Chapter 2

And of course, to Lights great disdain, Watari couldn't say no, in fact the old man jumped at the idea. 'It'll be nice to see how everyone is doing and of course I must have a chat with Roger about-'

L sent warning glances to him, indicating that Light was present.

'-about the gardening. Yes, I used to help with the gardening...' he completed, looking slightly flustered. ' Let me pack for you Ryuzaki, uhh you too Yagami-san , while you book the tickets? On second thoughts, I'll do that too. You two can relax.'

'Thank you Watari, please bring cake for the journey.' L conceded, and watched his parter leave.

'Ryuzaki, what if I don't want to come to England,' Light argued in vain.

'I don't really care whether Light-kun wants to visit England, because Light-kun is going to England and that is final.' L had a triumphant note in his monotonous voice, and he bit into a strawberry, staring right into Light. The caramel haired young man looked stressed and flustered

Light was angry. Light was jealous. Jealous? How could I be jealous of L, of all people? Light thought to himself. And yet he was, L had everything he could want, a brilliant mind, flawless physique (although on the thin side) supporters, endless money and the one thing Light didn't have ; authority. Maybe he wouldn't even need the Death Note if he were like L, the world would already respect him so much that he would just have to encourage them and the world would be his. Damn L...

'I'm telling you, I'm not going to England with you Ryuzaki!' Light's voice rang through the airport. Apparently, Watari had been to the Yagami household to gather clothes and supplies for Light, without his consent.

'And I'm telling you that you are coming to England with me, Light-kun.' L's low voice was deadly calm.

'You can't make me!' Light's voice grew threatening. 'You can't make me, you can't. I'm a fully grown man now, I'm 18 years old! I have rights.'

'Yes but you are currently under suspicion of being Kira, so those rights are currently withheld.' There was a faint amusement in the detective's voice, he was enjoying this, godammit!

Light trembled with fury and in the hype of it all, he was swept up into the plane, buckled into his seat and before he knew it, he was suspended in the air, with no escape. But by that time, he had regained his common sense and serenity and wasn't angry anymore, more so embarrassed about the earlier scene.

'Uhh Ryuzaki I'd like to apologise about before, I must of just lost it, you know? Sleep deprivation or something...' Light looked down, an unwanted blush spreading across his face. L didn't know about those times when the insomniac had finally fallen asleep and Light had lay awake, staring at him. But to be frank, L did keep him up most nights, being awkwardly noisy and disturbing in the bed at night, working or reading or just being plain disruptive. And all those times he dropped candy in the bed... Ugh, Light didnt wanna remember all those times being woken up by a ravenous, sugar deprived L to help look for his candy. More often than not, it had fallen under the bed or Light had rolled over and squished it. Boy was L crazy when he was deprived of his special candy. But at that moment, L wasn't too analytic of Light's words, the flight attendant had forced him to sit normally on the plane, so his intelligence had dropped by 40% (supposedly). Instead he just smiled and said,

'Yes well, you made quite a fool of yourself. If you do that at Wammys you'll be disowned.'

Light frowned at that. 'Why, what even is ''Wammys''...?'

'Oh, Wammys House is a childrens home. I lived there for 5 years during my childhood, before I moved to Japan. It is a childrens home for mentally gifted children, geniuses like myself.'

Jeez, he didn't have to rub it in...

'My... Lets call them family, live there, and every year they throw a party, half for halloween, half for my birthday.'

'You're an orphan then?' The younger of the two questioned, interested.

'Yes...' Even in L's monotonous voice, the droop was clearly audible.

Light felt oddly responsible for the detective and tried comforting him.

'Its... It's ok L it means you're a strong person, being about to hold your head up high and carry on. I can't believe I'm saying this but, I respect you.'

L was slightly overcome with confusion. His suspect, the one who was enduring endless pain, anxiety and paranoia from the raven haired man, respected him. I wonder what's happened to make him say that all of a sudden...

'Why say that all of a sudden, you hated me a minute ago.' Lights voice was

'Well, like you said, were going to Wammys House and I should at least try to be bearable and kind to you.'

L had to give Light the benefit if the doubt, after all he was still a boy really, 18 years old was not that old. He had just been ripped away from his home country with a detective he hardly knew so of course he would be out of sorts

'Oh, ok then.' L disguised his understanding with amusement. He did not want to get any closer to the boy until he could be sure that the boy was not Kira. A voice in his head mocked his decisions.

Well what else can I do? He's my suspect, he's Kira and he hates me. I hate him.

But you don't, do you...? The voice mocked. You like him. You sit and watch him sleep at night.

There was nothing wrong with watching his suspect sleep at night. He could quite easily just be checking if the boy talked in his sleep or showed any signs that could be used as evidence for or against him. Or maybe because staying up all night soon became boring, he had no one to talk to, not even Watari because he lived in fear if waking Light. Man, he got cranky when he didn't get a good night's sleep.

Eventually, he stopped contradicting himself and turned to Light.

'I expect that you will like it in Wammys House, there are many people of your intelligence. Of course, you shall have to room with me as you are still under suspicion.'

His companion mused for a moment before replying, 'L the way that you imply that, you suggest that the investigation will not be so intense and I will be allowed a life?' A hopeful glint in his chestnut eyes.

'It's Ryuzaki please Light-kun and yes that is what I was implying although perhaps not as extreme as you imagine.'

For the first time in months, Light felt generally happy. Sure,he was still under suspicion of being Kira, but he was being allowed his own life, with friends and independence, to a certain extent.

He turned and beamed at L almost unintentionally and was momentarily thankful that the raven haired detective had turned to talk to the flight attendant.

' I'd like a full strawberry gateau with a pot of Earl Grey tea and peanut brittle and Kendal Mint Cake.' he spoke smoothly before turning to, Light. 'Light-kun, is there anything you would like?'

Five minutes later, the very same flight attendant returned with a tray laden with L's order, and a packet of barbecue flavoured chips for Light (see what I did there? ;D)

'Mm this strawberry gateau is possibly the best I've ever had, Watari did say that the VIP section of British Airways excelled in desserts. It seems that he was right, naturally.' L thought aloud, bringing a smile to Light's face.

'I'm glad that you're enjoying it Ryuzaki.' He munched rather vigorously on his chips.

'Yes, it seems that is the case.'

Light was expecting a somewhat more positive reply and dropped slightly in the anticlimax but then suddenly shot back up. But the next thing he knew, the insomniac was asleep, snoring quietly.

What the actual hell? Light felt highly ridiculed.

But soon enough, both geniuses were sound asleep, unknowingly snuggled up together.

Yay so that was chapter 2 I wanted to add a bit more of Light's perspective in it so you as a reader get to see both sides :D Im really enjoying writing this story. Id really appreciate favourites and reviews etc but thats up to you. Im here to share my stories with the world, not for popularity :) Also this has been proofed I thought it was too cheesy. The story line will still be the same to those who have already read but will not be quite so fast paced.

Hope everyone enjoyed and is ok today, ok bye see you soon in chapter 3 :) Please read and review :)