Wee! Home alone…

I am so grateful for all the reviews you guys have given me! Thank you! This chapter is dedicated to my stalker-san, Sioen, and also to my beta Sarah!

Geh, sorry, I'm hyper…

Egh, do not own!

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Raito sat on the couch, staring at his neko. L was gobbling down 'Chunky Monkey' (a quart that Raito forgot he had bought), humming silently to himself. Watari had left an hour ago with a small wink to Raito, not saying anything and yet saying so much.

Too much really.

Meh, stupid perverted old man…

Buut, if that is the only way to get L to remember me… The hentai side of his brain shrugged, and jabbed the more rational side of his brain with a sharp elbow.

Raito really needed to check if he had a problem.

"Um, L…" The neko looked up to his unknown master, and smiled. A bit of ice cream clung to his bottom lip, and this made Raito's hentai brain cry out.

"Yes Raito-san?"

Raito unconsciously licked his lips, "Uh, do you remember anything before Watari shut you down?"

L placed the end of the spoon softly upon his bottom lip. His eyes pointed to the ceiling, and his tail swooshed in thought. "Mmm, I vaguely remember someone bopping me on the head…and then nothing." L went back to his--half gone--'Chunky Monkey', acting obliviously cute. Raito flushed.

"So…you don't remember…anything?" L rolled his eyes, his ears flattening against his bushy hair.

"No Raito-san, I do not remember anything." He placed the spoon in his mouth, cleaning it off and pulling it out with a soft pop. Raito mentally slumped, but nodded slightly. "…wait, I do remember something…" All of Raito's personalities popped up at the utterance.

L turned to the almost graduated law student, eyes wide and yet narrow at the same time. His ears were totally flat against his head, and Raito could almost fool himself into thinking that they were really just apart of L's messy hair. "Raito-san…were we ever…" The neko paused, as if thinking over what he was going to say next. "Best friends?"

Raito's eye twitched…once…then twice. He felt the hentai brain poke him, You can use this to your advantage! It nearly sang; even the rational side nodded.

You could; being 'best friends', you could build trust…so you won't feel like you're raping him.

Raito flashed the neko his biggest and brightest smile. "Yeah, you actually started living with me after…a…falling out with a 'boyfriend'."

L placed the spoon into his mouth and nodded. "Ah…I see." A silence fell on the two males; the only noise was the spoon scraping against recycled cardboard. Raito watched the neko closely. L looked up from his task of trying to get the last little bit of ice cream that was still stuck to the sides of the empty quart. "Raito-san, what do best friends do? I'm afraid that I'm stunted in that category."

Oh I could just show you what 'best friends' of our caliber do… Raito mentally scowled, but on the outside he shrugged.

"Well, best friends just hang out." L's eyebrows dipped delicately downward.

"'Hang out'?" Raito chuckled, amused at L's question.

"Yeah; they could watch a movie, go out to eat--"

"The way you say it makes it sound as if we're dating." L blushed lightly and offered the law student a small smile. Raito laughed nervously.

"Well, it's not like we're…kissing or anything; it's just two friends going out for some fun, right?"

L shrugged, nodded and looked forlornly into the empty ice cream container. "Hmm, well best friend of mine, could we please go fetch some ice cream? I'm afraid that…it disappeared." L flashed him a tiny smile, and Raito nearly glomped/raped him there.

Raito smiled back at him and stood, holding his hand out for the neko to grasp. L gave his hand a confused look, but shrugged and grasped it, thinking that well, best friends did it all the time, right?

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The two walked through the streets of Tokyo; L let Raito lead him to the supermarket on account of him trying made them get lost…twice.

L's owlish eyes glanced everywhere as if this were his first time in the city. The dying light of the evening made a soft sort of sepia tone come to the neko's face. Raito mentally sighed, tugging slightly on L's hand. He was getting too poetic. "C'mon L."

L turned, eyes wide as if he was caught eating out of the cookie jar. "Oh, sorry Raito-san." The neko happily trotted back to the law student's side, hugging his arm for good measure.

They entered into the convenience store; the tiny bell that was attached to the door chimed merrily as it opened and closed. Raito looked at the freezers and proceeded in pulling L over to them. "Alright, choose whatever but…nothing to expensive." Raito pulled out his wallet, readying himself on carrying at least six quarts back home.

L nodded once, as if this was an important mission, and opened the freezer door. The sound of glass hitting flesh met both sets of ears, and L glanced around the quickly fogging door. "Uh…"

"I'M GONNA FUCKING KILL WHO EVER DID THAT! BETTER HOPE YOU'VE HAD A--Oh, hi L!" Raito had quickly come to his neko's rescue, but his mouth dropped when he saw that the neko wasn't being shanked by the person, but hugged.

"So who's your master? Hopefully it's someone hot," Blue eyes glanced in his direction and a large Cheshire smile covered the person (neko's) face. "Oooh, is this him?"

"Uh, Mello…" Raito took in the appearance of the person: blond bob-length hair, bright blue eyes and…leather pants. The neko ears sat proudly on top of the robot's head, and the tail swooshed like a pendulum. L's own ears were up, and his tail was poofed out like he was surprised…that or scared.

"Aaanyway, I got assigned to be with the boss' nephew, boy is he hot. Though I gotta tell you, this guy isn't half bad…" L's face was as red as a tomato after this 'Mello' cat (ha…pun.) finished his half-baked rant.

"Mello, I-I think you're mistaken! Raito-san isn't my master, he's my friend." The other neko snorted and took a bit of not-even-paid-for chocolate.

"Uh-huh…" He grunted skeptically. He swallowed the gooey substance and turned on a combat footed heel. "Well, I gotta go. I have a date with some massage lotion and a hot boy." Mello offered L a large smile and Raito a 'subtle' wink. "Have fun you two!"

Raito scowled and shook his head. L walked back over to him, blushing like mad. "Raito-san, was Mello really telling the truth? Were we ever…together?"

Raito bit the inside of his cheek, but sighed. "Yeah…"

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I'm ending right there…!

So how did you guys like it? I'm sorry this chapter was delayed, but again, I was too lazy to write.

Umm, I'm asking you guys if you can draw your favorite scene ('cause I'm a feed-back whore.) I've drawn my favorite scene (the one where they're asleep together on the couch; I'll post that…)

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