The next day they finally left the hospital. It had only been for the night, but Light hated hospitals and he also wanted to get L to the safety of their home right away.
"Light" L said, as they were checking out at the desk. Light perked his head up and looked over at L. L stared back at him, blankly, and for a second Light thought that whatever was after L was back, but L was calm. Light calmed down and thanked the nurse, nodding his head and turning to L, signaling it was time to go. L obediently followed.
Once in the car, L spoke again. Lights hands gripped the wheel, hard as he listened to what L told him.
"I think I know what's after me" L said, pausing before speaking again "It's some kind of Shinigami, one I've never seen before, never even heard of before".
Light stared straight ahead, his knuckles turning white at the wheel. He side glanced at L, who was looking down at his feet.
"You know I'd never let anything hurt you right?" he asked. L looked up at him, nodded, but then looked down at his hand. Light saw a flicker of pain in his eyes. He reached out with one hand and touched L's shoulder. L looked at him again.
"I won't let anything near you ever again" Light said, seriously, keeping his eyes on the road. They came to a stop sign and waited for several other cars to go by. They were silent for a moment, but suddenly Light thought he heard L make a slight gasping noise. He quickly looked over, stunned...
"You think you can save him?" a voice that was not L's came from L's throat. Light froze, suddenly feeling the car go cold. Even his breath seemed to freeze.
A small chuckle came from L.
"This man must die, and you can't do anything to stop us from what we must do, you cannot save him, we will not allow it, if you try to do anything that may interfere with us, we will not hesitate to kill you as well" L looked into Light's eyes, and Light could definately tell that this was not L.
He remembered what L had said about a shinigami. This must be him, or her or whatever it was. He couldn't tell, the voice sounded old and raspy. L pointed a finger at Light, who gasped and tried to back away, but the seat and the door prevented him doing so.
"We will kill him, you will stay out of the way, or we will be forced to kill you" L said, then suddenly, just like that everything was back to normal.
Light stared at L for a few more seconds, thinking. He didn't know that Shinigami could do that, possess someone. Ryuk had never told him anything like that before.
L looked up at Light. His eyes were wild and scared.
"Light what happened?" he asked, grabbing Light's shoulder. Light realized he still looked stunned. He shook the look from his face. He looked at L, seriously.
"I...heard it" he said. A look of horror spread across L's face. He looked over Light to see if anything was wrong, anything was out of place. Finally he sighed, seeing nothing wrong.
"I'm sorry" L said. Light sighed and stared out the windshield again. He shook his head.
"You can't be sorry for something you haven't done" he said, smiling. L looked up at him, confused.
"H-how can you say that, right there I just..." he felt a finger on his lips, silencing him. Light looked into his eyes again, and smiled.
"Shut up, that wasn't you and there was nothing you could have done about that" Light said, taking his finger from L's lips and ruffling his hair. L didn't growl this time, just looked stunned.
"Besides, whatever this thing is, I will help you out as much as I can to get rid of it, I won't let it hurt you...even if that means destroying myself" he added the last part, almost choking. L's eyes grew wide.
"What...did...you say?" he asked, but Light didn't answer, just stared out the windshield.
They got home a few moments later, and the first thing Light made L do was get something to eat. At the hospital they hadn't bothered to come in and give them anything, but it was kind of a good thing because Light hadn't been about to eat that damn gross hospital food. L still seemed weak, this, Light noticed, so instead he made L sit on the couch and watch TV, while he went and made the food.
Light walked into the kitchen and saw everything from last night was still in its place. The knife was still on the floor, dried blood caked around its sharp edge. Blood was still on the floor, staining it.
'Great gotta find the mop again' he thought, putting his hand to his forehead. He decided that could wait. He went and picked up the knife, tossing it into the sink, then went over to the counter to start lunch.
L heard Light in the kitchen, though he kept his attention on the TV. His legs were drawn up so his knees were tucked under his chin tightly. He was watching the news, something he rarely ever did, that was Light's job.
Nothing was going on. There was maybe a purse snatching in Tokyo or a car jacking, but nothing of much inportance that really concerned or mattered to him. He yawned, getting bored. He flipped throught he channels, finding nothing, so he just left it on the news and put his legs, stretched out on the couch, in front of him. He closed his eyes after turning over sideways, and thought.
"What did Light mean when he said, even if he has to destroy himself?" L asked quietly. He thought about that for a moment, but then before he knew it, he'd drifted off into darkness.
(ok short chapter, but it was all I had sorry, I hope u enjoyed it anyways, I will try to update soon thanks for reading!)
