Disclaimer : Death Note and isn't mine. I'm sure you've known it.

Warning : A bit ooc.

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"Wake up, sweetie."

A moan from the mouth of a little boy who's his hands tied above his head, pulled him back from the darkness of relief to the hard and painful reality. A whimper heard from him when he felt his wounds again.

He heard 'him'chuckled, felt his broken leg pulled, made him scream in pain.

"Now you're awake, are you, darling? I don't want my sweet bitch sleep all day."

His body tensed when he smelled alcohol and cigarette from the man's breath. "I heard your parents were looking for you out there. You must be happy, knowing they love you so much." Tongue licked his chin,'he'bit his neck so rough, madehim winced, tried to convince himself that his parents will come soon to save him.

They'll find him. They must find him. His father is a commander of polices, he must be able to find him.

"Ah, but they aren't too love you, are you, sweetie? If so, why did they never find you, my beautiful whore?"

He wanted to argue with the man's utterance, but the blood in his mouth prevented him to do so.

He felt severe pain when his broken legs appointed. He could feel something thrust into his body. Something that made him felt like split in two, although that man had done this many times to him.

And he couldn't help it anymore.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

CHAPTER 02

WHISKEY LULLABY

A pair of brown eyes snapped open, his body trembled and filled with cold sweats as he rose to sit on the bed. His widen eyes stared at trembled hands. He grabbed the blanket that covered him as tight as possible, though he depended on it. Clinking chains that wrapped around his wrist was the only sound in the room besides his heavy breath as though has been running dozens of kilometers. His throat became sore after screaming loudly.

He lifted his right hand to comb the bangs that covered his eyes with his still trembled fingers. Try to draw breath to calm his body down, before let it out.

Why that incident appeared again in his dreams? He wondered. He believed that he has locked that memory, managed to forget it. Why is it back again?

His gaze switched to the handcuffs around his wrists. Tracing the chain that connected the other person with him, relieved to find that person wasn't there at his side. Currently, he didn't want any question about his scream.

His only desire now was stand on the roof of the building, draw fresh air, feel the night wind swept his face and body, eliminate the bad memories whose are still lodged in his mind.

He fumbled a small cabinet beside the bed. As he recall, the key is hidden on the third shelf, a locked password board in the bottom of the second shelf can only be opened through the shelf underneath. And... a smirk appeared on his lips. Bingo! He got the lock.

He opened his handcuffs with the key he found, moved from his bed and walk out of the room. Be careful not to be visible to anyone. If L saw he loose from the handcuffs, he's wretched. Surely, she wouldn't give him freedom again.

His feet felt cold because of step on the floor barefoot. His mind flashes back on his dream while he was searching through the dark corridor that cold without a heater.

'Be a good boy, and I'll love you, my beautiful light.' A pair of hands fondled his chest, tearing his shirt. 'My precious.' Arms grabbed his pants, holding his legs that continued to rebel. 'My beautiful bitch.'

His body was tightened again. He rubbed his elbow, trying to get rid the feeling of anxious, upset, and emotions that swept him over this time. Try to get rid of the memories that come back after so long sealed in the memory box at the bottom of his consciousness.

Fortunately, the faint sound of a room brought him back from the flow nightmare that can't be stopped. The voices were coming from the investigation room that shouldn't be anybody in there. He leaned against the wall near the door, trying to peek at who's on the room.

Dim light from the monitor shined on a person in white who stood silent. That person was moving his or her fingers over the keyboard very fast, talking to someone through a microphone.

L...

Did she investigate Kira again?

But, she said she wasn't interested at Kira now.

Light put his ear to hear what she discussed through the mic.

"...impossible. Thirteen victims in two days, all the body parts separate, scattered in different places. Watari, submit the names of the victims here."

"Understand, L."

What? Do Kira kill again?

Typing voice echoed throughout the room, L then sat on a chair, hugged her legs. Her hands were again busy played with the keyboard, until the monitor flashes indicated there were incoming messages.

Light could only saw her back, but he knows that L's very serious when she read the contents of the message. She took something from her pocket, ran her fingers through her hair, pinned her hair back with something that she took from her pocket.

Light grinned to see that. If L bind her hair, did she would really like woman?

"L... I have a suspicion about who the person that can do this. But..."

"Who is it, Watari?" L asked, her hand were busy moving the mouse.

"Do you think 'he' that did it?"

L's movement stopped, her body motionless. She raised her head, paused for a moment before opened her mouth. "That's impossible."

"But whether it's from their way to kill and others, very similar to his operandi."

"THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE, Watari!" L snapped. Light flinched backwards to hear it.

This is the first time he heard L yelled, let alone one who she yelled is Watari.

L lifted her hand, brushing her bangs. Light can slightly see her hand shaking. A breath let out from detective's mouth.

"Sorry, Watari. But, you know it, right? He couldn't have done all this, because he..." L swallowed. "He was... killed by Kira in January ago."

"L..."

"Please, Watari. Don't talk about him anymore. Now, focus your mind on this case."

"I understand, L."

"Thank you, Watari." Communication stopped, L leaned limply over the back seat. "I think so too, Watari. But that's impossible..." she muttered, and sighed. She fixed her seat, bangs covering her eyes. "So impossible..."

Light stared again at L who's busy with papers and computer. He slowly back away, walked back to his room, forgetting his original purpose of why he out of the room.

'What case that madeyou angry like that, Ryuuzaki?'

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"So..." Light said irritably, both eyes closed, lips bent. "Why all of a sudden everything became like this?" he shouted, waved his hand around the room that has become a bar.

Naturally he's upset, first they're serious in handled documents, conducted investigations on Kira fan sites, etc, suddenly dragged into a bar that before is an empty room (don't know when they remodel this room into a bar).

L was sat on the counter, busy ate her beloved cake, ignored Light.

"I know you currently didn't interested in the Kira case, but that doesn't mean we abandon investigation!" The brunette man tried to resist his anger, but L, with an attitude like that... it seems impossible. "Besides, why can there's a bar in this building?" he asked, hold his anger.

The woman detective turned to the hypertension teen, fork hanged in her mouth. "Watari's hobby," she said simply. "And very useful, since they're all depressed cause there's no any clue about Kira now," she continued, glanced at the investigators who sat at the counter with Watari served them as a bartender.

Light glanced at the investigators that began looked drunk – left aside Misa who leaned at him because of drunkenness, and sighed.

"You know, Light-kun. We are all human beings. They are human. They needed something to relieve themselves." she said, then glanced toward Misa. "Misa-san also seems to have no patience anymore."

Light blinked. "What do you mean?"

Misa pursed her lips ready to kiss her boyfriend who tried to stay away.

"Wa… wait! Misa!" Light's hand pushed Misa's head that kept coming. "Hey, Ryuuzaki! Don't just keep silent! Stop her!"

The black-haired woman just looked at them slightly, before focusing her gaze to her strawberry cake again. "Relax, Light-kun. Your age have already legal to do it."

"What do you mean 'do it'? Do what?"

L gave him don't-pretend-you-don't-know-about-it stare, give Light goose bumps.

Light blinked again, he gazed so seriously at L. Slowly he thrust his face to L's face, made L leaned back a bit.

"L, did you..." Light said, his face leaned closer. "...drunk?"

L's face still stoic, but blush seen on her cheeks. Her eyes are also somewhat out of focus. Light slapped his forehead hard.

Of course is it! There's impossible L to act strange like this if she wasn't drunk!

"Anyway..." L began, took the key from her pocket and opened the handcuffs around Light's wrist. "Bring Misa-san to her room, and do whatever you want with her."

Light's eyes widened. "He… hey, Ryuuzaki!"

L turned, back to her cake. "Please enjoy..." her said, in a tone somewhat chaotic.

Light paused, before sighed. He stood up, carried Misa bridal-style in his hands, and out of the room.

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Light returned to the bar, saw that the bar's light has been turned off. Indicate that everyone had left the room. He opened the double doors, darkness greeted him.

He wanted to drink something, the memories about his dreams continue to haunt him until it feels sick. Rough caress, licks from that man, still felt in his body. It made him shudder.

His body tensed when he saw a shadow of someone on the floor because the city lights from outside. His eyes followed the shadow and found L stand upright on the edge of the shadow, she stared at the night life out of the window in serious way. A glass of champagne in her hand. Her hair tied in ponytail.

Light took a glass of ice and a bottle of whiskey from the bar, walked over to L that apparently didn't aware of his closeness. He filled the glass with whiskey before putting the bottle on the table.

"What are you thinking?"

Light's voice made L gasped in surprise. She immediately turned around, faced Light that stuck out a whiskey glass at her.

"Light-kun..." she murmured, her eyes wide.

Light reached L's hand that hold a glass of champagne and toast it with his whiskey glass, tinkling sound was heard when both of cups clash.

L then back stared out the window, drank her champagne. "Why are you here, Light-kun?"

He raised his glass and drank his whiskey. "Shouldn't I?" he asked smiled, glanced at L.

"Not really. It's just weird. You… you should be with Misa-san." L drank her champagne again, her eyes still glued out. "I gave you freedom, you should use it to deepen your relationship. Misa-san recently looked lonely."

Light sighed. "I can't. I'm not interested in her."

L glanced toward him. "Why? She's your girlfriend, right? Don't you like her?"

"I told you that Misa's love is unrequited." Light drank his whiskey. "I like her, but I don't love her."

Why would he confirm this to L? He was confused. Looked like whiskey effects has emerged.

She looked back at the window. "Then, why are you guys going out?"

Light raised his hand, his fingers combed the bangs that covered his eyes. "I don't know... I don't remember about it. It seems out of compassion."

"But, more pity again if she knew you didn't love her. According to my observation over the time, Misa-san will give up everything just for your love."

"Stop it. Don't talk about this anymore. After all why do you defend her? You never care to her."

L shifted her hair behind her ear. "I don't know. But, after days of you and her are in this building, near me, it looks like I'm started to feel close to both of you. Moreover, Misa-san and I are both women, it looks like what they say is true, women very easy to make friends."

Friends? Does she begin to think that we're friends? Light smiled thinking about this. "Apparently."

They heard - though faint - a roaring sound of vehicles passing on the highway.

"What are you thinking about?" Light asked, broke the silence.

L drank champagne. "None of your business."

Light glanced at the woman beside him. "Is it murder cases that you receive after yesterday ago then?"

L's movement stopped, bangs covered her eyes. "How do you know?"

Cold sweat ran down on his body. When he overheard that, L didn't know that he could be free from the handcuffs, right. "Ah... I accidentally overheard."

L glanced at him suspiciously, but brushed it off and drunk her champagne again. "Though you know, I still don't want to tell."

The man sighed. Silence enveloped them both again.

She smiled a little. "You know, see you drinking whiskey remind me of a song that my old friend sung a long time ago."

Light who's a half drank his whiskey, turned toward the woman at his side. "Your friend?"

Red hue began to be seen clearly in L's cheek. "Mmm... yes... he likes to sing that song..."

"Ah...? What song?"

Her smile widened, her eyes closed as if remembered something. "I don't know the title, but I remember the song... he was always playing with his favorite guitar."

She put him out

Like the burnin' end of a midnight cigarette

She broke his heart, he spent his whole life tryin' to forget

L waved her hand. She turned, walked to the sofa with her somewhat staggered body, a sign of drunkenness. Light's just silent, watched L who sang with a smile on her face.

We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time

But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind

Until the night

Light smiled, saw L flopped onto the couch. He knew this song. In his childhood, his friend also had sung this song, when they played together.

He opened his mouth and sing along with L.

He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger

And finally drank away her memory

Life is short but this time it was bigger

Than the strength he had to get up of his knees

We found him with his face down in the pillow

With a note that said, "I'll love her till I die"

And when we buried him beneath the willow

The Angels sang a whiskey lullaby

La la la la la la, la la la la la la la

La la la la la la, la la la...

"... La la la la..." L dived her head into her arms on the couch cushion. She took a breath, and let it out. Lift her head, stared at Light. "You know this song?"

Light smiled, he walked to the sofa in front of the couch that was occupied by L, sat down, put a glass of whiskey on the table beside him. Both his eyes closed. "Pretty much. When I was little, my friend used to sing it."

"Hmm..." L muttered. She pressed her head into her arms again. "Light-kun ..."

Light opened his eyes. "Hm?"

"What's bothering you lately?"

Light's body tightened, his brow wrinkled. "What do you mean?"

L shifted her face a little, glanced at the teen in front of her. "You know what I mean. I'm watching you since you lived in this building. And I got the assumption that you're ..." She saw Light's body become rigid. "...afraid of men."

Light's body getting tense, didn't say anything for a moment. A chuckle slowly out of his mouth, followed by laughter. "What do you mean, Ryuuzaki? No way I'm afraid of my akin!"

"Yes, you're afraid of your own kind." Chain clinked when L moved her hand. "You look uncomfortable when Matsuda embrace you at the time. Anyone patted your shoulder, your body immediately tensed though only a second - before your body relaxed again."

"That doesn't prove anything..."

"The first time we're handcuffed, you at least keep a distance of one meter away from me. When you get sleep too, you'd at least on the end of the bed. But, after you know I'm a female, your body becomes relaxed. You're acting normal to me, I get near you less than one meter, and when sleep you don't mind I'm too close to you. Usually what happens is opposite, you will away when you know I'm a female. Is that enough to proof that? "

"Still it-"

"Tomoyasu Akito." Light's body tensed back, L lifted her head. She took her glass champagne again and walked to the window. "You look pleased when you saw that name on the list of Kira's victims this afternoon. I believe he was a suspect on charges of persecution, murder, and..."

"...sexuality abuse to under age cases." Light continued. L turned to the man who was putting ice cubes into a glass of whiskey.

Light opened the bottle, poured whiskey into the glass. "Yeah. He ever got me when I was ten. Just got home from school when he came and drugged me and dragged me into an abandoned building." He took his glass, walked over L, drunk his whiskey till empty. "He was holding me in there for days until finally my father and other polices found us."

L just stared silently at Light that laughed. "For years, I've been trying to forget the incident. Try to lock that memory in the bottom of my mind. But..." Bangs covered his eyes, tears streamed down on his cheeks. "...whenever, I can't forget it. I can't get rid of the inherent feeling of disgust on my body. Still feel the touch, lick, torture and the pain that he caused to me. Though many years have passed, still I can't get rid of it all."

"Light-kun..."

"You know, when I saw his name on the list of victims, was the first time I'm grateful Kira exist in this world." Light said laughing, tears still flowed. "After he was caught, he went free because of weak legal system. Just because he's a child of the higher, the case is immediately frozen. Father had tried, but he still can't do anything. But, Kira..." He smirked. "He has punished him! The man that have been tormented me has died!" he cried hysterically.

L walked over to the distraught man, she stuck out her hand, touching his face, waved bangs that covered the man's brown eyes. Light's body trembled, he chattered his teeth, his arms then wrapped around L and hugged her. L's eyes widened in surprise, the glasses that they held fall to the floor, made a loud noise echoed throughout the room.

"Ryuuzaki..." Light murmured as the tears keep flowing on his face, wetting her shoulder. L can felt a tremble from the man that tightened his hug. Sobs were heard from Light's mouth. "Please... let me to touch you... please hug me... get rid his marks of my body... please, Ryuuzaki..." Light muttered, shaking his head gently on L's shoulder. She began to raise her hand, slowly stroked Light's hair, comfort him like a mother comforting her injured child.

Little did they know, Watari witnessed that. He slowly closed the door, careful not to surprise the two people who're hugging at each other. Heard footsteps, he turned and saw Mogi and Aizawa carried the drunk Matsuda.

"Ah, Watari-san..." Mogi said.

"What's wrong?" Watari asked.

Aizawa fix his held on Matsuda. "Anou... Is Ryuuzaki in there?"

Watari was silent for a moment. "Ryuuzaki..." Doubts surrounded him. "For now Ryuuzaki is busy. If you need something, you can tell me."

Cold sweat appeared on Aizawa's face. "Ah... anou... we need a room for this fool." He pointed to jazzed Matsuda.

"All right... follow me." Watari said before turning and walking down the corridor, followed by three investigators at his behind.

L's promise was still ringing in his ears. No, not a promise. L didn't promise that.

'I'm not going to let it happen to me again...'

But apparently, L will break her own words. Watari couldn't do anything. It's her decision. He has no right to interrupt her.

What he can do is support L no matter what, even though all of this will be bad later.

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L was silent. She raised her hands, gently stroked Light's hair, like a mother that comfort her wounded son.

Why did she feel this way? Why did she didn't mind being touched by him? She understands this boy's feeling. Really understand. Because she was a rape victim too - that's why she was an antisocial. However, that's impossible she can be touched by this man because only that.

"Light-kun..." L muttered. "I..."

L's words truncated when she felt something warm on her lips. Her eyes widened, realized that Light was kissing her.

What did he do? L cried silently, tried to escape from the embrace, but no avail.

Since when Light stronger from her?

She let go of the kiss, opening her mouth to yell, but it's the wrong decision. Light took the opportunity to put his tongue into her mouth, tasting the oral cavity.

L gasped as Light did that, her knees felt weak. She guessed that she would crumple if it's not because of Light's hands that support her body. Her mind was a mess and fogged, can't think of anything.

Looked like the champagne effect more severe than expected.

Without her knew it, she kissed him back. Their tongues are united, opposition forgotten by warmth and sensation that filled her. She felt her body lifted, but then didn't feel anything except heat of their bodies.

Light carried L in his arms toward the darkness of their bedroom, laid her on the bed. His hand slipped into her shirt, releasing bandage that wrapped the woman's chest before summarized her naked breasts, touching her nipples.

L felt a pleasure when Light touched her body. She moaned while Light kissed her neck. She'd never experienced such feeling, her body felt burned.

Light stroke L's collar bone, stripped her clothes and threw them on the floor. L's muffled moans heard when he increased his pressure caresses, made her even more aroused.

It's dangerous. L thought. She wanted to stop Light, but her body didn't obey. Light teased her until she almost insane, and she couldn't stop this feeling. Her body quivered with excitement.

Light crushed his lips with her lips while his hand hugged L more tightly, immerse them in to an intense sensual passion. Light sucked L's nipple, and made the woman arched, gave herself to him.

Light looked up, his eyes fogged. He then touched L's center of desire with his lips, spoil her. He was rubbing, teasing, and demanding L.

L felt Light's gentle caress fingers on her face, before her mouth closed again by his mouth, their tongues wrestled with each other.

Not long after, she felt his fingers touch her womanhood. All nerves in her body burned. Everything in her body jumped eagerly, waiting for the next touch. And when she felt a finger enter her body, she whimpered softly.

The detective saw Light stared at her, as if asking permission to continue this sinful activity. L's mind was screamed to stop Light, but what came out quite the opposite.

"Do it."

L's body stiffened as she heard herself said it. She saw Light smiled softly at her, made her weak. She closed her eyes, felt Light's touches were back on her body.

And when she felt the union between them, she was screaming full in pain and pleasure.

Light's mouth crushing back L's, silencing her scream, while he thrust into the warmth of her body. He pulled out, before thrust in again, very strong and deep, saw her eyes widened of a strong jolt.

He then hooked his fingers with L's, hold her wrists on the mattress. Their bodies were covered in sweats, moved in rhythm, made L his as motions that they made.

L felt tension and heat on Light's back that in action. She bit her lip, tried not to let sound out, as thrust after thrust by Light. She froze when she felt a wave of pleasure that's got closer. She can't turn away, unable to stop it again. She has difficulty breathing when the tension was mounting in her, while the Light took her up higher and higher.

When L yelled his name to release her passion, she felt Light come into her.

Light head dropped on her chest while he tried to take a breath. His energy was drained, but he was very pleased. He felt his burden that he's carried been lifted away. He stroked L's lips, kissed her gently.

Warmth enveloped L's heart when she felt a gentle kiss. With her fogged view, she saw a warm smile tugging at Light's lips. And unknowingly, she smiled back at him, made Light surprised and kissed her again, before they lose consciousness completely, felt very happy and peaceful.

Without knowing that what happened will really change the tie of friendships that they made on the next day.

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Darkness enveloped an abandoned building. Audible humming sound split the silence that should happen. Flash of a knife seen, moved with a wave from the culprit.

The rumors flew, but nobody knew how much she blamed herself

For years and years, she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath

She finally drank her pain away a little at a time

But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind

Until the night

He stopped singing, smirk visible on his lips. He reached out a hand, gripped the chin of a woman whom her face was filled with tears and blood. The woman's body was full of some infected and fester wounds. Her hands were tied above her head.

"Do you know what song is that?" asked the man that sang the song earlier. That woman shook her head. "ANSWER ME!" snapped the man, made her trembled in fear.

She opened her mouth, forcing her severely injured throat to scream. "HEEEEEEELLLP! HELP ME!"

He grinned. "Boo… wrong answer." Her eyes widened, tears flowed freely. "As your punishment…" He licked his knife. "…pull your eyes."

The next thing that heard was just the woman's screams and his evil laughter that echoed throughout the building.

TBC…

A/N :

Angel Light : What this is again?

Author : If you come just to complain, you'd better out. Who's the man that whined in L's arms just now?

Angel Light : (blushing) Tha… that's because of you! You're that wrote the story!

Author : (supine) For Tallulah-The-Queen and Lightwaves, thank you for your review. (bows) And about BB, yes… he going to show up, depends on what you can see his appearance or not.

Devil Kira : (¬_¬) Oh, yeah?

Author : (~_o) Yeah…

Author : And song 'Whiskey Lullaby' isn't mine. It has been copyrighted by Brad Paisley.

Angel Light : (^_^) Thank you for taking the time to read this weird fic.

Author : (sulk) Please, don't say that with that innocent face of yours.

Light&Kira : (held out a banner) PLEASE REVIEW IF DON'T MIND!

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With crimson camellia,

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Scarlet Natsume.