L, Robot Ch 2 Friendly
A/N: I don't own Death Note.
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After several hours of staring at a screen, studying the schematics and lines of codes, Light had come to a decision.
I'll activate his emotional core first. Beings with emotions are so much easier to control. And… seeing him this way… it's just WRONG. Ryuuzaki HAD emotions when I knew him-they were subtle but they were there! Yes here it is, but it seems Watari had it adjusted so that he only felt them at a level of 10%. When I turn them back on I'll ramp it up to 100% and then I'll make sure he has favorable feelings towards me. Call it insurance. I'm not sure yet if I want to restore Ryuuzaki's personality. Well it's awfully boring around here without Ryuuzaki to talk to… but it's dangerous! Do I really want L breathing down my neck again?
Light did some more hacking and managed to find the base code for L's directive programs. He began to tinker with them as well as write in layers of protective programming…
I'll make it so he cannot hurt me or move against me even if he remembers that he is L and I am Kira… I kind of like him like this. He is still just as smart it's just now he's not getting in my way and has become extremely submissive and is willing to obey my every command… Yeah, I think I'll keep him this way. However there is always a chance L's memories might somehow comes back on their own… some ghost program or something in case L fell into enemy hands. It's EXACTLY what I would do. The way I became L's master-it almost seems too easy. I have to keep studying him and stay on my guard for any surprises. In any case things will go over much better for me if he likes me...
Light continued to study the schematics until his eyelids began to get heavy again. The adrenaline from his fight with Ryuuzaki and subsequent disturbing discoveries were quickly wearing off. Light suppressed a yawn but of course his exhaustion didn't go undetected by L.
"It's not good to push your body like this, Master. You should rest."
"I can't. I have too much work to do."
L peered over his shoulder. "You're working so hard for my sake? I thank you, Master but you shouldn't. If you were to damage yourself because of me, I could never forgive myself. It goes against my programming. I would sooner self-terminate than see you come to harm." It was just damn creepy to hear L offering to kill himself in that same emotionless voice.
Light closed his eyes and again he was waiting by the chair. The spoon was falling and he was waiting. (Waiting for L to die…)
"DON'T!" Light snapped.
The android looked surprised by Light's show of emotion. "Don't self-terminate, Ryuuzaki. That… that would hurt me…"
"Alright. But you really should rest. Exhaustion is nothing to be ashamed of, Master. It's a perfectly normal biochemical reaction."
Light sighed. "Alright, but only for an hour or two-I still have lots of work to do." Light muttered as he got to his feet. L was there to catch him when he stumbled a bit. He was more exhausted than he thought.
"Shall I carry you, Master?"
"What? That's not nece-" Light yelped as L picked him up bridal style, alarmed by how effortlessly the android carried him as if he weighed no more that a kitten. Light was somewhat disturbed when L automatically took him to what had been their shared bedroom. It begged the question of just how much L remembered. Was it just by rote? Or did Ryuuzaki remember more than he let on?
Try as he may to stay awake; Light was already half-asleep when L tucked him into bed. The automaton then began to withdraw when Light grabbed his wrist.
"No L, don't leave me." Light groaned in his sleep.
"As you wish, my master."
The android didn't require much sleep or rather hibernation time to function. But if asked he would stay and help keep his master warm.
***
"Light, Ryuuzaki are you awake-" Matsuda began as he entered L and Light's bedroom. L in his basic safe mode had forgotten to lock the door.
The rookie startled when he saw the position they were in. Now, this wasn't exactly anything new. He had seen them cuddled together before (and it was perfectly natural that in sleep one would gravitate to another warm body regardless of any daytime rivalry), it's just that Matsuda found it a bit surprising that Light and L were still sleeping together… er… sleeping in the same bed now that the chain was off.
L's eyes snapped open and he was suddenly looking very tense. To Matsuda's puzzlement Ryuuzaki started making strange noises and screaming "Intruder alert! Intruder alert! Danger! Danger, master!"
Light woke up with a groan "L, what's wrong… Matsuda?" Light asked groggily. "Jeez, what time is it?"
"Er… sorry. I came early today to help with Ryuuzaki."
"That's fine," Light said, stifling a yawn as he realized that in all he probably only got around three hours of sleep.
"Is he a threat master?" L asked in a hushed tone. Light noted with surprise how L was crouched warily on the edge of the bed positioned protectively in front of him.
"No, Ryuuzaki. That's Touta Matsuda. He's our friend."
"Friend?" L asked in obvious befuddlement.
"Ryuuzaki, you're… you're talking? That's great!" Matsuda gaped at L when he realized what L was saying. Matsuda was very confused. "What was going on? Does he have some sort of memory problem?"
"Oh no, Ryuuzaki's is just fooling around."
"Fooling around?" Matsuda asked in confusion. Ryuuzaki didn't really seem the type…
"Oh yeah, er… we're just playing a game… It's great for relieving stress."
Matsuda smiled. "Ryuuzaki must be feeling better then!"
"Yeah I think so. As you can see he's speaking but… he's still a bit confused," Light informed him. "I've been researching into Ryuuzaki's condition and I think he is getting better but I don't want to leave him alone just yet. So Matsuda, it it's not too much trouble, could you run some errands for me?"
Matsuda sighed. It was not hard to guess that Matsuda resented always being assigned coffee and doughnut duty (and when that resentment reached its peak Matsuda was prone to doing something stupider than usual which may pose a problem later as Light drafted his plans…)
"I'm sorry. I know you're not a coffee boy. I'd do it myself but-" Light looked meaningfully at Ryuuzaki.
"Yeah, I understand…"
"Matsuda-the coffee boy?" L asked quizzically "You bring sustenance to Master?"
Matsuda glared angrily. Was Ryuuzaki openly mocking him?
"Please ignore him," Light entreated. "He's still kinda…" Light made a swirly motion with his index finger and Matsuda nodded in understanding.
The rookie balked a bit as Light handed him a large wad of bills and a grocery list for:
* Coffee
* Sugar cubes
* Daifuku
* Doughnuts
* Cake
* Pocky
* Candy
* Cookies
* Potato chips
* Normal food
(That last item was underlined twice in bold ink.)
"Er, Light? Are you sure this is wise to enable Ryuuzaki's sweet addiction?"
Light sighed. "No, not really, but I think he'll recover faster if we give him something familiar. Besides we're running low on that stuff you know how…"
Light trailed off and Matsuda's eyes lit up in comprehension. Watari was the one that got L his sweets.
"Yeah, I get it."
"Oh and Matsuda, when you get back and are done stocking the kitchen I have a very important job for you…" when Matsuda paled Light quickly elaborated "Don't worry, it's not paperwork. You see there are rumors… and if they prove true our job will be even tougher in the future; I think many people are beginning to openly support Kira-it's important to gauge public support. Could you surf the channels of the various networks and see if this is the case?"
Matsuda brightened at that-he didn't like tedious work but he liked watching TV. Getting paid for it was even cooler.
"I know it's not real exciting but I'm afraid I just don't have any bad guys for you to shoot at the moment. I'll let you know as soon as I find one."
Matsuda smiled at that. Light's a real cool boss. And he's nicer than Ryuuzaki was too!
Matsuda felt bad for thinking it but it was true-some workdays between Ryuuzaki's belittling comments and backhanded compliments, Aizawa's shouting, and the other's glares of disapproval Matsuda just wanted to crawl into a hole, and while Light was snobby to him too he was still nicer to him than the others were. It was nothing special. Matsuda observed how Light was nice to everybody. He even greeted L's criminal colleagues with open arms. That was baffling to Matsuda-how could Ryuuzaki ever think someone like that was Kira?
There that should keep Matsuda occupied for a while. The others weren't due to come in for several hours yet but just as a precaution Light made sure the door was locked before he proceeded. L eyed him curiously as Light got out the lube.
"Does Master wish to make the adjustments now?" L asked as he swiftly threw off his baggy white sweater and began to pull down his jeans in a manner that to Light seemed almost eager. The android then obediently lay down on the bed, flat on his stomach, giving Light easy access to do with him what he will. Light swallowed and fidgeted awkwardly when Ryuuzaki put his pale skinny ass on display. Ryuuzaki gave no reaction when he felt Light's weight as he settled on the bed behind him and began the process of snapping on some latex gloves and coating his fingers with lube. The gloves were for the sake of plausible deniability later if/when he restored the rest of Ryuuzaki-that he was completely professional when Ryuuzaki was… incapacitated. He could easily spin that incident from earlier to be all Ryuuzaki's fault; that he came onto him…
"Er… I'm going to start searching for that switch now…"
Light had studied the schematics well. He knew what he was looking for-there were two switches, hidden as very subtle fleshy nubs deep inside: the first one activated his emotional core and the second one would restore system functions and allow L to regain his memories. (Light had double-checked and yes, these controls could only be accessed in this way. Evidently Watari was a very sick man.)
L remained eerily unresponsive as Light spread his ass cheeks.
When Light first started his tentative (careful) prodding L informed him casually: "It's alright, Master-my body was made for this." Indeed, Light noted that the pale body beneath him was totally relaxed as he rooted around with his middle finger looking for the switch. There was something so terribly… dehumanizing about the whole thing.
He's a machine. Dammit, he's not supposed to be a machine!
"…and you'll need to work it in pretty deep to restore my memories. No need to be shy."
Light paused, unnerved. That was almost like a glimmer of the old Ryuuzaki (or as Misa preferred to call him:"the pervert") had broken through for a moment there. But no, Ryuuzaki was still incomplete. (It wasn't his Ryuuzaki). He just lay there like a broken doll with a glassy-eyed stare.
In any case Light took that as a challenge and swiftly worked his way deeper inside. The only indication that L was aware of what he was doing was the occasional muted gasp, a mere automated response.
"Yes, about that… I want to double check that there are no errors in your programming before I attempt to fully restore all your functions so…" Light cleared his throat "If it's alright with you, I'm just going to restore your emotional core for now…"
"Of course Master may do what he pleases with me," L said in his usual bland monotone. Light worked to suppress a groan-though he didn't care too much for Ryuuzaki's (lack of) attitude but this total control… Light found his trousers were becoming too damn tight.
"However I feel I must warn you again, Master that it is a severe drain on my efficiency…" L reminded still speaking in that creepy dull monotone even as Light's lubed up finger sickly squelched around searching through his insides.
"Well, I'm willing to make that sacrifice to have my friend back!" Light assured him. Just then, Light's finger rubbed up against a small unnatural structure tucked away deep inside nestled beneath the surrounding tissues. "Found it." Light flipped the switch. As planned he had readjusted the settings so that Ryuuzaki's emotional core would be running at 100% efficiency.
"Your… friend?" The android asked his voice becoming colored with fear and despair. When L's bland baritone began to tremble a bit it was like music to Light's ears.
"I-I have a friend?" The android repeated again as if testing out a foreign concept.
"A best friend," Light said quietly as his fingers idly twitched inside and he found a more anatomically correct target. The pale man beneath him let out a surprised and pleasured gasp.
L couldn't see Light's smirking from his current position and the black orbs of L's eyes became downcast in shame.
"I'm sorry I can't remember you, Master! I see now I must have caused you pain."
"Don't worry about it. That's my fault. Not yours. You'll remember me soon, I promise."
"I will… you will?"
"Sure! After all, what are friends for?" Light smiled saccharinely as he spouted the utterly cheesy line. Light's smirk widened as he saw how the now emotional detective ate it up.
L groaned and to Light's surprise rose up onto his hands and knees, impaling himself again and again on Light's finger-looking like a total slut. Light couldn't hold back his own feelings at that evocative sight. The detective looked at him beseechingly over his shoulder.
"Master, do you want to interface with me?"
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