A/N: Thanks for reviewing! Sorry for the disappearing chapter.
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Journal entry number 6:
7:14 PM
I am still writing these entries solely because I wish to document my experiences with Light.
He hid the doll in the cupboard today and it flew out at my face most unpleasantly when I was looking for my stash of gumdrops. The doll chipped and I did not find my stash. Light probably ate them when I was not looking.
I had a rather interesting therapy session. What makes me slightly ruffled is the fact that the therapist is more accurate than I am willing to admit. She claims that I do not wish to "attach" myself to Light, and I can explain why: I cannot attach myself to someone like that and convict him later on. That would make me most depressed, seeing as I-
I am going to go find some gummy worms.
…
Apparently Light ate them.
Feeling somewhat melancholy,
-L
"Where are my gummy worms?"
"Um…I don't know. Maybe you misplaced them…"
L scowled, knowing that Light had devoured his worms but not particularly wanting to pick a fight with the teen. He closed his laptop with a sigh. "Very well. If Light-kun gives me my worms, then I will take him to the museum."
Light thought for a moment, thinking of how he had accidentally downed L's candy earlier that day with a little grin. "Take me to the museum first, Ryuu."
"No."
"Yes. I can haggle alllll day, Ryuuzaki. You're out of luck." Then teen crossed his arms and got into a pseudo-fighting stance. "Bring it on, panda face."
"Light-kun is being aggressive."
"So what?"
"Perhaps the museum will pacify him."
"It will."
"I shall call Watari, then."
"Do it."
"Fine."
"Alright."
"Okay."
"Yeah."
Sending a suspicious look at Light, L flipped open his phone and dialed Watari up. He informed the old man of his predicament and got the confirmation to come downstairs immediately.
"Mouse-kun knows that the chain is staying on so he cannot escape, right?" L asked as they stood in the elevator.
"Do you think I'm stupid?"
L put his hands up in defense and shook his head. "Light-kun does not have to jump to conclusions. I only informed him of the chain situation," he said.
"Hmm."
They slowly went down the nineteen floors, Light humming and swaying with the elevator jazz music on their way down.
"Do not hum, Light-kun."
"I can hum if I want to; it's my prerogative." Light increased the volume of his humming and the swaying became more pronounced. Eventually, he touched shoulders with L and the detective was forced to take a step back.
"Do not touch me," L snapped. "I do not wish to have physical contact with Light-kun."
"Well, maybe I want physical contact. You never even consider me!"
"Light-kun wants physical contact, does he…?"
When the elevator doors opened, Watari was slightly unnerved at seeing L pinning Light to the floor, but he didn't let it bother him all that much.
Once again, L's quirks were definitely not something to be disturbed.
"Get off of me, Ryuuzaki!"
"Does Light-kun enjoy this physical…Watari?"
Light, feeling L's hold weaken, wriggled out from under the other man and stumbled out of the elevator.
"Are you ready to go?" Watari asked.
"Yes," L said, standing up with a little grunt. "Let us move out."
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The limo ride was uneventful, Light talking to L about fashion and L ignoring him, and they arrived at the museum right when it opened. They walked in through the huge, palace-like doors and up to a map stand. Deciding to mix things up a bit, L grabbed one written in Persian and unfolded it.
"What does Light-kun want to see first?"
"Modern art!"
L nodded and, having already located the modern art section, scoped out where the café was for a quick cake fix. "Go to the left, Light-kun," he ordered when the boy began wandering the wrong way.
"Oh, sorry. Let me see the map so I can orientate myself." Without waiting for a response, Light grabbed the map and stared blankly at it.
"It's in…Persian."
"Indeed."
"I can't read Persian!"
"Then follow my directions. Go left." L decided to take matters into his own hands; he simply headed left and let the chain do the rest of the work for him. Feeling that reassuring tug and hearing a little whine of protest, L allowed a smile to form on his face and let himself, if only for a second, feel an overwhelming fondness for Light. But that was soon shut down when Light actually began to speak:
"Panda-chaaan, why do you-"
"Because as an authoritative figure toward Mouse-kun, it is my prerogative," L interrupted. "We have arrived."
Light huffed when he saw that they were at the museum café, of all places, and that there were huge slices of chocolate cake being served buffet-style. "Can you unchain me while you eat your cake?" he asked impatiently. "I'll be right over there in the modern art. Please?"
"I suppose Light-kun will not cause too much of a commotion." L seemed more interested in the cake than anything else as he unlocked the chain and stuffed it in his pocket.
"Thanks." Light left the café and pranced over to the art with a smile on his face. He approached a huge abstract piece and stepped back to get a better view of it, and noticed a familiar face on the other side of the room.
"Oh!" Light approached the man when he remembered that it was the guy from the ice rink. "Tatsuya! I…nice to see you…"
"Light! You're here for the new exhibit, too?" the other man asked. "It must be fate."
"Uh…" Light looked back toward the café, but saw no sign of L. "Yes!" he spun back around and flashed Tatsuya a little grin. "Yes, fate is the reason…"
"Is that weirdo with you?" Tatsuya asked, shifting around. "I don't want him to come after me-"
"He's not around right now; he went to get some cake." It was a strange thing to say at nine in the morning…
"Well, would you like to join me?"
"Okay…" Light glanced at the café once again to be certain that L wasn't spying on him and, seeing no oddballs around, followed Tatsuya over to the next painting.
Meanwhile, L finished his second piece of cake and decided that he had left Light unattended for long enough.
He's probably getting lonely…He will whine to me about "ditching" him or something silly like that. Hm, there is a gift shop right here. Maybe I should get him something to appease him, L thought, shuffling into the little shop. He poked around for a few minutes before deciding on a little teddy bear that was holding an artist's palette and a paintbrush.
"Aw, is this for your girlfriend?" the girl behind the register asked.
"Yes." L took the bear and went out to where Light said he would be.
He wasn't there. Not good.
L took a deep breath and went into the next room, looking around the paintings and through the crowds, but still not finding Light.
Maybe he went to the restroom… L, walking a bit more upright than usual, went into the bathroom, but it was empty. Immediately, a thousand possibilities went storming through L's head:
He could have tried to escape…No, that's unlike him. Twelve percent chance of that. Maybe someone abducted him. They could have lured him out, simple-minded fool that he is, and taken him to God-knows-where. No, that can't be. That can't be, who would want him? L walked out of the bathroom and went through the modern art area again, then moving on to the sculptures and the older paintings.
Still no Light.
Where is he? I can't have my suspect disappearing like this, it's completely unprofessional. Not to mention…very stressful…Who took him? Someone must have taken him and…they could be doing unspeakable things to him. Kira! It could be Kira!
"Hey Tatsuya, maybe I should head back to the modern art…I told Ryuga I'd meet him there," Light said as he finished viewing an old religious painting. He started to walk off, but the other man grabbed his hand and held him back.
"Forget about him, Light. He left you for cake!" Tatsuya argued, shaking his head. "Let's go out in the gardens, okay?"
"…I guess so. He hasn't called me-"
"Come on!"
At the other side of the museum, L was staring ahead at a white wall and clenching his hand around the teddy bear. He had tried calling Light, but the teen didn't have his phone on.
More worried than angry, L made his way to a security guard and demanded access to the camera footage from earlier that day.
"Why?" the guy asked gruffly.
"Because I've lost someone-"
"That's your problem, buddy," the guard sneered, walking off and leaving a very distraught L standing next to a statue of a naked man.
"Fine. Desperate times…" L muttered, flipping his phone open and calling Watari.
"Watari. Tell them I'm ordering an immediate lockdown of the museum."
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"Come on, Light!"
"I didn't give you permission to grope me, bastard!"
Light was currently storming away from his new "friend" after Tatsuya had made a pass at him in the gardens. He scowled and flipped his phone open.
"Oops." Apparently he hadn't turned it on that morning…A message beeped at him saying that he had thirty-one missed calls.
"I'd better call Ryuu…"
"Light, I'm sorry!" Tatsuya came tripping out from a large growth of flowers and he looked at Light pitifully. "I didn't mean to do that. Oh man, are you calling that panda freak?"
"He's not a freak." Light began dialing the number, but the phone was snatched away from him before he could finish.
"I wish you'd stop with him…"
"Give me my phone."
"No."
Light frowned and was about to thoroughly tell Tatsuya off when an announcement came over the museum intercom:
"All museum guests please remain where you are. This is a lockdown. I repeat, please remain where you are. This is a temporary museum lockdown. Thank you for your cooperation," a voice said loudly. Light looked around at the others in the garden and saw that they were all equally confused: when did museums have lockdowns?
"Maybe someone tried to steal some art," Tatsuya muttered.
"Yeah…"
The intercom came on again:
"Will Light Yagami please report to the entrance of the museum immediately! Once again, Light Yagami: Please report to the entrance of the museum. All other guests, please remain where you are."
"Oh, wow," Tatsuya said. "Well, should I go with you, Light? I mean…"
"Yeah, probably." Light snatched his phone back and took a long, shameful walk through thee museum, everyone staring at him as he slumped along.
"Shit, it's the panda guy."
Tatsuya had voiced Light's thoughts exactly: L was standing at the entrance.
He looked beyond furious.
"Meep!" Light tried to look anywhere but at the angry detective in front of him as he walked up to the entrance doors.
"Light-kun will go out to the limousine and wait for me there," L ordered. "You," he pointed at Tatsuya, "and I will have a talk right now."
Light walked out to the limo and curled up on the farthest seat from the door.
"Ryuuzaki was in quite a state, Yagami," Watari said, looking at Light in his rear-view mirror.
"Really?
"He thought it could have been foul play."
"Is he going to kill me?" Light asked meekly.
"Doubtful."
Light watched as L took Tatsuya around the side of the building and walked out a few minutes later by himself. L entered the limo.
Silence.
"Ryuu…?"
More silence.
"Panda puff?"
Nothing.
"Ryuuzaki? Erm…L?"
Still no response.
"I'm sorry. He…he forced me to go with him. I didn't know my phone was off."
"Light-kun?"
"Yes?"
"I got Light-kun a bear." L pulled a teddy bear out of his pocket and handed it to the teen next to him. Light took it and smiled.
"Thanks."
Later that night, Light felt L playing with his hair again. He thought that they had already established that the dye was fading, but let L get away with it, anyway.
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Dear Mumu,
Omg, ugly museum incident- not even going to get into the details, but Ryuu seems forgiving about it! He's soooo nice sometimes! :-)
Anyway, he told me that –EEW!- hes going to fly those little brats out here again in a day or two, which really sucks because I hate Mello! DX Why does he even have them come out, anyway?! They're just a nuisance!
Whatevs!
-Light
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Journal entry number 7:
3:17 AM
I have never been so worried in my entire life as I was today.
-L
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A/N: There! That's what I wanted to have as my chapter. And you guys can't tell me that that wasn't better than the one I had up before. Whew. And L will have glasses on at some point (adorable idea from Mikanis!)
Please review! Or…L will cause a commotion and hunt you down!
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