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Gentle Awakenings

L poked Light in the side. The brunette was fast asleep, and L had already been awake for a couple hours. The raven-haired man's stomach grumbled, and he was quickly becoming irritated that Light wouldn't wake up. L poked the brunette once more before he sighed, crossing his arms across his bare chest, and thinking, about how he could get Light to wake up. L grinned, turning to look at the brunette again. He licked Light's face, making the brunette stir, but he didn't wake.

"Light-kun~!" L called out, his voice sweet.

The brunette held L tighter, and L had to squirm to get out of Light's hold. He decided there was only one way to wake his lover. He nuzzled his face into Light's neck, and then pulled away, moving his face closer to Light's. He kissed him roughly, his tongue forcing its way into Light's mouth.

It was the taste of L's tongue in his mouth that woke Light, and he immediately started kissing back. L was the one to break away from the kiss, having accomplished waking the brunette. Light stared at L for a moment, a confused look on his face as he looked around the room. The brunette was still half asleep, and he didn't entirely realize where they were until he realized that L was in his arms, and neither one of them was wearing clothes.

Light blinked and yawned. He pushed his face to L's ear. "Good morning L," he whispered into his ear, and he nuzzled his face into L's neck. L pushed Light away from him, staring into the brunette's eyes. Light frowned, confused. Why had L woken up him up like that, if he was just going to push him away?

"Good morning Light-kun," L said, looking away for a moment, his pale face turning red.

"Why did you wake me?" Light asked, and tried to kiss his love, but L moved before he could get to him.

"Settle down for a minute Light-kun. It's too early in the morning for me to be waking you for that. I'm hungry," L said, pouting.

Light sighed. He didn't really want to move, but then his own stomach growled, and he chuckled quietly. He placed one hand on L's head, and stared into his dark eyes. L thought that Light was going to try to kiss him again, and he tried to move away, but, Light wasn't doing anything.

"Alright, but how about we get dressed first?" Light asked, laughing.

L nodded and crawled off of Light's chest, and away from the brunette's comforting embrace. L grabbed the keys to the handcuffs so they could get dressed without having to worry about the chain getting in the way. The handcuffs fell to the floor with a clatter as he unlocked them.

Both men grabbed some clean clothes out of the dresser. Light frowned when he saw some of his own clothes in the dresser, realizing that that's where they had disappeared to. They both dressed quickly, and then L snapped the handcuffs back onto their wrists.

"So, where's the kitchen?" Light asked, realizing he hadn't seen much of this house other than the bedroom and entrance hall.

"This way," L said leading Light out of the bedroom, and past many closed doors.

They reached the kitchen quickly, and l tried to remember what exactly he had in the cupboards and the fridge. Finally, he went over to the fridge, grabbing some cake from inside it. Light chuckled; it figured that L had this place stocked with sweets. Light grabbed plates from a cupboard next to the fridge.

"Did you want some cake Light-kun?" L asked, not knowing if the brunette wanted cake for breakfast, he usually didn't, but after yesterday? Who knew?

"Yes L, I would love to have some cake," Light answered calmly, he would eat anything right now really, but L always had such interesting tastes.

L put the cake onto the counter. He started shuffling around the kitchen, grabbing forks and a knife. He started making some tea also, and Light just watched, trying not to get in the way. L didn't finally cut the cake and serve it until the tea was ready. L handed Light his cake and tea with a smile, and then grabbed his own, grabbing the sugar on their way to the kitchen table.

L sat down in his customary position, placing his cake and tea on the table. Light sat down as well, but he was watching L. L had put about 6 or 7 sugar cubes into his tea, and was stirring it to mix it all together. Light grabbed 2 sugar cubes, dropping them into his tea.

"No, no, no Light-kun!" If you want sweeter tea you have to do this," he said, grabbing about 5 more sugar cubes and dropping them into the brunette's tea.

"Uhm…Thanks… but, I didn't really want it that sweet," Light said, but took a sip anyways.

Light almost cringed at how sweet the tea was, and he wondered how L could stand something so sweet. That was, until he took a bite of the cake. There was about 3 or 4 layers. First, at the very bottom was vanilla ice cream, followed by crunchy fudge, moist spongy chocolate, and then chocolate icing on the top. Light swallowed it, though it was so sweet he thought he would choke on it. L stared at the brunette, unsure if his expressions were ones of like, or dislike.

"Do you like it Light-kun?" L asked, a little nervously.

"I do, but, it's just so sweet," Light said, taking another bite, and savoring the pleasant taste now.

They both ate in silence now; there wasn't really anything to talk about. They both had things on their mind, both of them thinking things over. Light was staring at L's face, lost in his own thoughts, and then l had a look of shock on his face. Light frowned, wondering what was wrong.

"Light-kun?"

"Yeah L, what is it?"

"Didn't you promise Misa a date today?"

Light frowned. He had, and it seemed he and L had both forgotten. The brunette pulled out his cell phone and turned it on. A notification popped up, saying that he had a date today at noon. He looked at the time and sighed. It was almost noon now!

"Crap! I'm supposed to pick her up, too!" Light growled.

"It doesn't really matter Light-kun, it's not like she's your girlfriend," L said calmly, sipping away at his tea.

"I know, but she seems to think so," Light mumbled.

Light dialed Misa's number, he wouldn't cancel the date like he wanted to, but, he could at least stall for some time. Misa answered quickly, and Light was suddenly being yelled at.

"Where are you Light-kun!?"

"Calm down Misa. I wasn't aware of the time… Head down to the café without me," Light said, trying his best to get the girl to calm down.

"Fine Light-kun… but you owe me for this," Misa huffed, and then the phone beeped as she hung up on him.

Light stuffed his phone back into his pocket and sighed. He muttered something, but L couldn't determine what. He patted the brunette on the back, trying to comfort him. They would have to stop these gentle motions towards one another while they were with Misa, especially if they didn't want her yelling at Light again.

This was going to be Hell.