Misa's Perfect Christmas Date
Chapter 1
Marry Christmas and Happy Holidays everybody! :D Here is your Death Note Christmas fanfic! This is gonna be a two or threeshot. Please R&R!
"Only two days until Christmas!" Amane Misa yelled, skipping around Headquarters and slapping a Santa hat on L, busy typing up case reports and drinking coffee.
"I wasn't aware that you celebrated the Christian holiday of Christmas," The detective said. "Although, you're probably happy because it's two days until your twenty-first birthday."
"On the nose, Ryuzaki-kun!" Misa said happily. "Misa-Misa and Light are gonna have to best date EVER! Misa's got it all planned out!" She unfolded a piece of paper and showed it to the detective who took it.
"This is extremely detailed, Miss Amane," L mused. "It's down to the minute and covered in small notes."
"The finished copy's right here." Misa said, handing him a much nicer sheet of paper with the notes all organized on the back.
"Interesting..." He said, taking a sip of cof-
"Misa please return my coffee cup."
"Nope!" Misa poured something in it and handed it back.
"What was that?" He said, sniffing the liquid.
"Peppermint extract!" Misa said. L took a drink of the coffee.
"Interesting. It tastes like candy canes..."
"Hehe!" Misa said with a smile. "Hey Ryuzaki-kun."
"Yes?" The detective replied.
"Where is everybody?"
"Upstairs."
"Why?"
"They're all with Light-kun."
"Why?" Misa asked again, taking the santa hat off L and putting it on her own head.
"Let me show you." He pressed a key on the computer and brought up the video feed on a room. All of the members of the task force, including Watari were standing around a bed.
"What's going on?" Misa asked, squinting at the blurry picture.
"It's seems Light-kun has fallen terribly ill. He's been sick for about six hours and hasn't been able to digest anything. He can't leave his bed because if he did he'd get-"
"THAT'S ENOUGH! Misa doesn't want to hear about how sick her Light-kun is! Why wasn't Misa informed of this?"
"You didn't ask."
"You could've just told Misa anyway!" The model cried, staring at the screen.
"You've been here for almost an hour and have shown no sign of interest in Light-kun, so I didn't bring it up." L said, biting into a piece of strawberry cake.
"What floor is Light-kun on?!"
"Seventeen, why- AH!" Misa grabbed L's hand and dragged him up the stairs.
"Are you okay, Light-kun?!" Misa said, collapsing on Light's chest.
"Misa?" Light asked, coughing.
"I'm right here, Light-kun."
"It's good to see you." Misa smiled, but quickly frowned.
"... What about our Christmas date?" Misa said quietly, trying to keep it to herself.
"Oh god," Light whispered. "I-I can't go. I might be able to if I'm not sick, but-" He fell into a raging fit of coughing.
"Light-kun!" Misa yelped, running towards him but quickly being stopped by Matsuda.
"Matsu!" Misa screamed.
"Sorry, Misa-Misa, but we don't want you to get sick either!" Misa huffed and stared at her boyfriend, coughing up a storm and begging for the glass of water Watari held out for him.
She knew what the other members of the Task Force thought. They thought even Ryuzaki liked Misa more than Light did. But she didn't care even a bit. She had her love, and her love was more than enough for the both of them.
Light coughed. "Can I talk to Ryuzaki alone for a minute or so?" He coughed again, as it trying to enhance his offer.
"Of course." His father said, motioning for all of the members of the Task Force (with Matsuda still dragging Misa) to leave the room. He shut the door quietly behind him once the whole group was gone.
Once they were gone, L said, "What did you want to talk about Ligh-"
"I need you to-" He broke out in an extremely loud coughing fit. Watari rushed in with a small cup of water and two pills which Light took eagerly and then settled himself back against the pillows.
"You need me to what? Would you like me to get you case files?" L suggested, not understanding with Light wanted. If he was Kira, he'd want to stay connected to the case as the Task Force got ever closer to Kira's identity.
"I need you to go on that date Misa was talking about," Light said with a few hacking coughs. "Give her whatever she wants and compliment her clothes, hair, makeup, etc. just do that and she'll be happy. Talk about her work and make sure you wear a red tie and a suit and when you-"
"Light-kun, what gave the idea that I was going to-"
"Because I NEED Misa to be happy. Do you want to spend the next six months, maybe even all of next year, hearing about how," He coughed for a second. "Misa-Misa didn't have a boyfriend to spend Christmas with?"
The detective sighed. "Of course I don't want to hear about it. So, contrary to what I said before, I will try to convince Misa-chan to allow me to be her Christmas date." Light smiled weakly.
"Thanks, Ryuzaki." The detective nodded and walked to the door, opening it and letting the Task Force file in.
The detective noticed the absence of a certain blonde model.
"Where is Miss Amane?"
"I'm not sure," Matsuda replied. "I'd check her room." The detective nodded and got in the elevator, almost tripping over something in the middle of the doorway.
"Misa-san?" The detective said once he straightened himself, or rather, went back to his slouched position. The mass huddled on the floor whispered,
"Wh-what?"
"What's wrong?" He crouched down next to her and hit the "STOP" button on the elevator.
"M-Misa, I," She whispered. "My Light-kun is super sick and, and I'm here worried about my birthday-slash-Christmas date!" She started to sob, probably again.
"I'M SUCH A TERRIBLE PERSON!" She wailed.
The use of first person on Misa's part was intriguing to the detective. Misa wasn't one to use it at all, preferring to talk like a five year old. But, now wasn't the time to talk about her choice of words or point of views. There was a girl sobbing on the floor of a stopped elevator to be dealt with.
"I'm sure Light-kun understands how you feel..." He said, making most of the phrase up. It it were anyone else, there was a 83% chance he would've said, "Yes, that wasn't the best thing you could've said in that situation. You should've been more considerate of your boyfriend and his current ailment," but this was, once again, hardly the time.
"Y-you think?" The model whimpered, this time finally looking up at L.
Her mascara was running due to the tears, even though he swore the mascara she bought was waterproof. Although everything waterproof is only waterproof to a certain extent, he thought. Her jacket sleeves were stained with drenched makeup and tears. Misa's lips were quivering and her eyes were puffy.
"Of course," L lied. "When Light-kun and I were talking he said that he understands and honestly wants you to have your Christmas date at all costs."
"B-but he can't be perfectly healthy in two days!" The model cried. "Look at how our date ends!" She handed him the finalized copy of her date and turned away a bit, avoiding eyes contact with the detective.
L examined the paper quickly.
4:32- Leave/Get In Cab
4:37- Exit Cab, Walk Around Looking At Stuff
5:46- Show Up At Restaurant
6:02- Finally Get A Table
6:03-7:06- Eat A Lovely Dinner
7:08- Arrive At Nagasaki Park
7:09- Walk in the Moonlight
7:13- Kiss By The Fountain In The Middle Of The Park
7:20- Light-kun Proposes (Optional but Preferred)
"Light-kun proposes?"
"It's optional, okay?" Misa said, keeping her eyes on her $250 boots. "But yes... Misa- I, want Light-kun to propose."
"You realize that's quite a fantasy."
"Completely. I totally get it," Misa said, wiping her eyes with her hand. "I know that you all think that even you love me more than Light-kun does and that there's almost no way he'd ever propose, but- but..."
"You have enough love for the both of you?" The detective offered.
"Yes! That's it! My love in enough for both of us!"
They sat in silence for a moment until L said,
"We should g-" Misa forced him to sit down again as he tried to get up.
"Don't leave Misa- me yet." She whispered, putting her head on his shoulder. L kept quiet as he observed Misa. Her normal preppy attitude had been completely destroyed. This was the first time her ever seen her anything but happy, terrified or annoyed. She had never cried or made it seem like she wasn't happy with everything all the time.
"Thanks for talking to me, Ryuzaki-kun. It- it means a lot to me." She smiled weakly and kissed his cheek, leaving a small, peach-colored stain on the skin.
"Misa." The model's eyes floated over to where the detective was perched on the floor.
"Yes?"
"What I originally came here to say was that Light-kun told me to go with you so you could go on your Christmas date." Misa blinked.
"Wh-what?"
"Light-kun told me that I should go on your Christmas date unless by some miracle he recovers by then."
"Y-you'd really do that for Mis- me?" He pondered the thought for a fraction of a second.
"I would," He finally replied. "There's only a seventeen percent chance that I'd ever leave Headquarters for something that wasn't related to the case, and this is one of the few things I would leave f-" He was cut off by Misa tackling him in a hug bear.
"OHTHANKYOURYUZAKI-KUNI'LLNEVERFORGETTHIS!" She pulled back from the hug and planted a huge kiss right on his lips. The detective fell into a slight daze and Misa smiled.
"Wear a black suit with a red tie and wash your hair and look less tired and DON'T SLOUCH." Misa smiled, hit the stop button again and waited the few seconds until the heavy doors opened again and rushed out to talk to Light again.
L Lawliet said quietly on the floor of the elevator, contemplating exactly what the hell just happened. Misa had been sobbing. He got that. He understood everything, actually. Everything except the bit at the end. Her demands about not slouching and not looking tired were acceptable, it was her date after all, but he didn't completely understand why Misa had tackled him into a hug and kissed him on the lips. She barely did that with Light!
He pondered the thought all the way down the glass steps to the main floor and while he sat himself in his chair and while he enjoyed his 5th cup of coffee.
She kissed me, he thought. She kissed me, hugged me and said that she would allow me to replace Light-kun on her date. That's very strange for Misa-san.
"Ryuzaki-kuuuuun!" The detective snapped out of his momentary trance and turned his head to the side, about a millimeter from cracking his forehead against Misa's.
"Yes, Misa-san?" He replied, returning to his coffee cup.
"Do you have everything ready for Misa's date?"
L sighed, "Not yet. I'll ask Watari tomorrow to pick up whatever is necessary. And furthermore, it's only been 45 minutes..."
"Great! Misa just wants her date to be perfect!" She said happily. Chief Yagami and Matsuda looked up from their computers.
No first person... L surmised. So, she only uses first person when she's alone with me? Or simply alone with someone she truly trusts? But if that's the case, why doesn't she use first person around Light? Why is it just me?
"... so you need to have- Ryuzaki-kun are you paying attention?"
"Not really," L replied. "I've been thinking about something."
"Oh. Well, Misa will tell you about everything later! But right now, she's gonna go talk to Light-kun! Bye!" Misa smiled and skipped up the stairs.
"What was that all about?" Matsuda asked the detective.
"I don't know," L lied in response.
"Oh."
"So, anything new on Yotsuba?"
"Not since Misa did her interview," Chief Yagami said. "And we haven't got much work done since my son got sick anyway."
"Does anyone know how that happened?" Aizowa asked.
"What do you mean?" Matsuda asked in response.
"Well you don't just get that sick without something happening! Something must've happened. Anybody know?"
"I'd like to know too," Mogi said.
"I'm sure we'd all like to know," Chief Yagami said to the Task Force, "but I'm sure he just came down with something."
"I'm not sure if this is relevant or anything," L chimed in, "but about a day and a half ago I saw Light-kun eating an entire jar of gummy vitamins intended for children. And yesterday I saw him eat an entire jar of mayonnaise. He probably did something else because those alone wouldn't make him sick."
"Why?" Matsuda, Mogi and Aizowa asked at the same time.
"The only reason I can think of would be to make himself sick." L replied, munching on a piece of cake.
"Why didn't you tell us this before?!" Matsuda screamed. "This is HUGE!"
"Explain," L said, drinking some coffee.
"What do you mean "explain"?!" Matsuda yelled, "Light made himself sick do he DIDN'T have to go on a real date with Misa-Misa!" L sighed, repositioning himself in his chair as his legs fell down to the floor so he sat like the rest of the Task Force members.
It didn't take very much perception or detective skills to figure Matsuda's one-track mind. L decided that he would probably have to sit like a normal person on his date with- no. "His date with" made no sense. To be completely true, it was "Misa's date". She organized everything and if it wasn't for Light being sick, he wouldn't have had the chance to go at all.
"The fact that Light is sick and or made himself sick is none of our business and the fact that he didn't want to go on a date with Misa-chan is practically universally known," L said blankly, staring at Misa and Watari, standing around Light's bed. Misa was obviously trying to explain why her makeup was smeared everywhere as whenever she tried to take it off completely in the bathroom, Light would force her to come back to talk to him.
That bastard, L thought. He just wants to know how vulnerable Misa can be. He doesn't care about her at a- wait. Why do I care?
"So then why do you think Light's- oh my gosh!" Matsuda remarked, jumping out of his chair.
"What?" Aizowa and Chief Yagami said.
"Who's going on Misa's Christmas date if Light isn't?!"
"I suppose she's going by herself or maybe with a single celebrity friend." Chief Yagami said, keeping his eyes on his son. He had fallen asleep and Misa was taking the opportunity to wash all the running makeup off her face.
Watari had brought Misa's makeup bag from her room and she quickly proceeded to reapply all the makeup she had on earlier.
"Misa?" Light called weakly. Misa quickly threw on a little lipgloss and rushed out to her boyfriend's side.
"Why did y-" Light was cut off by Misa's cell phone going off.
"Oh my gosh! Misa is so sorry!" She pulled out her phone and listened as her manager angrily ranted on and on about how if Misa wasn't at her next photo shoot in ten minutes she was fired.
"Misa is sorry, Light-kun, but she has to go to a stupid photo shoot..."
"It's okay," He coughed for a second, "just get Ryuzaki to drive you over there." Misa smiled and nodded, rushing down the stairs and stopping in front of the detective.
"Drive Misa to her photo shoot!" L sighed.
"Watari," He said into a small PA system, "please drive Misa Amane to the location of her next photo shoot."
"Yes sir, Ryuzaki," The man said, walking over to Misa. "The car will be outside when you're ready."
"I'm ready now!" Misa said happily.
Watari smiled, "Of course. Right this way."
•_•_•_•_•_•_•_•_•
About two hours later, Misa called Headquarters and said she was done and needed Watari to come pick her up. L had advised the other members of the Task Force to continue work as usual and that he was tagging along to pick up Misa.
"Okay!" Matsuda had said, "Bye Ryuzaki!" The other members of the Task Force had either nodded or waved.
•_•_•_•_•_•_•_•_•
As the old-fashioned car Watari typically drove pulled up in front of the building Misa's photo shoot was at and several people stopped to stare at it. It was a very nice car after all, and a considerable amount of money had been spent on repairs and things along those lines.
What surprised Misa was the fact that when she opened the back door there was Ryuzaki, sitting like a normal person who proceeded to climb out of the car and say,
"I thought we might go shopping for what I should wear on your date." Misa smiled brightly.
"Okay, Ryuzaki-kun!" Both of them climbed into the car and it immediately sped away.
"Who was that guy?"
"I don't know."
"He was really cute!"
"No he wasn't!"
"He's gotta be loaded. That car and a personal driver?"
"No shit."
"Was he Misa-Misa's boyfriend?"
"He did say something about a date."
"It's really close to Christmas! That means it MUST be official."
"I got the whole thing on video!"
"What did she call him? Ryuzaki?"
"I think so."
As the car sped along the roadway, Misa kept casting split-second glances at her friend. He was sitting like a human, she noticed, and his hair seemed halfway manageable. His left leg was on the seat and he propped his arm up on it, staring out the window. She wondered briefly what he was staring at. She looked out her window.
"STOP THE CAR! THAT STORE RIGHT THERE!" She screamed suddenly. Watari slammed on the breaks and did something probably illegal to get into the one remaining parking spot in front of the store.
"This is where I go to look at suits!" Misa said happily, the unusual use of first person arising again.
"Why do you need to go look for suits?" L asked, "You aren't make so you have no reason to-"
"What size are you?" She asked. He replied after a split second of thought and Misa raced off, leaving L to stand next to a pile of ties. He looked around. Watari was nowhere to be found, but this store was right up his alley, what with all the suits he wore and whatnot.
"Here, Ryuzaki-kun!" Misa said, coming back, arms loaded with shirts, pants, ties, you name it.
"How many did you-"
"Put this one on first!" She said happily, handing him a suit and shoving him into a dressing room before enteringherself and closing the door behind her.
"What are you d-"
"Put on the suit!" Misa commanded.
"Excuse me?" L replied. He wasn't used to being ordered around at all, and for Misa to? Unheard of.
"Shirt off, jeans off, suit on. It's pretty simple, Ryuzaki-kun."
She's asking me to take off my clothes?He thought.
"Are you sure?" He asked. Misa groaned and rolled her eyes, yanking the over-sized white long-sleeved shirt over L's head and revealing a toned chest with a six-pack.
"Misa-chan?" He asked after a minute, "Misa-chan?"
"Huh? Oh, right... Umm, okay. Just take off your jeans and put this on..." Misa said, turning around to give him at least a little privacy.
He looks so strong... She thought, blushing. No, not strong. He looks good. Handsome. Hot. I'd go as far as to say sexy!
"How does this look, Misa-chan? I think the sleeves are a bit tight." She regained her composure (aka stopped blushing) and turned around to look at her friend.
"What're you talking about?" She asked, "You look amazing, Ryuzaki-kun!"
The suit he was wearing was black and looked like... well, a suit.
"Hmm..." Misa said, placing her thumb and index finger on her chin, "I still think you should try on a few others. That one doesn't look right when I picture my dress next to it... Take that one off and put this one on!"
Ryuzaki sighed inwardly and rolled his eyes, but ultimately did what Misa said. She wasn't a forced to be reckoned with in the first place and besides, it was her date after all.
"Hmm..." She'd always say before giving a reason why she didn't like it. Then, she'd hand him another, command him to put that one on and turn around so he could change.
It wasn't for three and a half hours that Misa had finally found a suit deemed "worthy" enough to go on the date. Then, while L was still in said suit, Misa dragged him out of the dressing room and over to the ties. This didn't take as long, only a half hour or so. Misa wanted a red tie and there were only three red ties and one had a "stupid pattern" so it was immediately tossed aside.
"Perfect!" She exclaimed after tying the tie and turning the detective around several times, "You look amazing, Ryuzaki-kun!"
"Would you like me to ring this up for you?" A man asked, walking up behind L and Misa.
"Yes please! But Ryuzaki-kun is still wearing the suit!"
"That's just fine. He can wear it out if he wants to," The man said with a smile, "he just needs to give me the tags." Misa pulled off the tie and ripped the tag off the back of the suit. She ran back into the dressing room and produced L's clothes. The over-sized white shirt and faded blue jeans looked horrifying in Misa's eyes, but she kept quiet. Watari payed the man for the suit and tie, also paying for his things, the total amounting to just under 200,000 yen.
"Thank you!" Misa said with a smile.
"Please," the man said, "come back any time you need something new for your boyfriend." Misa opened her mouth to protest, to say Ryuzaki wasn't her boyfriend, but she didn't know why. This man would know in due time that Yagami Light was her boyfriend, possibly her fiancé. It would only be a matter of time.
"Is there anywhere else you'd like to visit, Misa-chan?" Misa looked up from her thoughts. She, Ryuzaki and Watari were walking along the sidewalk and trying to avoid Misa being seen. She had put on a short blonde wig before they had left and was wearing an old varsity jacket, jeans, and converse sneakers. L was still in his suit, but had asked Watari to distract Misa long enough for him to find some place to change his clothes.
"What?" Misa had said, "Ryuzaki-kun! Why did you change? You looked so amazing!" L simply smiled, handing the suit to Watari, and put his hands in his pockets.
"Is there anywhere you'd like to go before we pop into the café?" He asked. Misa thought for a second.
"Uh, nope! Misa's all set to go get coffee!" L smiled. He had been hoping for that answer.
"Alright," L turned to Watari and said, "I believe I have enough money with me to pay for coffee, Watari. You make return back to Headquarters and continue instructing the Task Force until I call you."
"Of course, Ryuzaki. I will wait for your call. Would you like me to continue taking care of Yagami-kun?"
"Yes. Thank you," L replied, turning himself and Misa around and walking into the tiny coffee shop.
"Hi! Welcome!" A cheery waitress said.
"Hello!" Misa replied with a huge, bright smile.
"What can I get you?"
"I'd like a cup of coffee," L said.
"Anything in it?"
"Thirty cubes of sugar and seventeen creamers."
"… Okay. Anything for your girlfriend?"
"A peppermint mocha!" Misa replied with a smile.
"Alright! Coming right up! What name do I put on the cups?"
"Ryûga."
"Okay! Take a seat and I'll cal you when it's ready!"
L and Misa walked to a small table by the window and sat down.
"I... I completely forgot about Light-kun…" Misa said quietly.
"Then I've done my job," L replied, "sometimes it's good to go out and forget about what's causing you pain."
"Pain?!" Misa almost screeched, "Light-kun doesn't cause Misa pain!"
"He constantly ignores you, he honestly couldn't give a shit about you and he did this on purpose."
"D-did what on purpose?"
"Got himself sick."
"You're lying, that's a lie!"
"No it isn't. I saw him," L replied, touching Misa's hand, "you're making a scene." He whispered.
"Ryuzaki!" The woman at the counter called. L stood up and walked to the counter picking up the coffee and paying the woman.
"Light-kun would never do that to me," Misa whispered asL got back to the table, setting down her coffee, "he… he loves me. ...Right?"
"May I change the subject? I have absolutely no clue how to make you feel better about this," L said, stirring his coffee with a small spoon.
"Okay," Misa replied, drinking some of her own coffee and wiping her eyes a bit.
"First, can you address yourself?"
"What? What does that mean, Ryuzaki-kun?"
"Talk about yourself for a second."
"Umm… okay. My name is Misa Amane, I like coffee, my boyfriends name is Light Yagami but I'm going on my 21st birthday/Christmas date with the world's most brilliant detective."
"There," L said, "you've been speaking in first person only when other people aren't around to hear you. Except me. Why is that?" Misa looked at him funny.
"I don't know. I guess it's just unconscious or something like that. I like talking to you. You actually listen..." L reached across the table and touched Misa's hand.
"I am always here if you ever need to talk to someone." Misa smiled warmly.
"Now," L said, "about that kiss in the elevator." Misa's face went beet red.
"It's was just a spur of the moment thing!" The model said defensively, "I don't have those kinds of feelings! I was just happy, that's all!"
L smiled, "It was a joke."
"A… joke? You just made a joke?!"
"I can be like a normal person, you know. Have you observed how I'm sitting?" Misa looked again and saw that indeed, Ryuzaki had been sitting like a normal human the whole time.
"A very nice improveme-" She was cut off by L's cellphone ringing.
"Hello?" He said into the receiver, "What do you need, Matsuda? Really? Alright. Tell Watari to come get us. Goodbye." He snapped his phone shut and shoved it back into his pocket, seeming like he never wanted to see the damned thing ever again.
"What was that about, Ryuzaki-kun?"
"There's been another Kira killing."
"Then Light-kun isn't Kira!"
"It was a major business CEO. It's the newest Kira, which spouted when the both of you were held captive."
"Good. I-I mean, not good, but-but it wasn't Light-kun, so that's good!" Misa sputtered. A car honked it's horn outside and Land Misa stood up and walked outside to it.
When the returned to Headquarters, Chief Yagami, Mogi and Aizowa were sitting and working on the case while L could see Matsuda upstairs with Light.
"We decided to take shifts," Chief Yagami explained, "so that my son has someone with him at all times. We saved you a shift too, Misa." The model smiled.
"Thank you! It just can't interfere with Misa-Misa's Christmas date!"
"I've been meaning to ask," Aizowa said, "who are you going on this date with if Light can't?"
"It's a secret!" Misa said with a cunning wink.
"Then where have you been?"
"Misa and Ryuzaki-kun w-"
"Her photo shoot ran late," L lied, "I had to stay late and watch because Watari needed to take care of Light-kun and Misa asked me to stay behind."
"Uh, yeah! That's what it was." Misa said with a smile. A small bell rang.
"Oh, time for your shift Misa!"
Chapter 1 done! I doubt the second chapter will be even close to this long, but we'll see! Please R&R! -Chiharu