A/N: Hello, lovelies of the internet. How are we today? Because I…If we're being honest, I feel like garbage. It's all sinus bullshit and allergy bullshit. It sucks. But I'll manage. More importantly, a chapter we've all been waiting for. It's going to be a very L centric chapter this week. And I already love it. Now, I'm going to shut up and you can get on with…Well, with this. K? Love you x

Monday afternoon, Light had gone to work like any other day. However, he still had his weekend with L on the brain. Particularly the incident on the Odaiba ferris wheel. I still can't believe he…Did that. Right there. Right on the ferris wheel for the world to see. I don't even know if anyone saw, but someone had to. I mean…We were right there! It'd be hard to miss someone getting…that…Light knew he was a prude. And he didn't have a problem with it. However, he didn't know if he'd be able to get used to exhibitionism like that. And now, I have to go into his hotel with the entire task force there. I'm sure they'll ask how this weekend went. How the hell am I supposed to keep that to myself?

When Light got to the hotel, Watari stood at the door with a car running up front. What the hell…? What's this all about? There's no way L's already taking us to Seoul, "Hi, Watari."

"Hello, Light," Watari gave him a courteous smile, "I'm sure you're wondering what I'm doing here."

"Yeah," Light nodded, "What's going on? Is everything ok?"

"L sent me to get you," Watari settled him, "Everything's fine. We will no longer be using this hotel as our regular meeting place. Our new headquarters has been finished since Saturday."

"Ok," Light relaxed, "That's fine. Is L in the car then?"

"I'm not sure where L is right now, to be honest with you," Watari admitted, "Last I heard anything, he said he was going to meet up with a contact in Aoyama."

L did say he might be a bit late to work today. But he also said he'd be there. Still…Who would he know in Aoyama? Light shook it off, "Alright. I'm looking forward to seeing the new headquarters. How is it?"

"It's something special," Watari got the car door for Light and slid in next to him, "Are you ready?"

"Let's go."

Meanwhile, across town, Sayu was just getting out of class, ready to call it a day. I thought that would never end. It's only for another couple months and then, we can pretend like school never happened. Hopefully. But I doubt To-Oh's going to take me. Not that I'm really aiming for it. I don't need another school where everyone expects me to be my brother. As Sayu started walking home, a large man called out to her.

"Excuse me, Miss Yagami…"

"Um…" Sayu wasn't sure what to think of him. Although, she did have a flashlight in her backpack easily accessible in case she needed to disorient him, "Can I help you?"

"I'm here to retrieve you."

"If you say so…" Sayu kept walking. What a creep.

"Mr. Ryuzaki sent me," the man got her to stop, "He said I should offer you candy in order for you to come quietly."

"Mr. Ryu…" Sayu thought for a moment or two, her situation suddenly dawning on her. Oh! That's right! I forgot I had a date with my brother's boyfriend this afternoon. Sayu followed the man back to the limo, "I'm sorry. I forgot."

"That's understandable, ma'am," he bowed to her, getting the door for her, "Shall we?"

"Ok!" Sayu climbed into the back of L's limo, reveling in the moment. Wow. L knows how to ride in style. That's for sure. And this is what Light's getting every day? I wonder if L has a younger brother that's into girls. She watched out the window as the world went by. Aoyama? What would we be doing in Aoyama?

The driver pulled up to the front of a café and let Sayu out of the car, "This is where we part ways. I'll be back in an hour to take you home."

"Ok," Sayu nodded, walking inside. Huh…It's a cute place, but I still don't understand. What am I doing here?

"Hello, Sayu," a familiar voice greeted her, putting her more at ease.

"Hi, L," Sayu smiled sweetly. She sat down in the empty seat across from L, "It's the weirdest thing. For a second, I thought you were having me kidnapped."

"I don't have people kidnapped," L assured her, "Not under normal circumstances anyway. No. This is more or less for me to ask you a few questions I have about your brother."

"Ok," she agreed, "Fire away. I'm pretty much an open book."

"About his last ex," L cut right to the chase, "I'd like a name."

"Oh," Sayu had a feeling where this one was going. However, she remembered things about Light's last ex that she'd rather forget, "Light doesn't count him."

"I'm not talking about Mikami," L clarified, "I know about Mikami."

"He told you about Mikami?" Wow, Light. I thought you wanted Mikami to suffocate in your suppressed memories. Neat.

"Yes."

"Even…" Sayu's stomach turned, "Even the window thing?"

"The window thing?" L wondered, "No. He didn't tell me that. What happened? He didn't do something cheesy like holding a boombox over his head, did he?"

"I wish," Sayu shuddered, "Mikami found out where we lived. He picked the lock on Light's bedroom window. Or so he thought. Ugh…"

L knew he wasn't good at picking up context clues from other people. It was one of those things he came to terms with long ago. But one would have to be completely blind to not see what Sayu wasn't saying, "He was at yours instead, wasn't he, Sayu?"

"Mom and Dad were out of town for the weekend," Sayu remembered, trying her best to not violently throw up, "It was just Light and me at home. We had just gone to bed. I heard some noises on the roof, but I didn't think anything of it. I thought it was a branch that fell loose on the house, so I went to sleep. Then…"

Sayu got quiet. And the silence got to L, "It's alright if you don't want to continue. He didn't hurt you, did he?"

"No," Sayu shook her head, "But he did lay in bed with me for a few minutes before he realized I wasn't Light. I was too little to be Light."

Yikes, "Did you press charges?"

"No," she went on, "But Light punched him. He bled…profusely. And that was the end of that…relationship, if that's what you want to call it. Light doesn't even call him an ex."

"He's the awkward one night stand he slept with to get off his back," L knew all about Mikami. I've only dealt with him a couple times. He didn't seem like the type to get so obsessive. Not like that anyway. The thought of Light in a relationship with Mikami made L's blood boil. But in his next breath, he calmed himself down. Not in front of her. She doesn't need to deal with that, "I'm sorry to hear that. It must have been hard on both of you."

"Yeah," Sayu nodded, "But we managed. I'm not sure if Light has a restraining order on him or not."

He will. Don't you worry, Sayu. I'll make sure of that, "But Mikami wasn't the ex I was talking about."

"I kind of figured," Sayu twiddled her fingers.

"The one before Mikami," L requested, "I need to know her name. Light may be under his NDA, but you're not. Right?"

"I don't think so," Sayu assumed, "I never signed anything. By the way, beautiful loophole."

"Thank you," L gave her a nod, "It's part of the job. No better way to know the legal system than to find all the ways you can cheat it to actually work for you. Now, what was her name, Sayu?"

"I can't tell you that," Sayu bit her lip, "Sorry."

"I thought you weren't under an NDA like Light was." Come on, Sayu. You were my only hope here. It's not like I can ask your father. He'd want to know why I was so curious about his son's dating history. The idea is to be under the radar.

"I'm not," she confirmed, "But if I were to tell you, Light would know it was me who told you. He'd kill me. Not to mention, he'd know you were pumping me for information."

"It could be our little secret," L suggested, "Please, Sayu."

"I'm not telling," Sayu kept a tight lip.

Stubborn one, aren't you? I know someone else like that, too. And you two just happen to share a last name, "I do know she was incredibly famous."

"She is incredibly famous," she sighed out, "And that's what the NDA was for. This isn't exactly something people could keep to themselves."

"Fine," L let it go. I will find out. Whether or not I find out from you is still up in the air, but I am going to find out sooner or later, "Then, could I ask you some questions about their relationship? Keeping her name out of it, of course."

"I don't see why not," Sayu allowed, "I don't know much for the nitty-gritty details. Those are things you'd have to ask Light about. Go ahead."

"When she and Light were together," L began, turning this into its own investigation, "Did you bond with her at all?"

"Not really," Sayu thought back, "I was usually too starstruck to hang around her."

Idol culture really is something, "So, she really was as famous as people keep telling me."

"Big time," she nodded, "But…When she was with Light…Light wasn't her boyfriend. Light was her accessory. And she hardly even brought him out. She practically used him. And it makes me sick."

"So I've heard," L cringed, "He doesn't deserve that."

"No," Sayu agreed, "He doesn't. He really doesn't."

"So, if he deserves better," L thought, "And…Well…Anything's an improvement over the last two which makes my chances even better, how do I work Light?"

"You're asking me for an instruction manual on my brother?" Sayu looked at him strange.

"Not a full instruction manual," L admitted, "Just enough to keep some of the mystery in the relationship. There are things I'd be ok with finding out on my own. Maybe more of a pamphlet than a manual."

"Once you know how to do it," Sayu explained, "It's really not that difficult. Light is a simple creature."

I beg to differ, "Is he?"

"Yeah," Sayu giggled to herself, "Really. He is. If you're really looking for advice on how to win Light over…"

"I am." Or I probably never would've asked you here.

"Play a little rough with him," Sayu began, "A little can go a very long way with him. I'm not saying to full on beat him. He's had plenty of that. But poking and prodding on occasion? Helpful."

"What else?" L started taking mental notes wherever he could. Whip, flogger, riding crop, no. Lightly with the belt, yes, "Hold on. Do you know if Light has a praise kink or not?"

"A full on praise kink?" Sayu thought it over, "I don't know. I do know that compliments will definitely fall on deaf ears. He's been getting those for as long as we can both remember, so chances are, he's going to think they're empty compliments and move on. Or he'll go on an ego trip and nobody wants that. When Light's ego goes unchecked, that's when the world falls into chaos."

So, keep an eye on Light's ego, "What else?"

"I bet with a little bit of praise," Sayu figured, "He'll be yours. Light is definitely the kind of person where a little of anything can go a long way. A little love and he's the most wonderful person to be around. A little power and he'll turn into a megalomaniac. A little time in hell and he'll come out the other side ruling the place. Am I making any sense?"

"So, give him an inch and he'll take a mile?"

"That's it in a nutshell."

"You know, Sayu," L admitted, "There's a good chance that I might like you."

"You're not all that bad either," Sayu smiled, melting inside. Oh, Light. If you don't snap this one up, I might have to. Granted, he's probably too old for me, but I might be able to make an exception. He may not be conventionally sweet, but he's willing to go through these lengths just so he doesn't screw things up with you. You really need to give him a shot.

"Just out of curiosity," L wondered, "Are you going to be at the NPA ball, too?"

"Probably," Sayu dangled her feet under her chair, "Why?"

"Just curious." Because if things go sideways with Light or if Light's not in the immediate vicinity when I need him, it'll be good to have someone as a backup. I can't think of anyone better. L got up from his chair, "I really do need to be going. I have work to do and I'm sure Light can only handle the task force for so long on his own."

"We should do this again," Sayu insisted, "It's fun to occasionally gush about my brother and share some of his dirty little secrets."

"I'd like that." Oh, yes. You and I are going to be close friends, Sayu. I can feel it.

"Here," Sayu took L's phone from his hand and tapped her fingers all over the screen only to hand it back in the next breath, "If you have a Light question, you have my number and we can do this all over again."

"Thank you, Sayu," L shoved his phone back in his pocket, "You've been most helpful. Would you like a ride home?"

"I'll be alright," Sayu assured him, "I got my train pass. Go. Go make sure he's doing ok."

I don't ever doubt that. L left Sayu at the café and got in his limo. The driver turned around and checked the backseat, "Excuse me, Mr. Ryuzaki…"

"Yes?"

"Is Miss Yagami not coming? You told me she…"

"I know what I told you," L cut him off. I don't ever have to worry about either one of them. It's strange. I've never had a sister before, but I think I might like this one, "But she's elected to take the train home. She'll be fine."

"Am I taking you to headquarters then?"

"Yes."

The quiet ride to the new task force headquarters building put L at ease. Along with his conversation with Sayu. She's definitely something else. I can tell why she's so close with Light. She's gentle, but not too gentle. Maybe I should take the same approach with him. No…She said to play rough with him. If I do that, he's mine. I'm still curious about who the one before Mikami was. I wonder if I could hack into his office records and find out his client list. He has to have a record of that somewhere.

L walked in through the front door of the brand new headquarters building, feeling strangely at ease. Home sweet home away from home. He pressed the intercom button near the front door, "Watari…?"

"Yes?" Watari's voice barked back from the box.

"Could you bypass the security protocols?" L requested, "It's been a long day and I'm exhausted. I don't have it in me to deal with them today. You know it's me. I'm completely alone. I don't have any wiretaps on me."

"I know," Watari checked the security panel and pushed the override button, "You're cleared."

"Thank you." Without another thought, L walked through the front door in the new headquarters with a slight smile on his face. Yes. Home sweet home away from home. The rest of the task force was spread out through the main room. Some were skimming through investigation files. Some were checking monitors. But most importantly, Light was overseeing everything. I'm so proud of you.

"Welcome back, L," Watari greeted him.

"It's good to be back," L threw himself in one of the desk chairs and rode it to the monitors.

"Welcome back," Light smiled, melting L to his very core.

"Thank you," L bit the inside of his cheek, "Light…Do you think I could have a word with you?"

"Actually, Ryuzaki," Soichiro stepped in, "As much of a help as Light has been, we really could use your opinions."

"I don't work with opinions," L clarified, "Most of my thoughts are fact. The occasional hypothesis, but more often than not…"

"Uzai…" Aizawa mumbled under his breath.

"Did you say something, Mr. Aizawa?" L wondered, fully aware of the curses coming out of Aizawa's mouth.

"It's nothing," Aizawa let it go.

"Now, Light?" L insisted, "May I have a word with you please?"

"Sure," Light agreed. As if he'd ever say no. He followed L upstairs.

L took one last look around, making sure no one was watching…and stole a quick kiss, "I missed you."

"I missed you, too," Light giggled a bit, "What was that all about?"

"Nothing you need to worry about," L assured him, "What do you think? I told you the new headquarters would be better than the hotel."

"It's incredible," Light awed, "But the hotel had a certain charm to it, too."

"We could always revisit the hotel," L promised, "Any time you're ready to leave again, I'd be more than happy to. Have you had a chance to explore the tower?"

"Not really," Light reported, "I've mostly been making sure things still get done while you're gone."

"Thank you."

"Where were you anyway?" Light wondered, "I know you said you might be late, but I didn't think you'd be this late."

"I had to follow up on a meeting," L stayed cryptic. Something tells me you wouldn't take very kindly to me saying I was having coffee with your sister. Especially after hearing some of the things she told me. L studied Light's face. The same face he had seen a million times over. The same face he'd never get tired of looking at. It's hard to believe you punched Mikami for the sake of your sister. Then again, I also didn't have Mikami pegged as a possessive pervert.

"How'd it go?" Light asked.

"As well as I could've expected," L told him, slipping his hand in Light's, "You know, Light…I'd love to show you my unit."

"That's a little forward of you, don't you think?" Light teased, "I mean, I'm a little classier than that. Don't you think you should buy me dinner first?"

"The innuendo wasn't totally lost on me," L shook his head, holding back a smile. Oh, Light…You've been in my mouth. You seem to forget that, "Not that unit. If you wanted to later, I wouldn't say no. But I digress."

"I know," Light pulled him a little closer, "I know what you meant. Yeah. I'd love to."

"It's just up here," L brought Light to the end of the long hallway where a set of double doors waited for them.

"This isn't it," Light figured, shooting a quick glance at L, "Is it?"

"This is my unit," L pushed the door open. It didn't look much different than his hotel room in Omotesando. Only this was a grander scale.

Of course it's bigger than his suite in Omotesando. Because heaven forbid L lives in squalor, "This…Is definitely something."

"Light…" L pulled on his shirt sleeve out of nervous habit, "You do know…All you have to do is say the word and this could be yours, too."

"I know," Light knew that conversation would be coming quickly. Now that the new headquarters stood in one piece, the question of whether or not Light would take one of the many empty rooms was bound to come up. This is definitely an upgrade from where I live now. Hell, it's even an upgrade from the old apartment. I'm sure she'd love something like this. But it's going to take some soul searching. Would we even be ready for something like that? We've spent one weekend together…And then, there was that one night I stayed with him in Omotesando. And those have been some of the best nights I've had in such a long time, "Let me think it over."

"Ok," L knew better than to push him. However, Sayu's words of wisdom came to mind. Is this one of those instances where I could play a little rough? Just enough to get him to my side? It's worth a shot, "We'll talk about it after the NPA ball in depth. Is that alright with you?"

"That's fine." L's answer caught Light by surprise. Huh…I didn't think he'd be so cool with that. I can't help but wonder what kind of strings are going to come along later.

"Good," L got to thinking, the NPA ball hanging over his head. Then, he looked over his favorite piece of art, "Hey, Light?"

"Hmm?"

"Come with me," L took him by the hand and brought him back downstairs, "Watari, we're going out."

"Alright," Watari allowed, "Be safe."

"Wait," Light stopped him just outside the door, "Where are we going?"

"You and I are going to go see a tailor." Because if I can't see your ass from space at that NPA ball, I'll get cranky. And I'm sure the last time you did this, it was because of her. We can't have that, can we? Let's be honest. I can't have that. I won't have that.