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Pranked


"Hey, Light. Look."

L pointed in front of them, and Light automatically turned his head to follow L's finger. It was a bit hard to find who L was pointing at, as they were at the mall, and there was a very large crowd around them.

He eventually surmised that L was indicating to a rather muscular and tattooed man that had large tunnel plugs inserted into his earlobes, standing idly just a few feet in front of them.

"At who?" Light asked, jerking his chin at the man with the tunnel plugs. "Him?"

L nodded, a small, wicked smile creeping onto his face. "I have an idea…"

Light's eyes narrowed; that smile combined with those words never did bode well. "L, I don't know what you're thinking, but-"

"Be right back. Get ready to run." And with those words, L was gone, slipping away from Light and making his way stealthily to the man with the tunnel plugs, silently creeping up behind him.

Unable to get L back to him without creating a commotion, Light could only watch in apprehension as L sneakily pulled out a miniature padlock from his pocket- where the hell had he had time to get that?- and raised it as he inched closer to the man, resisting the way the crowd pressed against him and threatened to divert him from his course.

What L was planning with that little lock clicked for Light and a rush of mixed anticipation and dread swept through him. Dread, because this was not going to turn out well- how could it?- and anticipation, because the thought of what L was going to do was funny.

Light watched as L finally was just right behind the man with the tunnel plugs. Rising the hand with the lock to the man's ear level, he then tapped the man's broad shoulder. He turned around to face L and the incubus quickly snapped the padlock locked onto the man's earlobe, though the large hole created by the tunnel plug. Then before the man had time to recover, L flashed a smile at the stunned man, whirled and sprinted back to Light, pushing people out of his way as he did so.

It didn't take long for the man to recover, and anger suffused his face as he grabbed his ear with the padlock snapped onto it, realized what had happened, and started to run forwards, pointing at L and Light, whom L had just reached.

L snatched ahold of Light's sleeve as he sprinted by, forcing Light to whirl around and be tugged along after the manically-grinning incubus. Footsteps sounded behind them, and chancing a glance back, Light could see the angry man with the padlock swinging from his ear sprinting after them. The padlock was swinging from the large hole in his earlobe, and the thought that the man would not be able to get the lock off without some sort of locksmith- because L certainly hadn't supplied him with a key- made Light's lips twist in amusement. Okay, so despite that they had a man who wanted to beat the shit out of them chasing after them, Light was not such a stick in the mud that he failed to find this hilarious.

But his amusement didn't distract him from the fact that they had a very furious man running after them, intent on retaliating for what L had done.

"So what now, you insane fucking demon?!" Light panted, knowing the man and a few others who had witnessed what L had done were right behind them.

L, streaking along right next to him, only flashed him an impish grin. "Now? We run like fuck and hope we don't get caught!"

Yes, life with L never ceased to be boring.