Light apologized to the nurse and bowed to her. L placed his index finger on his bottom lip, "Well, now what do? I didn't leave fast enough, would it be obvious that I am uncomfortable in his company if I left?"
Light turned to L, "So… Ryuzaki… We should probably leave before she drugs us…"
L smiled at the jest. "Perhaps… What classes are you taking?" L turned to leave forcing Light to catch up.
"Just the usual comp classes, you know, mathematics, science and technology… How about you?" Light said checking his watch, "Wow, mom probably has dinner started already… Would you like to come? We could compare our schedules and see if we have any classes together." Reaching the door of the hospital Light held the door open for L.
L watched Light suspiciously, "He's inviting me to dinner?" L began to nervously chew on his thumbnail as thoughts and scenarios ran through his mind.
Light leaned in close to L, "I need to know, so I can ask my mother if it would be alright."
L broke his own trance, "I don't see why not… It's been a long time since I had a home cooked meal… So suppose, if your mother will—" L looked over to Light who had already called his mother and was talking to her. Light smiled and gave L a thumbs up. L gave a half smirk and put his hands in his pockets, "Why is he so nice to me?" L pulled out his cell phone. "Hmm. Yes, I will be attending dinner at Light Yagami's home, yes, that game I said you could borrow, "Demon's Lair" that's on my night stand of you want to play." L quickly hung up his phone and placed it in his pocket.
Light was still on the phone with his mother, "Yes, mom, alright, I'll pick it up… We need that too? Yes. I am writing this down." Light stood there holding the phone with his left hand in his pocket and holding his phone in his right. L silently chuckled at him. "Okay, mom, I have to go if you want those things in any kind of timely manner. Yes mom, I love you too, yes, dad is doing fine." Light hung up the phone and smiled gently at L, "Well. We have to go to the store." L bit his thumb a little too hard and drew blood, pulling his hand away and quietly hissing at the pain. Light pulled a small cloth out of his pocket, "It's okay, I haven't sneezed in it." He held L's hand tenderly and wrapped his finger.
L watched Light's hands and thought, "Could someone so gentle be as cold hearted as Kira?" L looked back up at Light's honey colored eyes they were softly blocked by his chestnut hair. "I…"
Light smiled as he tied the final knot on his thumb, "Ryuzaki? Do I make you nervous?"
L shifted his shoulders uncomfortably, "No. I've just never had anyone care that wasn't my caretaker."
Light looked up into L's dark owl like eyes. "Well, that's what friends are for. We really need to stop at a store on the way to my house."
L looked at the ground and followed Light without saying a word, just listening to his smooth voice talk on and on. A fleeting thought crossed his mind, "He talks a lot… But I don't mind listening…" L's face turned a bright shade of red when Light stopped talking and asked him what he thought. "I'm sorry, Light. I was listening but I wasn't listening…"
Light stopped walking, "What?"
L touched his right cheek with his index finger and gently scratched, "Well I was listening to you… Um," L could feel his face burning. "I wasn't paying attention."
Light tilted his head, "Well. Okay, I asked your opinion of the separation of the social classes in Japan."
L gave Light a disheartened look, "Are you always this serious?"
Light finished analyzing the situation. "That's not what I was talking about at all… So you were just listening to the tones of my voice but not what I was talking about… So… Am I safe to assume you like the sound of my voice?"
L turned around turning an even deeper shade of red, "Look, as you know I have a lot on my mind. I carry the weight of the world right now. You can't be so conceded as to think I was listening to the way your voice sounds when there is a mass murder on the loose."
Standing outside the small market, "You're right. I'm sorry. I'll be right out." Light looked down and went inside.
L started lightly beating his head on a nearing sign, "Stupid. Ah, jeez… Now he probably thinks I'm a jerk…"
Light reappeared out of the market holding a bag of miscellaneous goods, "Ryuzaki… Do you have a self destructive personality?"
L stopped and turned around, "Well… Yes I do, but I don't expect you to understand."
Light looked up at the sky, "No, I do… We should get going… My mother is waiting." Light said closing his eyes and started walking, with L behind him analyzing Light's body language.
L went to put his thumbnail in his mouth only to be blocked by Light's cloth. L looked at it and thought, "Maybe I shouldn't be as hard on him. He may begin to suspect…" L looked down, "Hey, Light."
Light stopped at his front door, "Yeah?"
L stuttered out the first apology he's ever had to make. "I'm sorry… I can be a little presumptuous. I shouldn't have—"
Light turned the handle to his door and smiled, "Presumptuous? You don't say…"
L smiled, "Alright, I can take a hint."
"Mom! I brought home the things you asked for!" Light shouted.