A/N: Thanks for reviewing!!!
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"I absolutely refuse to take Light-kun out in public again!"
"What did I do?!" Light asked, feeding the fish jerkily (only seven were still alive at this point).
L began gnawing on his thumb and didn't reply to Light's question.
"Come on, Ryuuzaki! You can't just say something like that and not give a reason for it!"
"Light-kun, don't overfeed the fish and kill another one," came the reply.
Light glanced down at the fish briefly before glaring back at L. "Don't try to change the subject!"
"Light-kun!"
"What?!"
"Shut up!"
"No! You know what, panda puff? I-"
L interrupted him. "Light-kun is overfeeding the fish!" he snapped.
"Overfeeding? I'll show you overfeeding!"
With that, Light popped the lid off of the food shaker and emptied the contents onto L's head. When it was empty, Light dropped the container and it bounced off of L and onto the floor.
The two glared at each other wordlessly for a few moments before L slowly rose to his feet, fish food pellets rolling off of his head.
"Light-kun."
Light, inwardly having a hard time not ducking away from the seething L in front of him, took a deep breath. "What?" he forced out.
"Light-kun is upset."
"Yes, I am."
"Why?"
"…I wanted to see that new movie, but I can't go without you because you're chained to me."
L reached up and fluffed some of the food out of his hair. "Light-kun's response to me saying 'no' to a movie is pouring fish food on my head," L said, voice monotonous.
"…That seems to be the case."
"Very well."
"..Very well?"
"We will go to the movie," L mumbled as he shoved a hand into his pocket and pulled out a lint-covered gummy worm.
"Don't eat that. Why the sudden change of mind, Ryuuzaki?"
"I'll eat it if I want to. I just don't want Light-kun to be…as you would say, all pissy for the next two weeks."
Light stared.
L slurped the filthy gummy worm into his mouth.
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Outside the movie theater, L and Light stood in line for their tickets, Light with his arms crossed and L staring dully around at everyone.
"Look at that couple, Light-kun."
Light looked over and saw a man and a woman kissing at a table. He blinked at L. "You really are a pervert, aren't you?" he accused, brow furrowed.
"I am no pervert."
"You are. You're a voyeur."
"I am no voyeur."
"So what did you do when you had those video cameras set up in my room?"
L scratched his head and picked out a few left over pieces of fish food. He flicked them at Light, who simply stood and stared in disgust. "I do not know what Light-kun is alluding to. I merely watched him to benefit the investigation," he said dryly.
"Next!"
Light pulled L up to the window. "Two for Pumpkin Surprise, please," he said with a huge, fake smile.
"Light-kun is extremely artificial. Up by two- oof."
Light elbowed L in the ribs, grabbed the tickets, and entered the theater lobby. L shuffled in behind him, holding his side.
"I'm guessing you want candy," Light said, hands on hips.
"Yes. But we have a forty-five percent chance of getting better seats if we go in and claim them first. I will venture out alone and get the candy."
They entered the theatre featuring Pumpkin Surprise and Light frowned when he saw that the previews had already started. It was completely dark.
"Okay, Ryuuzaki. Just follow me up the stair- ouch!"
"Was that Light-kun's foot?"
"Yes!"
"Shh!" It was one of the people in the theater.
"Did someone justshush us?" L whispered to Light.
"Yes. Just…come on!"
They were stuck sitting in the very bottom row next to an old couple and once Light was in his chair, L removed the chain from his own wrist and snapped it onto the chair handle.
"Wait," Light whispered, "what if there's an emergency?"
"Then I will come in and perform a valiant rescue."
"Hey-!"
L walked off.
Light crossed his arms and legs and was half-watching the coming attractions when he heard some people coming up next to him.
"Let's just sit here," a gruff voice said.
Light looked over and saw two biker-looking men and a girl who was dressed in such reveling clothing that Light almost gagged. They were sitting in the three seats next to him, one of which was L's.
"Oh, um…Someone's sitting next to me…" Light said quietly.
"Too bad," one of the men grunted.
"But it's his seat…"
"You're here with a guy? Not too surprising."
Light frowned and shifted around an bit, causing the handcuff to jingle.
The insulting man next to Light looked down and raised an eyebrow. "You into bondage or something, pretty boy?"
"No!"
"Shh!" someone said.
Light scowled and shifted over in his seat as far as he could go. The old woman on his other side looked up and gave him a coy grin.
"What handsome young buck you are!" she whispered. Her husband glared over at the teen.
Light sighed and waited for L to come back.
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L went dragging into the lobby, intending to maximize his time away from the idiotic movie.
What is a Pumpkin Surprise supposed to be, anyway? he thought as he stared up at the combos. He saw the one he wanted and walked up to the counter.
"Whaddya want?" the worker asked, blowing a bubble with her gum right in L's face.
"The number three combination."
"Huh?"
L stepped forward. "Combination number three," he said loudly.
"What number three? What are you talkin' about?" she asked, smacking her gum.
"Three! Number three!"
"Which one?"
"The number threecombo!"
"Well, why didn't ya say that before?"
"Because I do not like shortening my words!" L snapped. This is what Light would be like without his intelligence.
"Alright."
L watched as she got his two bags of candy, a large soda, and a bag of popcorn with no butter (the last of which was for Light, of course). When she was done, he pulled out his money and handed it over to the girl.
"Here," she said, handing him his change. As he was taking it from her, he reached up and scratched his head with his other hand, and some fish food pellets went falling down from his hair and onto the counter and his food box.
There was a moment when they both stared at the fish food, and then at each other.
"That's pretty gross," she said finally, still chewing her gum. "Can you clean it up?"
"No."
L grabbed his food and shuffled off, leaving the girl to stare at him angrily as he disappeared into his theater.
"Light-kun. I got our food."
Light jumped at the sudden whisper and the bikers next to him looked up at L.
"I believe that that is my seat," L said quietly.
The man snorted and looked up cockily. "It's mine now. Why don't you take your little bondage buddy and get outta here?"
L leaned forward. "He is not my bondage buddy. He is a murderous sociopath and I am studying him. Now if you don't want me to let him loose on you, I suggest you move out of my seat," the detective whispered, eyes wide.
The three frowned over at Light, and the leader shook his head. "Like I'm gonna believe that."
"Don't make me hurt you," L whispered.
Disturbed by L's strange appearance, the man finally snapped under the investigator's unwavering stare.
"Fine Let's go, you guys. This movie's crap anyway."
L perched himself in the seat after the bikers moved out and handed Light the popcorn.
"I purchased Light-kun some popcorn in the hopes that if he has his mouth full, he won't be compelled to comment on the movie every two seconds."
"Hmph. Thanks, I guess."
The two sat for some time, watching as the Pumpkin Prince chased down villagers and ate them, and Light dug into his popcorn happily.
There are a lot of strange-tasting kernels in this.
"That's him!" L suddenly heard behind them. He craned his neck around and saw that it was the cashier girl.
A man in a suit came up to them. "Sirs, I'm going to have to ask you to leave the theater. Please pack up your belongings," he said sternly.
"Okay," Light said, with a quick nod. If he resisted this, it would not look good for the Kira percentage.
L glared at the girl and cuffed himself back to Light. They followed the two out, food in their hands.
"Sir, she claims that you made a mess of the counter and walked off," the man said to L.
"Mess?" Light asked.
"Yeah, these little brown things came out of his hair!" she girl exclaimed.
Light raised an eyebrow at L. Hmm. It's not abnormal for things to fall out of Ryuuzaki's hair.
"And we had some complaints about you two threatening people and disrupting the theater."
L chewed on his candy and, without a word, led Light outside and flipped out his phone.
"Oh well," Light said, "it was a stupid movie anyway. The screenwriting was terrible, the acting was…"
L prepared himself for listening to a long critique of every aspect of Pumpkin Surprise.
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Once they were in Watari's car and on their way back, Light was still munching on his popcorn when he thought of something.
"Hey, Ryuuzaki. We'll need more fish food."
"There should be plenty in that popcorn bag, Light-kun."
Not catching the meaning, Light rolled his eyes and crunched down, frowning when he ate another one of those nasty tasting kernels.
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A/N: What he doesn't know can't hurt him. XD Right?
--Sorry for the lack of (obvious ;-D) date-ness between them this time. I didn't want to go overboard with love-dovey cuteness because that just doesn't fit with these two.
Please review! Or you will find some unexpected fish food in your next meal!
Up next: Exercise (Yeah, I changed it.)