L's slumber did not last for long before he heard crying coming from right next to him. The detective had woken up and noticed Light had obviously been having another nightmare again. His arms were still locked around the detective. L could feel Light's shivering and could see the tears stream down his friend's face. L looked down at the man in his arms trying to think of a way to calm him. He wrapped his arms around Light slightly tighter and it seemed to help a little bit. Light's breathing steadied a bit but he still was tense and was still shivering as he slept.
"Light-kun" L whispered knowing he couldn't wake up his friend anyways no matter how much he tried; Light was dead asleep.
"Light" Ryuzaki whispered again. "What's wrong?" he asked worriedly.
L barely made out what Light had mumbled but he said something, something that shocked L and at the same time didn't surprise him.
"I'm not a murderer. I don't want to be a murderer. I don't want to hurt anyone" is what he repeated from then on in his sleep. L had a feeling he was talking about being Kira; he was 97% sure but he still needed to ask more questions of Light.
"What's making you a murderer Light-kun?" L asked trying to press on this even further.
"Notebook" is what Light seemed to have said but L couldn't be 100% certain; it was difficult to make out what the college student mumbled as he slept. Was he referring to that message the second kira sent about showing notebooks to each other or did L simply mishear?
"Are you Kira Light Yagami?" L asked that question about a million times now but this was the only time he expected to get any kind of true answer; maybe he would even get the confession he hoped for. However there was none. Light just repeated what he had said earlier.
"I'm not a murderer. I don't want to be a murderer. I don't want to hurt anyone" he just mumbled again.
"I'm not a bad person" Light cried.
"Are you sure Yagami-kun?" L questioned the man suspected of being kira.
"I don't know" Light answered back to L's question before he slowly let go of the detective and turned in the bed. L still managed to keep his arms around Light even as he moved and he had no intention of letting go of Light just yet. For one thing, he felt right like this and another thing was he could try to get more answers from Light as he slept.
"Do you think you could have been kira without having remembered Light-kun?" L asked the sleeping man. It was farfetched that someone could kill so many people and have no memory of it but L still saw it as a 7% chance possibility. Just like his last question about him being Kira, he had not gotten a real answer.
"I'm not a murderer. I don't want to be a murderer. I don't want to hurt anyone" is all he said in response even to the numerous questions L had asked of Light. Eventually without getting any helpful information from Light anymore, L decided to just leave the other man alone and to just let him sleep as peacefully as he could. L felt kind of guilty for having Light answer these questions in his sleep. It was kind of like taking advantage of the younger man but he brushed it off. It was to help in the Kira case so it was justified. L had gotten a new lead; this could take the case somewhere.