Author's Note: I like to use sporradic time lapses...
I know that this chapter is a bit boring, but it all goes somewhere eventually ;D
--

Light looked annoyedly at the handcuff around his wrist for the umpteenth time that day. He sat comfortably on the off-white couch in the center of the room, staring blankly at the news, not absorbing any information. Ryuzaki, or L, as Light preferred to think of him (It seemed much less human to him, and he preferred to think of him as being human as little as possible) was sitting with his usual posture a few feet away on the other end of the couch, biting the tip of his thumb, appearing captivated by the images on the television screen.

Light found himself glancing more at L than anything else in the room; annoyed by his everpresence, even though it was only their first night together. He had been thinking about this whole situation, and could find no brightside to living with his worst enemy so far, especially with all the awkward moments they were bound to begin having very soon. Sooner than he realized, actually.

"I have to go to the bathroom." L announced, rather non-chalantly, his gaze still on the television, unwavered. Light had pondered this thought, and wanted to put off such a trip as long as possible, but now it appeared unavoidable, as L pushed himself to his feet. "Well, come on." For the first time his eyes flitted to Light, a slightly impatient air about him now.
The Headquarters building's upper levels were a bit odd, to Light. The apartments were nice, though sparsely furnished; budget problems, he believed. It was the bathrooms that bothered him. He had been in them before when they toured the building, upon its completion, and there were a couple on each floor, shared between the various apartments that he and L were staying in. Instead of each apartment having its own bathroom, which Light would have preferred, the bathrooms were styled after standard public restrooms with a locker-room style shower room towards the back. No. Privacy. When he asked, he said he would consider having a private bath built into their apartment, but left the subject at that.

Light sighed heavily and stood, pausing to reach over and turn off the television. L led him out of the apartment and down the hall to the nearest bathroom. He had already decided he wouldn't look; didn't want to look; wouldn't do it even if L tried to trick him. They pushed through the door, which swung open and shut easily, rather than having a doorknob, and L pulled him over to a line of urinals.

"You should go now, because I don't feel like making a trip back later." Was all L said before going about his business. True to himself, Light didn't look, but also heeded L's words. He could hear Ryuk snickering somewhere, but he didn't listen to it. He thought for a moment that he could feel L's eyes on him, but wasn't about to look to find out, and the event was left at that. A mere minute later, they were back on their way down the hall, and Light allowed himself to breathe a little easier again.

He wasn't sure why the thought of doing something like that bothered him; he had used public restrooms before on many occasions, ever since he was a child and was out of diapers. But the thought of L right next to him made him feel uneasy, as if he could go to the bathroom the wrong way and be sent to jail... Or maybe it was more than that, and he just hadn't figured it out yet... He shrugged off the thoughts and tried to focus on the news again.

--
AN: Third chapter will be uploaded when I finish it, which will be... sometime... soon-ish... I have future chapters written, but it's too early to just throw them into the mix. /