Chapter 12-

A/N. Hey guys I'm back again :) I really hope you enjoyed the last chapter, I got 3 reviews overnight so no lemon I'm afraid, but I promise to make this chapter cute! Enjoy :)

Light and L woke up, wrapped in each other's arms. Before opening his eyes, L breathed in the sweet scent of Light, he always smelled so fresh, so much like Light. The boy's eyes flickered open, and he murmured a sleepy 'Morning love,' before dropping back to sleep. The detective wondered if what they did last night had meant as much to Light as it did to him. To L, last night was a bonding. He and Light had partially bonded, as they hadn't gone all the way. But already, he felt closer to the caramel haired man, a bond that no one else could share. L must have been thinking pretty loud, because Light woke up and pulled the detective into his arms. 'You're thinking too loud, I can't sleep he purred, snuggling up to L. The older man grinned, he hadn't made any audible sound, Light must be on the same wave of thoughts.

'Sorry,' he muttered, planting tiny kisses on the creamy cheeks of his boyfriend. 'At least we've worked out who is the dominant one now.'

'I wouldn't be so sure about that.' Light retorted, staring up at L with those honey coloured eyes that melted the detective inside.

'Light, you're very uke. You might seem like a plausible seme but when paired with me, I am the dominant and always will be.' L's tone was warm but firm. Light knew what he was saying was fact, but still wanted to argue further.

'You never know... I could actually be a great seme...' Light trailed of, a note of mystery in his voice.

'We can't rule that out,' L mused. 'But I can safely say that I will never be uke and that's final, so I guess you're stuck.'

Light feigned disappointment, but then pulled his boyfriend in for a kiss. I've never told anyone this before, but I love you.' he whispered, his cheeks flushed.

'I've never been told that before, but I love you too.' L replied matching Light's tone of voice.

After a bath and a bite to eat, the two went out to town, for multiple reasons. They'd brought the trio along with them for a treat, as they didn't get out often. Children under 16 were not allowed to leave the orphanage grounds without an eligible chaperone. If L wasn't eligible then Light didn't know who was. They were going to pick up the catfish that the detective had received yesterday, and also go shopping. It was November now and Christmas was starting to edge into the picture, basically meaning every shop was covered in Christmas merchandise and all sorts of offers and deals that weren't as good as they looked. L liked Christmas, it reminded him of when he was younger and used to rob Watari of the gingerbread whist it was still hot. The gingerbread had tasted good, that was until he burnt all of his mouth and was slurping pudding out of a straw for the next few days. He'd once dressed himself up as a Christmas tree when he was 5 years old too, with the ingenious logic that Santa (or Watari as he'd already worked out) and would leave the presents underneath him. In order to humour the boy, Watari had left one present under the tree, a cupcake with a label saying 'Nice try L, Merry Christmas'. He had pretty sweet memories of Christmas, and wondered if Light had any. Probably not, Japan was a mostly Buddhist country, but you never know.

The trio were overjoyed to be out, even more so that they were with each other and their idol and his boyfriend. They'd come to respect Light, he was good natured and smart, and had a good sense of humour. He was fair to them and treat them like adults, so he easily earned their respect.

The walked along the scarce streets, chilly air biting at them. Light had insisted they walk, that it was good exercise and the fresh air was good for them. Even he was regretting the decision now, it really was freezing. L had been persuaded to wear a coat;he was wrapped in a long brown coat, with a full collar and stretching down to his knees. Despite the effort he was still shivering, but bore it out with a smile. 'Boys, do you have any money with you?' He asked, turning around to address the trio.

'Nah, we spent it all on your presents,' Mello replied nonchalantly, waving the matter away.

Next minute, each teenager had a £50 note clutched in their gloved hand, including Light.

'Gee, thanks!'Matt muttered, staring at the note in his hand then pinching himself. 'Nope, not dreaming.'

'Imagine all the chocolate I could buy with this...'

Near smiled at the detective then looked at Matt in a certain way, obviously a signal of some sort.

'Hey L...' Matt began, his voice sounding slightly too sweet.

'Yes Matt?'

'Could we uhh, go off on our own for a bit?' He smiled hopefully.

'Don't tell Roger.' he warned, and waved the trio off. 'Have fun!' he called after them as the 3 teenagers ran up the street. He turned to Light smiling. L seemed to be smiling much more recently, not that it was a bad thing. 'So, where do you want to go while we're in town? Preferably somewhere warm with cake.'

Light laughed. 'I'm sorry, I wasn't expecting it to be this cold, I'm freezing. And I was thinking we could get you some pyjamas, you're always sleeping in your clothes.'

L's eyes widened in horror. 'No way, I'd rather sleep naked then wear pyjamas. I hate them almost as much as I hate socks!' He wriggled his toes around in disgust, Light had made him wear socks too. Fair enough, his feet were warm but it wasn't worth the discomfort.

'Thats fine by me.' Light replied, winking at a horrified L.

'Pervert.'

'You know, Misa always did call you a pervert. You've never really lived up to the title though. Come to think of it, what's Misa doing these days?'

'We'll find that out later, I've scheduled a meeting with the task force for tonight, via Skype.'

'Oh, well that's convenient.' Light mused,

'Yes, it is, isn't it? Now, how can I persuade you not to buy me pyjamas?' L asked rather pleadingly.

This is going to be fun, Light thought to himself.

A few hours later, the couple were sheltered from the cold in Latte Afternoons, the cafe they'd visited last week. The waitress was different however, meaning they could not be as open as usual. Light was heaving around bags of everything and anything, including a pair of matching pyjamas for them. After a lot of persuasion and potential bribery, L had finally agreed to wearing pyjamas and chose panda patterned cotton pyjamas from Marks and thought the choice a little odd, but was willing to do it just so he could make his boyfriend wear pyjamas just once. L had Watari pick up the catfish, as it turned out there were nearly 20 of them and it was too much to carry around. They were very interesting fish though, so L was very pleased with his present.

They met up with the trio just outside the cafe, who were also frozen to the bone but laden with shopping. They made their way back to the orphanage rather quickly, eager to get in and relieve themselves of the heavy bags and warm up. Light was contemplating another bath but then remembered the meeting with the task force.

Matsuda, Mogi and Soichiro stood on the other side of the computer, still in the previous head quarters. For some reason, they looked unusually troubled, but brightened considerably when L and Light showed up.

'Ryuzaki! Light! Good to see you!' Matsuda exclaimed, beamed momentarily.

'Light, how is life in the UK?' addressed Light directly, looking concerned.

'It's okay. It rains a lot here though. Dad I have something to tell you-'

'We'll have to push it to one side I'm afraid Light, we've got something important to tell you. Mogi cut into Light, looking solemn.

'What is it?' L's brow furrowed as he frowned. Something was up.

Mogi gulped. 'Kira is back.'

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