An eye for my friend
Disclaimer: I'm pretty sure that a few people would like to own death note, so would I! But I NEVER will starts bawling
Hi again! Sorry I took a while to update; I fell in love with writing about the miniature L in my other story. (Hell, I'm in love with writing about L all together!) Yeah I made a bit of a typo (Thanx 4 pointing it out) I didn't know whether to call S.S, 'Silent Shinigami' or 'Scarlet Shinigami'...? Silent reminds me of a silent killer and scarlet reminds me of blood I might keep it as scarlet then XD Anyways sorry (I make quite a few typo's) " Onwards with the fic!
Light cleared his throat and turned to the curious detective. He put the slip of paper in his back pocket. "It's nothing don't worry about it." He said. "You really need to eat, Ryuuzaki."
"I'd prefer some sort of dessert assortment, Light-kun."
"You shouldn't be eating anything cold now."
"I-I...know, but..."
Light sighed; he didn't mean to be impatient. He picked up the bowl of soup and sat down on the bed. It seemed that he really did have to forcefully feed the stubborn detective. Light picked up the spoon. "Open wide, Ryuuzaki."
"I won't"
Light hadn't known of what a kid Ryuuzaki could be, well Light was just going to have to feed the detective all the same. He removed some of the blankets to make feeding accessible and advanced against the target (Ryuuzaki). The detective, shaking slightly tried moving backwards, but stumbled over the mass of blankets behind him and fell off the bed. "Auuggh!"
"Ryuuzaki!?"
Light quickly put the soup down on the bedside table, and hopped off the bed to see a rather disorientated detective lying on the floor looking up at him. L tried perching up on his feet, but fell back down again. He wrapped his arms around himself and started to shake. Light shook his head while helping the detective to his feet again. Ryuuzaki sneezed and Light jumped backwards. L looked at Light with tired eyes. "I'm sorry, did I scare Light-kun?" he asked in a small voice. "I promise you that it's not contagious."
"You didn't scare me, Ryuuzaki!!" Light said putting both his hands on Ryuuzaki's slouched shoulders. "I'm much more worried about you!" he said, guiding him back to the bed.
"Please...d-don't be worried."
"I'll think about it, if you start drinking this soup, before it get's cold."
The detective paused, as if thinking about the safest method of drinking the deadly soup. He looked at Light with an embarrassed expression on his face. "I might drink it, Light-kun."
L was defeated and had to drink the evil soup.
L edged near the bedside table, Light softly pushed the detective back and wrapped him up in more blankets. "You've got to keep warm, Ryuuzaki." He said in a reassuring tone. Picking up the bowl and spooning the mixture into Ryuuzaki's mouth.
"This is kind of weird, Light-kun."
"That's what happens when you leave the soup for too long."
"I meant you feeding me like this."
Light looked at the young man opposite to him. Light hadn't really thought of it that way, he was just helping out a sick friend after all. It didn't really come into his mind in an odd sort of way.
"The soups not that bad, Light-kun." L said licking his upper lip. Light smiled at him.
"Told you it wasn't so bad." He said in a 'see...I told you so' voice.
"The corn is sweet."
Light knew that, that was the only reason Ryuuzaki was eating the soup. He wondered how many types of sweet soup there were on the menu; he'd have to order some more quickly. The soup was already half gone. If Ryuuzaki actually liked it, it mustn't have been bad. Light tried some himself. It was pretty sweet, he wondered if Ryuuzaki had added any sugar in the mixture while his back was turned. It sounded like something that he would do.
Light hadn't noticed, that he had spilt a little of the soup around the bottom of his lip. As Ryuuzaki was very perceptive he noticed straight away. His deep dark eyes locked right onto the site of Light's bottom lip. Light looked at Ryuuzaki and tilted his head a little to the side. 'What was wrong with him? Was he even blinking? What was he staring at...?' These small thoughts wafted around his head.
Without warning (which was usually how Ryuuzaki acted anyway.) He leant in dangerously close and licked Light's bottom lip. Light froze. 'Wh-what the hell!?' He felt himself saying in his head. The detective in front of him remained in his composed state. "Light-kun, sure is a messy eater." He said slowly. "As I am not one to waste food, I was merely helping you out-that's all."
As if, Ryuuzaki.
Light went a bright shade of red. "I-I could've done that myself, Ryuuzaki." He said, with great difficulty.
"Indeed, you were helping me so I just returned the favour." He added. "I am no longer hungry now."
Neither was Light.
"Y-Yeah, Ok." Light said, getting up and dumping the bowl in the bin. Light couldn't believe what had just happened, and he had a hard time shaking it off too. 'Did Ryuuzaki actually like him...?' Light's tongue traced his bottom lip. He realized what he was doing and bit his tongue. 'It's because of the hypothermia...that's the only reason, why...' He told himself. It was a good thing he hadn't shown L the slip of paper, otherwise it might have had a worse negative impact on the bedridden detective. He told himself that he'd tell Ryuuzaki about the note, when he felt better. No use pouring petrol on fire. Tomorrow he'd find that room service guy, and question him with anything that he could think of. He was definitely sure that he would find out at least a little about this 'Scarlet Shinigami'.
Or at least he hoped he would.
Light turned to look at his friend, who was covered in blankets with only his head sticking out. L wore a, some-what satisfied look on his face.
Light wished that he knew what his partner was thinking. Seeing as Ryuuzaki was most unlike other people he would have a very hard time finding that out.
"I think we need to sleep, Ryuuzaki."
"Will you be with me...?"
"Yeah..."
"Okay then."
L innocently snuggled underneath the sheets and blankets and looked up at the looming Light Yagami. He continued staring like a child waiting for a parental figure to be tucked in. Light shook his head and chuckled getting into the bed. He was so tired, his eyes began getting heavy with sleep as he felt himself dosing off into a deep slumber.
"Light-kun...?"
Light sighed heavily, he turned to face the detective whose eyes never seemed to close. The detective had an expectant look on his face, as if just looking at him in response wasn't enough.
"...Yes...Ryuuzaki?" A tired Light Yagami said. He wasn't fully listening, he just wanted to sleep.
"Good night, Light-kun."
"Good night, Ryuuzaki..." Light said giving his friend a tired smile. What he really should of said was 'good morning'. He rolled over on his other side; suddenly he heard a slight yelp from his partner. Light turned immediately.
"Yes, Ryuuzaki!?" he asked worried.
"Oh...nothing you just rolled onto me arm..." He said quite calmly. "G-good night."
"Ahh...sorry, good night." Light replied. What was his arm doing there...? Light mentally shrugged it off. He yawned; the two of them finally got to sleep at around 3 am.
Light woke up the next morning at around 11.30am. He had overslept. He checked the time and freaked out appropriately. 'What about L!? I should be looking after him!' His mind was racing. 'Where was he anyway...?' The young man shot up in the bed. He saw blankets lying around on the floor and a cupcake on the bedside table. He figured that was meant to be breakfast. Light got out of bed and walked into the bathroom. L wasn't in sight. He then searched the main room of the apartment, L was still no where to be seen.
Light walked back into the bedroom. It was unlike L to just go off and leave without saying a word, especially with a maniac killer on the loose that was out to get him. Then Light remembered, there was one place that he hadn't checked yet-the balcony!
As he approached the balcony he saw a huddled figure staring through the bars at the edge of balcony. Snow wafted from the sky and it was freezing. Light raised a brow; did the detective not feel the cold at all? Light quickly moved into the small area.
"Ryuuzaki, what are you doing!?" He said sternly. "Do you even want to get better at all!?"
He grabbed the detective's ice-cold hand and pulled. The pale man resisted. Light tugged harder, but Ryuuzaki was holding his ground. Light sighed heavily, this was enough.
He threw his arms around the rather surprised detective and attempted to drag the detective back inside. It was a lot harder then he thought, however. L's pale hands grabbed tightly around the bars of the balcony, Light was now struggling. For an ill person, L certainly had a lot of strength. Light let go frustrated at the stubborn man. L staggered forward and just missed hitting his head on the bars. It sounded as he had mumbled something along the lines of 'damn inertia'. L still said nothing as he sat on the floor of the balcony looking up at the dull sky. Light threw his hands up in frustration.
"Why won't you tell me what's wrong, Ryuuzaki!?" He said in a tone that wasn't an 'inside' one.
"...Well now you know what it's like to be kept from knowing something, Light-kun."
Light stopped. What did he mean...? Light wasn't keeping anything from him, was he? His partner got up slowly. It seemed he had something in his back pocket and was reaching out to get something; he was swaying a little as he did-no doubt it was because of his physical state.
"This."
Light stared at it; it looked like a normal small slip of paper. Then he froze in a sudden realization. He slowly reached into his back pocket. It was empty. 'He must've taken it when we went to bed...and he had gotten it when I rolled over onto his arm...' Light glared at the detective. It was something he was used to from L, an excellent pick-pocket. Though, it never crossed his mind that L would do it to him. Light always thought of himself as being very perceptive, though Ryuuzaki's perceptive skill was on a whole new level to his.
"Ryuuzaki...I was going to tell you, when you got a bit better." Light protested.
"And what good would that do me; I'd still learn the same way and react the same way." He added. "No matter in what condition I am."
Light slowly nodded. "I was only worried...I'm sorry Ryuuzaki..." he said.
Suddenly, L wrapped both his arms around his frail body and started to shake. Light rushed over to him and brought him away from the balcony.
"L-l-light-kun..." The detective said shaking mildly."I-I'm sorry."
'Body heat...that's all I'm doing this for...' Light told himself mentally, while wrapping his arms around his friend. L was still shaking, Light thought about rushing away quickly to grab a few blankets from the bedroom. Leaving L like this however, he preferred not to. Holding Ryuuzaki the way he was now, made him feel warmer as well. It felt...good.
"Ryuuzaki..." He said slowly.
"Y-yes, Light-kun...?"
"We're going to find that criminal...and we're going to get him, ok?"
Though Light couldn't see entirely, he was sure a small smile had crept on his partners face. Still shivering, he nodded slightly. "Thank-you..." he whispered.
Starting from today, Light made a mental vow that he would immediately begin investigating. He already had a few ideas. He'd track down that room service guy and ask as many questions as he could. The slip of paper was from a docket at the counter of the hotel where people, usually wrote comments about the hotel or ideas on how it could be improved. He'd question the people there as well and ask for all security tapes from that area. He would have to have at least something out of that.
He stopped at looked at the slip that was still in his partners shaking hand. The paper was from the hotel. How did the 'Scarlet Shinigami' know they were staying here? Were they followed...? The room service guy had brought the slip of paper too...it couldn't have been a random guess that the two of them were in this room. There were 120 rooms! Light's eyes widened. He held the detective a little closer.
The criminal knew exactly where and what time it was when they ordered the soup, otherwise the slip couldn't have been with the receipt. It was also highly unlikely that the criminal just went up to the room service and told him to deliver the note. Was the phone tapped? Could he/she of hacked into the security system and be watching them right now!?
Did the criminal have had anybody working for them that had slipped in the note for him/her?. He doubted it, but one could never be so sure.
Investigating would have to be postponed for now. The main priority now was getting out of here, undetected!
The end of another chapter! I hope you liked it! Sorry that it was ages for the update, better late then ever I guess! I'm also sorry if there were typo's or stuff, I'm not really my most aware when it's 2am. XD Anyway exams are over! So expect quicker updates! Thanx again to all that wished me good luck! Keep reviewing!