STD's are not like poke'mon. You are not supposed to catch them all.
Whoever said that is a genius!
Chapter 13: Vouge, vouge.
He was a calm person. Insightful, smart and dedicated to his line of work as a police officer, Soichiro Yagami enjoyed the little things in life.
His morning cup of coffee, a hot breakfast before he left to begin his duties and the morning newspaper. His family was always number one when it came to his nice and tidy life.
And then there was the newspaper.
Soichiro who was graciously given a late start to the day took the opportunity for a nice stroll around the block. Then the leisurely walk grew to be more than a simple block. It had taken him places, the endorphins making his heart race and his legs pump. He had rushed around madly a strange smile on his face as he felt the wind in what was left of his hair until he came across a newsagency, another strange smile crossing his face as he slowed his pace, the soft tinkling of a bell signalling his entrance.
He did have a few dislikes though.
Magazines for example.
They always had a habit of annoying the straight cut police officer. Whether it be the obnoxious colours that adorned the front pages, or it could have been the words that seemed to spring from their pages each screaming "Read me!" or "She's doing drugs!"
Or it could have been the fact that his son had a habit of decorating the intolerable journals. Which never really bothered him as such but when he reached for his black and white newspaper one of the annoying magazines caught his eye.
The flashy black and pink cover screamed at him, it's obnoxiousness swelling and growing, taunting the older man with prospects of nothing but the truth, all out in the open...
Light Yagami's sexuality confirmed! Homosexual romp caught on camera!
But the title didn't throw him off guard not nearly as much as it should have.
It was the pictures underneath that nearly gave him a heart attack.
Light Yagami, his son, mouth wide open in a howl of pleasure, his auburn locks splayed over his face damp with sweat and the dark haired man whose eyes were closed tightly and his teeth gritted in fierce determination.
Soichiro for the second time in his life, after the time he found out that Light was adding modelling to his resume, fainted.
...
~24 hours earlier~
"Ah! Light! N-not here!" Raven hair askew, Lawliet cried out as his younger lover bit none to gently at his jugular. It was inconvenient to say the least. The elevator can only go up so many levels before it ope-
"Oh! Oh my-shit sorry!" One of the younger women who worked at a cubicle none too far from Lawliet's office covered her mouth in shock.
Two sets of large eyes watched the woman with dread as her face reddened to almost the same colour as her hair. She stood frozen for a few moments before the elevator door closed, leaving the stunned woman in their wake. Light just grinned and resumed his position on L's neck, worrying at the sensitive spots with careful precision. L frowned and pushed Light away a dark look comically sketched on his face.
"No more Light. We will be in huge trouble if people find out about this." His voice was low as if there were hidden microphones that could pick up every word of the conversation. L's onyx eyes widened as he caught sight of the camera that sat perched in the corner opposite the two lovers. Everything they had done in those few moments no longer needed the eye witness, but also was caught on camera.
The older man had his attention dragged away from the prying camera as husky whisper from Light promising everything to him in the elevator, Lawliet almost gave in to the tightness in his groin and almost lost his job. He was about to claim Light's lips when the ding of the door signalled that once again, the two were not alone.
Carillon. Damn it.
A bright smile crossed her face and her eyes crinkled in delight.
"Lawliet!" She cried enthusiastically.
"Carillon." L replied half-heartedly, raising his hand in a weak wave. Light nodded his good morning and Carillon nodded back.
Awkward silence.
"Ah! We're getting off at this floor anyway!" L grabbed the hand of his tanned lover and escaped as the door shut behind them.
"Light if you ever try that again I may just have to kill you."
"No you wouldn't."
It was strange the relationship Lawliet and Light now shared. It wasn't just the fact that they had slept together and showered each other or even the fact that L had let the younger man dress him that morning, leaving him in a tight fitting pinstripe suit and frustrating leather shoes with long socks underneath. (If Light had had the whole outfit his way L would have had large glasses on as well. And most likely nothing else.)
No, it was the knowing stares that they had received as they entered their workplace that morning. The two always arrived together thanks to Light's laziness and unwillingness to actually drive a car to work, so it should not have been unusual for them to arrive collectively.
But yet, everybody seemed to stare more than usual.
It wasn't as if they were holding hands or groping each other visibly. All they had done was walk into the building.
Within moments of exiting the elevator a call of "Ah Lawliet!" from one of the receptionists caught his attention as he tried to step past one of the desks.
"Mmm?"
"I have a folder for you."
L nodded and took the beige folder from the tired receptionist hand and continued walking, Light only a few paces behind him. Lawliet gave the folder a dirty look as he flipped it open, willing to read and throw away the requests for Light for small functions and birthday parties? The man was an internationally acclaimed superstar, why in the hell would he even consider going to some girls twentieth birthday party!
But to L's surprise a small note slipped from its restraints and landed on his polished shoes (the ones he despised so much...) He picked it up delicately between his thumb and forefinger and swivelled it into his sight.
A muffled gasp escaped Light as he saw what was written in the spidery handwriting, clearly aimed at the two men.
We know everything.
...
Both knew that it was only a matter of time before people came to conclusions about the newborn relationship and as reluctant as Light was to have to deal with more ridicule than normal, he had stated (No matter how lust filled and sexually driven it was) that he was willing to make his relationship with Lawliet Wammy work.
Until that note clearly torn form a notebook of some sort fell into existence.
And its existence could destroy everything.
What neither man had noticed on their way to work the morning before, due to their late wake up and long shower together, was that the media worked fast to rip any good person's name to shreds. They acted like vultures, waiting patiently for their prey's drastic death before swooping in and quickly picking the remains from the carcass.
And the media was absolutely ecstatic to receive raunchy pictures of one of the most pursued men on earth.
"Mr Teru!"
"Matsuda for the last time it's Mr Mikami. I do not feel comfortable with you using my first name with a suffix attached!" The older male growled as he pushed his glasses up his nose. Matsuda paled as he handed over the colourful magazine that he held, his superior smiling manically as he studied the pictures that covered the bright cover. They had used his pictures. Not Matsuda's, his. It was a magical day.
"So Mr T-Mikami," The younger man stuttered before he cleared his throat at a second attempt at a sentence. "This was released yesterday and it has only just hit the shelf! They used your shots for the cover and mine for the inside centrefold." Matsuda pouted before he continued. "They also had to blur quite a bit out. Said that they were too pornographic. Well duh! Its two men having sex! What more could the readers want?"
"Well at least we got them good." Mikami grin widened.
"But sir, wasn't this an invasion of privacy to begin with?"
"It doesn't matter. Even if we get sued, we still throttled Yagami's reputation right?"
"Yes sir."
...
The note. The note. THE NOTE!
L and Light ran as quickly as they could manage through the crowded office until they threw themselves into Lawliet's office.
"omygawdohmygawdohmygawd..." Light garbled frantically as they tried to catch their lost breath. L had remained silent since the destructive message had landed on his shoe. He had absolutely no idea to why someone would want to do this to him and Light.
'Am I really that stupid! Of course people would want to taint Light! He's a freaking pop star for Christ sakes!'
Biting on his thumb worriedly L walked to his chair and sighed. In one of the strangest movements that the younger brunette had seen, his lover placed his feet onto his swivel chair and proceeded to crouch on it, his backside resting on his feet.
"What the hell Lawliet?" he mumbled softly as L looked clearly embarrassed and turned his onyx eyes away.
"I think better when I sit like this." He replied simply.
"Why in the hell would you even be sitting like that in the first place!"
"Shh."
...
Present time.
'Blame it on the girls who know what to do! Blame it on the boys who keep hittin' on you, blame it on your mother for the things she said, blame it on your father but you know he's dead-' Light's phone bleeped unpleasantly on the side table of his bed.
"L could you please pass me my phone? We still have twenty minutes to seven and I would like to hold you to your word of letting me sleep this time." The brunette mumbled into his pillow.
L stretched his arm out, fumbling blindly until he grasped the small, vibrating phone and placed it on his lover's chest.
Light flipped it open and placed it to his ear.
"Hello?"
"LIGHT YAGAMI I WANT YOU HOME RIGHT NOW!"
Oh shit.
"Dad! W-what's wrong?"
It was futile. Both Light and L knew exactly what had happened. Soichiro had seen the pictures. More importantly, he knew who L was. Oh if he releases Lawliet's name as well...
"You know precisely what's wrong! I want you home now! And don't you dare bring that...lover boy with you!" It was obvious that Soichiro was going to add something a lot less polite into his sentence before he corrected himself.
As Light tried to calm his enraged father, Lawliet's phone decided to join the ruckus.
'I can't wait for you to shut me up-'
"Hello?" L sighed as he placed his phone to his ear to, turning away from his lover who was now yelling into his phone in a feeble attempt to beat his father.
"L?" An aged voice spoke graciously over the phone line. Upon the loud cracking of Light's phone hitting the wall, the raven haired man next to him gaped ridiculously, all colour that resided in his face quickly leaving him paler and almost transparent.
"Lawliet, what wrong?" Light whispered, his long fingers tangling in his hair apprehensively.
"L? Are you still there?" The male voice crackled through the earpiece again.
L's hand tightened around his mobile as he looked into Light's golden eyes and mouthed two words to him.
MY FATHER.
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I know that I have been really slack with updates lately but school has been really hectic of late, and now that we are coming up to school holidays I'm afraid I'll have very limited internet access. And I know that after I normally come back from school holidays I more often than not update double, but I will be on an extra two week vacation in Sydney! So as to not lose readers, I ask, will you guys wait for me? Pretty please with L on top?
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P.S: once again Light's ringtone is "Blame it on the girls" by Mika and Lawliet's is "Shut me up" by mindless self indulgence.