Chapter 7:

When you go home after a long night out what do you do first?

Have a shower.

Pass out on the floor.

Or

Dream of what happened that night. I.e, something like your famous pop star boss pashing you in the back of a taxi cab while you're both drunk off your brains. Oh, and also that your boss is a guy.

Well, Lawliet chose the latter after he arrived at his messy apartment. He pushed his door open after ten minutes of trying to open his lock with his car keys, subsequently almost passed out on his dusty carpet, tried to have a shower by sticking his head in his sink, and then fell back onto the floor. Lawliet's mind was clouded with alcohol and confusion.

He knew that Light was gay. He wasn't blind! But he hadn't expected him to kiss him!

'Why didn't I expect it though?' Lawliet thought slowly. Light had always shown his...attraction...towards Lawliet. 'I must be mad to even consider it But what if...what if what?' L's vision was clouded with black, his vision blurry.

'Either my hair just grew six inches or I'm gonna fall...asleep.' L's snores were loud enough to take make a hole in the wall.

Well that would have happened anyway. Either walk around and pass out or stumble around and put his head through the wall.

Oh well.

...

The bright sunlight shone through the blinds vibrantly. Normally when L would have woken up, he would wake up and stretch, wonder at the glory of the world and would make a coffee.

Well, he would at least make a coffee.

But that morning, L wanted nothing to do with the world. He just wanted to sleep all day, safe from the monsters of the outside world protected with his blanket.

'I don't want to go to work...' He groaned weakly. 'But if I don't go to work, I'll lose my job. And if I lose my job with Light I won't get another one. And then I'll have to face...' L choked. 'Then I'll have to face...Matt.'

The blanket was thrown into the air comically, with a now very energetic Lawliet standing on the mattress.

"Work sounds fine after all!" He yelled, pumping his fist in the air. He froze.

"But if I have to go to work, that means that I'll have to...face...Light." His voice trailed as the energetic glow left his body. He collapsed onto the mattress as his being left him in one foul swoop.

"I hate my life."

...

The day went from bad to worse.

Lawliet's car didn't want to start. It may have been because his house key snapped in the ignition. His favourite donut shop had decided to burn itself down. Then the bus decided that his stop wasn't important.

So he walked to work. At least he was being healthy.

The elevator froze on its way up, and then a false fire alarm went off. And what amused Lawliet the most about these situations was that he hadn't even arrived at his office yet. Oh well. Shit could only get better.

"Lawliet!"

"Oh...hello there Carillon." L replied meekly. The woman's bright eyes glowed bright as she admired the man in front of her. She held this man in such high regards ever since he made Light look like a fool. Oh and it was just a plain bonus that Lawliet Wammy was extremely good-looking...and maybe even single. A sly grin spread over her thin face.

"So...I have a question to ask you if that's alright?" Carillon blushed faintly and her voice shook. Lawliet's eyes narrowed suspiciously. He knew where this was going...it happened so often that he was almost used to it.

"Look I don't mean to be rude Carillon, but I-"

"He is coming to lunch with me!" Another voice entered the conversation abruptly. Lawliet's face reddened as he realised who the voice belonged to...

"Oh! Mr Yagami! I'm sorry for intruding on your...um...look I'll head off. Goodbye Mr Yagami. See you later Lawliet." Carillon's face reddened even more as she slid out of the way and pushed the elevator button frantically. Light smirked as Carillon tripped into the elevator and squealed. Lawliet even felt mildly bad for her. But right now his job was on the line...

"Oh...Light. Erm how are you?" Lawliet coughed awkwardly as Light's eyebrows rose in surprise.

"I'm great. How did you sleep?" Light yawned.

"I slept...fine."

"I see."

"How did..you sleep?"

"Not very well. I had way too much on my mind to sleep!" Light laughed loudly and scratched the back of his head.

'You had too much on your mind!'

"So are you still up for lunch, or are you just gonna stand there and be an idiot?"

'I would much rather stand around and be an idiot than go and be alone with you!' L snapped mentally. He was so sick of this crap! Before a reply could even be formed Light's hand had a firm grasp on the others and was dragging him towards the stairs.

"We will have to wait for the elevator, okay? I'm still stuffed from last night." Light whistled happily and he grinned.

L stared in awe. Was Light ignoring what happened last night, or was it all actually a dream?

'This is ridiculous...' he bit his lip angrily. Why was he so paranoid about it? It wasn't like he liked it or anything...right?

A loud 'ding' signalled the arrival of their ride down. Light tugged gently on L's long sleeve.

"C'mon! Hurry it up already!" Light snapped in frustration as they both stood in the metal box, The mirrors reflecting both of them infinitely.

"Going down." The robotic woman's voice spoke loudly. The music that played was as irritation as usual.

A sudden jolt caused Lawliet to fall onto the floor, the cold floor chilling his face.

"Owww what the hell?"

"I stopped it." Light smiled smugly. L watched the other man reproachfully.

"Would you kindly tell me why you stopped the elevator? I thought that you were shouting me lunch!" L pouted.

"I will. But we need to get something sorted out first."

"What?"

"Are you ignoring what happened last night Lawliet?" Light squirmed obviously very insecure.

"What? Do you mean...what happened in the taxi?"

"No. What happened in the fucking candy store! Of course what happened in the taxi! God you can be stupid sometimes!" Light's voice rose uncontrollably.

"Oh. Well you were the one avoiding the situation!"

"Bullshit! You ran away! You stopped the car and piss bolted away!"

"Probably because you kissed me!"

"You kissed back!"

"No way!"

Light closed his eyes for a moment and blew out a long breath before looking back to L.

"I think we both know what happened, don't you deny what happened! Or...or I..." Light sighed dejectedly and slapped the button to continue down. Another grin spread over his face.

"Lunch then?"

"Uh. Yeah. I guess."

...

The streets were relatively noisy for a Sunday afternoon. It didn't matter. 'At least the noise drowns out any attempt at a conversation.' Lawliet thought as he swerved arounda minivan. Light's fingers rapped on the door annoyingly. He had been silent ever since exiting the elevator. It was kind of...irritating. Light was never silent. Unless something was on his mind.

Lawliet's eyes flickered to the silent teen for a brief moment. Then the thought slowly dripped through his mind.

'Maybe he was thinking about it. Maybe...he was.'

"..." Lawliet sighed loudly.

"Is something wrong?" Light whispered quietly, his voice trembling as he spoke. This startled his manager to no end. Light was an emotional idiot, but holy hell was he really this affected?

'But I didn't initiate the kiss, he did! '

"...No."

"You're a liar Lawliet."

"Whoa!" L cried as auburn hair suddenly clouded his vision. Light leant over and placed his head on L's shoulder, making him tense.

"W-what the hell are you doing?"

"I want to know what's bothering you."

"Nothing alright! Now where do you want to go to eat?" L changed the subject quickly.

'I can't talk to him! Maybe he'll mention it! I-I don't want to talk about it, do I?'

"Look. I know that you still feel awkward about what happened. Didn't we already speak about it?" An exasperated sigh from the teen made L flush.

"Yes. We did speak about it, but I'm sorry if I still feel mildly awkward about all of...this!"

"So you don't like me in your space ne?" the honey eyes narrowed as the nervous obsidian ones flicked away.

"Just..don't."

"But I want to."

"Yeah well, I don't!"

The car came to a stop as the traffic light in front of them as the light turned to red.

"Oh Lawliet. Why am I not allowed in your...space?"

"Because! That's called rape!"

"But I never said that I would do anything naughty L..."

"You're a feral."

"Mmm maybe. Thing is, is that you don't seem to be resisting as much as I would expect."

"Shut up or I'll drive you home!"

"Hmmm. You really are resisting."

"Yeah well. Shut up."

Light pouted and pulled away. He knew that he had just achieved a very special achievement. L might have been refusing to go along with Light's plan, but he wasn't punching and kicking. He didn't even need to threaten his job loss.

This was going to be very fun.

...

"Ah well, I think that I might have a coffee. And a strawberry cheesecake."

"I will have a lemon water and a salad. With vinaigrette. "

"Okay you will have your orders in a few minutes."

"Mhmm thanks."

"..."

"Oh for crying out loud! If you feel so uncomfortable just tell me!"

"Fine I feel very uncomfortable!"

"then why did you let me sit you at a booth in the back of this place?"

"..."

"Well. That answers it! You don't actually mind being with me!"

"Shut the fuck up!"

"You know that you feel that way~"

"Fuck you!"

"You want to."

"LIGHT YAGAMI YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT TRUE!"

"You want to screw me~"

"I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU WANT ME TO!"

"..."

"..."

"Well then I'm glad that we have come to a mutual understanding." Light's head cocked to the side as he grinned.

"I hate you so much right now."

"I know."

'I. Hate. Him.'

...

Heh. Well it should get more fun as our favourite dysfunctional couple gets...err...closer?

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