In Love With Him

In Love With Him

Chapter 1

It was at the university. Love at first sight, one might say. But in a way, I didn't mind. Everyone else was rushing there to see her. But I was going up there to get a closer look at him. No, not the smart boy with the brown hair, the one together with the model. I was looking at the boy with the slightly unusual black hair and beautiful face. The face of an angel. But as soon as I got close to him, he disappeared into the crowd after exchanging a quick glance with me.

It was a week later. I had gone to the university every day from then on, to see if he would show up. I didn't know who he was or what class he was in. I didn't even know his name. But then, that Friday…that faithful day…

"Alright…the next group for the physics project. We'll have…oh, we only have two students left. How fortunate. Hideki-san, you will be working with Love-chan."

My eyes wandered around the room for a moment, wondering who this 'Hideki-san' was, until I saw the familiar figure over me, by my side. His angel's face less than 5 feet from my own. He sat down next to me, in an unusual position that only made me adore him more. As he realized I was staring at him (most likely in an idiotic-looking way), he looked at the paper in front of him – the rubric – for the project we were doing together. As the teacher further stated instructions and minor details she had forgotten on the sheet, the bell rang.

Saved by the bell, how ironic, he thought.

The class was split by lunch. Today it was actually nice enough to eat outside. So I sat on a bench in the schoolyard and put on my mp3 player, listening to one of my favorite songs, 'Forgiven' by 'Within Temptation'. I closed my eyes. Suddenly I felt a warm presence next to me, and someone taking out one of the small bud earphones in my ear. Thinking it was my friend Kate, I relaxed. But suddenly, as I opened my eyes a tad and shot a furtive glance to the figure beside me, it nearly made me jump. Here I was, here he was. Just sitting next to me, listening to the song now changing to 'Only One' by 'Yellowcard', which embarrassed my greatly. This song…in front of him!? Surely it would make him think I was a freak.

"Hello." He said in a voice soft as silk.

"H-hi." I managed to say after catching my breath – I had forgotten how to inhale for a moment – and that was the only thing I could get out of my mouth.

"My name is Hideki Ryuuga."

"N-nice t-to meet you. I-I'm…Love…"

He smiled. A beautiful smile, nonetheless.

"So…this song…" he said, referring to 'Only One', "Is it…one of your life songs?"

"My what?"

"Your life songs. You know, a song with lyrics that fit you." He looked at me, turning his head a slight degree, most likely from curiosity.

"I-I guess…"

The bell rang once more a few minutes later, declaring that lunch was over. He stood up vividly, and I recalled this was the way I had seen him when I had first looked at him. I thought it brought back some memories, though they were only such a short time ago. He offered his hand, and I took it, reluctantly – however, my heart was soaring. His skin was soft and warm, just as beautiful as his face. As I rose, with him steadying me, I shut off my mp3 player and stuffed it in my pocket as fast as I could. He walked with me back to class, only exchanging three words with me right outside the classroom before he held open the door for me.

"Here we are." He said in his silky voice.

"Th-thank you." I walked in, and proceeded to my seat. He followed, sitting down next to me. Now there was still an hour of class. The teacher came back, dragging an ancient-looking TV with an ancient VCR to match. As she put the movie in, then paused it, the rest of the class quickly reassembled. Then she pressed play once everyone was in their seats and walked to the wall to turn the lights off. A few seconds after the movie started, someone poked my shoulder. I turned around slowly but wistfully, and saw my friend Kate sitting with her friend Audrey – they were probably working together as well – and she put a note on my shoulder for me to open. I unfolded it, then read her thin handwriting.

That's a pretty weird guy you're working with. I saw you blushing when you looked at him. Don't tell me you like him!? She had written.

I quickly scrawled words on the paper, then tossed it back.

Actually I do. If you'd ever seen him up close like I did at lunch, you'd agree. I wrote back to her.

She looked at me like I was crazy, then tossed it back to me after writing something short.

I don't really approve, but then again, I'm not your mother. XD good luck. She wrote. Just as I was about to respond, his hand caught my wrist. I nearly had a heart attack – because for a moment I realized he was reading the note – and I blushed.

He smiled for a short moment before slipping it in his pocket. I looked at Kate, and we both shrugged at the same time.

I saw Hideki – if that even was his name – take a piece of paper out of his notebook and wrote something in neat transcript.

So you like me, eh? I never knew. Anyways…why don't I take you to dinner then? It's a date. Hmm? The note said, as he gave it to me. I blushed crazily but wrote one word on the other side of the paper, and gave it back to him.

Yes.

That night, as I finished my homework and after giving Hideki – or whatever his name is – my address at school, I changed into some comfortable clothes. A red-white striped slim fit t-shirt with some red pants that went down to the middle of my shin. I put on some slight makeup, but this time kept my hair down. I tucked my side bangs safely behind my ear, and jumped when I heard a knock at my door. I smiled and went to get it, holding two diamond stud earrings in my left hand to put in.

"Hello." I said and quickly put the earrings in.

"Good evening. Just to tell you, I'll be taking you to my place tonight. You'll like it…I hope."

"I'm sure I will."

We took a taxi – apparently he wasn't driving – and we came to a big building that looked more like an office building than a house, an apartment, perhaps? But I doubted it, considering he had an optical scan taken at the back door. I followed him inside as the heavily locked and bolted doors opened. As we went in an elevator to the top floor, we entered a room that really made my heart stutter.

It was dark – but not all too dark – and he had candles. There was a round table on the side of the room, with a grand piano on the other side. We were greeted by a middle-aged man – well, not middle aged, probably in his older 50's or early 60's. He bowed politely.

"Welcome, Love. Ryu – I mean, Hideki has told me quite a bit about you. I am Watari. I'll be your server and music provider tonight." He said as he gestured toward the piano. I blushed as we sat down, and Watari lit a candle and put a rose in a small water-filled vase on the side of the table.

After eating and enjoying beautiful piano music, Hideki sat down on the couch next to me.

"Love, it's time I told you something."

"Alright." I looked at him with a bewildered expression.

"About my history…about me…and my secret. But you have to promise to keep this between us. No one else can know." He held out his pinky finger, apparently for me to make a pinky swear. I interlocked my finger with his, and said:

"I promise."

"Alright." He took a deep breath, and began. "My parents died when I was very young. I was adopted by Watari here…who's actually Quillsh Wammy. I eventually became one of the smartest children in the orphanage Quillsh owns, and set out on my own when I was 15, to 'go off in the world'. Now, what I'm about to tell you can never leave this room."

"I promise."

"I eventually also became one of the world's most famous detectives…and I use fake names to help hide my true identity." He said, and I – finally getting the hint – gasped. This couldn't be…could it?

"I'm…actually…well…the famous detective…L."

"L? You mean…the guy apparently in charge of…the…Kira investigation?"

"Yes…but, if I ever take you to meet the rest of the task force, I'll have to ask you to call me Ryuuzaki."

"Alright then…Ryuuzaki." I said, just trying out the sound of it. It sounded so pleasant, so light. I smiled.

"Well, maybe it would be good to take you tomorrow…?"

"Sure."

"Alright…members of the task force, just so you know, are actually quite welcoming when it comes down to it. Their names are Soichiro and his son Light Yagami, Shuichi Aizawa, Kanzo Mogi, Touta Matsuda, Hideki Ide, and Hirokazu Ukita. And me, of course." He paused for a short while before glancing at the electric clock behind him. "Anyways, it's late. I should get you home. Tomorrow's Saturday, so…I think we have more observations to do, so we'll be here 24/7. In a lower floor, of course, this floor is just for special occasions. But, I'll have Watari come pick you up. So…be ready, alright? We'll probably be alone then, the others don't make it until noon or so."

"Okay. I'll…see you tomorrow." Before I could move, he caught my wrist, then let go and gently put his hand on my cheek. Not even knowing what hit me, he leaned over and softly moved his lips against mine for a few seconds. Then he pulled away and turned a light shade of pink. Watari helped me up, and led me to the car. As he drove me home, I couldn't get my mind off the fact that I had just been kissed…by L. The L. But I was supposed to call him Ryuuzaki. So Ryuuzaki, then.

The next morning, Watari arrived at point 10 a.m., right after I had gotten changed and had put on my earrings. I slipped on my shoes quickly, then waited through the ride, still a little in shock of what had happened the night before. As we arrived at the room – apparently the HQ of the Japanese task force – I saw Ryuuzaki putting two notebooks out on the table. He turned and smiled when he saw me.

"Good morning, Ryuuzaki." I said, my voice very happy.

"Good morning." He greeted me with a very friendly hug.

I hugged him back, not knowing how else to react, but as he let go, he began telling me about one of the members of the task force, Light Yagami was his name.

"He has a very strong intellect, and happens to insult people easily without knowing it, so just ignore it. It happens all the time, but there's no need to worry.

"Right."

"Yeah, but otherwise, there's really nothing you need to worry about. And…that's really all there is to tell."
"Okay." As soon as I responded to him, three people walked in. A young man, flanked by a man in his middle twenties, and an older man.

"Pleasant timing. Light, Soichiro, Matsuda, meet Love."

"Glad to meet you, Love-chan." Said the man who was probably Matsuda.

I smiled, and was greeted by the other two the same way, but the young man – probably Ryuuzaki's age – didn't appeal to me as much as Ryuuzaki did.

"Ryuuzaki, did you show her the shinigami yet?" Light asked.

"No but I was planning to. Love, mind doing me a favor and touching – just touching – those two notebooks over there? Just touch them both at the same time. And…they might be a bit scary, but we're all here."

"Al-alright." I walked over and did what he asked, I touched the two notebooks at the same time, and felt two pairs of eternal eyes on me. I spun around and looked up. Uttering a small yelp, I ran to Ryuuzaki and hid my face in his chest. He put his arms around me, and whispered, "It's alright" over and over until I stopped trembling. Then, he took my face in his hands and kissed me again, the same way he had last night. When we parted, Light, Matsuda and Soichiro were staring at me and Ryuuzaki in shock.

"Okay…what was…" Matsuda started.

"I'm CONFUSED!" Light yelled.

Ryuuzaki simply smiled and turned to them, lacing his fingers through mine. He gave my hand a gentle squeeze and my heart stuttered. I squeezed back as well, as gently as I could.

"I must have forgotten to mention…Love's…my new girlfriend."