I held L's pale, motionless body in my arms, allowing no one to touch him. I knew that letting him take on the Kira Case would be far too dangerous, even if he was the world's greatest detective. I had only let him take on the case because of his promise. He had promised that if I let him take on the case he would take extreme measures to conceal his identity. This was the only way Kira would not be able to kill him. L was a man of his word and like always I believed every word that came out of his mouth.
The tears now spilled from my eyes never ceasing or running dry. I heard the door creek, and immediately held him tighter in my arms. They had already tried to take him from me twice and I wasn't about to let him be taken away from me. He wasn't dead like they said he was. The familiar scent of vanilla brushed my nose. I knew immediately it was Mimi, L's last living relative. She had probably come to talk sense into me and like everyone else take my precious L away. I wouldn't allow it. I pretended that she wasn't there at first but then she kicked me lightly with the toe of her shoe. I looked up at her and put my pointer finger to my mouth, then whispered "Shh. He's sleeping" I put my hand down and wrapped it around him once more.
Two hours had passed since he'd fallen out of his chair and went to sleep. If he were dead his body heat would have decreased by now, and his breathing had always been quiet. Not even his chest expanded from it. Over the years his breathing had gotten to the state no one could tell if he were breathing or not. His skin was so sensitive, especially on his face, that when anything got to close he would stop breathing all together. I was the only person that could get close to his face without making him stop his steady breathing. This was because I was the only person he really trusted. They hadn't been able to do a proper examination, I wouldn't let them. I was too afraid to know the truth.
Mimi leaned down next to me and got on her knees. She looked at him for a second then sighed. "He always was a sound sleeper. You could drop him off a building and he probably wouldn't wake up….Well, until God asked him what he was doing sleeping on the roof of a building." She giggled to herself. Someone knocked on the door .
"L, your triple fudge Sunday is here. I have the sugar cubes, coffee, and powdered doughnuts also… and did you say you wanted strawberries? Oh well, I brought some just in case." The man opened the door , came in quietly and sat the junk food on the table. He turned to leave but before he went out the door he turned and said, "You know L, one day all this food is going to catch up with you." He chuckled quietly to himself and closed the door behind him. I guess he hadn't noticed L.
The smell of coffee tainted the scent in the room. "I smell coffee," L said without opening his eyes. More tears spilled and I wrapped my arms around his neck. He laughed. "What's going on? Kalyssa, what's wrong?" He said putting one arm gently on my waist and the other on the back of my head.
"L," I said through the tears and violent sobs. "They said you were dead! They said you had… a heart attack" The last words burned like acid on my tongue.
"Dead? How could I be dead? I was only sleeping. Did they not notice my constant body temperature?" He said sitting up. He pulled away and wiped a tear from my cheek. "Tears. A consistency made up of water and salt in the human body." He wiped the tear on his faded jeans. I laughed a little. How can he sleep like the dead for two hours and wake up practically quoting facts about human body fluids?
The tears spilled from my eyes still. I was happy he'd woken up. To be honest he had started scaring even me with the way he was sleeping. I rarely got to see him sleep, so I could only guess that he slept like this all the time. He ran his fingers through my long black hair and pulled over on to my left shoulder and laid his head down on it. He had always loved my hair. He said it was soft , silky, and smelt like cherry blossom. That was because of my shampoo. He refused to let me switch. He said the scent added to my character, but honestly, besides him, who else was going to be sniffing my hair?
"You took a shower this morning, that's odd. Usually you take your showers at night right before going to bed. Though the scent is still here, it's faded. I'm guessing you took a shower around eight this morning? Am I right?" I looked up at him astonished. I don't know why his intelligence still surprised me. I knew he was incredibly smart. He did too; he had used it to his advantage too many times before.
I raised my eyebrow and answered him. "8:02 to be precise. I looked at the clock on my phone before sitting it on the sink." He looked happy about being right. He always was. He got up off the floor and walked over to the table where the junk food still sat. "Kalyssa, how many sugar cubes do you want in your coffee?"
"Two, please." I said getting up and walking over to him.
"Just two? Usually you put in three and half your mocha foam." He went to his desk and opened up the drawer, where normal people kept personal items, pencils, extra staples, erasers, paper, pencil sharpeners, ect., and pulled out eight coffee creamers.
"Yes, just two sugar cubes. And coffee foam?" He picked up a mocha coffee creamer and turned to me.
"Yes, coffee foam." I raised my right eyebrow at him and smiled my crooked smile, knowing he would use some sort of logic to prove me wrong if I tried to argue. He shook the creamer quickly and then stop to open it. "See? Coffee foam." He smiled his irresistible smile flashing his perfectly straight, white teeth. I giggled. He sat the creamer down on the table behind me, and placed a hand on my back pulling me closer to him. Our face was only inches apart but he slowly closed the space. His lips lingered on mine and the kiss grew more intense.
"Umm. Hello? I'm kinda still here." Crap… I forgot Mimi was here.
His lips broke away from mine. "If you hadn't wanted to see it you would have left the room already." L said turning back to me. He didn't say it in a rude way, it was said the same way he would tell you that the sky was blue.
She scoffed. "It's not that I wanted to see it, I just didn't think you guys would… You know considering I was still across the room from you."
"I'm sorry, I had forgotten you were still here." I could feel my cheeks flush a brilliant red. I looked at the floor. I didn't want L to see me blush, then explain how the blush was happening. He thought it was cute, but I still didn't want him to see it.
"You're cold." L said running his finger over the goose bumps on my arm. I shivered at the touch of his cold fingers.
"Only a little, I'm fine though." Unlike L, I was extremely cold natured. I noticed even the slightest change in temperature. I clenched my teeth to keep them from chattering.
"No, I don't think so." He walked over to the thermostat and turned the temperature up, despite his hatred of the heat. Walking back he grabbed a blanket and picked me up bridal style. He sat on his office chair with me in his lap.
Mimi cleared her throat. I'm thinking it was a notion to let us know she was still here.
"We're aware of your presence, Mimi" L laughed.
"Good." She crossed her arms and rolled her eyes. I was shivered and my teeth began to chatter.
L took off his long sleeved shirt and dressed me in it. Over my White tank top it felt a little warmer.
"Okay, I'm leaving." Mimi headed to the door, but before going out she held up a peace sign; she didn't even turn around.
I laughed… okay, I'll be honest; it was a school girl giggle, because I'm that much of a dork. "We weren't even doing anything yet. I was going to save it for the meeting later on." He said looking deep in thought. "I was really looking forward to seeing their reactions, and how fast they can exit a room."
"We…could always do it again." I almost hesitated but I figured he wouldn't object. Just then I heard the door creek and a heavy feeling of arrogance filled the room. It was Light. He was suspected to be Kira, but somehow he'd weaseled his way out of it. I, myself, still suspected him of being Kira. I wasn't sure why.
He stared at me, and then L. An angry looked flashed over his face, and disappeared almost as soon as it had appeared. He looked at L once more. "Kalyssa, I had come to give my condolences, but it looks as if there's no reason for that." He looked confused.
I was still in L's lap, cuddled up close to his chest. When he talked I could feel the vibrations coming from his neck, on my forehead. It felt nice, but weird. "No, there isn't a need." L smiled. He thought of Light as a friend.
I leaned up a little to grab my coffee off the desk. It scalded my tongue but I ignored it. My eyes focused on Light's, I felt that the eyes revealed many things about a person. Over time if you paid enough attention to someone's eyes you could tell when they were lying. I sighed; Lights eyes revealed little about him. It's almost as if he put some sort of barrier up. I hated it; I hated whatever was blocking me out of Light's eyes.
"L, if you'll excuse me I have to go tell everyone that the meeting is to be resumed seeing as you're not dead." Light said with a little anger in his facial expressions.
"How did everyone come to the conclusion that I was dead?" L said cause a thin crease to appear in between his eyebrows.
Light swallowed and smiled. "I believe it was my fault. You see, ever since Kira started killing every time someone falls or in your case, passes out, I automatically assume that they've had a heart attack and panic," he paused, "When you passed out I didn't even think; I just yelled 'Dear God, Kira, what have you done? You've killed L'. It was then that everyone started to panic. Kalyssa was at your side before anyone could be there. She wouldn't let anyone touch you. She was in that position for at least two hours. When anyone actually tried to see if you were dead she would glare at them until they left the room. Have you eer seen her glare at someone? It's scary, to be honest."
L looked at me and smiled. "Yes, I've seen her glare before; it's not scary. It's cute."
I cuddled closer to him and wrapped my arms around his warm body. He gently grabbed a lock of my hair and twirled it in his fingers.
"I'll leave you two in privacy; L, I'll see you in," Light looked at his watch, "fifteen minutes at the meeting."
"I'll see you in thirty minutes. Since the meeting won't go very well without me, I assume you'll wait." L said still twirling the same lock of my hair in his fingers. Coming from anyone else this would have sounded extremely arrogant, but it was L. L never really sounded arrogant, or at least he didn't try to.