Chapter Two: Caged Passion

"Well I'm gone for the night," Mogi said as he headed out the door.

"Goodnight," L replied absently as the officer left for the evening. L picked up his tea cup and took a small drink of the heavily sugared beverage, and fixed his attention back on the three monitors before him.

It had been a three days since the night L, when left to watch the monitors alone, had gone to visit one of the prisoners, Light Yagami. The result of this visit still played over and over in his head: "What else are you suppose to do when the person you like kisses you?"

The young Yagami boy had said this when L had questioned him about why he'd kissed him back. L would be the first one to admit that he'd acted without thinking that night, but he cherished the reward. His Light liked him back. It wasn't exactly the same as admitting that he loved him, like L had done, but it was a step in the right direction. Of course, prior to that night, L had no idea that he harvested such emotions for his colleague, but he had spoken a declaration of love that night and he wasn't going to take them back now.

Mogi had been the last one to leave that night and now L, once again, found himself alone watching the monitors alone. He gazed at the three monitors, both Police Chief Yagami and Misa Amane were sleeping, but Light Yagami was awake; he was sitting on the floor in front of the cot that acted as his bed. Just like that night three days ago, L felt a sudden urge to talk to the boy face to face. Knowing it could easily lead to his downfall, but not caring a bit, L once more acted without thinking and turned off the monitor that showed Light's cell, before heading down stairs.

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Light had moved from the floor to the cot by the time L reached him. "Light?" L asked softly, "Are you sleeping?"

"Thinking actually." came the reply from within the cell.

"Would you like some company?" L asked pulling the keys to the cell out of his pocket.

"Sure, come on in," Light said.

L opened the cell and let himself in. "May I sit down?" he asked. Light didn't answer, but he scooted over on the cot giving him some room. "So, tell me, what you're thinking about," L said.

Light shrugged. "The investigation I suppose."

"What about it?"

"I was thinking that you guys would have a lot more luck with finding Kira if you wasn't so convinced it was me."

"Light, I've told you already, all the clues point to you. It's the only way everything makes sense."

"And I told you before, you don't make sense." Light stated coldly.

L didn't say anything for a second, trying to put all the thoughts going through his head into some kind of order. Only with Light did L ever lose the capacity to form coherent thought, even if only for a second. L finally nodded and said, "You're right. I don't make sense. I'm so convinced that you're my only friend and that I love you, but I don't trust you at all and I really want you to be Kira."

"Why."

"Why what, Light?"

"Why do you so badly want me to be Kira? Why do you not trust me? And why do you believe that you love me?"

L thought about how to answer. "I suppose I just don't want to be proven wrong. I've been right so much that I wouldn't know how to respond to being wrong."

"So you're willing to lock up your only friend just so you won't be proven wrong?" Light criticized. "That's just stupid."

"You make me stupid, Light," L said flatly. "Never before have I met some one intelligent enough to have a conversation with on my level, and never before has anyone made me act without thinking the way you do. You make me stupid." He said it as if it was one of the most plainly stated fact in the world, as if it should have been so obvious even Misa Amane could have noticed it.

"You're right about one thing," Light agreed, nodding his head, "it is hard to find some one to have an intelligent conversation with."

For a second there was only silence, because their conversation had lost its intelligence. "How did you end up with Amane Misa?" L finally asked. "If you're seeking intelligent conversation she seems like a bad choice."

Light laughed a little at that. "You're right, she's not exactly the smartest girl around, but she is the most devoted."

"Oh," L said. They drifted back into silence. Again it was L that broke the silence, "Light, why did you really kiss me back?"

His question seemed to annoy the young Yagami boy. "You sound as if you'd have liked it better if I had rejected you." He hissed.

"That's not what mean Light. It just I never expected you to kiss me back." L stated.

"Didn't we already have this conversation, Ryuuzaki?"

"Yes, I suppose we did." Again silence. Again L was the one to break it, "Those handcuffs look pretty uncomfortable. Would you like me to let you out of them?"

"Won't Task Force be wondering how their suspected Kira got free?"

"Task Force won't know. I'll cuff you back before I leave."

Light sighed and turned his back to L so that he could easier access the handcuffs around his wrist.

"Light. Do you love me or do you only like me?" L asked as he freed the boy.

"I can't answer that, Ryuuzaki," Light replied rubbing his now free wrists.

"Why not?"

"Because I do not know the answer to that myself. Though I'm pretty sure my feelings for you cannot rightly be called love."

L was silent, then he said, "Even if you do not love me, Light, can you do one thing for me?"

"What is that, Ryuuzaki?" Light asked.

"Could you kiss me again?"

Light didn't reply. He hesitated for only a second, before pressing his lips firmly against L's. L dove into the kiss as if it was his favorite sweet treat, biting softly on Light's bottom lip until the boy relented and let him in to explore.

Light wrapped his arms around L's lithe figure and pulled him closer as their tongues continued to explore each other's mouths. Both boys were unaware of their growing hardnesses. The kiss finally broke when they decided that air was more important than passion.

L pulled himself free of Light's hold and glanced down at the obvious bulge in the other male's lap. "Um Light,." he said, "Your nether regions could use some attention."

Light blushed at this, draping his arms across his lap in a poor attempt of hiding his erection. He said, "Yours could use some attention, as well."

This time it was it was L that blushed as he tried to cover the bulge in his own lap. "Well, how could I help it when you kiss like that. Did I not tell you that I love you? What's your excuse?"

Light laughed a little. "Do you know how good a kisser you are, Ryuuzaki, way better than Misa every was. You'd get excited too."

L was silent for a second, turning his head away from the Yagami boy he offered, "Would you like me to help you with that?"

Light's blush deepened. "Umm, that's ok, I'll be fine," he said.

"Are you sure?" L asked turning back to face Light, his face a deep red that contrasted with his naturally pale skin. Then without waiting for a reply he pressed himself up against Light, causing their hardness to brush as he planted a kiss on the unsuspecting lips.

Light mouthed a silent moan. "You won't be able to pleasure yourself after you go back in the cuffs, so let me help you just this once." L stated, still pressed against Light.

"Sure. If you want." Light said trying for nonchalant but failing terribly.

L smiled as he slipped his hands inside the boy's pants and grasped the impressive length he found there. Light tried to stifle his moans of pleasure as L began to stroke his now completely hard erection; his failure to do caused L to pump harder. Never before had Light ever let someone pleasure him in such away. The feeling of it was completely foreign to him. Eventually he stopped trying to hide it, and gave in to the pleasure.

L continued to pump him faster and faster. He tried to hold out, but could only do so for so long. Finally he bent forward and, with one agonizing shudder, released his seed into the air and all over L's hand.

"Is that better, Light?" L asked. The boy didn't reply. L smiled at his exhausted expression. He placed a quick kiss on the boys lips before climbing off the cot. "I have to go now, Light," he said, "I'll bring you something to clean up with, but then I have to get watch the monitors."

::-::

A few minutes later, Light was back to being handcuffed alone in his cell. After wiping him clean of all his spilled semen, L had left him to return to his work. L entered the door to Task Force headquarters. The room was dark and empty, the only light coming from the three glowing monitors.

L froze. All three of the monitors were on. He was sure he had turned off Light's monitor before he had left. Did that mean someone had come and turned it on. Had that someone seen what was happening in Light Yagami's cell? Who ever it was had to be part of Task Force, but who could it had been? Someone knowing about what happened in that cell could change the direction of the Kira case all together. It could shake the teams' fate in L as a leader and lead to mutiny among the group. L's little foray with Light could have just cost him all of his hard work.

L knew this, yet he didn't seem bothered by it. He was happy. His Light had let him pleasure him. That was another step in the right direction. "Just wait, Light" he said aloud to himself, "I'll make you love me." and with that he sat down and resumed watching the monitors.