"Even if that was exactly why? You should know I wouldn't give cake to anyone, not to mention this particular cake is of higher quality than what Misa usually makes." L extended the plate closest to Light toward him, as if Light had said 'yeah, sure, I'll take some cake' instead of what he actually said. Light had emptied his hands of the book he was reading, so really, it was as if he had in fact agreed to eating it in the first place. In actuality, getting Light to eat cake was more difficult than it should be. As much as L understood the natural variety and diversity in taste, he couldn't really understand why anyone would pass on cake, especially cake as delicious-looking as this was. "She would be happy to hear you ate her cake, especially since she went to all this trouble. Or would you rather wait until she gets home and have her feed it to you?"