Hello again! Good news, inspiration finally hit me again. I have a feeling I owe it to a few certain factors. Having chocolate milk definatly being a main one. I also owe it to everyone that read and reviewed. I'd also like to thank my new pet hamster who is an inspiration to us all because he's too freakin cute.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Death Note. However, I do own a cute hamster named Alabaster and a jug of chocolate milk.

Chapter 3

One day had passed since L had pushed Raito too far with his teasing. The teen had not said a word so far and L was sure that Raito could sulk for weeks if he really wanted to. Raito had perfected the skill of sulking.

L sighed to himself, wondering how long it would be till Raito decided to talk to him again. He regretted his decision to tease Raito and he knew that he should apologize, but his ego would never let him utter an apology.

Raito was furious. Normally he would have cooled off a bit more by now, but having another strange dream about a certain detective had not only fueled the fire, it had left him even more confused. Raito wanted to know what had started these weird dreams. Was it hormones? Or was it something else? He shook his head and sighed, catching L's attention because it was the least sulky thing the teen had done all day.

They worked in silence for the next few hours. Raito could tell that his sulking was beginning to get to L. The sugar addict was becoming a bit moody himself and threw glances in Raito's direction every couple of minutes. Raito felt a bit smug and sad at the same time when the looks he was receiving began to look lonely. After an hour or so Raito had noticed that L looked like he was getting lonelier by each passing minute. Feeling a bit more sympathetic, Raito made a deal with himself; If L apologized, he would immediately accept the apology, without a second thought. Now all he would have to do was wait for the stubborn detective to apologize. He hoped it would be soon, sulking was incredibly boring.

L was beginning to consider saying sorry, but he still didn't want to give in to someone who was acting childish. He admitted to himself that it he was becoming incredibly lonely not having any one with a similar intellect to converse with. He glanced at Raito before looking at the small digital clock on his computer screen. It was almost time for the rest of the team to leave. He glanced at Mr. Yagami, who was currently scolding Matsuda. L watched as Matsuda was chastised, and thought to himself. Maybe there's a way to apologize to Raito-kun without saying "I'm sorry"… Maybe I could give him something? What would I want? Maybe Raito-kun would like something sweet, he has been eating more sweets recently… I could probably ask Yagami-san if Raito-kun has any favorite sweets that he ate as a kid.

Raito watched as the detective began to regain control of the loneliness that had moments ago been spilling through his eyes. He wondered what had changed L's facial acceptance. Had he finally decided to apologize? Raito scolded himself when he realized how hopeful he had been when that thought came to his mind. He watched the rest of the Kira investigation team pack up their stuff and 

head for the door. He was surprised when L stopped his father and began to speak to him in a low voice. He strained his ears to hear them without appearing too conspicuous, but failed. He wondered why his father looked a bit shocked at first by whatever L was saying. They finished their conversation after a few minutes and L gave a swift goodbye as Mr. Yagami walked out of the main room and towards the elevator.

Raito wished that he knew exactly what L and his father had talked about, but he already knew that it had to do with him. Was L telling his father that he was being a child and sulking? The thought angered him and his sulking when into overdrive. He was positive now that there was no way that L would apologize and in his anger Raito told himself that he no longer cared either way.

Five minutes after his conversation with Mr. Yagami, L had already figured out how to apologize without actually apologizing. He had found out the exact info that he had wanted and his "apology" would be set up after one phone call to Watari. Again he glanced at the digital clock on his computer. He still had three hours till their normal bedtime. He knew that for once he would have a hard time getting through work. It might just be three of the longest hours of his life.

Raito and L had finally finished work for the day and they headed up to their room. After they had both showered and brushed their teeth, they headed for their bed. Raito fell asleep immediately, exhausted from sulking all day. L waited several minutes before calling Watari. After a quick conversation he closed the flip phone and fell asleep as well.

Raito woke up the next morning refreshed and relieved at the fact that he had not had any strange dreams involving a certain insomniac. He stretched, looked at the still sleeping L and remembered that he was supposed to be sulking. He sank back into the bed and L immediately opened his eyes to gather his surroundings. They said nothing to each other as they got dressed and headed downstairs.

Raito was quite surprised by what he found at his desk. A tall glass of chocolate milk. He had loved chocolate milk since he was little, but had stopped drinking it in front of people in middle school when he decided that it was a drink for little kids. He was still a closet chocolate milk drinker though and had only stopped drinking it when he had been kept under surveillance by L. He had never told L about his obsession with chocolate milk and it suddenly hit him. That's what L and his father had talked about! He smiled without turning to face L.

"Thank you Ryuuzaki" He whispered as he reached for the glass.

"You're welcome Raito-kun." L answered with a small smile of relief on his face. Raito had the glass when he remembered one of the embarrassing aspects of drinking chocolate milk. Milk mustaches. He knew what the outcome would be and he was to happy to be drinking chocolate milk to truly care. In a way, it's a bonus… Something in the back of his mind whispered. Raito gulped down his chocolate milk, placed the cup on his desk and looked at the detective. He saw the glint in L's eyes and prepared himself for what he knew was coming.



"Raito-kun…?" L asked quietly.

"Yes Ryuuzaki?" Raito asked in an innocent voice.

"You have a chocolate milk mustache" L replied leaning closer to Raito. Raito immediately responded by closing the distance between them. His lips met L's and for a brief minute they felt true bliss, then Raito backed away, breaking the kiss.

"You have a milk mustache to Ryuuzaki" He whispered, face bright red. Too embarrassed to talk to each other they both sat down and pretended to work on their computers.

Okay, so I know that started off a bit slow, but it was all leading up to the sweet "apology". Thanks to everyone who read and a souper douper huge thanks to all of my heros who review. It's never to late to be my hero. :)