Disclaimer : I do not own any of the characters or the storyline, plus most of the lines are from the show anyway, I only added a little Lemon flair to it ;P
Note : This is my first FanFic so please review and let me know if I should stop killing you all with my horrid writing and grammar extraordinaire!
Writers Comment : Omg I'm sorry this took so long. Trying to find the episode to make sure I'm getting things right is getting harder /sigh. Enjoy 3
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"Ok, but that hasn't been officially decided yet. We still don't know enough about Kira."
Light paused before continuing. "Bring out some motivation!"
Light let an effortless smile form on his face. He was even able to let it touch his eyes. It's not so hard to smile at him, Light thought absently.
"Motivation..."
Light thanked God when L didn't sigh.
L swayed a little in his seat and put his finger to his mouth.
"I can't bring much out..." L started.
He took a minuet to looked sideways at Light and then looked to the ceiling.
"No, it's not a good idea to try too hard."
Light was floored. The effortless smile becoming very hard to keep in place.
"By trying too hard." L continued, "to chase, we put our lives at greater risk... don't you think?"
Light didn't know what to say... He'd had his life and his fathers life stressed to the point of near death and this man was trying to give up?!
L reached out to grab his tea and this simple act made Light even angrier. L was going about his simple gestures all the while talking about giving up the Kira case!
"To think how many times I thought I was going to die..."
L took a sip from his tea and slurped. That was it. The smile gone Light rose from his chair.
"Ryuuzaki..." Light closed his eyes and silently counted to ten in his head.
He had plans to motivate L and he was going to stick with that plan. Lights resolve shook when he opened his eyes and looked into L's impudent face. L had the nerve to looked confused as to why he might be mad!
L had just put his tea back down when Light snapped. He struck hard and fast and felt a prickle of pain as his fist collided with L's face. Light hit with enough force to send L fly across the room while the chain at Light's side pulled him along with L.
Light righted himself in time to see L doing the same.
"That hurt." Was that all he had to say!?
Light was furious! L watched as Light's breath became faster and his forehead creased.
"Don't be ridiculous! Just because I'm not the real Kira, because your theory was wrong, you have no motivation?"
L felt his cheek throb in the silence that followed. Light's breathing didn't slow and his face was still angry. It looked like it'd been etched in stone and threatened to stay like that forever. In this mess L still couldn't help wanting to smooth out those crises and line of stress on Light's face.
"So," Light started again straitening himself. "Are you just going to sulk?!"
"My theory about you and Misa could have solved the case." L said.
A coppery taste began to fill his mouth so he spat.
"I'm human Light. I'm human enough to feel down when not only am I 'wrong,'" L was careful about using the word, "but also that people are still dying for my failure..."
L winced a little when he touched his cheek. His cold hand felt good on the hot, swollen surface of his face, but the pressure made more prominent the taste of blood in his mouth.
"That's my point L. Think of the police, FBI, announcers, and other innocent people that have died and that will die if you and I do nothing."
L looked away from Light's accusing eyes. His silence seemed to make Light even angrier and he heard him let out a growl of frustration. L looked back to him in time to see his outstretched arm grab at his shirt.
L was limp, still sitting on the floor and Light had to pull hard to bring him up. Light couldn't lift him all the way up so bent down to meant L's eyes halfway.
"Be human L, but get up and move on." Light said ending with giving L a little shack.
Light let out a huff when L still handed shaken his sullen mood.
"From the way you say it and act it's like you wont be satisfied unless I am Kira."
Light was distracted when he felt L's cold hand on his. Truly looking into L's eyes now Light saw a flash of anger.
"Firstly," L stopped and pulled Light's hand from the white shirt.
"Eye for an eye!" And with that Light stood and round house kicked Light in the face.
To Light the shocked squeak of Misa was very far away. He only felt the throbbing pain at his jaw and falling backwards. Light felt the chain strain and saw L being pulled forward. Light landed awkwardly on his right ride and gasped from the pain while his left shoulder knocked into the couch sending a painful shocked down his spin.
L had already righted himself but Light could see a trickle of blood at the corner of his mouth. Inwardly he smiled. He'd made L bleed. Light felt his jaw swell and could almost feeling the bruise forming on his shoulder, but he'd shed no blood.
L had been flustered at Light's closeness, but his words seemed to click in L's head.
"Secondly." L paused, thinking the question over in his mind before repeating it aloud, "I'm not satisfied unless you are Kira?" He began and watched Light suspiciously as he stood. "...I see... that might be true..."
Light didn't know how true he'd hit with that remark. It solved so many problems for L if Light was Kira. The world could be safe... and the shocking feelings L was getting every time Light was near would be gone... you couldn't feel what you feel for a killer, L thought to himself.
"I just realized..." L mused.
He was to anger with himself, the situation, and his feelings to feel sulky or sullen. "It... It's like... I wanted you to be Kira..." L stopped himself before he said 'needed.'
All the inwardly thinking about feelings left L distracted, so when Light's fist was flying towards his face he couldn't move away in time.
L's nose crumpled under the force of the punch and L felt tears well in his eyes. He fought them back as once again he went flying backwards.
Light... Hitting me seriously due to my giving up... is he not Kira? No. The probability of him pretending, while having shared Kira's powers with someone else isn't Zeor... but still... so convincing.
Anger welled in L. He couldn't tell if Light was so convincing right now because of how he felt... no, no feelings! L stopped himself from that line of thinking and wrote it off as just becoming soft. He almost smiled when many things could be explained due to him growing soft... and not feelings.
L was back up in no time, breathing heavy, just as Light.
"Eye for and eye Light."
Light felt his teeth snap together when L kicked him under his chin. There was a second of weightlessness until he went crashing into the couch flipping it over. His already injured shoulder sang with pain until the weight of L fell on his chest with a loud, "OOF."
They were both up in no time flat grabbing each other's shirts and rearing for another punch when the phone rang.
Light was still seething until he felt the grip on his shirt go slack. He took in L's face and saw he was completely calm. Following the example Light let go too. He followed L with his eyes as L crossed the room and picked up the phone.
"Yes?"
There was a pause while the person on the other end spoke.
"What happened?"
Light took the time to take in the rest of the room. The couch was flipped and to the back of the room Misa sat huddled on the floor in the corner.
The sound of the phone being dropped made Light flinch. He quickly looked back at L suspiciously and asked, "What's up?"
"Another of Matsuda's unimportant idiocies."
"Well Matsuda does have that natural ignorance..." Light indulged in the lighter topic.
10 days later
L had refrained from any research. He'd excused himself under the name of an experiment and refused to say to himself it was because he was sulking.
He'd been surprised to see Light take to looking for clues so quickly. Under the assumption that Light was acting he was doing a very good job.
"Ryuuzaki." Light's smooth voice called him from his thoughts. "Sorry, though you have no motivation and are sulking, can you come here for a second?"
Begrudgingly L rolled his chair to Light's side and peered at the computer screen.
"Look at this closely. Isn't it unbalanced? And this one is at sudden growth."
Reluctantly L really looked at the screen. It was a chart of business growth and there was an odd off balance to the chart.
An effortless smile crossed his face that mirrored Light's.
"ya... it does Light."
"What do you think? Has some motivation come out?"
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OMG I wont have them going at it like right there. I thought I was for a minuet, but I really want to build this, 'relationship,' up before I throw in the good stuff ok? Can you forgive me?