This chapter is dedicated to Chellyisback; please don't dieeeeeeeee…I got it up as quickly as I could! HUGS! LOL…

Chapter 25

Light attacked L's mouth hungrily, his tongue forcing his way inside its warmth, taking full control of it, and beating L's tongue into submission. He would make L forget about that blonde and think only of him. L moaned into the deep kiss, his hands finding their way into the soft auburn hair and holding on as he allowed Light the upper hand in his attack. He could still feel something different in the kiss, however, that same desperation he had felt when Light had kissed him when they first came back into the room. He tried to return the kiss with as much passion as he could give, to prove that Light had nothing to worry about.

Eric flashed through Light's mind again, the look on his face as he asked L once again for his room or cell number. When he finally released L from the kiss, he gazed into the dark eyes that were gazing back at him in question, and ran a hand through the wild dark hair. As L's eyes closed as he leaned into the touch, for a moment Light imagined L leaning into Eric's touch, and he in that moment understood what L must have gone through as he watched himself and Miyano. The pain was instantaneous and sharp, nearly taking his breath away.

He knew in reality that their incredibly intense need for each other all but guaranteed L would never leave him for anyone else; they had both given up so much to be with each other that life without the other felt impossible; but he would never take that for granted again. He may have given up ultimate power to be with L, but L had given up himself, what he had promised the world and himself what he would do and what he believed in because he loved the world's most dangerous serial killer. He would never turn his back on that personal sacrifice and what they had because of a handsome face…even if he also had a great set of abs.

He knew he had been quiet too long when he felt L's fingers against his face in a gentle touch.

"Light?" L asked him and he shook his head.

"Nothing really, just something ran through my mind," He answered and then sighed sadly, "L, I am so very sorry for what I put you through for that case, everything I did to you…Miyano…Kira…I'm so sorry." L reached up and pulled Light against his chest, wrapping his arms around him.

"This isn't necessary, Light. I know how you feel, and you know that I hold nothing against you. The case had to be done, you did what you had to do, and because of it I believe you have lost whatever latent desire you had to be Kira so for that I am grateful. I love you Light, nothing can happen between us to make me not love you, especially blondes with overly developed abdomen muscles." He felt Light laugh against his chest before he sat up and frowned slightly.

"You were looking?" he asked and L rolled his eyes.

"Light, he was standing in front of me with his shirt open. Even if I did not have the habit of paying attention to detail at all times, it would have been impossible to miss. I did NOT look because I found it pleasing," he reached for his glass and held it out to Light, his eyes stretched wide, "And now I need another drink to wash away the distaste remembering that detail has caused," he added making Light laugh again. He suddenly stopped, reaching up and caressing his jaw where it had been dislocated.

"Your injury is causing you pain? Do you need your pain medication?" L asked concerned and Light shook his head.

"No, it'll be okay," Light answered reaching for the blender until another stab of pain caused him to caress his jaw again. His injury had been giving him a little trouble over the past couple of days but he had easily ignored it, this time it wouldn't be ignored.

"Do not be so stubborn, I will get your medication," L said getting out of the hot tub before Light could stop him. He decided that he was enjoying the view far too much to argue as he watched L walk to the side table where he kept the pain pills. As L opened the drawer and searched for the pills, Light pulled himself out of the hot tub, poured L another drink and walked up behind him. L found the pills and turned around to see Light directly behind him holding out his glass.

"While I appreciate it, you must take these first," he said walking past him to go into the kitchen and get him a glass of water, holding both pills and water out to Light when he returned. Light nodded and took the bottle at the same time he handed L his glass. L watched as Light opened the bottle and popped a couple of pills into his mouth and followed it with a quick sip of water. L nodded his approval, took a long sip of his drink, put his glass down on the side table, and then walked into the bathroom and picked up a couple of towels and brought them back to Light. The young detective couldn't stop smiling as he watched, thinking how much fun it was watching L roam around naked.

"I think you should rest now," he said handing one of the towels to Light, "And give the medication a chance to work."

"L it's just a little pain, it will go away," Light protested as L began to dry himself.

"Yes it will, and it will fade quicker if you are relaxing and not…using it," he said with a smile, "So please dry yourself and get into bed. I'll retrieve the blender and strawberries." Light sighed and dried off as L retrieved the items and then returned to the bedside. He then crawled into the bed beside Light and carded through his hair.

"Do not look so disappointed, I merely said you needed to relax and not use your jaw, which merely means I must do all the work," he said and gently kissed Light's mouth before moving down to his neck. Light moaned softly as L worried at his neck, kissing it softly and then gently nipping it with his teeth.

"But I wanted to…" Light began, and L stopped him by placing his fingers against the young detective's lips.

"Whatever you wanted to do you can do later, right now I'm in control," he told him and bit down on his neck again, causing Light to writhe against him, his hands tightly clutching the older detective's shoulders.

L moved away long enough to reach for the can of whipped cream and began to spray it on Light's chest. Light jumped at first with coolness of it and then moaned at the sensation of the cool whipped cream and L's warm tongue on him. L made little circles of whipped cream on Light's nipples, then a long stream down his chest and abdomen, licking it off almost as quickly as he 'd sprayed it on. Then, grinning evilly, he covered Light's straining member with it; Light moaning at the feel of the coolness on his skin, and then moaning even louder when L took him into his mouth, sucking the whipped cream and licking around him.

L smiled at the sounds Light was making and wasn't surprised when he felt Light's hands in his hair, holding him as Light began to thrust into his mouth. He brought his hands down to hold on to Light's hips to keep him still and thus maintain control. Light felt L bring him to the brink and then pull him back not once, but twice and he groaned loudly in frustration. L grinned widely as he crawled up Light's body and whispered in the young man's ear.

"Is there a problem?" he asked, letting his tongue dance around Light's ear.

"Yes, you're being a bastard!" Light growled, "If you keep this up I will take control pain or no pain!" L laughed and whispered in his ear again.

"Well, you can try," he challenged and when Light tried to move he held him down by his arms, his legs wrapped around Light's so that he could barely move. The position left them so that their erections were pressed against each other and L used that to his advantage. He moved his hips so they rubbed together while at the same time he sank his teeth into Light's neck. Light cried out, unable to move anything more than his head as L's strong hands and legs held him down as if he were in a vice. L continued to move his hips, his own moans mingling with Light's as he sucked and licked Light's neck where he bit, and then moved down to his chest again, licking and sucking at the remaining whipped cream flavor on his body.

He then covered Light's mouth with his own as he intensified his movements, the friction he was causing pushing them both to the edge. He released Light's arms and Light immediately held him tightly, his moans of pleasure mixing with L's as they both released almost simultaneously. When it finally hit, Light felt it from the roots of his hair to his toes as it had been denied him twice before. L finally released his mouth so they could both catch their breaths, both panting for air and covered in sweat.

As L caught his breath, he laid his head down on Light's chest and was surprised by the sound of the young man's voice in his native Japanese.

"Aishiteru, Eru," he whispered, "Aishiteru." He lifted his head and gazed into the honey eyes, still hazed over in passion and smiled.

"Aishiteru, Raito," he answered, remembering that this was exactly the way they said it the first time they realized they loved each other when all of their conversations were in Japanese during the Kira case. He slid off of Light and laid next to him with his head on Light's shoulder as Light ran his hand through the raven hair.

"I hate to think about it, but we only have a few days left," L said suddenly and Light nodded.

"I know. We'll spend it doing the things you want to do that we haven't yet, or the ones you want to do again, okay?" he answered and this time it was L's turn to nod.

"Perhaps we should plan to do this at least once a year," he added and Light laughed. L pushed himself up and stared at Light.

"Why do you find it funny?" he asked.

"To think I hoped you would just enjoy yourself a little while we were here, and now you want to make it a yearly trip!" he answered and L shrugged getting lying back down.

"I found that I enjoyed myself more than I expected to, and it is so far away from everything I am used to that it is…refreshing," he tried to explain.

"I don't think you found it so refreshing to be away from everything you were used to when you first got here," Light reminded him and L agreed.

"This is correct, however, I had several other worries about being here," he leaned over and touched Light's face, "Including being afraid of you."

"And now?" Light asked and L smiled.

"I can truthfully say I no longer fear that you are trying to kill me," he answered, "Your smile does not morph into the sneer of Kira, nor do your eyes reflect the hatred Kira had for me." Light smiled back, then reached up to caress L's neck. He watched as L's eyes widened suddenly and he drew back from the touch; still not perfect but at least he wasn't running from him.

"Even that is better now," he said leaning up to kiss him. L nodded slowly, still not happy that he could not control that reaction. He reached across Light to retrieve what was left of his drink and swallowed it down, managing to dribble a little on Light's chest.

"L!" Light nearly shouted when the frozen drops hit his chest. L smirked then leaned down to lick up the errant drops. Light sat up and pushed him away.

"That's enough of that, I'm sticky enough. I'm going to shower, I can't sleep like this!" he complained ignoring L's laughter as he walked into the bathroom.

Twenty minutes later Light stepped out of the shower and reached for a towel.

"That feels better," he said walking out of the bathroom as he continued to dry himself, "You should…" he stopped talking when he realized L had fallen asleep. He walked over to the bed and slowly ran his hand through L's hair, and got no reaction at all. He was deeply asleep, probably because of how quickly he drank the rest of his mudslide. A smile came to him as he suddenly remembered the mouse ears he'd hidden; this would be the best time to do what he wanted.

He got his phone and then retrieved the mouse ears from their hiding place in the closet. He walked over to L and softly placed them on his head, using the pillow to help hold them in place. He backed up and enjoyed the view of a naked L wearing mouse ears. He raised the phone to take a picture and then thought better of it. He reached down and pulled the covers up over the sleeping detective, he wanted to send this to the boys and Watari for fun, he didn't want to scandalize them. After taking the picture and adding the caption, "My Favorite Mouseketeer, please share with the boys", he immediately sent it to Watari. Within moments he received a text from Watari thanking him for the picture and offering condolences for what L would do to him when he found out. He laughed, then pulled back the covers again and took the naked shot for his own private collection; maybe he'd make it a screen saver for his laptop.

He put the phone down, removed the mouse ears and put them back in the closet. He then pulled the covers back up over L as he crawled into bed beside him.

"Oh boy are you going to be pissed at me tomorrow," he said with a laugh and kissed the sleeping detective's cheek, "But it'll be worth it!" he added as he wrapped himself around him and fell asleep.

The sunrise found L on the balcony with a cup of tea and a melon. He chewed on his melon slice as he watched the sunrise, the colors of the morning spreading across the landscape. He was definitely going to miss this daily view when they left; although the Tokyo skyline he saw every day was interesting, it certainly didn't look like this. He sighed as he opened his laptop to check on what was happening at home.

It was early evening in Japan so he fully expected to see one or more of the boys working; what he wasn't expecting was the hysterical laughter he received when connected to Mello.

"Good morning, Mouseketeer," Mello said laughing, "Glad to see you're getting into it finally and joined the mouse!" L frowned at the implication.

"I assure you I have not "joined the mouse" as you say. I am enjoying many aspects of this park, but as far as the mouse is concerned…" Mello snorted laughter.

"Can't prove that by me," he said and then looked towards the office door, "Matt…Matt, come here and say hi to Mickey's best pal!" The red head came into camera view and burst into laughter as well.

"Ryuzaki! I almost didn't recognize you without your ears!" he said and they both laughed again.

"Ears? What ears? What are you two talking about?" L asked getting more annoyed with each passing giggle. They suddenly stopped laughing and looked at each other.

"You think maybe he doesn't know?" Matt asked Mello and the blonde thought a moment.

"Well, he did look asleep…Maybe Light snuck the picture while he was asleep," he answered and they laughed again.

"Thinking about it, he would have to wait until he was asleep, can you imagine Ryuzaki putting on mouse ears while he was conscious?" L could feel the anger growing by leaps and bounds.

"Picture? What picture?" he demanded in a tone that stopped the laughter immediately.

"Um…this picture.." Mello stuttered and then uploaded the picture Watari had sent them to L's computer. L stared at the picture after opening it, his thumb coming to his mouth as he did, eyes narrowing dangerously. He closed it and looked back at Mello and Matt.

"I will get back to you shortly, please have everything ready for me to go over with you when I do," he said and Mello nodded slowly and looked at Matt.

"I wouldn't want to be Light right now," he said and they both burst into more laughter. L snapped the lid of the laptop closed and stood up. He walked from the balcony to the bedroom and stood at the doorway a moment staring at the still sleeping Light, barely controlling his anger. He walked back into the kitchen and filled the ice bucket with cold water, then carried it into the bedroom. He reached down and pulled the covers revealing a still naked Light underneath. He then upended the ice bucket, spilling cold water over him and the bed, and dropping the ice bucket on top of him.

Light shot up with a yell, eyes bulging and arms waving, leaping immediately from the now soaked bed.

"What the fuck is going on?" he yelled as L merely stood there watching without a word. After a moment L smiled, turned and walked back into the main room.

"Perhaps you'll remember this the next time you have a desire to take pictures I am unaware of," he said as he walked away. He heard Light practically growl as he caught up with him and spun him around. Still groggy from being awakened so suddenly Light had no idea what he was talking about, all he knew was he was wet and angry.

"What the hell are you talking…oh." It suddenly came to him what L was talking about as he stared into those dark eyes that were staring back at him in defiance, daring him to say or do anything he didn't like. Light let go of him and took a step back.

"I take it you saw it?" he ventured and watched the eyes narrow for a moment.

"Indeed I did," L answered turning from him, "You are lucky all I did was throw cold water on you."

"Come on L, you have to admit it was a cute picture and funny!" Light said coming towards him and then stopping when L turned on him.

"I admit nothing of the kind! It was a foolish and childish thing to do, Light Yagami!

Light ran to him and wrapped him in his arms.

"Oh and throwing cold water all over me wasn't? L, it was a cute picture and I'm sure they all loved seeing a different side of you. It was funny, it didn't do any harm and I think you've more than paid me back. Besides, you know you can't stay mad at me for very long." He leaned forward to try to kiss him and L pulled back, lifting a knee to right under Light's exposed genitalia.

"You will release me this moment or you will regret it for hours," he warned and Light immediately let him go and backed up.

"It's only a picture, you can't be THAT angry with me!" he said, hands covering himself in case L changed his mind.

"You have no idea how angry I am with you," L answered and then smiled, "However, since we are on vacation and I do not wish to ruin the time we have left, I will let it go for now," he walked closer to Light, reached out and gently stroked his cheek, "But I will not forget it." He leaned forward and kissed Light gently, then bit down on his bottom lip making Light jump back and stare at him in surprise.

"Now, I suggest you get dressed so we may have breakfast," he said then turned and walked back to the balcony. Light watched him walk away and rubbed at his lip, hoping he could figure out a way to make it up to him before L turned him into a eunuch.