"Estella!" Estella looked up still holding her head. "Estella, I'm here. What the Hell happened!?"
Estella hated that look Light gave her whenever he wanted to know something. "I... I had a nightmare."
Light slumped his shoulders in pity at this, they had been happening for months now and despite his efforts they always came back.
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"No"
"Estella..." Light moved to sit on the bed beside her pulling her into a hug.
Since the incident a couple months back Estella had refused to sleep in the same bed as Light, Light couldn't understand why. He wasn't mad, it was an accident.
"You can't just keep things from me, I saw the way your eyes went dark" Estella flinched at hearing this, something that didn't go unnoticed by Light.
"I'm sorry" Estella turned away not wanting to look at Light.
"I'm just concerned... if i hadn't made it here in time..."
"I know." Estella whispered whipping her eyes only now realizing black liquid had been running down her face. It was a side effect to not having a soul, it happened most often when she remembered something, or used her magic.
"Can I sleep in your room tonight?"
Light was surprised by this but got up nonetheless.
"Sure thing, my dude." Light said reaching out his hand.
Estella couldn't help but chuckle trying to rub the black liquid off her face. She hated when he called her that. "You're so stupid."
"I won't deny it." Light said as he pulled Estella up making her crack a half smile.
Light walked with Estella to the bathroom and sat her down. The bathroom was old and rundown with a cracked mirror and broken shower curtains. Beside the mirror was an old red cabinet filled with towels and prescriptions. Light had been promising to fix the bathroom but never got around to it, which Estella didn't mind although she could do with a new mirror.
"Are you sure you don't want to talk?"
Estella watched in silence as Light opened the cupboard and picked out a cloth, running it under the tap then taking it and wiping her face to remove the black stains running down her cheeks.
Light tilted his head a bit after a minute of silence. "I'll take that as a no then."
Light got up and threw the cloth on the counter."I don't mind when you keep some things to yourself you know, but-" he started, placing his hands on the counter to sustain his weight, as his shoulders tensed up.
"I'm fine." Estella said, cutting him off. "I can't even remember the dream anyway"
Light sighed. "Okay"
He let his hand slide off the counter as Estella got up reaching for the light switch.
"Light?" Light looked at Estella "Do you mean me or the light bulb?"
Estella smiled "Yes of course. I mean the light bulb" She said sarcastically as she turned the light off.
Light smiled at her "Well you never know." He let out a chuckle "What is is?"
"Don't worry about me, okay." Lights expression went quiet.
"You know that I won't let that happen. I worry because I care, that's a good thing remember?"
"Haha.. yeah guess" Estella looked away from Light as his stare bore into her while quietly walking out of the bathroom.
Estella walked into Light's room and crawled into his bed already half asleep. His room was the biggest one in the house. Beside his bed was a large desk covered in papers and notebooks containing detailed notes about how to get into different AU's and how to avoid certain timelines. In front of his bed was a bookshelf filled with all kinds of books ranging from magic to just plain fiction. In his closet was a side room filled with charms and gadgets to help with breaking the dimensional drift for easy access to the multiverse, only accessible through a hand scanner and a password which Light and Estella had access to.
Estella moved on her side digging her face into the pillow "I love you."
"I love you too, goodnight." Light said, giving Estella a small kiss on her head, and pulling the blanket up for her.
Light than turned off the lamp and placed a hand on Estella's head as his eyes glowed a fiery orange and blue.