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6th September

Early morning light filtered in through curtain shades. Light blinked rapidly in an attempt to wake properly. L lay sprawled out and snoring softly beside him and Light grinned as he snuggled in closer to the others warmth. He'd later blame his sleep deprived state for not realizing what was wrong with the picture. He'd gone home alone the previous night.

"L," He said in a warning tone, despite the fact that he was wrapped up in the man's arms and his mouth was brushing against the pale neck in front of him. "How do you keep getting in here?" He was aware that L had been faking sleep from the moment Light had moved towards him, his heartbeat and breathing giving him away.

L opened grey eyes and glanced down at Light with a small, smug smile. "Light-kun should complain to building security, it's surprisingly easy to override the commands." L dropped a kiss onto Lights forehead. "I can always leave if it makes Light-kun happy." L began to pull away and Light tightened his hold on the other man, bunching the white sweater in his grip as he forcefully kept L in the bed.

"You can't just sneak in here to watch me sleep then walk off because you were called out on it. And you should have just asked for a key, since you decided that you'd just drop by whenever it took your fancy. Do you even have a place to stay? Or do you keep an entire wardrobe in the back of your car?" He placed a kiss on the bare skin he could see before glancing around at his alarm clock. "Far too early to be out of bed." He decided, turning back to L and settling down again. "I'm going back to sleep. If you do decide to leave, there's an extra key in the kitchen, I'm sure you'll find it." He closed his eyes and was just cresting on sleep when L began to speak.

"Really Light-kun, the suns up, it's already 10am don't tell me you're going to spend your whole day off in bed. What do you normally do?" L asked, running fingers through Lights hair and doing a decent job of sending him back to dreamland.

"I sleep," He answered, eyes still firmly shut against the sunlight that had filled the room despite the curtains attempts at blocking it. "But apparently today I'm doing something else. What do you suggest, oh insomniac you?"

"I never said you had to leave the bed Light-kun." L's hand that had been left on his hip, began to drift lower and Light's eyes flew open as he shifted away, heat pooling in his cheeks as he looked anywhere but at L.

"Boy it is pretty late, and a fine day too. Do you play tennis? I play tennis, or I used to play tennis, we should play if you do." He practically tore himself from the bed, certain his cheeks were flushed with embarrassment as he hid himself away in his bathroom. 'Okay, it's okay, you knew that this was a possibility. You've just gone and made the situation worse, is all.' Despite Light having dated before; a grand total of two people, he'd never actually managed to progress past oral sex. Misa would have been the only person he could have had sex with without accidently killing her, but they'd been together a month and she'd been killed before that transpired. His boyfriend; the one who'd shot him, had tried to get them to that stage. It was at that point he'd discovered Light was a shinigami Power and acted before Light even had a chance to explain. 'And now I've gone and made things awkward.' He took a deep breath and left the safety of the bathroom, finding L sitting upon the bed with his knees tucked up under his chin and a dejected look on his face.

He looked up when Light entered, unknown emotions flying across his eyes, and they both stared at one another in silence. Finally, when it became too much, Light blurted out "I'm still a virgin," At the same time L had said "I shouldn't have pushed you." They both paused and eyed each other before Light blushed and looked away from L's intense gaze.

"I panicked, I never made it that far with my last two partners, and I don't like the idea of losing control like that and run the risk of it ending in death. The last time I even made it close was when my boyfriend shot me." He self-consciously rubbed at the hidden scar on his left side as he waited for L to respond, growing tenser when the silence dragged out.

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'I was aware that that was a possibility, but for him to have been shot as a result of it?' Anger filled L at the thought of someone hurting the gorgeous being in front of him, if he wasn't sure that Light had already taken care of it he would have been tempted to ruin the man's life. L left the bed, walking on silent feet to the younger man and observed as Light slowly braced himself for rejection. 'As if I'd ever do such a thing.' He pulled the younger man into an embrace and rested Lights head on his shoulder so he could lean down to whisper in his ear. "We'll take this as slow as you want." He promised, holding the younger man tighter when the tension left his body. "But for now, you promised a game of tennis I believe. I have to warn you, I am pretty good." He boasted letting go of the younger man and walking out of the bedroom. "Get changed and we can go," He called out, pulling out his phone and dialing for Watari.

"L I'm so glad you called, I was just going to contact you myself. There's been another murder, but this one's different." Watari said as a greeting.

"Different how?" L asked slouching past the open bedroom door and catching a glimpse of Light changing. 'The things I want to do…'

"The victim was beaten to death with a tire iron. He wasn't killed with the shinigami Powers abilities."

"He wasn't killed in the same way as the others?" L asked, interest caught despite the fact that he kept his eyes on the male changing before him.

"That's not all, it seems that the body had been moved after it happened so the crime scene was disturbed."

"How do we even know that it was the shinigami Power responsible? Murder happens all the time." L looked away from the bedroom when Light finished changing and had begun to walk towards him.

"Eye witnesses place the suspect in the area at the time. Also, the victim was killed on the Villain/Norm boundary."

"That could cause some problems. What was the victim's name?" L held up a hand to halt Lights questions as he waited for an answer.

"Luke Hardy, he was here living with his wife until they recently got a divorce."

'Luke Hardy, why is that name familiar?' L looked back to Light who was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. "Thank you for that Watari. Light and I will be needing a lift to the nearest tennis courts, if you will?" Despite it having been posed as a question, it was anything but. Watari responded with an affirmative and L hung up his phone. "Well come on Light-kun, we can't stand around all day."

Light straightened from his position and followed L into the elevator. "Let me guess, another murder?" He asked, draping himself over L's shoulders. "Such a shame it's our day off." He muttered, though L could tell he wasn't truly affected by the man's death.

"Light-kun is showing apathy towards an innocent's death, I thought you would be angry." L said, wrapping an arm around Lights waist. "Though I suppose you do become desensitized to things such as this over the years. I myself struggle to summon the strength to be effected by people's murders."

Light scoffed, holding L tighter for a moment before releasing him when the doors opened. "That's because you and I bore easy and are incapable of relating to those who live average lives. Now, enough with this morbid talk. You got me out of bed and we are going to spend the remainder of the day without talk of the case."