Getting closer

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After finally sitting in my spot next to L, a few hours go by and we haven't really made much conversation except for the questions of. "Want more cake?" Other then that the room was occupied of the sounds coming for Misa still babbling about how she doesn't like this girl she models with. I turn around slightly to see Light pinching the bridge of his nose and Matsuda listening while Aizawa is flipping through some more evidence. "Hey y/n, it's sure has saved a lot of time since you organized all this by date, thanks." I hear Aizawa say. "No problem, glad I could be of help." I smile and turn back to find L pretty close to my face. I felt a blush spread across my face like a wild fire. "H-hello." I sort of whisper. "Would you care to join me at for a walk?" He asks in a hushed low voice. I'm sure I blushed darker. "Are you alright?" He asks and I curse myself. I only nod 'yes' because I can't seem to spit the words out of my mouth. He leans back away from me a bit and I slowly and hesitantly release a breath. He smiles shyly. He stands and I stand too. I follow him towards the door. I feel everyone's eyes on us and I hear Misa giggle before L closes the door behind us. The walk to the elevator was quiet, ride to the lobby was quiet also. It wasn't until we were outside leaning against the building that L spoke. "Wateri tells me that I need to get more fresh air, so I try to make time, fresh air is also good for the brain." He awkwardly runs his hand through his hair. "Well, all great detectives would need some fresh air every now and then." I say trying to make conversation. He hums in agreement. "I suppose." He says looking down at his feet and then back up at the sky that was darkening. It goes quiet for a minute before I gain the courage to speak again. "Ryuzaki...is it hard, you know, your job and all the pressure?" I ask. He stays quiet for a minute and I almost regret asking but then he answers. "No, I believe the criminals such as kira probably feel more pressure, one wrong move and it's all over, but...I suppose at times it maybe hard." He answers pushing off against the wall and sticking his hands in his pockets. I noticed that he was still barefoot as he messed around with a little pebble on the sidewalk. "That's a very confident answer...very reassuring." I state and watch as he moves the pebble back and further. "Were you have doubts?" He asks stopping what he was doing and looking up at me. I shake me head and give an 'of course not' look. "No, not at all, I was just mentioning how...confidence you are in your work and that's very reassuring and it's something to admire upon and-" I stop, thinking that I'm just rambling on. L looks at his feet and wiggles his toes a little. "Justice will prevail." He says in a 'matter of fact' tone. I nod my head to agree.

We walk to the park that was across my work. I sat on a wooden bench as L perched on it beside me. He has his hands rested on his knees and his chin resting comfortably in between his knees. I sit criss cross on the bench and shot for another conversation. "Do you ever get lonely?" I ask. "Oh great, turn this all sentimental, great job." I immediately think to myself. "I have Wateri." He answers but he sort of has a distance voice as if...he wanted to add more. "What do you do when Wateri isn't there?" I ask running my hands on the seat of the bench. "I do research." He answers. "I get lonely." I confess. He looks at me and I look at him. "Why?" He asks in a serious tone. I didn't really know how to answer why I was lonely. "Well for starters I live alone, and now both my parents and brother are gone...I don't really have anything to not make me lonely." I sort of chuckle but in a sad way, I stay starring at the ground. L walks himself closer to me a bit my walking side to side in his perched position. "I do get lonely." He confesses. I stay quiet for a minute not knowing what to say. "Well, at least you have Wateri and Matsuda, Aizawa, light, Misa, and now me." I laugh a little trying not to be anymore of a downer. He hums in agreement. "As do you." He replies. I nod. The night falls quiet again. "Would you like to permanently stay at headquarters?" L asks sort of hesitantly. "Like, move in?" I clarify to which he nods. A smile spread across my face. "I would like that very much." I smile excitingly I guess I was over exciting. I wrapped my arms around L's waist and he tensed up a lot. I felt so embarrassed and extremely bad for my out burst that I started to unwrapped my arms and was about to pull away when I felt arms snake around me. Butterflies fluttered in my stomach and my palms got sweaty. I was a mess. We let go not longer than seconds later. "Sorry, I guess I was just over excited, I hope I didn't over step my boundaries." I say sincerely apologizing. I notice L was slight blushing. "No, it's quite alright...I'm not really good at...well any of that." He says referring to the hug I gave him. I chuckle. "Don't worry about it." I say waving it off. "We should probably get back though." I state. "Good idea." He says while rubbing the back of his neck. I regret making this awkward but I play out. We both stand and head back towards head quarters.

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