Warnings: Misa-being-a-retard-because-she-was-born-that-way themes. Yaoi/Shounen-ai/Slashable characters: L and Light. Rated M for smut, language and boy kissing.
Summary: Kira brought Raito to L, the one person he could love. But, is love enough to concur the evil that is Kira? Or, is that love itself the true evil? L's life is at stake, and Raito is the only one who can save it, but will he? L/Light, Mello/Near. Yaoi.
Disclaimer: I... HAVE SOCKS ON.
Chibi Misa: !
Chibi Aizawa: Fast update, yeah?!
Chibi Mikami: -.-
Me: Leave me alone!
Chibi Mello: Lottsa me in this chapter, huh?
Me: Yeah. This is kind of YOUR chapter really.
Chibi Raito: Hey, what about the MAIN character here?
Chibi L: By main character he is referring to myself.
Chibi Raito: Actually-
Chibi Misa: He meant me, didn't you Raito-kins?
Chibi Raito: ...Yeah, I meant you, darling. :3
Chibi L: OKAY JUST READ NOW!
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You're always ahead of the game,
I drag behind.
You never get caught in the rain,
While I'm drenched to the bone.
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Death Note:
Redemption
By NinjaKittyx3
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Who the hell did L think he was? Well, I mean, he was L, and Mello was pretty sure that even L knew he was L, but yeah. That wasn't the point! To have the nerve to send Mello to a room upstairs and shun him for the rest of the night! It was unheard of! Stupid L, stupid detective, sending Mello to his room like a little kid...
Mello huffed and dumped himself on a large, lumpy bed in the dead centre of the humongous room he had chosen. So, Kira yeah. The Kira case. Mello knew that coming to visit L during such a case was the definition of stupidity, but he couldn't help himself. Hell he hadn't seen L for years, and he was like a brother to him, a father, even.
Mello briefly wondered what room L was in after he glanced at the bed side clock and reading that it was a few moments after midnight. L would be in bed now, right? Wrong. Stupid L and his sleeping habits.
Grumbling, Mello hopped off of the bed, straightening his leather jacket as he did so, and sauntered towards the door, intending to sneak out. He peeked through the keyhole to determine if anyone was close by.
Pah. Damn it. There was bound to be security cameras, and if L was downstairs, he'd surely spot him right away and send security of some sort. Sighing, Mello decided to take the chance, escaping quietly out of the door and wandering down the hall of never-ending doors.
How the hell could L find his way around this place? Was he a magician or something?
Mello's hearing picked out the quiet voices of the team on the floor below him and he passed the staircase. There seemed to be no scuffle down there, so he guessed he hadn't been spotted - or he had, and no one had decided to take action. Well, that was just fine.
Bet'cha if Near was here he'd be able to find some way to get around the damn cameras, Mello thought, then slapped his forehead when he realised that he had been thinking about the stupid, albino genius. Matt; think about Matt. Yeah, Matt, daft kid, Mello loved him to bits.
Why the hell was he thinking about home anyway? He ran away for God's sake, so there was no use dwelling on it now.
Mello sighed as he came to a dead end, and turned around and started walking the way he came. He paused when he heard small voices coming from the room beside him. Walking closer, he concluded that L was in the room with someone, and they were talking quietly. Mello could determine that L was upset about something, and the other was attempting comfort.
"Are you going to talk to me?"
"Yes."
"Why were you ignoring me?"
Someone sighed. "I wasn't intentionally ignoring you, Ryuuzaki. I was only curious about this 'Mello' of yours..."
"My Mello? Mello is not mine, Raito-kun, and I am not his."
"You know what I meant."
Mello nearly spluttered. L and himself?! Together?! They were like brothers! No way! Who was this guy L was with?!
… Whoever it was... L seemed to think highly of him... to talk to him in such a way...
Mello listened a little harder.
"I like to think that I am Raito-kun's..."
"You are... but that's not the point."
"Can Raito-kun be mine?"
Mello could hear the grin in this 'Raito-kun's' voice. "I already was yours."
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...eh? L and 'Raito-kun'? It sounds like they're together... like... together together... romantically involved...
NO WAY. Not L. Never. L would never be so stupid as to have a relationship during a case... would he? It was the Kira investigation, and this 'Raito-kun' could perhaps be the 'Light' that Matt had spoken of when describing his phone call with L to Mello back at the orphanage. But... wasn't 'Light' male? It had to be another person. Unless... L was... gay?
Well, there goes my childhood hero out the window.
Not that Mello had anything against gays or anything...
"Mello and I lived together when I was younger. This is how I know him. We are childhood friends, brother's, if you will." L said.
"It didn't look like brotherly love to me on his side..." Raito-kun grumbled, and L suddenly chuckled.
"I understand now." L said lowly, "Raito-kun is jealous of Mello."
"Am not!"
"No matter how much you deny it, you know you are." Now it was L that Mello could hear grinning.
Stupid bastard, that Raito-kun. Jealous of Mello? ...Wasn't everybody?
No, too vein, but it was true.
Oh... so... L and Raito-kun...
Together.
Mello startled awake to the sound of his door creaking open. He shot up from his bed grabbed his gun from his trouser pocket and pointed it at the intruder.
…Only to find that it was someone he hadn't seen before.
"Ah!" the boy yelped. "H-hey... don't shoot... I'm only here to wake you up..."
Mello huffed. "Who the hell are you?"
Raito opened the door fully and stepped away from it. Mello followed him with his gun. "I'm Yagami Raito. Son of Chief Yagami downstairs."
"Raito?" Mello gaped. Raito tried not to huff at the rudeness of his first name being used, but let it go, Mello was obviously a foreigner.
This was Raito-kun?
"...You are the one whom L refers to as 'Raito-kun'...?" Mello asked, still slightly gaping.
Raito shifted uncomfortably, looking at the gun. "Y-yeah..."
Mello lowered the gun. "My deepest apologies, Yagami-san." He took a step back, letting Raito relax.
"That's alright." Raito laughed nervously. "Didn't know I was that intimidating really."
Mello smiled crookedly. "You ain't. It was just a precaution."
"Oh..." Raito sulked, then suddenly sprung back up again, much to Mello's surprise. "So, yeah. Um, Ryuuzaki wants you to get up now, and since he's rather angry at you... he sent me." he scratched his head.
Mello's hand subconsciously went to his cheek where L had slapped him the night before. "Figured. Well, yeah, I'll be there."
He wandered over to the wardrobe, fished out a leather jacket and then walking over to Raito, putting it on.
"You slept in those clothes?" Raito gaped. "Isn't that leather?"
Duh.
"No, it's silk." Mello snorted. "Of course it's leather. And yeah, I slept in it. Didn't exactly pack pyjamas in here, did I?" He gestured towards his crotch area.
Raito looked down automatically, almost choked, and looked back up. "R-right."
The room was tense, and Mello didn't like it. He didn't like it one bit.
For one thing; he had no chocolate, and he wasn't about to ask L to go fetch him some. Two; L had shunned him to the corner, keeping Raito beside him as if Mello was some sort of threat. And, three; the task force were talking to, what it looked like to him because L refused to let him near the Death Note, thin air, and it was starting to piss him off.
After a few hours, Mello confirmed to himself that he didn't like Raito. The boy had L's undivided attention always, and it was aggravating because Mello had tried and tried to get that from L all his life, and this boy just waltzes in for a few months, gets L's respect, and quite possibly his heart? Dude. That just didn't seem right.
Halfway through the day, L received a phone call from Roger, who demanded to talk to Mello. For the most part, all Mello heard was 'blah blah blah', but he did catch that Near and Matt were worried about him. This made him laugh. The idea that Near would be worried about anyone, especially him,was preposterous. L demanded that Mello return immediately.
"Mello. You know he is right." L had scolded, glaring at Mello.
"So?" Mello glared back. "I am here to see you. I am in no danger, nor causing trouble."
Mello knew this was wrong, but thought he'd say it anyway.
"Mello, quite frankly, shut up."
The whole room, minus Mello, gasped at L's harshness. Raito smirked at him, his back to Mello so he wouldn't see. L had to fight a smile as his lover smiled at him.
"You shut up."
Another gasp.
"I am afraid I cannot do that." L said calmly. "If I were to do so, the task force would be without my opinion, which they would require to continue the case as speedily as we are now."
"Don't be a smart ass."
"Mello..." L said lowly, "you do not have the authority to speak to me in such a way, so I suggest we-"
Mello got bored of the conversation and spoke over L. "So, when're you forcing me to go back?"
"In a few days." L said simply, "Once Roger arranges a time, we will escort you."
Raito did a double take. Did he just say we?
"Meaning you and the task force?" Mello questioned, not liking it one bit, much like Raito.
L nodded. "I have already informed the task force of my decision, and they will happily move the investigation to England for a short period of time."
"...fine." Mello snapped. "Be that way. I come here to help you, and you push me away, back where I came."
L spoke slowly, "Mello, understand that this is not for my benefit, it is for your own, and possibly N's and-"
"Don't." Mello scolded. "Don't say those names."
Mello stormed back upstairs, without so much as a goodbye to anyone downstairs. Raito was glaring at his computer.
So, when exactly did L plan on telling him that they were planning to move to freaking England? Wait, he told the task force first? They knew didn't they... then why would L keep it from him?
L seemed to read Raito's thoughts. "Raito-kun, please assist me in our bedroom for a moment."
Raito stood up stiffly, and followed L up the stairs, the rest of the task force watching them, before returning to work.
"You expect me to live in England?!" Raito all but screamed. The team downstairs could even hear them.
"I didn't say live in England, Raito-kun." L replied calmly, "I merely suggested that you would be accompanying myself and team for a visit to-"
"England." Raito said, eyes fuming. "You didn't suggest it, you decided for me that I'd be going."
"Well, I couldn't just leave you here by yourself. You are my main Kira susp-"
"Don't say it." Raito warned.
"...the fact remains."
"L." Raito said, stomping over to the bed and falling face first onto it, "I'm not going."
"...Actually, Raito-kun will find that he is going." L replied.
"Tell yourself that."
"If Raito-kun does not come along quietly, I am afraid I will have to use force." L warned, slowly pacing towards Raito.
"I dare you," Raito turned around and threw daggers at L, "I dare you to drag me."
"I will."
"L! I have school, and my family, and... Misa!" Raito yelled.
"You will not be gone for long, and your father and Misa will be coming..." L replied, almost smugly.
Raito fumed from the other side of the room. There was no way in hell he was going to England any time soon just to take stupid Mello back. Why did L even like the guy? He pointed a bloody gun at Raito!
Oh, we shall see.
Me: So, uh yeah... haha? One day, we're all going to laugh about this I swear...
Chibi Mello: -FLYKICK-
Me: … -Lands in dumpster-
Chibi Raito: It HAS been almost three months... I doubt anyone will review...
Chibi L: Meh. As long as I have you, people don't have to review.
Chibi Misa: -Holds Raito's arm-
Chibi Raito: Gurrr...
Me: -Shouts from dumpster- So! This chapter passed 2100 words! It's long! Forgive me!
Chibi Chappy: ...who are you people? Are you those guys I used to hang around with, like... 3 months ago?
Me: Aye!
Chibi Mikami: -facePALM-
Chibi Misa: Read, and review? -Sparkly eyes-
Chibi Tanaka: …ho.