Chapter five:
L is sitting on the ground with his head lowered.
Matsuda pants and seems to come back to reality only to drop the knife as his breath starts to pick up speed.
"Matsuda!" Soichiro snaps.
Matsuda suddenly bolts in obvious horror and panic.
Ide, Mogi and Aizawa go after Matsuda.
Soichiro turns as L but sees Light now crouching beside him.
Light turns to his father with a silent look that he will take care of L.
Soichiro nods and goes to join the others in chasing after a horrified Matsuda.
L has been watching the team leave except for Light which makes him feel a shift inside of him. He brings a hand up to his face only for the two fingers that rest against his face become wet with blood as he lowers his fingers to look when he feels wetness. He can only see clearly in one eye that is not in the area of the wound. He winces as the wound does hurt but it has been hurting since he got it, however he also winces at a single thought comes to mind after reviewing what has happened.
"L?" Light asks concerned. "Please look at me."
L turns and looks at the other.
Light gasps as he gets a look at the damage. He puts a hand on L's check not caring if he's getting blood on his hand as L's wound is still bleeding. "Oh L your eye."
"I can't see out of it. I can't see out of my left eye." L mummers slightly.
Light gives L a sympathetic looks. "L…. That's because you have a vertical slash on your eye. I don't know if you'll ever be able to close that eye ever again or not."
L tries to blink but whimpers in pain lowering his head at the pain.
"Hold on." Light gets up heading over to get the first aid kit. He hurries back.
"Light." L says and looks at Light with seriousness. "It appears that justice has betrayed me. I am going to join you Kira. I accept your offer to stand beside you to be Gods of the new world."
Light blinks then a smile comes across his face. "I'm really glad you agreed. I was so badly hoping you would." He says then he opens the first aid kit to begin treating L's wound.
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Matsuda is taken down a little away from headquarters and he is in obvious distress, panic and horror.
Mogi and Aizawa keep Matsuda restrained.
Soichiro approaches as Ide hangs back. "Why did you do that?"
Matsuda loudly whimpers. "I don't know! I don't know!" He whimpers in response to Soichiro's question. "I was just eating then next thing I knew I was standing there just after that the attack happened." He starts to shake as the three emotions wrack through his body.
"We will be taking you in for an evaluation." Soichiro tells him.
…..
Light finishes bandaging L's wound by wrapping the white bandage used in hospital to keep the stuff that will help stay in place. He even made sure to clean the wound as best as he could with a bunch of little cleaning towels in the first aid kit.
The bandage wraps around L's head slightly slanted since it is only needed over one eye.
"There." Light says.
"Thanks." L says softly.
Light nods and feels his phone vibrate. He takes it out of his pocket to check it reading that the others have detained Matsuda but for the sake of keeping L on his side he doesn't tell L instead he puts his phone after sending a text back assuring his father that L's wound is bandaged as well as that we will still take care of L while the others take care of Matsuda. "Come on." He gets L to stand up. "Let's get you away from this room."
L follows Light out of the main room and they head away from it.
As soon as they approach a bathroom that is when L moves forward to enter it.
Light moves to the bathroom and looks inside as the door is open.
L is looking at himself in the mirror just watching himself.
"L?" Light takes a step forward as L finally seems to move bringing a hand up to the bandage is in the spot about where his eye is only to pull it away with a wince. He sighs softly. "Oh you idiot." He mummers under his breath before moving forward. "Of course it's going to be tender still." He says wrapping his arms around the other. "Now come on let's go." He leads L out of the bathroom heading to the bedroom.
Once the door is closed Light begins.
"L. Look. I don't care if you are going to have a scar over your eye that even extends to a little above and below your eye." He tells the other who turns to face him. "I still think you are beautiful." He tells the other.
L smiles. "Thank you Light." He responds.
Light smiles and nods. "Now come here." He pulls L close wrapping his arms around the other's waist pulling him to be against himself. He leans in sealing his lips over the other.
The two kiss with no tongue until a ringing cellphone makes them stop.
"You should take it Light." L says then heads over to the night stand where a plate with a cookie is on it.
Light pulls out his cell glaring at it since it interrupted.
It's his father.
He calms himself and answers. "Hello."
"How is he?" Soichiro asks from the other side as he slipped away to make the call while the other three lead Matsuda to an isolated room in the police station.
"As ok as he can be." Light responds with a small glance to L. "The wound will definitely leave a scar."
"We just took Matsuda into the station." Soichiro says as if in assurance.
"That's good. I'm sure that will help." Light responds.
"I hope." Soichiro responds.
"Dad." Light begins.
"Yes?"
"I don't think you should go easy on Matsuda in any way."
There is a pause.
"Light…... What's going on?"
Light take a quiet deep breath. "The wound… Where it's placed… Well….. I doubt he'll ever be able to see out of his left eye again."