Detached: My last chapter was reviewed well! I'm still not quite sure what that chapter was exactly, but considering, it wasn't too too bad I guess…and to be honest, I really don't know how to fix it at this point. I may be stuck with some sort of inspiration, but…-shrugs- this may be over sooner than I originally thought too. Actually out of my original idea, not much of it remains. Besides the obvious anyway. I think I torment you guys too much also. Technically I wanted to just have them get it over with on the couch so long ago…but that didn't happen. And Amber didn't take advantage this time. Yay! Or boo depending on your opinion…-shrugs again-
Random trivia: Penguins have an organ above their eyes that converts seawater to freshwater. Snapple fact #131 (Note: I don't own Snapple)
Story time! Disclaimer…eh…I own little…except the new DVD WITH L figurine! –dances- heh! I owneth L officially now! Not really but -sigh-
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Last time:
"Why does it smell like chocolate-fuck!" they parted to look up at a pissed off Mello.
"Good morning."
Mello just stared at them open mouthed as they sat up, L standing up slowly after handing Raito his shirt back, which was pulled back on. Nothing on L's face betrayed what had just happened, much like Near's face had the day before, whereas Raito's face was somewhat flushed, although controlled and his shirt wrinkled.
"Why are you up so early Mello?"
"I've been up, but I know better to walk in on one of your fights L. When it quieted I figured it was okay to walk around, and then I smelled chocolate." L nodded before the blond continued. "At least you didn't catch us like that." he said this rather smugly.
"No, but given a few more minutes yesterday and I'm sure we would have seen a bit more that what you just saw." Mello frowned.
"But you did interrupt."
"I am sure Matt took care of any problems you may have caused." Mello's frown deepened as he stormed over towards the chocolate pastries. He bit into it angrily as he glared at the both of them. However, after he finished it, he blinked.
"What was that?"
"Raito-kun's cooking. It is quite good isn't it?" Mello grabbed another pastry and said nothing as he proceeded to eat that one as well.
"It's edible." He went to grab another as Raito took the tray.
"I never said they were for you."
"So? Give them to me." Raito looked down at the blonde brat? What was his problem? He'd seen his sister and her friends (shudder) fight over them, but this was a boy.
"No, I made them for Sayu. I told her I would."
"And unless you let me have some, I'll tell her what I found you doing this morning."
"I don't care if you do, she won't…" he trailed off, glancing at L. She wouldn't tell anyone, that wasn't the problem. She knew what their father would do. And he wasn't even sure of what he wanted just yet. But he wouldn't put it above his sister to lock the two of them in a closet together, hoping to get a response. Letting her know would be very troublesome.
He almost grimaced at the fact that he was actually handing the pastries over, and he did grimace when he saw the smug look on the boy's face.
"So you thought the better of it?"
"You have no idea how scary a little sister can be." He smiled suddenly. "Actually one of the first things she asked me when L came over for the first time was if we were lovers." Mello's smile fell as he ate the pastry. "It not that I care if she'll say anything or not, it's what she'll be willing to do to actually see if it's true."
"And if you are wise," L said lowly, "I think that you'll remain quiet about your own relationship with Near and Matt. She does know all of the children at the orphanage rather well." Mello choked on the pasty. L smiled.
"You…" he heaved.
"Yes?" L replied, still smiling.
"Good morning!" A black head popped into the kitchen, fully dressed. "Ooh! You did make them!" she reached for a pastry, Mello's free hand tensed visibly as she began to eat it, but he didn't make a move to save the pastry. L knew how addicting they could be. L had taken the liberty of eating two-thirds of the original pile of sweets Raito had made, and was planning on eating four-fifths of this one. L walked over to the pile and picked up a pastry of his own.
What was with these sugar addicts? Like his sister hadn't been enough? It was just like L to have a smaller, albeit louder, sidekick with the same food tastes! He felt sick just watching them eat. He began to clean up his kitchen; he was not going to cook with the three of them around. He could handle Sayu alone, he could even handle L alone, but the two of them together? Along with Mello? Yeah right.
"So when are we going to the orphanage?" Mello asked as he grabbed one of the remaining pastries.
"We're going to the orphanage?" Sayu asked expectantly as she took another as well. L said nothing; he merely turned to hear Raito's response.
"After you finish we can all go visit." Sayu's face lit up, she did love the children.
Raito looked and quickly saw that the last pastry still remained in the dish, unclaimed. Mello was staring at it, but he made no movement to take it, it must have been for L. Sayu was still happily eating hers.
So, on a whim Raito reached over and picked up the pastry. Mello's eyes darkened, he was not okay with letting the brunette take the last pastry. He'd barely been okay with letting L have the last one. L's eyes widened in surprise, and Sayu turned and stared, open mouthed.
Now that Raito had taken the pastry, he didn't want to give it back, but he didn't want to eat it either. He smiled. "For Miki-chan." He said calmly as he turned around to pack it along with the other sweets he had been planning to bring to the orphanage.
Sayu nodded. "Good idea, Onii-chan. They'd like that. So how will we get there?"
"We'll take the platform to the park and walk from there. We're in a small enough group to not attract attention, yet a large enough one to not cause suspicion. So Sayu, you should be getting the presents you bought for the girls."
"Oh, I almost forgot! I'll go get them!" she ran off down the hall as Raito laughed softly. Only his sister.
"Why did you steal my pastry, Raito-kun?" the smile fell slightly.
"I told you, for Miki-chan."
"It might be for Miki-chan now, but when you picked it up, it was to take it away from me."
"You're being serious about this aren't you? It was just a pastry. That I made." he emphasized, "Am I not entitled to keep some of my own creations?"
"I am always serious when it comes to my sweets. And although the chef is entitled to taste some of his own creations, considering the chef does not even care much for sweets…"
"I do eat them occasionally."
"I am flattered, but I do not consider myself a sweet."
"I never said I was referring to you."
Mello burst out laughing. "You guys…are…too funny! God...hahaha!" they turned to face him.
"I am glad you are enjoying this." They said together before turning to face one another. Mello continued to laugh watching them, clutching his stomach. "Better than…television…."
"That is enough." L said quickly, which was enough to make the blonde stop laughing, although he still snickered lightly as he glanced at the two of them.
"What's so funny?" Sayu asked innocently as she bounded into the room, presents in tow.
"Them." Mello said, suppressing a laugh as Sayu's head turned to stare at them quizzically. Suddenly she grabbed Mello's hand with her free one.
"Let's go!" L's eyes widened as Mello's smirk fell entirely. Raito however smiled knowing what would happen. Mello pulled his hand away violently, staring at it as if it was broken before looking to the girl and then at his hand again.
"Oh…" her tone became serious. "I'm sorry. Onii-chan tells me not to do that."
"What did she do?" L looked to Raito.
"It disappeared…." Mello was looking at his hand again. "I couldn't feel anything…"
"Don't worry, she does that to people. You're power will be back within minutes."
"How?" the blond asked hoarsely.
"Think about it." He went over and took a couple of the boxes from his sister, ruffling her hair as he did so. "Let's get going."
They stopped off in the park, Sayu shouting with delight as she saw the trees with falling leaves and the fall flowers and colors. Somehow, the three men had ended up carrying all the boxes.
"This is a beautiful place Raito-kun."
"It is, isn't it? I like it here at this time of year, but the eastern part of the park is beautiful in the spring, that's where the cherry blossoms are. Seeing them would be beautiful." L nodded as he looked around in awe.
Soon they were at the orphanage, with Miki being the one to answer the door. She stared at L for several moments before Sayu ran and gave her a hug, which she returned as happy greetings were exchanged between the two girls.
"Everyone's outside, but Near and Matt aren't doing much, go and make them move." Mello ran off, before direction could even been given. A few more words from Miki later, after they heard a far off swear or two, Sayu was encouraged to help him. After helping set down the presents, Miki told the two of them to go to the kitchen.
On the table were the two boxes from the cake shop the day before. Raito had left them behind in his rush yesterday. He sat down to open one box as L did the other.
Raito opened his box purposefully opening the top first before unlocking the sides and folding them down whereas L just pulled out the cake and it wrapping. He did this carefully of course, not wanting to mash the cake.
Raito then moved his attention to his own cake, now that the box had been properly dismantled. He unwrapped it slowly, not really caring about the cake, and wondering what the woman could have possibly given him.
L stared at his cake. It looked like some kind of fruit cake…there was a blueberry layer, either a strawberry or raspberry layer, with…lemon on top? And a cheesecake middle? There was nothing like this in any of the nearby cake shops. L took his fork and took a piece. It was a strawberry layer, he was happy to figure out.
Raito merely stared at his own cake, having a completely different reaction. He never thought he'd see this cake again. The Lemon Berry Cake. One of the few things that he would actually eat as a child when his great-grandmother would make it.
L looked up, Raito's rustling had stopped. L was no stranger to Raito's method of dismantling the cake box. He blinked. Raito had the same treat as him.
"Does Raito-kun not like this type of cake?" The brunette looked up.
"No, this is one of the few sweet things I'll actually eat L. The lemon balances out any extra sweetness the fruits fillings have. She used to make it." L nodded and merely watched Raito as he ate his own cake slowly; it was possibly the slowest he had ever eaten a cake before.
Raito merely stared at his own; suddenly L's fork was diving into it and pulling up a piece. Raito looked up sharply.
"I never said-"
"I never assumed." L cut him off. "But I had to break the first piece. You wouldn't have touched it otherwise." He held the fork up to Raito's lips.
The brunette wanted to protest, but it was true. He would have merely kept staring at the cake. He reached for the fork, but L pulled it back.
"L, can I-" L slipped thefork into the mouth, and pulled it out deftly, leaving a stunned Raito staring at him before returning to his own cake.
"What was that for?"
"No reason." L's cake was disappearing rapidly now, he'd be done with it soon. He looked over at the other cake again.
"What do you mean, no reason?"
"I had no specific reason for feeding Raito-kun." L was on his last bite now; he'd have to ask Miki where she found such a cake. Or maybe she had the recipe from his great-grandmother. It didn't matter right now; he decided as he finished the cake and placed his fork within the other's cake again.
"I don't want you to feed me again."
"I understand completely. So I'll eat it myself." He said as he placed the fork within his own mouth.
"You said-"
"I gave Raito-kun the first bite, didn't I?" he reached into the cake again and ate another piece.
"I never said you could have it. Give it back."
"And how do you propose that, Raito-kun?" he said as he took another forkful, "We both know that my cooking skills-" L's shirt was grabbed and the mouth pulled against his own, Raito's tongue removing what was left of the cake behind.
"Like I said, give it back." L thought about going to take it back from Raito's mouth, but merely took more cake instead. And like before, Raito took it back. L decided that he rather liked eating cake this way.
A door slammed, Sayu's head appeared. "Hey, James fell…" she looked back and forth between the two men and then down at the cakes. Well the boxes, for L had just placed the last piece of cake within his mouth, and Raito did not dare to take it back.
"Where is he?"
"Outside. He fell from the tree." Raito shook his head; even on his "supposed" days off he was still working. He opened a cabinet and pulled out the kit before walking outside.
The boy was sitting there and grasping his ankle.
"You've never fallen out of a tree before. What happened to the future birdwatcher? You didn't break your oculars did you?" he shook his head turning to stare at L as Raito went to work on the ankle.
Raito was telling the boy things about his ankle, but he wasn't really paying attention, he was still staring at L, obviously wanting to ask a question. L looked up at the tree.
The angle of depression, in addition with the visibility of the boy's oculars…
"Raito-kun," he whispered. To which the doctor looked up from what he was doing.
"Yes, L?"
"I believe that the boy did not fall due to bird watching, but from people watching." Raito looked toward the tree, and then the window, and then the boy again.
"Is that true?" the boy nodded sheepishly, clearly embarrassed. "Don't worry about it, I would just appreciate about keeping this from Sayu for now." The face paled and he sighed. "Never mind then. Let's fix you up shall we?"
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Several hours later the group returned home, devoid of Mello, whom had been allowed to stay behind with Miki's permission, and the boy James would be fine as well, he'd merely sprained his ankle. There were times when Raito did not like children.
As soon as they were home however, Sayu got a phone call. After several moments she shouted that she had to go over a friend's. It seemed a little too convenient for Raito, but L didn't seem to be bothered. Or maybe he just didn't care. She left and Raito went to take a shower.
When he came out L was sitting on his bed eating some type of cookie he'd made. Raito was thankful he was wearing pants at least.
"May I ask why you are in my room?"
"I have questions for Raito-kun." Raito stood there his hair still slightly damp, staring at L waiting for him to elaborate. He didn't.
"And those questions were?"
"First, why did you not mention your sister's ability before?"
"There was no need to. The only ghost you ever saw here was her anyway, besides it doesn't affect everyone."
"I'd heard of such a power, but I never thought the rumors amounted to anything…"
"And I'd like to keep it that way. She'd be used as an interrogation tool." L thought for a moment.
"I could see the benefits of such a thing." Raito nodded.
"If that's what she wants to do however, I would not prevent her from doing so."
"You are a good brother." Raito blinked, it was like L to say so.
"So what were your other questions?"
"Just one more actually." L said calmly. "What exactly was the relationship between you and Imai-san?" Raito started at L. That's what he wanted to know?
"They didn't mix the pre-med students until our final year in the program, so I didn't meet her until our final year. She was the top female in the program, and I was the top male. There wasn't much more to it than that. She was interesting for the first month or so, but then again, we were pre-med students. There wasn't really much time for either of us to get together due to the fact that I was trying to graduate with my original class." L nodded.
"After we graduated, we were employed by the same hospital and it just made sense to keep dating her. It kept the others away. And I didn't hate her." He paused for a moment.
"Besides, as far as the future was concerned, it would be secure. So I proceeded with plans for marriage. It made sense, I could tolerate her, my family didn't hate her, and she wasn't clingy in public. They were simple enough reasons. We usually met in between shifts ata hotel or at one of our apartments. I was still living in a small apartment then." L nodded.
I would probably be married to her right now if not for that call." He paused again before continuing.
"We were at my apartment and had just finished with one another, when I received a phone call to come in. So I started to dress and she pulled me back down and tried to convince me to stay with her. To choose her over someone that needed me…more than she did. That was the last time. It was about eleven months total."
"So you were going to marry yourself for convenience?"
"More or less. Also I knew if she ever found out what I was, she wouldn't try to drag me down because of it." L just stared at him.
"That's it?" Raito nodded.
"So what about the others?"
"Just for appearances I guess. And experimentation. I was a teenager once." L blinked.
"So what am I? More experimentation?" Raito's eyes locked with his.
"No, believe, me I was a follow the textbook kind of child. I didn't experiment much beyond that. I felt no need to. Why are you asking these questions?"
"I have a feeling…that something isn't quite right."
"Look L, I don't know what you're trying to say right now but believe me, you are important to me. Far more so than they were."
L nodded as Raito spoke. "Still…."
Raito leaned over and kissed L on the corner of his mouth. "Stop saying things like that. Seriously. Now'll if you'll please leave."
"I never said I was planning on leaving Raito-kun. Why should we waste the chance both your sister and Mello gave us?"
"L…" he sighed.
"What?"
"There are times when I wonder…how can you just say things like that?"
"That's what Raito-kun is for. He is very eloquent with words."
"I think you could be as well." Raito sat next to him.
"I can be when the situation deems it necessary for me to be."
"And trying to seduce someone doesn't fit into that category?"
"No. that would take too much work to keep up while I'm with someone."
"Sometimes I which I had your tact when it came to my line of work."
"You're too kind to be like that. At least to children."
"I suppose you're right."
"Are we finished talking now?"
"Sure, if that's all you wante-" L's lips cut him off, his tongue diving into the brunette's mouth, kissing him hungrily, as if there were still traces of the cake there from earlier.
"No, I want you." He pushed the younger man backward, straddling the beautiful hips as he leaned down to kiss the sensitive spots he'd discovered just that morning. He bit down where the neck and shoulder joined, receiving a moan.
L's hands were roaming, touching every bit of skin they could, while Raito as trying unsuccessfully to remove the white shirt.
"L…" he breathed tugging the shirt upward.
"Yes Raito?" he mumbled against his ear, making him shiver.
"Your shirt…"
"That's not the most important thing at the moment." He said slowly before licking the shell of the ear, making Raito groan loudly.
"Nnng….L…ahhh….st…op…L!" he rocked his hips sideways and threw L off balance for a moment. He quickly then took advantage and moved himself above L.
"Now let's remove that damn shirt, shall we?" he said sliding his hands upward along L's sides pulling the shirt along. He finally took off the offending garment and heard it hit the wall with a soft thud.
"Much better" he said as he looked down upon L's body. He kissed the pale jawline and then slowly traveled south. He twirled his tongue around the marking before plunging it inside the center, causing the detective to moan loudly and grip his hair.
"You're body is beautiful." He muttered against L's ear. "So beautiful."
L wrapped a leg around the brunette and flipped them over again. "I think Raito-kun is mistaken, his body is the perfect one."
"I said beautiful, not perfect, L. No one is perfect, not me, not you." He trailed his hands along L's back, feeling the scars and tracings. "Your back is beautiful, not because of what you think, but because of what I think." L nodded as he kissed the brunette again.
"Why? Why do you say so?"
"Because of the way you view the world." He ran his hand through the wavy hair, feeling its softness. "Because of the way you eat, because of the way your eyes give away your emotions, because you look stunning when you dance, or innocent when you sleep…there is so much that I love about you, L."
The kissing slowed as Raito's hands continued to trail up and down the spine. When it eventually stopped so did his hands.
"What's the matter L?"
"You said you loved me?" Raito's eyes widened, had he really? He'd said that without being aware of it? Usually he had to force the words from his mouth to placatehis lover. But with L the words had come naturally…as if he was meant to say them. So he decided to say them again.
"Yes L, I love you. You are very important to me." He wrapped his arms around the neck and leaned upward for a kiss but L did not participate as much as he had previously. He pulled away.
"L…?"
The eyes opened to meet his. L's eyes were dark, dark pools of water that reflected subtly what he was feeling. These were not L's eyes, these eyes were cold. Cold and empty.
They stared at one another for several moments before L turned to speak, in a voice that was laced with sadness, even if his eyes were empty.
"So when will Kira kill me this time?"
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Detached: I did it again…sorry. It was too good an opportunity to give up. So what did you think? I always thought that if Mello knew Raito before kidnapping his sister that he would have judged him as a rival, but not like between him and Near…Also Mello is more innocent because…he doesn't kill people. Had no need to join Mafia. In my last note also between the names there were 'greater than' symbols between the names.
So all in all I sort of liked this chapter. I liked the throwing of words around. And Lemon Berry Cake based off something I saw in a coffee shop I think…I'm not quite sure what it was called exactly, but I want to find a recipe.
So now questions. L's back. (Original) What now? I was thinking about a scene between them, but I don't know… they will discuss important things however. So if something's nagging you fire away.
Next story will be Loose Pages. Something I'm writing for English that will be rewired for Death Note. Future where world fell (Kira won, then crumbled after his death.) Dystopian. Probably reincarnation. I don't know if I'll put it up until after I finish this, I don't think I could do two at once…but…-shugs- we'll see.