Author's Note: Light starts being adorable *.* L presents here a little dose of cuteness as well. But I definitely prefer him as the possessive seme who likes having everything under his control. Including Light, of course.
When L finally woke up it was nearly 2 p.m. He got up quickly cursing himself that he'd wasted so much time. Light seemed much better than in the morning but his usually slightly tanned cheeks were still red which was a sign that he still had a fever.
If I had known that so much work could lead him to such a state, I would have never forced him to toil, Ryuuzaki thought.
Light was tough. He never let himself show any tiredness nor weariness. He always seemed to be doing fine and that's why L made a full use out of his intellect. The detective himself had no problems with working 20 hours per day. After all, he used to sleep no more than 3 hours during the night and such pace of leading the research was perfect for him. However, every normal human had their limits and it appeared that Light had crossed his ones.
Having changed the compress on the teen's forehead, L headed toward the kitchen with the intention to prepare something to eat for Light.
He opened the fridge and peeked inside. The tones of vegetables and other healthy stuff almost fell off the shelves on him. L winced noticing all of that disgusting food. Instead of taking any of Light's healthy reserves, he found a big chunk of cheesecake and the raspberry syrup. Placing it onto a plate he poured the pink substance over the cake. Then, he heated two mugs of milk in the microwave and added 3 teaspoons of cocoa and another 3 of sugar to each of them.
Satisfied with the job, he came back to the bedroom carrying the cheesecake and two mugs on a tray.
As he expected, Light was sitting on a bed obviously feeling better.
'How does Raito-kun feel?' He asked putting the tray on a small table in the corner of the room.
Light turned around and looked at Ryuuzaki.
'Better, I guess' he answered slowly. His voice was still weak. His eyes were too shiny, too teary. The fever had dropped down though the boy wasn't certainly alright yet.
'I'm glad to hear that. Are you hungry? Because I've got something for Raito-kun…' L took the plate with a cake and a fork and passed it to the teen.
'Is it a cheesecake?' Light widened his eyes in surprise.
'With a raspberry syrup' Ryuuzaki smiled widely. 'It tastes way better with it.'
'Oh, thank you, L' Light sent him a smile but didn't try the cake. The detective frowned in anxiety.
'What is it? Why is Raito-kun not eating?'
'Well… I don't mean to offend you or anything, Ryuuzaki' the boy blushed. 'I simply do not feel like eating anything right now'.
'But you will drink the cocoa I've prepared, right?' L's eyes showed disappointment.
'Oh, cocoa? Ok…' he replied swearing in mind and forcing to smile.
Ryuuzaki cheered up again and passed the mug to the teen. Light took a gulp and almost choked on it but due to the perfect self-control he managed to maintain the smiling expression. It was so damn sweet! But he didn't want to let L down so he forced himself to drink all of it.
He passed the mug again to Ryuuzaki and tried to smile but it turned into a grimace.
'What is it, Light?' L asked fearfully seeing the changing expression on the boy's face.
'I-I'm gonna…' he jumped up on his legs and not paying any attention to the swirling corridors, he hastened to the bathroom. He rushed into the room in a very last moment before grasping his stomach and throwing up. L ran just after him.
'I am so sorry, Raito-kun' he moaned helping the boy to stand up. 'I didn't want to cause anything like that' he felt awful. He only wanted to please Light but he provided him more suffering instead.
'I-it's fine now' the teen said after washing his mouth. 'Don't blame yourself for what happened, L. I know you wanted the best. Thank you for that' without thinking, he took the detective into a huge hug and buried his face in the crook of L's neck rubbing his nose against the soft skin of the detective and inhaling deeply in relaxation.
After few seconds of surprise, Ryuuzaki returned the embrace and wrapped his arms around the boy's waist.
'It's not like you, Raito-kun' he murmured breathing in the teen's nice scent.
'I know.' He heard a simple answer. 'Don't get used to too much. Once I recover, everything will come back to normal.'
But for now all I want is to be held, he thought closing his eyes and letting himself enjoy the detective's touch. It still means nothing, right?
...
Lying in the bed was slowly driving him crazy. It was not the way he used to spend his time. His body was still weak but his mind was in a pretty good condition and wanted to be used somehow. And resting all the time certainly couldn't be described as practicing his intellect. Though, he wasn't allowed to get up from the bed at any rate - L took care of it. He ordered to install the cameras in the bedroom so that he could keep an eye on Light all of the time.
'This is some kind of a joke, right?' Yagami had asked when he'd heard about this "brilliant" idea. 'You're not going to do that' he'd hissed through set teeth feeling the arising pulsing in his temples which had been becoming quite painful.
'Well, actually I've already done it' Ryuuzaki had maintained the stony expression. 'Raito-kun won't move from the bed until he's alright again. Is that clear?'
Light had gritted his teeth then and had to obey the order though certainly hadn't been happy about it. The awareness that his every move was being watched was incredibly annoying.
'Why don't you simply cuff me to the bed?' He asked the empty room knowing that L would hear. Those bloody cameras could register the sound as well.
'It would be rather weird, don't you think?' He suddenly heard Ryuuzaki's voice and almost fell down of the bed. He looked around but L wasn't in the room.
'Am I hearing voices now?' He whispered hiding his face in the hands.
All of a sudden, he heard a quiet laughter.
'What is it?' He yelled feeling great anxiety. His heart was racing.
'I've got a microphone here, Light' the voice resounded again.
Raito pierced his sight to the camera and narrowed his eyes.
'Fucking bastard' he mumbled all pissed off that the detective was making fun out of him and laid down again turning his back to the camera.
'Don't sulk, Raito-kun' he heard but completely ignored the plea in L's voice.
'Fuck off' he yelled blushing because of the embarrassment.
'You won't offend me no matter how hard you'll try' Ryuuzaki said calmly.
'Don't you have more important tasks to take care of?' Light asked burying his face in the pillow.
'I might have… But actually, I'm bored when you're not around. And I know that so is Raito-kun'
Light slowly turned around and sent his surprised glance to the receiver of the view.
'Quite hard to believe' he murmured skeptically raising a brow and sitting on the bed.
'Back under the quilt!' The teen heard an order. He rolled his eyes and covered himself.
'Satisfied now?' He asked smirking.
'Yes' he heard a simple answer which made him widen the smile.
'So… how are you going to cope with your great boredom?' The boy finally broke the silence.
L shook his head getting back to reality. Simple observation of the teen was really amusing.
'How are you feeling, Light?' He asked changing slightly the subject.
'Not bad' the boy replied smirking by the corner of his mouth. 'It's been already 3 days since I was chained without the actual chain to the bed. But I'm bored to death' he added.
'Do you still have a fever?' L pressed wanting to be assured that the boy was already alright.
'Well, to tell the truth, I don't think so. In the morning I had around 37 degrees but now I think I'm alright. Why?' He sent a curious look to the camera.
'I was just wondering…' Ryuuzaki's cheeks reddened. 'How about going to the tea house nearby? If you want and are able to, of course…'
'Are you serious?' Light's eyes shined with excitement. 'I was waiting for that for ages!' L felt the butterflies in the stomach. 'I'm sick of being locked here!' He dramatically grasped his heart faking the dying scene.
'Great. Wait a minute, I'll come for you' he switched off the computers and left the studio. 'I'm leaving, Watari!' He said when the man finally picked up the cell.
'Where if I might ask?' Watari asked suspiciously.
'We're going with Light for the tea' he said running up the stairs. 'To this tea house around the corner.'
'L, do you know how much risk you take?' Watari tried to stay calm but the rage was rising inside him.
'I am perfectly aware of the danger' Ryuuzaki cut him off. 'But I'm willing to take this risk. I'm stuck in this building for the most of time and I'm tired of it, Watari. Besides, I've already decided.' He hang up the phone not waiting for the answer.
The older man gritted his teeth. His digging his own grave, he thought.
...
Light jumped out of the bed and started to search for something proper to wear.
'You're quite excited' he heard the hoarse voice from behind.
'Oh, hello Ryuk' ha said not looking at the Shinigami trying to decide if he should pick a purple or a red shirt.
'You really care' Ryuk cackled. 'Who would suppose that the stony-cold Light Yagami is able to actually feel!'
'What are you talking about?' The teen looked at him dressing in the red one.
'About you. And about L' Ryuk grinned widely showing his sharp teeth. 'It's not one-sided at all, right? Poor Light, what will you do now?'
'Excuse me?' The teen squeaked goggling his eyes. 'I have no idea what you're trying to say!'
The Shinigami had already vanished but his chuckling was still resounding in the boy's ears. He was standing frozen in front of the opened wardrobe trying to understand what was actually going on.
His trail of thoughts had been interrupted when he heard a creak of the door.
'Are you ready?' L asked peeking inside the bedroom. Light slowly turned to him trying to look as if everything was fine.
'Well, yeah…' he blushed looking at the detective and quickly turned his head away.
I'm doing what I'm doing because I'm bored, he told himself. Ryuk and his ridiculous ideas… no, it just can't be!
Can it?
...
'I'll say it once again: this is the most preposterous idea in your whole carrier, Ryuuzaki' Light could feel the drops of sweat flowing down his spine. And it wasn't pleasant at all.
'We cannot risk that you'll catch anything more, Raito-kun' L said. 'Your immunity is lower now due to your sickness.'
'Ok, I understand and approve the idea but you really overdid this time. It's 21 degrees outside and I am dressed up as if it was at least bloody 5! I'm sweating like a jerk, Ryuuzaki.' He was shaking with anger.
'Is Raito-kun going on with our previous argument?' L seemed untouched.
Before they left the headquarters, they had been arguing heatedly about the way Light should dress up.
At least, he didn't force me to wear a cup, the boy thought.
'I look like a complete idiot, Ryuuzaki' Yagami moaned. 'Just look around. Can you see anybody who's wearing a down jacket or boots?'
'I don't care about other's opinions' L said. 'More important is to prevent you from falling sick again.'
The detective pulled the boy inside the tea house and they both took a seat in the small café.
'Don't even try to stop me' Light threatened taking off all the clothes he'd been forced to wear and staying in his red shirt.
L wanted to say something but gave up seeing the murderous glance the teen had sent him.
'Here are your cards' the young waitress came to the boys and smiled at them (especially at Light). 'When you've chosen something feel free to call for me.' She winked at the caramel-haired boy and walked away rocking her hips.
L frowned trying to ignore the knots in his stomach.
'What's wrong?' Light asked noticing the grimace on the detective's face.
'Raito-kun is getting a bite wherever he goes.' L said bitterly.
'I'm afraid that I've missed you somewhere' he seemed to be confused.
'That waitress was just flirting with Raito-kun' L drawled.
'Oh, really?' The boy turned his head and looked at the blonde. 'I haven't noticed. Anyway, even if I'd had I wouldn't be interested' he added turning to L again. 'Not my type' he smiled.
'And… what is your type?' Ryuuzaki asked shyly.
'You'll have to figure it out on your own 'cause I won't rather tell you' Light blushed suddenly really interested in the menu. 'So, what do you want to order?' He asked not looking at the detective.
'Caramel tea with triple sugar' L said quickly.
'Triple?' Light finally managed to look into the black eyes. 'Are you sure you'll be able to drink something like that?'
'As if Raito-kun didn't know my eating preferences already.' L snorted.
'Alright…' Light called for the waitress to order their teas.
'So, what would you like?' The girl was trying her best to catch Light's attention.
'One English Breakfast Tea and one caramel with triple sugar' he said.
'Triple sugar?' The girl blinked in surprise. 'But this tea is already quite sweet without any sugar!'
'My friend likes sweet things' Light smiled at her and she quickly nodded whispering "of course" and blushing heavily.
Light shook his head with pity.
'That was quite odd' he mumbled stabbing his sight to his hands. 'You know what's scary? That it's always happening. These monsters, I mean, girls are clinging to me every time I go out somewhere. I don't know what I should do with all this unwanted attention I get' he slowly take a look into the black pupils. 'That's strange, isn't it? I mean, every boy would like to be "getting a bite" as you've named it but I am just terrified every time I have to deal with it.' He sighed. 'I have no idea why the hell I am telling you this. You probably find me pathetic right now'.
'Well, I would say that I think the exact opposite' Ryuuzaki smiled. 'Though, I wouldn't say that Raito-kun is afraid of all his popularity among the females. I'd say that he rather enjoys it'
'I want others to think this way' Light explained. 'This is a part of my game. Self-confidence and courage are my trumps, remember? I would be nothing without them'
Personally, L didn't share this opinion - he found this newly discovered shy Light truly adorable.
'These are your two main traits of character, that's true' he said instead.
'If you mention this conversation to anybody I will suffocate you' Light said coming back to his normal behavior.
'Oh, I don't have any plans on telling anybody' L murmured feeling a bit offended.
The waitress came back in the very last moment to prevent another argument which would ruin the nice atmosphere between them.
'English Breakfast and caramel with triple sugar' she placed the mugs in front of the boys. 'Would you like anything more?'
'No, that's alright, thank you' Light said sending her a polite smile and taking his tea.
'Are you sure you don't want to sweeten it?' Ryuuzaki asked skeptically eying on the boy's hot drink.
'No, I like it bitter' Light said and took a swallow.
The awkward silence started to be disturbing.
'So, did you find anything during the past 3 days?' the teen cleared his throat.
'Not really… I'm constantly missing something' L said. To tell the truth, he hadn't been applying himself to the research recently. He couldn't focus properly because he'd been worrying about Light's condition.
'Not good' the boy commented.
'I sometimes wonder if I ever manage to catch Kira' L confessed.
'What are you saying? Are you that brilliant detective or not?' Light was watching Ryuuzaki's face.
'Look, it's been a year and I still didn't get any further. Of course, I could put you into jail and accuse you of everything having these proofs I've gathered but… I'm not willing to do that.'
'Well, happy to hear this' Light said. 'I'm not willing to go to the jail either.'
Ryuuzaki was drinking his tea with a great delight. Yes, he definitely was a sugar-addict.
'I'll pay' he said quickly seeing that Light was reaching for his wallet.
'You don't have to do this, you know' the boy said. 'I have my own money.'
'I know. But I am the one to have invited you here so I would like to pay for you' Ryuuzaki insisted.
'Ok' Light hid his wallet hesitating a bit. How should I interpret his behavior?, he was wondering.
'That girl left you a note, Light' L said when they were heading toward the exit.
'Oh, did she?' The boy raised his brows.
'Check your jacket's pocket.' Ryuuzaki sighed.
Light did so and took out of it a little piece of paper. He unwrapped it.
'It's her cell number' he asserted.
'What will you do with it?' L was angry with himself for being that curious about it.
'I don't know… I might keep that…' he said in wonder. Ryuuzaki froze for a second. 'Or not' the boy crumpled the note and threw it away to the bin. 'As I said before, she's just not my type.' The boy grinned at L when they left the tea house.
Ryuuzaki's heart flattered.
