A/N: Not a whole lot going on in this chapter…except L wearing Light's clothes. How cute!

Disclaimer: I don't own L or Light…sadly.

Light had suspected that L wasn't quite of sound mind, but now he had actual evidence to support his beliefs. After all, what person in their right mind would reveal that if someone wrote something on them, they had to obey? It was the kind of thing that someone was forced to tell their captor at gunpoint or a hidden weakness that was to be discovered by an enemy. It wasn't something you told to someone you didn't always get along with. It gave Light unlimited power over L. And L didn't seem the least bit concerned that Light would make him do something horrible. In fact, he seemed to truly want Light to force his will upon him. It was quite disconcerting.

L stood on his head in the corner of Light's room, smiling broadly. "You have truly mastered enslaving me," L proclaimed.

Light scowled. 'Stop making those terrible puns."

"I'm sorry, master, but if you want me to remember something, you'll have to write it down."

Light glared at him. "Okay, you asked for it." Stop talking.

L obligingly shut his mouth and smiled at Light adoringly.

"You are so weird," Light muttered. "I can't believe being told to shut up makes you happy."

L rolled back onto his feet. His five minutes in the corner were up. He shrugged cheerfully and stretched out across Light's bed.

Now that L was wearing a pair of Light's boxer shorts, Light found that he could look at him for long periods of time. When L was naked, Light always wanted to avert his eyes. It wasn't that L was ugly; it was just out of common courtesy. And he didn't want L getting any ideas.

But now, he could look at L when he was talking to him without being embarrassed by L's nudity. L was ethereally attractive with his pale skin and dark hair. But he was a little skinny for Light's tastes. Light supposed that was because L was dead. After all, corpses don't gain weight, no matter what they eat.

L coughed delicately. He raised an eyebrow and smiled.

Light realized that he had been staring. "Don't get any ideas," Light growled. "I'm just happy to see you wearing clothes. They're a little big on you, though. Do you think they'll fall off?"

L shrugged. He pointed to Light's selection of belts.

"No, no. You don't wear a belt with boxers. It's not going to do you any good. You're just too goddamn skinny. How do you find any clothes that fit you?"

L shrugged again and made an unfamiliar gesture.

Light frowned. "What the hell is that supposed to mean? I'm no good at charades." Light grabbed hold of L's hand and scribbled on his palm. Talk to me.

L stiffened and slowly shook his head.

"No? But…you have to obey me, right?"

L held out his hand for Light to inspect. "Talk to me" was still clearly visible. L flipped his hand over and displayed Light's earlier command, "Stop talking"

'So, you can't obey contradictory commands?"

L nodded.

"How do I fix it so you can talk again?"

L shrugged.

"You have to help me! If I don't fix it, you'll never talk again, right?"

L nodded solemnly.

"I wish you would have told me this sooner," Light growled. He inspected L's hand thoughtfully. "If the command is still visible…I should be able to add to it." He picked up his pen. Until I tell you otherwise.

'There, now you can talk again."

"What a relief," L muttered. "I was quite worried, but Raito-kun has proved himself quite a capable-"

"Shut up," Light growled.

L's mouth snapped shut. Surprise briefly flickered across L's face.

Light grinned. "So, I was right. It applied to both commands since they were both active at the same time. Okay, talk to me some more."

"I am quite impressed," L murmured. "I was not aware that you could do this."

Light smirked. "I guess you learn something new every day. Speaking of learn…" Come with me to school tomorrow.

L blinked as the command registered. "Of course I will, Raito-kun. I have been coming to school with you for weeks now."

Come with me tomorrow as a human.

L frowned thoughtfully. "That will be slightly tricky, but I suppose I can manage."

Light grinned. "Good. I'm lucky forward to it."

But by the next morning, it had ceased sounding like a great idea. Light woke up feeling absolutely miserable. His throat ached and his eyes were red and puffy. He felt exhausted. It would be difficult enough to get through the day at school without having to worry about L.

L hid under the bed when Light's mother came in to check up on him. She put a hand to his forehead and frowned. "I think you've got a little bit of a temperature. Are you sure you want to go to school today? You should probably stay home and rest."

Light sighed and slid out of bed. "I'll be fine for one day. I have a test today that will be really hard to make up. Besides, it's Friday. I can sleep all weekend if I need to."

Sachiko nodded. "Well, if you feel up to it. Just make sure you don't push yourself too hard. And take some cough medicine with you just in case you start to feel bad. I'll be over at Sayu's school for a bit to watch her awards ceremony. But if you start feeling awful, call me and I'll come get you right away."

Light sighed. "I'm sure I'll be fine, Mom. Just leave me some cough drops on the counter."

As soon as she had left, L peeked out from under the bed. "Is this wise, Raito-kun?"

Light coughed weakly as he slowly eased into his school clothes. "Well, that's your call. I'll be out of commission idea-wise. It'll be up to you to find an excuse for being at school."

L nodded. "I'll do that. You'll have to sneak me out in your pocket and then bring me back to size when no one is looking."

"Yeah," Light muttered wearily. He slipped the tiny L into his pocket and headed out for school.

Once Light had walked halfway down the block, he dropped L onto the sidewalk and let him grow. L was wearing an old pair of Light's jeans with a belt cinched into the smallest hole. The pants were still barely staying up by L's hips, but there was nothing Light could do about that. L was also wearing one of Light's shirts that was normally skintight on him, but rather baggy on L.

As soon as they reached school, L headed straight for the office. Light was surprised that L managed to convince the registrar that he was a prospective student. She even authorized Light to give L a tour of the campus.

"That was easy," Light muttered. 'Almost too easy."

L smiled enigmatically. "All things are possible for me. Come, Raito-kun, let's have a look at your classes."