AN: I'm so sorry that this took so long to get out, but like I said with the hurricane school kin of took over my life, then I got really sick. I was in and out of the hospital for about a month, then they figured out what was wrong and I had surgery. So yeah. Sorry. But I'm here now so lets get this show on the road.

P.S. I got a beta finally. Thanks to Codenamezoe713.

Disclaimer: I don't own, you don't sue :)

Ch. 10

L and Raito once again found themselves in front of their computers. They had just gotten back from the recording session and L was focused on a possible lead, and Raito was well, he was tapping his pencil and staring at his screen saver. L had asked Raito what he was thinking about earlier and Raito's simple reply was lyrics. L nodded and left him alone for the remainder of the day.

Now closing in on midnight, the rest of the task force departed while Raito and L continued to work though Raito himself seemed to be only tapping and thinking. It was quite peaceful in the investigation room, and L was making a fair amount of progress with his dead end lead when suddenly the recently consistent pencil tapping ceased. L looked up as Raito stretched, revealing a decent view of his stomach.

"I'm hungry." Was all the warning L got before Raito had stood up, grabbed L's laptop and placed it in L's lap, grabbed L's chair, and pushed him towards the elevator. L, now confused, looked up at Raito with a look that said so. Looking down at him, Raito smiled, not even denying that he thought the look was cute, and L was then confused even more.

"And what, may I ask, does Raito-kun think he is doing, and why is Raito-kun in such a good mood?" L inquired as he was pushed into the elevator, heading for the kitchen.

"Allowing us both to be happy because if I had just asked if we could pause and go eat, you would have made some big argument out of it. I would get mad, which would annoy you because I would complain about being hungry. I would fume some more, in which case you would finally get feed up and I would get my way anyways. Therefore I decided to save us the trouble of pointlessly being mad by coming up with this solution. Now I can take a break and eat, and you can still work. All without you having to get up from your chair." Raito smirked as he pushed L's chair up to the kitchen table, placed his laptop in front of him, and then proceeded to get food from the refrigerator. L smiled.

"Raito-kun has forgotten to answer my second question, why he is in such a good mood." stated L as Raito sat down with some left over salad. Raito took a relatively large bite, chewed and swallowed before smiling and answering L's question.

"I figured out the lyrics, and I realized that it is getting slightly easier to decipher the meaning behind them." Raito replied. L nodded.

"Hmmm… And what is the meaning behind You?" questioned L, eyes wide and searching. Raito took a few more bites of his salad before responding.

"Ok, here goes:

My hands are broken,

And time is going on and on, it goes forever (how long). (L is breaking because this case seems to keep going on and on)

So I got high and lived all that life that I've taken all for granted. (L is throwing caution to the wind and showing more of himself to "Raito" than he has to anybody else)

Promise me you'll try

To leave it all behind, (L wants "Raito" to promise him that he will leave "Kira" behind him for forever)

'cause I've elected hell,

Lying to myself. (L's heart has caused chaos and he tried to hide the feeling that he feels for "Raito")

Why have I gone blind?

Live another life. (L feels his heart is going blind because he is willing to forgive "Raito" for all he has done and live another life with him)

You… You…(Look what "Raito" has done to the famous L)

The only way out

Is letting your guard down and never die forgotten (I know). (The only way out is for "Raito" to admit that he was "Kira" and promise to never be "Kira" again and L will protect "Raito")

Forgive me, my love,

I stand here all alone, and I can see the bottom. (L wants "Raito" to forgive him for how he has treated him and L's willing to let "Raito" see the real L)"

"There you go." Raito smirked in triumph as L hmmmed and nodded in agreement.

"Excellent Raito-kun." L nodded, smiling slightly. They sat in silence while L waited for Raito to finish his salad and continue on discussing the lyrics.

Raito took his last bite of salad, wiped his mouth off with a paper napkin, then proceeded to take his plate to the sink where he rinsed it off. As Raito was taking care of his plate and eating utensils, L's eyes traced over every inch of Raito's backside: from the beautiful, soft, mahogany colored hair that he longed to run his fingers through, down his long, sleek neck he wished to kiss and suck, making Raito moan with pleasure, to Raito's hard, smooth back, his shoulder blades flexing as he washed the dishes that had started to pile up from L's lack of cleanliness. L's eyes followed Raito's spine down the curve of his lower back to one of L's favorite parts, the nicely shaped ass framed to perfection by jeans. L spent a little more time on this part of Raito before he was rudely interrupted.

"Stop starring at my ass Ryuuzaki and work on some of the case while I clean up a bit." sighed Raito.

"I was not starring at Raito-kun's ass. I was merely analyzing Raito-kun's physical appearance." replied L as a slight blush crept onto his cheeks from being caught.

"Well there is no reason you need to analyze my physical appearance. You shower with me for gods' sake, so stop analyzing my physical appearance and work or do something. I'm almost done." What in the world am I going to do with that pervert? Hehehehe. Raito smile to himself and continued on with his cleaning when he hear the clicking of the laptop's keys.

When Raito had finally finished cleaning up, he sat back down next to L and waited for him to look up. When he did, L's wide, dark eyes caught Raito's sharp, sepia ones, and the electric sensation left him feeling like lightening had struck the kitchen. About a minute afterwards Raito came to and looked away him, embarrassed, breaking the trance. L blinked a couple of times, slightly disappointed that he had broken the connection.

"S-so…um, yeah…" Raito stuttered causing him to blush even more. L saw how red Raito's cheeks had become and smile thinking he looked adorable. Raito noticed L smiling at him and phased to an even darker shade of rouge, making him slightly frustrated.

"Stop starring, Ryuuzaki." he demanded causing L to smile even more at his cute, according to L, frustration.

"I am not starring, Raito-kun. I am only looking at you. That is what people do when they have a conversation which I believe we were about to have." stated L, Raito glaring at him.

"Whatever." Raito pouted. L had the urge to smile but held back because he knew that if he wanted to get anywhere with Raito he needed to focus and not continue to wound Raito's pride.

"So, what is it that Raito-kun wished to say before this little confrontation began?" questioned L with a serious look on his face meant to reassure Raito that he was all business now. It worked, for Raito stopped pouting and looked at L with his own serious look.

"Ryuuzaki, what exactly do you expect to accomplish with these songs?" asked Raito. L looked at him for a few minutes, searching for a sign of Kira, but as he found nothing other than honest curiosity, L decided that it was ok to respond.

"What does Raito-kun think I wish to accomplish with my songs?" L answered with his own question, frustrating Raito.

"I don't know. That's why I'm asking. I mean, obviously, you think I'm Kira, but it looks like you think that playing on my emotions, saying that you'll protect me if I admit to being Kira, will make me confess to something I didn't do." he stated. He knew that L already knew that he was Kira, but it never hurt to play it safe.

"First of all, Raito-kun, you are Kira. There is no doubt about that aspect, but I do believe that you are Raito. Second of all, I am not playing on your emotions. I am just letting you see mine. How you feel is up to you, and I cannot control it." responded L. Raito's eyes went wide as what L was saying hit him.

"I am not Kira, but anyways Ryuuzaki, you like me?" he asked, eyes still wide.

"If Raito-kun has not figured this out by now, then he is not as smart as I believed." Raito glared at L.

"Can't you ever just give me a straight forward answer without making it into a riddle or insulting me?" questioned Raito, his glare full force now.

"I was not insulting you. I was merely stating that if Raito-kun has to ask, then he is not as smart as I believed." replied L in a calm, cool manner, not at all disturbed by Raito's glare.

"And I was just making sure that I was interpreting the lyrics right!" Raito yelled, fuming.

"And like I said, if Raito-kun has to ask-"

Raito lost it and punched L in the face, forcing him backwards and knocking over the chair L was sitting in. Because of the chain and the momentum of L falling, Raito fell with him giving L the opportunity he needed to spin around and kick Raito in the chest. Raito then fell backwards now pulling L with him. They fell to the floor, L landing on top of Raito, his legs straddling him, with his hands landing on either side of Raito's head.

"Raito's chances of being Kira have risen-"

"I HATE YOU!" Raito screamed, cutting L off in mid sentence. Hearing Raito scream those words at him with that furious look on his face shocked him. Then his chest began to hurt more than anything had hurt in his entire life, and, no matter how hard he tried, he could not hide the crushed look on his face.

Raito watched as L's face fell, trying but failing to hide his hurt look, and his heart broke. Kira laughed and was joyous at the look he had succeeded in putting on L's face, but Raito, horrified, fought for control so that he could make that horrid look go away. Kira fought hard against Raito, knowing what would happen if he failed to get him under control, but Raito would have none of that. He grabbed Kira by the hair, dragged him into a box in the back of his mind, stuffed him in, and locked it.

"Fuck." Raito groaned, and he grabbed L's face none too gently and kissed him.

Neither one of them had ever died, nor did that plan on it anytime soon, but if this was what "dying and going to heaven" felt like, then both were incline to change their minds.

L had never kissed anyone before and wasn't quite sure if he knew how, but as Raito's mouth moved against his, he thought it about time he learned. They nipped and sucked at the other's lips, extracting little sounds of pleasure from each other. Raito took his tongue and licked L's bottom lip asking for permission. L gasped a little in shock then moaned into Raito's mouth as Raito's tongue entered and moved against his own.

L caught on relatively quickly, fighting back against Raito's tongue, dominating the situation. He ran his own tongue along Raito's, licking the inside of his mouth then sucking on his tongue earning a loud moan of pleasure from Raito, arousing L even more.

L moved his body up some to get a better angle, accidentally rubbing his erection against Raito's. Raito's head moved back as he arched his back and gave a loud moan. L wanted to have him then and there, but he knew he couldn't, shouldn't, so he begrudgingly got off of Raito and crouched by his side. Raito turned, giving L a look that said why the hell did you stop?!

"Raito-kun, we are on the kitchen floor and it is now past one in the morning. You are tired and we have to be up by seven. I believe it would be best if we headed off to bed." L stated as he chewed on his thumb. Raito sighed but agreed. L got up and helped Raito to his feet. Then they headed off to bed, L giving Raito a goodnight kiss before he fell asleep. Raito smiled and gave him one back. Then he rolled over and fell asleep.

Rem was furious as she watched the display of affection between L and Raito from the security room. Raito had promised to never hurt Misa, and this most certainly would hurt her. She was going to kill them both.

She then looked over at the screen displaying Misa's apartment, and she gasped as she saw the sleeping girl. Misa's lifespan had lengthened, returning back to the original lifespan she had gotten from Jealous. Rem's wide eyes flew back and forth between Misa and L and Raito. She had no idea what exactly had happened, but whatever it was, it seemed as if L and Raito's relationship or whatever had lengthened Misa's life.

Hmmm…Maybe I won't kill them. At least not yet.

AN:So there you have it. Chapter 10. Like I said, sorry it took me so long but yeah. Well I hope you like it. Please let me know and R&R. Your review help me write better, let me know if I need to fix stuff. Well ttyl.

Raine