Chapter Twelve: Expectations
The handcuffs were coming off. At moments it seemed they never would be. Sometimes they didn't want them to be. Other times they couldn't wait for them to be. After that last night it was obvious that the time had come for them to be. At long last, the handcuffs were coming off.
L sat in his chair, one arm hugging his legs to his chest, the other extended for the key to be placed in the lock. Light rubbed his now free wrist. All the Squad members watched, he wasn't sure why, but it seemed that Matsuda seemed more relieved than he was about his freedom.
"I guess I'll only be seeing Misa outside of here from now on," Light said.
L looked at him shocked. "You want to keep seeing her?"
"Of course, only a heartless man would abandon a girl willing to get herself arrested for his sake. I have to admire that kind of devotion."
L gave a shaky smile that seemed to be put in place to cover up the pain he was really feeling at those words. Shouldn't Light admire his devotion as well. The Yagami boy had practically raped him and in the end L had still proclaimed he loved him. "So you've developed feelings for her then?" That was the only thing that made sense. There had to be more than admiration holding Light to Misa.
And what was holding L to Light? Love. L was sure of it. He loved Light with his whole heart, but it once again seemed like a one sided affection. For a time period he'd truly believed that his Light loved him back, but could that all change in one night?
Light was only a teenager, no matter how mature he was for his age, a teen's emotions are among the most fickle things on the earth. Had Light's feelings changed?
L watched Light and his father leave to go visit their family, the other members of the team also began to leave. Eventually there was just L sitting in his chair and Matsuda standing across the room.
"Ryuuzaki," the former police officer said, "What happened between you two."
L didn't want to talk about it, so he decided to play dumb. "What do mean, Matsuda?" he asked, turning his attention to his cup of tea, it was the last bag a Pomegranate Tea that Misa had brought him, he made a mental note to buy some more since he liked it's naturally sweet flavor.
"Don't play dumb with me, Ryuuzaki. I know something happened between you and Light. I was watching you two. For the longest time you seemed like a couple on a never ending honeymoon, but now things are different. I don't know what happened, but between the time you two got in the helicopter last night and the time you got out. But whatever it was wasn't enough to stop him from leaving that passion mark on your neck. But now it's obvious something is uneasy between you two, so tell me what it is, or should I inform everyone of your relationship after all?"
L sighed. "You say you've been watching us." he stared into the depths of his tea, "There you go making the same mistakes I have."
"What?" Matsuda truly didn't seem to understand.
"You see, Matsuda, Light Yagami hates being watched."
Matsuda tried to pry him some more, but L would say nothing more. Eventually Matsuda gave up and left L alone in his misery.