The trees outside scratched roughly against the large window in Light and L's bedroom. The sound of rain and thunder was accompanied by the whistling wind outside. Light didn't tend to wake up very easily, but the loud noises of nature made enough racket to get him up and out of bed. He kicked the heavy blankets off of himself, but quickly found himself jumping right back into bed. The October morning was so frightfully cold, he couldn't bring himself to get out of the warm covers. That was, until L had dragged him off and onto the floor. They were still handcuffed, and L doesn't usually wait for Light to do things. He simply does it himself. Light hit the floor with a loud thump.
"Ryuzaki! What do you think you're doing?" Light groaned as he pulled himself off the ground and back onto his feet. L turned and looked back at Light. "What am I doing? Raito-kun, do you understand that it is eleven in the morning? You've overslept yet again!" L seemed to be frustrated with Light. He looked down and sighed. He found it pointless to start an argument with Light before they had even started the day's work. "Raito-kun…" He lifted his head up slightly. "Let's get to work before you start wanting to play another one of your games." L left the bedroom. Light sagged behind, he wasn't quite sure what L had meant when he said that. Yes, of course he liked making L aggravated, it was almost as if it were one of his hobbies. He just hadn't initiated a fight that day yet, besides their little dispute in the kitchen hours earlier.
Light stumbled to catch up to L. He put his hand on the detective's shoulders as a way to get his attention. "Wh-What do you mean? Have- Did I say something out of line?" Light smirked. "Wow. I'm not usually known for being out of line!" He chuckled, L did not. He looked at Light, and then continued down the hall to get to his computer. "I'm not in the mood for jokes right now, Yagami-kun. We have work to do." Light groaned for a second time. He was expecting a good reaction. "Yeah, well, whatever helps prove that I'm innocent. I can hardly stand another minute of being this close to you." L stopped his walking. He turned his entire body so that he seemed dominant to Light. "Yagami-kun!" L's tones were fierce. "I am 63% certain you are Kira. That is out of everybody in the entire country of Japan! There is no point for you to be fighting against it. I am still not 100% positive yet, and that is why we have been handcuffed. If you would like to confess right here and now, you'd get your punishment, but the handcuffs would be seized. So, go ahead, Yagami-kun. Confess to being Kira so we can get these God-damned handcuffs taken off." Light was silent. He didn't quite know what to say. There was silence for a long few seconds. "Exactly. Now Yagami-kun, let's get to work so that we'll have less work to do tomorrow." L started down to the office again. Light was far behind him, but wasn't being dragged like he was before. "We'll be working the exact same tomorrow, Ryuzaki, if not more." Light's voice was quiet, but L's were still as fierce as they were just a minute ago. "I know, I just thought that maybe such words would get you to actually do all of your work, instead of leaving it to me like you normally do. Despite what my superiors may think, I'm still a human being. Now, Yagami-kun. Like I stated before, let's get to work."
L walked to his computer as if nothing had happened at all. The rest of the team was already there, waiting for them. Even though Light was supposed to be doing his work like L had ordered, he couldn't stop thinking about what L had said about 'Despite what my superiors may think…' The rant that L was going off on was so much for Light to decipher. If he wanted to eventually kill L the detective, he would have to understand him and out-smart him. The entire rant was gold. It was like he had hit a jackpot. So much emotion had been put into those words. If he could figure out how L felt and what his buttons were, he could push him just enough to get him to break. He didn't want anything more than for L to be crushed and murdered, besides succeeding as Kira and bringing justice. Just that one rant was going to keep him busy for a while.
L was inseparable from the desktop computer. The glow of the monitor screen shined over his entire body. When L got caught up in his work, he wasn't stopping until his body, or Watari, demanded him to sleep. Watari wasn't a very strict guardian, and L was used to working extreme hours. He wouldn't be stopping for a while. He didn't even stop to look when Matsuda had spilled water over Light's own computer. He was deep in the void-like state, and ignored the shouting of his teammates trying to get his attention. He just couldn't hear them through all the thoughts in his head.
"RYUZAKI!" Light shouted at the detective as loud as his lungs could handle. L paid no attention.
"Ryuzaki! What the hell is wrong with you!?" Light's eyes seemed to be popping. Matsuda swore he saw a vain enlarge right in Light's forehead. Still, L seemed to be unfazed by the whole situation. He had no idea it was taking place. Suddenly, L fell to the wood floor with a big thud. Light had gripped onto the back of L's shirt and pulled him backwards, onto the ground. Partly because he was trying to get L's attention, the other part was revenge for what had taken place the night before. L's eyes opened wide when he snapped back into reality. The dark orbs in his eyes stared at his teammates, who were all staring right back at him. "Jeez, Ryuzaki! Have you been falling into the void this entire time?" Light waved his hand to-and-fro in front of L's face just to make a point that L hadn't been paying attention. L didn't even try to retaliate, he just kept on staring at everyone in the room, as he still laid on the floor. After a moment of silence, L's voice was clear, "Matsuda," He positioned himself to face Matsuda. "What have you done this time?" L gave Matsuda a dirty look as he got back up and sat back in his chair; back hunched, legs curled under himself, and his hands on his knees. Matsuda smiled nervously. "Well-uhm… you see…" He put his hands into his pockets, "Well-You see-Uhm…" "This numbskull spilled water all over my desktop." Light interrupted. Everyone turned to look at Matsuda. "Well, I wouldn't say 'numbskull'…" L paused for a minute, and then responded. "It doesn't matter anymore. I'll call Watari, he'll order you a new working computer. For now, you can work with one of his extra desktops. Limited work is better than nothing." He stopped to look directly at Light. "Until then, try to make yourself useful by staying out of my way for the rest of the day." Light snarled slightly. "If you don't remember, we've been handcuffed for the past seven days. I can't think of any possible way I could stay completely out of your hair." L was slowly starting to get sucked right back into his computer world, so he wasn't very quick to respond. "Raito-kun…" his eyes were drifting back into the depths of the computer screen, "…go make yourself useful. We don't need the extra tension." Light stood there for a moment, hesitant to take such orders from L, but that was the only thing he could do at the moment. He sighed and went over to where his desktop used to be, and tried cleaning up the remains of the water. Matsuda grabbed some paper towels and awkwardly handed them to Light as an attempt to help. Light squeezed his fingers underneath the soaked computer, and set it carefully onto the ground. He would have to wait for Watari to come and take it away, since Light could only go a few feet out of L's reach. He sat down in his desk chair, staring at the rest of the team as they did their work. Each of them were focused on their own individual work, and they were all oblivious to Light harshly looking down on all of them, giving them all murderous looks. Kind of Ironic. The room was completely silent, except for the tapping and clicking sounds of L typing on his computer constantly. It was calming, in a way. It became a smaller, peaceful noise, like the sound of an air conditioner in the background. Light's eyes were cut off from the glare they gave the teammates, and he turned his head back around to look at his empty desk. He put his elbow on the wooden desk and plopped his head into his hands. Still not knowing what to do with himself, he turned to look at L. L looked so… so innocent under the cold glow from the screen of his computer. He looked like a little kid, besides the huge bags under his eyes. For a moment, Light forgot he was working against L. He wasn't plotting what steps to take next to outsmart the detective, or planning whose name was going to be written down next. Light admired L. Not in a romantic kind of any sort, but he craved L's friendship. Looking down on L, Light could see the messy black hair going every which way. His thumb was either between his lips or tapping constantly on the keyboard. His feet were under him, and he hunched himself over his knees. Light went over all of L's features, judging them all and admiring them all. He had never truly thought about all those things that much, but he was incapable of doing his work, so he had to find something else some-what entertaining to do. The room was still quiet and peaceful. Even the slightest noise could make the biggest impact—
SLAM!
The door was forced open by Misa, who didn't wait for anyone to welcome her in.
"LIGHT! I've missed you!" Misa ran up and threw herself onto Light, who was still sitting down. She squeezed his head, her breasts being smushed into Light's face. She might or might not have been doing it on purpose, but either way, Light's face was burning red.
"Haven't you missed me? Oh, Light! You should take me somewhere! We can go on a date now that we're both here-"
She cut herself off as she peered down at Light's wrist. She tilted her head in confusion.
"Light…" She noticed the handcuffs. Her eyes slowly followed the chain to the other side, where she found L sitting in his chair. He hadn't noticed Misa's entrance, because he was still glaring into his computer screen. "Wh-What is this? Light!" She crossed her arms and pouted her lips like she was a child who didn't get their way. Light looked up at Misa who had just pulled herself away from him. He put his hands up to gesture that it was okay. "Hey now, this is only so that he can prove that I'm innocent." He tugged on the handcuffs as an attempt to get L to snap back into reality. Two or three tugs later, it surprisingly worked. "R-Raito-kun… What are you-" He noticed Misa standing in front of him, still pouting like a child.
Misa put her hands down to her side, and turned her hands into fists. She seemed furious over such a ridiculous thing.
"Who do you think you are, trying to steal my Light! Y-You… you faggot!" She yelled at L, who was still sitting and biting his thumb in his usual position.
L just glared at the girl. He still didn't quite know what was going on.
Finally, he pieced together what was actually taking place. He looked seriously at Misa.
"Misa, that is not very mature of you. Light agreed to this himself, saying that he would like his name cleared." Misa looked dead onto Light. He returned the look right back to her.
"Light..." Her eyes started to fill up with tears. "How could you! You're mine! mine!"
Light rolled his eyes and sighed. He didn't feel like trying to comfort Misa Amane at the moment, he just wanted to get her out of there.
"Misa, you should go back home. I promise, there is nothing for you to worry about." Light paused for a breif moment and sighed. "I have to do this, in order to prove that I am innocent."
Misa hesitated to respond. She wiped the tears away from her eyes and nodded.
"Okay, I believe you Light. I never really doubted you for a second!"
Misa ran back into Lights arms, recreating the entire scene from earlier. Soichiro chuckled, with his arms crossed. After Light pulled himself away from Misa, he walked her out of the room and closed the door behind her. He sat back down with his cheeks still glowing red. He could hear Matsuda and Mogi behind him, whispering something about Light being "a player" and "getting all the girls." He pretended he didn't hear them.
They all went back to their work in complete silence.