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Fever Dreams	By : sashocirrione Category: Death Note > Yaoi-Male/Male > L/Light Views: 2733 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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CHAPTER 25
It was early the next morning when Ryuk finally arrived. He laughed when he saw Light and said, "I looked in the portal and saw you in a cage. What is L doing now?"
Light pressed the buzzer to summon Watari and said, "Ryuk, there are cameras in this room-"
"And you're talking to me? You've given up? How disappointing."
"No, nothing like that. I think I can convince you to eat an apple in front of L. Will you do that for me?"
Ryuk said, "Then you have given up? Or not? This is confusing. Wait, I should go find Rem and she'll tell me what the deal is."
A few moments after Ryuk went through a wall, it was not Watari but L who opened the door. L said, "You were talking to Ryuk."
"Yes, he left suddenly but I think he'll be right back."
A thumb rose to L's lip, and he prodded and probed carefully, as if intent on thoroughly investigating the softness of his lower lip. Then his eyes shifted to the basket of apples that had been left sitting on a table.
L said, "This is very interesting, Light. I'm pleased you're going to show me this."
L moved the basket of apples onto the floor and crouched protectively over it, almost completely hiding the apples from view with his torso and arms. He looked absurdly pleased.
Light scooted to the edge of the bed and said, "What are you doing? A shinigami can move through solid objects, I'm sure you've deduced that by now. You also know that a shinigami is strong enough to break our chain. Getting you away from the apples would be easy."
"Oh, I know that, Light."
"And you're willing to provoke a shinigami? Idiot! I've done a lot to protect you. Don't waste all that protection by acting stupid."
L scooted backwards on the floor, then plucked one apple and held it up as he crouched. He said, "Ask Ryuk if he will take it from my hand."
"We'll see. I don't have much control over what he does."
A few minutes later, Ryuk emerged through a wall and said, "A complicated story, but it sounds interesting. Yes, I think I'll eat an apple for L. I'd like to see the look on his face."
Rem poked her head through the wall and said, "You're not allowed to communicate anything to L. No writing, no codes to answer questions with a 'yes' or 'no' or anything else. You won't ruin this for me, Ryuk."
"Okay, okay, I've got it. Can I haunt him for a little while just to mess with him?"
At the same time, both Light and Rem said, "No."
L's head snapped up and he stared blankly in the direction Light was gazing. He held the apple up further and in a very soft, quiet voice said, "Ryuk, would you take this apple from me? I would appreciate it."
L's eyes were darting back and forth. Ryuk approached and said, "He looks kind of scared. It's cute."
One of Ryuk's long, spindly arms swung forward to take the apple from L. The moment Ryuk touched the apple, L made an odd complicated movement, quickly moving his hand forward and swirling it around Ryuk's hand all in a moment and then withdrawing it. L's eyes were very wide, wider than ever, his gaze fixed on the apple that Ryuk was lifting to his mouth. L clutched the hand that had touched Ryuk in a fist.
Ryuk took a bite of the apple, and then said, "Hey! That pickpocket stole one of my rings! Right off my finger!"
Light said, "Ryuk knows what you did. Give him back his ring."
L opened his fist and stared blankly at his palm, tapping at the ring lying there with the fingers of his other hand. He said, "I can feel it but I cannot see it. Does Kira's power come from something like this?"
Light said, "You said you wouldn't ask. You said you wouldn't push for more information."
L ignored him and slipped the ring onto his own finger. He kept stroking at it with his other hand, tilting his head to the side and peering uselessly.
Ryuk finished the apple in two more bites and then stepped forward, picking up L by the back of his shirt. L shrieked as he dangled in the air and kicked out into empty space. Then he suddenly swung himself upward in a monkey-like movement and was clinging to the end of Ryuk's arm.
Shit!
Light pressed himself against the bars and shouted, "Get out, Ryuk!" as Rem darted forward and grabbed L.
Rem hissed, "Don't let him touch your death note while you're solid!"
As L struggled, Rem easily pulled him away from Ryuk, pinned him to the floor with one knee, removed the ring, and tossed it to Ryuk.
Ryuk caught the ring, and Rem said, "That's the last time you'll go anywhere near L while you're solid."
L had his fingers laced into Rem's knee bones when Rem became incorporeal, and then he was suddenly swinging his arms through her without any resistance.
Light glared at L, crossed his arms and said, "It's over now. You're really lucky you didn't lose a finger, or get all your ribs broken, or-"
L sat up on the floor and said, "It would have been worth it."
"No, it wouldn't! You can't just decide to take risks like that without consulting me."
If he'd been faster, he might have touched Ryuk's death note. It's a good thing Ryuk has such extremely long arms. L can be such a pain.
L stood up and said, "Is Ryuk okay? Did I harm him by touching him, or is he just shy?"
"He's very upset. Stand far back from the apples and let him eat, okay? Get as far away as you can."
"As you wish."
L shuffled off to the side, his hands deep in his pockets, and then he hopped into an upholstered chair. Any sudden move he might make, even a tremendous leap, would not allow him to reach the apples before Ryuk could get away or go incorporeal.
Light gritted his teeth and said, "Because you couldn't behave yourself, this is the last time. Ryuk says he'll never eat for you again. Watch closely, and treasure your video footage."
Ryuk laughed and said, "He is still interesting, isn't he? It's a pity I can't haunt him a bit. L gets such odd expressions on his face."
Then Ryuk ate seven apples in quick succession, each one in only three or four bites. L watched with his eyes nearly bulging out of his head.
At the end, L whispered, "They just disappear. They're eaten up, and... one after another. The teeth are sharp, they leave jagged marks... like shark-"
Light said, "Hey! What were you going to show me? You said you'd show me a clue if I let you see this."
L said, "Watari, bring it here."
Watari's voice came from some hidden speaker, saying, "Are you sure that is wise, Ryuzaki?"
"Yes," L said, "Risks must be taken."
Light asked, "What is it?"
"You will see. It should take less than ten minutes for Watari to fetch it and return. I did not want either of your shinigami to see it before."
Light stretched back onto the bed and said, "It's probably a bluff, anyway. You're still trying to provoke them, trying to get them upset. Do you really think they haven't caught on to that strategy?"
A small smile barely came onto L's face, and he said, "They really don't tell you what goes on at headquarters, do they?"
Light sighed and said, "Of course they don't. They don't tell me much at all. They mostly scold me about what I can't do."
L said nothing in return, but merely plucked pieces of candy out of his pocket and began to line them up into patterns on the end table beside his chair.
By the third time L had carefully rearranged the pattern, Watari entered carrying an object draped in a cloth.
Watari removed the cloth, revealing a tiny tree in a terrarium, with very few leaves, looking gnarled and ancient.
Light asked, "One of your hobbies is bonsai?"
Rem said, "Oh, I know what he did now. How is this a clue?"
Ryuk replied, "I don't know, but if L can use our trees to solve the case, I'll be pretty impressed."
L planted the seeds from that shinigami apple. That ancient-looking tree is a young seedling. There is probably more than one of these trees. Paper comes from trees. Are death notes made from shinigami trees? Could L make a death note with these?
Light said, "Rem, is that dangerous?"
Rem replied, "It's just a tree. What could L possibly do with it?"
"You know what I mean. Does this tree, and any others like it in the human world, need to be destroyed? Do you need to get other shinigami to hunt down all of them and destroy them?"
L said, "So, you recognize it, Light? These trees do not like our world. Only two survived. N has the other one. They dislike sunlight. Plus, anything more than a few drops of water kills them."
Watari placed the terrarium on a table and replaced the cloth shielding it.
Rem said, "Light Yagami, I still don't understand."
Why do I always have to spell things out for this stupid shinigami? Well, I'm not giving L any clues. He already suspects that Kira's power might come from a notebook, I'm sure he's already thought about trying to create paper from shinigami trees.
Light said, "Rem, does this tree have anything to do with Kira's power?"
Ryuk said, "Oh, I get it now. Trees. Paper. No, we don't have a paper industry in the shinigami world."
Rem said, "The shinigami king hands out death notes. Nobody knows how he creates them."
Light said, "Are you sure it's fine?"
At the same moment, both Ryuk and Rem said, "Yes."
Then, unless they're both real idiots, I'm safe. L's last clue is useless.
L was looking very smug. Light wanted to somehow get out of the cage and slap that expression right off his face.
I know what he's doing.
Light said, "L, you haven't needed my father or the others for a long time, and if N's investigation of them results in anything, he will tell you about it."
L brought a thumb to his mouth and said, "You are correct. When I stopped needing the task force, I had a good plan to get rid of them. I pushed Aizawa into quitting, but your father had to be incredibly good-natured about the way I treated them and stopped the others from leaving as well. It would be... difficult for me to shut down my own personal investigation of Kira, as it is obvious I came very close to discovering the truth. The goal is so near, it would be intolerable to turn back now."
Is this his way of saying he'll always be investigating me?
L walked forward, grasped the bars and said, "I'll get a taxi and send you back home now. If you return to this hotel I'll already be somewhere else. Can you be good while I'm gone, while you wait?"
He's still afraid I'll pull some new stunt, and he's warning me about it.
Light said, "Of course I'll be good. Now, come here."
L had a sad little half-smile on his face, but he waved Watari away, and as Watari left the room L unlocked the cage door. Light reached out, and L let Light pull him into the cage and onto the bed.
Light held L close enough to feel his heart beating and whispered, "This could be the last time for a few weeks, couldn't it? Let's say a proper goodbye then, just in case."
He's still uncomfortable with this, even though he's made his decision. But he won't be away for long. I know that now.
L didn't resist as Light undressed him. He was docile and helpless, a direct contrast to the earlier aggressive sex. Light kissed him everywhere, teasing L until his knees were shaking and his breaths were all sharp little pants, and then Light was preparing him with a small tube of lubricant and soon was thrusting deeply inside him.
Light watched L closely as their pleasure rose together. Light was in love with the looks L got on his face, the sheer neediness, the shameless, wanton pleasure, of seeing L's lips produce soft little moans and almost cat-like mewling noises, of seeing L's hands mindlessly grabbing at the sheets for stability, long fingers digging in.
And then, when L reached his climax, Light was in love with that perfectly honest, unguarded expression of bliss, so sweet and pure, and the delicate arch L's back went into, so perfect that Light had to run a hand under it and trace the upward curve of the spine as L shuddered and splashed his belly with spurts of white liquid.
Light had thought L would try to leave after that, but instead he clung tightly, monkey-like, unwilling to let go.
They were a warm tangle of arms and legs and torsos, breathing in each other's faces, rolling over and over, kissing and petting. Light was surprised when L pinned him down, suddenly looking aggressive, and actually used his fingers for once, preparing Light for penetration with far too much lubricant, leaving a big sloppy mess.
Light didn't care. When he felt ready, he spread his legs widely and pulled L toward him, hands on L's slender hips to guide him in properly.
At the moment of penetration, L looked eager and surprised and a little overwhelmed all at once, but he quickly recovered, moving into a fast, steady pace. Light tried to absorb as much of the experience as he could, memorizing every detail, the smell of L's skin, the softness of his milky-pale belly, the sound of his gasps. Light lured L into extra kisses and rocked upward into his thrusts as the tension built and built, moving toward that inevitable explosion.
Afterwards, L lay there looking stunned but satisfied, almost sleepy. He stayed in the bed, pulling the blankets up around himself and yawning as Light dressed.
As Light laced up his last shoe, he said, "Why are you so sleepy? It isn't even noon and you don't sleep much anyway."
L muttered, "You have such a sexual appetite. You drain my energy. I'm not nineteen like you, you know."
Light stepped outside the cage and quickly locked it, smiling as L sat up startled. Light stepped back, holding the key up.
Light said, "Tell me the real reason, and I'll let you out."
"I haven't slept for days."
"You missed me."
"I was merely trying to solve the problem. I chose the most logical solution."
He resolved it, so now he has no reason to fight off sleep any longer. Does this mean he didn't actually decide yesterday, but waited until now to be sure of his decision?
Light unlocked the cage door.
L flopped back down into the bed, yawned, and said, "Watari would have let me out anyway."
Light crawled back into bed just long enough to kiss L one last time. The warmth of L's lips left a little tingle behind, a lingering feeling of contact that stayed with Light through his entire journey home.
It was two weeks before he saw L again.
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