Fear is The Enemy
By: .Cute
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
Disclaimer: Holy crap. I'm really sorry guys. I've left you all without an update for about thirteen days now. What kind of person am I?! But it's not all my fault. My computer shut down for about four days yesterday. It made me cry. I admit, I've had writers block for the others day but I can't help it. I get easily distracted. But, on a brighter note, I'm back and I've got a whole new chapter for you. ^_^ I wrote it on the new old-fashion typewriter I got for Christmas. (sighs happily) Yeah. Anywho, I do not own Death Note. If I did, there would have been way more chains. ^_^ Enjoy!
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But while Light gently led L deeper into the bliss of newly found love and emotion, another soul was being dragged deeper and deeper into his own madness. Aziz Hiraoka couldn't stop laughing. He had no reason to laugh really. His only way of contacting Light had been figured out due to his own little hint he'd given his two puppets, his prize was getting further and further away from his grasp and there was a very high chance that he would die within the next forty-eight hours. But despite all that, Aziz's smile shone.
Seated in his living room, he faced the Shinigami by his side, who was currently on his fourth apple. He clapped his hands together. "Okay Ryuk! The first thing we're going to need is the needle." He jumped off the couch and danced into his bedroom, Ryuk following him. Once there, Aziz danced over to his dresser, dropped to his knees and opened the bottom drawer. As he threw his shirts to the floor, obviously looking for something, Ryuk spoke up. "Whatcha looking for? The needle?" Aziz nodded happily, still throwing shirts to the floor. "Yep!"
After a moment, Aziz finally reached what he wanted and he carefully pulled out a small silver case from his dresser. It was locked up tightly. He stood up from his floor, grinning madly and danced from his bedroom back to the kitchen, holding the case like a father holding his child, Ryuk following silently. Aziz was acting really weird and Ryuk was curious to see what the man was planning. After setting the case down on the clean kitchen counter, Aziz moved to one of his cupboards, rummaging around it until he pulled out a small, plain box. He let out a chuckle and walked back to his counter, placing the box next to the silver case. Ryuk eyed the items before turning to Aziz. "What's all this stuff?" Aziz chuckled again, his sick laughter making Ryuk a little uncomfortable.
"My dear Shinigami," Aziz began. "These are my babies." He gently took the small box he'd taken out of his cupboard into his hands and carefully opened it to reveal three small vials of clear liquid. "You see, Ryuk, these little glass vials hold enough Rohypnol, phencyclidine and Valium to kill at least three men." Ryuk chuckled darkly. "So you're going to kill L with drugs?" Aziz shook his head, closing the box again and setting it back on the counter. "Nope. I can't kill L yet. He's still the prize. What fun would the game be without the prize?" He shook his head again, this time picking the silver case up from the counter, holding it in his palms. He gave Ryuk a savage smirk. "I'm going to kill Light Yagami with the drugs." Ryuk cocked his head slightly to the side. "Why don't you just kill him with the Death Note? You saw him today, didn't you? You have his face and his name."
Aziz scoffed. "Silly Shinigami. I still need Light to get to L. I can't kill him right away." He smiled again. "And besides, it'll give me a reason to finally use my needle. You know, I've never used it before. Wonder why…" Aziz shrugged. "Oh well, can't think about that now." And with that, Aziz opened the case. Ryuk glanced down inside the case. A large, three and a half inched medical needle glared up at him. Aziz smiled down at the needle lovingly. "Hello my lovely," he cooed. "You're finally going to get your shining moment. You're going to help me get L." He shifted the case to one hand so that he could run his finger along the side of the needle. "Yes you are." Aziz sighed happily, then closed the case back up and set it down on the counter. He turned to Ryuk. "Killing Light with the Death Note wouldn't be any fun Ryuk. I want to kill him myself, with my own hands." He ran a finger over his box of lethal drugs with a dreamy smile. "My babies will kill light slowly, painfully and without mercy."
Aziz laughed softly. "And, if by some miracle, he survives and reaches the police, I'll most likely already be dead and gone. And I will have taken L down with me." Finally, Aziz stopped tracing his box of drugs and reached over to scoot his needle and drugs closer together. "The only problem is that my babies are going to have to wait until tomorrow to kill Light. But they can wait a little longer." Aziz turned to Ryuk again. "You know what? I think I'm crazy."
Ryuk let out a deep laugh, almost choking on his apple. "You are crazy." Aziz thought about that for a moment. "Huh. Guess I am." He smiled. "That's nice." He was silent for a few more seconds before he started down the hall back to his bedroom. "Well Ryuk, it's time for bed. We've got a long day ahead tomorrow and I want a full nights sleep." Aziz's smile grew. "This will mostly likely be my last night sleeping so I want to make the best of it."
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When Light woke up the next morning, he noticed that something was on his chest. Light raised his head slightly to see what it was, and felt his heart skip a beat when he saw wild black hair, a peaceful pale face and a thin, pale hand clutching his nightshirt. The memory of last night came rushing back at the man and with a soft sigh, Light smiled. Though he could remember that last night had been slow and cautious on L's part, Light couldn't imagine being happier.
He had finally told L how he felt. And L had made it quite clear that he felt something for Light too, even though he was still trying to figure out what. Light found it a little strange that a night that started out bad, with anxiety and tears, could lead to something so wonderful. Weird. But Light wasn't complaining. He looked down again at the sleeping detective on his chest and his smile grew. Though he'd never tell L, he thought that the man was simply adorable when he was asleep. His face smooth and free from worry, L looked younger when he slept.
He looked so at peace, Light debated wither or not to wake him. It was four thirty in the morning, damn L for pushing his bad sleeping habits on him, and they needed to wake up. The Investigation Team would be there soon and they had work to do. They had to catch Kira, for everyone's sake. So, even though Light really wanted to just stay in bed and cuddle with his new, dare he say it, boyfriend, he slowly pulled himself into more of a seating position and raised his hand to give L's shoulder a little shake. "L?" It was a few seconds before L started to stir. It wasn't like him to sleep in or to have trouble waking up, but L felt so nice. Laying on something firm and warm, he really didn't want to wake up. But then his brain kicked into gear and L remembered who he was. He was the greatest detective in the world.
He couldn't afford to sleep in. With a slightly stretch, Light blushed softly at the action, L raised his head to meet Light's gaze while a very soft pink color reached his cheeks. Light couldn't help but mentally sigh with disappointment as L's carefree expression was replaced with a much harder one, but he gave L a smile none the less. "Good morning." Light's smile grew as he noticed L's extremly bad bed head. It just made him more adorable. L's blush grew and he tensed up slightly, looking away from Light. He was still painfully new to this whole thing and he wasn't really sure on how he was suppose to act. He'd never had relationship with anyone, let alone a romantic one. Was he required to do something? Did he have to say certain things at certain times? How did one go about keeping a romantic relationship? Could he keep up a romantic relationship with Light? Should he even try? L had no idea.
Feeling L tense up, Light gently wrapped his arms around the man's waist, hoping that it would calm him down. "Hey." L looked back at Light, who gave him a reassuring smile. "I know that this is still a little overwhelming for you but you shouldn't worry about it. It's perfectly normal to be nervous or scared about starting a relationship with someone. Heck, even I'm a little shaken up." Light tightened his hold on L's waist slightly, bring the man in closer to him. "So don't worry about it. I know that some people think that, with a relationship, they have to do or say certain things to make it work but that's not true. The best way for this, for us, to work out, L, is to just let it happen."
Light chuckled. "But I don't think there's anything to worry about. So, like I said, don't worry about it." L remained silent after Light's speech. He was truly amazed. Light had figured out what he had been thinking without a single word from him. He'd figured out what he'd been thinking, then preceded to smooth out L's fears in a very calm and pleasant manner, without any harshness or anger. It was as if Light had read his mind. Did Light really know him that well? L felt himself start to relax in Light's embrace and, with a soft sigh, he rested his head back on Light's chest. "Raito-kun is being very supportive." Light sighed as well, happy that L was relaxed again.
"Of course I'm being supportive. I love you L." L's heart skipped a beat at Light's words and for the first time in his life, L was struck speechless. Light chuckled again, releasing his hold on L. "Come on L. It's time to get up. The Investigation Team will be here any minute." L nodded in agreement and, still staying silent, released his hold on Light's shirt and got up from the bed. Light did the same and gave L a smile. "We're going to catch Kira, I just know it." L studied Light for a moment before he too smiled. "You know Raito-kun, you're starting to sound more and more like Matsuda every day. Could it be that your emotions have changed your personality?" Light held in the urge to glare and went with a simple roll of the eyes.
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A/N: Okay, this was a rushed chapter, I admit but school is tomorrow and I need some sleep and time to get my school face on. It kinda looks like I'm about to die. Anywho, review please so that I may know that I'm not totally hated by you guys for not updating! ^_^ Chapter Twenty-Two will be up soon. See ya!