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Light woke up earlier than usual for a Saturday.

Glancing at his bedside clock, he saw that it was only eight thirty. Trying to clear the sleepiness from his head, Light wondered what woke him up so early.

Looking around, he saw the reason. And it kicked out all the sleepiness within him.

Misa was sitting on his bed, dressed in a bikini.

"Mi…Mi…Misa?" spluttered Light, falling out of his bed.

Misa pouted in an attempt to look seductive.

"Misa thought that since its Saturday, plus after not seeing Light-chan for nearly a week, Misa thought she'd wake Light-chan with a surprise!"

"By nearly giving me a heart attack?" demanded Light, getting up to his feet.

Misa looked slightly sheepish.

"Not, but Misa was hoping for a nosebleed," she said.

Light smacked his forehead. Of course, for most people, it was a dream come true to have a scantily dressed teen celebrity to greet them in the morning. Of course, they would be flustered by it at first. But what was flustering Light now wasn't that. He'd seen Misa dressed like a hooker a hundred times before. No, that wasn't bothering him. What was bothering him was the fact that he wasn't turned on at all.

Hoping to divert Misa's attention from his reaction, or lack of it, he tried to tell her to get dressed and go wait for him downstairs.

But this was Misa he was dealing with.

She merely lay back on Light's bed, pouting at him.

"We haven't had sex for awhile now," she said, producing a pair of handcuffs out of thin air.

Light's eyes widened. She wouldn't dare, he can't deal with this right now…

Misa had already handcuffed herself to his bedpost.

"Ready for 'breakfast', Light-chan?" she purred.

Before Light could even think of a response, his bedroom door swung open and Soichiro walked in.

"Raito, I need to talk to you about Mi…"

He paused, his eyes wide as he took in the scene in his son's room.

"Fa…father," stuttered Light. "I…I can explain…"

"Downstairs, now," said Soichiro, still too stunned to form a complete sentence.

Wordlessly, Light obeyed, Soichiro hot on his heels.

"Light-chan! Don't leave me here like this!" cried Misa.

LLLLLLLLL

Downstairs, Light cowered before his father.

"I knew you were always popular with girls, but this is too much!" snarled Soichiro.

"Father, I swear I didn't do anything…" said Light pleadingly.

"Oh really?" growled the older Yagami. "Then you were just going to sit back and watch the show? I suppose the girl just handcuffed herself to the bed?"

There was a pause.

"Well, she did," said Light.

Soichiro's mouth fell open.

"She did?" was all he could say.

"She just wanted to give me a morning surprise," explained Light.

"By trying to entice you into having sex with her?" said Soichiro incredulously.

"Well, she's very active…" said Light, not thinking.

Soichiro's eyes were blazing with fire.

"Active?" he repeated in a thunderous voice. "How would you know?"

Light was brick red and he was spluttering helplessly.

That only confirmed Soichiro's suspicions.

"Good god," he exclaimed. "You're no longer a virgin?"

"Uh…well," said Light, not wanting to give his father the truth.

"I want the truth!" snarled Soichiro.

Light flinched, knowing that there was no way out of this.

"I…I don't think you can handle the truth, father," he said quietly, not looking at Soichiro.

"That settles it!" roared the irate father.

He rushed upstairs, and moments later, returned downstairs dragging a protesting Misa and threw her bodily out of the house.

"Don't you ever come near my son again!" he roared.

Whirling on Light, he said dangerously. "You are not to leave the house, you are not to see anyone except if it is for your schoolwork. Don't you dare to try and sneak out, it's my day off, and I'll be home the whole day."

Light ran to his room, not daring to argue with his father.

LLLLLLLLLL

L watched his younger brothers, puzzled.

Near kept blushing every time he looked at Mello.

Mello on the other hand, was grinning like there was no tomorrow. Matt was also there, looking worn out as though he had just ran a marathon.

Then, it all clicked.

L smiled.

"So, how was Mello last night, Matt?" he asked conversationally.

Matt and Near both blushed. Mello however, grinned even wider.

"So you knew?" he said, biting into a bar of chocolate.

"Well, you and Matt aren't exactly quiet," said L, shrugging while Matt and Near blushed even harder.

Mello grinned.

"It's such a turn on every time Matt screams out my name," he said.

L cringed slightly.

"That was unnecessary information," he said. "Anyway, I'm going to the museum now, please tell Light-kun if he comes by while I'm gone."

L took his jacket and left.

Mello looked at Matt.

"So, if those two did get together, who'd be seme?" he asked.

Matt pondered the question.

"I'd say L would be uke," he said at last. "Light looks a lot more experienced."

"My thoughts exactly," said Mello, grinning.

Leaning forward, he grabbed his boyfriend by the waist and pulled him closer.

"So, shall we go back to my room, my uke?" Mello asked, smiling suggestively.

His face reddening, Matt backed away and bolted towards the door only to be caught by Mello, who proceeded to carry Matt to his room.

"No, Mello! It's just been barely eight hours, I'm still sore! Mello, please I…I don't think I can take you on a second round! You're so rough! You…"

The red-head's words were cut off as the door to Mello's room swung shut.

Near just stood there, looking bewildered.

What should he do now?

A thought occurred to him.

He'd go with L to the museum; he has never been there before.

Quickly getting his jacket, he left the house, locked the door behind him and ran off to catch up to Light just as Matt's voice echoed through the entire house.

"MELLO!"

LLLLLLLL

Light lay on his bed, bored to tears.

He was grounded, on a Saturday! This was all that stupid Misa's fault! If it weren't for her, he'd be hanging out with L by now…

At the thought of L, a strange feeling shot through his body. It was a warm, tingling feeling that was not altogether unpleasant.

Then he realised that he may not see L that day. The thought of it made him fell distressed.

Trying to take his mind of it, he read through his notes for the English presentation.

My partner, L, lives with his two brothers, Mello and Near. He works as a part time writer for a magazine. His favourite food is anything sweet. His favourite subject is Maths and Physics. He likes those two subjects because it applies theories and logic to it.

So Light continued to read the stuff he had noted down about his partner, so immersed he was in it that he didn't realise that was afternoon by the time Sayu knocked on his door, telling him to come down to lunch.

Lunch was horrible.

Soichiro was in a foul mood and didn't even bother to hide it, making lunch an uncomfortable ordeal. Light was relieved when it was over.

He was just about to go to his room when bell rang.

He went to answer the door.

For the second time that day, he was surprised. But this time, it was in a good way.

In the doorway stood L and Near.

"Hey, Light-kun," greeted L. "I was wondering why you didn't come by today so I decided to pay a visit."

"Oh, I was grounded by my dad…" Light started to say when Sayu head popped around the corner.

"Oni-san, who's there…oh, hi Near-chan!"

Sayu quickly bounded over to Near and began to pull him into the house, chattering the whole way.

Soichiro came to the doorway.

He stopped when he spotted L.

"Hello, who are you?" he asked.

"You must be Light-kun's father," said L, bowing respectfully. "I am L Lawliet, Light-kun's classmate and project partner."

Soichiro's eyes widened in surprised.

"Lawliet?" he said. "The Lawliet? I heard a lot about you, you're the son of…"

"Father," interrupted Light. "L is my project partner; we need to work on it. Can he come in?"

"Oh?" said Soichiro, blinking in surprise. "Yes, of course! Come in."

Light breathed a sigh of relief and began to usher L to his room. He was surprised that L had come to visit him without asking but he didn't mind. This showed that L cared enough to check on him and it also showed the degree of closeness developing between Light and L.

Light was glad.

Perhaps the day hadn't been such a disaster after all.

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shorter than the other chapters, i know...consider this something like an interlude...things are going to start to pick up really soon...

anyways...line of the day:

next chapter coming soon...