Well here's the next chapter. I feel like the flow is improving a bit, but let me know if that's just in my head. We're moving farther out of canon territory this chapter and it kinda makes me nervous lol.

I may not have recieved any questions this time around, but there is still a review that requires a response.

Helen N.: OMG you have no idea how much a review like this means to me! I'll try to reread my content a little more carefully from now on. Commas were always my big weakness. I either put in too many or not enough lol. Constructive criticisim is something that makes me happy because it will keep me improving. I hope that you enjoy this next chapter too. If the grammar gets too bad I'll find a beta...though I'm sure I'll be blushing about it once I get into the touchy/kissy content later lol.

Disclaimer: I don't own Death Note. If I did I would take Light's potato chips...and EAT THEM!!!

In the Case of Light Yagami

After L had demanded an explanation, Light had gone quiet, trying to figure out how to best relay the information running rampant in his cluttered mind.

"Where to begin…" L cocked his head to the side in question, messy bangs covering one dark circled eye.

"If I did not know better Light-kun, I would say you are stalling for time." The brunette's eyes flicked to the detective's briefly in annoyance before pressing on.

"You remember the fight we had a couple of days ago?" the pale man did not respond, but rather his hand traveled from its customary place at his lips to the fading bruise high on his cheek. Light winced internally before continuing. "I've never been so quick to anger before…nor have I ever struck anyone that hard. In other words, I didn't think it was physically possible for me to hit you hard enough to move not only you…but myself as well." L's brows drew down in deep thought before raising them up in a silent request to continue. "Then as you know…I had that odd nightmare and…stopped breathing." Light still had a hard time with that fact…knowing he could have died if he hadn't woken up.

"Light-kun believes that these dreams hold some other meaning to them?" Light nodded quickly.

"Yes, because after we fell down the stairs…sorry about that by the way, I ended up dreaming again if you recall." At this Light grimaced as he motioned towards his left eye.

"You feel there was a connection to this dream and your change Light-kun?" Light sighed when he heard the question and quickly finished his explanation before he lost his nerve.

"Yes Ryuzaki, in this most recent dream…it felt as if someone was gouging my left eye out. In both dreams there were consistent elements. When the dreams begin, I can't see anything and I either can't move or I'm impeded by something. Also, I experience horrible pain of some kind. Most importantly though, is that someone speaks to me in both dreams. It's always brief and I can never see this person. In fact it's almost like an instinct…I know that the voice…has no body…"

"Kira. You believe that is the voice of Kira." It wasn't a question and Light knew it.

"Yes…I think its Kira. There's no other rational explanation…he called me a pawn in the second dream." L leapt from his seat without a second thought and Light trailed confusedly behind him as the detective entered their bedroom and began rummaging through a small drawer on his nightstand.

"Ryuzaki, what are you…" Light trailed off as L returned with a dark piece of cloth that he instantly tied about the left side of the teen's face. "Ryuzaki what are you doing!?" L backed off and let out a small breath.

"If we are to take this theory seriously Light-kun, and your dreams to be taken into account, it is quite possible that Kira could intend to use you as a means to spy on his foes." Light's eyes widened in shock.

"Wait, you mean you don't suspect me of being Kira anymore?" There was no way it was that simple. It couldn't be that simple.

"I mean that I am considering all possibilities Light-kun. You are not cleared until there is evidence to prove it. A dream is not physical evidence, however as it stands, Kira does not have to be present to commit murder either. As much as you wish to clear your name Light-kun, further investigation into your new condition must come first." Light sighed but nodded all the same. As far as the young genius was concerned, those goals were one in the same.

Light stood stock still in the sterile white room gazing through one eye nervously at Watari.

"Let me get this right…Watari, you're a licensed doctor." Watari smiled good naturedly and nodded even as Light turned to the wild haired man to his left. "And you want me to get a physical done." L gazed levelly at the teen as he made an affirmative sound. "….Under surveillance?" The pale man cocked his head to the side in question.

"Light-kun, why are you having difficulty with such a simple thing? I am not leaving the room and I believe you already know the reason why. Do not make me repeat myself." Light sighed for what felt like the thousandth time that day as he scratched at the fabric covering his left eye. Sharing living space and changing clothes and showering together weren't ever a problem. He had already learned to deal with that from experience at school. Ryuzaki however, was asking to not be bothered by his presence while he was being given a physical examination…by Watari of all people! Light tried to shake it off. Watari wasn't so bad so he could deal with that part of this whole ordeal. The teen could not, however, come up with anything about L's presence to console himself. The best he could do was remember that Ryuzaki was stubborn and would not be moved over something the sleep deprived man likely saw as trivial.

"Alright Watari…what comes first?" Light inwardly flinched at how utterly defeated he sounded. Watari walked Light over to the examination table and motioned for him to sit down as he removed the cloth from around his eye.

Things went relatively smoothly until about the time Watari asked him to remove his shirt. At which point, Light was forced to be reminded that Ryuzaki was indeed in the room with them as he had to remove the handcuff briefly so Light could do so. As Watari went about listening to his heart, lungs and checking his blood pressure he began asking questions.

"Yagami-kun, if possible I will need to know any medical history that I may not be aware of." Light nodded silently as he took deep breaths against the stethoscope pressed over his heart.

"Well, I've suffered from chronic migraines since I was young. I was also diagnosed with a mild case of schizophrenia. My father wouldn't hear it…but it never got any worse so the doctor never pressed. It's been the same thing for years." During this Watari had pulled out a blood pressure cuff and attached it to the teen's arm.

"What exactly is it you suffer from Yagami-kun?" The brunette turned his eyes towards the ceiling.

"I…hear music…Never words or anything, at least nothing intelligible. It's usually pretty quiet unless I focus on it." Watari 'hmmed' as he continued on, writing this and that down on a small pad of paper as he proceeded.

"Just the essentials please Yagami-kun." Light sighed as he removed his jeans, shoes, and socks and sat back up on the examination table in a pair of black boxers. "Are you sexually active Yagami-kun?" A pale pink rose to the brunette's cheeks at the question.

"Um…Watari, you do remember that I'm chained to someone right? I couldn't be if I wanted to." The elderly man chuckled lightly and nodded.

"Very well then Yagami-kun, I'll rephrase the question. Have you ever been sexually active?" The light flush never left the young genius' face.

"Yes I have been, and before you ask it's been safe, so I haven't contracted anything as far as I'm aware." Light chanced a look at L, entirely suspecting the detective would be silently laughing at him. Instead, L's face was slightly averted and was chewing on his thumb rather harshly, and looking quite distressed. 'This is as difficult for me as it is for you.' The statement echoed lightly in the brilliant teen's head. Light had forgotten that the detective had said that. He always acted completely unfazed about everything, so Light had assumed that it really didn't bother the pale man as much as it did him. The brunette took a moment to marvel at L's almost unshakeable poker face before snapping back to the present.

After everything was said and done, it wasn't quite as bad as Light thought it would be. This could perhaps be attributed to the teen's little revelation in the examination room. Somehow it made it more bearable to know that he wasn't the only one that was uncomfortable.

Now that Light gave it some thought, he was probably more comfortable with the situation than L was in the grand scheme of things. Light was accustomed to sharing space with others. L, on the other hand…if his reaction to human contact was anything to go by, then L was likely unaccustomed to sharing a building with others let alone living space. It was obvious that the detective had become overly sensitive to touch, due to his reaction to the kind of closeness in which they had found themselves that morning. Light shook his head. He had resigned himself to accidents of that nature the moment the cuff had been attached to his wrist, but it had become clear to the teen that L hadn't even considered it.

Light ran a hand through his auburn hair, relieved that Watari had insisted the blindfold wasn't practical since anything Kira may have wanted to see through Light had already been seen. He was relieved, but at the same time worried. If Kira was using him as a spy, he might be falling under his control, which didn't bode well for him.

"Ryuzaki, I'm feeling kind of tired. You think we can keep up the investigation in our room? I just need a break…All of this is really starting to wear on me." Light heard a small exhalation of breath before the detective deviated his path to head for their shared living space. "Are you alright Ryuzaki?" Light gazed slightly concerned at the raven haired genius' back. He was a lot tenser than was usual. He hadn't said a word since Light's physical either.

"I am well Light-kun, why do you ask?" L's voice held none of the tension that his body was clearly displaying. Light didn't respond. What could he say that wouldn't cause the older man to completely clam up? Light shrugged as he figured that the worst thing that would happen is that his likelihood of being Kira would be raised for no good reason.

"You look tense and you've been pretty quiet for a while. I thought there might be something wrong." The two geniuses had crossed the threshold of their room as Light finished speaking.

"I have nothing to talk about Light-kun. That is why I am quiet." L climbed up onto the bed and assumed his customary crouch on top of the covers. Light lay back onto the bed and folded his hands behind his head. Out of the corner of his eye the teen dimly realized the insomniac wasn't making any move for his laptop. Instead he chewed viciously on his thumb, staring blankly ahead. Light shook his head and sat up. Moving over to the raven haired man he pulled his thumb away from his mouth.

"Your going to bite a hole in your thumb at the rate you're going Ryuzaki." Immediately the flush from that morning appeared on his pale cheeks. 'That's what I figured. He's so sensitive to direct contact that anything I do will probably cause the same reaction.' L's dark gaze bore into the hand that trapped his. The detective was far to shocked to do anything but stare.

Ok yes I gave Light a mental problem so sue me. He was a little too....perfect to be as smart as he is. Just so it's known, everything that happens to or effects Light in this story will connect to something I might have made note of in the show.

Example: As you see in the Light/L fight, Light does indeed punch L with enough force to send them both flying. Then when Light staggered back after being kicked, he actually pulled L INTO the air!

Ok and as for L blushing when touched...well...pale skin is a curse to bare lol. Seriously though, I can safely say that this can happen...as it has happened to me. When I was young I would blush instantly if I was touched. Weird I know, but possible.

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