"Ryuzaki, can we go to bed now?" Light asked, yawning a bit. "It's almost three in the morning and I'm tired."

"I suppose so, Light-kun," L said softly, getting up and shutting down his computer. Light did the same and followed the detective as he began to go to the stairs.

The two went up to their now shared room. Light hadn't seen it before now.

The first thing Light noticed was that there was only one bed. He didn't really like it, but if it helped prove he wasn't Kira, he was up for anything.

L walked across the room and got a chair as Light climbed into bed. Light tilted his head, perplexed, as L moved the chair beside the bed.

"What are you doing?"

L climbed into the chair and pulled a folding tray with a laptop on it closer to him. He looked at Light as he bit his thumb and waited for the laptop to start. "I'm working, Light-kun."

"I thought we were going to bed? I mean, didn't we come up here to sleep?"

"No, we came up here because Light-kun was tired and wanted to sleep," L said, pulling up files on the laptop and unwrapping a lollipop. "As Light-kun may have noticed by the dark bags beneath my eyes, I have insomnia and have trouble sleeping. I just thought I'd work while Light-kun slept."

"But... well..."

"Is that a problem?"

"Well, no, I guess not..." Light murmured, looking off.

"Good, now get some rest," L told him, before beginning to type away on the keyboard with the candy in his mouth. Light sighed softly before getting up. L looked up at the teenager. "What's wrong?"

"I need to change clothes," Light uttered, a light, barely noticeable tint of pink caressing his cheeks.

"Oh, right, of course," L muttered. He pushed the tray away and stood up. "Turn away. I cannot let Light-kun know where I keep the key."

Light did as he was told, and suddenly, his wrist was free.

"Be quick," L told him, sucking on his lollipop.

Light nodded and walked across the room and grabbed some pajamas. Keeping his back to L, the teenager began to strip down to his underwear. He kind of wondered if L was watching him, but he didn't know how he'd feel about that if he was.

L stared off, uninterested, as Light pulled on his clothes.

The aforementioned teenager came back to the insomniac, holding his wrist out for it to be cuffed.

L locked the cuff around the boy's wrist before climbing back in his chair.

"Thank you," Light said as he climbed back into bed.

L didn't say anything. All he did was turn off the light and continue typing and sucking on his lollipop as Light fell asleep.

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Light woke up to the sunlight streaming through the window, shining across the room. He yawned and stretched, the clinking of the chain links reminding him of the man he was handcuffed to. Light's eyes followed the chain to the other end.

His eyes fell upon the insomniac sitting in the chair, sleeping peacefully. His onyx eyes were closed lightly, and his light breaths propelled the black hair that had fallen in front of his face. He sat in his usual position still, and Light wondered how one could do that all night long.

Light thought L looked absolutely beautiful when he was asleep. The teenager didn't want to wake him, even though it was seven AM and they only had an hour to get showered and dressed and fed before the task force members came back for work.

Something dawned on Light just then. Shower. 'Do we have to shower together...?' Light wondered, biting his lip. 'I don't know what he wants us to do... If we DO have to shower... together... then I'd get to see him... naked?' Light blushed at the thought before he went to correcting his thoughts: 'NO, then I'd HAVE to, not get to. Stupid brain. Sometimes, I don't feel smart... Wait, I just totally went off the subject... I mean, I guess it wouldn't be bad to see someone as pretty as L naked... But Misa would get upset if she found out I showered with L then... I mean, as it is, she already kind of thinks he's gay... for me... I think...'

Light drifted away from his thoughts after awhile with a blush and realized what time it was. 07:23. Unfortunately, it was time to wake L. Light sat up and stretched again, before reaching out and touching L's shoulder, lightly shaking him.

"Ryuzaki," the teenager uttered softly, causing the insomniac's eyes to snap open as he instinctively jumped up and kicked at Light, not realizing yet that he wasn't in danger. His foot came into contact with Light's chest, kicking the teenager off the other side of the bed, causing L to be pulled along by the chain, which resulted in him landing on the bed.

Light threw his head back, breathing heavily. "Ryuzakiiiiiii..." He groaned out, sitting up a bit and huffing. 'I knew I didn't want to wake him for a reason...'

"Agh, Light-kun..." L murmured, crawling to the edge of the bed to look down at his suspect. "Gomen'nasai, I thought Light-kun was trying to attack me. I do apologize."

"Trying to attack you?" Light asked exasperatedly, slightly out of breath still. "I was trying to wake you up! You just knocked the wind out of me!"

"I said I was sorry, Light-kun," L said monotonously, sighing a bit. "And yes, I thought you were trying to attack me. You ARE my number one suspect of being Kira. Did you forget why we're handcuffed together already?"

Light rolled his eyes and got up off the floor. "No, I didn't, but I'm not Kira and I wouldn't attack you! That's ridiculous!"

L just shook his head and got off the bed. "Come on, we have to get to work soon," he said, heading to the bathroom.

"W- Where are we going?" Light stuttered, blushing furiously.

"To the bathroom to shower, Light-kun," L replied, looking at the teenager. "I thought that was obvious."

"Well, I know, but I... well..."

"Is Light-kun okay?" L asked, examining Light's flushed face. He placed the back of his hand on Light's forehead, checking for a fever.

Light pulled away, slightly irritated. "Yeah, I'm fine," he muttered, walking past L. "Let's just shower..."

L nodded slowly and followed the teenager into the bathroom. Once inside, he made Light turn away. Once the teenager did, L reached into his back pocket and pulled out a key. He unlocked Light's handcuff and sat in his usual position on the toilet seat. Light looked confused.

"To make things a bit more comfortable for you, I've decided to let you shower alone," L clarified, staring at Light. "I have to stay in here though. But please, hurry and shower so I can get one as well."

Light stared back at the detective for a few seconds, registering his words. Light nodded slightly. "Okay..."

Light began to unbutton his pajama shirt, a blush once again coating his cheeks as he realized L was still staring at him. He turned away slightly.

L took notice of this. "Don't be shy, Light-kun," he told the younger boy.

"I'm not shy..." Light argued weakly, but even though it wasn't a lie, L still didn't believe him anyway.

"It's okay that you're shy," L said softly, biting his thumb as he gazed at the teenager. "I'll look away if Light-kun wishes."

Light shook his head and slipped off his now unbuttoned shirt, discarding it on the floor. He wasn't shy, just slightly nervous and his thoughts were everywhere. He slipped his pants off and threw those on the floor along with his boxers. He quickly hopped in the shower and turned it on.

L sat there, biting his thumb as he looked at his reflection in the mirror across from him. He usually didn't bother with his appearance too much; he knew he wasn't attractive and he knew he couldn't change that. It was that simple.

He let out a small sigh and directed his gaze to his feet instead. Soon enough, Light was stepping out of the shower. He quickly dressed himself and held his wrist out to be cuffed. L cuffed his wrist and made him turn away once more, getting the key and unlocking his own cuff. He secured the other cuff around a bar so Light was unable to get away.

L stepped away from the teenager, looking over him a few times with his eyes, his thumb between his lips, for no particular reason.

"Ryuzaki, you need to hurry and shower," Light sighed, watching the detective. He was a bit anxious to see L naked though. "It's almost eight."

L nodded and fiddled with the bottom of his shirt, a light pink coating his cheeks. Light's eyebrows raised.

"Hey Light-kun," L uttered, looking at the floor. Light hummed in response. "Could you look away...?"

Light's eyebrows raised again, higher this time. "Why?" He asked calmly, genuinely curious. "Are you shy or something?" The pink color in L's face deepened slightly.

"Well, yes," L replied honestly. He bit his thumb and avoided Light's gaze. "I understand if you think of me differently for being this way, but I very much need to shower, so if you could just avert your gaze elsewhere..."

"I don't think of you differently," Light assured him. "And you don't have to be shy..."

"I cannot help it. I am... self-conscious and a bit insecure. So just, please, Light-kun..."

Light frowned a bit before nodding and looking away. L sighed as he turned away from the teenager and undressed himself before stepping into the shower.

L only took about five minutes in there before he was out and getting dressed. He made Light look away as he dressed and unlocked the handcuffs before reattaching the cuff to his wrist. He dragged Light out of the bathroom and out of their room, going downstairs. It was 07:56 when they finally made it to their seats in front of their computers. Most of the men were just showing up, but Soichiro was already there and so was Matsuda.

L called for Watari to bring breakfast and then they all started their day.

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man I write so much of this 0.0 well, more chapters for you guyssss cx