AN: So this is my first Death Note fanfiction. This is actually my first fanfiction that isn't for InuYasha, so I'm a bit nervous, though excited. Plus, after spending many sleepless nights watching episode after episode and movie ontop of movie, I felt nearly obligated to write this. Also- my mind just wouldn't let me out of the story line:D

If you want to keep up with the story, please put me on your update alert list. And favorite story list. And every list that you have, 'cause I will love you! Also, I never know exactly how the story is going to go. I have a beginning, and I have an end, but I have nothing inbetween, so this could be a twoshot, a threeshot, or a multi-chapter story. I just don't know. So, with all that said, let's get on with the story!

WARNING: Lemon in later chapters.

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P.P.S- I don't know the exact timeline for the story, I'm just basing this off of my assumption that L and Light took the college entrance exam at the end of the school year in 2006.

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Chapter One:
Computer games

Winter 2005

L's leg shook as he stared at the computer screen. He had done this puzzle a million times, but he was too distracted to complete it at his usual speed. His days consisted of sitting in front of that screen, doing puzzles and reading the news. He had finished school two years earlier, but he couldn't leave. Legally, he was a ward of the country of England until his 18th birthday and couldn't leave any sooner. It ground on his nerves.

His eyes flicked to the corner of the screen as a noticed popped up, and he clicked on it hurriedly. Reading the article quickly, he bit his thumbnail as he found out that Kira had continued his killing spree and 5 more convicts were dead by what was identified as heart attacks, all with no previous ailments.

"Kira..." he whispered to himself, his mind racing. He knew Kira was in Japan and that he couldn't catch him until he was there, but it was months before he could legally leave the city. He had caught numerous other criminals directly from the orphanage and Watari's flat, but not Kira. He would have to be there, in Japan, following every possible hint, clue and rumor.

He closed the window and went back to the puzzle, only for the screen to flicker and then freeze. "Stupid computer," he muttered, sitting back and waiting for it to correct itself. The orphanage computer was a cumbersome thing and he hated putting up with it, but he couldn't leave everyday to go use the high-tech computers that Watari had.

Once he turned 18 he would have everything he could need or want, though. There was a large fortune waiting for him along with funding from Watari and his partners, but he could take neither until he was a legal adult and the country no longer cared about him. Not as though it cared now, but it was still illegal.

He stared at the ceiling as he waited for the computer to fix whatever was wrong with it. The other orphans would be back soon, and the play room where the computer was located would be filled with the annoying babbling and quarling of school children.

There was a click and he sat forward again, resting his hand over the mouse and continuing on the puzzle. He was almost halfway finished when there was a knock at the door. "Can I come in?"

"It's a free room," was his only response, not looking away from the screen as the mouse dragged peices from one part of the puzzle to the other.

The door pushed open and then shut, and he finally looked up to who had entered. It was a girl about his age, which was strange. There oldest girl who had been at the orphanage was 14. "You must be new," he stated, taking a moment to study her. She was pretty and innocent looking, with her brown hair pulled back in a ponytail and no makeup marring her face. Her attire consisted simply of a pair of jeans, a black tanktop and a green hoodie.

She merely smiled in return to his comment, her cheeks darkening slightly under his gaze as she nodded her head. "Mmhmm. I just got here yesterday," she informed him, closing the door behind her in courtesy and walking further into the room, looking around. Her words were smoothed over with a soft but deeply laced English accent, as most of the children's were. "I hope you don't mind me being in here. There just isn't much else to do."

"It's a free room," he told her again, turning his chair to follow her movements before turning back to the computer screen.

"Oh, um... yes," she said, slightly baffled. "Well, I'm really here because I heard that there was another orphan who had graduated early as well, and I was getting kind of lonely just sitting by myself in the girls room."

L listened but didn't say anything. 'So she finished with school already?' He though curiously, clicking a puzzle peice into place.

There was a momentary silence in the room before a chair was placed next to his own and she sat down, watching the screen. His head turned and he simply stared at her in surprise, wondering why she would get so close to him without knowing him. She seemed to notice her gaze and met it with her own. "I heard you don't like to talk much, and that's fine with me. Silence can be nice sometimes. So I just figured that I could sit here and watch you finish the puzzle," she told him with a smile. "I can move back a bit if I'm too close," she said, moving to push the chair back a little.

"No," he said quickly, reaching out but not touching her. "It's fine. You're fine there." He looked at her for another moment before turning back to face the screen.

They didn't speak for a long time. L was somewhat annoyed with her if only because her sudden presence made his mind even more muddled in its thoughts of who she was, where she came from and if he could afford to waste a few months in tracking Kira. His progress on the puzzle was becoming slower and slower. He was showing near incompetence in front of a complete stranger, and he hated it.

"So what's your name?" she asked, staring at him. He almost sighed, relieved that she hadn't asked if she could help. He would have started twitching.

He didn't respond though, just stared at the screen. He didn't tell anyone his name, and after a while they would all give up on trying to find out and leave him alone, just as he liked it.

"Mm. I heard you didn't like to speak much, or give your name for that matter," she continued. "I have to think that it's either because you don't like people or you don't actually know you're own name. If you don't like people, then you don't have to worry about me sticking around too long, because you'll probably show me in some form or another that you REALLY don't want me here. And if you don't know you're own name, then that's just truely sad and I hope you don't mind me saying that I feel bad for you."

L's hand didn't move the mouse anymore. Somehow, this girl had completely captured his attention. What was her purpose for being here? Why was she talking to him? Why would she fell bad for him?

"Either way, I have to be able to call you something. I can't just say, 'Ey! You! Boy!'. That could be rude. So... I'll give you a name." He turned his head to stare at her, his eyes widened and eyebrow raised, but she didn't care. "I know that I just met you, and I really don't know much of anything about you, so I can't give you a name yet. But over the next day or two I should be able to come up with something."

'I'm about to become her pet!' his mind screamed at him, but he was too transfixed in what she was saying to care at the moment. He wanted to know what she was thinking. "However, if you don't like the name then you can tell me and I won't use it. You should like your own name after all," she said with a small laugh.

Silence filled the room as the two just stared at each other, her with a sincere smile and him with an accusing stare. "Alright," he said finally, turning back to face the screen. He didn't know why he agreed or why he was even interested in knowing what the girl might name him, but he was.

"My name's Alexandria, by the way," she said. "If you ever do feel like talking to me, please don't call me Alex. I think it degrades the almost regal sound of the name."

It did, he had to agree. He heard the front door of the orphanage open and the sounds of children fill the hallway and he put his feet down on the floor, standing up. "See you tomorrow," he said and walked out of the room, knowing that he would see her at some point the next day.

She stared in confusion at his sudden exit, her mouth gaping as she searched for words. "Alright, bye," she finally managed out.

She watched the door for a second after it closed before looking at the computer screen, the half finished puzzle still there. She slid herself into the chair that he had been sitting in previously, waiting for another moment to make sure he wasn't returning before placing her hand on the mouse and continuing it for him.

AN: Awwww. I'm so happy! I really liked that:D One go, all the way through. No stops, no getting up, no nothing. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did and that you return for more.

P.P.P.S- Go check out my InuYasha stories if you're familiar with the show:)

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