Summary: Misa had an argument with Light that night and finds herself being lonely again. But, it all came down to the point that L was there to comfort her. And she started seeing things she never saw whenever she is with L. One thing she knew, this is love. And it so many days for her to notice it. So soon to notice.

Disclaimer: I don't own L Lawliet and Amane Misa; only this story.

So soon to notice

A Death Note fan fiction

sushidreams

Chapter One: A misunderstanding

"Don't you miss Misa, Light?!" Misa protested, her arms still embracing the suffocated man. Her eyes releasing some tears and her face, unpainted with such annoyance.

"I always see you here, so what's the reason for me to miss you?" Light asked, trying to take away her strong arms in his neck. He glared at her, slowly losing every patient he have for Misa. "Stop embracing me! You'll kill me with this!"

Misa pouted even more, having a thought that maybe Light doesn't love her anymore. Well, Light never complimented her nor adored her even before, right? Light glared at her again, with his eyes commanding her to stop embracing him or else, she'll be punished. She nodded to herself, as she finally released her arms off him. He fixes the collar of his polo, because it was disarranged by Misa's childish acts. Looking down, Misa still cries over the boy who doesn't seemed to like her even before.

"What are you crying about, Misa?" Light asked, ignoring the soft sobs she is producing. "Stop acting like I'm always concern to you."

"But Misa just want to be with Light." she demanded, still looking down, staring at her blank painted nails. "Don't you want me around here in the hotel?"

He shook his head. "You'll not supervise me forever, Misa. Ryuuzaki and I have work to do so please, stop bothering me."

"You've been with Ryuuzaki since morning! Misa wants to spend all her time with Light right now!" she said, oddly raising her voice a little bit so that he could understand her small invitation of happiness.

"I don't have time for you right now, Misa. Just leave me alone."

"But Misa wants to be with Light right now! Can't you leave work and just do sweet things with Misa?" she asked, pouting again.

He looked at her, narrowly. "Don't you have anything to do besides bothering and trying to do stupid things that will embarrass me in front of everyone?"

She stepped back, feeling a sudden ache in the pit of her stomach. To hear those words, it feels like she was the real obstacle rather than Ryuuzaki. Her hands, forming in a clench fist slowly opened as she covered her face. She was crying again and this time, she's crying not because Light doesn't want to spend his time with her but she's crying because of those words.

"What is it this time, Misa?" he asked, very much annoyed to his sobbing companion. "Ryuuzaki needs me right now."

"Don't you like me, Light?" she asked, looking down again in the floor, staring now at the floorings. "I mean, you're always mean when it comes to me. Don't you like me?"

He raised an eyebrow. "Tell me, what's the difference if I like you or not, Misa? Nothing, right?"

"Misa loves you but you never seemed notice that!"

Her eyes, in anger and in pain. He looked at her, a little bit puzzled but unconcern about her. "I notice it – a lot than you do."

"But why don't you like spending time with me, Light?" she asked, still crying for more.

"I'm busy. Go talk to someone else or talk to Ryuuzaki." he retorted, icily as he turned around and walks towards the door, leading to the operation room.

"Where are you going?" she asked, walking slowly but was stopped by Light's hand movement.

He didn't look at her. "I'm going now to work. So please, enjoy the night without me." he said as he finally walked out of the room.

"Light!" she shouted but Light finally closed the door, leaving her crying again for the seventh time this week. She fell on her knees and finally cried, wondering why Light is so cold about her presence. The night grew colder as her soft sobs mixed into the silent hour of the night.

He walked, lazily with his eyes fixated on his watch. Light was thinking if he could finally sleep, without Misa's stupid actions. Ryuuzaki noticed him, always glancing over his watch. Light stomped his fist into the desk, but it didn't made any annoying sounds. Ryuuzaki smiled, eating his chocolate cake for the 8th time that day. Light noticed him, wondering why he's being weird again.

"Had a fight with Misa-san?" Ryuuzaki asked, looking at now empty plate. He childishly runs his long fingers into the chocolate left in his plate and licked his finger. "Right, Light-kun?"

He nodded. "She's being stupid again."

"You always say that to her, being stupid again. I never heard you compliment her nor tell her she's pretty."

"She's not pretty, Ryuuzaki. She's like… a child waiting for her mother to cradle her over the night."

Ryuuzaki nibbles his thumb. "That's not the way to compliment a woman, Light-kun. You should treat her nice or better yet, treat her a date tomorrow."

"That's not my thing, you know."

"But, she is your girlfriend."

"We're not officially in love with each other, Ryuuzaki." Light said, annoyed by the topic. "I don't want to talk about her right now. It makes me uncomfortable."

"And why did you feel uncomfortable? Misa-san is pretty." Ryuuzaki said, still chewing his thumb like it's a bubblegum. "You should compliment her often."

Light narrowly looked at him. "I don't care."

"You start taking care of her. You might lose him to some guys who also have crush on her."

"I don't really care about it."

Ryuuzaki looked at him, in a weird way as Light looked away to not see that weird yet scary look in Ryuuzaki's eyes. Ryuuzaki smiled, feeling a sudden victory again. He managed to defeat him by establishing a scary stare but always finds Light being annoyed by him. Watari came, holding yet another slice of chocolate cake. Ryuuzaki nodded and eats again sweet treats.

"Well," Ryuuzaki said. "If that's your decision, then I have nothing against that, Light-kun."

"Eh?" Light was puzzled.

Ryuuzaki looked at him. "About Misa-san, being sweet to you."

"She isn't being sweet, she's being stupid."

"Stupid again." Ryuuzaki said, in an odd way. "Well, if that's your point of view, then I'm for it."

"Whatever you say, Ryuuzaki."

Ryuuzaki nodded, still eating his chocolate cake. Light rolled his eyes, resting his chin over his soft palms. And to talk about Misa's condition was something he'd rather not talk about.

She was still in her room, staring at the starless and cloudless dark sky with her palm, touching her smooth face. She wiped her tears, trying to comfort herself with singing some of her favorite songs. She released a small drew of breathe, yawning a bit, a sign that she's being sleepy again. Her eyes, finally falling from her dreams but she was awaken in her almost sleep with a knock in the door. With her eyes, wide awake, she hurriedly run towards the room, excited to see Light, finally realized that he wants spend the night with her. Smiling to herself, she eagerly opened the door, only to see a bare-footed man with a messy hairstyle, standing in front of her. It was Ryuuzaki, scratching his feet into the other one. She pouted, folding her arms.

"What are you doing here?" she asked, pouting. "Misa was about to sleep when Ryuuzaki-san knocked at my door."

"Oh, is that so?" his words, a little bit unconvincing. "Well I thought you might be depressed again by Light-kun."

Her angry features vanished as she felt a sudden happiness that spread throughout her system. Ryuuzaki-san is concern about Misa? She thought, staring at him intently. "Misa's not depressed."

"Really?" he said, trying to let her true colors show up.

"Of course, Misa isn't sad! She's always energized!" she pretended to fake a smile but Ryuuzaki just let out a sign of sigh. "Why aren't you sleeping?"

"Do you want me to comfort you, at least tonight?" he asked, innocently as he walked in her room. She was surprised on how fast he moved from one way to another.

She nodded. "You can talk to me but I'm not depressed."

"Stop lying."

"Why do you mean by that? Misa's not lying!" she demanded, walking towards him, face to face. "You can go out and leave Misa alone!"

"You don't really want me to comfort you, Misa-san?" he asked again, assuring that his little sad fellow isn't that depressed.

She nodded, faking another smile. "Misa's genki!"

He looked at her, wondering if he could read between the lines. "You're not genki, Misa-san. You're faking a good smile."

He noticed?! She thought, eyes wide. "Misa give up. Yes, Misa is sad because of Light-kun but it doesn't mean I don't love him anymore!"

"Good girl."

"EH!? What do you mean by 'good girl'?!"

He smiled, impishly nibbling his thumb. "Okay, I'll let Misa-san sleep tonight. I'll also sleep now." he said as he turned around to go out of the room.

"Wait!" she shouted, causing him to stop in his tracks. "Misa's sorry for being a little dumb tonight. Misa just missed Light-kun badly this week. Can Ryuuzaki-san forgive Misa?" she said, sounding a bit childish.

He turned around, still nibbling his thumb. "You're cute when you act like a small child, Misa-san."

"Eh?"

"Saa, I'll head for my room now. See you tomorrow morning." he said, as she turned around again and walked towards the door. "Don't worry, Light-kun will understand your feelings one of these days, Misa-san."

Misa smiled. "Okay."

Ryuuzaki silently went out of her room, leaving her smiling by herself into the dark room. She could say that the depression somehow vanished because of Ryuuzaki's uplifting words. She closed the door, releasing another sight before jumping to her bed. She hugged her pillow and closed her eyes. Well, she's okay with this.

Next Chapter: Ignore the bliss just for now

A/N: Yippee, another L and Misa fan fiction! As promised before, I'll update this story weekly. I just want to test if L and Misa is really compatible with each other (I do believe that they are really compatible!). Hehe! I liked the way L comforted her in some of his weird methods. In the next chapter, Misa will find herself being comforted by L again but this time, she listens carefully to L's little sermons! Can't wait to publish it to the world! ;)