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L stared at his computer screen blankly, trying to drown out Aizawa's outburst about how he was reckless, and arrogant and blah blah blah as he refreshed his emails. 

Why hadn't Light emailed him yet? How was he to endure these idiots without him? 

It had been 3 weeks now, the case had come to a crawl and even copious amounts of sugar weren't enough to maintain his sanity. L sent Light another email saying he was missing him and asked again when he was coming home (pointing out his sanity was at risk at this point)  

Light was in the middle of writing his last report on the blasted arson case to Interpol, when his phone pinged. He winced. Light knew exactly who it was. After all, his husband has been sending him email after email all morning. 

Light couldn't blame him. After all, if he hadn’t been stuck solving the case he had taken just before the Kira case started, he would be in Japan right now, by L's side. 

Sighing, Light opened his email and typed out a reply. 

"Hello, L. I see you get along with the Task Force just as wonderful as ever. Is that idiot Aizawa bugging you again?" 

"Yes. He's saying I'm reckless, and that I'm arrogant and that he hates me" L typed back, "I've insulted him back (of course) but he doesn't understand the insults because he has the IQ of a slug. I miss you so much, Light, and Aizawa seems to think you're a figment of my imagination as well" 

Light's heart clenched as he read over the last few lines. L wasn't the one who was missing their time together. He'd deliberately avoided answering L's previous question about when he was coming home, simply because Light wanted it to be a surprise. L was like a bloodhound, give him even the smallest hint and he'll have your whole schedule figured out. 

In fact, Light was supposed to take the earliest flight to Japan tomorrow morning. He couldn't wait. He'd coordinated everything with Watari, just so it could be perfect for L. 

He scowled at the mention of Aizawa. That guy didn't know who he was messing with. 

"I miss you too love, so much. As for that idiot Aizawa, maybe I should plan a little something for him. As you know. Proof. That I exist.” 

"Yes, please, I don't know how much more of him I can cope with. Watari has said I'm not allowed to fire him because of the implications for the case. All I can do is try and annoy him to the point of quitting but he's stubborn and hasn't really bitten yet. I need you back here and you are deliberately avoiding my question of when you're coming back" 

"I am not. I just don't want to estimate wrongly and give you false hope. I suspect this case won't last for much longer but this fucker is hard to track. As for Aizawa...well we can always plan together when I finally manage to fly to Japan. How is the Kira case going?" 

L scowled at his computer. 

"It's gone dead, the lead fell through. However, I am working on a new lead based on prolific businesses, Yotsuba in particular. I need you working with me on it, these idiots can barely read a graph let alone compile data. Matsuda, however, is actually quite sweet. He makes me coffee and hands me print outs so at least he is mildly useful. Unlike Aizawa, who just shouts all the time. I'm tempted to slip some valium into his tea" 

"Alright, as tempted as I know you are, please don't. Besides...we can surely come up with more fun (and legal) ways of bullying Aizawa. As for the case, I've been following it loosely and I did notice some shady business going on with Yotsuba. Don't worry baby, I'm gonna be right by your side as soon as I can." 

"P.S. Maybe we could hire Matsuda as our personal coffee boy after this case " 

"I think Matsuda would probably jump at the chance and he makes a wonderful Mocha. He put ginger in mine this morning. I didn't think it would work but it did. 

Fine, no illegal drugging (for now) but you'd best hurry up and get back here or I might end up resorting to it. Even Watari is fed up and he can put up with anyone's shit" 

Light whistled. Damn, if Watari (who could put up with both L's a nd the trio’s shit) was getting fed up then the situation was dire. 

"Seems like we've found ourselves a coffee boy. I forgot to ask, how is my father? And why did he allow someone like Aizawa on the Task Force?? 

Good boy. Don't worry, I'm already thinking of some retaliation plans" 

"Your father..." L paused in his typing. He didn't want to be a snitch but Souichiro Yagami had started smoking again (probably to cope with Aizawa's shit and sneak out for extra breaks with Mogi) "is a little stressed" L typed, being considerate, "Maybe you should ring him for a chat soon? Apparently, your father says despite Aizawas temper he is 'competent' but I am not convinced of that so far" 

L smiled at the 'good boy' and flicked his eyes to where Watari was hovering close, making another cup of tea. Fuck it, He'd send it: 

"And don't call me that in a message, Light, you know that does things to me that you aren't here to deal with" he smirked as he sent the message. 

"By stressed you mean he started smoking again, don't you?" Light sighed. He'd have to have a proper talk with his father. Maybe even rope his mom into it. Sachiko was just about the only one Souichiro truly feared. 

"I may not be there, but you know, there's this wonderful invention called a phone. Maybe we should use it for a little..chat, later" 

 "Fine, yes, he has, I wasn't going to say it but he's smoking with Mogi constantly at the moment" L replied, "Video call?" He added with a winky emoji because only Light would ever receive an emoji from him. He despised the things and they were hardly professional but he was emailing Light on an encrypted, private email and they were flirting so the winky face was obviously very appropriate given the context, wasn't it? 

Light smiled at the winky face, his chest warming with affection. It was moments like these when he missed his husband the most, feeling his absence like a stab to the chest. 

"Of course he is. Try and get Watari to hide his cigarettes please. Also, hell yes to that video call" 

"I'm not dealing with Aizawa and your father without nicotine" L immediately shot back, "But I will try and have them hidden. But he will just go out and buy more until your mother catches wind of his habit and chews him out for it" L said wisely, "Video call at 8 pm here? I'm sending them home early tonight, they're achieving nothing at all and are, at this point, just wasting oxygen really" 

Light sighed at the first part of the message. It was a fair point, but still. Maybe he should just save them all the trouble and give his mother a call... 

"You are being mean. But I can't say I'm complaining. Eight pm there means 12 pm here so I should be fine. I'll be waiting to hear from you. Also, be sure to start the call somewhere without Watari. I don't plan on wearing much." Light smirked, knowing that would get L to squirm a bit. 

L stared at the screen for a solid two minutes, his brain short circuiting. 

Naked Light. 

Damn. 

"Yes 8 on the dot" he replied, already willing the hours away, "I suppose I should let you go back to work" 

"Unfortunately, yes. Interpol is demanding my report on the case. Have I ever mentioned how much I hate bureaucracy? It's not like they're doing much of anything on this case, just dumped it on me and said Deal with it. Typical." Light sighed. Although he’d already finished the case, that much was true. Light was seriously considering no longer accepting Interpol requests. "Anyway, see you at 8. Love you" 

"See you at 8. Love you more" L sent, already missing Light after a minute without a reply. 

'Maybe I should start smoking' L thought, watching Souichiro and Mogi slip out for yet another break. Technically he could pull them on it but since Souichiro was his father in law and Mogi was the walking equivalent of a teddy bear, he kept his peace. 

It wasn't like they had much to do until all the data from Yotsuba came back anyway. 

Light smiled at L's reply but he forced himself to put his phone down and finish his report. He only had two more hours to wait and then he'll get to see L again. 

The two hours seemed to pass by torturously slowly and by the time 12 o'clock rolled around, Light had already discarded most of his clothing remaining only in his boxers, sitting on the bed with his laptop on. L should be calling any second now. Light had just showered and he endured the hateful feeling of wet sheets just to offer L the best view possible. Of him, water dripping off him, hair pushed back and skin slightly pink from the heat. 

At 8 on the dot L rang and L's went wide at the sight he was greeted with. 

"Nice" L complimented when words returned to him, "Why are you thousands of miles away looking like that? " he muttered sulking. 

Light laughed. 

"I could say the same to you. I see you also share my view of discarding unnecessary clothing. It's unfair, I want to touch you so badly, mark your skin from head to toe so Aizawa won't dare to doubt my existence ever again, kiss you until your eyes go all nice and hazy. Unfortunately, we'll have to make do with our imagination" 

"He muttered about my imaginary husband again this afternoon" L pointed out, "If I had a pile of hickies that would really help matters. But no, you are thousands of miles away neglecting me and our marriage" L teased, smirking as Light rolled his eyes, "I want to lick that water off your skin" L sighed, following a water drop as it trailed down Light's chest 

Light groaned. "You just had to go ahead and put that image in my head, you brat. That said, I'm looking forward to proving Aizawa very wrong. Perhaps I'll kiss you senseless as soon as I walk through the door. That should shut him up" 

"Yes please" L said immediately, "And then call him an idiot with stupid hair. Oh, I can't wait for you to see his hair. He has an Afro, Light, and I've been messing with the humidity at HQ just to annoy him so it sticks up even worse" L admitted with a smirk. 

"A Japanese middle aged man? With an Afro cut?? Oh I have to see this" 

"Hang on" L found a photo he'd covertly taken of Aizawa for this exact purpose with the word 'prick' added with an arrow pointed to him and sent it to Light.  

Light burst out laughing as soon as he saw the picture, clutching at his belly as he doubled over. 

"Oh. My. God. Oh, I'm so glad you showed me this photo before I met him. I have to emotionally prepare myself just to be able to hold in my laughter. Do you think that .... thing pays rent as well?" 

"It should" L smirked, pleased Light appreciated his efforts in sneaking photos of Aizawa, "I took this one too" He sent another photo of Aizawa scowling at his reflection in the mirror, trying to tame his hair, "Look at those frown lines. He's 36 but looks 70" L scoffed, "I think that's half the problem, you know, I'm a lot younger than he is and he doesn't like the fact that someone over 10 years his junior is his boss. Stuck up bastard" 

"L? How did you get this photo? Why does this atrocity exist? And most importantly, why are we talking about a stuck up idiot with anger issues when we could be spending our time doing something much more...fun." 

L frowned, "I installed a camera in the one mirror he uses to practice scowling in and- that's a very valid point. I don't know, I apologise" L laughed, "It's just good to be able to make fun of someone with you again. You know, after you abandoned me and our marriage 3 weeks ago" 

Light scoffed. 

"I certainly didn't abandon you, nor our marriage. In fact, I seem to remember someone acting all grumpy and throwing a temper tantrum when he found out I'm not going to Japan and then refused to have sex just out of spite. Any of that ring any bells?" 

L gave Light a perfect poker face. "I don't know what you're talking about, Light, I didn't throw a temper tantrum. It was just coincidence that I wasn't in the mood for 5 days after you told me" L had to smile as Light scoffed at that, "I bitterly regret it now, though, i am so wound up" 

Light smirked, eyes flicking downwards to the tent he could see in Ls boxers. 

"Oh, I can see that. How long has it been like that? Maybe I could help..." 

"Since the call connected" L said with a faux-accusing tone, "You should really take responsibility, Light, being all wet and naked and all" 

"Oh I will, don't you worry. But perhaps I should really see what I have to deal with here, don't you think? I'm sure a solution will come to mind soon..." 

"Alright," L shucked the boxers and flushed as he saw Light appraising him, "Any solutions coming to mind, Light?" He drawled. 

Light smiled at the little pun, deciding to discard his own, now quite restrictive, boxers. 

"Good boy, I see you've learnt to listen in the time you were away. Who would have thought? As for the solution, well, I'm sure a desperate little slut like you all alone without anyone to satisfy him must have some lube on hand. Why don't you retrieve it for me baby?" Light said as he extended his arm for his own.” 

L's eyes widened and his heart rate accelerated like a bullet train. 

He wasted no time in getting the lube and sat back before the laptop, eyes fixed longingly on Light's arousal. 

"I can listen and follow directions very well, Light, if it's worth my while" L pointed out a little breathlessly. 

"I'm well aware, I know how to handle my little brat after all. For now though why don't we try applying some lube to your....rather big problem, see if that helps. Here, I'll even guide you" Light said, wrapping a lube slick hand around his cock and pumping a few times, hissing at the feeling 

L spent a few seconds watching Light before slicking himself up, letting out a whine as he continued to stare at Light's hand moving up and down. Yet again he thought how unfair it was that Light was in France, and would be for weeks yet. 

"This is helping my big problem" L panted, "How's your big problem, Light?" 

"It's, ah, it's quite alright" Light said, leaning back against the headboard, keeping his eyes on L's hand as it mirrored his own actions. "Fuck I miss you so much, I wish I could touch you right now so bad. I'd have you screaming in no time, bring you to the edge over and over until you couldn't even think from the pleasure" 

"You're going to achieve that" L ground out, moving his hand a little faster as Light's words washed over him, "Even where you are" 

L tipped his head back, taking his eyes off Light for just a moment to appreciate how good it felt. He could feel Light's eyes staring at him through the screen. 

Light groaned at L's words. The idea that even just the sight of him was having this much of an effect on L was getting him close to the edge faster than he could have imagined. It had been far too long since he'd held L in his arms. 

"Hmm good boy, keep, keep going, imagine it's me touching you right now. What would you, ah, do if I was there with you?" 

L lifted his head from where it had fallen back against the headboard, "I'd be sucking your cock like I was being paid to do it, Light" he said in a raspy voice, "and I'd do a fucking fantastic job, as you well know" 

"Shiiit, yeah, you'd like that, wouldn't you? My darling little cockslut, I bet you could come just from that, hm?" 

L moaned loudly, uncaring if Watari was in the next suite of rooms or not, "Yes I want that so bad" L gasped out, forcing himself to slow the movements of his hand before he lost control entirely, "I need it" 

"You'd suck me down to the root wouldn't you? Don't need to worry about a gag reflex, you're too much of a whore to have one. You'd just take me like the good boy I know you can be" 

L had to physically squeeze himself to stop coming at those words. He glared weakly at Light, "Bastard" he panted out, "I hate you" 

Light laughed breathlessly, struggling to not spill himself into his hand 

"No you don't. You love me, you brat. And my cock as well" 

"It is a nice cock" L admitted, pleased to see Light was struggling for control. It awakened his inner brat. "Light, I'm so close and I need you in me right now" he whined, deciding to turn the tables on Light, "I want you fucking me and pining me to my desk, you feel so big and so good inside me" 

"Oh fuck" Light had to squeeze hard around his base to keep from coming right then and there. He narrowed his eyes. Oh, it was on . 

"I'd fuck you so good L, I'd fuck you to tears right on your desk, get you to absolutely ruin all those important documents of yours, maybe I'll do it while on call with Interpol. Show them what a little slut L is. Ah but you'd do your best to remain focused and quiet like a good boy right? You'd keep those pretty noises of yours just for my ears alone, even as you're dripping wet and fucked out of your mind" 

L made a pained noise, yanking his hands away from his throbbing erection and instead curling his fingers into the duvet. 

Fine. If Light wanted to play then they'd play. 

"But I'd be squeezing around you, Light, in that way you like. The way you beg me to squeeze around you" he said, almost sweetly, and then went in for the kill, "I could show you, I can fuck that dildo right now and show you how tight I could be squeezing you" 

Light had to take a moment to breathe in deeply and try to calm himself before opening his eyes and throwing L a challenging look. 

"Fine, do it, L. I'm not even surprised that my little slut packed his dildo to take away with him. You wouldn't even pack your toothbrush, but of course you couldn't leave without anything to satisfy that hungry hole of yours. I'm wondering, just how many times did you fuck yourself on that toy, whimpering and wishing it was me?" 

L narrowed his eyes, biting his lip at Light's words. 

This wasn't fair. The last time they'd done this Light had won their little game and L was determined that tonight victory was his. Light was talking big now but L knew the second he started stretching himself out Light would start to crumble. 

"You're right, I am" L admitted, slicking his fingers up in preparation and grabbing the dildo from his bedside drawer, "It's an inch bigger than you are, Light, and it's ribbed" he added, just to be a petty bitch, "How could I not want to take it with me?" 

Light gritted his teeth. Even without touching himself, his cock was weeping, pre-cum sliding down his shaft as it throbbed painfully. Watching L stretch himself was going to be the most delicious torture. 

"All I'm hearing is that my pretty whore missed me so much he had to overcompensate for it. Mmm, spread those legs wider. I want to see you properly" 

L spread his legs wider, shooting Light a challenging glare. Of course he wouldn't succumb so easily. That was fine, the greater the challenge the more satisfying the victory. 

L let out a very loud, lewd moan as his long fingers found and pressed against his prostate, exaggerating perhaps just a little for his captivated audience. 

Light moaned himself at the sight, digging his nails into the sheets. He didn't know how much more he could take. 

"God you're gorgeous. Such a pretty pink hole, wish I could taste it. I'd eat you out so good, you'd be coming untouched. Remember that boring pro-bono case we took? When I got you to come on my tongue in just a few minutes between Interpol and police meetings? You screamed so loud back then baby, just like now"  

L bit his lip so hard it bled. That wasn't fair! Light absolutely did not need to remind him of that! 

He quivered, his fingers stilling as he fought for control. 

'I will not lose again!' L thought, determination winning out. He removed his fingers and gasped at how empty he now felt. He hoped Light was having a damn good luck at his fluttering hole. 

Light just needed to admit defeat and then this sweet torture could be over. 

Light let out an undignified noise as L slid his fingers out, providing Light with first row seats so Light could stare at his gaping hole all he wanted. 

God dammit! That brat!! He absolutely did that on purpose and Light felt like he was slowly losing. Both, the game and his mind. 

"Holy fuck, it's twitching so much, L. You better hurry up and give it what it craves." Light rasped, blood roaring in his ears 

"What it craves or what you crave?" L challenged, feeling a little more in control now. He could taste victory! "What if I've changed my mind and decided I don't feel like fucking myself anymore?" He added, enjoying the pained whine his words produced, "Nothing you can do about it, being so far away from me" 

"Noooo, you can't do this to me L. You wouldn't be so cruel to your dear husband, right?" 

L's smile was evil. They both know, to have his victory he absolutely would. 

L had an idea and grabbed the dildo. Maintaining eye contact with Light, he began licking it slowly, dragging his tongue along the vein and swirling it over the head 

'Squirm, Light, Squirm!' L thought, delighted to see Light's hand had grasped himself again as if he couldn't help it. 

Fuck fuck fuck fuck . Oh that brat really had done it now! 

The mere sight of L running his tongue along that big dildo, combined with everything else, was Light's undoing and he came into his hand, eyes rolled back and head hitting the headboard. He could practically feel Ls smirk through the screen before he even opened his eyes and he glared at his husband sharply. 

"You'll be paying for that the moment I get my hands on you" 

L's smirk grew and he laughed, relishing his victory even though he was throbbing by now. 

"Well played, Darling" L said, smiling as Light panted and basked in the afterglow, "I look forward to the payback" 

"I think your dick is looking forward to something else right now. I know you must be dying to fuck yourself on that toy so hop on it. Give me a show as consolation prize" 

L, being the petty bastard he was, shocked Light by climbing off the bed, going to his fridge and getting a bottle of water. 

Light stared at L as he drank some of it. 

"What? I'm thirsty, Light. Much like you, actually" he snickered. 

But perhaps a consolation prize was in order. L slicked up the dildo and settled back, resting it against his legs (spread obscenely wide so Light had the perfect view) and began to push it inside. 

"Oh fuck , Light!" L yelled, not even exaggerating as he clamped down on it. He twitched against his belly and he knew he wouldn't be lasting long. 

Light was a bit worried L really would follow through with his earlier threat, but he calmed down when he saw L slicking up the dildo. 

He smirked as L yelled, settling back against the headboard to watch his show and occasionally offer some commentary to help L along. 

"Yes, darling, I'm right here, watching you get fucked to pieces. Fuck that thing really is big, stretches you out so well. When did you even get it, I swear I've never seen it before" 

L couldn't answer right away. He let out another long, drawn out whine as he pushed it a few inches further. 

"B-bought it for when you...went away" L panted out, "Oh god. Fuck" he pushed it all the way inside and stilled, his body tensing as he adjusted to it. 

Light's eyes softened, cheeks ruddy as he watched his husband fucking himself through lidded eyes. 

"Hmm I think from now on, we're gonna have to think up a system so we're never away from each other for more than 3 days. I don't cope well without you" 

"No shit" L gasped, "Fucking abandoning me for 3 weeks" he tried to sass but he'd began moving the dildo and couldn't concentrate on being a brat. He was so close, and the dildo was nudging against his prostate just the way Light did. He knew he wouldn't even need to use his hands to come, and Light's encouragement was pushing him closer and closer to the brink. 

"That's it. You're close aren't you baby? Gonna come untouched for me? Come on, L, be a good boy and come " 

L screamed and arched, coming all over himself. He was physically shaking with how intense it was and he pushed the dildo right against his prostate once more, mewling and twitching as he spurted all over his stomach. 

Light guided L through his orgasm, praising him gently and whispering endearments as L calmed down. Light smiled at his husband. 

"You feeling better now? Less wound up?" 

L flopped onto his back, pulling the laptop with him as he panted for breath. 

"Shit" he gasped, "That was intense. I'm feeling so good now" L said, slurring slightly as endorphins flooded his system, "Wish you were here" he added, surprised to feel tears wet his eyes , "I hate this, Light, I want you here" 

Light's heart clenched and he gritted his teeth as he saw tears well up in L's eyes. Fucking stupid arson case keeping him a continent away from his husband. Next time, Interpol could go fuck themselves for all Light cared. He was never leaving L like this again. 

"I know love, I hate it as well. I miss you so much. I promise I'll be there as soon as I can, okay? I'll even let you order me around for a few days if it makes you feel better" 

L sniffed, wiping at his eyes. It had been an intense night, it wasn't often he cried. 

"Will you run my baths and feed me strawberries? Massage my back and carry me to bed as well?" L asked, clearly having premeditated such things due to how quickly he asked them.  

Normally, Light would at least put up a facade of protesting these demands but at the moment, he couldn't find it in himself to do even that. Instead he gave L a smile and put a hand on the laptop's screen, right where L's cheek was. He wished he could teleport there right that second and wipe L's tears himself as he pressed gentle kisses all over his pretty face. 

"Yeah, I will" 

L reached out and placed his hand on the screen too. Now came the dread of hanging up. He couldn't bring himself to do it. 

"Light, please don't disconnect the call until I'm asleep. Keep it going if you go to sleep first" he muttered, bringing the laptop onto the bedside table and curling up in bed, "I love you so much" 

"I love you too L. You can't even imagine how much. Now, I know you're exhausted, so go to sleep, okay? I promise you'll see me soon" Light said as he too curled up in bed, with his laptop in the pillow next to him. He couldn't wait for tomorrow to come. Accounting for the time difference, he should be arriving a little over 6 pm at Ls headquarters. 

"Goodnight L, sweet dreams" 

L reached out and pressed his hand against the screen. He stared at Light, they started at one another, until finally L felt his eyelids begin to droop. 

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The next day was a blur for Light, dealing with interpol, making sure he had L’s gift packed, going to the airport, crinkling his nose at the airport food prices and then finally landing in Japan.

It felt good to be back on his native land but not as good as he was going to feel when he finally had L in his arms.

He checked his phone, smiling as he saw that Watari had arrived as well, being his ride to the HQ. Only another half an hour. He couldn't wait.

Meanwhile, L had his face down on his desk and was counting to ten. He had made startling progress with Yotsuba and had spent hours profiling their shocking growth. Then Matsuda had mentioned Valentine’s Day and the fact he didn't have a date. Aizawa had cattily replied he doubted L did either since his husband was imaginary. He didn't have Watari, who had an urgent errand to attend to, and Souichiro had booked the day off since it was Sachiko's day off. So that left himself, Aizawa, Matsuda and Mogi.

Braincells were in scarce supply.

Light almost jumped out of Watari's still moving car as soon as he saw the HQ and he started sprinting towards it, apologizing in his mind to poor Watari for letting him deal with all the luggage. He did remember to take L’s chocolate with him. It was Valentine's day after all. He would have tried buying him flowers as well, but L was useless when it came to plant care. He'd managed to kill a cactus before.

"L, since you and I are alone for valentines day I was wondering... if you fancied going for a drink? Nothing funny! No offence, I'm not into guys or anything like that but..."

L sighed as he stared at Matsuda. How sad would it be, going for a drink with him?

Still, it would be sadder spending the night alone waiting for Light to call, wouldn't it?

L offered Matsuda a small smile, "I don't really drink much, Matsuda-San, but thank you for the invite. I'm sure you will find someone for you. Why don't you go out and try and find her?" 

With his heart pounding in his chest, Light stepped just outside the main workroom, dusting himself off, arranging his hair and clothes and checking on the chocolate (the best he could find in all of France ofc) and, with a final calming breath, he pushed open the door

"Matsuda, get real, L is alone every Valentine's Day because his husband doesn't exist" Aizawa snapped, his words dying in his mouth as he saw the tall, auburn haired man with chocolates who'd just let himself on.

L whipped his head to him and stared at him, scarcely believing it was real. Clearly, he'd lost his mind and was now hallucinating. It was a lovely hallucination, he had to admit, and Light looked gorgeous.

Light forced himself not to straight out sprint to his husband, walking briskly towards his chair, grabbing L's chin between his fingers and yanking him up into a mind-blowing kiss.

He smirked against L's lips at his keen of surprise before putting the chocolate down on the desk and wrapping his arms around L, pushing his tongue past his lips. Damn, did he miss the taste!!

'Shit. I haven't lost my mind! This is real!' Snapping out of the daze, L snapped his arms around Light in return and kissed him back hard, moaning lewdly into his mouth as he sucked on his tongue

Light moaned and would have continued quite enthusiastically if the sound of a crush wouldn't have interrupted him. Damn, and it was in the middle of a fantastic kiss as well.

Still he whipped his head around, trying to see what the commotion was all about only to see Aizawa standing there in the middle of the room staring gobsmacked at them, the heavy pile of files he was carrying dropped on the floor with a puppy looking man (Matsuda Light assumed) frantically trying to gather them all up.

"This is my husband" L panted, glaring at Aizawa, "As you can see, he's quite real. He's young and rather athletic. I wouldn't rate your chances against him" L snarked, imagining Light punching the twat, "So why don't you apologise to me for being an absolute bastard these last few weeks?"

"You must be Aizawa. I'd say pleasure to meet you, but considering you've been claiming I don't exist and driving my husband up the wall constantly, that would be a lie." Light added icily, quite eager to get back to kissing L senseless and displeased that Aizawa had interrupted them

Aizawa looked from L to the apparently real (and quite intimidating) husband.

He wasn't sure how he was going to backtrack from this.

"Oooh you're Light!" Matsuda bounced over to him and Light offered his hand, blinking as the puppy/human hybrid shook his hand, "I've heard so much about you! Gosh, L loves you so much! Where are my manners? My name is Matsuda. I... I hope you don't mind me asking L out for a drink. It wasn't that way, I just thought with us both being alone... " Matsuda flushed, realising he was rambling.

Aizawa, however, strangely had nothing to say.

Light forced himself to smile politely.

"As you can see, I'm afraid I'll be borrowing L for tonight," And every other night, that is. "so you'll have to find someone else to fill in the role."

He turned to Aizawa, spying L lifting the lid to the chocolate box from the corner of his eye. He ignored that for now and narrowed his eyes at the gaping man.

"Well, Aizawa-san, got anything to say?"

That seemed to finally wake Aizawa up from his stupor as he stuttered.

"You- you're Chief Yagami's son!"

L smirked as recognition set in. He hadn't actually divulged that little fact, deciding it would be worth it when Aizawa found out on his own.

"Maybe Light and I could go for a drink with you another time" L said kindly to Matsuda, "Why don't you leave early and hit the bars? You never know...I found Light and I'm as socially awkward as they come, so..."

As L occupied himself with talking to Matsuda, Light raised an eyebrow at Aizawa. Ah, so L hadn't told him, that sneaky bastard. Oh well, all the more fun to mess with him.

"Indeed. Very astute of you Aizawa-San, just as I was expecting from a detective of the Tokyo Met. Keep it up and you might even be able to solve a case or two, who knows. They say being optimistic does wonders for a healthy mind." Light said, his tone airy, a bland smile on his face.

He may not be as good as L when it came to being catty, but damn if he hadn't learned a thing or two from his husband

L turned to Light, chocolates and Matsuda ignored, as he relished the cattiness. Light was a fine protege and that  had made him proud.

"I don't particularly care if you dislike me on a personal level, Aizawa" L said, drawing the afro-haired man's attention back to him, "But while we work together you will respect me and my husband and you will apologise. I suspect half of your anger issues are due to suppression and deeply repressed issues. In fact, I think you're gay yourself, Aizawa and you've used me as a target to deflect your own feelings" L said, sitting back and giving Aizawa a hard glare, "What? Did you think I was just going to take you being a prick to me these last few weeks without profiling you? I'm L that's what I do"

Light watched as Aizawa's face blackened with rage and he instinctively moved in front of L in case Aizawa might be tempted to do something unwise. It proved unnecessary however, when the man simply scowled at them both before turning on his heels and basically fleeing out the door, snapping it shut after him

"Wow" Matusda said, looking between L and Light, "Aren't you a power couple?" He laughed.

L raised an eyebrow, "I did say you could go early, Matsuda," he reminded.

Matsuda fumbled for his bag and, seeing that everyone else was leaving (and having made no effort to involve himself in the earlier drama) Mogi gave them a wave and headed out after Matsuda.

Finally, they were blissfully alone. L wasted no time before he flung himself into Light's arms, knowing full well he'd catch him, and kissing him hard.

Light laughed, ignoring the tears pricking at his eyes as he kissed L back hungrily, lifting him up and plopping him down onto the desk, uncaring of the scattered documents. He parted L's legs with a knee before stepping in between them and pressing even closer to the other man, licking at his lips and smiling at the taste of chocolate. So L had sampled some of the chocolate while he wasn't looking.

He ran a hand through L’s hair, marveling at the softness he had longed for and missed for 3 weeks before gripping it and yanking it hard to the side, leaving L's neck exposed for further exploring.

"I've missed this so much" L sighed, eyes closing as he felt Light nip and suck at his neck. He knew he was going to leave a pile of bites there. Little reminders for when Aizawa was next in work (if he dared show his face again)

Light hummed against Ls throat, his free hand sneaking under Ls shirt and up his side before finally stopping at his chest, slender fingers running over a hardened nipple.

Biting into L's skin harder at the man's moan, his fingers started alternating between gently pinching and massaging the sensitive nipple underneath.

L moaned and squirmed, surprised Light was going so hard in the HQ. Neither of them knew where Watari was so him walking in was a very real possibility.

Not that that really mattered with the way Light was toying with his nipples. If Light wanted to go at it on the desk L wasn't about to stop him. If Watari walked in ... well, he'd just have to deal with an eyeful.

Fortunately for all of them Light had already warned Watari in the car that he might want to make himself scarce for a few hours, but he was currently too busy to actually tell L that. Well, as long as L wasn't stopping him, Light was certainly not interrupting the moment with something so trivial. He smirked as he felt L press his bulge against his leg and he dislodged the hand from his hair, bringing it down to palm L through his jeans 

"But... the bedroom?" L asked, arching up into that touch. Light pressed harder and L decided that no, right here was actually just fine. It had been 3 weeks. The previous night had been intense and satisfying but having Light's hands on him and having his hands on Light- nothing could ever compare to that.

"Do you want to move to the bedroom? Watari won't disturb us anyway" Light breathed against L's lips, halting his movements for the moment. He needed to know if this was okay with L.

' Hmm he's planned this then ' L thought, immediately understanding what Light meant.

"It's good here. Bedroom later" L tugged at Light's shirt, "Get this off immediately I need to do something"

Raising an eyebrow, Light wasted no time in taking the shirt off, tugging at L's own.

L reached for the bottle of water on his desk, splashed it on Light's chest and began licking up the droplets that trickled down his chest to his abs and threatened to go lower. L didn't give them the chance, he licked at every inch of golden skin he could.

Now he felt better. He'd scratched that itch at least.

Light half laughed half choked at Ls actions, treading his fingers through Ls hair as he moved, clever tongue lapping up all the water dripping down Light's body.

"There we go, good boy, lick it all up baby. Are you feeling better now, love? Satisfied?"

"Better now" L confirmed, "Satisfied? No" he tugged Light down for a kiss, "I won't be satisfied until we are in bed tonight and we are curled up together again" he admitted "I don't want to ever sleep alone again, Light, it was horrible"

Light rested his forehead against Ls, nuzzling their noses together as he assured L that he would never again leave L's side for so long.

"That bed felt far too big for just me. I'm going to treat you as a teddy bear and will not let go of you even in the direst situations" Light said as his hand pressed down once again against Ls clothed bulge

"I should hope so" L gasped, bucking his hips into Light's touch, "I won't forget that. Just like you promised to feed me strawberries, massage my back and run my baths" L teased, smirking as Light pressed down a bit harder in response.

"Yes yes, anything else your highness?" Light asked as he finally lost his patience and began unzipping L’s pants, sneaking a hand inside and pulling L out.

"No underwear? What a naughty boy. Were you hoping for something perhaps?"

"Actually, no, without you around the laundry's been piling up and I couldn't be bothered to do it" L admitted with a shudder, enjoying Light's hand wrapped around him, "was planning on just buying more tomorrow, honestly."

Light laughed and leaned forward to kiss L, affection making his chest go all warm and fuzzy.

"Good thing I'm here then." Light muttered as he pressed butterfly kisses all over Ls pretty face, smiling at the cute flush of his cheeks as his hand began moving up and down, thumb pressing at the spot just below the head that Light knew drove L wild.

L squirmed, tightening his grip on Light as Light pressed that spot.

"Are you going to fuck me over my desk in revenge?" L asked a little breathlessly, "Mr Yagami-Lawliet?"

"You're in luck, I was planning on spanking you, but I don't have that kind of patience right now. I just want to be inside you" Light admitted as he yanked down L's jeans in one very impressive move that included both, briefly lifting L up from the desk and swiftly maneuvering the jeans out of the way.

L frowned. Why on earth would he deserve a spanking? What had he done? Practically nothing!

Still, Light's cock in his ass was now his priority so he spread his legs eagerly, shivering with excitement. After 3 agonising weeks he was about to feel complete again.

Fortunately, Light had the lube on him and he wasted no time in yanking L forward by his thighs and kneeling between them, pressing his tongue up against L's entrance as he slicked his fingers.

Light's words from the previous night came back and L shuddered, pushing back on his tongue and whining demandingly.

"Please, Light" he implored, freezing as he felt Light lap at his hole, "Oh fuck that's so good" 

Light hummed as he licked and sucked at L's hole like a starving man, getting it all wet and ready to take him. Just to hear L scream, he added a finger to the mix, pushing it past the first knuckle and slowly pumping it, grinning as L's thighs started trembling. L's head hit the table with a dull thud and he tried to spread his legs wider, his cock dripping with precome as Light ate him out with a feverous intensity he hadn't experienced before.

"Light, it's too much!" L rasped, clutching at himself to stop him from coming. He must be worked up because normally he could enjoy at least 5 minutes of being eaten out before he either came or begged to be fucked. He'd barely managed 2.

Reluctantly, Light drew back, sliding his finger out and drawing gentle circles around the soft, wet hole, as he got to his feet. He pressed affectionate little pecks all over Ls belly as he murmured:

"So responsive baby. I love it. I love you. Am I alright to continue?"

"Yes" L said, "I wanted you in me 3 weeks ago, Light" L managed to moan, shivering at the little kisses to his belly and the way he felt opened up and empty, "Can you fuck me now, please?"

"Okay okay, your wish is my command darling"

With that, Light lifted L's legs, motioning for him to hold onto them as he slowly began pressing inside, moaning at the feeling.

"Yes" L gasped, trying to push back and get Light in deeper but having himself unable to move.

He closed his eyes at the feeling, the stretch and the mild burn, of Light finally coming home in him. Light dropped his head on L's shoulder and stilled as soon as he was completely inside, letting them both adjust to the feeling. God, it felt good to finally come home.

At L's urging, Light began to move, gently rocking into him, pressing kisses along his jaw and down his neck, a hand returning to tease at his nipples.

L tightened around Light in response, knocking off a file from the table as he frantically found something to hold on to. Light wasn't holding back and it was everything he needed. Everything they both needed.

Light took Ls wrists in his hand and pinned them to the desk above Ls head.

"Maybe we should keep those hands here. We wouldn't want to ruin your files now would we?" 

"Oh god" L panted, arching his back just the way Light liked and flexing his pinned hands, "Light, go harder, please"

Light did as told, thrusting into L at a fast pace, sweat dripping down his back as gave his husband exactly what he wanted, angling his hips to hit his sweet spot with every thrust. L was crying out with each thrust, too far gone to care if anyone over heard. The entire task force could walk in and he'd just demand Light to go harder.

"I'm getting close" L managed to pant out, "missed this cock so fucking much"

"Mm and I missed your tight little hole more. Are you gonna be a good boy and come just like this? Or do you need me touching you?" Light asked, a hand trailing up and down his sides, squeezing at his flesh and enjoying the short lived handprints they left behind

"D-depends if you do your job properly" L managed, somehow, even though he knew damn well he’d be coming all over the desk soon.

"Oh really?" With a devilish smile, Light bent down and licked over Ls nipple, catching it between his teeth and sucking at it, making sure to keep his thrust steady and as devastatingly pleasurable as possible

L yelled out, his body going taut as he began to shoot all over the table, shuddering and clamping down around the cock ramming into him.

"Oh my god" L gasped, laughing and shaking as he rode it out, slumping against the desk and grimacing at the feel of his own mess but deciding to get comfortable for the pounding he was about to have as Light found his own release.

His steady pace was as good as gone as he pounded into L chasing his own release. The tight hole rhythmically clenching around him helped him reach his peak in a matter of seconds, his vision whitening out as he filled L up with his come, L's name on his lips.

L moaned at the feeling of being filled up, keeping as still as he could as Light fucked into him and used him. He'd have to congratulate Light on a job well done, this had been a homecoming to remember. L sighed in contentment as Light finally stilled and they remained locked together, both trying to catch their breath.

"Well, holy shit. How did you like your surprise baby? Did I do good?" Light asked, panting, face pressed into the crook of Ls neck as he tried to regain control over himself

"Did sooo good" L slurred out, referring to the sex and the surprise, "best Valentine's Day ever"

L smiled to himself, deciding he'd cash in the strawberry feeding, bathing and massage tonight because it was Valentine’s Day and after 3 weeks of torture, he honestly deserved it. Plus Light was going to lose his shit when he saw what he'd bought him as a gift.

Light hummed against L, his chest puffing with pride. Only he could make L feel so good and bring him to this state. He pressed yet another kiss to L's lips, making up for the torturous three weeks of absence.

"I'm glad. The surprise isn't over though. I brought you two full baskets of French sweets for you to enjoy. I uh, I kind of left them with Watari in the car though, so you'll have to wait for them a bit" Light said, smiling sheepishly.

"Mm, Nice" L moaned, already mentally eating those sweets. He made absolutely zero effort to move, "Don't be mad but I bought you that car I found saved in your mobile bookmarks" he said, unable to help himself, "it's in the garage. Happy Valentine's Day, Light!"

 Light's head shot up from L's shoulder, looking down at L, his amber eyes sparkling with glee, a blinding smile on his face.

"Mad?? Why would I be mad? That's fucking awesome. Oh we have to give it a ride, L! As soon as possible!" Light peppered L's face in kisses as he murmured his thank you over and over, keeping himself still pressed against L. He didn't want to move yet. Wanted to be as close to L as possible for as long as he could manage

"I'm always down for a ride" L smirked, pleased at his own innuendo, "We both said no big gifts this year, that's why I thought you'd be mad. But you should have known I'd never actually stick to it anyway" L pointed out.

Light was starting to get soft now and slipped out, L shuddered as he felt his come begin to trickle down his thighs.

"I think I need a bath. Someone has made a mess" L said pointedly.

"This someone remembers he was quite encouraged to make it." Light teased as he took a step back, letting L sit up on the desk.

"I do hope we haven't actually destroyed any important files though," Light said, looking at the mess all over the desk and around it with a grimace. They (meaning he) really needed to clean up. Both, themselves and the place. He didn't want to give Watari or his father a heart attack.

"Alright, come here, I'm carrying you to the bathroom as per agreement" Light said, lifting L up bridal style and setting off for the bathroom.

L smiled happily, enjoying the lift like the pampered little Prince he was, "Have you been working out, Light?" He cooed, deciding he might as well give Light's praise kink a little nudge, "You're so strong carrying me like this and barely breaking a sweat!"

L had cottoned on to the fact that if he praised Light and fed his ego a little bit the consequences for himself were always good, so it was honestly a win-win. 

Light's face flushed, his grip around L tightening.

"Maybe. Is it noticeable?" Light asked, trying for nonchalant, but failing spectacularly. He didn't know it, but he looked quite like an eager puppy expecting praise right now.

"It really is" L hid his grin against Light's shoulder, "I'm too lazy to work out myself but your muscles are really, really hot" he praised, "Aizawa wouldn't stand a chance against you, would he? My big strong husband" L cooed, noting the expression on Light's face and biting his lip to hide his smile. It was all so easy! And Light looked so happy too.

Even his ears were tinged red now, a smug smile on his face as he looked down at L.

"That's right, I'll beat him up in an instant if he dares to try and hurt you." Light declared, pride puffing up his chest. If he'd had a tail, it would be wagging quite enthusiastically right now.

"And who knows, maybe we can test my muscles by holding you up in my arms and fucking you. What do you say?" 

"I think that sounds like a wonderful idea" L agreed, "And I know you would. You'd knock Aizawa out in a second" L reached up and patted Light's cheek gently, "Because you're just so strong and brave, aren't you, Light?"

They'd arrived at the bathroom and Light carefully plopped L on the bench to start running his bath.

Light caught L's hand and kissed it, giving L a heated look before he turned to prepare L's bath. As he left the bathtub to fill, he focused his attention on L's state.

"How are you feeling? Was I too rough? I didn't do that much prep before entering you. Did I hurt you? Oh, and are you thirsty? I apologise, I should have brought you a glass of water, I'll do that right now." Light fussed, his protective instincts kicking in.

 L's eyes gleamed. Oh yes, he'd certainly pushed all the right buttons.

"I'm a little bit sore" L admitted, "And I am very thirsty, Light, but I don't want water. I think I'd like some champagne to drink in the bath actually"

"Champagne? Um, okay, right. Where is it? The kitchen? And how sore are you? Do you need some soothing cream? Ah fuck I don't know if I brought it with me, maybe I should ask Watari to buy some..."

L bit his lip hard.

"I'm sure the warm water will soothe it, Light, it's not too bad" he was quick to reassure, not wanting to worry Light. While he was a little sore he wasn't in pain, he was just being a brat and playing on it a bit, "Champagne’s in the fridge."

Light peered at L carefully, assessing the way he was sitting. It indeed didn't seem that bad, but still he had to check. He remembered a case they had where L had had no choice but to go to the scene in person to apprehend the criminal and had managed to get a slash on his belly that he had been stubborn enough to try and hide from Light so as to not worry him.

Sighing, Light turned off the water, the bathtub now filled, before pouring some vanilla and strawberry flavored solutions in the water.

"Okay, you can step in now. I'll be right back with the champagne and some glasses." 

"Alright" L quickly shed the rest of his clothes, eager to get into that sweet scented bath as soon as physically possible.

He sensed Light was a little worried so instantly decided he'd made a miraculous recovery within seconds of being in the bath. He hated worrying Light.

As promised, Light was back within minutes. He set the champagne bottle and the two glasses close by and quickly got in the bath, both of them shifting until L had his back pressed against Light's chest, Light's arms around him.

Light pressed a kiss to the nape of Ls neck , nuzzling the sensitive spot he knew was there.

"Are you feeling better love?"

"Yes, all better now" L announced, "Thank you, Light, this is perfect" he snuggled back against Light and sighed in happiness, "It was really starting to get to me, you know. You're like oxygen and sugar and coffee. I can't live without you, Light"

Feeling his chest tighten, Light gathered L closed against his chest, burying his face into L's hair.

"We are so taking a vacation after this case. Somewhere new for both of us, where it's quiet and we can relax. Also, I'm telling Interpol to fuck off for at least a few months." Light mumbled, soaking in the warmth of his husband being right there, in his arms where he belonged

L smiled, "Good. I will tell them to fuck off too. I'd like to do that thing where you throw a dart at a map and that's where you end up going. Except I don't want to go somewhere like Iraq or Columibia. Where would you like to go? Somewhere warm so you can work on your tan and look all hot by the pool?" L said, knowing full well that is exactly what Light's perfect vacation would be.

"Pfft, why are you even asking anymore, you brat, you already know the answer." Light said, lightly tickling L's sides. "And I like the dart idea. Except you know I'm horrible at aiming and we'll probably end up in Antarctica."

As he spoke, Light extended an arm, grabbing the champagne and pouring some in both glasses

"I wouldn't mind Antarctica actually" L admitted, "But I suppose it would get a bit boring. I will throw the dart since my aim is better" L said, deciding he'd aim for somewhere hot just for Light. Naturally they'd have to stay in a luxury retreat with air con otherwise he'd die.

"Oh yeah, you and penguins. Don't think I don't know about that time when you were 8 and you threw a tantrum because Watari wouldn't get you a penguin. He told me all about it." Light teased, handing L a glass.

"Hmm" L would be having words about that, because Watari should have kept that to himself. "Maybe I will aim for Antarctica then and you can try and sunbathe in the snow" he teased, "You'd still be tanner than me anyway."

"Please don't. I'd be in real danger of never finding you again, what with your complexion being as pale as the snow. You'd blend right in, and then I'll end up eaten by a polar bear or dying of cold while looking for you and who would you have to blame but yourself?"

"Hey!" L tried to sound indignant but snickered as he realised that was actually a very real possibility, "Alright, I suppose I don't really want you being eaten by a polar bear because if that happened who would fuck the living daylights out of me and make my desserts then? It would be a pain to replace you so I suppose I will just have to aim for somewhere warm and keep you around"

"Ah, I knew you just wanted me around for my dick. How heartless, betrayed by my own husband." Light said, pouting. L wasn't the only one who could play the brat, Light knew how to tug at Ls heartstrings as well.

"No" L said immediately, "Your brain is also very useful" he quipped, "and you're so kind and thoughtful" L added, "and hot"

Light smiled and pressed a kiss against Ls temple.

"I know, I know. I love you too, L." Light finished his glass of champagne and put it down. "Now, tell me how the case is going. I need the details so I can help"

"It's going fine, Yotsuba have had a 300% increase in their profits and their leader, Higuchi, is very suspicious. I'm getting Aiber and Wedy to tail him" L explained, "And i was considering sending Aizawa in as an undercover to get rid of him"

L opened his mouth, fully expecting Light to physically pour the Champagne into his mouth.

"Honestly" Light muttered under his breath, but did it anyway.

"I agree with the Aiber and Wedy plan, but L, you can't just send Aizawa to get rid of him. That man screams cop from 10 miles away. He'd be discovered in an instant. Now that I'm here, I could go in his stead."

"No" L said instantly, leaving no room for negotiation on that. "I was only joking, Aizawa's a prick and they'd shoot him within a day. Anyway, I don't want to talk work right now. Tell me about France. What did you do when you weren't working? Did you have that famous hot chocolate? Did you go to the Eiffel tower? Did you jerk off each night thinking about me?" L added the last one with a smirk, knowing the answer to that one.

"L..." Light said, determined to change L's mind, but knowing he would have to at least answer his questions first, if he wanted to have any chance of success. "I actually didn't have much free time, but in the rare moments I wasn't working I went on walks. The change of pace was refreshing and I ended up discovering some pretty cool places. Even a bakery that I'd think you'd love. We should go there sometime, they had the most delicious chocolate mousse I've ever tasted. I didn't go to the Eiffel tower. I wanted to discover it with you. And for the last question...of course I did. I doubt you did any different."

"Oh, we can go to the tower together then" L said, imagining Light walking around Paris and wishing he'd been there too, "I want to try that chocolate mousse. If you liked it it must have been amazing. I'm glad, I had a nightmare you met some French twink and fucked him in a nightclub" L admitted, "Which is ridiculous, but I did. Then I woke up and called you and you were at the gym"

 Light blinked. L wasn't one for insecurities. The man was the most confident person Light has ever met...and he looked in the mirror every morning. This was so unlike L...was this what separation did to him? Light's heart clenched.

"Okay, no. L, look at me" Light gently cupped Ls face in his hands, a thumb running over the darker than he remembered eyebags. "I would never do that, you hear me? You're the first and only person I've ever loved, there is no one else like you in the world and even if you were to leave me right this instant, I would never fall in love with another person, okay?" His eyes softened as he smiled. "Besides, I wouldn't dare anyway. Who would be idiot enough to anger the greatest detective in the world?"

"I know that" L said, "but you weren't here and I'd watched a movie where that happened so my brain decided to torture me. And you're right, you really wouldn't want to do that"

Light narrowed his eyes, maybe he should ban that movie. His L had suffered because of it.

"As long as you know that then it's fine. Also, don't think I've abandoned the infiltration plan talk. I'm the best option and you know it"

L huffed, he'd been expecting that.

"But I don't want you to" he admitted, "I know you're the best option but I don't want you to have to go and mingle with those businessmen. If you really want to do it I won't stand in your way but I will bitch to you about it. All the time until it's finished" L added, "The water's getting cold" he said, tilting his head and looking at Light, "Let's go finish the champagne in bed"

Light sighed. "It's not like I particularly want to do it, but the Task Force has no head for business or subterfuge and we need someone on the inside. Besides, I've researched the Yotsuba group and I remember that man Higuchi, that you talked about. He's a total pervert, I'm sure I could convince him to hire me on the spot if needed"

L glared at that, "Of course you could, he'd take one look at you and start salivating" L looked at his arms and realised he was starting to get goosebumps, "Come on, I'm near death now" he said, standing up and holding out a hand to Light, "I'm not walking though, you said you'd carry me"

"His Highness is a drama queen I see." Light said, rolling his eyes. He carefully got out of the water, drying himself off before lifting L up with a grunt and putting him on his feet. Ignoring Ls scowl, he wrapped him in a fluffy towel before taking him in his arms again.

"You know, you're the one who's gonna pay my medical bill if I manage to break my back from carrying you all over the place."

"I don't weigh much" L pointed out, "You probably bench press weights that way twice as much as I do. Nice try though" he smirked, "Anyway, didn't you say you wanted to test your muscles out?"

Light leered at L. "Why do you ask, want to try it out now?" To be fair, Light was exhausted, but he'd do his best if L asked.

L could tell how tired he was and he had just flown a few thousand miles, "Maybe some rest first" he conceded, "I just want to go to bed with you actually in it again"

"Yeah that sounds perfect right now" Light agreed, opening L's bedroom door with his foot and placing his husband on the bed, rubbing at his wet hair.

"Do you want any pyjamas?"

"Nope" L wanted skin to skin contact, "You're not allowed to wear them either"

"I guessed as much." Light said with a fond smile, eyes flicking to the bed. It looked so inviting and comfortable. All he wanted to do at the moment was lie down with L pressed against him and sleep for a million years. That flight and the sex afterwards really took a lot out of him.

They snuggled down, amused it wasn't even 9 pm and they were half asleep.

L scowled as his phone buzzed because who on earth would be disturbing him now? He reached for his phone and stared at the message from Matsuda.

"Shit. Matsuda's bumped into Aizawa who’s very drunk. Aizawa has a crush on me and is so deep in the closet it's actually pretty sad. So that is the reason he reacted like he did" L showed Light the text message, "That's going to make for an awkward working relationship"

Oh hell no

"Fire him" Light growled. No way in hell was he letting that man close to his L.

L laughed, "I wasn't allowed to slip him valium but now I can fire him?" He teased, "It's so primary school, isn't it? Being mean to your crush"

L thumbed out a text to Matsuda asking him to try and ditch Aizawa and concentrate on having a good night out and thanked him for the Intel.

"Poisoning someone and firing him are very different things, L. Besides, it'd be best for everyone. You get rid of him and he doesn't have to go anywhere near you or face me. Win-win. And you did say his brain wasn't developed past primary school so that checks out"

"What do I fire him for?" L asked, "Being a knob? I'm not willing to go down the whole unfair dismissal thing, Light, so if we're getting rid of him we need to come up with a plan to get him in a compromising position then I can fire him and he can't bitch to Interpol about me"

"Compromising position? Like what? " Light said scowling, all kind of nightmare inducing pictures of L and Aizawa coming to mind

"I don't know, where he fucks up on a case or something. Makes a mistake. I don't mean that kind of compromising position because gross"

"Oh. Yeah. I'm sorry, I'm really tired and my brain is not working right at the moment. Do you mind continuing this in the morning?"

"Mmhmm" L turned his phone off and snuggled back down, "We will think of a plan when we are caffeinated" he yawned.

"Wonderful plan. Alright, come here" Light said as he settled on the bed and beckoned L over.

L scooted back, assuming his customary little spoon position and snickered as he felt Light's half hard cock prod his butt, "Behave, we are tired" he chided, eyelids drooping.

"It's your fault. You insisted we sleep naked'

"Because skin to skin contact is nice. It's not my fault you're a pervert" L shot back, "control little Light please, Light"

Light swatted L's butt playfully, giving it a little squeeze. "Then stop squirming around and sleep"

"I'm trying" L protested, "run your fingers up and down my back, that knocks me out"

Light did as ordered, massaging Ls back until his eyes closed of their own accord, his hand falling on the pillow. L had been knocked out by the fingers on his back and was snoring before a minute had passed.

Chapter Text

The next day, things were very awkward at HQ. Matsuda was loving the drama as a very hungover Aizawa slumped at his desk, trying to avoid the Death glares Light was shooting him occasionally. 

Operation 'Get Aizawa fired' was under way by the time they'd finished their first cup of coffee and L and Light sat close together, heads touching as they conspired. 

Now rested and with a clear mind, Light's brain was working at full capacity. His anger had dissipated somewhat and he sighed.  "As much as I want him gone from this investigation, my dad would be quite cross with me if we got him fired from his actual job so we gotta find a way to push him into choosing to leave" 

"Fine. I don't want to piss Souichiro off" L admitted, "But how on earth do we push him into choosing to leave? He's as stubborn as a mule!" 

"Well, we could give him the coffee boy responsibilities for a change. I'm sure Matsuda will be pleased about that. I will, of course, get you (and myself) actual coffee we can drink and not have to worry if it'd been spitted in. That ought to annoy Aizawa. Besides that, I can continue to drive him up the wall by covering you in hickeys.” 

L curled his lip at the thought of Aizawa making his coffee, "No, he's not making me coffee or touching my mugs at all. The hickey plan, however, has my full support" 

Souichiro walked over and stared down at them, "What are you two conspiring now?" 

Light smiled innocently up at his father. "Morning dad! Nothing much, I'm just catching up with L. Need to get myself up to date with the details of the case" Light lied smoothly. "Ah, by the way, I meant to tell you earlier. I had a talk with mom. She said I should tell you she wants to speak with you." 

Souichiro's face went white. L pretended to be very interested in his coffee mug. 

"L did you tell Light I've started smoking again" Souichiro said, narrowing his eyes at his son-in -law. 

"No!" L protested, "He asked how you were and I said you were stressed and then he guessed straight away and I confirmed it then" 

Souichiro's shoulders slumped and he walked out of the kitchen, a tortured grimace on his face. Light smirked at his retreating back. That should teach him. 

"As I was saying, do you have any other suggestions?" 

"I have several, and every single one of them you will say no to for 'legal reasons' " L said, giving Light air quotes, "So, no, I don't. Hopefully now he will be too awkward and embarrassed to say much to me?" He suggested. 

"Mm" Light sipped on his coffee as he thought, before his eyes lit up. 

"L, I got an idea! I know Aizawa's divorced but he's got a kid. A girl, I think her name's Yumi. Sayu is friends with her. Maybe we should enlist her help. After all, Yumi must miss her father, with how much time he spends here on the case" 

"We’re involving kids in our schemes now?" L said, amused, "Well, we could try it or get him back with his ex or set him up with a bloke who looks similar to me" 

Light grimaced. "I am not playing matchmaker for Aizawa. And we're not involving her in anything nefarious. We're just allowing her to express her feelings." 

"I'd play matchmaker" L said, "I know loads of shady characters with dark hair but... oh, alright, fine. If you want to go down the kid option that's fine but I'm not talking to her, kids annoy me at the best of times" L pointed out, "Not Sayu, of course, because she is a precious angel who can do no wrong" he added even though they both knew that wasn't true. 

"It's alright L, she's not listening in, you're allowed to show your feelings" Light smirked. "Also, if you want to play matchmaker, I'd love to watch that particular train wreck. Who do you even have in mind?" 

"A man named Russel who has a history of fraud, has a foot fetish and is riddled with stds" L said immediately, making Light snort in amusement, "Here's his file" L flicked through his phone, "He's currently incarcerated but I could get him out on a plea deal and threaten him to flirt with Aizawa. It would be pretty funny" 

"Pretty sure breaking someone out of prison only to blackmail them into flirting with someone is illegal L. As is deliberately giving someone else an std. Any other candidates?" 

L clicked his fingers, "Fine then, God, all this 'that's illegal, L,' nonsense is ruining my plans" L complained, "Everything I suggest is, on paper, illegal, but I'm L so is it really? I mean, I'm justice so..." 

Light laughed. "Behave, L. Actually, if you wanna play matchmaker...I think we need to talk to dad... He knows Aizawa better than the two of us" Light sighed. He said he wouldn't play matchmaker, but L wanted to and what L wanted, L got.

"Your dad isn't likely to help us anytime soon. He knows he's in the doghouse with Sachiko" L pointed out, "I think personally you should just punch him in the face or tackle him into a fountain Bridget Jones style" L said, "If he goes for GBH I'll get the charges dropped on the grounds you're too hot to prosecute." 

Light groaned and let his head fall onto the table. Why was L like this? 

"You know who else works with Aizawa, is a big fan of juicy gossip and loves drama? Matsuda. Maybe we should ask him for candidates" 

L flicked his eyes over to Matsuda. "Hmm... that could work. Matsuda-San, please come over here we have something to discuss with you pertaining to Yotsuba" L said, trying not to roll his eyes at the way Matsuda practically skipped across the room to join them like a fucking labrador. 

Light was going to have to ask L later if he knew if somehow someone from Matsuda's family tree managed to successfully mate with a dog. The resemblance was uncanny. As soon as Matsuda came over, Light thrust a coffee mug into his hands to shut him up and told him about their plans. 

"But... this isn't about Yotsuba" was Matsuda's first reaction. 

L and Light shared a look. "No, Matsuda, no it isn't" L said slowly, as if speaking to a child, "It's about the Aizawa situation." 

Matsuda gave an oooooh, his eyes brightening as he finally caught on. Light thanked the gods he got it with no further explanation. He was starting to understand L’s struggle these past weeks and honestly, it was a wonder the Task Force was still in one piece. 

Matsuda scratched at his head and flicked his eyes to the others in the room. "Umm can we talk about this somewhere more private? I do have an idea but I don't want to be overheard." 

L raised an eyebrow. That sounded sneaky and he was intrigued. 

"Sure. Let's go talk about this in Watari's office" 

"Talk about what?" Mogi asked as he approached with a stack of documents L had requested, "A new lead?" 

"...Yes" L said blankly, "That is exactly what we are going to discuss, Mogi-San" 

Mogi frowned. Why then, would they not share it with the rest of the Task Force? Why just Matsuda? Still it wasn't his place to question it, so he simply nodded, leaving the documents on L's desk before returning to his desk. 

As soon as they got to Watari's office, Light sat down on the couch, legs spread so L could crouch between them. L climbed on the sofa settling in his normal thinking pose, Light's arms wrapped around his waist. Watari was also in the office, having expressed his desire to join in on the plan. 

Matsuda took a seat on a chair as well, looking nervously between the other three men. He cleared his throat. 

"Okay so, as it happens, I do know someone who's had feelings for Aizawa-san for years. Do you wanna know who it is?" 

"Yes" L said immediately, "Who?" 

Watari and Light nodded, Light secretly marvelling that somehow, someone was attracted to a middle aged Japanese man with an Afro. 

Matsuda paused a bit for dramatic effect before dropping the bombshell. 

"Mogi. They were roommates for a while back in uni" 

L's mouth dropped open "Shut *up*" 

"Alright then, sorry, I thought you wanted to know-" 

"He didn't mean it that way, Matsuda" Light explained in a tired voice. 

"Mogi? But Mogi is nice" L said in disbelief, "Why on earth would he have a thing for Aizawa?" 

"Well, from what I understand, Aizawa wasn't always this bad. He was actually pretty okay before. But then he got married. It wasn't exactly a happy marriage. I remember him coming in, looking like a cloud was raining over him constantly. He was always arguing with Eiko, his wife. Mogi tried to help, but he's not...the best at comforting people. So the situation got worse and worse, to the point that they got divorced. Aizawa was constantly stressed fighting for custody over Yumi. Mogi helped him a lot. Bringing him food, because he always forgot to eat, covering him with a blanket when he fell asleep at the station, taking some of his cases so he'd lighten his workload, driving him home on nights where he got so drunk he couldn't walk etc. I think he was depressed for a while. The depression faded but the anger issues stayed" 

Matsuda had acted like he didn't know much, but he had actually been very invested in this particular drama before he'd joined the Task Force, listening to every tidbit of information he could find on it. 

Watari raised an eyebrow at Matsuda, "My, you certainly know all the details, don't you?" 

"All the tea spilled" L nodded sagely, "But this is the perfect opportunity. Mogi clearly, somehow, finds something about Aizawa appealing. We need to capitalize on it. Get them working solely together from now on, Matsuda, your job is to tell Aizawa how awful I am and put him off me in whatever way you can" L began to delegate tasks, a plan forming, "And Light here is going to team up with his father and take everyone save myself out for some team bonding drinks and further push our agenda" 

"I, but, wait- What am I supposed to tell Aizawa?" Matsuda asked, distressed. He didn't like bad mouthing people and he especially didn't want to offend L or, God forbid, Light while doing this. 

"Well, is he a top, bottom or versatile?" L asked, poker faced, "Find out and gossip to him that I'm the same, that I'm a crap lover and I don't know what a prostate is." 

Matsuda frowned. He didn't know what a prostate was! 

Light looked at Matsuda's blank face and sighed. 

"Darling, I think you broke him" 

L sighed, "Matsuda. Do you know what a prostate is?" He asked gently, "It's basic human anatomy. All biological men have them?" He prompted at Matsuda's continuing blank expression. 

"L, this is clearly beyond his understanding" Watari said, poker faced but L could tell he was trying not to smile, "Perhaps think of something simpler?" 

"Okay, Matsuda, gossip is what you do best, right? Well, I'm pretty sure there are plenty of forums who slander L all over the internet. Just read those and repeat them to Aizawa. Even if he doesn't believe everything, in time, at least some should stick. Ah, I should mention, you shouldn't believe anything you read on there, if that wasn't clear" Light suggested with a tired face 

L perked up at that. Those forums said the wildest things about him! They were a veritable gold mine of slander so there was bound to be something. His personal favourite theory was that L was actually an alien and not human at all. 

Light smirked when he saw the expression on L's face. They had spent several hours reading over those forums and laughing their asses off at some of the outrageous theories that were on there. 

Meanwhile, Matsuda perked up as well, nodding seriously and even saluting (for God's sake) as if he'd received the most important mission of his life. Light idly wondered when they were supposed to deal with Kira as well. He had to plan his disguise, prepare some fake background info and be ready to infiltrate Yotsuba...Hm, he'd have to speak with Watari.. 

L closed his eyes at the salute and bit his lip to hold back words as Matsuda hurried out of the room to start his secret mission. 

Before he got to the exit, however, he stopped at Light and gave him a bashful smile, "Uh... Light, do you know where the prostate is?" He asked in what L assumed was supposed to be a whisper. 

"He sure does" L answered for Light, smirking as Watari shook his head and muttered 'Dear God why me' 

"Really? Where? Can you show me?" Matsuda asked Light eagerly. Light massaged the bridge of his nose and debated whether or not to print out some male anatomy for Matsuda... better yet, no... 

"It's here" Light stood up and tapped Matsuda's forehead, "Every man has a prostate right in the middle of their forehead. It's something virtually everyone knows" 

Light could see L biting his lip hard to keep from laughing while Watari coughed to cover up his laughter. It was only through sheer will that he managed to keep a straight face for the time it took for Matsuda to get out the door and out of earshot before he collapsed on the couch, dying of laughter.

"And all this time I was defending you saying you knew where the prostate was" L smirked when they finally settled down, only occasionally snickering with laughter, "Oh to be a fly on the wall when he tells someone that" 

"Hopefully, he doesn't Google it first...Imagine if that someone was Aizawa, oh, that would be spectacular." 

Light leaned in and whispered in Ls year, low enough that Watari wouldn't pick up on it. 

"Oh, I can demonstrate my knowledge. On you. What do you say?" L flushed, "I think a demonstration is in order soon, Light" he said quietly back before saying in his normal tone, "I Bet Aizawa doesn't know where it is either" cattily, "Anyway, now we've got the ball rolling on the Aizawa situation Light has decided he's going to go undercover in Yotsuba" L said, his tone implying exactly what he thought of that. 

Light threw L a heated look before he got serious. He patted L's thigh soothingly. 

"Relax, those idiots are going to be easy to deal with. I'm more interested in how Kira is killing all those people... And that's why I need to go undercover. Sorry to bother you Watari but I'll need a new fake identity"  

Watari looked between L and Light before he nodded and said he'd work on a new identity immediately. 

"Still not happy about it" L said once Watari had gone to his desk to work on the ID, "But I do see it's our best option " 

"Yeah, I'm not exactly happy either. I'll have to endure Higuchi's pervert eyes all over me." Light said grimacing 

L scowled, "Wonderful, can't wait for that. Just get the job done as quick as possible, please, so we can get him behind bars" 

"That's the plan." Light said grimly. He peered at L frowning at the still upset look on his husband's face. Sighing, Light grabbed L's wrist, tugging him up and towards the door. 

"Sorry, Watari, L and I will see you later. We need to do something" 

L followed Light, hoping the doing something involved being naked. 

"Are we having an anatomy lesson?" L asked hopefully, "After this afternoon I'm afraid I have some serious doubts about you knowing where the prostate is after all" he teased. 

"As a matter of fact, we are," Light replied, smirking. "It even involves me feeding you strawberries." 

"Oh? Then I'm looking forward to the lesson" L smiled, "Though, Light?" L made a point of looking down at himself, "I'm walking? I believe you said you were going to carry me to bed and then when you were half asleep I asked is it for a week and you said 'yes' so, as per terms, everytime we go to bed for a week you should be carrying me" L explained, straight faced, "Otherwise you're breaking my trust" he added, knowing Light would find that ironic. 

Light stopped in his tracks and turned to stare gapingly at L. 

"I- What? I don't remember saying that..." Light frowned. Even if he was tired, his brain shouldn't be so easily susceptible to other people's influence. Was this something Light should be worrying over? 

"Yeah, you were half asleep so you probably wouldn't remember" L shrugged, "You're actually pretty easy to manipulate when you're tired. Don't worry, I think it's adorable" L smiled at Light, "and I will tell no one" 

Light sighed and shook his head. Trust L to exploit his weakness like this. 

"Alright then, up you go" Light said, sweeping L off his feet and carrying him to the bedroom (making a quick detour to the fridge so he could get the strawberries)

L did have the grace to feel guilty for a few seconds but decided it wasn't really worth it. Light knew what he'd gotten himself into when he married him and if he wasn't sneaky it would probably concern Light more. 

Light deposited L on the bed, before taking a step back and taking a commanding tone. "Alright, brat. Strip." Light wanted to see L naked right that instant, but it was also practical for what he had planned with the strawberries. He would appreciate having less laundry to do.

L stared at Light. Oh, so they were playing this game? Fine. 

"Make me" he countered, smirking at the angry gleam in Light's eyes. 

Light raised an eyebrow. "Disobedient, are we? Fine, you don't strip, you don't get strawberries, it's simple really. Your choice" 

"..." L stared at Light. 

Light crossed his arms and stared right back. 

"But... I want them!" L protested, "You can't just say I can't have them" 

"Well considering I was the one who bought them, I'd say those are in fact, my strawberries. Don't worry, I won't be a complete monster, I'll let you have a few. But unfortunately you'll miss out on the me feeding them to you part. What a shame, wouldn't you say?" 

L hesitated for a few seconds longer before he shrugged out of his shirt and shed his clothes. 

Sadly, he had been made. 

Light smirked, knowing L would fold soon enough. 

"Well well, look who decided to finally be a good boy and listen. Good job, now-" Light slid his sleeves up to his elbows and picked up a strawberry from the bowl, bringing it to L's mouth. "Open up baby." 

Light watched transfixed as L slowly opened his mouth, giving the strawberry a lick before biting into it, eyes locked onto Light's own. Gulping, he could feel the fruit juice dripping down his hand and over his arm and he pressed a thumb into L's mouth, pressing teasingly on his tongue. 

"Good boy. Lick it all up baby. After the strawberries are finished, I intend to give you that anatomy lesson and I'm afraid the lube is too far away for me to grab it so this is all you're getting." 

L's eyes widened and he was instantly intrigued and heavily aroused. He kept his mouth open, not even attempting to close it as Light plucked up another strawberry. 

"Look at you with your mouth hanging open like a slut" Light had to smirk as he held the strawberry teasingly to L's mouth. 

In the time it had taken Light to feed L half a bowl of strawberries, he had climbed up on the bed and in between Ls legs, smirking at Ls desperate little ruts against his khakis. "Did I give you permission to move like that baby?" 

L instantly stilled. "No" he said, his earlier bratty mood gone. Now he was more than willing to do whatever Light said because he knew the consequences for himself would be pleasant, "Sorry, Light" he said sweetly. 

"Hmm, you're forgiven. But do stay still darling and I promise I'll make it worth your while" Light whispered, giving L a second finger to suck strawberry juice off it. His other hand gently wrapped around Ls cock, pumping him leisurely, in time with the thrusts of his fingers in Ls mouth. 

L moaned around Light's fingers, wrapping his tongue around them and gazing deep into Light's eyes, knowing full well Light was imagining something else being in his mouth. L twitched at the thought, a bit of precome oozing out and he moaned again, very pleased with the anatomy lesson so far. 

When the entire bowl was finally empty, Light scooted back a bit, sliding his (thoroughly wet) fingers out of L's mouth and patting his cheek. 

"Alright baby. Now, be a good boy for me and turn around on all fours. It's time for that demonstration I promised" 

L did as requested, looking back over his shoulder at Light with hazy eyes and arching his back just slightly to give Light a good eyeful, because he was kind like that. Light chuckled very pleased with the display indeed. 

"Look at you, arching your back like a desperate whore. Is this what you're looking for, baby?" Light said, teasingly pressing two of his fingers against L's twitching entrance.

L nodded, dipping his head and arching a bit more, "Yes, Light" he panted, "Please" he rocked back just a little, trying to get them inside and growling in frustration when Light pulled them back, "Put them in me now " L demanded, knowing he was going to get some shit for that tone. The problem was, when Light made him wait it made him want to be a brat. 

Light gave Ls butt a firm swat. "Ah-ah, you don't take that tone with me baby, otherwise, no fingers for you." 

L curled his fingers into the duvet, "I'm sorry" he said, that swat sending shockwaves up his spine, "I'll be good" he promised, " please can you put them in?" He asked, trying a different tactic since the brat approach apparently wasn't going to work.

Light smiled, pressing a gentle kiss on the nape of L's neck. "That's more like it, love. Alright, since you were a good boy and apologized, I'm going to give you what you need" Light decided, slowly pushing in a finger, almost moaning at the tight wet heat he could feel clenching around it. 

Oh and the sight was spectacular, L's back arched, supporting himself on his elbows, face pressed into the pillow and ass in the air, his hole greedily sucking him in. 

L let out a loud whine, feeling a slight burn as the finger pushed inside that made him squirm. Instantly one wasn't enough and he moaned again, desperate for more but knowing now since he was getting what he wanted he needed to keep being good and keep the brat locked up. 

Not wanting to hurt him, Light made sure to thoroughly stretch L out with his finger before adding another. By the time he considered adding another, L was drooling into his pillow, legs trembling as he tried rocking back on Light's hand, desperate for more. Feeling merciful, Light rubbed a second finger against L's hole before pushing it in as well, scissoring them. 

The entire time he had purposefully avoided touching Ls prostate 

L was tempted, so tempted to snark that apparently Light didn't know where the prostate was after all since his hadn't been touched yet, but he swallowed it down in favour of rocking back against Light's fingers. He knew as long as he was good he'd get what he wanted and that clearly Light was enjoying making him wait (probably because he was a sadist) 

Smirking, Light seemingly decided he'd tortured L enough and he finally gave L what he wanted, massaging his prostate like a pro. He kept it up until L was on the very edge and halfway over before he yanked his fingers away. 

L was drooling happily, in utter bliss and so close to coming when suddenly it felt like he'd had a bucket of ice water chucked over him. He whined at the loss of the fingers, gulping for air as he tried to understand how he'd gone from feeling so good to so empty in the matter of a second. 

"Light" he gasped, "Why?" 

"Well baby, didn't you say you wanted me to demonstrate I knew where the prostate was? I did, didn't I?" 

L whimpered. Why? Why did he have to endure such cruelty? 

Light was probably expecting him to snark and bitch at him so he decided to do the exact opposite, just to see what Light's reaction would be. He slumped down on the bed, wincing as his hard cock dug into the mattress, and just lay still. 

Light was instantly concerned when L’s expected snarky reply didn't immediately come and he leaned over his husband, placing a hand on his shoulder and shaking him worriedly. 

"L? Are you okay? Did I go too far?" Light had only been joking, he was actually trying to get the lube so he could fill L up properly. He'd only wanted to tease him a little 

L let Light worry for a few more seconds before he turned his head and smirked. "Got you" 

Light felt relief wash over him at L's smirk and he let his head fall onto L's shoulder groaning. "You actually scared me you absolute brat" Light hissed, his tone contrasting greatly with the soft kiss he pressed to L's shoulder.

"Oh, sorry" L said, genuinely sounding apologetic, "But that was pretty cruel of you, Light, I really don't know how I'm ever going to recover from this" L said in a tone that, to most people, would be considered grave and serious, "You've shattered my trust and you've given me trauma" 

Light stared at his husband for a few seconds before huffing and manhandling him onto his back, wrapping his arms around L and pressing as close to him as possible, peppering his face with kisses. 

"My deepest apologies darling. Please tell me how I shall receive your forgiveness" 

"Well, i suppose fucking me senseless would be a good place to start" L said, deciding he was absolutely milking this for all it was worth, "And I believe the trauma would be substantially lessened if you baked me a cherry pie and feed it to me for breakfast in the morning" 

Light snorted but he agreed easily enough. He would never tell L he actually enjoyed baking, lest it became a full time job. Let L think he was only doing it out of love for him. 

"Hmm, I'll see about that pie. As for the other request...I was actually kidding before, I was already reaching for the lube so I could feed that greedy hole properly." He replied, trailing kisses down his neck, past his chest and onto his belly, before pressing a gentle one on the slit of Ls cockhead, lapping at the precum accumulated there. 

L let out a shaky moan, his hips bucking, "If you keep doing that I'm going to come" he managed to pant out, "and I want you in me" 

L took a moment to catch his breath as Light drew away. As Light busied himself slicking up hiscock L pondered over the age old question: did he have custard with that pie or cream?

The first push into L's heat has always felt like discovering paradise. Light grunted as he was slowly engulfed, Ls rosy hole swallowing him up eagerly as the detective whimpered, eyes rolled back in bliss. L tried to buck up but didn't get far, Light had predicted what he'd try and do and had pushed a hand down between his shoulder blades to keep him pinned so he could adjust. 

"Dammit" L cursed, "You're so big" he moaned, "You're going to split me in two" 

Light stilled at that, his ego soaring. Light's hold on L loosened at that and he startled rambling as he thrust into L hard and fast. 

"That's right baby, this is what you asked for, wasn't it pretty little slut? You wanted me to fill you up, keep you full and satisfy your greedy hole's cravings, didn't you?" Light gave Ls butt a firm spank, squeezing at the pink flesh and delighting in the fingerprints left behind. "There we go, such a good boy, taking me so well. My baby, my darling little whore. You're mine aren't you? Only I can make you feel this good, isn't that right?" 

L tried to answer but his ears were ringing and he was coming hard, completely untouched and shooting into the mattress as Light's panted words smashed through him. He might have screamed but he wasn't sure. He bit his lip and tore at the skin, shaking with adrenaline and aftershocks when he finally stopped pumping his come onto the bed sheets. He slumped face first on the bed, eyes wide and glassy 

Light couldn't hold on once Ls hole started twitching and he followed L over the edge, Ls hungry hole milking his cock to the very last drop while Light slumped atop L, panting 

L kept staring ahead, his brain having completely shut down. He breathed harshly, swallowing hard. It appeared, Light's cock had broken him. 

Light was panting and pressing little kisses into the sweat slicked skin of his neck. L quivered, opening his mouth to say I love you but instead slurring out something even he couldn't understand. 

Definitely broken. 

Fortunately, Light seemed to understand because he responded with a slurred I love you too before attempting to pull out so he could properly take care of L.

L shuddered at the feel of Light pulling out, finally starting to come around a little bit. "Jesus" L swore, "Where the fuck did that come from, Light?" 

"I uh, well, I did say I missed you, right?" 

L blinked, "Well shit, Light, I missed you too but now you've gone and raised the bar. I'm going to be expecting that all the time now" L laughed, "I can't move" and he genuinely couldn't. His legs were still shaking, "Damn" 

Light hummed, not even properly hearing L as he stared transfixed at the come trickling out of L's hole. As if in a trance, Light ran a finger over the dribbling release, starting to push it back into L's hole, where it belonged. "Maybe I should plug you up..." 

L hissed at the feeling of Light prodding at his puffy, still gaping hole. "I think you should" L agreed, his body shuddering at the thought of it, "I could wear it when we go back downstairs. You'd know I'm wearing it when Aizawa is just meters away wishing he could do the same" he added temptingly, knowing that would get to Light. 

Light growled, feeling himself stir at the words despite having just come. 

"You'd like that wouldn't you slut? Wearing a plug to stuff your needy hole full of my come while you're supposed to be leading this investigation. What would Interpol say hm? If they knew the great L spent his work hours plugged and stuffed full, rocking back on that toy just to get some friction" 

"They'd probably call me a slut" L sniffed, enjoying the mild verbal humiliation, "And they'd be right, wouldn't they, Light?" 

"Mmm, that's right, but you're my little slut" Light said, his fingers now pumping his release back into L's hole. 

L arched up, sighing as he felt Light's fingers push at him, he was very sensitive and it felt wonderful, "Yes, yours only" L smiled, dropping his head back onto his arms. 

Snapping a bit out of his trance, Light checked with L: "Do you really want a plug or was that just dirty talk?" 

"Light, what do you think" L said, giving Light a smirk, "I want the fucking plug please." 

"Shit yeah, fuck, okay" Light said as he scrambled to the drawer he knew L kept his toys. He chose a blue one, made out of silicone so L wouldn't be too uncomfortable moving around. 

L relaxed and sighed as he felt Light push the plug gently into him. "How long do I keep this in for?" L asked, "until I need the bathroom or until you fuck me again?" 

"Preferably until I get to fuck you again." Which, considering he would be hyper aware of L wearing this during work, would probably not be too far off. "But you can, of course, take it out if you get uncomfortable" 

"It doesn't feel uncomfortable at all" L reassured, "But, sadly, due to having an overdose of dick I don't think I can move and I'd really like a coffee...?" 

Light huffed a laugh and gently rolled L on his back, before pressing a kiss to his forehead. "I'll get you your coffee in a minute, but first let me wipe you down, okay?" 

"Okay" L stretched out, luxuriating in Light cleaning him up tenderly, "You spoil me" L sighed, "Not that I don't deserve it of course, because obviously I do" L gave Light a soft look, "But God do I love you" 

Light gave L a fond look back, warmth suffusing in his chest. "I love you too. Does this mean I'm forgiven?" 

"Yes" L, now apparently being able to move, flopped onto his back and then curled up on his side, giving Light the big, soft eyes he knew would get him whatever he wanted, "Maybe some cookies too?" 

"As His Highness wishes" Light quipped, quickly zipping up his pants and making his way downstairs to get Ls coffee and cookies. 

L settled back, squirming a bit to feel the plug move inside him. It actually felt very good and quite distracting. He wondered how he was going to focus on work that afternoon. 

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Light had only been 5 minutes but L opened his eyes when he came back into their room, apparently dozing off. For someone who used to be an insomniac an appointment with Light's dick was apparently the cure. 

After L drank his coffee and devoured the cookies (getting crumbs all over the bed) Light motioned for him to sit up. 

"Come on L, I gotta change the sheets and then we have to go downstairs. We kinda abandoned the Task Force in the middle of the workday." 

"That's okay, I'm the boss" L replied, shocking Light by actually helping and pulling the sheets off. He grimaced at the mess on them. "Gross" 

Light wanted to ask L what had gotten into him (aside from his dick) but he didn't want to ruin the moment. "That's an abuse of power you know" Light teased. 

"Is it?" L turned to Light with innocent eyes, "What's wrong with having a private meeting in the middle of the day to discuss the Kira Investigation with delegates from Interpol?" L asked, having already thought up a cover story 

Light huffed a laugh and shook his head at his sneaky husband. "And what exactly about the Kira case did the great L discuss with Interpol in this meeting?" 

"... he discussed sending his top agent undercover to investigate Yotsuba" L said after just a seconds thinking time, "And they agreed" 

"...you're gonna make me write the report to Interpol about this aren't you?" L's smile was answer enough. "Technically, Light, you are my junior" he reminded, "So that would fall under your jurisdiction. Sorry about that" 

Light scowled. L wasn't sorry at all and they both knew it. “Of fucking course." Light muttered. "You owe me one hell of a blowjob for it though" 

L pretended to consider, "Oh, alright, I suppose" he sighed in a put upon way, "Honestly, Light, the things I do for you" Light rolled his eyes. They both knew L loved sucking dick. Could win international competitions at it, even. 

Unfortunately they did have to go downstairs, where they were met with the inquisitive stares of the Task Force members. "Light, Ryuuzaki? Did something happen?" Souichiro asked. He was looking a little worse for wear, clearly having just finished his call to Sachiko, going by the way he was rubbing at his temples, trying to soothe the throbbing pain. 

"Urgent meeting with Interpol" L said smoothly, "Getting the go ahead for Light to go undercover. Are you alright, Souichiro-San, you look a little bit done in?" 

Souichoro sighed heavily, "Done in? That...that woman has chewed my ear out for half an hour lecturing me about lung cancer!" 

L and Light shared a look. No wonder Souichiro looked like shit. 

"Well, dad, no offense, but she is kind of right about that one..." 

"You could try vaping" L pointed out, "Or nicotine replacement therapy" 

Souichoro sighed again, "I'd look an idiot with a vape hanging out of my mouth" 

"True, you would" L said, his mouth moving faster than his brain, "But," he backtracked at the glare Souichoro sent him and the 'Fuck sakes Light muttered under his breath, "You could try patches and lozenges maybe? Whatever you need, send the bill to Watari and we will handle it. Our employees health is of the most paramount importance" 

This coming from the man who repeatedly admitted to thinking about poisoning one of said employees and even tried instigating Light to fight him. Unbelievable. "Anyway" Light brought the conversation back on track "L and I decided I will be infiltrating Yotsuba as an intern. Hopefully, this way I can keep a closer eye on our suspects" 

"I see... well, it does make sense, but be careful, Light, Higuchi is... an unsavoury character" Souichiro frowned, dad instincts kicking in, "And I think I probably should try that nicotine replacement therapy, I have a feeling I'm going to be needing it" 

"Of course, father-in-law, I will get Watari to see to that for you immediately" L said, knowing he was scoring himself some major points. 

"I know dad. I'll be fine, don't worry. If he ever attempts something I'm afraid he might find himself knocked out on the ground with a broken jaw." Light reassured his father, sitting down at his desk and hiding a smirk at the little wince L did when he crouched on his chair 

L shot Light a glare but decided to at least try and maintain an air of professionalis. He noticed Matsuda and Aizawa were whispering by the coffee machine. Good, hopefully Matsuda was telling the Afro haired man he had a third nipple or something. 

What Matsuda was actually telling Aizawa was a new theory he'd heard about that said L was actually a reptilian and he was going to take over the world with Kira by his side, who was actually his son who he had ordered to start this slaughter as part of an ancient initiation quest. 

Aizawa stared at Matsuda as if he was the reptilian. 

"Where the hell did you hear that?" Aizawa asked, "L is an annoying bastard but he isn't a reptile. If anything he's a fucking crow" 

Matsuda stared at Aizawa in confusion, "You think he's a bird, Aizawa-San?" 

Aizawa scowled and turned away. Honestly, he'd been hearing all kinds of rumors about L lately and his crush was starting to fade. Clearly L had a lot of issues he needed to get sorted out, possibly being a reptilian being the least of them. 

Meanwhile on the other side of the room, Light was sneakily observing L while he worked on that report to Interpol. It wasn't enough to be noticeablebe noticeable to the others, but to Light, who was attuned to every minute shift in L's stance or expression, it was obvious. L just couldn't sit still, constantly shifting on the chair, his position not helping him any in staying clear headed..

L just couldn't stay still and he didn't know what to do. Did he begin pacing the room? Did he try and sit normally? The best thing to do really was go lie on his side on the couch... 

L got up from his chair and did just that. 

"Uh... L, are you alright?" Watari asked, surprised when L flopped down on the couch. 

"I have a headache" L explained, "and the computer screen is irritating my eyes so I think I will just stay here for a moment" L cupped his chin in his hand and smiled at Light, knowing he'd be able to detect his bullshit in a heartbeat. 

"Would you like some pain killers then?" Watari asked, concerned for his son. Light knew he would have to act concerned too, if he didn't want to seem suspicious.

"Are you alright, love? If it's too hard for you to look at the screen maybe some rest will work. Try and sit still and maybe you'll actually fall asleep" 

L had to inwardly commend Light on his choice of words. 

"I'd appreciate some pain killers" he said, deciding he'd play up to Watari, "Thank you so much. And I will lay still, Light, I believe I'm more comfortable here" he said, giving Light a smirk as Matsuda hurried over with a throw blanket for him, "Well, aren't you kind? Thank you, Matsuda" L cooed. 

Light scowled at the cooing. He was the one L should be cooing at, not Matsuda. 

"Psst, Ryuzaki-San?" Matsuda whispered as he gave L the blanket. "I have a question."

"Yes?" L asked, wondering if it was about operation Aizawa, "What is it?" 

"Are-are you really a reptilian? Is this why you're so pale? Maybe you should spend some time in the sun, it might help you…”

L stared at Matsuda. Matsuda stared back. 

"Yes" L said, "But it's a closely guarded secret, Matsuda, and you can't tell anyone. You see, I am a British reptile, so we are cold blooded and paler than other reptiles. We have to be very careful. As much as I'd love to spend time out in the sun I'm afraid if I did that I would overheatoverheat and die" 

"I-i understand, Ryuuzaki-San!! Don't worry, your secret's safe with me! But ....does this mean Kira is your son? How was it, giving birth?" 

L tugged the blanket over him. If they were going down this rabbit hole of bullshit he was doing it comfortable, "Well, it was pretty hard, the egg was big and i had to push it out of my...you know" he said, adopting a sad expression, "You see, as a reptile I of course lay eggs and Kira was the only egg that actually made it. I spent countless days and nights guarding the nest from predators and keeping the egg warm"

Unfortunately for Light he happened to overhear the last part of that conversation and stared at both Matsuda and L genuinely wondering if they were on drugs..

"What the hell are you talking about?" He whispered, hoping Matsuda would get the hint and keep his voice down as well. 

Unfortunately , Matsuda did not. 

"Ryuuzaki-San was just telling me how hard laying eggs was for a reptilian like him!! Light-San, you're his husband, you should have helped him protect the eggs!!" 

"Yes, alas Light was remiss in his duties" L sighed, "It was truly awful, Matsuda, I felt so sad and alone guarding that egg day and night while Light was at the gym. But I did it. Imagine the pain and anguish I feel, knowing that my dear son is Kira" L gave a theatrical sniff, "It breaks my heart" 

Matsuda, eyes filled with tears, slowly reached out and pulled L into a hug. "It's okay, L, it will all be okay" 

"WHAT THE FUCK?!" That was Aizawa, of course he was. Not that Light (sadly) didn't agree with him this time. As Aizawa was busy screaming at them to knock it off and get serious, Light managed to pry Matsuda away from his husband, sending him on some useless errand and throwing L a glare. 

"I know you're trying to distract yourself right now, but that idiot may really believe whatever bullshit you're spewing. Also, if you continue to make a scene, you'll earn yourself a spanking. With that plug still inside and a cock ring on, are we perfectly clear?" Light whispered in L's ear.

L blinked at Light, "Is that supposed to be a punishment, Light? Sounds more like a reward to me. It's not my fault you're a deadbeat Dad who didn't help me protect the egg so there's no point taking it out on a poor, single father like me. I'm just trying my best" 

Light narrowed his eyes, "It's not going to be a reward when I won't allow you to come at all." 

L raised an eyebrow and, wisely, decided to shut his damn mouth. 

Matsuda returned with the print outs Light had asked for and handed them to him with a certain coldness, "I'm disappointed in you, Light" he muttered, shooting L a soft, pitying look, "Poor L deserves better" 

Light rubbed at his temples. "Matsuda-San, L was just messing with you, don't mind him. I told you not to believe everything you see on those forums" 

Matsuda frowned. No, he knew what he'd heard and he'd seen the anguish in L's eyes. Being a reptilian single father to Kira wasn't just something people lied about. "Nice try, Light, I can see right through the innocent act" Matsuda snapped, holding his head high and walking away. 

L gave Light a bland smile, innocently holding up his hands when Light glared at him. "I didn't say anything." 

Great. Now Matsuda hated him. Just wonderful. 

Sighing, Light went back to work, carefully keeping track of Ls movements. It seemed like his previous warning had been effective, because L was behaving spectacularly well. Light was wary though. L wasn't exactly known for his model behavior 

Sure enough, 15 minutes later, L and Matsuda were engrossed in a conversation about reptiles and how L amazingly had a human form. "It's because I'm an alien reptile" L explained in a soft whisper, "my home planet is Delta32. I just took on this form to fit in but in my true form I'm actually purple with yellow and pink spots on my belly. It might not sound intimidating but I'm 20 feet in length and I have really sharp fangs and claws..." 

Light glared at the screen. L was practically begging for it. "L? Can you please come and see this?" Light said, finally managing to get L's attentionL's attention. Not only had he been encouraging Matsuda, he had been actively ignoring Light. That would not do. 

As soon as L stopped next to his chair, Light whispered: "This is your last warning L. If you don't behave, I've already told you what your punishment is. And I don't joke around. It's up to you, really" 

L knew Light wasn't joking, but he'd dug himself into a hole (like a reptile!) And was having so much fun with Matsuda. 

"I'm not doing anything wrong" L countered, "Just chatting to a work colleague" 

"This is the Kira Investigation,Investigation," Light reminded. "Ah yes, my prodigal son..." L said before he could stop himself, "Right. Sorry. Final warning. I will be good now" he promised. 

And honestly, he really would try. 

Light softened a bit. "Good. Now, I did actually call you here for something case related. I was reviewing Wedy's surveillance footage and look what I've found." 

On the screen Higuchi was seemingly muttering to himself, pacing his office. That alone wouldn't be particularly note-worthy, until you realized he kept saying 'Rem' over and over again. 

"Rem?" L frowned, "Who is that? There is no one linked to Yotsuba with that name" he said, suddenly serious. The reptile saga could wait a little while, "He seems very worked up, Light, and whoever this Rem is they seem fixated on them as if they are going to solve his problems" 

"I've reviewed some older footage and this is not the only time he's done this. Every time he's alone, he mentions this Rem at least once. I've tried looking into potential leads but i can't find anyone that would even come close to that name”

"…Maybe Rem is a reptile too?" 

Slowly, Light turned his chair around to where Matsuda was standing directly behind them. 

"Sorry to interrupt, I just wanted you to know I've turned the thermostat up so you'll be comfortable and not cold" Matsuda said to L. 

Light bit back a smirk as he saw L's eyebrow twitch. L hated any temperature above 20 degrees. "How thoughtful of you Matsuda San" Light purred.

"Yes, it is thoughtful" L said, "How kind you are, Matsuda" he gave Light a glare, "If only my own husband cared for me and my reptilian needs as well as you ”

Light raised an eyebrow, his smile bland and as fake as the reptilian saga L had invented. 

"Are you saying I don't take good care of you, L?" 

"Of course he is" Matsuda, ever the lover of drama, immediately jumped to L's defence, "You left him guarding the egg alone, cold and frightened. You're a monster, Light, I honestly don't know how he's forgiven you" 

L smiled sadly at Matsuda, "But I love him, Matsuda, I'm sure he doesn't mean to treat me this way" 

Light's eye twitched and he cleared his throat. "L, any actual theories on this Rem thing?" 

L kept his poker face straight, "I think Rem is a hallucination and that Higuchi is suffering repeated bouts of psychotic breaks" he said, trying not to smirk as Matsuda muttered 'No, definitely an evil reptile' to himself. 

"Well that is certainly a possible theory. Still, could this Rem be connected to how he kills? It's got to be something important" 

"Mind control" Matsuda answered, "It has to be" he snapped his fingers, "Rem is an evil reptile alien who is responsible for turning Kira to the dark side and the key to getting to Rem is L, who is the good alien reptile" 

Light's mouth actually dropped open in astonishment. "See? This is why I can't let this go, Light, it's comedy gold" L said in French, his cheek twitching as he tried not to smile, "I really am trying to think about this Rem situation but it's too hot in here and I'm getting distracted by eggs and reptiles" 

"I'm starting to seriously wonder how the fuck you survived 3 weeks with these idiots around. God, did you perhaps absorb all their brain cells the moment you walked in the room or something? How is Matsuda alive??" Light replied, also in French. What no one else except for L knew, not even his family, Light was actually very petty, mean and sarcastic and he wasn't afraid to show it the moment there was no one around to see or understand him. 

"What language is that? Is it reptilian?" Matsuda asked, eyes sparkling in wonder 

"I did tell you my sanity was at stake, Light" L replied, before Matsuda's comment made him wheeze. He pretended to cough. Matsuda, concerned, slapped his back because if Light wasn't going to take care of L then someone had to. 

"Yes, yes it is ” L said, "Light's reptilian is very good, isn't it?" Light, for just a moment, considered murder. Light narrowed his eyes at L. "One. More. Word. L" he said, switching to Russian, knowing L liked the harshness of it when Light was in his dominant mode.

L whimpered.

"Hey! Don't be mean to him" Matsuda said, giving Light a disapproving glare, "That was awful reptilian, by the way, it sounded like you were growling"

"Did it now?" Light replied absently. He was more interested in watching L squirm 

"Are you okay? Do you want to talk about it?" Matsuda asked L. 

L stared at Light with wide eyes. It was probably a good thing he couldn't speak. "I think L needs rest Matsuda-san. Why don't you all go home early today? I'll make sure L gets what he needs” 

Matsuda, Aizawa and Mogi all looked at each other in confusion. No one really knew what was going on anymore. 

Souichiro, who'd been doing his best to block out the nonsense and had chewed 20 pieces of nicotine gum in an hour, immediately got to his feet. "Good idea. We can approach this with fresh heads in the morning" Watari flicked his eyes between Light and L and knew they needed private time. "Good idea. Yagami-San, how about you and I have a few drinks"

Meanwhile, Light took L's hand and guided him out the door, before taking him in his arms and carrying him to their bedroom. 

"It seemed to me like my little brat was begging for a spanking. What do you say, is it true?" Light asked, still in Russian.

“No" L lied, "Of course not" he cleared his throat, "I was just having fun. I told you, my sanity is at stake and clearly now I've lost my mind and the reptile saga is a thing. You can't spank me if I've lost my mind because I won't have the cognitive ability to consent" he added, deciding he might as well just fucking go for it at this point. 

"Oh really now. Then I'm afraid there's no fucking happening either. Since you can't consent..." 

"That's fine" L said, adopting an innocent expression, "Truth be told I'm still a bit tender from giving birth" 

Light's eye spasmed but he managed to stay in control. He put L on the bed and started undressing himself, making sure to give L a show....before immediately putting on pyjamas. 

"Well then, I see there's nothing more to do here than sleep. You should consider turning in early as well. Giving birth is such a strenuous activity after all" 

"...what? No, you're supposed to be naked" L complained immediately, "Why are you wearing those? Take them off. I'm sorry, okay, I was bad. I shouldn't have made Matsuda believe I was an alien reptile from Delta32" 

"Sorry L, but I hear you've recently lost your mind. How can I truly believe anything you said if you don't prove it?" 

"How can I prove I haven't lost my mind? I will do anything to prove it" L said, mustering up a few tears, "Please, Light, I'm so sorry" 

"It's not that I need proof of it, L." Light said, cupping L's face and gently wiping his tears "Show me how sorry you are, baby. Come on, use your imagination”

L knew what Light wanted was a blowjob but he decided to play dumb, "I can recite Dante's inferno for you, or I could recite The Iliad? Shakespeare?" 

Light lost his patience. 

"Don't play dumb, L. On your knees, now. And make sure to open wide" Light ordered in Russian, smirking at L's reaction.

Well, that did it. L was off the bed and on his knees in an instant, mouth already open and tongue out. 

"Good boy" Light purred, gently tangling his fingers in L's hair and guiding it to his leaking cock. He tapped Ls tongue with the tip a few times, smearing it with precum. 

"Come now my pretty little slut, show me what you can do" 

L flicked up his eyes to Light and leaned forward, taking him into his mouth and moaning at the feel of Light pressing against his tongue. L took in every single inch, not so much as gagging as the tip of Light's cock brushed past his tonsils and rested in his throat. He stayed still, waiting for Light's response. 

"Fuck, L, you took that so well baby. It's like you were made to suck dick. Perhaps I should just keep you like this, hmm? Keep you nice and full like my pretty slut deserves" Light panted, out of breath, hips slowly rocking into Ls warm mouth 

L closed his eyes, perfectly content for Light to use his mouth as he saw fit. The Russian had gotten to him and if Light had asked him to sign over all his worldly goods in that moment he'd happily sign without a second's thought. Light deserved to have whatever he wanted. Drool dripped from L's mouth and he moaned again, swallowing around Light as precome filled his mouth. 

Light adored bringing L to this state, where his brilliant mind was finally blissfully blank, eyes hazy as he yielded all control to Light’s capable hands. 

Like this, Light could do absolutely anything to L and L would let him, knowing he could place all his trust in him. 

Moaning Light gripped L's hair tighter and manually bobbed his head up and down his cock, delighting in the little choked noises L made every time his tip hit the back of his throat. 

L moaned with each movement, his throat spasming in protest at the repeated pounding it was taking. He wasn't consciously aware of what was really happening, only that the jabs into his mouth were getting faster and stronger now. He moaned again, encouraging Light to keep going and take what he wanted. 

"Your mouth feels amazing baby, so warm and wet and just hungry for cock." Light gasped out, feeling like he was getting closer and closer with every thrust before he finally toppled over the edge, spilling himself down L's throat, absent-mindedly cooing filthy praise at his husband as he rode out his orgasm. 

"That's right baby, there we go, swallow it all up like a good boy. Such a pretty slut. My pretty slut" 

L swallowed every single mouthful with relish. His throat hurt in the best way and he made soft, happy moans, his eyes closed as he felt Light pet his hair. Even though he was rock hard himself L felt absolutely satisfied and was basking in contentment. 

As soon as he got his breathing under control, Light gently pulled out of L's mouth, chuckling at the little sound of displeasure the man made. He crouched down in front of him and ran a thumb over some excess come and saliva dripping out of his mouth. 

His eyes softened at L's content expression and he swiftly picked him up and laid him down on the bed, petting his soft hair. 

"Alright love, how about I return the favour hm? Do you want my mouth on you?" 

L blinked up at Light. He hadn't found his words yet but he trusted Light to understand that yes he wanted that, he just couldn't actually say anything right now. He nuzzled into Light's hand, eyes still closed. 

Light got the message loud and clear and he bent down to press a sweet kiss to L's lips before slowly scooting down, stopping to lavish some attention to L's cute nipples as well. 

Grinning, he took the throbbing cock in hand, making sure to lap up the excess pre-cum that had accumulated on Ls belly before completely engulfing him, bobbing his head up and down expertly as he kept his eyes on Ls blissful face 

L made an almost pained sounding noise and clutched at Light's hair, mouth hanging open as he panted for air. His fingers clutched at Light's hair weakly, not tugging but anchoring themselves in. 

Light felt proud of himself for managing to basically fuck L into a melted puddle of pleasure. He hummed, knowing the vibrations would make L go wild, before grabbing the base of the plug and pumping it in time with the bobs of his head, the come still trapped in Ls body slicking Ls channel enough that he would feel only pleasure as Light ground the plug against his prostate repeatedly 

L made another pained moan and arched his back, coming into Light's mouth and flooding it. His fingers spasmed in Light's hair, tugging it and he remained locked still, feeling as if his very soul was being sucked straight out of his cock. 

Light hummed in amusement, still toying with the plug to prolong what he was certain was a very powerful orgasm. 

Light swallowed everything L had to offer, before pulling off him and climbing up the bed till he was face to face with L. He affectionately petted his hair and murmured praise, waiting for L to come back to himself 

It took a good ten minutes or so, but L finally seemed to snap back to reality and smiled at Light. 

"Hey" he rasped, in greeting, "That was amazing, Light" 

"Hello, love. Welcome back. How are you feeling?" Light asked, caressing his cheek 

L smiled, "I feel great" he reached up to place his hand over Light's, "How about you?" 

"Me? I feel wonderful! I got to see you all floaty and moaning underneath me, I have nothing to complain about" Light gave L another little kiss. He just couldn't help himself, L was just too adorable. 

"Do you think you can let go of me now so I can bring you a soda from the mini fridge and get some washcloths from the bathroom?" In the time it took for L to come back to himself, he had wrapped himself around Light like an octopus 

"...?" L noticed that his arms and legs were wrapped around Light and slowly released him, "Yes. Sorry about that" 

"No need to apologise. I'll be back in a sec." Light quickly retrieved a washcloth and a strawberry flavored soda from the mini fridge (along with a slice of chocolate cake- he was feeling extra generous) and climbed back onto the bed.

L sat up, smiling at the sight of the cake and opened his mouth expectantly, his eyes twinkling at Light as he saw him roll his eyes in exasperation. Light, of course, ended up feeding L the entire cake. 

"Hmm, I think we should get that plug out of you and then take a bath. What do you think?" 

"A bath sounds good" L admitted, "the warm water will be good to heat up a poor Reptilian like myself" he couldn't help but tease. He leaned in and pressed a gentle kiss against Light's lips, "Sorry, I really couldn't help that" 

Light snorted. "You're hopeless. Now, lay back down so I can get that plug out" 

"Yes, Sir" L teased, flopping onto his belly and spreading his legs, giving Light a coy look over his shoulder, "This okay or do you want my legs wider?”

"Don't be a tease, L" Light groaned. That Sir was really doing things to him. 

"I'm not teasing" L replied with an innocent expression, "You're always accusing me of doing that. It's actually quite hurtful, you know" 

"No? Then what would you call spreading your legs like a slut to show off your greedy hole?" 

L raised an eyebrow, "and now you're insulting me? What would Matsuda say if he heard you talking to me like that" he tutted, "Honestly, Light, my feelings are really hurt. I might cry" 

"Really? Then maybe I should let Matsuda handle this. I'm sure that'd make you very happy" Light said through gritted teeth. The entire day had been Matsuda this Matsuda that. It was getting on Light's nerves 

"Matsuda doesn't know where the prostate is, Light, I'd rather him not go near me thank you" L replied, rapid-fire. 

"I'm sure you could teach him all about it" Light replied dryly. "You were so eager to tell him all about the reptilian saga after all." So eager, he had completely ignored Light the entire time 

"Light, it's a rare thing, to literally insult someone's intelligence directly to their face in such an absurd, prolonged way. Don't ruin that for me, you grump. I know why you're grumpy, you thought I was ignoring you. But I wasn't ignoring you because I physically can't. You are the only one I see in a room full of people" 

The frown on Light's face softened a bit, although it was definitely still there. "Is that so?" Light replied, going for nonchalant and failing. The way his lips twitched in the beginning of a smile gave him away 

"Yes, that is so, and you know it" L smirked at Light, "You're my world, Light" he cooed, "I love you so much. You're so beautiful, and perfect, and attractive, and fit and-" 

L didn't manage to finish because Light tackled him in a hug, kissing him fiercely. "You're an absolute menace. But God do I love you." His hand went between L's legs, grabbing the plug's base. "Next time you ignore me for Matsuda I'm going to make you wear a remotely controlled vibrator and make you squirm all day" 

"Do you promise?" L asked cheekily, he let out a shaky moan as the plug came out. It was starting to get a little bit uncomfortable but he had had it in hours by this point. 

"I do." With that, Light whisked L away to the bathroom, turning off the water he had left on when he went to get the washcloth and placing L in it.

"Are you having a bath too?" L asked hopefully, "Or would you prefer to just wash me?" He added, knowing Light had a thing for washing him. Light's love language was acts of service, and L certainly wasn't going to complain about it. 

"I want to wash you first, but if you want we can just relax in the bath together afterwards. Actually, I'm pretty sure you have a jacuzzi somewhere in this building, right?" 

"Yeah, 3rd floor. There's a fitness suite with a jacuzzi on that floor. I thought you'd know about it, since you're always in the gym working on that gorgeous body of yours" L kept his eyes soft and adoring, deciding it was time to give Light some of what he liked, "I can always have a jacuzzi built for you in your gym if you want one, love. And a sauna perhaps? Whatever you want" 

Light blinked, surprised at the sudden onslaught of pure love he could see clearly in L's eyes. 

"You're being very affectionate right now. Not that I'm complaining. Please, do go on." Light said, an utterly besotted smile visible on his own face. "And...I wouldn't mind the jacuzzi or the sauna, as long as you come join me when I use them" 

"I won't use the sauna" L said instantly, "Nor the gym but I might be inclined to use the jacuzzi from time to time. I'm lazy, Light, and I don't like sweating. That's your job" L booped Light's nose, "Anyway, yes I am being affectionate because I'm feeling very loving and happy right now. What would make things even nicer was if you agreed to letting me lick honey off your abs again. I know you don't like the stickiness but I do. I'm sure you'd let me do that again because you are so perfect and loving and kind, aren't you, Light?" 

Light laughed. "I think the sauna and the gym were to be expected. Well, u can install just the jacuzzi then. And yes, you stubborn menace, after weeks of you begging me to let you do it again, I'm finally agreeing to it. You better be happy" 

L beamed. He knew he'd wear Light down in the end! 

"That's brilliant because I've got this really sweet, sticky organic Honey from Hokkaido I've been saving just for that occasion!" L said, "Don't worry, I will lick every single drop off you" he promised 

"You better. I hate being sticky." As they talked, Light washed L from head to toe, massaging his scalp dutifully as he shampooed Ls soft hair 

"You don't say" L sassed mildly, tipping his head back as Light's fingers worked their magic, "Anyway, now there's no distractions I've decided to share another theory with you. It might sound as out there as the alien reptile one but go with it: what if Rem is some sort of supernatural being only Higuchi is seeing. His eyes are fixed 2 meters above his height and he's a fairly tall man. When he's hallucinating his pupils are actively fixed on whoever or whatever he is talking to" 

"Honestly, considering how mysterious Kira's method of killing is, I'm prepared to accept anything at this point. We are however stuck again as we have no more new evidence. Hopefully, once I get Yotsuba to hire me, I'll be able to gather some more useful intel. I can even try communicating with this Rem...." 

"That would be interesting" L admitted, "And worrying if it is supernatural. I'd prefer it to just be something easily explainable. Imagine if Kira was killing people by writing their name in a... I don't know, a notebook or something" L scoffed. 

Light snorted. "Think that's a bit far-fetched, darling" 

"Yeah, I guess, the reptile thing is more believable than that" L admitted with a shrug, "I don't know though. Something just isn't adding up. I have this hunch that none of this is going to turn out as expected. I'm fully prepared for the bizarre, Light, and I'm convinced Rem is either a product of hallucination or a being in its own right because Rem does exist to Higuchi.”

"Yes, that much is clear at least. Also, I know you don't really like the idea of me infiltrating Yotsuba but I thought you might like the chance to dress me up for the interview" 

"Sure, you can wear a sack" L replied acidly, "Might stop Higuchi perving at you then. That is my job" 

Light playfully slapped L's arm. "L, be serious please. Choose wisely and I might just let you unwrap me like a gift afterwards" 

"Oh fine, the silver-grey suit and the blue tie" L said with a huff, "That will get their attention and I'm sure Higuchi will be salivating at the sight of you. But under no circumstances are you to stay out overnight with any of them, you come back here. And you think of a discreet hand signal you can give me while you're being monitored so I know you're thinking about me" 

"Believe me, under no circumstances would I ever actually want to spend any amount of time with any of them. But yes, I will think on a few signals" 

"You better had" L said, "You know how I get when I'm jealous. I'm worse than you are" 

Light grimaced. "Yes. I remember...that poor waiter, is he still in jail for sexual harassment?" 

L's smile was dark, "I believe he is, Light, yes, and with no chance of parole either. A shame, since he's so young and had his whole life ahead of him but the law is the law I suppose" 

Light shook his head fondly at his husband. "Indeed. Okay, I've finished washing you. How about you step out of the bathtub and we go to the jacuzzi?" 

"Good idea, the water's getting cold now" L said, standing up and reaching for the towel Light had been warming on the heater for him, "Thank you" L said, amused when instead of just passing him the towel Light started towel drying his hair. 

"You're welcome. I can't have my dear husband catch a cold after all" The Task Force might not survive that.

"No, that would probably be safer for everyone involved" L agreed. He didn't like being sick and by extension made it everyone else's fault. It was probably why Light insisted he eat chewy vitamins every single day because without them he suspected he'd be sick more. 

Turns out the jacuzzi was exactly what they needed to completely relax after the day they had. L and Light were just relaxing in the jacuzzi when Light's phone began to ring. Light reached for it and frowned. Why was his mother ringing? 

"You'd best answer it, Light, it could be important" L pointed out. 

Light answered the phone and, much to L's amusement, was treated to a ten minute tirade about her husband smoking and when was Light going to invite her 'Darling Son-In-Law' around for dinner again. 

"Yes, Light, you really should get around to doing that" L teased, "She must be missing me terribly" 

"I'm sure she does. She needs an excuse to bake enough sweets to feed an entire army without Sayu complaining she's getting fat from all of mom's baking experiments" 

"Fat?" L gasped, "Are you implying I'm fat, Light?" 

L knew Light would never say that since there was more fat on a pork chop than him, but it was fun to tease him, "And Sayu too? You are so mean" 

"No, I'm calling you a bottomless pit where every sweet in existence is destined to end up one way or another. Honestly, you are a medical marvel baby." Light said, laughing. 

"I am, aren't I?" L said proudly, "Maybe I have superior genes to everyone else? Maybe I am an alien after all" L chewed on his thumb in consideration, "It would actually make some things make sense" 

Light pinched Ls side. "Don't you start now." Light knew it was never a good idea to encourage L. Who knows if he'll suddenly start claiming Watari actually found him on an alien ship when he was a kid and has since sworn the man to secrecy.

"I'm not starting. Think about it. What are humans made up from? Carbon, mainly. What is in Carbon? Atoms. And where do atoms come from? Space. So, technically, when you think about it my theory is actually based in truth since the term 'alien' could be used to denote something of an origin not of the earth" L said smartly, smiling as he knew he'd won that little argument, thank you. 

"Anyway, I will actually tell Matsuda I was playing with him tomorrow. I don't trust him not to go on those forums and tell everyone he'd heard it from me himself if I'm honest. He's very invested in Kira being my son and all" 

Light groaned. "Don't remind me. Honestly, you may be a medical marvel, but the true mystery here is how the hell Matsuda survived to this age. If Gods are real, one of them has to be watching over him, because there's no way in hell he managed to stay alive on his own 

"Matsuda is 32 and lives in his mother's basement, Light, I think it's clear to see the reason he's survived is her" L laughed, "Poor lady. He is cute in a non threatening way, though. Like a puppy with only one brain cell" 

Light threw L an incredulous look."Does he seriously live in his mother's basement?" He shook his head. "Never mind, I don't want to know. Come on, let's go to bed, any more in this Jacuzzi and I might just fall asleep here and I don't think you can carry me" 

"Yeah, he does" L had to agree about leaving, he was tired and his skin was getting wrinkly. "I could carry you a few feet" he pointed out, "but I'm not built for manual labour" he sniffed, "so you'll have to walk. And before you try throw that argument back at me you are built for manual labour" 

"I'm too tired to argue anyway." He sighed. After each of them completed their bedtime routine (which for L just meant brushing his teeth while Light insisted on applying his various skin care products) they were finally snuggled up in bed. In truth, L wasn't particularly tired, but after three weeks of seeing his bed so depressingly empty of Light's presence, he wouldn't turn down bedtime cuddles no matter what 

L shifted closer to Light and ran his fingertips up and down his back, deciding he'd be quiet and let Light get some sleep. He'd eventually drift off and use the free time to think on the Rem situation. 

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The next morning was spent with Light fussing over his suit. If he wanted to successfully infiltrate Yotsuba, he had to play the part flawlessly. Although he could tell all this fussing was annoying L. 

L narrowed his eyes as Light primped his hair again.  

"Oh my god, you look fine" he finally snapped, "I'm never getting these 50 minutes spent watching you fuss and preen back, Light, and we need to get downstairs already so can we please move things along a little bit now?" He hadn't had caffeine and it wasn't even 8 am. He had already had enough and Light fussing over his hair for an hour was not helping things one bit.

"Alright, alright, no need to snap at me." They swiftly made their way downstairs, L heading straight for the coffee machine, a single goal on his mind. As L was focused on his coffee, Light took out some eggs and ham, craving an omelette. 

"What's his problem?" Watari muttered to Light, glancing at L, "He didn't even say good morning to anyone" 

L glared at Matsuda, who'd come over to him to ask if he was going to lay any more eggs, and Matsuda went scuttling away, terrified when L barked at him to get out of his sight and let him drink his goddamn coffee in peace. 

Light snorted. L was in grump. 

As an expert on everything L, Light knew that the only way to deal with early morning grumpy L was just to stay out of his way so Light did just that, using his time wisely: by thinking of the hand gestures L had asked for. As Light was making breakfast, L had another coffee and reviewed the Higuchi footage. Again with the staring up at something tall. And a mutter that immediately caught his attention: 

"If he's not careful I will write the bastards name down" 

"Light" L called, "I've found something" 

"What is it?" He asked, coming over as quickly as possible. L replayed the footage. Light stared. Could it really be... 

"Well....Shit. He could possibly mean something else, but that's very unlikely in this context....Seems like you were right....Somehow. What the fuck" 

Now caffeinated and intrigued, L replayed the footage again, "I didn't mean to be right. It was a joke. How on earth could you kill someone by writing their name down anyway, that doesn't make sense" 

"The entire case doesn't really make sense anyway....Well, at least now I know for certain who I have to suck up to...." Light grimaced. He was not looking forward to that. But still, if he could somehow get Higuchi to show him how he killed...or at least confess... "Our priority right now is to determine if he's working with anyone else and locate his...book? Weapon? Whatever he uses to kill people, without alerting Kira" 

"That's true" L admitted, "You should probably leave soon you'r interview is at 10 with them" L said flatly. He hooked Light up with discreet visual and audio gear, taking a moment to smooth down his shirt. Light was about to go in for a kiss and when L took his tie and pulled him forwards, "You be careful" L muttered, "promise" 

"I will." Light assured him, placing a hand over his, stroking his knuckles. "I'll be back before you know it" 

L nodded, and released Light's tie, "Alright. Watari will drive you to their HQ and will be waiting outside. Myself and the others... well, myself really, will be watching" Light nodded. He leaned in for a kiss. This time it was accepted. 

Half an hour later, Light found himself on a chair, waiting for his interview. Being as successful as they were, Yotsuba had no shortage of people looking to join them so Light had had to wait a bit. 

Finally, it was his turn. "You'll wipe the floor with those idiots" L's voice sounded in his ear. Light could hear it directly in his eardrum, so that meant no one else, even someone stood right next to him, could. 

Light smiled. Well, that was certainly true. As it turns out, the moment Higuchi saw him walk in the room, he seemed to immediately decide Light would be their new hire and Light hadn't even opened his mouth. The man's greedy, small eyes gleamed in a disturbing way as he stared at Light, asking trivial questions, seemingly not really interested in Light's professional capabilities.

Still the others on the board seemed to deem Light worthy of the job as well and he walked out of that room with a new job and feeling icky all over. "I'd like to have his eyes removed" L said into the ear piece, "One at a time and very slowly. With a rusty, dull scalpel"

"I wouldn't be opposed to that to be honest" Light whispered. "That was the most uncomfortable I have ever been and I accidentally walked in on two of my classmates doing it in the bathroom."

"...lovely" L cleared his throat, "Light, he's approaching you again, maybe he wants to have a coffee and resume being a pervert. Be careful." And Higuchi was walking towards him in the lobby.

Fortunately for Light, he didn't outright invite him on a one on one outing but he did insist on Light coming to the company dinner that was held that night with the new recruits. He was actually so insistent, he was almost pressing Light up against the wall, crowding his personal space and not taking no for an answer. Not that Light really was at liberty to say no. Company dinners were the standard in Japan. Basically a requirement.

"I want him dead" L breathed as soon as Light was left alone, "No. I want him locked up in a Tawainese prison where they shit in holes in floor and have maggots crawling on them" Light grimaced at that image.

"Well, considering he's certainly Kira, I suppose you will be able to do with him as you please after the arrest. It's not like the interpol will show him any mercy"

"Yes, yes, I know that, but I want him dead or crawling with maggots now Light" L said, "I know this is far from pleasant for you but this is torture for me" 

Oh Light couldn't wait to go home. He wanted to hold L in his arms and cuddle with him the entire afternoon. "When I get home, don't even think about working, we're staying in bed all day until I have to leave again"

"Good" L had already made plans to cling to Light like an octopus as soon as he'd gotten back anyway, "I've let Watari know to expect you. He can hold the fort for a few hours this afternoon"

"Perfect"

As soon as Light entered the HQ, L was on him in an instant, jumping into his arms and wrapping his legs around his waist. Light laughed at the display and he was immediately kissed within an inch of his life by a very eager L. Not that he minded. In fact, he responded with just as much fervor.

Aizawa glared at the couple while Matsuda wondered if L was in heat or something. Maybe he was ready to lay more legs.

"Watari's holding the fort" was all L said when he (regretfully) pulled his mouth away from Light's.

"You can't just-"

L glared at Aizawa, "I can do whatever I want," he said simply, "and what I want right now is to go upstairs and snuggle with my husband. So that's what's happening. Deal with it" Light hadn't even made an attempt of joining the conversation. Instead, he was already carrying L past the main workroom and climbing up the stairs to their bedroom, all the while placing kisses all over L's jaw and neck.

"I hate him" L said venomously, "You need to get proof he's Kira within a week or I will find some excuse to kill him" L warned, "I didn't even have Watari here to keep me calm, I had Matsuda telling me to take a deep fucking breath!"

"Please don't talk about Matsuda right now, I'm trying to mess you up so I can fuck you stupid"

"Oh. I thought we were just snuggling. Not that I'm complaining" L hastily added, "So proceed with the messing me up thing I'm all for that"

"We can snuggle, but I thought you might appreciate the chance to mark me up all over before tonight" L, of course, was instantly intrigued. "Well, I would like to do that" he said, "You're going to look like you've met a vampire and he's going to be so pissed"

"I don't give a shit about what Higuchi thinks, if my husband wants to make me look like a vampire victim then I, as a dutiful husband, shall oblige" Light said, sitting down on the bed, with L now straddling his lap.

L hmm'd his agreement and tilted Light's head back to examine his neck. He'd bite him in strategic spots that were sure to catch the eye and remind everyone that Light wasn't single or available.

The pulse point above the jugular was always the best place to start so L licked at the skin, getting it nice and wet ready for his teeth. Light hissed as L sank his teeth into his skin, the hands on L's waist clenching. His neck was one of his most sensitive spots so now that L was planning on biting and sucking at it, he was, of course, rock hard in seconds.

"Ah, L.." L locked his jaw and bit harder, beginning to suck at the skin to leave as dark a bruise as he physically could. Just to be a tease, he ground down against the erection he felt pressing demandingly up against his ass.

L pulled away and examined the first bite. It was a vibrant shade of purple with a few identifiable teeth marks on the edge. Eye catching, just as he'd intended.

Light groaned as the possessive cocktease in his lap started grinding down on him and his hands immediately went to L's zipper, dragging it down. The mark on his neck was throbbing and Light squirmed as L started on another.

"Holy shit, you weren't kidding when you said I was going to look like I met a vampire"

"I'm not finished yet" L reminded him, "You're having at least 3" and then he began on Light's Adams apple, biting and sucking gentler for this spot. He'd go for a lighter bruise, one that wouldn't hurt when Light swallowed or spoke. He sucked more than he bit, enjoying the way Light was bucking his hips and moaning beneath him. Light tipped his head back letting L do as he pleased as he tugged L's pants down and over his ass, leaving him bare. Because of course L had gone commando again. His hands settled comfortably on Ls butt, kneading the flesh as L sucked at his neck.

L hmm'd his enjoyment and switched to the third spot on the left side of Light's neck. Naturally, being a pedantic bastard, he'd lined them all up nicely so they'd make a neat, eye-catching triangle. L licked at the skin and bit down, sucking at the mark strongly. He tasted the faint tang of blood in his mouth and realised he'd broken the skin. Oops. It would leave a nice bruise though, and Light seemed to be enjoying it anyway.

Light startled as he felt L break skin and a faint trickle of blood drip down his neck, but then he leaned into it, gasping at the feel of L's teeth on him. Meanwhile, his hands parted Ls cheeks, a finger now teasingly pressing against his entrance. He'd do more but he didn't have any lube on him and he refused to hurt L.

L stilled at the feeling of Light's finger just pressing against him and pulled away to examine his masterpiece. Even from a distance, every single person Light saw was going to spot those marks straight away. "There" L cooed, soothing the aching flesh of Light's neck with his fingers, "That's much better"

"Uh-huh. I didn't know I have a vampire for a husband" Light replied breathlessly. " Please tell me you have more lube here. We kinda finished the bottle yesterday and I don't want to move from this room right now"

"Light, do you take me for an amateur? I ordered more online" L tutted, "Second drawer to your left" he added, tilting Light's head this way and that so he could admire the way the dappled afternoon sunlight illuminated his bruises, "The third one is my favourite "

"Right, yeah, okay, thank God. Lie down baby, I'll get the lube in a sec." Light said shifting L off of him and standing up, grabbing a bottle of water from the mini fridge and putting it on the nightstand. He didn't want to have to move again too soon after they were done.

He opened the drawer and picked up the lube (strawberry flavored of course) before climbing back on the bed. L flopped back on the bed, his jaw aching a little bit from all that hard work. He couldn't take his eyes off Light's neck. Maybe he should just bite it once a week so he always had those marks. Or maybe he could hint he wanted Light to have a tattoo of his moniker on his hip and he could lick that every single day. L smiled evilly, deciding since he was L he deserved both of those things.

Light looked at L wondering what the hell he was planning and how it involved him. "I know that look. What are you planning now, you little devil?" Light asked, eyes narrowed

L gave Light a sweet smile, "You'd do anything for me, wouldn't you, Light? Because you love and adore me so very much?"

"I do love you....What do you want me to do? Is it illegal?"

"Of course it's legal" L said, genuinely sounding affronted, "when would I ever ask you to do something illegal?"

"Remember when you said I could beat Aizawa up and then get me out on the grounds that I'm "too hot to prosecute"?" Light asked dryly as he settled between L’s legs. L didn't see where Light was going with this. That sounded perfectly acceptable to him, "That doesn't count"

Light laughed. "Whatever you say, love. So, what is it then?" His hands were gently massaging Ls thighs, rubbing circles into the sensitive skin

"I want you to get a tattoo of my moniker on your hip" L said, "I'd like you to have one and I will have your name or whatever you want tattooed on me wherever you want it" L added, knowing Light would be tempted by that idea.

Light's pain threshold wasn't exactly high and the idea of enduring the pain of a tattoo wasn't exactly his cup of tea, but the rest of it, oooh it made the whole thing worth it.

"Let's have them matching then. Yours can be on the opposite hip"

"Of course. Whatever you want, Love" L cooed, delighted that, yet again, he'd gotten his own way. His pain threshold was much higher, a tattoo would be nothing. In fact, he was looking forward to it.

"I know" L said, running his fingers down Light's side and resting his hand where his tattoo would soon be, "and you're devastatingly handsome and sweet and kind" he said, "and a saint for putting up with half my shit, honestly"

"L, I would literally die of boredom if I didn't have you in my life," Light said, bending down to place a kiss on L’s raised knee."Besides" he smirked "Disciplining you is fun."

L had the audacity to scoff at that, "Come on, Light, you hardly have to do that I'm a perfect angel most of the time"

"Is that why we have an entire wall dedicated to our impact play collection back home?"

"No, that's because I am kind and generous and allow you to do that for your own benefit and not mine" L replied smartly, "Really, Light, you should be thanking me if anything"

"Right, so you don't regularly act out in the hopes that I would spank you"

"Of course not, that's all for you, Honey" L said, somehow keeping a straight face. Light laughed and shook his head.

"I'm sure. Now, enough of this." Light spread L's legs apart and slicked his fingers. "Lift your hips up for me baby"

Deciding he'd sass him more later, L did as requested and settled back happily, waiting for Light to commence with the making a mess of him plan.

Light put a pillow underneath his hips for comfort and started to gently tease the twitching hole by shallowly pumping his finger in and out of it. Personally, L didn't get why Light insisted on full prep every single time. He knew Light was kind and didn't want to hurt him but he was pretty confident he could take him anyway. Still, it was enjoyable and L curled his fingers around Light's bicep, rocking into the finger and moaning for more.

Light would have preferred to take his time and tease L until he was begging for more but unfortunately they did not have that much time today and truthfully he wanted to be inside L as soon as possible so after a speedy prep (he knew L insisted he could take him, but Light didn’t want to hurt him and he didn't feel like testing something like that when they were on a tight schedule anyway) Light positioned himself and pushed in, going slowly so L could adjust. L let out a loud whine as he was filled in the way only Light could fill him and let our breathy moans of Light's name, wrapping his arms around him and holding on tightly, burrowing his face against the space between a very bruised neck and collarbone.

There weren't many words this time, just moans and gasps of each other's names as Light filled L up, body pressed against his husband's as close as physically possible. L dug his fingernails into Light's shoulders, an unspoken plea for him to go faster Light understood instantly. Light snapped his hips faster into L, sinking his teeth into the skin of L's neck. If L got to mark him like that, then so did he

L gasped, giving Light his neck to bite and digging his nails in harder as Light aimed for his prostate in a series of jabs that had him seeing stars. When he was done biting Ls neck, Light rested his sweaty forehead atop Ls, their breaths mingling.

"Are you close, baby?"

"Yes, so close" L panted, "Please, Light, go harder" L could feel sweat dripping down his own face (and he did not like sweating) and his muscles were aching but it was entirely worth it. Light did as requested, feeling quite close to the edge himself. He was now hitting L's prostate with every thrust and at his husband's high pitched noise, Light gasped out.

"Come on, love, be a good boy and come for me. Let's do it together"

L cried out, his nails digging in hard enough to draw blood and he tipped his head back, hole clamping down around Light as he screamed his name and shot his come out onto his belly. Light shouted L's name as L clamped down on him, tipping over the edge and filling L up to the brim with his come.

L shifted as Light collapsed on top of him, panting like a racehorse (and coming like one too, if the wetness between his legs was anything to go by) and gently stroked up and down Light's back, feeling the raised welts his nails had carved into his flesh.

"Shit, I'm sorry" L gulped, judging how deep they were, "I know we were talking about marking but I've made your back bleed"

Light rolled his shoulders and winced at the sting. "It's okay, nothing that a shower won't fix. I kind of messed up your neck as well"

"I don't mind my neck hurting" L excused instantly, "But..." he held up his hands to show Light the blood beneath his fingernails, "Maybe I should cut them...sorry"

"Okay yeah, maybe you should. Shit it's really starting to sting now. Heh, at least you made sure I'll be reminded of you every time I move"

L squirmed guiltily. He hadn't realised they'd gotten quite long and he felt guilty as shit. If Light had done that to him he would have thrown a fit and bitched and moaned about it but Light was, as always, being sweet and considerate. It made him feel terrible, and he wondered just why the hell Light put up with it sometimes. "I'll put some antiseptic on them at least"

"Thank you love." Light gingerly got off of L and took  the water bottle from the nightstand  handing it to L. He frowned when he saw the expression on L's face. "Hey, are you upset? What happened? Talk to me please."

And that set off the water works. L blinked and then he was crying and clinging onto Light as he sobbed his heart out. Light managed to decipher 'you're too kind', 'I'm so sorry' and 'I'm an asshole' as L hiccuped in English into his shoulder. Light carded his fingers through L's soft hair and gently rocked their bodies together trying to understand what had set L off.

"Hey hey, it's okay sweetheart, you're okay. Is this about my back hmm? Because I swear I don't mind. And you're not an asshole. I mean sure, you're not a saint, but neither am I. I can be arrogant, petty, sarcastic and mean, and you know all that and you still love me right? I love all of you L, your qualities and your faults. Because they make you who you are and who you are is my wonderful husband whom I swore to love and protect forever. Did you get all that? "

It had the desired effect because it did reassure L but it also made him sob harder because how did he deserve someone so kind and understanding. Later, L would blame hormones or a sub drop but for now he decided the best thing to do was just cling to Light and cry until finally he had nothing else to give. He rested his head on Light's shoulders, his eyes puffy and his head throbbing.

Light continued to talk to L through all of it, stroking his hair and placing little kisses on his head, trying to help L feel better. When the sobs finally subsided, Light noticed the way L was rubbing at his eyes and temples and he frowned at him, concerned.

"Does your head hurt badly? You should at least splash some water on your face and I'll bring you some painkillers okay?"

L shook his head, holding more firmly to Light. He wasn't letting him out of his arms anytime soon even if his head did hurt. He didn't want to open his eyes and see the scratches or have Light go to that evening function. He just wanted Light in his arms and for the whole world to just go fuck itself.

Noting the way L clung tighter to him, Light relented. L was obviously not going to let him go anywhere anytime soon and Light didn’t want to upset him further.

"Okay, love, I'll stay here with you. But how about we both lie down and cuddle for a while, hmm? You can hide your face in my chest so the light won't bother your eyes." 

"Ok" L said in a quiet voice, slowly withdrawing his death grip, "Sorry" he settled back and as soon as they were lying down he buried his face in Light's chest. "You have no reason to be, baby" Light reassured him, wrapping his arms around him tightly and throwing a leg over L as well, so he could feel completely warm and safe. "You should sleep if you can, I'll set an alarm"

"Or you could not set an alarm and we could just sleep all day and you wouldn't have to be perved on later" L yawned.

"About that...there was actually a reason why I was planning to attend that dinner aside from obligation" 

L opened his eyes, instantly alert, "Why?" He asked warily.

"When I was walking away from Higuchi after he pinned me to that wall, I felt something touch me. At first, I thought Higuchi had decided to take it a step further and actually grope me, but he didn’t. When I checked my pocket, I found a small piece of paper that was definitely not there before. I've put it in my wallet to show it to you. I wont have that many opportunities to interact with Higuchi as an intern, but this happened right after I talked to him so I thought if I attend this dinner, I could discover something to help the investigation" 

"I want to see that paper" L said, "I want to know why he gave it to you"

"Um, I'll have to get up if you want me to get the paper. My wallet is in my coat. The paper was blank though" 

"..." L was genuinely torn. He didn't want Light moving but he really did want to examine that piece of paper, "Fine, but come straight back"

"I'll be back before you know it" Light assured, before jumping off the bed and quickly going to the hanger, rummaging through his coat before he fished out his wallet, bringing it with him back to L.mHe took out the piece of paper and showed it to L. He stared at it for a full minute before looking at Light.

"It's...a blank piece of paper...Higuchi slipped you a blank piece of paper..."

"Yeah that's why I was confused too. I thought he'd give me his number or something, but it's just...a normal blank piece of paper from what I can tell. I know we talked about the possibility of his weapon being a  book or something but why would he give me part of his murder weapon with no explanation? It makes no sense."

"We don't have time to run it through the labs now to test it. You need to quiz him on why he did it, Light, I don't know why but even though it's a blank piece of paper it seems fundamentally important"

"Yeah, I will. We still have an hour so until then though so we can spend that time wisely and snuggle"

"Yes, snuggling sounds good but i want  to put antiseptic on those cuts before you dress" L placed the paper to one side and they resumed their cuddle.

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It wasn't long before their comfortable cuddle session was cut short by the irritating sound of the alarm Light had set. He groaned. He so didn't want to move

"No" L muttered into Light's shoulder, "How? How has an hour passed already?"

"I have no idea. It felt like barely five minutes. Ugh, stupid fucking dinner. Stupid fucking case. Can't you just arrest the bastard and be done with it?" Light complained in an uncharacteristic display of annoyance.

"If only" L sighed, tightening his hold on Light, "I hate Higuchi. I'm undecided between life in prison or medieval torture methods at this point" L knew it was time to for them to get up but he didn't want to.

It was the piece of paper that gave him the motivation to finally let go of his husband. If Light didn't go tonight then they'd never find out why Higuchi had given Light a blank slip of paper.

After putting antiseptic on Light's cuts and giving him one last kiss, L declared Light good to go. 

When he arrived, Light was dismayed to find that the only empty seat was right next to Higuchi, who was eagerly beckoning him over. Fucking great

"There's this torture technique called the brazen bull where someone is locked inside a brass bull and roasted alive" L's voice piped up in his ear, "I think Higuchi would fit nicely inside a brass bull"

Struggling to keep a straight face, Light reluctantly approached Higuchi and sat down as far away as the seat permitted. Not that that did anything to stop Higuchi from immediately invading his personal space.

"Ah, Asahi-kun, I was waiting for you. You see, none of the new recruits could keep my attention as well as you do. Indeed you are a sight for sore eyes"

 L*hissed "You're a sight for sore eyes" he parroted in a tone dripping with sarcasm, "Light he's touching your leg get his hand off you now!"

Light subtly angled his body away, letting Higuchi's hand fall from his leg....only to have it come back, this time squeezing his thigh.

"I see someone already marked you up, pretty boy." Higuchi whispered, taking advantage of how drunk everyone else was, not even paying them any mind. "But I'm sure they won't mind sharing for a bit. It'd be for your career, you see. They'll understand"

"No they fucking won't" L growled into his ear, "Change the topic of conversation. I hate saying this but... flirt back if you have to. We've got to find out what's with that piece of paper"

 "I can see Higuchi-san really cares about his employees. I'm so glad I came to this company. You see Sir, I was a little bit worried I wouldn't be fit to work in a company as successful as yours" Light said in an airy, innocent voice that was nothing like his real one, as he struggled to keep his plastic smile on his face feeling Higuchi's hand go further up his thigh.

"Nonsense, Asahi-kun. You're exactly what we look for in our employees, I assure you. Capable, determined, with a good head on your shoulders..." 

"Ah, you're too kind Sir, really. A-actually, I wanted to ask…about that piece of paper you gave me..." Light trailed off, waiting to see his reaction, but Higuchi only blinked at Light in confusion. 

"Piece of paper? I'm afraid I don't understand" 

"What...?" L frowned, watching the scene unfold before him. Watari gently patted his shoulder when he noticed L was digging his (now cut) fingernails into the arms of his chair, "He's denying it? I don't understand what's going on here at all. You're certain he slipped you the paper? Touch your left cheek for Yes, right for no"

Light was sure someone had slipped him that paper but he was no longer sure it had been Higuchi so he reluctantly touched his right cheek. Higuchi was still talking (and touching him) and Light couldn't deal with this right now. He needed to think.

With an apologetic smile he excused himself and went to the bathroom, splashing some water on his face. His heart froze in his chest when he opened his eyes and found something staring at him in the mirror. It was not human, that much was clear. It was easily 8 feet tall, with gangly limbs and an ashy complexion and its body seemed to be completely made out of bones. Its singular golden eye was fixed on Light.

What was happening? Did Higuchi drug him? But he had made sure to not drink anything.

Just as he was about to shakily ask L if he was seeing the creature as well, it spoke.

"Light Yagami, you are not who you say you are. You gave Higuchi a false name."

 "...." L was staring at the screen with wide eyes, wondering if he was hallucinating. It could have been stress, tiredness but if that was the case why did it look like Light was seeing it too. 

"Light" L rasped out when he finally found his voice again, "Ask it is it Rem?"

So L was seeing it too....Light wasn't hallucinating. What the fuck had they gotten themselves into with this case?

Reigning in his expression, he put on a blank face, only the slight paleness of it giving away his fear. He slowly turned around, properly facing the creature. 

"Hello. My name is indeed Light Yagami, although I would appreciate it if you told me how you know that. And if I may ask, what is your name? What should I call you?"

 L, meanwhile, was trying to figure out just what the hell the creature was. It clearly wasn't of this world and he knew somehow it was linked to the Kira killings.

"Ask it did it give you the paper. The common denominator is we both touched that paper so we can see it" L pointed out.

 "My name...what do you wish to know it for, human? It is of no consequence to you. As for how I knew your name, the eyes of a Shinigami help us see everyone's true names." The creature answered, its eye glowing red for a second. 

Shinigami? As in, a God of Death? Did Kira actually have a God of Death at his disposal? Light was suddenly so very glad he had come here alone. Under no circumstance could he allow this Shinigami to see L.

"I, I understand. Apologies if I have offended you. Are you...Kira's shinigami then? Were you the one who gave me that paper?"

The Shinigami stared at Light, sensing another presence but not seeing it. There was another person speaking.

"Who is with you? I hear someone else" The Shinigami deflected, "I won't answer until I know who else is there"

L knew there was absolutely no point in lying to a creature who could somehow see people's real names, "Tell it I'm watching and listening" he said, "Don't offend it by trying to lie"

Light paused, wondering how to describe L without giving away just how important he was to him.

"Yes, it's my boss. He's watching and listening. I was sent here on a mission"

The Shinigami looked down at the human in confusion, "So why am I talking to you? I want to speak to your boss directly. If you refuse I will kill you"

L was already ordering Light to ring him before the Shinigami could finish her sentence. When the call connected, L watched Light hold the mobile up to the Shinigami and press the loudspeaker.

"Hello, Shinigami Rem" L greeted, "May I please ask why you're threatening my employee? We aren't here after you"

"How do you know my name?" Rem asked immediately. 

"...Higuchi says it a lot, it wasn't hard to put 2 and 2 together. Will you talk to us and explain what Higuchi is doing? How is he killing?"

Rem stared at the phone in silence for a few seconds before she sighed. It made her look less like an all powerful being and more like a tired, fed up person. 

"I assume you are L? If so, then yes, I will tell you everything you wish to know, with the exception of the questions who put me at risk. It is the reason why I gave Light Yagami that slip of paper. I've been trying to find a way to get rid of Higuchi for months now and I believe we can help each other." 

Light frowned. Wasn't she a God of Death? Why would she need a human's help with this? Still, he didn't dare ask. He knew L would ask the same question anyway

"Oh? May I ask why you need my help, Rem-San?" L asked immediately, "Of course, I'd be happy to assist you, especially if you promise not to harm the one who I'm suspecting you know isn't just my employee. That's why you reached out to Light,isn't it? You knew he was a direct link to me. You've clearly been watching and waiting for your opportunity to act. What I don't understand is this: you are a literal God of Death so why do you need human's help?"

"It is as you say. I noticed the blond human who installed the cameras and I followed her back to your headquarters. At first, I thought you could advance in your investigation without my help and left it to you as I was not and still am not too keen on divulging my presence. However, Higuchi has become insufferable lately and I wish to get rid of him as soon as possible. When I saw Light Yagami at that interview, I simply took advantage of the opportunity I had been given." 

Ah, so that's how it was. That explained a lot. 

"As for why I need your help, human....It has to do with what Higuchi uses to kill. The Death Note. It is a Shinigami's weapon. Every Shinigami has one. How it works is simple enough. Write someone's name in it and picture their face and they die. However, in an...accident a few months ago, I dropped my notebook in the human world and Higuchi picked it up. It is against the rules for a Shinigami to kill a death note owner with anything other than a death note and so I must suffer his presence until the end of his lifespan or until he relinquishes the Death Note."

 "...a notebook" L said flatly, "The weapon of Gods of death is a notebook" he cleared his throat, "So you want us to kill or capture Higuchi to free yourself from his obviously intolerable presence? And in return you will tell us everything we need to know about Kira and these notebooks, yes?"

"It has had many forms throughout the years and many names. However, it always shifts its shape to fit in better with the current human society. But yes, I shall answer your questions. I want to speak to you in person however, human. I am not too fond of this technology"

"Light, we need to get that notebook somehow... alright, Rem-San, provided you stop addressing me as 'human' and give me your word Light is safe I will be willing to work with you. Our goals are aligned so it makes sense. Also, I'm curious about you and where you come from. Can you leave Higuchi or are you tied to him?"

Rem barely spared a glance at Light as she replied. "I am not interested in your mate, L. I give you my word I will do nothing to harm him. Do not worry, your headquarters are within the range of free movement I have."

"Excellent, Light, feign a family emergency and get out of there as soon as possible. Do or say whatever we can to keep Higuchi interested in you because I have a plan that depends on that"

"Understood. I will see you soon then" Light said and hung up. Rem was already halfway through the ceiling before he could say anything else so he just shrugged and made sure to put on a distressed face before he rushed back to Higuchi.

"Ah, Asahi-kun there you are, you had me worried for a second there and- Ah but what is with that look on your face, darling? Did something happen?" 

Light even mustered up a few tears as he hung his head and said: "I'm so sorry Higuchi-San, I would have loved to converse with you some more, but unfortunately a family emergency has occurred. But if you wish to...-here Light put his best acting skills to good use and looked at Higuchi through wet eyelashes, blinking innocently up at him (God he wanted to barf as soon as he did it)- continue our conversation, I could always come by your office in the morning."

Higuchi's eyes gleamed.

"Ah, that's a wonderful idea. Now, why don't you go deal with whatever it is that is troubling you, dear boy? I will be waiting for you tomorrow."

Light nodded and wasted no time in getting the hell out of there.

"Dear boy. Urgh" L muttered, "I'm leaning more and more towards death with each passing second. Well done, Light, you did very well. I know that couldn't have been easy. I'm assuming Rem will be following you now back to HQ, so get here as soon as you can so I can tell you what I'm planning"

"God I feel disgusting. I just hope this was worth it. I'm going to need a whole bottle of the best wine you can find when this is over." Light said as he got in the car, driving back to HQ as quickly as he could.

"I'll run you a bath and pour that wine down your throat myself" L promised, "I hate seeing you like this, Light, I'm sorry you have to pretend to like that...thing. But it will be worth it in the end, I promise"

 "I sure hope so." Light smiled. "And I'm really looking forward to that bath."

"I've ordered your favourite takeaway, bath is on and wine is bought. I'm going to pamper the shit out of you tonight" L promised.

 "Have I ever told you how much I love you?" Light said, sighing dreamily before turning serious. "But first we have to talk to the Shinigami...Do you trust her?"

"Surprisingly, I do have a mediocre level of trust. The fact she knew who I was and to reach out to me implies she is capable of premeditated thoughts and she appears rather intelligent. Not to mention, deadly. I don't particularly want to get on her (is it a her?) Bad side, Light, so I'm willing to play nice"

"Yeah, I was thinking along the same lines. I just hope she doesn't decide to kill us when she gets her Death Note back...."

"We'll need a contingency plan to make sure that doesn't happen. I said she is rather intelligent but she isn't our level of intelligent. She won't be able to deceive us. I've been thinking about her getting her notebook back. There was a reason it was dropped here. What if she... I don't know, wants to stay here but can't do it without being tied to a Human? She said herself she's finding Higuchi frustrating to be around. What if we could gain her trust enough for her to give the notebook to us instead? Obviously we wouldn't become Kira but it would be a very powerful weapon to have"

"Yes, but it all depends on what the Shinigami will tell us tonight..We need more data before we decide on a plan. For now, the question is...do we involve the Task Force?"

"I know that but I've already got several plans lined up anyway" L admitted, "And absolutely fucking not, Light. Matsuda thinks I'm an alien reptile, can you imagine his reaction to seeing a literal, 8 ft tall God of Death?"

"God no. Sorry, I forgot Matsuda was even part of the Task Force. I was talking more about dad and Mogi"

"That's understandable, Matsuda is very forgettable. Maybe we can bring them in later but for now the only ones who will know about Rem are myself, you and Watari. Ideally, once we know where we stand we will then bring in your father and Mogi"

"Perfect. I should be there in 5 minutes and I want a hug"

"I'm ready to go with that hug" L promised, "Even Rem will have to wait for me to hug my 'mate' first"

Five minutes later, Light entered HQ. 

"L? I'm back!

L hopped off his chair and jumped up into Light's arms, deploying the arms and legs to wrap around him tight and clung on for dear life.

The Task Force, used to seeing such things by now, barely gave them a second glance. Watari simply noted Light's presence as a reminder to go and make everyone some coffee.

"Hey baby" Light said, sighing in relief at having his husband back in his arms, erasing the memory of Higuchi's hands on him. He leaned forward to whisper in his ear "Rem should be here any minute, do you wanna dismiss the Task Force or find another room to talk to her?"

"No, we will go into Watari's office, best not to arouse suspicion" L murmured into Light's ear, kissing his neck, "And Mogi, in particular, is very suspicious right now"

"Really? Is it because of that time we talked to Matsuda in private? Or did he hear something he shouldn't have?"

"I don't know," L admitted, "But Watari has informed me Mogi is aware we aren't sharing everything with the team. That's to be expected, though, they know how we operate. If I want them to know things I will, they were brought in on this by Interpol, not me, and none of them would have been my choice either. Except your father, of course" L added, aware it probably wasn't a good thing to slate his father in law. And Souichiro was a pretty good Detective to be fair to him, miles ahead of the other members of the Task Force that was for sure.

"Hmm, he's more perceptive than I thought. Perhaps we should have a talk with him after we decide on a plan. Until then...I see Rem has arrived"

"Wonderful" L extracted himself from Light's arms and asked Watari and Light to speak to him in Watari's office.

"Is this about the case?" Souichiro asked.

"No, it's...private matters" L replied, "My apologies, but we really do need a bit of time to discuss this now"

Souichiro frowned, concerned. He squeezed L's shoulder gently.

"Are you okay, son? Did something happen back at home?"

And that made L feel like a giant asshole because his father in law was genuinely concerned for him. Still...

Helplessly, he turned to Light, 'help' written plainly on his face.

Light patted his dad on the shoulder and shook his head at him.

"Everyone is fine dad, I promise. You don't have to worry. L and I will tell you when the time is right, okay?" 

Souichiro let his hand fall from Ls shoulder, throwing his son a searching look before sighing. 

"Fine. But just remember, if any of you need any help, I'll always be there to do what I can. L, I know you have Light and Watari and any help I may offer might not hold a candle to theirs, but you can always come to me for any trouble. You're like my second son and Sachiko and I will always welcome you with open arms"

L smiled gratefully, "Thank you, Souichiro-San, I really appreciate that" he muttered, "I will tell you as soon as I can, I promise"

Light L and Watari all hurried to Watari's office, closely followed by Rem.

When they were finally alone, Light took a seat on the sofa and looked up to the Shinigami. 

"Hello again Rem-san. This location is secure so we can talk now"

Watari stared at the Shinigami, scarcely believing his eyes. L had informed him of the being and had touched him with the piece of paper he now surmised to be part of the Death Note. 

Rem looked at the humans, 2 young and 1 old. She had to admit she found them fascinating creatures. 

"I will explain to you how Higuchi kills as Kira and explain the power of the Death Note. In return, I want to be free from Higuchi. Death would be the cleanest, quickest way to accomplish this" 

L took a sip of tea, watching the Shinigami as it spoke, "Would it, Rem? Or is it just what you'd prefer?" He asked, "Personally I'd have no qualms in having him killed but it's not just up to me, Watari and Light also have a stake in this, as do the 3 idiots and Souichiro out there"

Rem narrowed her eyes at L. 

"I would like to know how you could stop me. The rules only state that i cannot kill a death note owner by any means except a death note. I could very well kill Higuchi afterwards. I am not interested in human laws nor do I have to abide by them. If you are unable to convince me death isn't the best option then I will proceed with my plan."

"Apologies, Rem-San, I admit I'm testing you. That is what I do, so I'm sorry if you felt uncomfortable. However there are some human laws even you are subject to. You said you can see lifespans above human heads, that leads me to believe these lifespans are actually a life source for yourself. Essentially, without humans your kind wouldn't be able to survive. You aren't as far removed from humanity as you might think, you seem intelligent and rational, so tell me about your plan and what you'd like and I will tell you what we want to accomplish. I'm certain we can find some middle ground"

"That seems reasonable enough...Higuchi keeps the Death Note home and he never takes it with him at work. I myself am unable to retrieve it for you as I am forbidden to touch it by Higuchi himself. Unfortunately, I am restricted from taking anything that belongs in the human world without a human's, particularly the death note owner's permission and as the death note currently belongs to this realm, I have my hands tied. However, Higuchi seems to like your little mate here so if my understanding of Higuchi and human relationships is correct, your best chance at getting the Death Note would be to get them to go to Higuchi's house together. I can show him exactly where Higuchi keeps the Death note."

Rem pauses for a second before continuing.

"As for what I want afterwards, I only ask to hold my Death Note again and kill Higuchi with my own hands. However, I don't particularly wish to return to my Realm and you two are tolerable so if you so desired, you could become the new owners of the Death Note, with the stipulations that I will be the one to hold on to it for most of the time" 

"How will you kill him?" L asked, intrigued, "I see nothing wrong with your request and I admit I'd already considered asking you if you'd consider staying around for a while once Higuchi is dealt with" L looked at Light and Watari, "I'm all for Rem's plan, personally, but as I said it's not solely my decision so I'd appreciate your input on this"

Light sighed. "As much as I hate the idea of going home with Higuchi, I admit that's the best course of action I can think of at the moment."

Watari nodded as well. 

"Those claws aren't for show, L" Rem answered Ls question, a dangerous glimmer in her eyes.

L leaned forward, feeling a strange sort of kinship with the Shinigami, "I'm starting to see that, Rem-San, but humans have their own claws. Light's and I have our minds. We aren't like ordinary humans...you'll learn that. So don't try and threaten us, if you want this alliance to work you respect us as we respect you. Deal?"

"That seems reasonable enough. And I wasn't threatening you. I just find the idea of tearing Higuchi apart with my claws particularly comforting"

"Fair" L nodded, "Very well, Light will have to be bait, I'm sorry, Babe, I really don't want that happening but apparently you're the key to getting at Higuchi"

"Great. I expect a lot of kisses as compensation. And" at this Light leaned in to whisper in Ls ear "Why don't you buy some massage oil. It's been some time since I've enjoyed one from you"

L tilted his head, "I already bought some" he admitted, "For when you gave me a massage but considering current circumstances I suppose you're going to need it more"

"Ah, well, if you want a massage too that can be arranged" Light smiled sweetly at L

"Oh? An internal one?" L asked in Spanish, knowing Watari's Spanish was rusty.

Rem's however, wasn't. 

"Are you two completing a courtship ritual right now?"

Light immediately went red down to the roots of his hair and did not look Rem in the eye

 "Technically, yes" L answered, "You see, Rem-San, when a human and another human love each other very much-"

"Good grief" Watari interrupted, "Rem-San, I am sorry, you will get used to those two in time. Well, mainly L, really"

 Light was hiding his face in his palms. Trust L to try and give the gazillion years old God of Death sex ed.

In front of Watari no less. 

He cleared his throat. 

"I apologise for my husband Rem-San. Um, we would appreciate if you just ignored that. We'd like to know more about the Death Note if you don't mind...."

But Rem had taken a seat on an armchair and was sipping on the tea Watari had provided. 

"Hmm I will tell you, but I would like to know more about human courtship rituals. I have always found them intriguing...and particularly complicated"

L's eyes lit up, "Well, what would you like to know, Rem? Light and I have been married nearly 3 years now. I reckon we can answer any questions you have about human courtship rituals" 

Watari sighed deeply. Of course, L was enjoying this.

"Oh God. I think I need some of that wine earlier than I expected" Light muttered, rubbing his temples

"Wine is necessary for these rituals? I see humans drinking wine a lot..." Rem said thoughtfully.

L, who was already pouring Light a glass with a far too innocent smile, turned to Rem, "Sometimes it's very useful in courting rituals, Rem, that's right. It just depends on the human really. Alcohol is a narcotic that can lower inhibitions and increase self esteem and libido as well as be a form of stress reflief" 

"Which is why I drink whiskey" Watari muttered under his breath, deciding if everyone else was having a drink he might as well too.

“Does Whiskey have a different effect? I see Higuchi drink it regularly"

"Whiskey is what old people tend to drink" L answered flippantly, "Wine is for classy drunks like me and Light"

"Hmm, well then, could I try some whiskey? I am approximately 6 thousand years old. I think that's old enough"

L and Light shared a look. Watari, numbly, handed her the bottle. 

"This is getting surreal" L said, a bright gleam in his eyes, "Light, I like the idea of having a pet Shinigami a lot. Can we keep her?"

"I am not your pet, human....But I admit I find your company far more palatable than Higuchi's. At least I haven't had to witness you drugging some poor unsuspecting boy and then touching them like I did with Higuchi." Rem said, a look of disgust marring her face. "Although I am a God of Death, I despise seeing innocent persons suffering for no reason"

L decided, privately, they'd work on the pet thing. 

"Drugging?" Watari frowned, "So at least we know what to prepare for tomorrow" 

L's good mood vanished instantly, "He's drugged and abused people? He isn't doing that to Light. We need to replan tomorrow"

"Don't worry, I'll be sure to not drink anything he hands me. I'll just pretend to. Perhaps, if I pretend I have been drugged successfully, he'll lower his guard and leave me alone enough so I can look around. Rem can help tell me if he'd put anything in the drink"

"I'm sorry, are you telling me to not worry?" L said a little bit snappishly, "If our roles were reversed would you be happy if I said the same thing to you?" 

Rem watched the interaction curiously, "So L is the more emotionally unhinged of the pair of you" she commented mildly.

Light winced. "Of course not baby. I'm sorry. I know you worry, I was just trying to help ease your mind a bit" Light immediately tried to placate his irate husband

Rem appeared to be taking mental notes as L immediately seemed to calm down a little bit.

L gave the Shinigami a glare. Perhaps he'd been wrong about her afterall. He wasn't emotionally unhinged (well...much) he was worried about his husband getting drugged and assaulted by a known pervert!

"Your interactions are....intriguing to witness. I do believe you will be the best candidates to own the Death Note. I will not be bored. Unlike back home..." Rem muttered the last part quietly to herself

“I'm going off you second by second" L muttered acidly under his breath in French, "I take it back. I don't want a pet Rem" 

Watari patted L's shoulder, "I know you're anxious, L, but Light is more than capable of fending off Higuchi's advances and he will have Rem to aid him. Won't he, Rem?"

Rem looked at the old man and sighed. These humans were bizarre, "Yes, I will assist where I'm able to, don't worry about your mate more than the natural level of worry, L" she tried to comfort, sensing she'd annoyed the dark haired human a little bit.

While L may be a bit irritated by Rem, she was beginning to grow on Light quite a bit. He smiled at her.

"Now Rem, why don't you tell us all you can about the Death Note?"

Rem began by giving a basic history of the Shinigami race and the Shinigami Realm before she began explaining about the Death Note and how it worked. 

L had decided wine was actually what was needed but was still paying close attention even if he didn't appear to be outwardly listening. He wondered how efficient it would be to use the Death Note in cases to kill criminals or stop crimes from even happening. Not as a vengeful God trying to save humanity but in the context of case work. It was a very intriguing thought. 

L noted that Light and Rem were getting along well so decided to take a step back, gnawing at his thumb as he considered countless different theories as to how things could actually go.

 Light noted L was deep in thought and decided he would ask him about it when they were alone. He turned towards Rem.

"This has been truly enlightening Rem-san. Thank you. Now I believe we have a pretty good plan going. Unless L wants to add something else?"

"I also have a lot to think about. I'm going to go on the roof for a bit and figure some things out. Light, can we postpone that massage until I'm back please? I'll need about 30 minutes"

Watari wasn't surprised when L walked out of the room to go to the roof. Apparently he was debating something and it must have been heavy if he wanted to be alone to do it.

Light wasn't surprised either. He knew L needed space to figure out his thoughts sometimes. He knew L would come talk to him afterwards so he simply got up, bid Rem and Watari good night and went to take a shower. He needed one badly, if only to get rid of the hands he could still feel on his body. 

Now that the adrenaline had drained from his body, the icky feeling he'd had all night was coming back full force and not even the most rigorous of scrubbings could rid him of it.

When L returned, 35 minutes later, he found Light in bed. L was soaked through to his skin, the rains having opened while he was deep in thought, and resembled a drowned rat.

"I'm going to have a quick shower to warm up then we'll talk and I'll give you that massage" L promised, already shedding sodden clothes (on the floor, naturally) on the way into the bathroom.

To distract himself from his thoughts, Light picked up L's clothes from the floor and folded them before carefully putting them back in their place. Looking at the mess that were L's other clothes, Light decided to fold those properly as well. Anything to keep from scratching at his thighs again. He'd scrubbed himself raw and still the memory of those hands persisted. 

Light just hoped L would be done with his bath soon

L meanwhile, blissfully unaware of Light's agitation and restlessness, was experimenting by mixing cherry and vanilla body washes until he smelled like a candy shop. He rummaged in the unit and found a honey shampoo and added that to the mix, finally feeling a little bit more relaxed after a stressful, bizarre day.

When L finally emerged from his bath, still dripping wet and smelling like a candy factory, Light was immediately on him, burying his face in his neck and tightening his arms around L's waist in an uncharacteristic display of clinginess. That was usually L's specialty.

L wrapped his arms around Light, having already noted the scratches to his thighs, "Wanna talk or just be quiet for a while?" L asked, treating Light the way he treated him when he got agitated or upset. He reached up to pet his hair, humming their first dance song for him and smiling as he felt Light smile just faintly into his neck.

"I just...I can still feel his hands. It just won't go away, no matter what I do" Light muttered as he swayed a little in a small imitation of their dance

"I don't want you going back there alone tomorrow, Light, that pervert has traumatised you. I'm coming with you. I've already thought of the perfect cover, Higuchi is a greedy bastard. You're going to introduce me as your boyfriend and I'm going to lay on the charm with the cunt myself. With two of us, it will be easier because we can look out for each other. Higuchi will automatically think he's getting two for the price of one and I'll get him to make a move on me and once he does we can knock him out, get Rem to show us where the Death Note is and get Higuchi back to HQ. Aiber and Wedy are already on standby for it so don't protest and say no. I might not be as good of an actor as you, Light, but I know how to knock someone out in 2 seconds and you don't so there's that"

"But what if he touches you too. One of us traumatized by that bastard is enough don't you think?"

"It's okay, Light, I've... dealt with that sort of thing before. I'm not as sensitive to it as you are. In fact, I'm hoping he does so I can get to his neck. I know it won't be nice or easy for you, but we can manage it together. We're a team, I shouldn't have let you go in by yourself"

Light growled. Oh how he wished to have another opportunity to tear the bastards that had touched his L limb from limb again. Unfortunately they were already rotting in prison after he and L had put them there and were currently inaccessible. Light consoled himself with the fact that they were there for the rest of their miserable lives with no possibility of parole.

"There's no convincing you otherwise is there? Fine then, we'll do as you say..." He was quiet for a moment before he rested his forehead on Ls shoulder, avoiding his gaze. "I'm sorry you have to do this. If only I was strong enough to do this by myself...."

 "You're so strong, Light, and we are stronger when we are together" L soothed, "This time tomorrow Higuchi will be in one of the cells waiting to be ripped apart by Rem and you and I will be going out for a nice meal together" L promised, "Now flop onto your belly I want to give you that massage"

Light pressed a grateful kiss onto Ls shoulder before doing as requested, resting his head on his crossed arms.

"Is it bad that I kinda want to see what Rem will do to that bastard?"

 "No, I'm planning on watching" L admitted, pouring some oil into the palm of his hand to warm it, "And I suspect by tomorrow I will probably be even more eager to see him ripped apart piece by piece, fucking predator that he is" L straddled Light's hips and smoothed the now warm oil over very tense shoulders, "Christ, Light, these are like stone" L muttered, feeling the unyielding tenseness beneath his hands, "I've got my work cut out for me"

"Sorry baby, but that dinner wasn't a particularly relaxing event" Light sighed and then groaned softly as L proceeded to expertly massage his muscles until he was a blissed out puddle on the bed.

 "Much better" L squeezed Light's shoulders again, noting that his muscles now actually seemed to be yielding rather than being rock hard. His fingers and wrists ached but L decided it had been well worth it. Light was smiling blissfully by the time he'd reached the small of his back. 

"How are you feeling now, Light?" Light let out a moan for an answer, tongue feeling too heavy for words in his mouth.

"Oh good" L hummed, nudging Light with his leg, "Roll over, I want to work on the front next"

Light rolled over, running a hand over L's arm and then cupping his cheek, adoration in his eyes.

"I love you so much , L. Thank you for indulging me with this massage"

 "Oh hush, you're always doing kind things for me" L settled back and warmed some more oil in his hand, pleased to see Light's eyes were already closed and his face was relaxed.

L decided to work his way down his chest and paid particular attention to his abs, truthfully just as much for his benefit as Light's. When he got to the waist band of Light's boxers he paused, unsure if Light was wanting anything seuxal or just wanting to relax.

"All done" L said, keeping his voice gentle.

 "Mmm come 'ere, love" Light gently grabbed L's hand and tugged him down next to him, curling his body around his husband, seeking his warmth. 

"Sorry, kinda tired tonight. Promise I'll make it up to you"

L cuddled back, making sure every inch of skin was in contact with Light's own. "Do you feel a bit better now?" L asked, nuzzling at his neck like an affectionate kitten.

"Much. I can't wait for tomorrow to be over. Then we can focus our attention on more light-hearted things. Like the Aizawa and Mogi situation. God, I think I was too shocked to say anything back then but I never expected Mogi to be interested in that idiot"

"Mmm I suppose beauty really is in the eye of the beholder" L yawned, "Still, we have a literal God of Death that will soon be haunting us so I suppose stranger things have happened"

"Yeah, as ironic as it sounds, I nearly had a heart attack when I first saw her. Felt like I was one of those dumb characters in horror movies who always die first”

"I don't know what to make of her. She's tricky. She's interesting, certainly, but if we do possess her death note then according to the rules we've both got heart attacks to look forward to in the future" L yawned again, "Because she said she will write our names down when the time comes and that's honestly terrifying. What if there isn't an afterlife and this is all the time we have together?"

Light's arms tightened around L's form, his whole body protesting against such tragic separation.

"I...I don't know the answer to that question. We can ask Rem for more information but if...if that really is the case, then I can only hope no afterlife means complete oblivion because I cannot fathom living even a day without you at least a phone call away, let alone an eternity. As for the heart attacks...Rem is not unnecessarily cruel, I believe she has the power to make them as painless as possible." 

Light resolved to find Rem in the morning for a private chat. He had a few things he had to confirm with Rem.

"I don't care about the pain, Light" L rested his head atop Light's heart, "Mine, anyway, of course I care about yours. And I'd prefer oblivion to not being with you too. She's 6,000 years old. I suppose we are just a blink in time for her"

"Well she did say that she would do it at the end of our lifespans. That's way off into the future if I have anything to say about it, so please don't worry yourself over such matters." Light soothed as he stroked L's hair. "Try to sleep. We have a busy day tomorrow"

L closed his eyes and interlinked their fingers, feeling sleep creep up on him. He managed a goodnight before his eyes closed, and he fell asleep. L hoped that Light would rest too, in just 7 hours he was expected to meet Higuchi

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A few hours later, Light, L behind his back, knocked at Higuchi's office door. 

"Higuchi-san? It's me, Asahi. Can I come in?" Light called, in the sweet voice he'd used until now when he acted as Asahi.

The door opened almost instantly, Higuchi greeting Light with a bright (and deranged) smile. Light struggled not to grimace. His teeth were yellow and crooked. 

"Asahi-kun, come in, come in and- oh? Who is that behind you?"

"Ah this is my boyfriend, Higuchi-kun. I've told him about your...proposal the other night and he said...he'd like to join, if it's no trouble to you?" Light batted his eyelashes at the man, trying to ignore the crushing grip L had on his hand.

Higuchi looked more carefully at L, appraising him from head to toe. Like a piece of meat. It made Light’s blood boil, but he soothed himself imagining Rem's claw sinking into those greedy eyes and tearing them out as Higuchi screamed in agony. 

"Ah, is that so? My, and what is your name darling?"

"My names Ryan, it's a pleasure to meet you" L said with an exaggerated Winchester accent, "When Light told me he was working for *you* of all people I was a little bit jealous. You're so well known around Tokyo" L cooed, imagining pulling out those disgusting yellow teeth one by one, "I hope my being here isn't a problem for you”

Higuchi's smile turned predatory and he beckoned them both inside. 

"Ah no no, really it's my pleasure to meet Asahi-kun's beloved. I have to say you did do quite a number on his neck. Possessive?" Higuchi asked as he went on to prepare some tea. Light's gaze followed his every move. Rem was also there in a corner, watching. L offered a bland smile, "I can be a bit wild at times, yes. I love Asahi dearly but he's so sweet and kind... he can't really reign me in" L sighed, "I think *you* could though, couldn't you, Higuchi-San?" 

L hated every damn word that was coming out of his mouth but it definitely had the desired effect. He could tell by the dilated pupils and the slight tremble to Higuchi's fingers. He watched discreetly as Higuchi paused in making the tea, wondering if the man was going to put something in it or not.

Light meanwhile was digging his nails into his thighs, way past imagining Rem doing the mutilation. Light wanted a go himself. Perhaps he could ask Rem to help...

Light could clearly spot the moment Higuchi drugged two of the three cups on the tray but he didn't day anything. The meeting was proceeding as planned.

"Why, yes, I could of course. Such a pair of pretty boys, I'm sure you two are simply dying for some guidance"

"I'd appreciate that" L said, adopting a bolder persona than 'Asahi's' 

He'd clocked the drugged tea and decided he'd be drinking a few sips anyway, because he was the one who was going to get close to Higuchi. He wasn't putting Light through that, not when he could see him digging his fingers in his tights again, "Ashai will too, but he's shy" L said, accepting the cup and taking a tiny sip. Rem looked at them, appearing impressed at their nerve.

Light appraised L from the corner of his eye. As he'd anticipated, L had taken a tiny sip. Still such a quantity wouldn't be enough to affect him past some flushed cheeks and slight light-headedness. L had said it himself, he wasn't as great an actor as Light was. He would need pointers for how to act. Additionally, there were so many date rape drugs out there, with varying effects. They had no way of surely knowing which one Higuchi used. They didn't want to arise suspicion until they were at his house, therefore....Apologizing to L in his mind, Light drank the whole cup. 

At least like this, L would know what symptoms to fake.

L could have killed him. It took everything he had not to cross the room, take Light by the shoulders and shout at him for being an idiot. 

Fine, L thought, I can do this alone.

"Is the tea not to your liking, Ryan? I see Ashai has drank all his" 

L stared at Higuchi and put the cup down, "The tea's kinda shit, Higuchi-San" he said, deciding to goad Higuchi into action, "I'm sorry, that was rude of me wasn't it? Oops"

Light felt instantly dizzy, the room rotating around him. His whole body felt hot and he started to tug at his clothes, trying to get some air into his lungs, anything that would make breathing easier. His thoughts were sluggish and he tried to sit up and go to L, seeking comfort. Unfortunately his shaky legs couldn't sustain him and he collapsed back on the chair.

Meanwhile Higuchi's smile had become forced as he looked at Ryan with a critical eye. Still the boy seemed gullible enough. He really might just not like tea.

"Ah I apologize Ryan-kun. Perhaps you'd like something else, how about- Ah, Asahi-kun, are you okay? You don't look so good!" 

Higuchi played up the concerned older friend as he gently caught Asahi's body, taking the opportunity to run his hands over his now exposed collarbone. He looked back at Ryan.

"It seems like Asahi-kun is not feeling too good. My house is quite close to the company. Would you mind accompanying me?"

And this is where L dropped the brat act. He made tears well in his eyes and pretended he didn't know what was happening.

"Is he going to be okay? What happened? Shouldn't we get a Dr?" L asked, realising Higuchi was in his fucking element pawing at Light, "I don't know what to do" L said in a small voice, while inwardly thinking of how nice it would be to see Higuchi's bowels hanging off Rem's talons.

Oh this is just perfect Higuchi thought, greedy hands itching to rub together at the sight in front of him. Two new vulnerable boys. So pretty too. Higuchi couldn't wait to take their pictures, eyes hazy with lust and drugs, tears running down their cheeks and covered in his seed. Yes...he could picture it so clearly, his mouth flooded at the thought.

"Ay, come now Ryan-kun, don't cry, I'm here after all. I will take care of our beloved Asahi and you can even help me. How about that hm? Come now dear boy, let's get him to the car"

L discreetly looked at Rem. Rem assumed it meant follow so she did, she would be the one to show L where the Death Note was stashed once they were back at Higuchi's.

"Okay" L said, keeping up the scared act as Higuchi effortlessly picked Light up and bid him to follow. So L followed until they reached the underground garage. L pretended to stumble into the car, looking around groggily. 

"I don't think I'm well either..."

 Ah so the drugs must have kicked in. Wonderful! Just on time too, it would have been a real hassle to carry them both to the car. Not to mention suspicious.

"Oh dear, please sit down in the back with Asahi-kun then. Perhaps one of you caught something and then passed it on to the other. Ah not to worry, I will of course take care of you both." Higuchi said as he pushed L into the car, making sure to let his touch linger on his nape

L blinked at him, wishing he could just press into that little spot and block his artery and knock him out. But he couldn't yet, they had to get the Death Note. L knew he'd barely sipped any of that tea and Higuchi would become suspicious so he asked for a paracetamol. He wasn't surprised in the least when Higuchi gave him a pill of a very different kind. He pretended to swallow it, holding it under his tongue. As soon as Higuchi went to fasten Light's seat belt, L spat it into the palm of his hand. It had begun to dissolve, but it was mostly still intact.

Higuchi hadn't been lying when he said his house was close by. It was barely a ten minutes drive before he stopped, turning to look at them.

"How are you two doing? Feeling any better?"

L had let his head fall in what he hoped resembled a drugged up sprawl onto Light's shoulder. Really, he'd just wanted to press his lips against his skin and offer silent reassurance that things were okay. The pill that had dissolved in his mouth was making him feel a bit out of it as well but he knew he had enough wits about him to get the job done. 

L decided it was best not to answer right away so kept his eyes closed, monitoring the steady beat of Light's heart as he felt his pulse point thrum against his lips.

Seeing this, Higuchi finally let his mask of politeness slip, smiling wickedly. Eager to get his hands on those two he got out of the car and went to retrieve the boys. He first took Asahi, who was passed out at this point, taking him inside the house and placing him on his bed before returning to Ryan and doing the same.

L opened his eyes and noted Rem following them into the house at a distance, her face carefully blank.

"What do you think of these two fine catches then, Rem?" Higuchi crowed as he admired L and Light now lying on his bed, "Quite a pair, huh? I honestly don't know which one to go for first!"

"It is all the same to me anyway." Rem said in a cold detached voice. Used to it by now, Higuchi shrugged, rubbing his hands together. 

"Ah that Ryan boy is cute indeed, but very willful. Perhaps I should let the drugs kick in properly first. As for Asahi, ah, he's more on the handsome side, but so shy and innocent. I wanted him from the very first moment I saw him. Hmm I'm going to go ahead and undress them both first, then I'll choose."

God Dammit! L was infuriated. He found himself wishing, for just a second, he really was drugged up to the eyeballs because at least he wouldn't be taking this nightmare in. If Higuchi went for Light first (and there was at least a 60% chance he would) then he'd have to think of a way to get his attention on him and fast.

Higuchi approached the bed, smirking at the picture the two made. Really, it was mesmerizing. Those two would make great models. Their pictures were going to look so pretty on the wall of his home office. He'd put it in the spot of honor, in the center of all the other pictures he'd taken...

Higuchi began to tug Light's pants down his legs, humming a little song to himself.

L forced himself to breathe. At least Light didn't know what was happening but there was barely any comfort in that. Could he pretend to resist the drugs? Bait Higuchi into manually restraining him maybe? How long did the drugs last? He didn't want to lie back and let Higuchi strip Light but he also knew until the man's attention was on him he didn't really have much of a choice.

L couldn't help but feel anger at Light for putting him in this position and he grit his teeth, tears pooling in his eyelashes as he tried to keep up the doped up, steady breathing the pervert would expect.

Fortunately for L, Higuchi didn't linger much after he finished stripping Light and immediately turned to L, trying to do the same.

L let Higuchi take his shirt off before he opened his eyes and slurred out "what are you doing?"

"Awake? How? God, you really are willful, aren't you?" Higuchi sounded more amused than annoyed. He chuckled and wrapped his fingers around L's throat, pressing down gently, "I can reign you in, don't worry"

L lifted a arm and clutched at Higuchi's neck, pretending to fumble as he struggled to find a point of contact.

Higuchi grinned and asked 'Ryan' if he'd like to be raped first or Asahi. 

L jammed his bent knuckles straight into Higuchi's artery, cutting off the blood supply to his heart and knocking him out cold.

Rem stared at the panting human with a new sense of appreciation. 

"I did not know humans could do that to one another."

"It's basic biology" L spat, shoving Higuchi off him and onto the floor. "Where is the Death Note, Rem? I will send a signal for Watari and Aiber and Wedy to come here now to truss up that pervert and get him back to HQ"

"It's in a safe in his office. Come, I will show you" 

Rem led L to Higuchi's office, noting how L grimaced at the dozens of pictures decorating the walls, all of them of different men, of varying ages. L thought, stomach roiling in his gut, that he even saw a few kids. 

Putting that aside for now, he opened the safe with the code Rem had given him and found the death note inside.

L opened it, scanning through the rules and the names scrawled inside. The names matched with those of men and women in direct business completion that had 'mysteriously' dropped dead of heart attacks. 

Slowly, L held out the Death Note to the Shinigami. As she reached for it, he pulled it away.

"One request before I give this to you. If Light is fated to die before me, you write my name directly after"

To L's surprise, Rem smiled. It was an odd sight.

"You and Light Yagami really are made for each other it seems. Just this morning before meeting with Higuchi he asked me to do the same. Perhaps I shouldn't tell you this, but seeing as it's not exactly against the rules and that I like you too...Neither of you need worry. Your lifespans end on the same day."

L's eyes widened. 

"How? That doesn't make sense. I'm 2 years older than Light and I'm way more unhealthy than he is... but... I won't have to live without him? Can you tell me if there's something after this life, Rem? I really need to know" L wondered how best to phrase it to a being who was 6 thousand years old, "I don't want to live forever. I want to grow old with Light and die with him but the thought of that being the end is painful. That can't just be the end of us, can it? Do we have souls?"

"The answer to two of those questions is the same: you two are soulmates. You are fated for each other. You are both made out of the same cloth if you will. As for if there is anything after death...it might not be what you imagine. The concept of heaven or hell are human creations and have no relation to the actual truth of the matter. But the short answer is that yes, there is something after death too."

"Soulmates? So that's why we die on the same day? And... I can't say I've ever subscribed to the notion of heaven or hell but we have souls so we will be together after. This is what you're saying, isn't it Rem?" L asked, a desperate tinge to his voice, "Please tell me we can be together forever"

To L's surprise, Rem laid a clawed hand on his head, ruffling his hair in a clumsy but well intentioned manner.

"Yes, L Lawliet, that's exactly what I'm saying"

"Oh... oh wow" L took a moment to absorb the information (and the unexpected pat to the head) before pressing Rem's death note into her hand, "Thank you, Rem" he said sincerely, "Meeting you has changed my life. But... we have work to do. We need to get back to HQ and flush those drugs out of Light's system. And you need your revenge against that bastard too. Would you mind if you waited just a little while? Just so I can rub it in his face, I outsmarted him?" L Tried the doe eyes on the Shinigami, not entirely sure if they'd be effective or not.

Rem rolled her eye. "You should save those tactics for your mate, they are wasted on me. I can, however, wait. Time is of no consequence to me. Now, perhaps you should attend to Light Yagami, I can sense he is waking up"

L huffed. Still, he had his answers and he was thrilled Light was waking up. He ran back into the next room and, after accidentally on purpose, stepping on Higuchi's wrist, he climbed onto the bed and shook Light. His phone beeped. Watari was outside and they were preparing to apprehend Higuchi.

"Light, wake up you fucking idiot" L said, shaking Light a little harder, "We did it!"

Light opened his eyes groggily, feeling like his limbs were made of lead. His hazy eyes managed to settle on the blurry figure of L above him.

"L?" He slurred

"What the fuck were you thinking, drinking that entire cup of tea you idiot!?" L's words were harsh but tears were streaming down his face, "Do you have any idea how hard it was for me to see him touch you and do nothing?!" 

L leaned down to rest his head against Light's, sobbing about him being his soulmate.

Watari, Aiber and Wedy entered the room and, seeing L and Light were having what seemed like a very emotional moment, went straight to Highchi to get him bound and gagged.

Light's mind was still quite confused, but in an automatic response to his husband's distress he managed to wrap a weak hand around his back, stroking the back of his hair. "I'm...sorry? L...don't cry, please."

That didn't have the desired effect and L just sobbed harder, flashes of Higuchi touching Light running through his mind. He thought about all the photos he'd seen and tried to push that from his mind. He really didn't want to think about those victims right now. Not when his own husband was one of them .

"Why's you drink the tea and leave me" L asked, "Why did you drink it, Light"

"You're the one with the fighting skills...We needed to fool him, but didn't know the drug he used so I thought I could help you...fake it properly"

L's eyes softened and some of his anger faced. "You fucking prick" he muttered , reverting back to his native tongue as he often did when he was stressed or emotional, "I thought he was going to rape you"

Light shook his head, staring at L with eyes that could be called adoring (if a bit confused still) "I trust you, L. 'Am safe with you"

"L, Higuchi's detained. We're bringing him back. Do you and Light need a bit more time?" Wedy asked, noting how out of it Light still was.

"No, we're heading back too" L decided, slowly climbing off Light, "He'll need a flush to get rid of whatever shit Higuchi gave him"

"And you?" Watari prompted, "Your pupils are like pinpricks, son" Light's eyes narrowed when he heard that and he struggled to sit up.

"What? Are you okay? What happened?"

"I'm fine. Lots happened. I'm not talking about it right now. I'll have a flush the same as Light" L said, knowing he'd hear no end of it if he didn't, "Is the Ambulance ready outside? Make sure Higuchi is strapped down uncomfortably tight"

Later that night, Light and L lay entangled on their bed, holding tightly onto each other.

"Can you tell me more about what happened now please? I don't remember much past drinking that tea" L opened his eyes. He hadn't been asleep but he was semi conscious. 

"Can this not wait until the morning?" He asked, knowing full well Light was stubborn and wouldn't let it go, "Fine. So after you were an idiot and drank the tea Higuchi took us to the garage and I pretended to be doped up. But then I realised I hadn't really drank enough tea so asked for a painkiller and he gave me a pill. I spat it out as soon as I could but I absorbed some of it. Then when we got back Higuchi said to Rem he didn't know which one of us to 'have' first. I had to lay there and pretend I didn't know what was happening as he stripped you naked. Thankfully, he's a greedy cunt and went to strip me naked. I let him strip my top half and then lulled him into a false sense of security and knocked him out. Then Rem showed me where the Death Note was" L paused, aware he'd been speaking a lot, "I asked Rem to promise to write my name down after yours if you died before me and she said we are destined to die on the same day as we are soulmates. Then when I asked about an afterlife she said there was one and... the rest of it is basically me shouting at you as you came around"

"As bad as it sounds I'm kind of glad I don't remember him stripping me. As for him touching you" Light scowled "I think I will ask Rem if I can help with the tearing Higuchi apart matter. I really want to chop off those hands of his." 

He softened as he thought about what Rem had told L. He pressed a kiss on the crown of Ls head and stroked his back.

"It doesn't exactly surprise that we're soulmates. I am just relieved I will never have to be without you"

"He's abused a lot of young men. Boys. Children" L said quietly, "Rem has agreed to wait until I tell Higuchi who I am and how we've beaten him but the sooner he dies the better. The world will be a better, safer place without him in it" L linked their fingers together and laid his head back down on Light's chest, "It doesn't surprise me either but it's given me so much reassurance"

"Im looking forward to seeing his expression then...Also,I'm sorry I scared you love" Light muttered, nuzzling his face into L's neck apologetically.

"It was... I don't want to ever go through something like that again" L admitted, clinging back, "I love you so much, Light"

"I love you too. Promise I'll make it up to you for that scare. Ask me for anything you want" But for once L didn't have any cheeky, bratty demands for massages or being carried around. Instead, he shook his head, "Just don't put me through that again" he said quietly.

Light's chest clenched guiltily. He had thought it necessary at the time, but he had never intended to scare L like this. He tried to think of anything that would make L feel better, but nothing that came to mind seemed appropriate. 

He rested his forehead on L’s, rubbing their noses together. "I won't. I promise. Unless it is necessary to save your life, I will never do something like that again."

"We die the same day, Light, and we die old. I can save my own life" L argued tiredly, "So that unless isn't necessary"

"I sure hope so, but you can't tell me you wouldn't do the same for me. Don't think I haven't noticed you drink a bit of that tea yourself"

"I drank a tiny bit" L pointed out, "I didn't down the entire cup so there's a bit of a difference, Light"

"I know, I know. I'm sorry. We can spar later, if that will help you feel better" Light may be physically strong, but was a shit fighter, he didn't stand a chance against L, but maybe relieving his frustrations with Light that way would make L feel better.

L sighed, "No thank you. I'd prefer to just cling onto you and not let you go for a few hours. I'd have you on your ass in seconds anyway" L pointed out, giving Light a kiss to the cheek so he knew he wasn't being cruel, "Thank you for the offer, though"

"Well I can definitely help with that," Light said, smiling at the little kiss and giving L one in return. He still felt shitty for putting his husband through all that so he decided he would wake up early in the morning and bake him all his favorite sweets before L could wake up.

"Good. No moving" L made himself comfortable, using Light as a full body pillow and closed his eyes in contentment, "Goodnight"

"Goodnight love" Light gave L a kiss on his forehead, running his fingers up and down his back like he knew L liked. 

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The ability to wake up at approximately the hour you intended your body to wake up was one of Light's most useful traits. With L hardly sleeping anyway, he didn't want to disturb him with annoying alarms, especially since L was a pretty light sleeper.

Gingerly getting out of bed and avoiding all the creaky spots in the floor, Light made his way downstairs and into the kitchen. He was glad Watari stocked it regularly because it meant he would have all the necessary ingredients at his disposal. Sliding the sleeves of his shirt up to his elbows, Light got to work.

L awoke to the delicious scent of sugar and his belly rumbled automatically. He followed his nose to the kitchen and smiled as he saw the pastries, cakes and sweets Light had set out on the table.

"Light, how long have you been awake making all of this?"

"Umm, a few hours? Sorry, I kind of lost track of time. I wanted to be there when you woke up" Light said, giving L a sheepish smile

"This is so thoughtful of you" L smiled, knowing it was also Light's way of apologising, "I don't know what to eat first"

"Take your pick, I made all your favorites" Light said, eyes sparkling in excitement. He honestly looked like he would start wagging his tail if he had one. L was finally smiling again after yesterday and Light was proud to have put that smile there.

"Hmmm" L noted Light's excitement and smiled at the apple crumble, "I think I'll start with this" he ate a bit and moaned, smirking as Light flushed, "This is amazing, Light!" Light beamed, feeling pride swell up in his chest. "I'm glad. That's the first one I made actually" He tried to ignore the flush creeping up his face, but that moan was doing things to him. 

L, of course, noticed, and made happy moans as he tried the cherry crumble, "Oh but this is so good too" he said, "You're so talented, Light" Now even his ears were tinged red. "L, why are you doing this to me?" L looked up at Light 'innocently'.

"Doing what?" He asked around a mouthful of pastry, "I'm eating?" Light glared at L but didn't say anything, deciding to take a seat next to L and try to calm down.

L decided to go for a cake pop next and stuck it in his mouth, sucking at it, just to be an absolute bastard. Light stared transfixed as L licked and sucked at that cake pop, lips wrapping lewdly around it, the spark of challenge he could see in L's eyes making him rock hard in just a few seconds. Light gulped, hand clenched into a fist on his thigh. He wanted to replace that cake pop with something much larger, make L choke on it as he stared up at him, eyes clouded with lust and submission.

"Yes, Light? Something you wanted?" L cooed, trying his best not to smirk at the effect he had on Light, "These are very good. I think they're my new favourites"

"L" Light warned, his voice chocked "I'm warning you, cease this immediately if you don't want me to fuck you stupid right next to these cakes." L tilted his head, "Oh, I don't mind that, Light, I just think it's cute how wound up you are" he teased, "I mean, I didn't even get around to deep throating it yet-"

Light didn’t give L the chance to  finish that sentence grabbing his shoulder and spinning him around, crowding him against the counter. He saw L's mouth open again but before he could say anything, Light took the chance to plunder in with his tongue, hands sneaking underneath his shirt, firmly clasping his hips. "How about you put that mouth to good use hm?" Light rasped against L's lips.

"I was putting it to good use" L had to point out, "I was innocently enjoying my breakfast and now you've got poor old me pinned against the wall"

"You were not just eating those cake pops, you were sucking on them like a whore. Besides, if you were so innocent as you say....what's this then?" Light asked, a hand sliding down to cup L's obvious erection through his pants.

"Well, Light, that's what's called an erection. It's basically a physiological reaction to physical arousal that causes increased blood flow-" L shut up when he saw that gleam in Light's eyes.

"Because I'm nice, I'm going to give you a choice, L. You either choose to be a good boy and sink to your knees now, or you don't and you don't get to come for the next several hours while I'm edging you. So, which is it?" L considered. Both were actually quite appealing...

Still. They had Higuchi to deal with and he really didn't want to deal with that on edge (literally) so he got to his knees instead, giving Light a look that informed him he was still going to be an absolute brat.

Light chuckled. He knew that look, it meant L was in complete brat mode. If they'd had more time and if L had been in a more submissive mood, he would have ordered L to unzip his pants and take him out, but like this, he did it himself. 

"Come on baby, open wide"

9/12/24, 7:02 PM - Lisa: "Of course, Darling" L cooed, opening his mouth and smirking with his eyes. Light moaned as he sank inside the wet heat of L's mouth, tangling his fingers in his hair and resting his hand there, neither pulling nor pushing. He only stopped when the head of his cock hit the back of L's throat, feeling it twitch at the small content noise L made. "There we go love, good boy." 

L's eyes softened and he moaned around the cock in his mouth, his bratty mood fading rapidly and his heart rate slowing down as he relaxed into it. Light guided L's head on his cock in a steady rhythm, his fingers tugging at his hair just enough to make it pleasurable for L. He continued to give out filthy praise, not even really realizing what he was saying anymore, head tipped back in pleasure. L soaked up all the praise, happy Light was enjoying himself. He always talked dirty when he was really into it, something most people wouldn't expect from (what they considered) the prim and proper young man.

Light must have been really wound up or L's mouth was just that good because it didn't take long for his rhythm to falter, hips snapping forward chasing his release. 

"Ah, fuck L, you gonna swallow it all up for me baby?"

L tried to mumble an affirmative which ended up sounding more like a muffled moan, but he assumed Light would have gotten the message. He could taste how close Light was to coming anyway, precome was flooding his mouth with each thrust and Light was making those lovely whines he enjoyed. As soon as he got the okay from L, Light was coming, burying himself balls deep in L's mouth, flooding his mouth with come.

L swallowed most of it down, a little bit dribbling out the side of his mouth as he paid attention to tonguing Light's slit and prolonging his pleasure for as long as possible. Light took a good few seconds to calm down, taking deep breaths. He looked down at L, wiping the little dribbles of come with his thumb and pushing them back in L's mouth, eyes fixed on the lips wrapped around his finger.

"Damn, you deserve a fucking award for that, baby." After L licked his fingers clean, he caressed his cheek, loving how L nuzzled into his palm. "How do you want me to make you come love?"

"With your hand please, I just want to look at you" L admitted, sighing when he felt Light cup his bulge and squeeze it almost as soon as the words left his mouth.

After three years of marriage  Light knew exactly where to press and what pace to use to drive L crazy and as he put that knowledge to good use, he took the opportunity to bite and suck at L's neck, admiring the marks he left behind. L's breathing became increasingly more laboured as Light worked him faster and combined with the sucking at his neck it was enough to make him squirm in Light's grasp.

"Fuck, this feels so good" L gasped, bucking into Light's hand, "Please don't stop!" And Light didn’t. He kept going, his mouth now working at L's nipples until L arched his back and bucked his hips up into his hand, painting it white, mouth open in a silent moan.

L shuddered through the aftershocks, his heart pounding frantically as he rested his head against Light's shoulder and took a moment to catch his breath. Light held L close, stroking his back and massaging his nape they he knew made L all relaxed and content. "How are you feeling, love?"

"Good" L murmured, feeling absolutely boneless, "Very good" However, he knew they had a lot to accomplish and Rem was waiting for her revenge. Despite their growing respect for one another, L doubted keeping a Shinigami waiting was a good idea. "We need to face Higuchi today" L reminded, "Rem is waiting to rip him to shreds"

"Yes, although maybe you should use the opportunity to rub your victory in Higuchi's face to actually explain to the Task Force what we have been keeping from them. They still have no clue we even caught Kira."

"...Right. I admit with everything that happened I'd forgotten about them. You're better at explaining things to them than I am, can you handle explaining to them? Watari and I will deal with Higuchi"

"Sure. My dad will probably react better if he can see with his own eyes that I'm okay anyway"

"I will take Rem with me too" L decided, "I admit as much as I want him to know he's been beaten, I'm not particularly looking forward to having to face him again. Still, sooner I do it the sooner it's over and done with"

"Yeah. Do you think you can keep Rem from tearing him apart until I get there? I really want to watch"

"I will ask her to wait until you arrive" L agreed, "meet me in an hour in the cells" L snagged another cake pop and stuck it in his mouth, giving Light a smirk as he walked out of the kitchen.

Light shook his head fondly at the cheekiness and went to find the Task Force. The whole thing was a nightmare and by the time he was done Light had a throbbing headache and a ringing in his ears.

His father alternated between screaming at him for his irresponsible actions and obsessively checking him over for invisible wounds, Aizawa was shouting that it was all a lie and he didn't believe a word of it, Matsuda wouldn't even listen to him, still determined that Light was a horrible husband and the cherry on top, Mogi had called in sick and wasn't there today.

L meanwhile, found himself sitting right in front of a semi- conscious Higuchi flanked by Watari and Rem. He tutted in annoyance when Higuchi took his sweet time in waking up so he threw his lukewarm coffee over his face to speed the job along.

"Ryan...?" Higuchi asked, eyes squinting as he tried to make out the boy's features, "What happened?"

"My name isn't Ryan, it's L" L said flatly, "And want to take a wild guess as to what happened? Considering I've got you chained to a chair and your Shinigami is standing to my left?" Higuchi's blood drained from his face and he looked between L and Rem with a look of horror before his features contorted into pure rage.

"Y-you, you damn Shinigami, you betrayed me, you fucking dared to betray me ?" Rem actually rolled her eye at that and L bit back a smirk. Rem was actually surprisingly sassy when she wanted to be.

"I wanted rid of you so I turned to L to assist me, Human" Rem replied, "L possesses my notebook now and knows everything"

"Get rid of me??" Higuchi asked incredulously as if he really couldn't fathom why Rem  would ever want to do that. " Why ?"

"Gee I don't know, could be the fact you're a vile piece of shit rapist?" L asked sarcastically, "By the way, Asahi is my husband and you are never going to lay another finger on him. If you attempted to try it now I'd break each and everyone of them. Slowly"

"Ha, as if you dared. I bet you secretly liked it yesterday. You and your little bitch husband both" Higuchi said in a moment of extreme stupidity. L stared at Higuchi for a full 30 seconds. 

"Not too hard, L, remember he's Rem's to kill" Watari reminded in French as L stood up, fury sparking from him.

"Rem, could you please do me a favour and hold him up for me? I need him at his full height for what I intend to do. Don't worry, I won't kill him, but it's going to hurt. A lot. " Quite intrigued by whatever L was planning on doing, Rem held Higuchi up for him, ignoring his loud protests. L heard Light entering the viewing room and glanced at his watch. It hadn't been an hour yet...

"Don't call my husband a bitch" L said, kicking Higuchi right in between the legs with enough force to do very painful, permanent damage. He knew he'd ruptured his balls by the shriek the man gave out and if it wasn't for Rem holding him up he'd be on the floor curled into a ball of white hot agony by now. Light raised his eyebrows and whistled.

"Damn, what did he do this time? And can I have a go as well?"

L turned to Light and gave him a small smile, "He said he bet we secretly liked what happened yesterday. Oh, you can drop him now, Rem, he won't be able to walk" L sat back down and watched as Higuchi was dropped to the floor. As expected, he had curled into a ball and appeared to be hyperventilating in pain. Light scowled and gave Higuchi a good kick in the balls too. Just to drive in how much they'd "enjoyed" his attention. Higuchi howled, vision white with pain.

"I-I have rights!! You...You can't be doing this to me!!" Higuchi cried out between agonized pants.

"So did those boys you molested" L pointed out, "And so did the thousands of people you killed. Your rights are rendered null and void here, Higuchi, this building isn't even technically part of Japan. It's classed as an overseas territory belonging to Great Britain. And I act with complete authority and impunity from the British Government so technically I can do whatever I want. And so can Light, because he's my husband" L cooed, giving Light a warm smile.

"Molested? I didn't molest anyone!! Those little bitches, they asked for it, they even liked it!! And, and I may have killed people but it was only because...because this hellish creature forced me to. That's right, I would have never used that Death Note otherwise. SHE'S DECEIVING YOU ALL!" Higuchi was seemingly oblivious to the dangers of annoying the God of Death currently in the room, listening to every word.

"She forced you to? Is that so" L looked at Rem with a smile, "Bad Shinigami!" Watari massaged his temples, "L, please do take this seriously. I have my afternoon paper and ginger biscuits waiting for me"

"Right, sorry" L looked at Rem and gestured to Higuchi, "Anything you'd like to say to him or are you going straight for the ripping apart?"

"R-ripping apart?" Higuchi asked, voice filled with terror, eyes bulging out of his head as he stared between Light and L's matching devilish smiles and the Shinigami currently hovering over him.

"Only that I have the power to make him suffer in this mortal life and in the next" Rem unsheathed talons that were easily 3 feet in length. L took a step back, pulling Light with him.

It wasn't pretty. Blood sprayed everywhere, limbs, smashed pieces of bones and internal organs littering the ground, the room looked like several grotesque crime scenes pieced together. But at least both Light and L got their wishes. Light got to see Rem ripping out Higuchi's eyes one at a time and L got to see his intestines hanging from Rem's talons.

"Bet that hurt" L nodded to the glistening intestines as they hung like sausages on a butcher's hook, "Satisfied,  Rem?" Rem's smile was all sharp teeth as she answered: "Yes. Very. I believe you humans would call it... therapeutic." She nonchalantly licked away at some of the blood on her talons before turning to Watari. "Quillish. Are you in the mood for tea?" 

"I'm always in the mood for tea and it would pair well with those ginger biscuits too. I'll send the team in to sort this mess out later" Watari waved dismissively at the mess that had once been Higuchi. 

"So Higuchi was Kira and Higuchi met his untimely end and was executed personally by L," L said outloud, working out his report to Interpol by speaking allowed, "That works. As for their questions as to how Kira killed I've decided that's going to be classified." Light shrugged. "They'll just have to accept whatever you say if they want to keep working with L so don't stress too much about it"

"I'm not stressing about it but I do want to get it over and done with because I want to go out on a date with you tonight" L admitted, "Plus the task force will need to be disbanded and I honestly can't wait for that"

"God, please don't remind me, my headache was just calming down" Light groaned, running a hand over his face. "And that date will unfortunately have to be postponed. Dad wants both of us over for dinner tonight and he won't take no for an answer. Watari is invited as well"

"Oh... right, okay then" L looked down at his blood splattered jeans, "I suppose I'd best get tidied up then. Rem can come too, right?" Surprised at the invitation, Rem felt a certain fondness for the dark haired brat.

"Well, dad did say he wanted to meet her as well. Mom is going to smother her in any kind of food Rems says she likes and my sister will try getting her to watch her favorite k-dramas with her. I apologise in advance for my family's craziness Rem-san"

"It sounds interesting, if nothing else. I will accompany you" Rem said, feeling far more settled now she'd dealt with her problem.

Rem and Quillish went for their tea while L and Light headed back upstairs to get freshened up. 

Higuchi was soon cleaned up by Aiber and Wedy who knew just how to dispose of a body (well, pieces of it) and get out blood stains.

Chapter Text

As they were taking their shower, Light took the opportunity to explain to L what had happened with the Task Force. 

"I swear to God I was this close from strangling both Aizawa and Matsuda. They kept shouting about nonsensical bullshit and killing my eardrums"

"Trust me, I understand" L sympathized, "But soon they will be out of our hair and we won't have to deal with them again. I'll make a suggestion if they want my help again to actually send me competent agents"

"I feel bad for Mogi actually. But from what I've heard from dad he and Aizawa actually worked things out, if you can believe it" L pictured Mogi and Aziawa kissing and scrunched up his nose, "Urgh, good luck to them I suppose. Honestly I want them all out, Light, I've had enough of them in our home now."

"Honestly, same. I just want some peace and quiet with you right now."

"Why don't we take a break from cases for a few weeks? Go somewhere. I admit the Kira case has just burnt me out between stupidity, Shinigamis and Perverts. A break would be good, don't you think?"

"Oh yes, I can totally agree. We can do the dart thing you wanted to decide where we're going."

"Honestly, anywhere away from people sounds ideal" L rinsed his hair and finished up his shower, "I have a world map and some darts I asked Watari to get for me, let's throw it once we're sorted out. We can tell your family tonight we're going away for a few weeks and leave Watari to disband the Task Force for us "

"Sounds good."

After the shower the dart was thrown. L may have aimed for some warmer countries and was actually going for the islands. It landed on Bora Bora. Light whistled. 

"You did that so you could rent the whole island, didn't you?" He asked, eyes glittering in amusement as he wrapped an arm around Ls waist from behind

".. Maybe" L admitted, pressing back against Light and humming happily, "No people to disturb us, Light. Well, other than staff but that's okay."

"I wasn't complaining" Light nuzzled into L's neck, pressing a kiss to the sensitive spot below his ear. "It sounds perfect to be honest."

"But we will have Rem with us. Apparently she can't be more than 14 km away from the Death Note. But that's OK, maybe she'd want a vacation as well" L tilted his head for Light to access his neck automatically, "Maybe we could invite Watari too...? Just for company for Rem." Light gently bit down on L's earlobe enjoying the small content sigh he gave. "Sure, I don't mind and I certainly wouldn’t want her bored...Do you think Shinigami can swim?"

L tried to picture Rem swimming and snickered, "I don't know, Light, but it would be funny to see. Rem and Watari could have a chalet on one side of the island and we can be the other for privacy reasons" Light snickered as well. "You're sending them on the other side of the island? Just how loud are you planning on being?"

"That sort of depends on you really" L pointed out, "Plus I just really want it to be me and you" L took out his phone and sent a brief, but pointed message to Interpol informing (not requesting) that he and Light would be unavailable for (at least) a month.

"I know, I know. I was just teasing" He smiled and gave L a kiss on the cheek before letting him go. "But before that, I guess I should find some clothes for tonight. I hope you're ready for mom to stuff you beyond full of cake"

"Always" L said, with complete seriousness, "I am always prepared to be...stuffed" L couldn't help it, smirking as he heard Light groan at the admittedly awful pun.

"You just couldn't help yourself could you?" He shook his head fondly at his husband. "Well i can always do the other kind of stuffing but it'd be preferable for you to be able to actually walk tonight"

"In all fairness, you did walk right into that one" L pointed out, "Choose your words carefully because if I can, I will make a pun" he reminded. L thought back to the time when they'd gone at it a little too hard and Sachiko had come over for a visit. She'd immediately noticed something was wrong since L could barely walk and had demanded Light take L to the hospital. That had been awkward.

"Yes darling, I know." Light replied dryly. He chose his clothes fairly quickly and checked his watch. Still a few hours to go. "Do you want to watch a movie? Or one of those unsolved mysteries documentaries until we have to leave?" 

"Unsolved mysteries" L decided, "Something about the pyramids because I am still trying to figure that one out" L admitted, settling back on the sofa. He'd get ready later, Light always got ready before he did, and reached for a cherry lollipop. 

"I'm not sucking on this to tease you, by the way" L said before shoving it in his mouth, "Sometimes I do just need something to suck on"

"Don't worry, I'm not really in the mood for that anyway. I just want to snuggle and watch something with you." Light assured him. Light's favourite thing about watching TV with L (besides the snuggling) was what L had called (and teased him for) nesting. He just preferred to watch his shows from a comfortable arrangement of soft and cuddly blankets and pillows, sue him. So he started bringing the necessary items from their bedroom, arranging them for maximum comfort in the pull out sofa, while L searched for a suitable documentary.

"Also you know those shows about pyramids are full of alien conspiracy theories. We could always ask Rem for what happened, you know. Or she could fact check your theories if you find that more fun"

"Into the nest, baby bird," L patted the space next to him, "That's a good idea. She might know. I will find out one way or the other" L promised, "and I like alien conspiracy theories, they're fun"

Light scowled a little at the tease but he still got on the sofa, cuddling into L as close as he could. "Well yes but they just get more and more outrageous with every show. After this case though...who knows if they're actually nailing it or not. Maybe aliens are real and they just avoid us because they don't want to deal with our bullshit or something. Can't say I'd blame them. Huh, so that's another thing to ask Rem about."

"If I was an alien I'd avoid humanity's bullshit so that makes sense" L nodded thoughtfully, "Yes, let's annoy Rem with all the questions"

"I have so many questions about her Realm as well. She barely scratched the surface when she first told us about it."

"Well, we can ask her during the flight over. Hopefully she won't find our questions as annoying as being tethered to a prolific sexual predator"

"To be fair, I don't think anything can be as bad as that"

L hummed, "True" he stuck the lolly back in his mouth, assuming Light would be able to decipher what he meant as he commented on the documentary, "I think you could technically call Rem an alien, since she isn't of this world" he pointed out, "Do you think she'd find it offensive to be called an alien?"

"I don't really know, to be fair. Maybe. We could get Watari to try. She likes him best" Light suggested as he dragged L into his lap. Just sitting against him wasn't enough contact. 

"I don't blame her, Dad is very likable and they're both old so talk about boring things and drink whiskey" L admitted, snuggling back against Light, "I think she likes us too though. She patted my head when she told me you and I were soulmates"

"Did she really? Well, it's true that you are very petable.  Guess not even a God of Death can resist the allure of those fluffy bangs" L preened at that, "I am, aren't I?" He said, feeling quite smug, "I did try giving her the doe eyes but that didn't work. She said to keep that for you"

"Damn right you should keep that for me" Light frowned, tugging L even closer to him and nipping at his neck. L smiled at the show of possessiveness and promised he would and that it was just an experiment anyway, "Don't worry, Light, Rem isn't really my type. I have a very particular type and she ticks none of my boxes. She is tall, true, but she doesn't have Auburn hair or amber eyes and she certainly doesn't pack what your packing so I think you're safe" Light huffed (he wasn't truly upset or jealous but he knew L liked the attention) and kissed the nape of L's neck, scrapping at it with his teeth. "So lucky of me to tick all the boxes then"

"Yes, you really are fortunate" L said, "If you bite down too hard your mother's going to notice, Light, she always does and then she'll nag you. Again" Light groaned and rested his forehead against his shoulder. "Remind me again, why should I care?"

"Oh its up to you, she doesn't nag me because I can do no wrong and I'm perfect" L smiled, "She saves all that for you so knock yourself out if you like you're the one whose going to get the 'Son, can I have a quick word with you in the kitchen' not me"

"Noooo, you're my husband aren't you. You're supposed to support and protect me."

"Of course I will protect you from the formidable and terrifying Yagami Sachiko" L soothed, "...When it suits me" he added under his breath because honestly sometimes it was just fun to see Sachiko hen peck and mother Light.

"Oi, I heard that, you brat," Light exclaimed before a smirk appeared on his face. L was extremely ticklish and now Light was going to take full advantage of that fact.

Light had waited to strike patiently and once L's attention was fixed firmly on the documentary he went for his sides, tickling without mercy. L curled in on himself, squirming and gasping breathlessly, trying to free himself from the devastating attack. "What do you have to say for yourself now hm? Any more cheeky comments?"

"I'm sorry!" L gasped out, struggling as Light went for the belly button, "I won't say anything bad for the rest of the day!" A lie, they both knew that.

"Oh really?" Light raised an eyebrow but stopped the merciless tickling. "Let's see if you can keep that promise, shall we?"

"Boys, are you decent?"

L looked at Light. Calling them 'boys' was a bit of a stretch since Light was 21 and he was nearly 23 but he supposed they were, technically boys compared to Watari. "Of course" L called back, "You can come in"

Watari entered with Rem following behind him, "I've just received an email from Interpol asking why the esteemed L sent them an email an hour ago saying he and his husband won't be taking cases for a month?"

"Because we won't be" L replied, "We will be in Bora bora where Light will be soaking up the sun like a lizard and I will be drinking all the cocktails in the shade. I was going to tell you but clearly they got to you first."

"You are, of course, invited. Both of you. We all need a vacation" Light added

"Oh? And are you getting a commercial flight, L?" Watari teased.

L sniffed, "Obviously not, Watari, you're flying my jet" L said a little brattily, "Please?" He added, "You know I can't deal with normal people they stress me out" 

Rem gave Watari a look "I can see what you mean" she murmured, "Spoilt" Light bit his lip hard trying to keep his composure. He really didn't want to deal with the level of brattiness L would unleash upon him if he heard him laugh. L turned to Light, "Something you want to say, Light?"

"N-no baby of course not"

"Indeed, Light is 'whipped' " Rem nodded thoughtfully, "Fascinating"

Light gave L an innocent smile, a hand coming up between his shoulder blades to massage the spot Light knew got L all relaxed and content. Rem watched all this in fascination, even bringing out a notebook (a normal one this time) taking some notes. Light raised an eyebrow. "Rem-San? What are you doing?"

"I am taking notes. As previously mentioned, human courtship rituals intrigue me. This morning in the kitchen was enlightening as well"

At that both L and Light paled. 

L melted at the massage and smiled happily... until Rem mentioned this morning in the kitchen.

"Pardon me?" L asked, turning wide eyes to Rem, "What are you talking about, Rem? Light made me breakfast"

"Well yes, but afterwards he--" 

"There is no need to go further Rem" Light said, eyes wide and cheeks red. "I-why were you there?" How did they not see her?

Watari sighed deeply, "Rem, I always knock before I come in here because... I've seen traumatising things over the years. Things that have scared me to my very core. I assure you, what they do is not fascinating but rather horrific and should never be mentioned."

L raised his eyebrow at Watari, "Bit harsh, Dad" 

Rem looked at Light in confusion, "So I'm not to talk about the things you and L do? But they are fascinating. Why does a human physically insert themselves into another human? It seems pointless to me" Light groaned and hid his face in L's hair.

"How about you Google it?" He was not discussing this with the Shinigami. And especially not in front of Watari.

"See? I told you she needed sex ed" L 'whispered' to Light, "Rem, you're 6 thousand years old how do you not understand human relationships"

"I have never been that interested in the human realm before. The only times I looked at the Human Realm was when I needed years. I did not have the time anyway as my ambassador duties between the Shinigami Realm and Celestia took up all my time. I have been recently relieved of my duties however, and found myself with nothing to do. And then I dropped my Death Note"

"What's Celestia?" L asked at once, "And humans are annoying pieces of shit so I don't really blame you. This is lending weight to my Rem is an alien theory" L murmured to Light, "It's all adding up, isn't it?"

Rem blinked at L. "Do humans think their Realm is the only one that exists in this world? Celestia is the Realm of illuminated beings. They feed on natural light and often travel among the stars"

"An alien" L breathed, eyes wide, "Oh my god I knew it!" Next to him, Light was just as excited. "Rem San, how many other Realms are out there? Do they all coexist in the same dimensions, or are they on different planes of existence?"

"You helped build the pyramids, didn't you, Rem? Sorry, Light, but I need to know the answer to this first. Rem, did you, or did you not help build the Pyramids'

"They were a collaboration between humans, Shinigami and the Anubi Tribe. Why do you ask? Is it not common knowledge?"

"..." L's brain short circuited. "What?" He asked finally, "I'm so confused right now. I don't know something. This has never happened to me before. Light, I don't like it" Light smiled and patted L's shoulder, "I don't understand it either," he reassured. L relaxed at that. He and Light were equals. If Light didn’t know either it automatically made L feel better. Still, he did not like this sensation. "What's the Anubi Tribe?" 

"Huamns in....I believe you call the region Egypt today, they had statues of members of the Anubi Tribe all over their temples. The Anubi did contribute the most, after all. They thought the humans how to read and write and they brought the technology for building the Pyramids."

"Rem, is there any way for mortals once they die to experience different realms? You said there's an afterlife. When I'm dead I want to go and see these aliens and learn everything I can from them" L got starry eyed just imagining it, "Where are they now? In Celestia? I want to go to Celestia but I suppose I can't because I'm just a human, right?"

"You don't...have to be dead to visit other Realms. You just need a permission pass. And a guide. The in-between dimension is tricky to navigate alone." L looked at Light and they smiled at each other. A new challenge!

"Can we go, Rem, please?" L said immediately, "I'll do my best to not annoy you and Light could maybe give you sex education and tell you all about human relationships in exchange"

"Oi why do I have to do it? You're the shameless one."

"Pardon me? Do you actually want blue balls for the rest of your life because that is how you get blue balls for the rest of your life" Rem and Watari shared a look before Rem discreetly wrote another note in her 'Human Relationship' diary.

Light's eyes immediately went wide and he raised his hands placatingly. "Hey now baby, let's not get ahead of ourselves. You know I didn't mean it in a bad way"

"Do all humans withhold sexual favours to get what they want?" Rem asked, assuming that is what the phrase meant.

"Only the clever ones" L said with a smirk

"See? You don't have a problem with explaining this stuff." Light said

"Yes but it will be more fun if you do it" L patted Light's knee, "So do we have a deal, Rem?" Rem, seeing the entertainment potential, nodded her head. "Deal"

"Hey shouldn't I agree to this as well?" Light crossed his arms. L looked at Light blankly, "Not really" he said after a few seconds, "Because I want to travel between realms so you'll have to do it otherwise I will be sad"

"Hey no, come on. I want to travel too, I just....fine, but if I am to endure this humiliation, I want compensation, L" Light relented. Watari decided now was an opportune time to go for a cigarette and left the room. He did not want to know what this compensation entailed. 

"Okay" L said brightly, "Whatever you want, Honey!"

"You know what I like. Surprise me" Light smiled and booped L's nose.

"Are you going to put his appendage in your mouth like you did this morning, L? Humans need to breathe. I can't say I really understand how that works at all" Rem piped up.

"...." Light stared blankly at the floor wondering how the hell his life ended up here before taking a deep calming breath and explaining it to Rem in the briefest way possible trying to ignore the way his face was burning.

"Hmm, Light, that's a very valid question, why don't you answer Rem" L, who was an absolute bastard and was living for Light's mortification, gave Light a sweet smile.

"But I just did. We never agreed on how detailed the explanation had to be so if you want more, you'll have to be the one to do it"

"Okay then" L made himself comfortable and went into a long discussion of oral sex and how he was particularly gifted as he had no gag reflex and could therefore 'take Light's cock like a goddamn champion'

Light meanwhile decided to go in search of his headphones and settled in to listen to some music. Anything to escape from this conversation. It made him too uncomfortable. He also hasn't processed the fact that Rem actually saw them this morning, and more than that, actually watched the whole thing. He didn't really like the thought.

"I see" Rem jotted down some notes, "So you have skills other humans don't commonly possess" 

"That's right" L nodded, loving where this was going, "I'm a very special human, and so is Light" he added, "Which is why I think the aliens will want to talk to us. Can you put in a good word?"

"I can try. I am, however, unsure  if this will count as "good". All Realms have very different cultures. I advise you to respect them" 

Meanwhile Light was daydreaming about L's future surprise for him. He better give him something nice. It didn't even have to be sexual in nature. He just wanted something nice from his husband.

"I'm a very respectful person" L reassured, "and I love learning new things so I will listen intently and ask lots of questions" L finally noticed Light had distanced himself and titled his head, "You okay? Oh. You're embarrassed. Sorry" L gave Light a loving smile, "You're so cute when you get embarrassed I love you so much." Rem noted the way Light blushed at the words and decided perhaps L and Light were indeed 'sickening' after all.

Light sighed and extended his arms towards L. "Alright come here you adorable brat. I love you too" L sat on Light's lap and rubbed their noses together, pressing kisses to his cheek, his lip and then his eyelids, "I love you more"

"Nooo" Light said, dragging the word out "That's impossible. I love you the most"

"..." Rem had seen and heard enough, "I'm going to find Quillish" 

"Huh, what's her problem?" L wondered before immediately going back to the 'I love you more' game, "No, Light, I love you the most" Light was certain L would have argued more but he shut him up with a firm kiss. L curled a hand around Licht's neck and deepened the kiss. They kissed hard before oxygen was actually becoming in short supply and L pulled away, panting for breath. "No, I love you most" he said with an air of finality, "Case closed"

"How about I love you the same amount as you love me hmm?"

"A stalemate? Yes, that's about right for us. Alright then, agreed" Light smiled and pinched L's ear affectionately. "I'm glad we agree. Now, which Realm do you want to visit first?"

"I want to see everything so I don't mind" L shrugged, "You pick"

"Hmm, Celestia sounded quite interesting. I'm quite curious about their culture and they seem completely different from  us. I want to see that."

"Okay, we will go there first then" L glanced at his watch, "We need to think about leaving soon, Light, it's nearly 5 and you know what mother's like if we're late"

"True." Light let him go and went to get dressed.

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They arrived at 5.00 on the dot, Light smiling at his mother and kissing her cheek. Sachiko kissed her son, commenting how handsome he looked before giving L a critical look, "L, have you lost weight? You're fading before my eyes, has Light not been feeding you?"

L shot Light an exasperated look as he was frogmarched into the kitchen to go 'fatten him up'. Light laughed. "Of course I feed him mom. Do you really think he'd let me get away with it if I didn't?"

Sachiko gave Light a look, "Well, he's too skinny, Light, and I don't like it" L mouthed 'sorry' to Light because apparently, according to Sachiko, L having a fast metabolism was somehow Light's fault.

"Light cooks for me all the time, Sachiko-San" L reassured as Sachiko handed him a slab of banana bread to eat, "I eat a lot!" Light beamed at L, leaning in to kiss his cheek. "Thanks for the support darling, but I think you're going to have to eat everything she hands you before she's satisfied" Light whispered in his ear. L sighed and ate the banana bread in a few bites, gulping the last one down to Sachiko's nod of approval. 

"That's better. You can go sit in the lounge with Sayu and your father, I'll call you when dinner is ready" Sachiko ordered them out of the kitchen and added "Sayu! Make tea for your brother and L please"

The moment they entered the lounge, Sayu was on them, jumping from the couch and running towards them full speed, throwing her arms around them both. "Onii-san, L-san!! You've finally shown up. I haven't seen you in almost a year now. Haven't you two ever heard of a visit?" Behind Sayu, Watari was talking to Souichiro about something, both of them sipping tea.

"Sorry, Sayu-Chan, we've been very busy with case work" L apologised, "It's good to see you, you've certainly grown!" And she had, she had gained at least 2 inches to her height and L could tell by the way Light was looking at her he'd noticed it too. Light ruffled her hair fondly, smirking as she slapped his hand away, trying to smooth it down and glaring at her brother.

"Sorry Sayu. Promise we'll try to visit more often okay?" Light threw L a questioning look. How were they going to introduce Rem to them?

"Don't even think about introducing Rem yet" L replied in Mandarin, just to test Light's understanding since they were learning it together as a hobby, "We will think of that after the vacation"

"Okay. But did you tell her that? Because I can see her sampling some of the cookie dough behind mom's back" Light replied, also in Mandarin. His pronunciation wasn't perfect, but he just needed a bit  more practice

"No, darling husband, she's your mother so that is your job" L smiled at Light, "Good luck"

"But she likes you better L" Light hissed as he tried to get Rem to notice him. "Hm, I suppose" L chirped, "Rem" he said in Spanish, "They can't see you, stop eating things" 

"Light, L, stop it with the different languages already" Souichiro sighed, "If you want to talk about inappropriate things do it at home, not in front of my 15 year old daughter"

"We weren't....We were talking about Higuchi's...end and it was quite graphic, we didn't want to scare Sayu" Light lied smoothly. 

Rem had fortunately seen Light's subtle motions asking her to stop and she also heard L's words so she stopped eating, throwing L a look. "Very well but I would like a sample of every dish served tonight then. Human food is fascinating"

"Yes, fine" L said to Rem, but his eyes were on Light, "We wouldn't do something so disrespectful in front of dear Sayu-Chan" L said innocently, "Souichiro-San is very mean to suggest such a thing"

From the kitchen: "Souichiro! You'd better not be upsetting my darling son in law or there will be hell to pay!!" Souichiro winced and immediately apologized to L and Light. From her vantage point Rem took out her notebook.

"Interesting. It seems that both Light and Souichiro Yagami are both easily controlled by their partner's mood"

"Yeah, it's because they're both whipped as hell" L replied in Spanish, " And they know it, but it is why we love them so dearly" L added at Light's glare.

The dinner was largely uneventful, except for the novel sight of L refusing cake, simply because he was too stuffed to stomach another bite without throwing up. Sayu talked their ears off as usual and Light privately told his father that Higuchi was dead.

"Dead? how?" Souichiro asked immediately, "L, did you order his execution?"

L shook his head. "I didn't. It's complicated... And classified for the moment."

"I promise dad, we'll tell you what happened,, just have some patience please" Souichiro knew that meant conversation over and sighed, nodding his head, "Very well, I trust you to tell me when you can." Light was grateful that his father dropped the matter. 

By the time they had to go home, L was almost waddling to the car. Mama bear Sachiko strikes again.

"Ugh... I feel like I'm carrying twins" L groaned, "Why does she do this to me every damn time"

"It's alright darling. I'll carry you to our bedroom and give u a massage. How does that sound, hmm?"

"Honestly, it sounds like heaven. Sorry, Light, I'm out of action tonight. If you try and fuck me I think I might honestly just explode" L moaned pitifully, "I'm only half a stone underweight. Why can't she just let me live my life"

"I wasn't going to try that, love. I just want to spoil you" Light assured, stroking L's cheek.

"I know but I want you to fuck me and now you cant" L whined, "Damn woman" he gingerly climbed into the car, one hand resting on his distended belly, "I'm not eating tomorrow at all"

Light frowned. "That's not healthy, baby. I won't force you to eat a full meal but at least a piece of toast or something in the morning." L moaned at the thought of more food but if he didn't he was getting nagged...

"A small bit then" he amended, "And maybe a fucking colonic irrigation because what the fuck has she done to me" he added mostly to himself, wincing as he put the seat belt on, "Still, it was nice seeing them, food torture and Sayu sprouting boobs aside"

" Please never say the word boobs in association with my sister ever again. As for your poor belly, I'll be sure to be very gentle with it"

"Well I'm sorry, Light, but she's growing up and she has them. It's going to be boyfriends next. Or girlfriends, I dunno. Point is she's not a kid anymore" L pointed out, "Thanks, the twins and I would appreciate it"

"I know I know, but still, until she comes home with a boyfriend or a girlfriend, or both because who knows, I don't really want to hear about it." Light snickered a little at L's quip. "Oh, am I about to be a father? Why has no one informed me until now?"

L clutched at his stomach and took a deep breath as acid reflux made itself known, "I suggest you put your foot down and get us home because I'm going to be sick" he announced. "Shit, okay baby and please tell me if you need me to stop the car." Fortunately, they made it home without incident.

But as soon as they did get home, L went straight upstairs and threw up 3 times. "Light! I'm dying! Help me" L called, slumped next to the toilet in a dramatically sprawled heap. Light immediately knelt down next to L, rubbing his back and pushing his hair away from his face. 

"It's alright baby, I'm here. Do you feel like vomiting again? If not, I'll help you stand up and cleanse your mouth. You should also brush your teeth. We'll go lie down afterwards, okay?"

"I think I'm good" L wobbled as Light helped him to his feet, "I don't want to hurt her feelings, Light, I really don't but I don't want to feel like this again" L moaned. He still felt nauseous but he was certain he'd done being sick, "I do feel a bit better now though"

"Oh no, I'm certainly not letting her give you this much food ever again." Light said, frowning as L brushed his teeth. After that he gingerly picked L up and carried him to bed before going downstairs to get a glass of water for L to take small sips of.

"Careful you didn't put your back out" L managed to joke as Light settled beside him, "I probably weigh as much as a fucking horse now" L closed his eyes and shifted a bit to get comfortable, "Why do we do things we know aren't good for us to make other people happy?" He asked, in one of his philosophical moods.

"Because we love them and seeing them happy makes us happy. Or, in some unfortunate circumstances dictated by life...because we need to"

"Hmm. I suppose" L yawned, "We didn't tell them we're going on vacation. Shall we just let them know when we're half way across the world?"

"It's not like they're not used to it by now. We didn't even tell them we were getting married until like 3 days prior" Light chuckled as he gently rubbed at Ls belly

"This is true. They'll be fine" L sighed as Light rubbed his belly, "That feels nice, keep doing that please and I may live to see another day" Light hummed. He rubbed at L's belly until they both fell asleep.

Although Higuchi was dead, the trauma he left behind was not. It happened that night.

Light felt like his mind was covered by fog, memories scattered and thoughts moving  as if in slow motion. He tried to move, but it was no use, his limbs felt like they were made of lead and tied down to the bed he was lying in by massive chains.

There were hands on him, calloused and way too big to be Ls and his whole body shuddered in revolution as the hands made their way from his chest all the way down to the waistband of his pants. Light squirmed trying to get away from the offensive touch that left burns all across his skin. He felt like dying, like screaming and throwing up. 

And then, Higuchi's disgustingly sweet voice filled his ears just as his hand wrapped around his dick, the touch feeling wrong wrong wrong.

"Wakey wakey pretty boy"

Light screamed.

L jolted at the sound of the scream and immediately shifted onto his side to shake Light before stopping himself. No, you didn't wake someone up abruptly when they were having a nightmare, he remembered reading that. Instead, he began stroking Light's face and humming their first dance song into his ear, trying to break through to him that way.

Light's eyes snapped open and he quickly sat up, eyes blank as they stared ahead

"Light? It's me" L pulled back to peer at Light's face, "Light?" He frowned at the blank expression, "Hey" he snapped his fingers in front of Light's face, "Talk to me" Light's eyes managed to focus on L, but when he opened his mouth to talk, no sound would come out. Wordlessly, he curled in on himself, wrapping his arms around his knees.

"..." L noted the obvious signs of distress and realised then Light was traumatised. It was something he'd considered might be a consequence of Higuchi's actions but perhaps naively he'd thought it wouldn't happen to Light. He understood this sort of trauma response only too well. He carefully scooted back to give Light some space to come around, watching him worriedly.

Light took some time to try and regulate his breathing, clenching his hands into fists when he noticed them trembling. "L?" Light finally managed to articulate, voice scratchy from a combination of screaming and just waking up

"Hey" L said softly, "You were having a nightmare. Can you remember what it was about, Light?"

Light nodded. "Yes, it was-" but the words simply wouldn't come out. He felt cold all over, his whole body trembling. "L? Can you hold me...please?"

"Of course" L scooted closer and wrapped his arms around Light, shifting until they were lying face to face, "It's okay to be scared, Light, I get scared too sometimes. Everybody does" he soothed. Light leaned into L's embrace, wrapping his arms  around his waist and burying his face in the crook of his neck. 

He felt safe like this, in his husband's arms, engulfed by his warmth. As the coldness receded, his tongue loosened.

"It was..I was tied down to a bed, I think. I couldn't move, couldn't speak or see, I just...felt. There were...hands, all over me. It felt like they were burning me, L. And then...and then I heard his voice...Higuchi's voice and I..woke up. I think I screamed. I'm sorry"

"It's okay, I understand" L soothed, "What you went through was traumatic, Light, and you're not weak to be feeling these things so there is no need to apologise for them. It will be okay, I promise. I will put you in touch with a therapist I trust and you can speak to her. It will help"

"Okay" Light agreed, his voice faint. "I don't think I can fall back asleep"

"That's alright, we can just talk" L began stroking down Light's arms, "The therapist is called Anna. She's helped me in the past and she is very understanding. I will ring her in the morning and ask her to arrange a session with you. If you like it, I can accompany you or you can go alone. I admit, for my first few sessions I had Dad with me"

Light shook his head. "I think..I'll go alone for the first one at least." There was no need for L to see him so distressed anyway. "But I definitely want you to come with me in the future." Light was silent for a few moments and then. "What about our vacation? I really don't want to miss that"

"That can wait" L felt a bit guilty as his eyelids began to droop and he blinked, clearing the sleep from his mind, "This is more important. We can always reschedule and just take the month off anyway to focus on you having therapy" L pointed out.

Light frowned. "But...I don't know if I want that myself. L I...I need to be away from all this. Not just work but this city, people in general I, I want to relax. I'm not saying I won't go to therapy, but I don't see why I couldn't attend the sessions online."

"Alright" L knew it would take a bit of work but he was L, "I'll get her to come with us" he said in all sincerity, "She is employed directly by me and she's used to my shit by now. How does that sound?"

Light blinked. "If she's alright with that, then I have no objection"

"She'll be fine" L was already reaching for his phone and thumbing out a message to her asking she cancel all appointments for the next month and that she was going to Bora Bora because Light needed her. 

He had a response of 'Alright then, Bora Bora it is...' in 3 minutes. 

He expected nothing less from a Wammy's educated student because honestly they didn't sleep enough.

"She replied already? That was fast" Light saw L's droopy eyelids and immediately felt guilty for keeping him up. "I'm sorry I woke you up love, I'm alright now, you can go back to sleep. I'll just snuggle with you and try to fall back asleep"

"No" L put his phone down and slotted himself back into Light's arms, "I will help you fall asleep first. Pick any song and I will sing it to you" he smiled, knowing Light liked him singing. Light was the only person he'd ever sung to, even his dad hadn't heard him sing before. It was something special, just for them.

"I really liked that lullaby you remember your mom singing to you. You don't have to, of course, but I found it soothing when you first sang it to me"

"Alright, get comfy and close your eyes then" L reached up to toy with Light's hair and began singing the lullaby. It was French and fairly simple but it was soothing and memorable. L sang it twice and by the time he was finishing the second rendition, Light was fast asleep.

The next day was packing day. Something Light hated with a passion. Mainly because traveling with L was like traveling with a little kid and you had to pack for every possibility because God forbid L asked for something and he didn't have it. 

The issue was that L didn't actually contribute much to the packing and then complained to Light about forgetting something or other. Case in point, L was currently sipping a cold coffee and 'helping' Light pack by going through his neatly folded clothes in search of his spare laptop battery.

"It is definitely in here, isn't it?" L frowned at the pile of clothes, "I can't possibly go without that, Light" 

Light, wordlessly, reached for where the charger was packed neatly in the front of the suitcase. "Oh" L smiled, "There it is." Light sighed. 

"Why don't you go dismantle the set-up in the mainroom? Matt's been asking for it back for ages. He even called me about it and you know he never calls"

"... but I don't want to" L remained firm, "If he's that het up about it he can just come over from England and sort it out himself. I don't want to leave your side" L said, "I'm worried about you and you have this tendency to just pretend things are normal when they're not so I'm keeping a very close eye on you" L poked Light's chest, "Because you can't hide anything from me, Light, and you know it"

Light's eyes softened and he gently caught L's wrist bringing his hand to his lips and placing a small, lingering kiss on it. 

"You're right that I can't. I also don't want to. I won't lie and say I'm completely fine, but I can handle you not being in the same room as me for some time. I'm not that fragile"

L arched an eyebrow, "Alright then, fine, suit yourself, I’m glad you're not that fragile" he stood up and decided if Light wasn't that fragile then he'd go and ring Anna and give him some space. 

What Light was conveniently forgetting was he'd been where he was and he knew how things could play out. Light was pretending everything was normal and L was certain it would come back to bite him. 

He did also wonder why he himself didn't find the experience traumatising, it was hardly pleasant and Higuchi had strangled him. Apparently he was just fucked up enough to push such things aside and chalk them down as 'risks of the job' as far as himself was concerned. But with Light it was different.

"Wait L.." but L was already gone. Light frowned. He didn't think he'd said anything bad. Why was L so upset? Yes, he may have had a bad (horrible really) dream last night and scrubbed himself raw every time he showered because he could still feel the phantom touch of Higuchi's hands on him but he wasn't going to break just because of that.

Besides, this was supposed to be a vacation for L. He deserved to relax and let loose, not to deal with Light's bullshit. That's why he wanted to talk to Anna on his own first. He didn't want to unnecessarily worry L and he (perhaps naively) hoped that he'd get significantly better after the first session so L could finally relax.

L had given Anna Light's phone number and told her he wasn't getting involved. When Anna asked if he wanted some therapy of his own he'd laughed and said the only therapy he needed was the shortcake waiting downstairs for him. Anna suspected that was going to be problematic further down the line too but one job at a time, she supposed. She rang Light.

Light raised his eyebrows at the unknown number. "Hello?"

"Hello, Light, it's Anna, L gave me your number this morning and asked me to give you a preliminary call, mainly to just introduce myself really" she began, keeping it poised and professional, "You don't have to say anything if you don't want to, I certainly wouldn't expect you too, I just thought i would introduce myself. I have been working with L for the last ... God, I think it's nearly 10 years now. that makes me feel old"

Light chuckled. "Dealing with him for 10 years must have been exhausting for you. I love him, but he is a menace." Light said, voice soft. He truly did adore L, brat or not.

"...hmm" Anna said non-committedly, "I can't really comment on it, Light, husband or not L is actually my client as well as my employer" she said carefully, "Likewise, anything you say to me will be kept in confidence. L wouldn't ask anyway, but he is aware of confidentiality and the legal ramifications of breaking it. I trust you are too?"

"Yes, of course. L trusts you and he doesn't trust easily so I will as well."

Anna finished up the conversation and informed Light she would be meeting them at the airport and was looking forward to working with him before ending the call. She had a feeling she would have her work cut out for her the next month and would earn every penny of the rather generous salary she was on.

Light put his phone in his pocket and frowned. L had been gone for some time now. Leaving the packing aside for a moment, he went in search of L. L, meanwhile, was chatting to Watari and explaining Light's nightmare and how he had invited Anna to come on vacation as well. Watari listened patiently as L expressed his concerns for his husband but also for himself.

"Light's reaction to it is...well, expected, I suppose, Dad, but I don't feel anything at all. And that's got me thinking, am I fucked up? Why don't I feel anything? Why is being physically assaulted classed as normal in my mind?" L asked, "I'm not saying I want to be traumatised by it or anything because I don't but I don't understand why I feel absolutely nothing"

Watari looked at L closely. He had an idea, but he wasn't a therapist and couldn't say for sure. "Perhaps..." Watari started tentatively "It may be because you shifted all your focus from yourself to Light. I cannot say for sure this is what's happening but I believe you've locked away your true feelings on the situation to be able to focus on Light and take care of him. Especially because you've dealt with...similar things before, perhaps you may subconsciously believe you can deal with it while Light needs support throughout this novel experience"

L nodded. That made sense. "So what can I do? I'm not having therapy and taking Anna from Light. I employed her to work directly with Light, and I don't want her detracted from that" L explained, "I feel better talking to you, anyway, though I still suspect I am a little bit fucked up. By the way, this conversation? It didn't happen. I know you won't but if Light asks we didn't talk about this" L said, "Because he has enough to deal with right now"

Unfortunately for L, Light had already heard everything. He hadn't meant to eavesdrop, but he'd caught the end of Watari's speech and hadn't wanted to interrupt. His hands clenched into fists. L kept insisting on Light getting the help he needed, meanwhile he denied himself the same thing? Hurt and anger coiled in his chest and he could feel himself tremble with it. He wanted to confront L about keeping all this from him, but he knew now wasn't the time. He knew himself well enough to know he lashed out and intentionally said hurtful things to the people around him as a method of distracting himself from his own pain and he just couldn't do that to L. 

Wordlessly, he turned around and walked away, climbing the stairs to the roof. He needed some air

Blissfully unaware Light had overheard and assuming Light wanted time to himself, L decided he might as well check in back home and see what Matt, Mello and Near were up to. 

He couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong, however, and after an hour of catching up with them he decided to go and find Light.

Light hadn't moved from his spot, sat on the edge of the roof, his feet dangling off it. It was raining outside, but he didn't care. In fact, he welcomed it. It reminded him of home. He may have only moved to England 3 years ago, but it had truly become his home in that time.

L found Light on the roof and sighed. Light was doing the gazing pensively into the rain thing.

He walked up to him and sat down, "What's going on, Light? You're angry. I can tell" he said, getting right into it, "So out with it"

Light scowled. L saying that right now pissed him off beyond belief. "I don't want to talk about it right now L."

"Tough because you are talking about it right now" L didn't budge, "Have I done something wrong or is this about the ptsd? Yes, Light, that's what it is" L added when Light's scowl deepened.

"L, I don't want to hurt you, don't press me." Light said through gritted teeth.

"You're literally hurting me right now, you idiot" L snapped back. He didn't want to argue but if an argument cleared the air then so be it.

Light sucked in a sharp breath and stood up, glaring at L. "Oh? So you can keep things from me, but the moment I do it, suddenly it's bad?" L stared at him in confusion, "What are you even talking about?" He asked before realising Light must have overheard him talking to Watari.

Shit.

"Oh" he said, not sure what else to say. So that was why Light was pissed off.

"Yeah, L. Oh. And before you accuse me of eavesdropping, I only caught the end of Watari's speech because i went to look for you"

"Fine" L stood up. He didn't have the energy for it and he actually felt like crying which he absolutely would not do in front of an angry Light. He turned and left without a word. Light needed space, he needed space, so that was that. He walked back inside, ignored Watari asking what was the matter and went back upstairs, locking the bedroom door behind him.

Somehow, L walking away from him in the middle of an argument hurt Light more than anything L could have ever said. Feeling tears well up in his eyes, he quickly brushed them away, trying to take deep breaths and calm himself down. It didn't work. 

He was soaked to the bone and felt cold inside and out. The kind of cold that had nothing to do with the temperature outside. He knew L well enough to know that he must have locked himself away in the bedroom and he just couldn't bring himself to go and try to talk things out right now. 

But he couldn't just stay here, the peace of this place was now replaced by echoes of their brief argument and the sight of L's wordless departure. So Light decided it was time for a run. It was still pouring outside, but Light needed to move, to run until his muscles ached and his mind was blissfully free of thoughts. Nodding to himself, Light went to do just that.

Meanwhile, as Light ran, L curled into a ball in bed and wondered if Light was going to divorce him. His brain latched onto that and treated him to all kinds of scenarios and tortured him with a vivid waking nightmare where Light served him papers, returned to Japan, changed his identity, became untraceable, and then died and L would have no way of knowing until Sayu told him one day out of the blue.

Needless to say, it did not cheer him up.

It had been 2 hours since Light had gone running. He still wasn't back. L rang Sachiko to see if Light had gone home for a visit. Sachiko, being Sachiko, instantly knew something was wrong and demanded to know what was happening. Not wanting to add fuel to the fire, but somehow doing exactly that, L hung up on her. 

He rang Anna and asked for an emergency appointment and was relieved when she informed him she'd be there within the hour. With that sorted, L asked Watari to keep trying to locate Light, worried that if he did it himself it would only make matters worse.

Fortunately Light showed up 10 minutes later. Unfortunately he was sporting a large bruise on his cheek, was bleeding from his temple and had scratches all over his palms

"What on earth happened?" Watari asked the second he saw Light, "Where were you? Sit down" Watari went to fetch the first aid kit and returned to Light, examining his injuries.

Sachiko rang Watari's mobile and he ignored the call. He was not dealing with that. Rem, meanwhile, was confused by all the commotion. L was hurting, Light was hurting, Watari was stressed and now Light had injuries. It was hard to keep up.

Light sat down, immediately soaking the seat. He was shivering all over from the cold and the blood loss. 

"I was out running and a group of four guys tried to mug me, that's what happened."

Watari sighed and pressed an antiseptic wipe to Light's cheek, "Did you get a good look at them? I can mobilise the police force to track them down for you. Rem, please be kind enough to fetch some towels and a blanket?" Rem went to fetch them, feeling more confused but wanting to assist in whatever way she could.

"There's no need. I may be a shit fighter compared to L, but I'm not exactly a novice you know. I knocked them out and called the police on them." Light was almost afraid to ask but he had to know. "Where is L?"

"... He's in the conference room waiting for Anna to arrive. Do not go and see him, Light, especially battered and bleeding. Stay here and warm up and we will try and sort this out in the morning" Watari advised, "I'd suggest bedding down in the spare room. I've already prepared it for you. L is ignoring me and he's ignoring Rem and the only person he wants to see is Anna so it would be best all around if people slept on their feelings and we can approach this with a fresh head in the morning"

"...." was that really the best course of action? Who knows what kind of scenarios L had come up with in his absence, after all. But...he trusted Watari so he would heed his words. "Fine, but at least let him know I'm back, please. I am...unsure if he wants to hear from me right now, even over text"

"I will text him. And Light? Please ring your mother, L hung up on her and she's called me 15 times" Watari patted Light's shoulder, "Things will be alright, Light, though they may not seem like it right now"

Rem appeared with the towels and blankets for Light and informed them she'd seen a black haired woman let herself in and head upstairs.

"That's Anna, she does that" Watari waved away her concern, "She has a spare key, thank you though, Rem"

After Watari was done with him, Light rang his mother and managed to calm her down after a long half an hour. He was beyond exhausted when he finally hung up and he curled himself into a ball on the bed in the spare room. The bed was cold and way too big in L's absence and Light felt like his heart was being squeezed and twisted in his chest as he lay there. He fell asleep with tears running down his cheeks.

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The next day was the day they were supposed to be going on vacation but it felt like everyone was waiting to go to a funeral instead. L and Light weren't speaking and had both decided apparently bed rotting was what they'd be doing which left Watari, Anna and Rem downstairs waiting to actually find out what was happening and if they were going away or not.

"No wonder you look so old" Anna commented as Watari added a splash of whiskey to his morning tea, "Have they ever argued like this before?"

"No" Watari shook his head, "This is more than an argument though, Anna, this is complicated because they've both been damaged and instead of working together to heal they are going the opposite way"

"I do not understand this needless separation. Shouldn't they try and talk things through? I thought communication was a key component in a romantic relationship." Rem said, consulting her notebook.

"It is, yes, and usually that is something they are both very good at. Well, Light is better at it but L does try" Watari explained, " Usually when they squabble they talk it through and things are fine within a few hours. We need to think of a plan to get them to talk. I'm seriously considering locking them both in a room and not letting them out until they're on speaking terms again"

"I like that plan. I can guard the door" Rem immediately approved. Not even Anna protested. While she couldn't disclose it, she knew L had completely convinced himself that Light was going to divorce him and was avoiding him in hopes that he could post-pone the "inevitable" as he put it. She didn't know Light too well, but from what she'd observed and Watari's own words, he probably  felt like L didn't want to see him and he wanted to give him space. They were completely ridiculous.

"Right then. Operation lock L and Light in a room together is now active" Watari declared, "It isn't going to be easy getting them there but we've got to give it a good shot. If we don't, they could be like this for weeks and honestly id prefer them loved up and making sex jokes, as much as it pains me to admit"

"It won't be that hard to get Light to enter the room. We can just lie and tell him I wish to speak with him" Anna spoke up. "The real challenge will be L."

"Yes" Rem sighed, "He's more stubborn than Light is and less likely to listen to reason when he's emotional. From what I've observed, he tends to take himself away from situations rather than confront them head on."

"Got him in one" Anne raised her tea cup in salute.

"I'm afraid not even cake will get him to move now." Watari said, rubbing the bridge of his nose in frustration.

"We could... it's cruel but we could tell him Light wants to talk to him in the conference room and use his own fear of having a divorce to get him to agree to meet" Anna suggested. Rem crossed her arms. "No need. I could just pick him up and drop him there. It's not like he can do anything to me."

"I'd prefer Rem to pick L up" Watari said instantly. Anna nodded and took her phone out to text Light. "Very well, I will leave L to you then Rem"

L, who was indulging in a pity party that involved a giant tub of Ben and Jerry's and his guilty pleasure boxset (game of thrones) looked up to see Rem advancing upon him.

"Go away, I'm not in the mood" he muttered sulkily, curling his panda hoodie around him tighter. 

Rem stared at the snivelling mess before her (in a panda hooded blanket, no less, which she found rather novel) and sighed, "Sorry, L, this is for your own good" 

L yelped as he suddenly felt the ground shift from under him and he was up in the air and slung, still clutching his ice cream, over Rem's shoulder. "What are you doing? Put me down right now!" L yelled, panicking as Rem shot up into the air.

Meanwhile Light, having just gotten a text message from Anna to meet in the conference room, managed to will himself up from the bed, feeling like several trucks had run him over. Aside from his stinging injuries, his nose was running, his eyes were puffy and red rimmed from crying, his muscles ached and his head was throbbing . He couldn't believe he'd actually caught a cold on top of everything else. 

L found he did not like being flown by a Shinigami and despite trying to wriggle himself out of Rem's arms she held on tight. "What are you doing?" L yelped as he was plopped down on the ground and Rem gave him a stern look, arms crossed.

"Saving your marriage, stubborn boy" she tutted, before vanishing just in time for Light to be led into the office.

"L?" Light frowned as he took a step and then realised the door was being locked behind him. Oh Light did not like this. He did not like this at all. He chose to blame the absolute shit way he was feeling for having been tricked this easily.

L eyed Light warily from beneath his fluffy blanket and retreated to the side of the room, claiming the couch for his own. He had ice cream. He'd be fine. He knew what they had done and he knew he'd be just fine, barricaded in his side of the room.

Light eyed L carefully, frowning at the panda blanket. That one never saw the light of day unless L was seriously depressed. His heart clenched. He tried to clear his throat but his voice was still scratchy from the cold when he tentatively said: "I'm sorry L. I know you don't really wanna see or hear me right now, but I don't think they're going to let us out of here too soon"

L stuck a spoonful of ice cream in his mouth and stared. Why was Light trying to act considerate? He was certain he was just going to ask for a divorce so what was the point in it? He narrowed his eyes at Light. "Stay on your side"

Light hung his head, dejected. He nodded wordlessly and curled himself in a corner of the room, trying to make himself as invisible to L as he could. It was clear L didn't want anything to do with him at the moment.

L glared, irritated at the hurt act. If they thought he and Light were going to walk out of the room, hand and hand and smiling, they had another thing coming. He flopped back onto the sofa and finished the rest of the ice cream off before deciding he would go to sleep. Hopefully he wouldn't have a nightmare again because considering his current situation it wouldn't be ideal. L watched Light warily until the exhaustion of not sleeping crept up and he closed his eyes.  Watari would have to let them out in a few hours anyway.

Light frowned at the way L had fallen asleep. He was going to break his neck in that position and the blanket had almost fallen off completely, leaving L shivering. Tentatively, Light got up, biting his lip to keep from groaning as his muscles screamed at him. He crossed the room, stepping as lightly as he could on the ground and gently shifted L until he was in a more comfortable position, covering him properly with the blanket. Light knelt down next to the sofa, caressing L's soft hair for a few more moments. He knew he had to move away, but for the first time since last night, the coldness spreading throughout his body receded a little and Light just couldn't bring himself to move away. 

He rested his head onto the sofa, rubbing at his temples. God, the room was spinning and his throat hurt like hell. He just wished L would talk to him. His anger had completely vanished last night during his run and now he just wanted to talk things through and hold L in his arms again.

Unfortunately for Light, he had reached up to touch L's hair again. L had begun muttering in his sleep and Light's intent had been to soothe. Instead, he found himself kicked in the gut and sent sprawling as L snapped into alertness and kicked his attacker from him, eyes wide with panic.

Light coughed and clutched at his belly, eyes watering from the pain. God damn, did L have a strong kick. L glared at his attacker until he actually realised who it was. 

"Oh, shit, I'm sorry" L reached out before withdrawing his hand, unsure what to do. "I thought you were Higuchi" L explained, "I didn't mean to kick you"

Light nodded, struggling to get up and trying to secretly wipe away his tears. "It's okay, L. I know you didn't mean to." Light said, still a bit out of breath.

"Oh my god, will you fucking cut it out with that!" L yelled, tears springing to his eyes, "What the fuck, Light? Why are you being so fucking cruel I will sign them okay just stop doing this" L hugged his arms around his knees, on the verge of what he supposed must have been a breakdown, "Fucking shout at me. Scream at me, hit me, whatever just stop the concerned act" L spat, his voice trembling, "You don't love me anymore, do you?"

Light blinked, genuinely shocked as L shouted at him. "Sign...them? Sign what L? I don't understand" L's eyes narrowed into slits.

"Why are you still playing dumb? I didn't marry an idiot, knock it off! The divorce papers, Light, I will sign them, just stop this bullshit because it isn't fair" L snapped, "You absolute bastard. I bet you'll go back to Japan and then change your identity and just end up dead, won't you? Rem’s so full of shit, I've had it with all of you. We aren't soulmates because if we were this wouldn't be happening and I really, really, really want a coffee right now" And then he burst into tears and tugged the hood of his panda blanket over him and curled into a ball so he wouldn't have to see his soon to be ex husband.

Light stared at L, gaping at a loss for words. Silently, he got up and approached L, kneeling down in front of him and taking his blanket covered form in his arms, ignoring his protests.

"You may be the greatest detective in the world, but you are also a giant idiot. Divorce papers? Why the fuck would you have to sign those? Who said anything about a divorce hm? And what was that bullshit about me not loving you anymore? Of course I love you, you prick. Yes, we had an argument, but that doesn't mean I stopped loving you just like that. I think it's physically impossible for me to do that anyway. Every couple argues, L, we just have to talk it out. Now, will you stop being a drama queen and running away from me?"

L absorbed the words and gave a (dramatic) sniff. "You still love me? But... but you don't. I had a nightmare. You went to Japan and divorced me and then you changed your identity and died and Sayu told me and then I turned to drugs and alcohol and then I died and-" L ran out of steam and slumped in Light's arms.

Light gently pulled off the panda hood from L's head, wiping at his tears and leaning in to press a lingering kiss on his forehead. "There is no still here, sweetheart. I never stopped loving you. And that nightmare was very shitty I admit, but it was by no means real" Light reassured him, petting at his hair.

"So if you love me so much why did you push me away when I tried to help? I know I'm not perfect, I'm fucked up because of what he did too, I can't sleep because of it, and I don't want to argue with you anymore because I love you and I'm not making sense because I'm tired and I don't want you to divorce me" L rambled on, "You're the best thing that's ever happened to me, Light, and not talking to you is killing me."

"I didn't push you away, L, I was just trying to tell you that you don't have to constantly worry about me. I know I have trauma from Higuchi, we both do, but I don't want to burden you with it anymore than I already did. I have a therapist for that now. Who you will also see because I refuse to go if it means putting your own mental health at risk." Light said softly. He ran a thumb over the eyebags underneath L's eyes. "Did you sleep at all last night, love?"

"Yes, I slept, and then I had that nightmare that felt so real " L admitted, "And you've got a bruise to your cheek and you have a fever. I've noticed” L muttered in a small voice, "I don't want to argue you with you ever again I hate this"

Light grimaced at the mention of the bruise. "Yeah, I went running yesterday to clear my head and got attacked by four guys trying to mug me. I also managed to get a cold, which is why I haven't kissed you yet." Light admitted, rubbing at his throat. It was beyond sore from his cold and all the talking but he had to make sure this depressing situation was resolved. 

"I'm sorry I didn't come to talk to you sooner but I honestly thought you wanted nothing to do with me for the time being." He averted his eyes, fixing them on the floor and blinking back tears. Goddammit, why was he so emotional today? "When you walked away yesterday, I...It hurt me more than I can properly express. You're not really the type to walk away from an argument so to see that was..." his voice cracked

"I walked away because I was upset and thought you wanted me to give you space" L defended himself, "I run away from plenty of things I don't want to face, Light, you just haven't seen it."

"Well I know that now , but I was upset as well and my mind was a mess. I'm sorry for putting you through this though. I don't want you ever thinking I'd divorce you ever again. The idea didn't even pass through my mind for a second"

"Light...I love you more than anything" L admitted, "And I am so sorry this has happened. If I could rip Higuchi apart with my bare hands I would."

"I love you too. And well Rem certainly took care of that. Maybe we could watch the footage again. The first time was therapeutic." Light chuckled, before turning his head away to cough. L frowned at the cough, "I'm sorry you're sick. It's my fault you are" he apologised, "but I don't care if you're coughing. Can you come up here and cuddle please?"

"It's not your fault L, I was the one who decided it was a good idea to run while it was raining." And get attacked in the process, he thought. "Are you sure? I don't want to get you sick as well"

"I don't care if I get sick" L protested, "I want a cuddle now...please..."

"Okay okay, a cuddle coming right up then" Light said, heaving himself up from the floor, fighting a grimace. Fucking cold making his muscles ache like this. He got on the sofa and extended his arms towards L. "Alright, come here"

L was in his arms in an instant, going full octopus with his arms and legs wrapped around him so tight Light had to wheeze for him to loosen his grip just slightly for fear of being squeezed to death.Light ran soothing strokes down L's back, frowning as he felt him actually tremble. 

"You really were scared I'd actually divorce you huh?" He rested his forehead against Ls, a hand massaging his scalp, hoping to get L to relax

"Yes" L said, kneading his fingers into Light's shoulders like a cat, "I thought you hated me" Light's heart broke and it was L's turn to be squeezed to death. "Never" Light whispered in L's ear, voice choked. "L, I could never hate you. I would do anything for you, I would give my life up in a second for you. I love you more than I can express in any language I know. How can you even believe that?"

"Because I'm a dramatic, stupid asshole apparently" L wheezed out, "But I'm so used to you talking to me and when you didn't want to talk to me it hurt"

"L, I didn't want to talk because I say hurtful things when I'm angry and I didn't want to do that with you. I wanted to gather my thoughts so I could talk to you about what I heard as calmly as possible" 

"Well how was I supposed to know that if you didn't explicitly tell me that I'm Autistic, Light, my brain doesn't work in a normal, rational way like yours does" L pointed out in exasperation, "As soon as you didn't talk to me I went straight into a doom spiral where the only logical conclusion to me was that you hated me, wanted a divorce and that you'd die in Japan and I'd never know. Which, admittedly, sounds ridiculous now but I was panicking"

"I'm sorry okay, but again I was angry and hurt and I just didn't want to talk right at that moment. I know I should have explained why, but I simply didn't think to do that because my brain was busy fixating on what I heard. And I did call for you to wait but I don't think you even heard me"

"I didn't hear you" L muttered, tucking his head into the space between Light's neck and collarbone, "I'm sorry" Light rubbed his cheek against L's hair. "I'm sorry as well. But I'm glad we're talking now at least. Also, I'm sorry if my  temperature bothers you, I kind of feel like several trucks have run me over right now"

"You feel lovely and warm now. Hang on- what do you mean talking at least?" L said at once, "Does that mean we aren't okay anymore?"

"What? No. I just meant I'm happy that we're talking out our feelings like reasonable adults and not hiding from each other over a huge misunderstanding. L, I'm literally cuddling with you right now. Why wouldn't we be okay?"

"I'm sorry. I don't know. It's different with you, Light, everyone else I can read easily and feel fairly certain. I know what they are thinking but when it's you unless it's in black and white I just start panicking and thinking you're going to leave me. I know it's stupid and it's clingy but I think it's just because I love you so much" L explained, "And you've always been the reasonable adult out of the two of us and you know it" he added, feeling tears sting his eyes again, "God I am so tired"

"We could...color code this if you think it'd be easier like this. I mean, we can assign a color to different levels of how upset one of us is and try to make rules for every one in terms of what level of talking we are comfortable with or if we want to be left alone for the moment or not. How does that sound?" Light asked, pressing kisses all over L's face, his cheeks his jaw, his eyelids his forehead, wherever his lips landed. God, it had only been a day but he'd missed L more than he'd ever thought possible. "Also, if you're tired, you should sleep a little, I promise I'll be here when you wake up. I'm not going anywhere"

"That sounds... that sounds really good" L said slowly, "So if you were an amber I would give you a bit of space or if I was a red you would run for the hills until I've calmed down..." L muttered,  "I'm scared of sleeping" L admitted quietly, "I'm scared of you having nightmares and I'm scared of me having nightmares"

Light hummed at L’s example, taking one of L's locks of hair between his fingers and twirling if, admiring the softness. "Yes that's right." He sighed as L brought up the nightmares. "Unfortunately, I can't do anything about the nightmares, but this is what we have Anna for. I've decided that you can come with me to the sessions, including the first one if you want. Perhaps it will help. Until then though, even if you have a nightmare, I'll be here to scare it away okay?"

"Alright" L murmured, eyes closing as Light petted his hair, "I love you" 

The door creaked open, Watari poking his head through, "Things Alright?" He asked cautiously, noting the way the boys were tangled up together and feeling a surge of hope.

"I love you too" Light whispered back to L before nodding to Watari and signaling for him to keep it down. He wanted L to have a peaceful sleep with no interruptions.

"Okay... I will leave you two it then" Watari whispered, "Well done, Light, I do believe you've just weathered the storm of the first real argument of your marriage"

Light stayed silent. He was still processing the fact that L had genuinely thought Light was going to divorce him. The mere thought hurt him on a spiritual level. Even if L hadn't needed therapy for what happened with Higuchi, he would have needed it now. Light had tried imagining L asking him for a divorce and it sent pure agony racing through his veins. 

His arms wrapped tighter around L. It was going to be some time before he would be ready to let him go.