After hours of unproductive searching Lights phone buzzed, "Three o'clock, one hour until date with ditzy."
L looked over out of curiosity at the strange noise, then chuckled quietly.
Light looked down and smiled at L's laughter, "I guess I should get ready… I didn't even brush my hair I was in such a rush."
L stared him him with his giant analytical eyes, "To what importance do I hold that you would not even tend to your vanity?"
Light scoffed at the question, "Oh please, I was late, I hate being late." Light sighed picking up his bag and tucking his phone away.
L watched his friends reluctant behavior, "Do you perhaps need an excuse to not go with her?"
Light looked at L out of the corner of his eye, "I'm listening."
L bit his thumb, "Well, I could always handcuff you to me again, she didn't seem to like that much."
Light glared at him, "Oh, Hell no!" L looked almost disappointed. "Oh jeez, what's that look for?"
L slumped down, "I guess I miss having someone around that much." Realizing the weakness he betrayed he stood up, "Well, get going… You'd hate to have a hair out of place." L shuffled quicker than usual into the bathroom and shut the door, leaning against it looking at his reflection in the mirror.
Light gave an inquisitive stare at the bathroom, "That was odd, even for L." He took a couple cautious steps towards the door. Then a shatter sound happened from beyond the door. "L!" Light raced towards the door and pounded on it accidentally knocking it off the hinges. Light just stared at the door, "What pathetic construction…" He looked up to see L's fist buried into the mirror. "What the Fuck?!" Light grabbed a towel and wetted it down and set it on the sink, turned on the light and started to pick the glass from L's hand. "Are you insane? Never mind… Don't answer that. Of all the stupid things-"
Light was silenced with the sensation of L's lips on his. Light's eyes grew wide and his face flushed with a brilliant red.
L broke their kiss, took the towel from the sink, "Please leave." L walked out of the bathroom leaving Light to slump over onto the floor. "Oh, and Yagami?" Light looked up at him, face still beet red. "Don't come back." L held the towel to his hand and walked towards the kitchen.
Light looked down at his hands. "I don't know how to process what just happened…" He thought deeply. Then out of a rash irrational string of thoughts hit him. He pulled his phone out, "Something in the investigation just came up, I have to reschedule. Sorry, Misa."
L leaned over the sink with his hand under it pulling the rest of the glass out of his knuckles. Light stood in the doorway, "Who the fuck do you think you are?"
L looked back at Light pained. "I think I'm the leader of this investigation and if you don't leave, Light Yagami, I will arrest you for suspicion of being Kira, please just leave. I'm letting you go… Don't you understand?"
"You listen here, you selfish bastard, Mr. L Lawliet."
L's eyes widened with fear and turned to Light forgetting about his wound, letting it drip blood to the floor.
Light smiled at his fear, they both knew each other's greatest secret. L knew Light was Kira, and Light knew L's name. "You think I didn't know?"
"How?" L stepped closer to the set of knives left out on the counter.
"It wasn't hard to put together once I started looking into old records of the Wammy House, of Winchester, England. You're father never came back. Making you an orphan… You're listed in England's records as such, as your full name. You think if I was Kira I wouldn't have already killed you?" Light's angry expression softened when he saw the pain stretch across L's face as he turned around.
L stared into the sink placing his hand back into the water, "You are Kira... I know this. I don't know why you kept me alive this long… Maybe to avoid suspicion from the others?" Light took a couple steps closer, he felt like he had weights on his legs. "I wish you weren't, I like you, Light-kun. You're a good person with great intensions… I wish I would have met you under different circumstances. I can't take it anymore… Just end it, stop toying with me."
Light flinched, Kira inside his mind cackled manically. "But I like you too, L. I told you, you might be the only one I've considered a friend in a long time." Kira stopped laughing at this.
L sighed and hung his head. "But I also stand in Kira's way… your way."
Light narrowed his eyes and made a quick advance towards L and hugged him from behind. "If I give up the Deathnote… I will be killed."
L said emotionlessly, "If you don't, you'll be killed."
Light rested his head in between L's shoulder blades, "So my only option is to keep the choice that allows me the most time with you… But, it appears neither of them allow me much time." Light closed his eyes and held L a little tighter.
L looked up at the ceiling, "What happens if you write a shinigami's name in the book?"
Light sighed, "I don't think that would work… The only way they can die is to kill out of love. Ryuk has already made it clear that he won't be doing that anytime soon."
L closed his eyes, "Give me the book."
Light stared at L, "Either way, he'll kill me."
L opened his eyes, "I have an idea… What's the worst thing that could happen… Ryuk kills me for trying? It's better than convicting you to death." Turning around and realizing how close Light's face was to his now, he blushed slightly.
Blushing a little himself, "That's stupid." Light reached into his bag and handed the devilish book to L. "I relinquish ownership to you, L Lawliet…" As soon as the Deathnote left Lights hands, he fell to the floor unconscious.
L caught him mid fall and eased him to the floor checking his pulse to make sure. Then he stood up and held the notebook in his hands. Ryuk floated from a dark corner of the room. "I sense the book has changed owners…" He said with a grin.
L looked at Ryuk. "I am to understand you're fond of apples…" L reached into the refrigerator and held out a large deep red apple.
Ryuk's eyes went wider than usual, "Gimme gimme gimme!" Ryuk lunged at the apple. L jerked it out of reach.
L looked at Ryuk deviously. "I have a deal for you."
Ryuk sadistically chuckled, "Another interesting owner… What could you give me that I can't get on my own."
L stepped over Light and leaned against the prep island in the center of the kitchen. "A lifetime of entertainment… Something you'll lose after Light is gone. And I suppose I could sweeten the deal with apples delivered fresh daily to a specific location."
Ryuk hovered in his usual manner. "Oh? I'm listening."
L sighed, "Let's play hide and go seek. You leave two pages of the Deathnote with me and Light, take your book and drop it where ever you please in the world. And we'll seek. And when the culprit is arrested, or "found" so to speak, you write their names in your Deathnote and take the remainder of their lifespan. Really it's a win-win situation. Light keeps his life, I stay busy, you keep being entertained. I normally wouldn't make a deal like this, but the fear of Kira has slowed business down. Have you seen the way I put sweets away? I need a steady flow of money like you need a steady flow of apples. Catch my drift?"
Ryuk cackled at this deal, "Oh, this is a new idea… Novel almost. I like it, we can make this work. You have a deal, L Lawliet." Ryuk outstretched his lanky arm and L hesitatingly took it and did one solid shake. L handed Ryuk the Deathnote and as promised Ryuk tore out two used pages. "Can't have you guys getting any wise ideas, you get used pages just so you can keep your memories."
L nodded, "That's fair. Oh. Ryuk? Try not to hang around your new "owner" to often, you'll spoil the game Light and I will be able to see you. Let me know of the location you would like to start receiving the apples, deliveries will start as early as tomorrow."
Ryuk chuckled, "Who will you pin this one on?"
L looked up, "Pick someone. Someone in the area. They will serve in Kira's stead, however make sure they kill someone, I'd hate to put an innocent man or woman behind bars for execution."
Ryuk laughed and snatched the apple from L's hand. "You got it. Boss."
L flinched at the last word. He took one of the pages from the Deathnote and placed it in Lights back pocket. He immediately began to stir. "Now, go. Leave my the address in the mail."
Ryuk finished devouring the apple and disappeared.
Light woke up to laying on the kitchen floor, L haunched over him. "What the Hell was that?"
L stood up and held his hand out, "Making a deal with the devil."
Light took L's hand and steadied himself on his feet, "Well… That was odd I had a dream…" Light held his head in slight pain.
L looked at him interested. "Really? It's probably more real than you realize."
Light sighed, "It doesn't change the facts."
L started walking out of the kitchen, "No, it doesn't." Putting his hands in his pockets, "But, it sure makes them more interesting."