Monkey: Well, I'm sorry for the long wait, but luckily I have two chapters to upload this time. So yay. Lol.
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"Did you have a good time?" Light asked, walking into Matt's room as his son climbed into bed.
The redhead looked down at the teddy bear he pulled into his lap as Light sat down beside him. Matt squished the plushie close to his face and mumbled something into its head.
Light gently moved the bear away from his son's face and asked, "What was that?"
Matt hesitated. "I had fun at Stylin' Cute, but…" he trailed off.
Light frowned, reaching over to his son's face to brush the messy red locks out of his face. "What is it? Whatever you say, I won't be mad about it."
Matt sighed. "I know Mikami is your friend and it was nice of him to treat us for dinner but, I was having a good time at the shop with everyone."
Light looked thoughtful. "Do you dislike Mikami?"
"That's not it," Matt squirmed, bringing his teddy bear closer to his face again. He tried to find something to say, but Light noticed his struggling and shook his head.
"You don't have to give me an explanation." He took hold of Matt's hand and gave a light squeeze. "Thank you for telling me."
Matt nodded slowly. "Am I in trouble?"
Light moved around so he was sitting next to his son. He draped an arm around Matt and brought the redhead close to him. "Never. You know I value honesty, right?" Matt nodded. "You're not doing anything wrong by telling me you're not a fan of a friend of mine."
"Really?"
"Yes, really. I will tell Mikami to give us some space—"
"You don't have to do that," Matt cut in feeling a little guilty.
"Matt, I love you and you're my whole world, if you'd rather someone not hang out with us that often, then I will make that happen. I want you to be comfortable, alright? I don't mind taking a break from seeing Mikami. I know he's my friend and he won't take it the wrong way. You're more important to me than anything, ok?"
Matt nodded and made his way to sit on Light's lap. Light held him close and kissed the top of Matt's head.
"I love you, daddy."
"I love you too."
The two stayed like that for a few more moments before Matt crawled back onto his bed, dragging his bear with him. Once he was settled, Light stood up and tucked him in. "Sweet dreams."
"Night daddy."
"You know dad, you can't keep using us as an excuse to see Light." Near pointed out as he and Near settled on the couch in the living room with L who was working on his laptop.
"Yeah, you gotta step your game up." Mello deadpanned, leaning back lazily with a chocolate bar in his hands.
L paused in his work to roll his eyes. "Have the two of you nothing better to do than mock my love life?"
"Nope," Mello replied, popping the end of the word before taking a huge bite of the bar.
"You're entertaining." Near played with an action figure and pretended to shoot Mello in the head.
"The both of you should be asleep."
Mello rolled his eyes and made himself as comfy as possible on the couch. "Yeah, you're a terrible influence on that, what with the insomnia and massive sugar intake."
L closed his laptop. "By seeing my mistakes you should try to do better than me."
"But it's so much easier to follow in your footsteps." Near said, moving some throw pillows around to better situate himself.
"What if you had a better influence?"
"If this is your way of asking if we would approve of Light as a better influence, then—"
"We think it would be nice, but our opinions are irrelevant if Light has no idea of what you want with him." Near cut Mello off, knowing the blonde was just going to make some kind of jab at their dad that would no doubt lead to Mello's humiliation. As much fun as that was to watch, Near preferred it if L spent his time planning how to woo Light and less time schooling Mello.
The blonde narrowed his eyes at his younger brother but huffed in agreement, crossing his arms over his chest. "Much as it pains me to admit it, Near's right. You gotta do more than just show up at the place his little sister works at." Mello paused then cackled. "Which, wow, when said like that, it makes you sound like a creeper."
L frowned. "Normally I am one who goes for the direct approach—"
"Which is good because obviously Light has no idea about Mikami's so-called subtle advances on him."
L felt himself tense at hearing that name. After what Sayu told them earlier that day, L was only more determined to get Light away from Mikami. "However, I do not want my straightforwardness to push Light away."
Near looked thoughtful. "Honestly, I think you have a higher chance than you might think. Your advances so far, as meager as they were, didn't faze him and he seemed willing to go along you."
"Please," Mello scoffed, finishing off his chocolate bar. "We're the ones who've done all the work." He glared at L. "I nearly cut my hair 'cause of you."
L pinched the bridge of his nose. He felt a headache coming and knew the only way to avoid it would be to consume a large amount of sugar. "You boys should go to bed."
"Don't wanna."
L stared them down, Mello first, then Near. "I was not asking."
The boys hopped off the couch, knowing that it was time they actually listened to L whenever he used that tone of voice with them. It wasn't often he used it, because he didn't want to wear out the power, but whenever he did, the boys knew that enough was enough and they needed to do whatever it is he said.
"Night dad!"
Whoever said L was an easy parent was lying. He just preferred giving his sons room to grow, only reeling them in when he deemed it truly necessary. Right now wasn't really one of those times, but it was late and rather than having to deal with cranky boys in the morning, he could spend his time trying to think about things to do to get Light's attention.
After the boys scrambled up the stairs, L was left alone with his laptop. He sighed. His sons were right, he needed to do something more than what he had previously been doing.
Light, a man who literally appeared in his life during his drugged state, captured L's heart the moment his ebony eyes saw the charming brunette with the beautiful smile.
If Light would have him, L would gladly do whatever he could to win Light's heart.
Mikami liked to think of himself as someone who got what he wanted. He had the job he wanted, the house he wanted and the money he wanted. The only thing that kept slipping out of his grasp was the person he wanted.
Back in high school, he had easily come to terms with his sexuality and the man he wanted. The easiest route was to befriend him first and Light was so grateful for their friendship that Mikami thought for sure the brunette would just as easily fall into his bed.
But before Mikami could court him, she showed up in their lives and he bitterly acknowledged the signs of love in Light's eyes.
And then Matt came along, stealing away all of Light's attention and making it next to impossible for Mikami to have Light desire him as much as he desired the brunette.
Sayu, that she-devil, was a main player in keeping him away from Light. She seemed to think that she needed to protect Light's virtue and did her best to stop Mikami from having his way with her brother.
But that was in high school. College was a difficult time for Light, with the newborn going on toddler, his family and keeping Sayu out of trouble.
Mikami sighed as he laid down in bed for the night, a smile gracing his features. He took off his glasses, placing them on the nightstand beside the bed and closed his eyes to wait for sleep to overcome him.
He had firsthand experience that alcohol was something that made his pursuit of Light so much easier than before.
And he would be dammed if he let L steal Light away from him.
Monkey: Ok, yes that was kind of a filler chapter lol but I had to set some like, middle ground? I don't know, it's getting late and my mind isn't thinking the way I'd like it to. But yes, Mikami will play a bit of a role in this story, only I'll reveal little by little as to what happened between him and Light. Aren't I awful? Lol.
Also! Who wants to guess who's Matt's mom? And what about Mello and Near's? I'd like to know who you guys think they are, because Light and L didn't just spawn their kids lol.