A Different Suite

Chapter 4

Stepping lightly through the campus, the student could hear the insistent pounding of his heart.

He clinched his only comfort, the baseball bat, in his sweaty hand as he turned the corner in the very dimly lit campus. He kept his eyes wide and suddenly with all his being wished he could see in the dark. He internally damned the lack of rods in the human eye.

He continued onward in the direction of the scream, hoping and unusually praying that he would not find his friend in a pool of blood. Mello knew the real Light, not the smiling-polite-hypocritical mask that the student usually donned.

While the blonde could be aggravating, he was still a friend.

A friend.

What if it was Ryuzaki?

The musician suddenly felt more dread than he could ever possibly imagine. It was possible. The raven was in the lower chairs of the violins and he was new . . . like the other students who had been killed.

No.

It was no good to think like that.

Light halted as he noticed a section of the crime scene taped ripped down at the stairway. A murder had occurred there only a day ago, where a musician was brutally beat to death with his own violin. The student shuddered.

What a terrible way to go out.

If Light stayed at this school, would he have his own taped off area? Would he become a victim to his own cello?

He shoved his thoughts to the side. Now was not the time to be thinking, he needed to focus on his surroundings so he did not end up like the violinist. He crept over to the stairway.

Moving up the almost completely dark stairway, he could feel himself tremble and his heart pound more frantically in his ears. As he moved closer, he saw a body and rushed forward.

Lying there on the already stained stairs, was a very bloody girl.

"Misa!" Light whispered fiercely as he rushed forward and gripped her hand. It was sticky with blood, she must have been there for a few minutes already. He saw fresh wounds on her chest, most likely with a knife. She was bleeding profusely as she choked for oxygen.

Her eyes were wide as she gasped.

She was drowning in her own blood.

Light then noticed that there were several wounds on her stomach as well.

There was nothing he could do.

Only watch as a fellow musician die.

"L-Light-kun." She sputtered, more crimson slipping out of her lips. Her once shiny, blonde hair now stained ruby with blood. Light gripped her hand tighter, waiting for her to finish. He suddenly felt an immense amount of guilt for always treating her so badly. He couldn't have known this was going to happen. She did not deserve this.

He could hear the police sirens in the distance.

She suddenly got a burst of strength, yanking him down by the collar of his shirt. She stared at him intensely and finally her pained brown eyes shifted upwards, perhaps at someone else.

"Run."

Then she stopped, as if frozen.

Light stared in shock.

Suddenly a shadow moved near him, and Light bolted into action and did the opposite of what he predicted. He dropped the bat and ran.

Mindlessly, he ran.

He sprinted across the entire campus towards the music room. Yanking the door open, he locked it behind him and then bolted inside the music room. Once inside the locker room, he locked that door as well. As he ran around the corner with the intention of going to the deepest part of the locker room, a pain erupted in his chest as he collided with something.

When he looked down at what was pushed against his chest, he was ready to collapse.

A gun.

What was more surprising however, was the man behind it.

"Ryuzaki."

The raven had a steely, calculating look in his eyes as he scanned the blood on Light's hand and shirt.

Light noticed the piles of scattered papers on the floor and several music folders open. It appeared Ryuzaki was going through the lockers, but why? Light looked back at the man, suddenly feeling terrified that the killer was staring him in the face.

It all made sense.

The murders started happening around the time Ryuzaki joined the orchestra, he talked about the murders frequently with him, he was very intelligent...but he reflected a pattern similar to Light's. The reasoning swirled in Light's disoriented mind and he needed answers.

However, as if coming to a decision the raven quickly withdrew his gun. He turned the safety on and slipped it into a holster underneath his shirt at the arm.

"Light-kun . . . I know what you may have deduced by what you see, but allow me to explain first. Begin with trusting me as I you."

The raven began to move toward Light and without thinking, the student flinched.

The dark eyed man hesitated, concern touching his face.

Light leaned against the wall, feeling as if he was on the verge of collapsing. His head fell forward and he realized, to his horror, that he was possibly hyperventilating. His chestnut brown hair fell into his eyes and he touched his hand to his mouth. His breathing was hoarse and he felt as if he was going to faint.

Could he trust Ryuzaki?

"Light-kun?"

There was no way of knowing if the man was telling the truth and he could not stay here. With those rather rushed thoughts, the student made a run towards the door. While unlocking it, he was shoved into the lockers.

Ryuzaki pinned Light against the lockers, his hands gripping the younger man's shoulders shockingly strong.

"Get your hands off me." The musician hissed. Ryuzaki shoved him against the lockers again.

"I don't think Light-kun wants that."

Ryuzaki's hand slid down from his shoulder and move to his hip, the man's thumb slipping under his shirt and grazing heated skin. Light flushed at the contact and the sudden change in mood between them. The mysterious man was regarding him now with dark, completely dilated eyes leaving him feeling more vulnerable than he ever felt in his entire life. To escape the intense gaze, the student's eyes fluttered closed as he felt the warm hand move against his skin in small circles.

Why was Ryuzaki touching him like this? To distract him from possibly hyperventilating?

Why was he letting him?

"Look at me, Light."

His voice was slightly more husky than usual and his other hand touched Light's cheek. Light felt his heart jump at the lack of honorific and the intimate touch. He hesitantly opened his eyes, meeting the man's dark ones.

"I request to hear what has happened to Light-kun to affect him so. Also, Light-kun must listen before he leaves and makes faulty judgements."

Ryuzaki's eyes roamed over the man's face and his fingers lightly stroked his face. The student sighed at the contact, unconsciously leaning into it and welcoming the distraction. Anything but focusing on the image of her choking on her own blood.

As Light told Ryuzaki what he had seen, the raven continued to stroke his hair and face softly. It helped him stay detached and not lose control of his emotions.

The student let Light lean against him and his eyes darken as he listened to what his friend had gone through. Light explained her terrible wounds and how he fled the scene, leaving out how cowardly he felt about his actions.

Finally, the student felt calm and his breathing had returned to normal.

"There. Now speak so I can get away from you." Light tried to sound angry, though he was more curious. The man nodded in return while removing his hands from the other musician.

"As Light-kun may have already deduced, I am not who I say I am." The man leaned against the opposite locker as he spoke, his eyes fixed on the student's. Light nodded. The man hesitated in speaking, his foot rubbing against his leg anxiously.

"I cannot say this more than one time. Once is too many for my paranoia as is . . . However, I trust Light-kun with this information." The man seemed uncharacteristically unsettled.

He paused, running his hand through his wild black hair.

Light waited in anticipation until the raven said:

"I am an undercover detective investigating the murders of this university. More specifically..."

Ryuzaki leaned forward, placing a hand on either side of Light's head. With his mouth close to the man's ear, he said quietly:

"I am L."

At first, Light was in shock.

Of all the things for the man to say, that was one Light was not expecting. That was a ridiculous claim to make!

However, the more he absorbed the simple idea, the more it made sense.

The raven had appeared at the university during the beginning of the series of murders, he frequently inquired of Light's thoughts about the murders, and he was currently eliminating the theory that they spoke of recently by searching through the lockers of musicians for any incriminating evidence.

Also, the detective was eccentric in almost everything he did -the way he sat, ate, spoke, and even dressed. Not to mention the man was obscenely brilliant. In Light's experience, the most brilliant people were also the most peculiar.

Hence, for Ryuzaki to be L, he would have to be very peculiar.

Perhaps it was the work of hindsight bias, but Light was surprised he never put it all together before.

His thoughts were interrupted as he felt a soft nip against his neck. He gasped and turned his head towards the detective.

"R-Ryuzaki! Wha-"

The raven lightly blew against the man's neck. The warmth of his breath distracting Light from his thoughts and sending an unexpected wave of arousal through his groin. Light involuntarily shuddered when the detective descended his mouth against his neck once more. It was a surprisingly delicious feeling and Light suddenly felt compelled to have more.

L slid his fingers up the back of the man's neck and into the soft auburn hair. He fisted it and softly yanked Light's hair back to expose more of his neck. Light gasped as the moist heat of the raven's tongue moved against his skin.

"Nnnh..."

"Light-kun shouldn't wear clothing like this." The detective breathed against his ear while tugging on Light's black tank.

Then the raven's mouth was moving up the musician's jaw and his hand was turning Light's face toward his own. His lips brushed against Light's. Light felt his heart jump and his hands quiver. After a moment, the student tentatively pressed back and touched L's neck, which was surprisingly soft. Light gasped as L pressed their hips together and shoved the student against the lockers. The man took advantage and deepened the kiss, softly yanking on Light's hair again. The kiss was taking a delightful turn to aggressive and their hips begin to grind together. The raven's groan was answered with the brown-haired man's quiet moan.

This was out of control.

Coming to his senses but utterly flustered, Light shoved the raven away.

However, this action was not as beneficial as he predicted.

The detective, of whom Light respected more than anyone else, was now regarding him as if he was a slice of the most delectable cheesecake. Wait, not a slice. The whole platter.

The man's hooded eyes had a predatory, feral gleam and his inky colored hair had fallen in his face. His lips were bruised from their ministrations and an attractive blush touched his face.

It was achingly tempting to touch that body again.

"What . . . What the hell are you doing?" Light floundered for the adequate wording.

"I thought it was obvious." L began to move towards Light again. Light backed up as far as he could against the locker while holding his hands out in front of him.

"After all, we are dating."

"What? N-no!"

"But I asked you out to coffee and you accepted. Is that not the normal procedure in dating?" The raven inquired curiously.

"Well, in the movies. But in real life you ask them to dinner with you or the movies . . . or something."

The student was suddenly questioning his own knowledge on dating. Was that how dating worked? Was there a difference between the views stated?

"Hmmm, I see."

". . ."

"In that case, would Light-kun like to attend a movie with me tomorrow evening?"

"You're in the middle of a case!"

"Light-kun is avoiding the question. I am always working on cases, but Light-kun is far more interesting." The man smirked, touching his finger to his lip.

Light quickly walked away.

A/n: I tried to make this chapter longer for everyone. The next chapter will answer a lot of questions and will continue to develop their relationship. I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter! :) I put lots of effort into it. More serial killer bits in the next chapter, I wanted to continue where I left off in the last chapter.

Hurray for make out scenes. 8D

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