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I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Everything to Save
Chapter 12-
The door to Misa's room had barely shut when Light set off towards the headquarters, striding so quickly that L could not catch up, in the process lost his footing, and he fell hard to the tiled floor.
"Light- kun, please wait!" L called out to Light which made the teen turn around and look at the detective's sprawled form.
"C'mon, Ryuzaki, get up! I want to find out what my father has found out," Light replied excitedly, as he yanked on the chain. The teen hoped that he would finally be cleared of being Kira and felt Ryuzaki was moving too slowly.
"Light-kun, please calm down," L said as he got to his feet. "There was no call from your father. I only made that up so you wouldn't have to make love to Misa. Perhaps my deductions were not correct, after all," the detective replied carefully as Light's chiseled features turned into an enraged expression.
Light thought about the constant accusations, the lack of his privacy by being chained to Ryuzaki all the time and he wasn't even Kira. His hopes were dashed now because he knew that his father did not know who the real Kira was. The teen wondered when he'd be able to regain his innocence and carry on a normal life without suspicion again.
L stared at him and saw as his eyes sharpened and narrowed just as they had on Light's face before he lost his memories. The detective tensed in anticipation.
Light felt an overwhelming white hot flash of pure anger and punched Ryuzaki as hard as he could in the stomach, a giant whoosh of air was expelled from the detective as he grabbed his stomach and fell to the ground, the chain pulling the teen down on top of the detective.
He quickly rolled off the detective and readied, waiting for Ryuzaki's retaliation.
"Damn it, Ryuzaki, I thought my father had found out who Kira is!" Light snapped angrily, his body still tensed waiting for the man to kick him in the face like usual.
Instead, Ryuzaki lay curled on the floor, clutching his stomach and looked up at him. "I'm sorry, Light-kun," L replied contritely at Light. "I just was trying to get you out of the awkward situation with Misa. It was my mistake."
Light sighed; he found he could not stay mad at Ryuzaki when he sounded so truly sorry. "It's alright, it's late anyway and I think we should just get ready for bed, Tomorrow we will find out who is Kira is," the teen replied as his caramel colored eyes met L's black ones.
L had brought his thumb to his mouth and was rubbing it nervously against his lips. He looked at Light so contritely, that the teen was struck by how cute L was. He found the detectives quirks very arousing for some reason. He quickly looked away from him.
"Light-kun, are you sure that it's only one sided between you and Misa? You seemed to enjoy kissing her," L asked softly.
Light turned back and looked at Ryuzaki. "Now who sounds jealous?" he teased the detective before turning serious again. "Of course, it's only one sided. I was pretending to like it, that's all. If you want to know the truth, Misa is not for me. I have feelings for someone else," he reassured the detective.
L was shocked but quickly gained his composure and pulled himself to a sitting position on the floor. "Who is this person you speak of, Light-kun?" the detective asked as calmly as he could. He hoped it was him.
Before Light could answer, Watari and Chief Yagami rushed into the hallway.
"Light, what has gotten into you? Why did you attack Ryuzaki?" Light's dad confronted his son, as Watari helped L to his feet.
Light looked at his father, his eyes wide. "Dad, did you find out who Kira is?" he pleaded desperately, still hoping that maybe it would be true after all.
His father looked at him in confusion. "No son, you know I would tell you if we did! However, you still haven't answered my question about why you punched Ryuzaki,"
Light turned and looked over at the detective who was being looked over by Watari who shot a rather cold glance at him, letting the teen know that he didn't like the rough treatment that Light had just given his ward.
"Please do not be mad at Light-kun, Chief Yagami. It was my fault as I made an error in my reasoning," L said, one pale arm still cradling his stomach.
"But you're hurt, Ryuzaki," Chief Yagami replied seriously.
."Maybe my pride, but I'll be fine after some Strawberry Cake," L said, with just the barest of smiles on his face.
Light looked down at the floor-the scrutiny of his father, Ryuzaki and Watari made him feel ashamed for some reason.
Gods never should feel ashamed.
This thought suddenly appeared in Light's head. He gasped as he felt something powerful reaching for him, then suddenly the feeling and thought vanished.
L watched as the teen looked over at them, the red hue in his amber eyes seemed unusually bright, and it gave the detective an uneasy feeling.
"I'm sorry, Ryuzaki. I don't know what came over me to make me punch you like that," Light apologized, his eyes meeting L's dark ones.
"I forgive you, Light-kun. After all I feel responsible," the detective nodded.
"Something came over me"
'That was an odd choice of words. I wonder if Light-kun is trying to tell me something....' L thought, his thumb automatically going to his bottom lip.
Well, now that you two have settled this matter, it's getting late,' Light's dad looking at his watch. "Ryuzaki, are you planning to stay up late to search for Kira?"
"No. I am rather tired tonight," L replied, and then turned to look at Light. "Unless you want to, Light-kun?" the detective offered.
"I'm tired too, Ryuzaki. It's been a very long day."
OOOoooOOO
Soon it was only the two men in the hall. Somehow, L felt nervous after knowing that he had been intimate with Light-kun the night before. Then there were the odd but very real feeling dreams that seemed to foretell of the future. For a man of logic and percentages such as L, this was all very confusing.
Light knew that something was different about his feelings for Ryuzaki. It hadn't been just about the sexual contact, something else had changed too.
"Light-kun, are you ready for bed?" Ryuzaki asked in his soft voice. While some like Mogi would laugh that the detective had a toneless voice, Light didn't agree. It was melodic and soothing.
"Yes, are you?" Light remarked playfully, and immediately an image of him sitting naked in Ryuzaki's lap, moving rhythmically up and down while the two men were moaning came to mind. Light knew they had never done that together. He knew it was his subconscious wanted.
The air became sexually charged between them and it both men felt it.
Light surprised L by pulling the ebony-haired man to him. "Ryuzaki, what is it about you?" he whispered, as he pressed his lips to L's, in a passionate kiss. L pressed his body into Light's as the teen broke the kiss and began to suck at the soft skin at Ryuzaki's neck.
"Light-kun," L gasped breathlessly "The security camera's…."
Light pulled away from Ryuzaki and looked at him with a confused expression. "I don't know why I did that. Every time I'm around you I find myself acting like a fool," Light replied, running a hand through his auburn hair.
"I know," L, said, "I feel the same way about you. It's because I believe our hormones are out of control and are making us feel this way."
"Why would that be? We're both guys and you're just wanting to prove I'm Kira and sentence me to death," Light said, as he looked into Ryuzaki's unreadable eyes.
"Light-kun, don't ask me to believe that you are so naïve. You know why you feel this way, but this is not the place to discuss it. Let's go to our room." L said grasping Light's chained hand.
"Yes," Light nodded, as he and L made their way to the bedroom. He knew his desire for Ryuzaki needed to be sated.
OOOoooOOO
When they opened the door to their bedroom, there was a slice of Strawberry cake waiting for L, along with a small key.
L immediately finished off the cake, as usual not even offering Light a bite. He knew that he couldn't expect L to be unselfish about his sweets even for him and smirked.
"What's the key to, Ryuzaki?" Light asked.
Without a word, L unlocked the cuff from his wrist, and then leaning in close to Light unlocked the one adorning his wrist. Both enjoyed the sound of the dratted chain clattering to the floor of the foyer.
"Why did you unlock us?' Light asked, rubbing at his wrist.
"Because I forgive you." L said, as he faced Light and reached out to stroke his auburn hair.
"For what?" Light asked breathlessly. "I'm not Kira; I'm not going to accept an apology for something I am not."
L's black eyes stared into his. "For punching me tonight and making out with Misa in such a realistic manner," L answered dryly.
"I knew you were jealous," Light smirked, as he mirrored L's action of reaching out to twirl a piece of ebony hair around his fingers. "And I forgive you of making out with Julian so realistically too. I also forgive you of using my body as a stand in for Julian last night," Light said, a bit coldly.
L's eyes grew even wider and his jaw fell open. He grasped both sides of Lights head. "You silly boy, the only reason I set up the date with Julian was to get more of your attention. I thought if someone else wanted me, than maybe you would too," L whispered fiercely.
Light blinked. "You did all that for me? Do you remember what happened when you were supposedly were drunk on the bed?" Light asked.
L's pale skin reddened in embarrassment. "I did not mean to molest you, Light-kun. I am extremely sorry that I took advantage of you. I did not know what had occurred until Watari told me- for I despite his warnings I told him I wanted this room to be without any camera's or hidden surveillance."
Light gripped Ryuzaki's thin shoulders. "If you thought I was truly Kira, why would you want the room where we sleep together to be without surveillance? In the rare chance I could be him, I could kill you, and no one would know how I did it," the auburn-haired man teen was incredulous.
L almost responded that he would have to raise his percentage since he admitted there is the RARE chance that he was him, but he did not.
"Just the fact that I had been killed and only you and I share this room, there would be enough evidence to prove that you killed me.' L said, shrinking from Light as this information seemed to upset the teen.
Then an enlightened look passed across Light's handsome features as his amber-hued eyes narrowed a bit. "You wanted your privacy with me in case you got lucky and something sexual happened between us, didn't you Ryuzaki? Light whispered, moving close to the detective and running his finger underneath his chin, tilting his head up so he could stare into those inky black eyes.
"I'm sorry, Light-kun,' L whispered, "I value prudence in my personal life and before meeting you rarely was seen. I did think there was a 2 percent chance that I wanted to get closer to you."
"And you did, Ryuzaki. I enjoyed every second of it too,'' Light said in a husky voice, L's eyes growing even wider as the teen's lips descended on his.
To be continued- I hope some readers will remain with me for the rest of the story. I have been fighting some possible serious health problems and I am hoping to have the next chapter out very soon.
There's a lot to cover and next chapter should be a turning point in the relationship for Light/L.
Please review- I can only learn that way and I love to hear your suggestions, comments and things I'm doing wrong and right!
EDIT- 6/29/09- Ugh, this chapter is crap. Should I continue this story? Does any one enjoy it?