Hi! This is my first anime/manga fanfiction ever, so please take it easy on me! I hope you enjoy this chapter!
"I'm surprised that you were actually able to make some time for me in your busy schedule, Light," the redhead said politely, crossing her legs as the two of them slipped into the seats in the coffee shop. There was something highly flamboyant in the manner the redhead acted, from the way she leaned forward on the table casually, her elbows propped on the table – to the way she threw the abundance of her red mane over her shoulder. A flicker of mischief glittered in her eyes, bathing her whole atmosphere as that of a teenager's, almost making people think that she wasn't in her mid-thirties already.
"Not a problem, Hannah." After ordering a cup of cappuccino for the two of them, he leaned back against the leather backing of the seats. "So, what was it you wanted to tell me about?"
The pair of large grey eyes never left the screen, even when a knock was heard on the door. Hunched over in his chair he slowly rocked back and forth as a pale index finger trailed against the monitor, searching for the name that the search engine had come up with. "Come in," he said in his usual laid-back manner, spooning another mouthful of millefeuille goodness into his mouth. The banging stopped on the door for a few seconds, then came sailing past his head, crashing into the wall beside him. Sticking one foot to the ground, he immediately swiveled his chair around, only to see a business-suit clad individual standing where a door was supposed to be. His face betrayed no look of any special emotion, the only betrayal being that the smudgy spoon he held in his hand fell to the ground in a distinct clatter.
"Just so you know, your 'secret' service keep their doors locked, Ryuuzaki."
His thin lips twitched upwards in an attempt to smile as he saw the silly blue 'Hi! My name is…' tag pinned onto the person's business suit. "Hello, Detective Knox. This is quite…ironic." He stuck his thumb in his mouth, gently chewing on the skin as his did his best to mask his shock behind his large grey eyes. "I do hope you know that you can be sued for damaging their doors, dear."
"Oh, please." Agent Knox paused, eyeing the detective with a wary glance as she threw a handful of her red hair over her shoulder. "You're staring at me. Do you think I'm incompetent to solve this case because I'm a female?"
"No…only…" The black-haired male's eye twitched at her question then swiveled his chair back towards the computer screen. "… partially." Agent Knox rolled her eyes as he began picking at his millefeuille cake once more. "I am being assisted by many Japanese agents already, they are quite capable. I don't need a fifth wheel."
Knox sighed exaggeratedly, walking over to him and taking the plate of cake away from him. "I'm not here to be your little helper, Ryuuzaki. I work for the U.S. government, and I'm employed to work on international threats no matter where or who is already on the case. I don't give a fuck, two shits, and a damn if you need or don't need an assistant, L."
"Hmm, still feisty as ever," he mumbled, fingers twitching from the loss of his pastry. "Want some? You can have some of it if you like," he asked, gesturing to the sweets she held captive in her hand.
"If you forgot, I'm lactose intolerant." she said firmly, placing it back down on the table. She shuffled through a pile of paperwork that lay near on his desk, a mountain high mess of unfinished business and files. His eyes grew larger as he stood up from his crouched position, tumbling over in a heaped mess by her feet. Knox paid little attention to him as she still continued to search his paperwork.
"W-What are you doing?" he asked worriedly, eyeing the paperwork she was forking through. "That's important and top-secret files, you shouldn't-"
Knox clicked her tongue as she seemed to have finally found something of importance, brown eyes scanning the paper. She shook her head as she saw many blank spaces on the paper where there should have been signatures and writing. "When are you going to fill this out?" she shoved the paper in his face.
"I was just going to."
"It's been more than a month, L. My lawyer needs it."
"Why so hurried?"
"Because you've taken forever, in all aspects of the word."
"You act very much unlike before, Knox."
"And that is?"
"…you don't smile anymore."
"Just sign the motherfucking paper, L," she growled, pulling out a pen from her breast pocket and handing it to him.
With a sigh he took the paper reluctantly, and etched off a signature on the line all the way at the bottom. His pale eyes were obviously narrowing down as he filled in some of the blank spaces that needed to be answered, then handed it daintily to Knox. "Here."
"Thank you," she replied, taking the paper and putting it into one of the folders she had brought along with her. Hungry eyes glanced at her from the corner of his eyes, as if he was absorbing her whole image, doing his best to preserve her like a picture in his memory. "Will you quit that, L, it's highly disturbing."
"I suggest you stop using my name, considering that Kira needs names to kill people. To you and to everyone in this case, my name is Ryuuzaki. So please call me by that," he said, as Knox placed the cake back before him. "And we'll get along fine."
"Whatever you like, L," she replied, walking back to the door-less entryway. "I'll be working in this office as well from now on…but for now, I'm going to sleep in the provided rooms. You should get some rest too."
He nodded soberly, his eyes going to the cake that Knox had replaced before him, then back to her, walking into the hallway. Gulping silently, he looked back at the millefeuille.
It didn't look as tasty as it was before.
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