Light sat calmly. He opened the book and pretended to read. The boy sitting right in front of him looked down at his paper and resumed his work. Although neither of the two spoke, Ryuk could feel the tension in the air. This will surely be amusing. Light looked at the page of his book and nearly had to gasp in shock. By chance he opened a page about the profile of criminals with a god-complex. According to this book, this was one of the most dangerous types of criminal. Criminals with a god-complex believed so strongly in their own convictions that they would give themselves a divine status. The criminal always justified any kind of atrocious crime. For this type of criminal their actions were an absolute necessity, with no room for doubt or discussion.

Light felt somehow uncomfortable with what he had just read. He decided to concentrate on what he came for: L. The young detective to become. How was he going to gain the attention and interest of this boy? Truly, the only movement that the teenager had made so far was to move his eyes from the pages of his books to the piece of paper in front of him. His thumb fixed between his lips, teeth biting it softly.

Light finally figured out how he would attract L's attention. He once again pretended to read, when actually he was watching the boy. No reaction from L. After turning a few pages he calmly closed the book. Still nothing. He then sat with one arm on the table, one hand under his chin, staring at the cover of the book. L's behavior remained the same. Finally Light, still with his hand under his chin, shifted his head towards L's direction and remained in that position, staring at the boy.

Ryuk observed this in delight. L's eyes were still fixed on the piece of paper but both Light and Ryuk knew he wasn't reading anymore. Light just remained there, silent, motionless, with a very gentle smile on his lips. Seconds passed by, perhaps even minutes. The two young men just sat there, silent, motionless. How long could they endure this? Ryuk laughed. These humans are indeed very amusing.

Light's eyes widened slightly when he saw L's head move very slowly, eyes looking up slyly to finally meet those of the other man. They stared at each other for a few moments. Light could read confusion but also irritation in L's eyes. At last, the silence was broken by the teenager's voice.

-"What?" So short, so direct. With one single word, Light understood L's message, L's many questions: Who are you, why are you staring at me like this, what's the problem, why are you following me? Light smiled a bit more. He saw L's eyes flicker for a moment. The kid was clearly irritated.

-"Well…" he started, with a soft voice "I must say that it is a very rare sight to see someone so young to work so diligently" Disbelief spread on L's face. Light could almost see question marks all around the boy. "You see," Light continued "I never saw people from any course be able to concentrate so long on their work without ever being distracted, even in college". L was still staring at Light. "How old are you?"

It took a couple of seconds for L to react, to recover from his state of surprise.

-"16."

-"16! See, I know people much older than you and they are so absolutely irresponsible with their study or work!"

-"Really?" his big eyes were still fixed on Light.

-"Yeah." Light paused "What are you doing?"

L's eyes widened at the question. Light would swear he sensed a slight fright reaction from the boy.

-"Ehm, I'm just doing some research," he sounded a bit nervous.

-"Research? About what? Is that for school?" Light asked, knowing that he was troubling the teenager.

-"Yes…No! I-It's actually a hobby of mine." The boy looked away slyly from Light. His head bowed slightly down, eyes on the paper again.

-"Research about what?" Light almost whispered, he moved a centimeter closer to L. He felt the boy shrink.

-"It's not important, it's just something I like to do in my spare time," L whispered back.

Light straightened his back. Liar, you're on the case of that French child's abduction. Ryuk laughed again.

-"Well, I'm finished for today. I think I deserve a break." He stretched, curious about what L would say.

-"Is that so. Have a nice day." his eyes still not leaving the piece of paper.

-"You know, you've been here the whole morning as well, busy with your hobby. Don't you think you should take a break too?"

-"No."

-"Oh, come on! Are you kidding me? You must at least be hungry."

-"As if you would care." Light was not shocked with L's reaction. He was the most antisocial person he had ever met. He just carried on with his plan of getting L outside this old library.

-"Now, that's not very polite, is it?" L looked back at Light. He looked irritated but somehow repentant too.

-"I'm sorry, but I just want to finish this first." He pointed at the books.

-"Trust me, you'll work much better after eating something and pausing a bit from your research. I can guarantee you that you'll see things clearer than now, when you've been working since early in the morning." Then he reached his hand towards L. "Come and lunch with me. My treat."

A/N

Sorry, It's been a while…

Thanks for all the reviews so far! It is a pleasure knowing that others enjoy my story. I'm trying to write the text in most possible correct English, since it's not my mother-language. I hope the mistakes that may occur to not distract too much the reading.