Warnings: Misa-being-a-retard-because-she-was-born-that-way themes. Yaoi/Shounen-ai/Slashable characters: L and Light. Rated M for smut, language and boy kissing.
Summary: Kira brought Raito to L, the one person he could love. But, is love enough to concur the evil that is Kira? Or, is that love itself the true evil? L's life is at stake, and Raito is the only one who can save it, but will he? L/Light, Mello/Near. Yaoi.
Disclaimer: Don't own Death Note.
Chibi Misa: Nup.
Chibi L: So, everything has changed now, right Ninja?
Me: Concerning chapters and Author's Note, yes.
Chibi Raito: How have they changed?
Me: There's no Chibi Section.
Chibi Misa: Dayum.
Chibi Raito: WHAT?!
Chibi L: …
Chibi Watari: Cake?
Chibi L: Yes please!
Me: When did you get here?
Chibi Watari: Ho ho ho.
Chibi Misa: SANTA?!
Chibi Raito: Good God.
Chibi L: Read and Review!
-
-
-
-
Thinking back, thinking of you
Summertime, think it was June
Laying back, head on the grass
Sitting back, having some laughs
-
-
-
-
-
::::
Death Note:
Redemption
By NinjaKittyx3
::::
"Alright." Soichiro began, "For the time being, I want you to start going over this list here."
"Yes, sir. Right away."
Raito gazed at his father while he spoke to another team member. L sat quietly at his laptop, eating cake, and glancing at the screens above him from time to time. Raito's eyes moved to him, just watching him as he thought about something.
Would he punish evildoers and criminals if he could kill by just seeing a name and face? Is that what he'd do if he had that sort of power?
It's true that there are lots of people around that the world could frankly live without but…
I don't think I'd become a murderer… just to change the world.
L was about to put a bit of cake on his fork when he saw Raito staring at him, seeming miles away, and lowered his fork, making an interested sound.
Raito's thoughts, which had been jumbled by L the night before, continued.
Surely I wouldn't do that… No, I'm thinking too hard about this, there's no way someone could murder so many people and not have any memory of it-
"What's wrong?" L's voice stunned Raito. He gasped and re-focused his eyes on the real world. "You've been staring at me for the last two minutes… wait, let me guess, you must be annoyed because I'm the only one eating cake at the moment, am I right?"
"Uh, no, that's…not it." Raito stuttered.
L held up the cake in front of Raito. "Here."
Raito went backwards in his chair, putting his hands up in defence. "Really. Don't worry about it."
A quiet beeping stopped their conversation and they both turned towards the monitors in front of them.
"Ryuzaki," Watari began, a giant 'W' appearing on the screen,
"Yes, what is it?"
"Detective Eraldo Coil has just received a private request to investigate and reveal the identity of L."
Raito's eyes widened as he stood up to stand behind L, shortly followed by his father.
The world's second greatest-
"Isn't Eraldo Coil supposed to be the second greatest detective in the world?" Soichiro began. "After L himself? Who on earth would send such a request?"
… Ding.
"The man who wants Coil's services is Masai Kokkida, the head of the rights and planning department of the Yotsuba group's headquarters in Tokyo." Watari answered, the profile of Kokkida appearing on-screen.
"So it is Yotsuba." Soichiro noted, probably only to himself.
Raito spoke up, turning his head towards L. "We know that Yotsuba must be linked to Kira. If they're trying to find out L's identity, it's probably because they want to kill him and need that information to do it."
"This isn't good." Soichiro replied. "We're already short-handed enough as it is, and now we have to worry about Coil too."
L sat quietly, eating his cake during the conversation, even though it was possible that his life was at stake. "It's quite alright," he started; cake muffling his words, "the detective known as Eraldo Coil is me."
Soichiro made a noise of confusion, but Raito just looked at L as if he was insane.
"It's quite simple really." L explained, "The three greatest detectives in the world; L, Coil and Deneuve, they're all actually me. It's been my experience that people who try to find me usually fall for this." he picked up a strawberry off of his plate, which used to have cake on it, and turned in his chair towards Soichiro.
"I'll give you this strawberry if you keep it a secret, okay?" Soichiro put it in his pocket when L turned back around to the computer screen and his empty plate that held one more strawberry.
"I'm impressed as always, Ryuzaki." Raito stated. He moved his hand and touched L's hair. To anyone watching, it would have looked as though Raito was just touching L's chair. L glanced sideways at him and smiled slightly as Raito went to sit back down where he was, his father returning to where he was also.
L reached for his strawberry and popped it into his mouth, chewing thoughtfully. He was having difficulty sitting the way he liked, because of his foot. True, his foot had healed, yes, but it was very painful when pressure was placed upon it, and he liked to sit on his feet all the time, so it was causing problems.
He sighed quietly and shifted positions, sitting on his behind and embraced his knees, taking the pressure off his foot.
He made a happy noise when that worked, causing Raito and Soichiro to look at him.
Soichiro approached his sadly when Raito was busy discussing something with Watari over the screen. L had thought he looked cute when he was concentrating, but dismissed the idea immediately, turning to Soichiro.
Boy, if only the man knew what had been going on lately with Raito and himself…
He'd probably – in fact, without a doubt, try to murder L on the spot.
"Ryuzaki…"
"Is something the matter, Yagami-san?" L asked quietly.
Soichiro fidgeted nervously. "Not really. I was going to ask – would you mind, no wait… can Raito come home in two days?"
L put his thumb on his lip and bit his nail. "Why in two days?"
"Well, it's Sayu's birthday." Soichiro explained. L gazed at him quietly while he spoke. "I asked her what she wanted and she said she wanted her brother to come home for her birthday. They really love each other, Ryuzaki."
L made a small noise, turning his head to look at the occupied Raito, who was still talking to Watari, and was completely oblivious to the conversation before him.
L turned back to Soichiro, exchanging his thumb with his forefinger. "Yagami-san's request is reasonable enough… I assure you I will consider it."
Soichiro sighed happily. "Thanks, Ryuzaki." It wasn't a yes, but he figured it was as close to one as he was ever going to get, even if he stayed there and argued all night.
Suddenly, Raito's laptop beeped, and a small "You've got mail!" sounded out in the quiet room.
Raito blushed slightly, looking down and turning to his laptop, excusing himself from Watari for the moment. L was curious to see who it was.
A Kira accomplice, perhaps?
L rolled over on his chair, it bumping onto Raito's and he ended up rolling over to the other wall.
Curse these roller chairs!
"What the…" Raito looked at the wall behind him, then at L, who was currently bumping into the wall himself. "Ryuzaki, I could've dropped my laptop, and I assure you that you'd be paying for it."
L sighed, sitting properly on his chair and rolling towards Raito. "I am well aware. Trust me, Raito-kun, it was not my intention to… bump you."
"I know." Raito replied, turning to his laptop. "I was just warning you beforehand."
Ryuzaki nodded and leaned close to Raito to inspect his email. Raito scratched the back of his head nervously, as he always did when someone was watching him, even when Misa did it. Slowly, he clicked his email open, hearing Ryuzaki sigh in… relief? It was only from Sayu, asking him for help with her Math's homework.
"Sayu…" Raito said her name to himself for no apparent reason, as if to remember who she was. Raito suddenly stood up and glanced down at L, who looked up at him. "Ryuzaki, we have to go to our room. Sayu needs help with her homework and all my books are up there."
L hopped off of his chair – literally hopped onto one foot. "Raito-kun is correct. Everyone…"
Soichiro, Aizawa and Mogi all turned to L. "Take the rest of the night off, unless you would rather stay… if that's the case, I'm sure Watari wouldn't mind the company."
"Of course not, Mr. Ryuzaki." Watari replied from the screen.
With that, Raito said goodnight to his father, who eyed L suspiciously as they walk/hopped towards the elevator. Of course, they'd been informed of the incident that happened with L's foot, so L didn't look like a complete idiot, but he was sure, in the back of everyone's minds, especially Matsuda's, that the detectives were still thinking he looked a tad… how you say… retarded?
When L and Raito were out of sight, Raito took L's hand, to help him walk, who glanced at him with a silent thanks. L did not like human contact, but with Raito, it was different. Raito was the one person he could relate to in the world, and to L, that was the most important thing to him.
They approached the elevator and Raito let go of L, who hopped in. Light pushed the button for the thirteenth floor and the doors closed, the elevator moving.
The elevator ride, this time, was uneventful. They exchanged some comments on the weather, and L asked what kind of Math's Sayu needed help with.
In their room, Raito was sitting at a small desk, L next to him, eating a bowl of ice cream. L sometimes helped too. Raito exchanged emails with Sayu for a while on web cam, when she mentioned she hadn't even eaten dinner yet and that their Mother seemed stressed that Raito wasn't there (Raito scowled at L there, who frowned back). Raito said she should go eat something, so now he was waiting for her to come back. After playing with the web cam for a little while, Raito placed both hands behind his head and closed his eyes.
Was it time for bed yet?
"Raito-kun cares about his sister very much." L noted aloud.
Raito's eyes opened and moved to L. "I do, yes."
"Then, Raito-kun must know that it is Sayu's birthday in two days…" L said, stirring his now melted ice cream.
"Yes, I do." Raito said sadly. "I'm planning to email her to say congratulations. I'll send her a card tomorrow, it'll get there, right?"
L looked up at Raito's non-deliberate sad face and gazed at it for a long time. "…Would Raito-kun like to attend Sayu's birthday?"
Raito's eyes widened and he straightened up and turned to Ryuzaki, accidentally hitting his laptop as he turned. "Really?"
L sighed and put down his bowl. "I have been thinking it over. Yagami-san, too, would like you to attend."
Raito started to smile. "I-I can really see her for her birthday?"
L looked up at Raito, who looked like he was going to fall over. "Yes, Raito-kun, if you so wish."
"God! Thank you, Ryuzaki!" Raito exclaimed.
L cleared his throat awkwardly. "Yes, well, I should point out that I will be going also." He gestured towards the handcuffs.
"I sort of guessed." Raito said happily. He now looked that he was about to glomp the life out of L, but that would just be weird. Not to mention, out or character for Raito to do so.
Raito and L's eyes met, and it looked as though L was smiling at him, so Raito smiled back.
With a sudden adrenaline rush, both L and Light seemed to move and the same time, and they were suddenly kissing each other as if their life depended on it. Raito's hands moved softly over L's hair and stroked it as his other hand wrapped around his waist. L's hands went for Raito's back, but one seemed to creep up onto Raito's cheek and stay there.
Raito decided to be the dominant one againl; licking L's lips to be happily given entrance not two seconds after.
Did he ever mention that kissing L was like kissing a strawberry cheesecake?
Well, it was. A very tasty, ever-lasting strawberry cheesecake…
L pulled away to get breath then kissed Raito again gently, bringing himself closer to Raito until he was sitting in his lap. Raito hugged L closer, kissing him gently on the lips, then down his neck, gaining a small shiver from L, and then found his lips stolen again. L was not a rough kisser, everything was gentle and hesitant, and Raito didn't mind, gently was always sweeter.
Suddenly, L changed his position until he was straddling Raito's hips, still technically sitting on his lap, but facing his fully now. Raito liked the new position, he could get to L's neck better, which he did. L gasped as Raito bit down softly, and he nuzzled into Raito's neck.
They didn't know if the next thing the done was intentional or an accident, but Raito seemed to slide in his chair, L pulling him down, and they ended up on the floor, in a surprisingly familiar position.
Raito laughed softly, pecking L's lips before he spoke. "Heh, this looks familiar…"
L smiled up at him, a full smile, that didn't reveal his teeth, but it was still a smile. And it was for him. L was smiling for Raito. "Yes, it does. Though I am disappointed that there is no cake involved this time…"
Raito shook his head, softly laughing at L's pout. He bent down slowly until their faces were only inches apart, L's eyes beginning to close.
"I can offer a substitute to cake…" he kissed L deeply after his words, making it clear exactly what he meant by that statement. He was surprised when L moaned and tilted his head for an even deeper kiss. Raito knew that if they didn't stop kissing soon, especially in this position, that they were going to have a little problem.
Raito didn't want that to happen.
He was a suspect in the Kira case for goodness sake!
When Raito pulled away, L's head slumped onto the floor and he breathed heavily from lack of breath. "I should inform Raito-kun…" he stopped, looking into Raito's eyes and seemed to get lost there.
Light smiled and pecked him gently on the lips, then kissing his neck down to his collarbone before returning level with L's face. "What?"
"…that he tastes a lot better than my cake."
Me: Fin!
Chibi Raito: B-but…
Chibi Misa: Wait. I noticed something there.
Chibi Raito: The webcam…
Chibi L: What?
Me: Yes, Raito?
Chibi Misa: They didn't turn it off!
Chibi Raito: And Sayu was on the other end!
Chibi Watari: Ho ho ho.
Chibi L: Oh no…
Me: Muh. Well, you'll have to wait and see what happens next, won't you?
Chibi Raito: Damn you.
Chibi Misa: That wasn't polite.
Chibi Raito: Shut u-
Me: Read and Review!
Chibi Watari: Ho!