Monkey: Whoo! I updated again! Man, do I still have any readers for this? o.o Probably not OTL
Well in case I still do, hope you like it! ^^
Light sighed as he followed L and the kids. They were currently walking down the busiest place of Vegas known as the Strip. The day before had been a bit of a long day for them and Light could feel the beginnings of a migraine lurking already. Sad part was that it wasn't even noon yet.
Oh it was going to be a long vacation.
He felt his phone vibrate and he pulled it out, seeing he received a text from Sayu, his sister.
Liiiiiiiight~ Don't forget to bring me back a souvenir! :3 What's it like being in Vegas? Is it as wild as everyone thinks? Have you been hit on yet? I have a bet running with L about that... But don't tell him I told you! LOL Love you bro! x3
Light chuckled at the beginning of the message. Oh Sayu. He rolled his eyes at the latter half though. Leave it to Sayu. Just as he was about to reply back to her, he bumped into someone. Confused caramel eyes looked at who they hit and he stared at a raven who was wearing glasses and was awfully close to him. Light lowered his phone and stared at the person in front of him, carefully taking a couple steps back.
"Yes?"
"You must be new around here," the stranger commented, briefly glancing up and down the brunette's body. Light felt a shiver crawl through him.
Where are the kids? Where's L? Light thought, trying to discreetly search them out. He felt something off coming from this stranger and it made him uncomfortable.
I'm getting one of those creeper vibes from him, and I'm usually right about these things… Like I was with L…
Had it been another situation, Light would've found that last thought funny.
"Then let me be the first to say, hello and welcome to the Strip. How may I take your virginity?"
A scream tore it's way out of Light's throat as he quickly sat up in bed. A worried L rushed towards him from the kitchen table.
"Did you have a nightmare? What happened? Are you alright?" L asked, looking at Light's eyes.
It took Light a moment to register that he'd been dreaming and let out a sigh of relief before reaching over and hugging L. The raven blinked once before returning it, always up for free hugs in the morning.
Thank goodness, it was only a dream. Now the question is, why was I scared about that? I mean, it's not like I'm still a… Light quickly stopped that train of thought.
"When are we leaving for the Strip?" Light asked softly, realizing it was still early and he didn't want to wake the kids. Leave it to his imagination to scare the hell out of him with his biggest fear: a pervert.
Ironic he was with L, huh?
"Not for another couple of hours, it is still early and the kids are asleep." L pulled back a bit and looked at Light. He stared deep into caramel eyes, curious and looking for something specific. Something told him… "Ah, do you know about the bet?"
Light's eyes went wide. "That's real?"
L blinked twice. "... … No." Feigning ignorance was the way to go in these situations.
Before Light could shove L away—really, the nerve!—the kids came into their room and jumped onto the bed, going over to cuddle up with him.
"Daddy, are you alright? We heard you scream."
Light smiled. "I'm alright, I'm sorry I woke you guys up." He moved away from L who knew that was his punishment and hugged the three kids.
"It's okay daddy," they replied.
"Are we still going to the Strip today?"
Light did his best to ignore the strange feeling that went through him. A return of his famous mommy senses? Perhaps. "Of course we will, we'll spend the whole day out, so I hope you guys are ready to walk a lot."
L frowned. "We will be walking?"
"No L, we'll be flying." Light rolled his eyes. "Of course we'll be walking, that's the best way to enjoy the Strip."
"For hours?"
"Yes."
"Nonstop?"
"Nonstop."
L nodded once. "I will stay in the hotel then."
"Oh no you won't, it's a family vacation and you're a part of this family."
L gave Light a stare that the brunette refused to translate. Light and L were caught in a stare down while their kids watched in wonder, to see which one would give first.
Though they already knew who would win.
L blinked once and looked away. "Fine."
As expected. Light won again. He smirked in triumph.
Good thing the kids stopped betting on L a long time ago.
"Daddy, I'm hungry," Matt said, the other three agreeing immediately.
Light nodded. "Well, go ahead and order from room service. But, keep it reasonable. I won't have you three racking up a bill that cost more than our stay here."
The three kids chuckled, but nodded. They would listen, this time.
They hopped off the bed and raced to their own room which was connected to Light and L's by a door that was quickly slammed shut.
Light raked a hand through his light brown locks before letting himself lay down again. "L?"
The raven ignored him for a moment before giving in. With Light, he really had no will of his own. "Yes?"
"Do you and Sayu really have a bet going on?"
L pouted. "Do you think we would do such a thing?"
"Yes. And with a lot of money."
"Well you are correct."
Light looked in his direction. "How much?"
"Not much."
"L."
"A few hundred."
"Against me?"
"… Possibly."
Light rolled his eyes and got out of bed, making a point to ignore L on his way to get a change of clothes and heading into the bathroom for his morning routine.
L followed Light. "Light, do not get all pouty. Are you not the one that says that sets a bad example for the kids?"
A door slamming in his face was his reply.
L could hear the loud TV in the kids' room and them eagerly ordering something on the phone. A couple seconds to calculate a few things and… L smirked.
When he heard Light's shower begin a few minutes later, he quietly and easily picked the lock with a hair pin he swiped from Light earlier (yes… he eventually saw something like this happening today).
He entered, then closed the door behind him. It only took Light a moment to realize he wasn't alone.
"L? No, get out of here, we're not doing what you're planning." Light didn't bother to hide himself and just turned around, focusing on standing underneath the calm spray of the warm water.
Silence.
"L." Light warned, closing his eyes.
And he was joined by the raven in the shower.
"L, no." Light turned around and pressed a hand to L's chest to push him back. "The kids are next door."
"The kids are busy. They will not hear anything." L placed his hand over Light's and gently moved it away. They both stood under the water.
"They'll know."
"They always know."
A blush spread over Light's face. He turned his head to avoid looking at him. "And whose fault is that?"
"Yours. You are too loud."
"Alright that's it." Light made to get out of the shower but L's grip on his hand tightened, keeping him from leaving.
"Light."
The brunette let his wet hair fall over his eyes. "Once. And you'll do everything I say during this trip."
"As you wish."
L pulled Light close to him then turned the water a little hotter. "Just so you know," L began, as he kissed down Light's neck, "I am not the one betting against you."
Mello, Matt and Near were each digging into their respective pancakes when they heard something… odd.
They exchanged glances.
"Daddy's being loud again," Near commented, cutting his pancakes into cute little triangles before eating them.
Mello nodded before reaching over and grabbing the bottle of syrup, drowning his pancakes in it. "Like usual."
Matt drank a bit of his strawberry milk. "Who do you feel more sorry for?"
Mello thought about it for a moment, before cutting a square from his pancakes. "Us."
The other two agreed.
"Alright, we'll start off easy," Light began, noticing the stares he was receiving from the kids. "What?"
Mello and Matt looked away from him, while Near discreetly pointed to his neck.
Oh my god, not again, Light thought, embarrassed as he tried to fix the collar of his shirt so it would cover the marks on his neck. L came up cheerfully behind him and narrowly avoided having his foot stepped on by a miffed brunette.
"As I was saying, we'll start off easy, just going around to really get a chance to know what this place has, and then at night is when we'll do the more fun stuff," Light finished.
"Hell yeah! Alcohol here I come!" Mello cheered.
He froze when he felt Light's stare on him. "What was that Mello?"
"… I love you daddy?" Mello tried, putting on an innocent grin and trying to look harmless.
"That's what I thought." Light didn't miss the knowing look L gave him. "Anyway, who wants to go see some lions?"
"Can we pet them?" Matt genuinely asked.
"… No Matt, they could eat you."
"Oh. Cool! Let's go!" Matt grinned along with Mello and the two looked eagerly at the adults.
"Alright then, let's go." Light smiled and took a hold of Near's hand and one of Matt's while making sure the blonde was in his line of sight the entire time.
L watched them walk for a bit before Light looked back. "L, you're coming too."
"Do I really have to?"
Light chuckled and continued walking, making sure the kids were on the sidewalk. "No, but you know that usual punishment I give you whenever you get out of line or annoy me?"
"Yes."
"How would you like it if I gave you that same punishment and extended it indefinitely?"
"I will be right behind you." L stated, keeping a close eye on all four of them.
"Thought so."
The three kids looked at each and grinned. Their daddy always wins. Always.
Even in situations like the one he was in that morning, where he turns it around for a win for him.
Oh yes, he was amazing like that.
"Mello, I will only let you go in there if you promise you will behave and you will not spend all your money in there." Light told the blonde, kneeling down in front of him and putting both hands on the blonde's shoulders. He looked at him very seriously and he could feel Mello was already bouncing on the balls of his feet.
"Daddy…"
"Mello."
The blonde finally paid attention to him. He pouted. Would it work?
The two had a staring contest for about half a minute before Mello sighed and reached into his pocket. He pulled out about a hundred dollars and gave it to Light who nodded and stood up and moved out of his way, letting the blonde run into the Sugar Factory.
"Now for L…" Light looked around and saw only Matt and Near but no L. "What the…? Where did he go?" The albino and redhead took a hold of his hands and pointed to the Sugar Factory.
"Damn."
He had forgotten which one was the one he really needed to take the money from.
"Don't worry daddy," Matt said and pointed to Near who pulled something out of his pocket and gave it to Light.
L's main credit card.
"I love you two."
"Matt, I'm going to ask you something," Light started, keeping a hold on Matt's hand.
"Yes?" The redhead eagerly bounced, waiting to be set free.
"What is your limit?"
"Uhh… Not a lot?"
"Matt, we went over this."
"I know, I know. My limit is twenty."
"Ok, just checking." And Light released him, barely seeing a red blur make its way into Gameworks.
"Light, when are we going to make a stop at the hotel again?" L asked, managing to carry almost a dozen bags filled with sweets from their earlier stop. Mello was carrying half a dozen bags while somehow still managing to eat a chocolate bar.
Light picked Near up and rolled his eyes at the raven. "We aren't."
"But Light, you cannot really expect Mello and I to carry all these bags all day." He shifted the bags around for emphasis.
"Well whose fault is that?"
"It is the fault of my addiction."
"Mine too!" Mello added, to Light's chagrin.
Yes, these addictions will get them all killed one day.
The brunette glanced into the store the redhead was in only to do a double take. There was Matt and looked like he already had a huge group of people cheering him on.
Light looked at their smallest son in his arms. "Are you going to be as psychotic as them?"
Near shook his head cutely.
Light smiled and looked at the raven. "Alright, once Matt is done, we'll take a trip back to the hotel to leave our newly acquired stuff there."
"Excellent." L said.
"Though," Light began with a mischievous tone. "I wonder how we are going to bring all this stuff back home with us since we took a road trip and I don't think all our old stuff plus our new stuff will fit in the car."
"Not to worry Light, I have everything planned out. I will have all our stuff flown back home by helicopter."
Light lowered his head in defeat and Near brought a hand up to lightly pat him comfortingly.
"At least I still have you." Light whispered with a smile while taking a hold of Near's hand and softly kissing it. Near smiled as well.
"Hey," L and Mello said, "what about me?"
"Near, why are you so calm?" Light finally asked as they stopped to eat for lunch.
Near built a small house with his fries and used some ketchup to keep it all together. He took a fry from the chimney and ate it. "Because. You need someone to keep you from fully losing your sanity."
"…" Light stared at him.
"He has a point," L commented. He looked between his red velvet cake, chocolate cake and his usual, strawberry shortcake, wondering which one to eat first.
Light pouted and sipped his mango smoothie.
"L!"
"What?"
"What did I tell you before we left?"
"No groping in public."
"Before that."
"Do not stare creepily at people."
"After that." Light felt his eye twitch.
"Oh. Whatever I do, I must not look at little kids or I will scare their mothers."
"And what did you do?"
"… I scared a mother."
"Really L, if you keep this up, I won't take you out like this anymore."
"I think he would like that," Mello commented, eating a chocolate lollipop.
"Yeah, he's probably doing it on purpose." Matt said, focusing on his game while Near kept a hold on the back of his shirt with one hand so the redhead wouldn't randomly walk into the street.
L frowned. "None of you have any faith in me."
"…"
Oh god… Oh my god… Of all the people to bump into…!
"Welcome to the Strip. How may I take your virginity?"
Light stared, horrified, at the familiar raven with glasses.
The three kids stepped in front of Light to protect him while L stepped in front of them and looked murderous.
"Sorry, but I took that from him a long time ago."
If Light wasn't so freaked out, he might've turned red from embarrassment. Seriously, even when he was being chivalrous, L was still a pervert.
Light covered both of Near's eyes with his hands when L punched the glasses-wearing raven in the face and a fight began. Near put his hands over Light's and lowered them so he could see too. Mello and Matt meanwhile were cheering their dad on.
"Let it be known, we're never coming to Vegas again." L stated as he reached for a strawberry milkshake right before Light swiped it from the table and headed over to Matt to give it to him.
"Light, you are cruel." L brought his thumb to his mouth, wincing a bit.
The brunette didn't answer him and went to sit with Near on the couch at their room in the hotel, leaving L in his room by himself.
So what time is it and what was going on?
Well after the fight that happened earlier in the day (Light's dream was uncannily correct about the freak he'd end up bumping into at the Strip), Light took the kids and went around the Strip without bothering with L. True, he was touched that he stood up for him and protected his (nonexistent) virginity, but he still got into a fight, and despite everything, Light didn't really condone violence in front of the kids.
So L, with a bloody lip that bastard had managed to give him, trailed along behind them, pouting and whining to Light.
At least he managed to knock that freak out, L counted that as a victory.
During the day, the kids were entertained with the stuff they kept seeing. But it was once night came that they had more fun.
At one point, without Light noticing because he was having a talk with L, the three kids somehow succeeded in getting the chance to try their very first shots of alcohol.
But they only had one each because they knew they wouldn't be able to get away with anything more.
Hell, they weren't even able to get away with one, since Light scolded them for an hour about drinking, once he finished with L and caught the scent of alcohol around the kids.
"When I grow up, I wanna work at a casino so I can see the all the pretty Showgirls," Mello announced.
Matt nodded in agreement.
"You will do no such thing." Light admonished.
Near in the meantime had been taking pictures of their day the entire time. Both for memories, and for blackmail.
Light for one, has never been hit on by so many people, meaning by both genders, nor has he ever gotten so many job offers before.
He kept L on a tight leash to prevent another fight.
Figuratively speaking, of course.
There were so many weird sights at the Strip once nighttime came. People dressed up in characters from animes, cartoons, movies, games, everything. Even people dressed weirdly in general. There were those that appeared to be hookers too, though one could never be too sure with them. The neon lights kept the whole area really bright and it kept them from losing energy. No wonder Sin City was known as the City of Lights. There really was a lot to do there, though mostly all of it was for adults. Light and L would have to save those events for another day.
Anyway, sometime around six at night, they ended up going to Circus Circus.
They had a lot of fun for the first couple of hours, but then Light realized going there at night with hyper kids and a pouty L probably wasn't his best idea.
Mello saw chocolate prizes left and right so what did he do? He won easily at those particular games.
Matt was a game genius, so he went in and completely obliterated all the previous high scores set by other legends who were beaten by a kid. He beasted everyone at those games. He was challenged nonstop and still came out victorious every time.
Near was amazing with darts and any games that dealt with precision and accuracy so he also continuously won.
And L? Well, he was in a bit of a sour mood, so he took his frustration on any games the kids weren't on.
Several crowds began complaining because these four were winning everything and doing it so effortlessly.
Poor Light, he was the one who was running around, trying to keep track of everyone since they all split four different ways.
Thankfully, they were only there about four hours.
Unfortunately, they had to call up two taxis to get back to the hotel. One for them and their stuff and the other for the rest of the stuff they won.
At least Circus Circus ended up getting a lot of money from them.
And that left them where they were now.
"Daddy, you should probably forgive dad," Matt spoke up in between sips.
Light smiled. "Of course I will. I just didn't want to make it too easy for him." He made sure to keep his voice low so L wouldn't hear him.
Mello grinned. "Poor dad."
"Alright kids, it's getting late, I want you guys in bed within the hour, alright? And Mello, no eating the insane amount of chocolate you bought. Save it for when we go home. But not on the actual ride home itself."
Mello took his words into consideration. "Okay daddy."
"Great. Goodnight you three." He kissed the top of each of their heads before heading over to his and L's room.
He closed the door quietly behind him and saw L sitting at the table in the kitchen, staring at him.
Light couldn't help the smile that spread across his face. "Thank you, L."
He walked over to him and stood beside him to lean down and give him a kiss.
And L went and pulled him down into his lap.
"You owe me."
"I owe you nothing." Light smirked. Ooh, things were going to get fun.
"We shall see about that."
Monkey: So, what the hell happened to this chapter? I dunno. LOL. At least I updated it. Next chapter will be the last :DD
Thank goodness, because then I'll be able to focus on the sequel that's already uploaded... Lol.
Thank you for reading!
