Monkey: And here, to make up for the long wait, is the second chapter in one night lol.
Also, this story spiraled out of control, holy crap. This is so NOT the direction I ever expected this to take after I decided to write this fic on a whim. Lol. Fuck. Ha.
Disclaimer? Disclaimed!
"Hello?"
"Light, I offer my sincerest apologies for the sudden call, but I have a favor to ask."
It had been a couple months since the last time Light had seen L at Stylin' Cute, but they had met up a couple times since, mostly so their sons could have play dates while the two of them spoke.
Caramel eyes blinked. He tried to hold back a yawn to no avail. It was early and maybe he should get some coffee to function properly. "Ok, what do you need?" He made his way to the kitchen, careful so as not to disturb his sleeping son.
He heard some shuffling on the other end followed by a bit of muffled screaming undoubtedly coming from Mello and Near. "My occupation requires I fly across the world and leave within a few hours. I will be gone for the weekend. While normally I would have Watari watch the boys, he is to join me for the trip. I have no one to watch the boys and I refuse to bring them along less they cause a disruption in international relations." It was no secret that his demon sons had managed to torment every single babysitter in the city from ever babysitting them again but Light didn't need to know that.
"I think you overestimate us, dad," Near's voice spoke from somewhere in L's end.
Light heard Mello cackle in the background. "More like underestimate us."
L sighed. "You see my dilemma. Would it be too much of a bother to ask you to watch them for a couple days? I offer as much monetary compensation as you wish."
Light looked around the kitchen, wondering where the pancake batter was. "Nonsense, I'd be happy to watch them." He found the pancake batter and set about looking for chocolate chips. He made a mental note to keep Sayu forever out of his kitchen because he could never find anything after she went through there.
"Are you sure?"
Light yawned. "Of course, you've got great kids and Matt gets along with them, I see no problem."
Something told Light that L was frowning on the other end. "It is too early for you to make a rational decision, I apologize. I feel like I have taken advantage of your trusting nature."
Light chuckled, shaking his head. He decided to first make some coffee then focus on the pancakes for Matt who wasn't awake yet. "Relax, you're not taking advantage of me, I'd really be happy to take care of them."
L paused. "While I am indebted to your generosity, I wonder if I pre—"
"L, I mean it, it's no trouble." As he waited for his coffee to finish, he leaned his hip against the kitchen counter. "When will you have them here? Hang on, you don't have my address."
"Give me one moment, Light," L presumably put the phone a little ways away from him to yell, "boys! Enough fighting! Pack up your things, you are leaving in two hours!"
"I refuse to stay with Matsuda again!" Mello yelled out.
"That was a terrible decision following copious amounts of alcohol. I have no intention of letting you scar my employees again. You will be staying with Light and Matt."
The boys cheered in the background, running around to gather their things.
Light began pouring himself some coffee. The aroma was already working its powers to wake him up more. It wasn't until after he took his first sip that he realized he agreed to watch Mello and Near without asking Matt first. He frowned. Damn, he hoped that wouldn't be a problem.
Soft shuffling just outside the kitchen drew Light's attention. "Daddy?"
Light heard L talking to the boys and focused his attention on his son. "Good morning. Want some pancakes?"
Matt nodded, tiredly rubbing his eyes. Light smiled when Matt came over to greet him with a hug and didn't let go afterwards. Light reached down with his free hand to ruffle his sons red hair.
"Light, my apologies once again, if you could send me your address? I will be there in about three hours, if that is ok?"
Light nodded. "Sure. One sec." He looked down at Matt who looked comfortable resting his against him, arms loosely hanging off his father. "Matt, I agreed to watch Near and Mello for the weekend, will you be ok with that?"
Matt perked up at the notice that there would be kids around his age to play with. "Can I play my video games with them?" He had several games that he would love to tag team with someone, but he was too shy to make friends, so he never had anyone over. The extra controllers were just gathering dust in his room at this point.
"Of course, promise me you'll be good?"
Matt grinned and bounced on the balls of his feet. "I promise!"
With a laugh, Light turned his attention back to the phone. He had no idea that L had heard the exchange and was smiling to himself. "Well, I got the ok from the commander, so I'll text you the info and then you can bring them once you're ready."
"Thank you, I really appreciate you doing this on such short notice."
The two said their goodbyes and Light went about making pancakes for Matt who was his little helper in the kitchen.
Once the two had their breakfast ready, they went to the dining room to sit at the table together. Matt happily dug into his stack of chocolate chip pancakes while Light calmly sipped at his coffee in between bites of his plain pancakes.
"It'll be like a playdate."
Matt blushed. "Dad, I'm not five anymore."
Light chuckled, reaching over to take away the bottle of syrup when he saw his son reaching for more. There was plenty of syrup on his pancakes and Light didn't want him getting a sugar rush this early in the morning. "You're right, you're already eight years old. Soon you'll be graduating high school and going to college."
Matt hid his face behind his glass of milk as Light teased him.
He wasn't exactly joking. Matt had been offered multiple times to skip a few grades, but Matt was already having a difficult time making friends his own age, if he suddenly skipped a few years, he figured he'd have an even harder time. For the time being, he wanted to stay in his own grade. If he found reason to skip, he would, but taking it easy never hurt.
Two and a half hours later, the doorbell rang.
"Good morning, Light."
"Morning," Light greeted, stepping to the side so L and his sons could walk in.
"Good morning," Near and Mello chorused happily, carrying their backpacks with them as they walked in.
Light extended an arm out. "Please, make yourselves at home."
Before the boys could cheer, L spoke. "You most certainly will not. You will treat this house with respect. If I hear anything about you trying to make anything explode I will ground you until your third lifetime."
Mello and Near pouted and Light couldn't help the grin on his face. "L, you're too hard on them."
L shook his head. "I am doing what I can to prevent them from ending up on the nation's most wanted list."
Matt walked out of his room and rushed over to Mello and Near. "Hey." He turned to face L, "good morning."
L nodded in his direction. "Good morning, Matt. Boys, you could do with picking up some manners while you are here."
Mello and Near snorted in response.
"Sup?" Mello asked, pulling out a chocolate bar from his backpack.
Matt shyly scratched the back of his head. "Do you guys wanna play video games? I have a lot."
L's boys nodded enthusiastically, their happiness reaching Matt as the three of them went into Matt's room.
L took in his surroundings.
"Sorry about the mess," Light spoke, a little embarrassed at the state of his house. Honestly, L couldn't see the mess Light spoke of, having to deal with walking into a practical minefield when he entered Mello's room.
L chuckled. "Light, you have not seen my home. This place is spotless in comparison."
They stared at each other for a moment in a comfortable silence. L blinked and spoke first. "I just realized I never asked if this conflicted with your work schedule."
A faint blush spread on Light's cheeks as he looked away. "I'm kind of in between jobs at the moment so…"
L regarded him for a moment before reaching into his pocket and pulling out a wallet.
"No!" Light stopped him. "I don't need your money."
L put a hand up. "Light, please. As you might be able to see, I do not have any friends. You are watching my demon spawn, the least I can do is pay for any damage or anything they might do this weekend." He pulled out a credit card from his wallet and held it out to Light who shook his head. "I insist."
"Thank you but I can't accept that."
Ebony eyes stared into caramel. Without breaking the contact, L yelled out, "Mello!"
The blonde came rushing out of Matt's room a few seconds later and stood next to his father. "Yes?"
L handed him the card. "Do not let Light pay for anything this weekend. Especially another one of your schemes."
Mello gladly took the card and smirked. "You make us sound so horrible, but remember, you're the one that sired us." He threw the peace sign with his fingers and went back to Matt's room.
Light and L were left alone, the brunette tense. "You don't have to do that. I have enough money to care for them."
"And I am not implying that you do not. Please, accept that as my gratitude, for now."
Light held his gaze for a few more moments before he let out a soft sigh. "If you insist."
"Light, I may be terrible at expressing emotions sometimes, but I hope you understand that I am truly grateful for watching my sons less the terrorize the town." He paused. "They might keep you on your toes, do not let them terrorize the town, please."
A small smile spread on Light's face. "I promise. I bet it won't be so bad as how you make them out to be."
"Were it another time, I would wager with you on that. As it is, I must take my leave."
Light nodded. "Have a safe flight."
"Thank you, good luck this weekend."
Neither knew whether it would be alright to hug the other, so they just stood awkwardly for another second before L gave a quick nod and left, climbing into the passenger seat of the car Watari was driving. Light watched them leave then closed the door to his house. He leaned his back against it and sighed. Matt was happy with the company and Near and Mello seemed to be happy right now.
How bad could it be?
Monkey: Ok yes, the chapters are incredibly short, I apologize but I wanted to leave this open for suggestions of what you'd like to see happen between the boys with/without Light/L/maybe Sayu? Maybe Mikami should make a guest appearance? Haha, I have a bit of a plan of what I want to happen, but everything is else is open.
Oh yeah, I apologize for all the typos and mistakes and anything else in here, I'll go back through this at a later date and fix them.
Thank you for reading! See you guys soon hopefully lol.