Author's Note; Hello! So, with school and stuff I'm a bit lazy with updates, sorry :( But here comes chapter 7!
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Beyond hesitantly closed the heavy warehouse door, locking it behind the two as they stepped outside. He stuffed his keys into his pocket, glancing over at his convertible parked in front. The hotel was only a short walk away, so there really was no point in moving the car. B looked over at the younger male who walked beside him, then down to his hand. Tilting his head slightly, he shrugged his shoulders and grabbed Light's hand, intertwining their fingers casually. Light blinked and looked down at their hands, smiling slightly and giving a squeeze as they continued to walk. He realized that the cut Beyond had made in the shape of a B on his cheek still stung, and sometimes made it hurt to smile too wide.
Once they got to the hotel Light walked quickly inside, happy to be staying somewhere better than that cold warehouse. He went up to the front desk and asked for a room, taking the room key and heading for the elevator. B followed him inside and up to the hotel room, waiting for the brunette to unlock the door before stepping inside and looking around.
"Wow." B smiled, putting his thumb to his lower lip as he looked around the rooms. "Nice, isn't it?" Light smiled lightly and clutched his hand, following him into the bedroom. "Very, I like it here." The raven nodded and let go of Light's hand to run and jump onto the bed, his body bouncing on the mattress. He knew this act must have looked childish to anyone other than himself, but he was happy.
The younger male laughed lightly, shaking his head and tearing his gaze away from B to go explore the other rooms. "Don't break it befre we get to sleep in it, yeah?" He teased. "Mhm." B chuckled and crawled under the covers, snuggling into the sheets. "Soft..." Light could still hear him mumbling from the other room, laughing softly. The brunette came back through to the bedroom and threw a towel over his head. "Go take a shower, you weirdo." He snickered.
B felt himself get hit with a towel and grinned slightly, "Okay." He got up and grabbed the towel, running his fingers through his hair. He tilted his head and looked into the bathroom at the shower, "Nice." Light rolled his eyes and went to the kitchen, pulling open the refrigerator door and looking around the empty shelves.
Beyond closed the door to the bathroom and stripped, stepping into the shower after he'd turned the water on warm. He didn't like having hot showers after the fire incident. He shampooed his hair twice and washed his body, stepping out around 10 minutes later feeling even more refreshed. B shook out his wet hair, much like how a dog would, and got dressed, blowdrying his hair and dropping the towel that was once wrapped barely around his waist carelessly to the tiled floor.
Light had collapsed on the bed by the time Beyond had came back, fast asleep after being awake for so long. He clearly was exhausted. B smiled slightly and gently brushed some strands of brown hair out of Light's eyes, bending down and kissing his forehead before making his way over to the opposite side of the bed. Light sighed deeply in his sleep, turning over upon feeling a new source of warmth and nuzzling into Beyond's chest. B wrapped his arms around the brunette and pulled him closer, happy to once again have the comfort of another person. He snuggled his face into Light's hair and closed his tired eyes, drifting off quickly to sleep..
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Light was the first to wake up around midday, blinking a few times and noticing his limbs were tangled with the raven's, his face pressed against his neck. He heard Beyond mumble with a frown in his sleep, mostly unintelligable words besides his own name, and something about how B did not want Light to leave him, his grip tightening after those words were murmured. Light sighed and slowly pulled his face away from the older male's neck, shaking him lightly. "Hey.. Wake up."
"Mmn?" B's eyelids fluttered open immediately, rubbing his crimson eyes and looking around the room before focusing on the other's face. "Light..?" He mumbled with his tired voice. "Yeah..It's me." Light smiled tiredly, slowly leaning forward and pressing a single kiss to his lips. "Morning.. Er, well.. Afternoon." Beyond gave a tired smile and returned the kiss. "I'm glad.. You're still here.. I thought you would leave while I was asleep." He propped himself up on his elbows, exhaling slowly.
"No, I wouldnt do that.. And I was pretty much asleep myself." Light yawned, stretching out his arms. "It's been awhile since I slept somewhere this comfortable." Beyond pulled the covers up to his shoulders, snuggling into the mattress. "Usually the most I'll sleep is two hours." "Well we slept a hell of a lot more than that." The brunette sighed deeply, turning to lay on his stomach. Beyond looked over at the kitchen, "I'm hungry.." He mumbled, swinging his legs over the side of the bed as he stood. He stretched his arms and walked to the kitchen. Light nuzzled his cheek into the pillow, watching the other curiously. "Mm, me too.."
B looked inside the fridge and tilted his head slightly. There wasn't much except the food he'd bought back at the warehouse and of course his strawberry jam jars. "What are you in the mood for?" He took out a newly opened jar. Light shrugged slightly, "Anything that isn't your stupid jam.." He mumbled, snickering lightly. Beyond pouted, "My jam is amazing.. Jamazing!" He smiled and walked quickly over to Light with his jar, dipping his finger into the jam and outstretching it to the brunette. "Just try it."
"That was horrible.." Light deadpanned and frowned slightly, "I dont want your jam." He yawned again. "One lick won't kill you, my hands are clean I promise." B grinned and kept his finger by Light's lips. "Nope..I dont like sweet things. I said that." The younger grumbled tiredly, watching the raven with a bored facial expression. After a moment, Beyond sighed. "You disappoint me." He pouted, licking his own finger. He sat down on the bed next to Light and hugged his knees to his chest, continuing to eat out of the jar as he looked down at the brunette. Light just rolled his eyes before closing them again, letting out a tired sigh.
B held his jar on his lap, using the hand that wasn't sticky to play with Light's hair softly. He liked how it was soft just like his own. He continued scooping the jam onto his fingers with his other hand. Light smiled softly at the affectionate touches as fingers ran through his light brown hair. Beyond smiled and combed his fingers through the brunette hair, setting the jar down on the beside table and scooting down more to be closer to Light. The brunette hummed softly, bring an arm up to rest behind his head like a pillow.
Beyond tried closing his eyes, but he wasn't tired anymore. He reached for the TV remote and turned on the flatscreen, flipping through the channels. Light listened quietly, letting out soft, content sighs every now and then as he nuzzled closer to the raven. Beyond kept close to Light as he settled on a channel, tilting his head slightly as he watched what seemed like an action movie. The brunette could feel himself drifting off again, but the rumble of his stomach was keeping him awake.
B heard Light's stomach and raised an eyebrow, "You never did tell me what you wanted. I can go get it for you now." He glanced over to the kitchen. Light shrugged slightly, opening his eyes to gaze up at the other. "Anything's fine." He yawned. "Well besides jam I have sandwich stuff." Beyond shrugged and got up. "Mm, that sounds fine." Light nodded and stretched, smiling slightly.
B nodded and walked into the kitchen, washing his hands and preparing to make him a sandwich. "Thank you." The younger male smiled and rolled onto his back, boredly watching the television screen. "Mhm." B smiled and came back with the sandwich on a plate, handing it to Light. He was hungry too but hadn't made one for himself since jam was enough to satisfy him. Light took the plate with a soft thank you, taking a bite out of it and thinking. Beyond hadn't eaten either as far as he knew.. So he offered him the other half of his sandwich. B shook his head, "No thanks." He dug back into his jar.
"I know you haven't eaten properly. Take it." The brunette pressed, holding it closer to him. "I'm okay." B insisted, he still felt bad about everything and thought he didn't deserve any of Light's food. "Eat it before I shove it down your throat." Light demanded, huffing slightly he continued to hold out the sandwich. Beyond frowned and grabbed the sandwich, "Fine." He took a bite quickly and licked his lips. Light gave a satisfied smile before turning back to eat his own half.
It didn't take the two long to finish their own halves, or at least in Beyond's case, up to the crusts, since he didn't like them. He put the sandwich crusts back on the plate, glancing back up to the TV. The brunette chuckled slightly after he had finished his half. "Shall we start to head home?" He asked. "Home.. Right." B bit his thumb nail without looking away from the TV. He was kind of nervous but wouldn't come out and say it. "It'll be okay. Trust me." Light sat up and placed his hand on top of Beyond's. B looked over at the other and nodded. He gave a small smile, squeezing Light's hand. "I know."
Light nodded back before getting off the bed, stretching his arms. "I'm just going to take a quick shower then we can leave, alright?" "Okay." He let go of Light's hand and hugged his knees to his chest, looking back up to the screen. The brunette got up and headed into the bathroom, closing the door behind him. He turned on the shower and stripped, stepping in under the hot spray with a relieved sigh, washing away the blood and sweat that remained on his arms and face, then rinsing off his body while he shampooed his hair.
B waited for Light as he sat on the edge of the bed. He dipped his fingers into the jar and licked off the jam, smiling as he watched the flatscreen. It was some horror movie that Beyond hadn't seen, which was surprising because he had seen a lot.
Light stepped out of the shower and sighed softly after looking into a mirror as he traced the faint outline of the cut on his face, but quickly withdrew it, he didn't want to think about it too much.. A few minutes later he'd stepped out of the bathroom, fully dressed and deciding to air dry his brown hair. Beyond looked up from the TV as he walked back into the bedroom, spotting the cut on Light's face. It looked a lot better but it still wouldn't heal. He got up and walked over to Light, tilting his head slightly. Light blinked at him slowly, "What's wrong?" He asked. B shook his head and stood in front of him, reaching out and tracing the cut in the shape of a B gently with his index finger.
Light sighed, "It's alright, Beyond.. Let's just go now." B nodded and bent his head down a bit to softly kiss the cut, giving a small smile and turning back towards the bed. He reached into his bag and dug out the small contact lense box, walking over to the vanity mirror in the corner of the bedroom and popping in two blue contact lenses. He blinked a few times and flipped his black bangs out of his eyes. "Hmm.."
Light watched him curiously beneath wet bangs. "What do you use the blue ones for anyway?" He questioned, tilting his head slightly. "Whenever I want to go out, but don't want to look like him." B answered simply, referring to the him as L and fixing his hair with a brush. Beyond always took extra time with his hair even though it just ended up looking messy as always. Light nodded slightly, his amber eyes never leaving Beyond. "I see.." He mumbled.
"Mhm." Beyond nodded and stood, taking one last glance in the mirror before walking over to the table. He looked around the hotel room and sighed, "I guess it's time to go then?" Light nodded and smiled softly. "Would you mind.. If I called Sayu again..? Just so I can tell her I'm coming home?" He asked quitely, unsure. "Oh, yeah. Here." B reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone, handing it to Light. He almost forgot that he broke Light's cell phone. Light nodded slightly, taking the phone. "Thank you.." He flipped it open and quickly dailed the number, holding it up to his ear as he waited for it to pick up. B nodded and sat on the chair next to Light, hugging his knees to his chest as he heard a voice on the phone, "Hello?"
"Sayu.. It's Light." The brunette mumbled, hearing the depressed tone in her voice saddening him. "I have good news. I'll be able to come home by tonight. I'm with a friend right now who managed to get me away from my captor.. But we'll-" "You're coming home?!" Her voice yelled loudly in his ear, interrupting him. "Oh, thank god! Im so glad.. Mum, Light's coming home!" Light pulled the phone away from his ear slightly, eyebrows creasing. Beyond flinched when he heard the loud yelling coming from the phone, smiling slightly at Light's facial expression. He rubbed the back of his neck as he waited. Light chuckled a bit, listening to Sayu explain ecstatically to their mother. "Sayu, I have to go, okay? I'll see you soon." He told her. "Okay!" Was her reply before she hung up.
"She's excited." Beyond smiled and took his phone back, making sure the call was ended before putting it back in his pocket. He stood up from the chair and stretched his arms. "Of course she is." Light laughed a bit, a genuine smile on his face. "Well, shall we go?" B nodded and pulled his hood up, hesitating a moment. "Oh." He chuckled and flipped it back down, "That's gonna take getting used to.." He grabbed his jar of jam and his bag and walked towards the door, looking one last time around the room.
Light smiled slightly and followed the raven to the door. "Im glad you remembered." He chuckled lightly, ruffling Beyond's hair. B grinned and fixed his hair, "You'd keep reminding me if I didn't." B did like his hair, more than anything else about himself actually, just not his eyes. Or the scar on his cheek. And he hated how people stared at them whenever he went out. He stuffed the jar in his pocket and walked through the lobby, exiting the hotel.
Light smiled, following quickly after Beyond. "So..Have you decided on an alias?" He asked. "Yep, I'll go by Rue." B nodded and walked down the street, pulling at his black hoodie sleeve. Light nodded once with a small smile. "Alright, sounds good. " The brunette glanced down, watching him pull at his sleeve for the third time. "What's wrong?" "Hm?" B looked down at his wrist, "Oh nothing, it's just a habit I have." Beyond assured him and smiled slightly, letting go of his sleeve to slip his hand into Light's.
Light frowned slightly before sighing, sliding his fingers through the gaps of Beyond's. "What?" B raised an eyebrow at the brunette, squeezing his hand. The brunette shook his head, squeezing his hand back in return. "Okay." Beyond looked down at their hands and sighed, "I guess we can't really act like this at your house, or in public really, right?" Light glanced at their hands before up at Beyond. "Why not?" He asked curiously, tilting his head. "You want people to know?" The raven raised both eyebrows, he didn't think Light would want to be open about them... Whatever they were. "I dont care what people think of me, to be honest. I'm not a very, well.. Romantic person anyway." Light grinned. Beyond chuckled, "Neither am I." He shrugged, "If it's alright with you then. I promise I won't embarrass you." He smirked.
The brunette snickered lightly, squeezing his hand gently. "My house is a far distance from here.. Did you want to just pick up your car from the warehouse and drive there?" "Mhm." The older male nodded, already walking in the direction of his car. He only let go of Light once they got there, hopping in the driver's seat. He put his keys in the ignition and started up the car. "Here goes.." B mumbled and backed out of the parking space, driving off and away for whatever was to come..
Author's Note; Hooray for poor endings haha reviews please! They make me happy c: and then I update and then you be happy c: heheh yeah see ya guys next time o-o -BB