moans. Beyond relished the noises Light made. The brunette released a higher pitched shriek when Beyond hit a bundle of nerves. Grinning, the paler man thrusted with more vigor to abuse that pleasure spot over and over and going harder with each thrust.
"Beyond!" Light cried out in his release.
Beyond growled and turned the brunette on his back, spreading his long legs out before continuing thrusting inside. Light moaned brokenly as he felt overly stimulated and yet found he didn't mind it. Teeth marked all over his chest and nails dug into his flesh as Beyond finally neared his release.
"Beyond - hah - fill me. Please, Beyond." Light begged prettily, a gleam in his eyes and it was enough to send him over the edge.
"Light!" Beyond shrieked as he came, filling the brunette with everything he had.
The pair collapsed, regaining their breaths. When his head stopped swimming Beyond pulled out and Light winced. The brunette wanted to shower really bad, but he didn't have the strength to move. Instead he moved to lay on his side and Beyond spooned him, wrapping his arms around the other protectively and breathing in Light's mixed scent. Within moments Light was asleep. Beyond watched with a smirk.
I won, Lawli. Your precious Light is mine now.
