White Lies
Part 10

"Oh dear…"

If there was one thing both Sayu and Raito weren't expecting it was L standing in front of the house.

"Hello there, Sayu!" L tried to shake it off and see what Raito was going to do. The girl was probably unaware they were even friends, let alone anything else. This was quite suspicious.

Raito's surprised face showed him all that he needed to know. So did Sayu's gritted teeth.

"Hello there, L. What are you doing over here?" Sayu didn't turn around to her brother, if she was going to get the truth out of someone it, was this man.

"Hmm… I'm visiting Raito-kun, of course."

"Do you visit Raito-kun often?"

"Sayu, what the hell," Raito said from behind her.

She turned around and gave him a death glare, "So. Is this why you got so upset when we just spoke about him? Because you're still being a sneaky, shitty friend and helping him be a sneaky, shitty boyfriend?" Sayu turned her attention back to L, "How was dropping Misa off at the airport? Did you feel relieved now that she's gone and you don't have to worry about lying to her about where you are all the time? Because I know she had mentioned to me how it was nice to know you respected her busy schedule and didn't mind giving her lots of nights to herself. Wow, so considerate. I wish I had someone as considerate and wonderful as you in my life."

"Sayu!" Raito tried to grab her shoulder before she stomped towards the one she had turned her attention to.

"Don't you feel bad at all? Do you have a conscience? How can you, and continue to, do this to Misa? I'm not dumb. I know how messed up you are, and she told me I have to tell her if you're fucking around while she's gone. I guess it just sucks the first day she's gone, I already have to break the news to her. Stop cheating on my friend and fucking my brother!" She yelled, not caring if all the neighbors heard. One who was out watering the flowers had already snuck a glance over, "I'm sick of your drama and everyone being pissed because of you!"

L stood still. When he came back to see Raito, this was the last thing he was expecting. He had hoped to possibly be crawling into bed as the other man slept in, not faced with the rage of a scorned woman. What could he say?

"Sayu! Stop it! He hasn't been fucking your brother, ok? I'd tell you the truth, and you know that. I always do, and you have no right to talk to him like that. He has been being a good boyfriend and—"

"I like your brother quite a lot. And I plan on telling Misa the truth as soon as she gets home. I just didn't want to distract and possibly upset her on her trip." L tried to explain.

"Possibly upset her? Are you joking?" Sayu snapped, "You have no idea how much she loves you, and just because you want my brother's dick, and probably a million others for shits and giggles, gives you no right to hurt her like that and move on!"

"Can we discuss this inside?" L continued to see if it was possible to calm the girl down, "I'd like to clarify some things."

"I don't need anything clarified." Sayu brushed past him, and before she got in her car, shouted, "Have fun at work, Raito-kun."

The door slammed and no one moved for what seemed like an eternity. The woman watering her flowers hurried inside her house, blushing a fierce shade of red, and quietly shut the door as if she had never been present. Slowly, but surely, L continued up the sidewalk and to the porch where Raito waited in silence.

"I guess that wasn't the best time to—"

"It's fine. She was already leaving pissed as it was. I'm sorry she said all that shit," Raito led the two of them back inside. "And before you ask, no, I don't have work, I was just trying to get her to leave in the first place."

"I probably deserved that, actually. And to think, I've been rather good lately." L followed him closely. "I should have told Misa before she left…I kept thinking about it on the ride over and couldn't bring myself to do it."

"No, you were right about letting her enjoy her trip. And don't worry, Sayu's all talk. She won't have the heart to tell on you. She'd be too afraid of hurting her. And I bet she's still planning on interrogating me to get all the facts. When you think about it, you really haven't cheated on her. We haven't done anything, contrary to Sayu's dirty imagination," Raito sat down on a chair and pulled L onto his lap, "Although, I do remember telling you she was coming over today, that's why I was cleaning last night."

"Ah, I forgot," L said. Then he was oddly quiet.

"It's OK. She'll calm down soon. You know how she gets all worked up and then over it in a day." Raito waited another minute, "Hey. What's wrong?"

"Just thinking. Don't worry about it. I think I should go, though." L tried to get up, but the other's arms tightened around him.

"I don't want you to."

"Normally, I wouldn't want to either, but I seem to be strangely affected by Sayu's words," L admitted.

"Shut up," Raito pressed his lips to L's. "You're over it. Want to go out?"

"Go out?"

"Yeah. You're pretty much my boyfriend now. Let's have a date."

L blinked, "Raito-kun wants to go out on a date?"

Raito didn't even roll his eyes, "Duh. So let's go."

"Raito-kun really is an excellent boyfriend!"

Sayu didn't bother calling. She just stalked directly over to her friend's and swung open the door.

"Matsuda!" She practically screamed, and continued her trek to the living room, where she figured he would be.

"Ahhh! Sayu, what's wrong?" Matsuda scrambled up from the floor, the girl's unannounced shriek had caught him off guard, and sent him tumbling from the couch.

"I am so over this!"

Matsuda's jaw dropped, "Wait, is this moving too fast for you? I mean, we don't have to hang out every day, I know you have a life and I don't want to get in the way of that and keep you away from your friends and stressing you out I—"

"Not us!" Sayu cut off his rambling "L!"

He paused and looked as if there was a giant question mark above his head. "Is Misa pregnant?"

"No, my brother!"

"Your brother's pregnant?"

"NO! L is fucking my brother!"

"Again?"

"Yes, again!"

Matsuda paused. "Well… at least no one is pregnant…"

"Are you even listening to me? L. Is cheating on Misa. With my brother!"

"You really didn't see that one coming? We were the ones who figured out stuff was going on between them in the first place," he said and crossed his arms, "It's not like this is anything new for L."

"But it is for Raito! He always tells me the truth!"

"Did you walk in on them or something?"

Sayu made an absolutely disgusted face, "No. I would have already killed myself by now if I had."

"Then Raito told you?"

"No. He said they haven't been, but I know he's lying."

Matsuda raised an eyebrow, "Then you don't have any proof?"

"I have proof because L said he was going to break up with Misa for him!"

"Sayu, that's their business then. I wouldn't worry about it unless you have the full story. Besides, you know I love you, but you meddle too much. You have even outdone me. If he's going to handle it, let him handle it. You said you promised Misa to see if anything happened, and you didn't 'see' anything. You let things get the best of you," he tried to take the fuming girl into his arms, "You don't have to solve everything for everyone. Don't worry about it."

She groaned and sunk into the warm hug and tried to relax. "I hate having to be a good friend when everyone else is so shitty."

"Let's just be shitty people today. Just the two of us. And do… shitty things."

"You couldn't be shitty if you tried."

"Aw, I love it when you're cheesy," he tightened his arms around her and finished, "we could always throw… eggs at people's houses."

"See what I mean? Such a rebel."

"This was an absolutely terrible idea."

"I'm getting fonder and fonder of it by the minute. And remember, it was Raito-kun's terrible idea."

Ratio sat on the bench, slouched over with this forearms on his knees as he watched packs and packs of children running through the park. Children laughing. Children screaming. Children fighting. He should have expected it, since it was one of those week-long breaks schools give out. It was probably packs of parents who wanted to drain the kids of energy since they'd be stuck with them at home over their 'vacation.'

"Thank god it's not physically possible for us to have a kid." Raito groaned and twitched as a small plastic ball ricocheted off his shoulder from a small blonde girl's surprising strong throw.

L caught it before it fell to the ground and held it out to the child who ran up.

"Mister!" She loudly began, "Why are you sitting like that?"

He didn't pay much attention to the way he sat, and Raito had been so used to it he didn't even think it strange when they were out in public. That's why both of them had to look to notice the awkward way he was perched with his knees up to his chest.

"Why do you sit the way you sit?"

"Because mommy tells me to. And that's not the way mommy would have me sit."

L tried again to hand her the ball, but she still stood there with her hands on her hips, trying to get an explanation. He wasn't sure if she was being a brat or really curious.

"Well, I sit this way because Raito-kun tells me to," he grinned over his shoulder, "Raito-kun makes me do very strange things."

"What the—"

"But that's not your mommy! Is that your husband? My daddy always listens to my mommy too."

"We need to work on daddy listening to mommy more, don't we?" Raito elbowed the other man in the side, even though he was less than thrilled about being called a woman by a five year old girl.

The little girl broke down into a fit of giggles, "That's what my mama says! But it's only because my mommy loves my daddy very very much!" She grinned and then barked, "Give me my ball!"

Suddenly, a tall, equally blonde woman rushed up from behind and grabbed her daughter, almost to shield the girl and almost aggressively took the ball from L's hand, tsking as she walked away mumbling, "Don't talk to strangers, Mitsuka!"

Raito smirked, "Pedophile."

"Stings me to the core, wifey."

"Next time, let's go bowling, or something."

"That could be a very interesting event."

"Yeah. Or we could go back to my house and cuddle?"

L got a huge grin on his face when he looked over his shoulder, "It appears as though Raito-kun has just read my mind."

Raito stood up and pulled L to his feet as well, but didn't let his hand go as they walked through the sea of children and exhausted adults back to where they were able to have quality alone time until L had to go take care of the house for the night, since Near had left. And there was obviously the possibility Raito would end up coming with him.

Raito wrapped his arm around L's slouched shoulders, pulled him in close, and then kissed the top of his head.

L peered up and nuzzled against him, "Raito-kun is strangely unopposed to public displays of affection," and accentuated his point with a peck on the cheek.

"Yep," Raito kissed him again, "Just letting people know that you're mine, and I'm not sharing. To prevent me from kicking the shit out of people."

"Ahh, that would make sense. Defensive measures. I don't mind in the least."

And L didn't at all. In fact, as their lips met in another small kiss, he decided he could definitely get used to this. He legitimately could.

There was a knock at the door and Sayu pulled her hoodie on before walking over to get it. Although it was Matsuda's house, he was in the shower and she had no intention to ignore his guest. When she pulled open the door, she wasn't expecting to see her brother as the guest she had to entertain until her friend was out.

"I don't even want to know why you're here," she glared, "If you have a crush on Matsuda, I am going to kick your homosexual ass, you home wrecker."

"Aw shit, I didn't think you'd catch me that easily!"

Sayu narrowed her eyes.

"Hey, I was just kidding. I came here to see you. Can I come in?"

She cleared the way and let him in. "What do you want? Calling me wasn't good enough, you had to come annoy me in person?"

"Wanna sit down and talk? I think we need to." Raito's eyes were honest and she knew she couldn't refuse him. After all, deep down she really did care about him. No matter how terrible of a home wrecker he was, he was still family.

"What do we need to talk about?" Her voice remained completely deadpan as she sat down across from him.

The serious look in his eyes didn't waiver a bit as he began, "I know you've always been suspicious of L, and I don't blame you. I was too, and rightfully so. You've been in the middle of all these crazy things, and you hear it all. But you're also my sister, and you know that I want you to understand this as much as I hope you want to understand it."

"Just get to the point," she rolled her eyes.

"The point is, yes, I've been with L a lot lately. But I have also been trying my damn hardest to respect Misa. I know you have this idea about raunchy drug-induced sex party orgies that last for days, but it's not like that. It's L and I just hanging out. And nothing is relevant besides yes, I hang out with him, and yes, it sucks, but I really like him. And I think he really likes me. He is planning on breaking up with Misa as soon as she's back. I know you can understand why he's waiting. Sayu, I just don't want you to hate on him for this, I'm the one who kept telling him—"

"Something about raunchy drug-induced sex parties?" Matsuda peeked out from around the corner as he dried his hair off with a towel.

"Raito was trying to sell me a pitch about them," Sayu addressed the newcomer and then turned back to her brother. "I get it. And the only reason I'm saying that is because it's you, and I have to. I don't want you to get hurt and blah blah blah, you know all that. I'll just turn a blind eye on you two shitheads until Misa comes back. So I'll enjoy my last two weeks of freedom without a hysterical, heartbroken friend and I suggest you two do the same."

Raito smiled brightly, "Sounds good. I'll get going and leave you to enjoy the rest of the night."

"Have a good night!" Matsuda waved and stopped when he heard Raito chuckle. "What?"

"I knew you two were boning."

"Fuck you!"

End of part