"This is great L!" the eager man yelled, "Kira is still killing, so that means Light is in the clear, right?" Matsuda's voice became bubbly and excited, as if he had no worries in the world, but L thought differently.
"Matsuda, there is a way that Light can be Kira." L glanced over at Light, who was looking over his book, acting as if he didn't care, but obviously showing that he did. Matsuda gave L a look as if he was crazy, "What do you mean?! Kira has been killing, and you have been with Light for this whole time!"
"Matsuda, you don't think hard enough." L popped a cute panda cookie into his mouth, "Light, if he is Kira, could have arranged for someone else to kill for him. He is a smart boy after all."
Matsuda looked at L, and then at Light. "Should I go report this to chief?"
L nodded, and Matsuda left.
"I have to go to the bathroom." Light said, getting up and pulling L to the bathroom. L waited by the door, thinking hard. What is this weird feeling in my chest?
No.
It can't be.
Love?
Light walked out of the bathroom, and L's chest felt as if it was going to explode.
"Light, this man sure is interesting. Hyuk, Hyuk, Hyuk." Ryuk, an apple loving shinigami, laughed at L's uncontrollable actions. Light didn't even look Ryuk's way, afraid to blow his cover.
"Light. We are friends right?"
"Umm, sure." Light stared at L, finding this sudden question awkward.
"I know I asked you this before, but do you really love Misa? I just can't see her as your type. I expected you to aim much higher. Answer me truthfully."
Light battled whether to tell L the truth or not. "I don't love her."
L felt this was opportunity to get inside of the boys head, "Are you gay? Do you love boys?"
Light looked at L, disgusted, "Of course not! I am not gay!"
L's heart ripped into a million pieces. He felt like crying, but the tears won't come out. They never have. They never will. He racked at his brain, trying to stop his body from emitting this emotion. This love.
It didn't work.
"Light, I think I have put you under enough heavy surveillance. Its time to break free of our chain." L pulled Light into a room, and grabbed the key from a very high shelf. He first undid his end and then Light's. The chain was letting go, why wasn't he?
L stood there, staring at the key, dumbfounded. All these years of being a genius and he couldn't figure out such a simple emotion. And why it was affecting him so badly.
Light set his hand on L's shoulder. The warmth spread into L's bloodstream and caused his cheeks to turn pink, slightly. "L is something wrong?" he asked, using the fake, caring act. L looked at him and shook his head violently, and rushed out of the room.
He could be Kira. He could be KIRA! L screamed this in his head, but he walked calmly along the hallway, as if everything was normal. This love wasn't going to get in the way of justice, and defeating Kira.
"Haha, this guy gets better and better!" Ryuk doubled over laughing at L, but Light only stood there in thought.
L calmly sat down in his chair, biting the very tip of his thumb, deep in thought. Not about these new emotions, but about Kira.
He wasn't going to lose. Especially to himself.