Hey, look at this. An update only one week after the last one. *cheers* Thanks to everyone who has reviewed and there is a reason why Light is acting the ways he is, so I hope you don't hate him too much. Also the statistics in this are completely made up so don't take them too seriously.

Light kept his arm around L the whole way back and guided him up to their room.

"Would you like a warm drink?" Light asked, heading straight for the kitchen, relieved they had arrived. L laughed slightly and shook his head.

"I'm alright." He said, it was nice just being home. "But I could do with some ice-cream..." He mumbled, heading for the freezer.

"I just thought it might help you relax," Light said, annoyed L laughed at his suggestion.

"Light, I'm alright. You don't have to look after me the whole time." He stood and moved closer to Light, "Please, I don't want you to worry too much..."

"It's my right as your lover to care about your wellbeing," Light replied smiling, hoping it didn't look as strained as it felt, swallowing and crossing his arms. "I'm glad you're feeling better now." L leaned closer to Light and kissed him before pulling back and looking at him.

"Light. You don't have to worry about me right now. You worrying about me, will worry me about you, which will make both of us worry worse. Now... Go into the other room for a little while. I have a surprise which I need to concentrate for, and when you're in the room, the only thing I can concentrate on is you." He smiled softly, pushing Light towards the living room. He turned the TV on and pushed Light down on the couch. He leaned down and kissed him on the forehead before standing and heading back into the kitchen. Light rolled his eyes and went to grab the book he had left on the shelf and began to read so as to distract himself from the mystery of what L was up to and thankful that he had some time alone.

About forty-five minutes later, L returned to the living room, looking a little sheepish.

"You can come in if you want..." He said, biting his lips. Light looked over at L curiously and put his book down before getting up and walking over to where L was. Taking Light's hand, L led him to the kitchen. On the counter top was a cake, baked in the shape of two L's intertwining around a heart. The icing was black on one L, white on the other, and the heart in the middle was red. On each of the L's there was the opposite colour in a small spot on the top.

"It's a tasty symbol." L said sheepishly. "I wanted to bake, but I didn't want to make a normal cake... I was gonna write your full name, but there wouldn't have been enough cake...so I put the first letter on..." He looked at Light and smiled sheepishly and putting his hand behind his head, wondering what Light would say about it.

"Whatever did I do to deserve someone as wonderful as you?" Light mused returning the smile and fighting the urge to gag. Even Misa hadn't done anything as ridiculous as this, well from the little he could remember of her. "It's perfect. What type of cake is it?"

"Chocolate sponge..." L said sheepishly. "It's my favourite type... I don't know what yours is... I know you don't like sweets much..." He bit his lip and looked at Light, "Do you want some?" he asked, picking up a knife. He then looked down at the cake. He didn't want to cut into it.

"I'm sure I'll love it," Light replied and walked over to L to kiss him softly and wondering just how much he could get away with binning. "Thank you." L leaned into the kiss and smiled as Light pulled back.

"I wanted to do something... normal." He laughed a little, "It's something a normal couple would do... So much has been going on lately, that I just wanted to hold onto something normal, even if it isn't for us..." He let out a small chuckle and shook his head, "That doesn't even make sense..." Light laughed and hugged L, unsure of how else to respond.

"Well this is nice, I just wish that I could do something for you rather than you for me all the time." L pulled away from Light to stare at him.

"You're kidding right? You really think that I'm the only one doing things? I owe you everything! Without you, I wouldn't be the person I am today. You have done so much for me, so much, that I could never pay you back enough..."

"You have though, you've let me love you," Light objected, trying to channel a character in one of the cheesy romance movies Sayu made him sit through, since apparently he had done enough of that in the past to get away with it now.

"The same could be said of you. Even after everything that's happened, even after you lost your memory and couldn't remember who I was, you still stuck with me; you still let me love you, even then." L smiled at Light and let his arms drop before looking at the cake.

"It seems a shame to cut it up... but it's a waste of cake other wise..." Light looked like he was about to something but grinned instead.

"Want to take a photo of it then?" Light asked playfully, though part of him wondered why L hadn't thought of it himself. L grinned and nodded.

"I'll go grab a camera." He said before leaving the room. He returned a few moments later with a digital camera. "You want to take the picture?"

"No, you can," Light replied, wanting nothing to do with it. "I have never been good with cameras anyway."

"I've never taken a photo." L said with a shrug. He then stood back and took a photo. He looked at it on the screen of the camera and sighed, "You take one." He mumbled, handing the camera over. Light resisted rolling his eyes as he took the camera and crouched slightly so as to get a better angle of the cake before taking his shot. Smiling at Light, L nodded. "Thanks." He looked at the cake again, "I still don't want to cut it..." He mumbled, sniffing the air, "But it smells real good."

"That's what the photo is for, so you can still look at it and eat the cake," Light said looking at how the photo turned out and passed the camera to L so he could see.

"So I can have my cake and eat it too?" L asked with a laugh. He moved to Light's side and leaned against him.

"Yeah, I guess you do," Light replied, an arm wrapping around L's waist, finding it slightly easier to do the more he practiced. As unbelievable as it would have seemed to him before, the sex was easier to put up with than these small touches.

"You cut it," L said with a laugh. Leaning against Light, L sighed softly. "I'm quite tired," he said softly. "It's been a long few hours." He smiled at Light, leaning over to kiss him. "You're probably more tired than me."

"Hmmm?" Light asked confused and reached out to take the knife when his vision suddenly swam and dizziness overcame him and he stumbled under L's weight. His head throbbed and he went to lift his arms to clutch at his head, but only succeeded with his right arm, his left hanging by his side. "M-my head…"

"Light!" L took the knife from Light's hand and put it on the table, slowly lowering the other male to the ground. "Are you alright! What's wrong?" Light's eyes were closed though as unconsciousness had taken him. "Shit!" L put Light down on the ground and took out his phone. He called Watari first, who told him what to do, keeping him calm. L then hung up and called an ambulance, picking Light up and taking him down to the ground level. He then called Watari again, and told him to take care of the boys. Before Watari could answer, he hung up and sat there, holding Light to his chest and waiting for the ambulance. They arrived and asked some questions; each one was answered truthfully, until they asked for his name. "Ryuuzaki." He answered to that one. "Is he going to be alright?"

"We'll take care of him. Are you family?" The paramedic answered.

"I'm his fiancé." He answered. This allowed him to ride in the ambulance with Light. He sat there, holding his hand the entire way. The paramedic continued to ask questions, and when the question of previous head injuries came along, L told her about Light's memory loss. This caused quite a stir. The ambulance increased its speed and the radio was used to talk to the hospital before they arrived. When they did, Light was rushed into a room. Nobody would tell L what was going on, and he was worried. After a short while, L was lead into Light's hospital room.

"We'll come and get you in a short while, we need to speak of insurance. It's likely that he'll need surgery." One of the doctors told L. L nodded, not looking at the doctor, instead, reaching for Light's hand. Light's eye twitched but he didn't wake. After a minute L's phone rang. Shaking, and almost sobbing, L picked up his phone and answered.

"H-hello?" He hadn't thought to look at the caller ID, so he didn't know who would be calling him. His hand was still on Light's, holding it tightly.

"Ryuzaki, what's going on?" Watari asked straight away.

"It's Light-" He had to pause then, to stop himself from beginning to sob. "They said he might need surgery... It's something to do with his head." He couldn't help the sob then, "What's going to happen Watari?" He was looking to him, his father figure, looking for guidance, for help. He was afraid.

"Calm down, I'm sure Light will be ok. Do you wish for me to inform Light's parents?" Watari asked kindly.

"Yes. Please. I also need to know about their insurance." L took a deep breath and tried to calm down. "Watari... I'm afraid..." Now he was sobbing, and crying. "I can't lose him, I can't." That was when a doctor came in. He smiled at L and gestured to the phone.

"Please, put that down. It interferes with the equipment. If you need to call someone a nurse can direct you to a landline"

L nodded, "Watari... I have to go. I shouldn't be using the phone in the hospital." He sniffed and hung up, turning the phone off and looking at the doctor. The doctor smiled and sat down on a chair near L.

"Ryuuzaki, is it?" L nodded, the doctor smiled softly, "We're going to have to run some tests." He said softly, "We think that Light might have hit his head quite hard and caused a clot in his brain." The doctor was talking softly, as if reassuring L. "If that's the case, we'll have to take him into surgery immediately. We'll have to remove the clot, and there's a chance he may suffer some brain damage, but if we don't perform the surgery, there's a 98% chance that he'll die." Meanwhile Watari was on the phone with Soichiro, trying his best to keep the man calm and not go racing off while he was still trying to get details about their insurance. When he was done he requested that Sachiko or Sayu should go and stay with the boys and he headed over to the hospital.

"Do the surgery. I'm his fiancé; I should be able to make that decision, right?" L was keeping his own voice steady. The doctor smiled sadly and shook his head. "I'm afraid that his next of kin is still his parents until you two are actually married." He smiled softly at him, "Is there any way we can contact his parents?"

"They should be here shortly." L said with a nod. He held onto Light's hand tighter. "If he doesn't have insurance, how much would the surgery cost?"

"A lot." The doctor said sadly, "It's brain surgery, so you're looking at well over half a million."

L nodded, "That's not a problem..." Watari arrived about twenty minutes later with Light's mother in tow who immediately raced over to L.

"L, oh my god, how is he?" Sachiko asked in a rush.

"He needs surgery. They wouldn't let me sign the papers, said they need you to do it." He bit his lip, "Do you have insurance?" He asked, still clutching onto Light's hand like it was a life line. "They said the surgery will cost half a million without insurance. But I can cover that if you don't have any." He sniffed, bringing his free hand to cover his mouth. "Sorry," He mumbled, raising the hand up to his eyes. He was trying incredibly hard not to break down crying in front of Light's family. But he was so worried.

"Yes we do," Sachiko replied kindly and held her arms out to L. "Come here." L shook his head, his hand going through his hair.

"No... It's okay..." He kept a hold of Light's hand. He didn't want to move away from him. He was also wasn't used to physical contact. He didn't like to be held by anyone other than Light. Right now, all he wanted was for Light to hold him. For Light to wake up and be alright. That's all he wanted. He brought his knees up and looked at Light's parents. "Will you sign the papers? They said if he doesn't get surgery, there's less than a two percent chance that he'll survive." At that, he did break down, sobbing softly into his knees. He couldn't help it, it was too much. He'd already lost a part of Light, he didn't want to lose anymore. He couldn't.

"Ok," Sachiko said calmly. "Just so you know I will be here and you can talk to me whenever you need to. I remember how hard it was when I nearly lost Soichiro." Giving L one last sympathetic look she went to sign the forms. L was sobbing now, openly displaying feelings, in public. This just didn't happen. But he was overwhelmed. He felt like he couldn't breathe, like the world was closing in on him. He held Light's hand tighter. Watari knelt down beside L and spoke to him in a slow, soft, comforting voice to try and keep L from having a panic attack.

Ten minutes later, the doctors came in and took Light away, gently prying L's hand off Light. They smiled reassuringly at him and then Light was gone. Down the white corridor, down to a sterilised room. L curled up on himself, holding his knees and sobbing. He started rocking back and forth, waiting. He looked up at Watari tears falling down his face.

"Watari... what's going to happen?" He felt like he was a little kid again, having just been told that he couldn't live in his home any more, after he'd buried his mom. He felt like this was the first time he'd met Watari, when he felt like his whole world had turned to dust.

"Well he's going to go into surgery, everything will run smoothly and then you and I will be here waiting for him when he get's out. You will probably have to help him adjust to his loss of hair though," Watari said smoothly knowing that L would only accept physical comfort from Light. L nodded, wiping his eyes. He sniffed a few more times before moving to sit against the wall. He didn't move to the waiting room, there wasn't much point. He knew that they would call him after the surgery was done, and that the surgery was going to take a long time. L just concentrated on burying his emotions, on hiding them behind a mask. It took him an hour, but he finally managed it. His crying stopped, his hurting stopped. Everything stopped.

"Would you like me to bring you anything?" Watari asked gently. L nodded, looking up at Watari.

"I'd like a glass of water please." He said softly, feeling quite dehydrated. He spoke in his old monotonic voice, betraying the fact that he was holding back his emotions again.

"Of course," Watari replied and resisted looking back at L, praying that Light got well soon so that L could be happy once more. The surgery took six hours, and when it was over, L was asked to leave the room while they gave Light post op. L was told to wait in the waiting room, which he did. He was sat, staring at the door, trying his hardest to keep his emotions in check. It wouldn't do to break down now. Watari stayed with L the entire time, getting him food and drink every so often. He called Light's family to let them know Light was out of surgery as Light's mum and left to inform Sayu and Soichiro of Light's condition. L was let into the room, and he was instantly by Light's side.

"When will he wake up?" he asked the doctor.

"Not for a few more hours at the earliest," He said with a small smile. He finished checking the IV and turned to go. "I'll leave you be." L nodded and turned to Light.

"Do you know...how afraid I am? How scared I am that you're not going to wake up?" He was letting go of the hold on his emotions now. He was holding his hand, sniffing and letting the tears run. "You have to wake up, or I'll never forgive you, you got that?"

The steady beep of the monitor was the only response and Light seemed paler in the harsh white sheets, white bandages wrapped around his head. L settled himself down for a long night, sitting in the chair next to the male. His head eventually fell onto the bed as sleep claimed him. He was still holding onto Light's hand. Watari came in to check on them a little while after and seeing his ward was asleep he requested for a bed to be placed beside Light's so that L could lie down beside him.

As I said before the stats are completely made up. Anyway so what did you think? I know Light is being kind of horrible, but I did have a reason for making him that way so I hope you don't hate him too much. Thanks for reading and hopefully I will update soon to make up for this short update.