January

"Are we going out tonight or do you have too much homework?" Raito asked as L met him outside of his Literature classroom.

"Misa said something about crashing our date," L replied.

"Staying in, then?" Raito joked.

"It's the only way we'll escape sound effects every time we kiss," L mused with a smirk.

"Very funny," Misa said from behind L. "And you're going to get sound effects everywhere you go."

"She has a point there," L told Raito.

"I'm not sure," Raito faked a dubious expression. "I think the only way to know for certain is to test that everywhere we go."

"I see," L smiled. "I suppose we have to, if you want to be thorough."

"I'm nothing if not thorough," Raito remarked before pulling L into his arms.

They usually didn't kiss on school campus, but they both had silently agreed to be a little more public about their relationship once school started up again. Raito knew that some of their classmates stared at them, and he didn't doubt that there were things being said behind their backs. He didn't care about this. Being able to hold L's hand whenever he wanted to was worth the negative attention. Not that he wasn't already used to his fair share of negative attention from his peers.

"I still want to crash your date," Misa informed the both of them after they broke away from the kiss. "I have news."

"Oh dear," Raito groaned.

"You're so mean," Misa complained.

"I want to hear your news, Misa-chan," L spoke up innocently.

"Thank you, L," Misa cross her arms and huffed at Raito.

"Fine, so do I," Raito dragged the words out as if they caused him pain.

"No, I'm only telling your boyfriend," Misa decided. "You are now left out of the gossip circle."

"Triangle," L softly corrected.

"L's just going to tell me anyway," Raito pointed out.

"It's true," L admitted. "If I don't he'll blackmail me."

"You guys are the weirdest couple ever," Misa giggled.

They decided that instead of eating at a nice restaurant, Misa could tell them her news at a coffee shop while Raito got his share of caffeine and L could eat cake. Misa didn't complain, but this might have had something to do with the fact that L had volunteered Raito's wallet to cover the bill.

"I'm dating Hideki Ryuga," Misa announced.

"Who's that?" L joked.

"Even you know who that is," Misa dismissed.

"How did you meet a movie star?" Raito asked.

"Modeling," Misa grinned. "One of my photoshoots were directly after his."

"And he saw your beautiful face and couldn't resist talking to you," Raito predicted with only a hint of sarcasm.

"Pretty much," Misa shrugged. "It sounds like the plot of a chick-flick, but that's what happened."

"Good for you," L spoke up.

"He actually already knew who I was," Misa added with a grin. "Apparently my pictures in Eighteen were a hit."

"Sayu's going to kill you," Raito informed her. "Or love you for the rest of her life."

"Yeah," Misa giggled. "You can tell her, but not anyone else. We're keeping things hush-hush since it's better for our careers if we're single."

"That's sad," L said.

"Not that much," Misa shrugged.

"At least they get privacy," Raito added. "Imagine what would happen if everyone as school found out."

"Speaking of school," Misa drew the words out. "I'm probably gonna take a break next year."

"Why?" Raito asked a little too harshly.

"I got offered a role in a movie," Misa explained with pride. "I don't want to miss the opportunity."

"Do you know how hard it'll be to get back into To-Oh," Raito argued.

"I can always go somewhere else," Misa shrugged.

"I think it's a bad idea," Raito made his opinion even more clear.

"She should do want she wants," L said to him. "Besides, she does make more money than you."

"Then why isn't she paying for lunch?" Raito asked his boyfriend.

"Because you're chivalrous," L informed him.

"I didn't offer to pay," Raito pointed out.

"Because I want you to be chivalrous, and you give me everything that I want," L beamed at him.

"I would argue…" Raito muttered.

"But it's true," L finished.

"Raito?" L drew out his name in a concerned tone.

"Yeah?" Raito looked up from the book he had been reading on his bed. L was sitting at their desk with his laptop in front of him.

"Do you check my internet history?" L asked.

"No," Raito laughed nervously. "That would be creepy."

"Then how on Earth did you find my brother's blog?" L started at him.

"Oh, that," Raito chuckled.

"Although I'm flattered that you've put yourself into the argument—and you do have a point about A's grammar—how did you find this?" L asked again.

"I don't check your history," Raito started with. "But I did go on your computer the other day, and the tab was already open."

"I see," L didn't sound like he believed him.

"I wouldn't check your history," Raito assured him. "Not even I am that brave."

"You have a point," L mused.

"Now I'm curious," Raito admitted.

"It's mostly random," L told him. "But I'd have to see yours if you looked at mine."

"Fair trade," Raito mused.

"And something we should probably put off," L added. "By the way, Beyond responded to your reply."

"I saw that," Raito had checked it that morning. "Are the death threats meant or is he just like that?"

"I can't tell when I can't hear him saying it," L's answer was no help. "I'll say something first."

"If you think that's best," Raito shrugged. "I'll follow your lead when it comes to your family."

"If Matt is going to be a part of this conversation, I'm not kicking Light out," L told Mello through his computer.

"Fine," Raito watched Mello shrug. "Just no PDA."

"Technically we're not in public," Raito felt the need to point out.

"And if we can't display our affection than the two of you can't either," L piped up.

"We're not going to," Matt voiced.

"No, you're leaning on him," L replied. "That counts."

"It does not," Mello argued.

Raito leaned his upper body into L to prove his point, resting his chin on L's shoulder. He knew full well that they looked far more suggestive than the other two.

"See," L said.

"That's different," Mello argued.

"How?" L asked in an innocent voice.

"Because he's making it look sexual," Matt answered for Mello.

"It's not my fault Raito is naturally sexy," L drawled.

"Whatever," Mello gave up.

"I'm taking that one as a win," L murmured.

Mello complained for three more instances before Raito decided to stop being "handsy" on camera. L laughed each time, and Raito knew that he would have kept going. However, Ratio knew he was better off if he didn't make Mello and Matt overly uncomfortable.

"B said Light sounded interesting," Mello informed L once their topic of conversation was finally away from public displays of affection. He looked to Raito before adding: "And you should be scared."

"I'll see how long I can delay that meeting," L told his brother, and Raito knew that he meant this.

"If I can survive Mello and Near's interrogation, I think I can hold my own against your crazy brother," Raito felt the need to speak for himself. "Especially considering I've already withstood virtual death threats, so I think I have an idea what real life ones will be like."

Despite mentally telling himself that he'd hold back on touching L, he let his arm drape around L's shoulders at this.

"Beyond is one thousand times worse than me and Near," Mello needed to make clear. "Our interrogation was mild on our standards, mild on Beyond's would mean that he will only hit you once."

"I'm good at dodging punches," Raito told the blonde.

"He doesn't make empty threats or threats without examples," Mello added.

"If that means looking at pictures of his last victims, then you should know that I was able to view crime scene photos from the age of ten," Raito bragged.

"The more confident you are, the more funny it's going to be for the rest of us," Mello shrugged.

"I'm not going to get scared off if that's what you mean," Raito informed the blonde. He could feel L's eyes on him as he spoke. "The crazier you people are, the more motivated I am."

"That's very romantic," Mello monotoned.

"Most of the motivation comes from my feelings for L," Raito added, not entirely sure why he was admitting all of this. "And the rest comes from wanting to prove to L that I'm tough enough to handle the insanity."

"The more insane, the more impressive," Mello understood.

"However vain it makes me sound, I do like to impress him," Raito turned his head to look at L now. He was right that L had been staring, but the emotion in his eyes made Raito glad that he was.

L gave Raito a wide, slightly creepy, smile before tearing his eyes back to the computer screen.

"We are going to go have sex now," L informed Mello and Matt.

Raito gaped at him.

"I don't need to know that!" Mello shouted, too busy being disgusted to notice Raito's reaction.

"Goodbye," Raito fought for his composure as he ended the call. He looked back to L, who was still smiling widely. "What?"

L dove at him. One second they were sitting face to face, the next L was on top of him. Raito heard L's computer clatter to the floor, but was too busy kissing L back to care about the device. L's hands coiled in his hair, and Raito could feel his heartbeat increasing. In the back of his mind, he knew that he needed to stop for a second. He needed to talk to L before words were the last thing he wanted.

"Wait," he choked out, holding L's face in his hands for a moment.

"Yes?" L looked down at him, confusion on his face.

"You're sure?" Raito stammered.

"Yes, Light-kun," L was grinning again. "You've convinced me."

"Okay," Raito felt himself smiling as well. "As long as you're not going to regret—"

He was cut off with L's lips meeting his again. L's hands stayed his his hair, and he focused on his mouth. Raito knew that if he didn't move now, L's position on top of him was not going to change. Swiftly, he moved his hands to L's waist and rolled the two of them over. L stopped kissing him for a breath.

"I see," he murmured into Raito's air.

"Yeah," Raito smirked.

"I love you," L whispered.

Raito froze. L rolled them over again with a wicked smile.

"I just wanted to let you know," L added. "When you told me it wasn't the most romantic moment, but I remembered."

"I meant it," Raito laughed slightly.

"I know," L said into Raito's ear. "I mean it too."

"Good," Raito rolled L over again. "This is going to keep going, isn't it?"

"It's more fun this way," L admitted. "But one of us is going to have to give up eventually."

"I don't give up," Raito reminded L. "Not in this reality."

"Right," L nodded slightly, he looked like he was contemplating Raito's words. "But neither do I."

This time they fell off the bed.

Well, that's the end of that...for now...

In response to Guest's review, I am considering writing another story in this universe about B and A. This is partially because I feel like three is a good number to close this on, because there are more details about B, L, and Naomi that I couldn't find a way to fit in, and because I would like to do an A and B fic. Again, no promises. It took me three months to stop procrastinating this one (but only two and a half weeks to write it!), so, if I do write the A and B fic, it might take a while for me to start posting. However, if you're interested please let me know and keep your ears peeled! Thanks.

Callicanios, thank you for all of your reviews! I'm always excited to see what you have to say about each chapter.

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