A/N: Chapter 13!
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WARNINGS: LxLight/LightxL action (YAOI), L's real name, Language (Mello), and OOCness and whatever.
Light was the first to react.
He leaped from his seat and glared. "Excuse me?"
"You heard me quite well, Light," Soichiro had his chin raised slightly, glaring down at the two, "I told this boy to leave my house at once."
"Excuse me, but I will not have you speaking to my son like that." Watari said, rising up from his seat, a stern look set in his eyes.
Sachiko was herding Sayu upstairs quickly; giving a scolding look at her husband, while Sayu kept trying to turn and watch what was happening and begging her mother to let her stay. And when Sachiko finally got Sayu up the stairs, she rushed down to neutralize the, what seemed to be, the upcoming war.
"Dad, cut it out!" Light stood in front of his dad, as if using his body to shield L from his dad. "Either be civil or get out! We already discussed this! You're not only embarrassing me, but yourself! Do you really want to act so shamefully in front of guest?"
Soichiro's face flushed red from rage, "Me act shamefully? ME? Look at yourself! You used to be my pride and joy! Now this disgusting thing has your mind twisted!" Soichiro waved his hands at L.
L stood up along with Watari and decided to speak up, "Yagami-san, we don't want to cause any disruption in your house, but we were invited here as guest so I think we'll be staying a bit longer." L wasn't going to be thrown out in such a manner lying down. He was slightly angry, the perfect dinner ruined because of the Chief.
L knew something was wrong when Light neglected to mention his father in the phone call and that he didn't show up for dinner, but L never expected Soichiro to interrupt the dinner in such a manner. And he would bet anything that if Soichiro knew who he really was, he wouldn't be nearly as mad. In fact back from L's time, Soichiro treated L almost like a son for awhile. Thinking back (or forward?) on that, L had never really expected Soichiro to be such a...prude. The Chief had seemed so level headed and rational about things. Well, except the fact his son could've been (and turned out to be) Kira. But that was something else entirely, L thought.
"Excuse me? What right do you have? I'm the father of the house, it's my house. I don't care if they invited you over or not. They didn't have permission; it seems as if you're done eating here anyways, which means you have no business here." Soichiro crossed his arms and sent his glare on L full force.
L didn't even bat and eyelash; he'd seen more intimidating looks from teenagers (Mello). He stood there and was about to retort when Light stepped in. "Father, you also said you wouldn't be home till ten and it's barely nine, so you also have no business here."
"Now, now! Calm down!" Sachiko, the poor woman, tried to mediate the situation. Watari stood by her side with a crinkle in his brow, showing his worry about the current predicament they were in. "Listen here! Soichiro, why don't we go upstairs and the boys, plus Watari, can stay down here? Ok? We'll all calm down and take a breather and try to, uh, we'll try to get along. Deal?"
Soichiro would have none of this, "I want them out now and if they're not out soon, I will take action." By this Sachiko knew he'd use his badge and probably charge Watari and L with trespassing or something ridiculous.
Light's shoulders sagged a bit and he grabbed L by the elbow and pulled L in close for him to whisper to. "L, let's just go back to your place? We had dinner you met everyone, let's just go."
L sighed, "Fine, let's go."
Soichiro noticed when Light pulled L in and his face contorted into a look of absolute rage. He heard them whispering and immediately pulled Light away by his shirt. They two looked shocked and Light tired to catch his footing from the sudden movement. "To your room now!"
"Soichiro! Unhand him!" Sachiko pulled Light away from his grasp and Light began to empathize with the poor ropes that were used in games of tug-of-war. "That's it! You're sleeping on the couch tonight! Come with me now!" Sachiko grabbed her husband by the ear and started pulling him towards their bedroom, a lengthy lecture was coming.
She turned and told Light that it was fine if he didn't want to stay here tonight. He could go stay with Ryuuzaki or any other friend.
Watari, L, and Light stood there and watched as Light's tiny mother dragged her husband upstairs and they listened to the door slam and heard Sachiko's voice, scolding her Soichiro like a mother and a disobedient child.
"I'm sorry; I honestly thought he would just stay out tonight. He's kind of...mad at the idea of me spending so much time with you instead of people from school." Light's head fell a little as he tried to hide his expression.
"Don't worry Light-kun. It's not dinner without a show and I must say your mother is quite funny. Why didn't you get any of that from her?" L grinned at Light, his way of trying to lighten the atmosphere.
Light chuckled, "I have a sense of humor, you're just to monotone to notice. I'm a riot, Ryuuzaki. Or maybe it's that my intelligence is superior to yours, so you can't keep up with my jokes."
L raised an eyebrow, well Light suspected he did since there's no way Light could even see his eyebrow under that mess of hair, "Or it's just the opposite. You're so boring me and my lively personality couldn't find it funny since it was so dry. And your jokes are so childish my genius mind couldn't find the humor."
The two looked at each other and started laughing. Watari shook his head; he'd send them to therapy if he didn't think they'd make the therapists require their own therapist. He waited till the laughter died down before he asked them if they were ready to go. Light gathered a few things and was out the door in less than five minutes.
When they arrived at the hotel, all three tried to play it off as if the "Soichiro Incident" hadn't happened. Light pulled out his bed, as it had been dubbed by L and Watari. L made a beeline for his room; wear a pair of loose denim and white cotton awaited him. And Watari disappeared into his room, making Light wonder what he was always doing in there. While L was in his room, Light took the time to change into his pajamas. He usually wore his matching drawstring and button up shirt. But since he rushed and didn't feel like dressing to impress, Light put on a pair of gray sweats and a black T-shirt.
When L came out, they put in a movie, Batman Begins; they flicked off the lights, and laid on their stomachs and began to watch the movie on the bed.
By the end of the film, both of them had fallen asleep; L was curled up into a tiny ball like a kitten and Light was hugging L to him like his personal human pillow. Like a Comfy Panda Pillow Pet, even.
And that's exactly how Watari found them the next morning.
The older man smiled warmly at the sight before deciding to make breakfast before they woke up.
When Light woke up the first thing to reach his senses was the smell of strawberries. Then, he realized he was warm, really warm and that there was something wrapped around him. When Light got the strength to open his eyes, he saw L. More specifically, he was the top of L's head and saw L's thin arms wrapped around his torso. He stared at L in amazement; it seemed he slept a lot for an insomniac. Or at least, L slept a lot when Light was around.
Absentmindedly, Light started to stroke L's hair, thinking about lasts night 'incident'. He couldn't believe his dad did that, and right after Light had determined he had...feelings for L. But after the scene with his dad, he'd be lucky if L wanted to even remain friends. After all, they didn't make him feel the most welcome. In fact Light would bet it gave off a completely different vibe.
And there's the fact he had no idea how far his dad would go to make sure he wouldn't spend any time with L. He might go all police chief and have L arrested, though Light would bet anything that L could get out of that situation in seconds considering all his connections. Light just wished his dad would man up and think with a more open mind.
His thoughts were interrupted when he heard a small groan and felt L shift a bit. He paused briefly, but when he heard L tell him to continue, he resumed running his fingers through L's hair. He heard L sigh contently before yawning. Light wondered why L was letting him do this, but decided quickly that L was probably just too groggy to notice.
"Not that I don't enjoy this, Light-kun, but I'm hungry." L looked up at Light with a pleading face.
Light rolled his eyes playfully, "Yes, Princess, let me get on that right away," he pulled himself up. "If we're lucky, maybe Watari prepared breakfast already."
Light walked into the kitchen and saw a plate on the counter wrapped in tin foil. On the tin foil was a white note card that read, "Just heat this up for 30 seconds, Light. – Watari." He took off the covering and placed the dish of bacon and eggs in the microwave and had enough time to grab two glasses before the thing beeped.
Light, feeling generous, walked in the plate and a cup of coffee to L. He brought along the sweetener so that L could pour in as much as he saw fit. This means half the container will be emptied into his cup.
As they ate there, Light could help but think out loud in amazement, "Can you believe it's been only a month since we met? A month! It's November 20th* and we met all the way back on, what, October 1st? I have to say I've changed quite a bit thanks to you."
"Me?" L asked a little egg falling off his lip. Then he had a violent choking fit, "Wait! What's the date?" L's eyes had a panicked look.
"Uh, November 20, 2003?" Light looked puzzled, "Why? Is something coming up?"
No! The 20th? How could have I been so ignorant? L thought to himself. I only have seven to nine days to prepare myself for the arrival of the Death Note! What if Light hasn't really changed at all? What if I miss it? Dear lord! What if Light gets a hold of it? Can I really sentence him to death? Can I bare see his pale, dead face again? L was chewing on his thumb so hard, it began to bleed a bit.
"L! Earth to L! Pick up L!" Light was holding his shoulders, shaking him back and forth. He was getting worried watching L chew furiously on his appendage with a tear-jerking look on his face.
The detective snapped out of it, pulling Light's hands off his shoulders, "I'm fine, Light-kun. I was just wondering when my vacation was over. I'm afraid I lost track of the days for a bit. Nothing to worry your pretty head about." L paused before adding with a snicker, "Besides it's not good, you'll get gray hairs and wrinkles. And we all know just how much that frightens you."
"Oh har-har, very funny. Pick on the pretty one why don't you!" Light pretended to be offended.
They both looked at each other and shared a laugh. A laugh that accidently made L lose his balance and thus topple over like London Bridge. Seeing L fall made Light laugh even harder, laugh till he had tears welling up in the corners of his eyes.
When Light managed to breathe properly, he pulled L up and asked if he was alright in between gasping for breath. L said he was fine, though a bit miffed at Light for laughing so hard.
"Now, seriously, what was wrong? You can't expect me to believe that crap about vacation. Besides, we both know you're not here for a 'vacation'. It's not your style; you have an ulterior motive for coming to Japan." Light pulled on a serious face, looking L in the eyes.
"Light…" L trailed off and the other boy realized if L left off the '-kun' he must be serious. "I can't tell you now. Maybe someday in the future, but please understand that all I can tell you as of right now is that trouble is brewing. And either I'll catch it in time, or we'll have a terrible, evil villain walking around with the world's most dangerous murder weapon."
Light stared into L's eyes, searching out anything that could indicate insincerity. He found nothing. L lowered his head, his thoughts lost in the past.
"A villain, huh? And dangerous murder weapon? You sure have your hands full, don't you?" Light tilted L's head up with his finger, "Just remember, L, I'm always here for you." Light smiled, leaned in, and placed a gentle kiss on L's lips.
A/N: Thank you for reading and a big-HUGE thanks for being so incredibly patient! I'm sorry it took this long, but with the internet being down and school and a dead muse that's not even twitching...well it's hard. And I hope that the kiss at the end isn't too…forward or too sudden or awkward… (:
*= So I'm not positive if this is the date or not (you'd think I, of all people, should know this. Pfft, as if!), but I'd think it's around there.
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