Seishirou Hitsugaya, Had Hatter3, Maejirase, SoShi Love x3, ChillingShadow, Reader-anonymous-writer, Mary Lou - THANK YO Uall for the wonderfull reviews! And all of you, who read or fav! Thank you.

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Chapter 4 (Chapter Beta-edited by shojen12)

Light grabbed the towel from his butt and slid it to the front to cover his crotch before turning to face his father. He sat on his heels, what of course meant exposing his ass to Ryuzaki, who was still kneeling on the bed behind him. But it was still better than showing his hard on to anyone currently present in the room.

"Yagami-kun, you should've gotten up slowly. After receiving a massage, it's easy to forget how relaxed you are, only to find yourself wobbling and perhaps even falling to the floor."

Ryuzaki was so irritatingly calm and composed! As if there was no furious Soichiro Yagami out for his blood. Watari stepped into the room, ready to intervene if needed.

"Ryuzaki! What the hell were you doing to my son?!"

"Good afternoon, Yagami-san. I was giving Yagami-kun a back massage. His muscles didn't take our tennis match as well as he expected."

Soichiro wanted to believe Ryuzaki. A wave of relief washed over him as he tried to calm down.

And then he saw his son's face. Light's eyes were wide in shock and glazed, his mouth parted and the purple blush that covered his face spread almost all over his – clearly completely naked - body. He could only assume in what kind of 'state' he was at the moment. The question was, did Ryuzaki assume the same thing or was he completely oblivious?

Ryuzaki was strange. Soichiro always suspected that he wasn't normal. He had to be one of those savants whose intelligence was extraordinary, but for the price of sanity. Was he aware of his son's reaction to his touch or did he think it was just an innocent massage? Light's eyes were pleading. Was he asking his father for forgiveness or for his silence? When he entered the suit to tell Ryuzaki about another victim and heard his son's pleas and moans he was ready to kill L! But now...

He didn't really know what to do, how to react. Maybe he still misread some signs, maybe he misunderstood something. Maybe he's son was just... just... what exactly? What other explanation could there be?

Soichiro scratched his head and watched L scrambling off of the bed. Maybe it was just really innocent situation. Maybe Light was just embarrassed that his own father saw him almost naked when he was receiving a massage! Yes, that was probably it! Of course... The massage was something rather private, where you let yourself relax completely and Soichiro just crossed the line he shouldn't have. He took the moans for something they weren't and apparently made a fool of himself.

"Ryuzaki... I... I'm sorry for rushing in here so rudely. I've heard Light's screams and... I'm sorry."

"It's alright, Yagami-san. As far as you didn't give Yagami-kun a heart attack, of course."

Chief Yagami chuckled nervously , desperately trying to avoid looking at his son. He knew what to believe. It was just a massage, nothing else. He didn't want to accidentally see something that would convince him otherwise, so he simply apologized once again and left. Watari and L followed him out of the room, leaving Light finally alone with his shame.

His own father saw him in this state... It was hopeless.

When his body was once again able to move he used Ryuzaki's shower and put his clothes back on. His hand froze on the door knob. He couldn't face Ryuzaki after what had happened. And surely he was up for a 'talk' with his father. What would he say? Light was pretty sure that the orthodox man would be angry. Shit, even Light himself was angry! What the hell has gotten into him? To get so turned on by a stupid back massage! Ridiculous! He was moaning and pleading... practically begging for Ryuzaki's touch. He was mortified.

...

"L, Light hasn't left the room for almost two hours..."

"I am sure he has fallen asleep, Yagami-san. He was completely exhausted after the game."

"Aaaaah... Of course. But maybe you could go and check on him?"

Ryuzaki turned his eyes from the computer screen and looked curiously at Chief Yagami. Was the man testing him or something? Was he checking if L would be eager to visit his sleeping son?

"I do not find it necessary, Yagami-san, though if it worries you, feel free to go and check on him on your own."

Chief Yagami was casting lost looks in the direction of the closed door separating him from his dear child.

"But... It's your bedroom, L... I don't want to intrude..."

"You did not seem to have any problem with that earlier on. Besides I hardly ever use that room. You know I suffer from insomnia."

"B-but... What if he is still..."

The corners of L's eyes moved slightly up. His mouth stayed motionless but chief Yagami already knew that it was as close as Ryuzaki ever gets to a smile.

"If he is still... what? Asleep?"

"Naked. What if Light's still naked?" Soichiro turned his eyes away from Ryuzaki. That cruel man was clearly making fun of him.

"Well, Yagami-kun is hardly a shy or even modest person, so I do not think he would have any problem with that. Besides, you at least are his father, while I am a complete stranger. So, don't you think that it would be much more appropriate if it were you who went there to check on him?"

Soichiro cleared his throat. He didn't want to face Light just yet. He didn't want to talk to him or see if he was still naked in L's bed or not, but any time now the rest of the investigation team could join them and the last thing Soichiro wanted to happen then was sleepy Light leaving Ryuzaki's bed room – no matter dressed or not. He quickly stepped to the door and knocked. Light, who was still standing with hand on the door knob opened the door almost immediately.

"Father?"

"Light... We were... worried if you're alright."

"I wasn't." Came a monotone voice from the black haired man.

Light came out of the room and sat at a couch, crossing one leg over the other. He looked perfect. Soichiro once again assured himself in his thoughts that his son was perfect indeed, so there was no way he would be... interested in men, and certainly NOT in a man like L!

Light and Soichiro avoided each other's eyes. It was easy because Light was staring at Ryuzaki practically the whole time.

"Ryuzaki, why don't you show me your proofs against Teru-sempai?"

Ryuzaki was crouching in his office chair in front of one of the many monitors. How could Light not see them earlier was beyond him. Was he really that preoccupied with the perspective of a massage?

The chair with Ryuzaki in it turned around and the detective faced the younger man with a bored expression.

"Because Yagami-kun is not a part of the team."

Ryuzaki's legs were slightly apart, drawing Light's attention to the older man's crotch. It was unnerving.

"Then make me a part of the team. I'm sure I could help you a lot."

"Ah... I don't doubt that. Sometimes I think Yagami-kun could move mountains with the sole power of his own arrogance."

Light only snorted. He wouldn't lower himself to answering that.

"Then who is in your marvellous team that you find me inadequate?"

"I never said Yagami-kun is inadequate. All I said was that Yagami kun weren't a part of the team. The rest was merely Yagami-kun's assumption. The team is consisting of policemen."

Their eyes were locked and never strayed but it wasn't enough for Light. The distance between them was causing Light a lot of discomfort.

"Who? Give me names."

"This is not an interrogation, Yagami-kun, and even if it were then I would be the one asking questions."

Light gritted his teeth Ryuzaki was so irritatingly right. He was the boss here. It was his suite, his case and his team. Light stood up and quickly crossed the room standing very close to his rival, towering over him.

"Just tell me."

His legs were brushing Ryuzaki's.

He liked the feeling of being higher. It made him feel more certain, more like himself but the huge black eyes looking up at him were taking his self-confidence away once again. They almost made him swoon. He put one hand on the bony knee and kept demanding, though in a bit nicer tone.

"Tell me."

"Is Yagami-kun trying to seduce his way into the team?"

Light chuckled.

"Would it work?"

"No. But proving yourself with something more than just words may."

Light didn't remove his hand.

"What would I have to do?"

"Yagami-kun doesn't have to do anything. But if he wants to convince me that he might be an asset to the team he should prove his deduction skills. Those files over there contains everything and much more than is needed to solve the case of the children missing in Hokkaido-"

"You got this case?!"

"Yes, Yagami-kun. Please, do not shout. My hearing is perfectly fine. The case is solved. It will be announced today at seven o'clock. So, you have approximately three hours to-"

"Fine!"

Light took the folder, which looked rather unimpressive and turned to walk to the bedroom.

"I'll use your bedroom. I need some peace to concentrate."

"Good luck, Yagami-kun."

"With my brain I don't need luck!"

The door shut and Ryuzaki smirked. He didn't doubt that Light would manage.

At six sharp Light left the room with a triumphant smile and presented his answer. It was perfect.

"I expected nothing less from Yagami-kun."

"And I managed to solve it in two hours! How long did it take you?"

"One, but I believe that I had an upper hand since the files are in English."

Light's eyes widened.

"Is English your native language?"

"Ah... and we're back to square one, where Yagami-kun is interrogating me. It has to stop if Yagami-kun wants to work with me."

"You've said earlier that I don't have to do anything!"

"That was before Yagami-kun became a member of my team."

Something warm spread through Light's whole body when Ryuzaki said that. He was now working with Ryuzaki and was a part of his team. They were going to work together...

"Yagami-kun is going to be paid the same fee as any other member of the team. I'm sure there will be no problem for Yagami-kun to share his time between studies and work."

It's been a week and it was not what Light expected. He was welcomed by the rest of the team. They knew him through his father and they were well aware of Light's brilliance so this part went smoothly. The problem was Ryuzaki. It's not that he treated Light badly. He didn't. He was always courteous and rather polite but... but...

Ryuzaki teased him a lot and pretended that he didn't mean it. He irritated Light with practically everything he did... or didn't. Especially with things he didn't. He wasn't ignoring Light per se, but their 'working together' certainly didn't look the way Light had imagined. There was a day when except 'Good morning, Yagami-kun' the only thing he heard from the detective was 'Could Light-kun pass me this cupcake?' Light expected brainstorming at every step, complicated analyzing on every turn and moving forward. But so far Light was buried in researching the murders and other information while Ryuzaki was completely consumed by his own work, often forgetting Light was even there.

When they did talk to discuss some lead or detail, they would argue. Light was trying hard but Ryuzaki was simply pissing him off. He was probably testing Light to see what he's made of and how much he could take. But often it looked like he was just testing Light's temper. And the most infuriating thing about him was his complete immunity to Light's charms. Just for this, Light really wanted to punch him.

Hard.

Still, Light never intended to give up his plan. He flirted shamelessly, sometimes not even caring that his father was looking. He hoped that even if it didn't work then that it would at least piss Ryuzaki.

The detective didn't like to touch or be touched by others. When he had to pick something up he would stubbornly use just two fingers to minimise the contact. He didn't shake hands with people. He never slapped anyone's shoulders and didn't even sit close to other people. So of course Light used it to his advantage. He was doing everything he could to initiate physical contact, even if it was just a brush of hands. If he couldn't do nothing more he would at least invade Ryuzaki's personal space whenever it was possible. And of course, he always sat as close to Ryuzaki as it was possible while still staying in separate chairs.

It was fun even if Ryuzaki never let him see if it worked. His face was always blank.

The team noticed though.

They knew Light as a very held back person. No one ever saw Light trying to catch someone's attention. Light would never show affection in public. He never wasted his attention on anyone. He was polite, nice and full of smiles, but it was always cold and calculated.

Around Ryuzaki Light was like a completely different person. When L was around, Light's attention was always drifting to him. The detective seemed to be completely oblivious of that but others didn't miss how Light searched for his acknowledgement, his eyes, his attention. Everything Light did was still very much calculated but it focused exclusively on L. They all knew of Light's ambitions and goals for the future. They knew he wanted to become a detective, so it was understandable that he was trying to impress the great L (even if he had no idea who was he dealing with). But it certainly DIDN'T explain why he welcomed him with a kiss on the cheek one day, when L ignored his arrival.

Thank to heavens that Soichiro was late that day. L seemingly ignored the gesture, but just as Light turned around with a triumphant smile, the older man whipped his cheek with his sleeve making Matsuda chuckle. Maybe Light didn't see it but he sure as hell knew what the bastard did. Since then Light kissed his cheek every time after arriving and before leaving. Also, after seeing that Ryuzaki is trying to dodge his attacks he learned how to choose the right moment to succeed. It became just another game between the two of them. For Light it was his personal triumph over the older man. He loved that feeling of... well... winning. Of course it would feel much, much better if he could see Ryuzaki blush but seeing him squirm was alright too.

Just as L was testing Light's patience through the professional, work related matters, Light tested his through completely opposite ones; like very personal ones. He was intruding with L's routine, his quirks and habits. He boldly did things that even Watari wouldn't dare trying. Like that day when he approached L from behind and leaned his elbows on the man's shoulders giving him something. Light's face was practically buried in Ryuzaki's hair and his hands with a glass of some liquid were in front of Ryuzaki's face.

"Could Yagami-kun get off of me..."

"Take this, Ryuzaki."

"What is that thing? It smells like some medicine." Ryuzaki tried to pull his head back, further from the smell but he stopped realizing that it meant leaning more into Light's embrace.

"Drink it. It's vitamin. You need it."

"No, I do not need such thing. I'm perfectly fine. Now, please, remove it from my nose. It smells."

Light buried his nose deeper in L's hair and hummed.

"Mmm... I don't smell anything bad. Now, drink it. It's sweet."

"I refuse."

"OK, what if I promise to buy you ice-cream on my way here tomorrow."

Ryuzaki warily looked at the glass. It kind of looked like a soda.

"At least four cons, Yagami-kun. Coconut and chocolate included!"

"Fine. Now drink it."

Ryuzaki turned his head to look into Light's half closed eyes and reluctantly took the glass.

"What is Yagami-kun up to? Is it poisoned?"

"Ryuzaki! Drink it or I swear I'll bite your ear off!"

"LIGHT! Ryuzaki is your boss! Show him some respect!" Soichiro was patient, but not that patient. His son was all over L! A man! Through the last few years chief Yagami noticed that his son is very demanding and no one was ever good enough for him. He didn't fancy anyone. So what was he playing at? If supermodels and the most beautiful people were not good enough then Ryuzaki surely wasn't either!

"Don't worry, dad. I was just joking! I don't even know if Ryuzaki has ears! I've never seen them."

After saying this Light started to brush through Ryuzaki's hair in search of his right ear. L squirmed and sneaked out of his chair and Light's embrace, somehow managing to not spill the drink he was still holding.

Everyone in the room held their breaths. They knew how L hated insubordination, especially when it resulted in disturbing his work. They were pretty sure he would order Light to do some mundane, boring and awful job for the rest of the week but he just glared at the younger man, quickly swallowed the drink in one gulp then quickly stuffed his mouth with a doughnut almost joking himself.

"Yagami-kun better not forgets about my ice-cream tomorrow!"

Others only looked at them with their jaws dropped. Ryuzaki let Light have his way! It was... unbelievable! They seemed to always fight to the end, so why did Ryuzaki let the younger man have this small victory? It couldn't be about ice-cream. Watari had the full sock of them in the kitchen. It was like Ryuzaki did it just to shock them.

Then there were thousands of things they were fighting over and the pattern was that L usually won every job-related matter while all others belonged to Light. After all Light didn't really have a power needed to force his ways in the investigation, but who would have thought that he has the power to force Ryuzaki into anything at all? After some pointless quarrels and small fights L practically always let Light to have his way, as far as it wasn't related to Kira case.

Except one time. It was special because it involved a matter of candy, which Light managed to make 'about the case' problem. So they both refused to retreat.

It was about some stupid lollipop; the fifth that Ryuzaki started to eat that day.

"Ryuzaki, put that down!"

"I will not."

"You can't eat so many lollipops! It's not good for your teeth."

"My teeth are of no Yagami-kun's concern."
"Did you just tell me that it's none of my business?"

"More or less." L's eyes were challenging him and it made Light's heart skip a beat. The lollipop made a rattling sound rolling over Ryuzaki's teeth and suddenly Light wanted to see the man's teeth. He never really saw them. Only some small part of the lower ones... He wondered if Ryuzaki had nice teeth. Thoughts like this one plagued him often. He wondered if there is even one flaw in this quirky man because so far he just couldn't find any and it made him feel uneasy, almost scared. He needed to find something to ease his... What exactly? What was this pain he was trying to ease? He wasn't sure but it was irritating and distracting.

"Your well being is everybody's business! What if you take a day off to go to the dentist and miss something important for the case? What if you will be distracted by the pain in your tooth and overlook some important lead? Someone may die just because you selfishly decided that lollipops are more important!"

"I will be distracted and miss some leads for sure if I don't get my sugar!"

"You shouldn't eat so much sugar either!"

"Now Yagami-kun is crossing the line!" Ryuzaki pointed an accusing... lollipop at Light.

"Really? There is a line?"

"YES! And it's clearly around my sweets! That is something Yagami-kun will not take away from me!"

"Wanna bet?"

Before L realized Light grabbed the lollipop and put it into his own mouth.

"I not only took it away from you but also kept it!"

Ryuzaki stared for a moment and just couldn't comprehend how or why anyone would put into their own mouth something that came out of someone else's?

"What are you going to do about that, huh?"

L saw Light smirking in triumph with HIS lollipop in those sinful mouth and he had lost it. He launched at the younger man and the hell broke loose. They crashed two laptops, destroyed a chair and completely massacred tons of sweets prepared earlier by Watari. Everything was a mess. Not just the room, but also the two evildoers. Light had a split lip from L's vicious kick, and more than few bruises practically everywhere on his body! Ryuzaki's T-shirt missed the right sleeve, his left upper arm had an awfully deep cut from some broken tea cup and some blood was dripping from his temple. They were tired, beaten and restrained by other members of the team, but even though they knew that what they did was stupid, childish and unacceptable, they both had to try hard not smile.

It just felt too good.

TBC

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