The first few days passed quickly, in which Watari accompanied Haley on shopping trips to build up her wardrobe and other essentials. She rarely saw L and the task force as they were busy on the case most of the day and she knew not to interrupt them much.

However, one day Haley was wandering around one of the buildings many floors when she bumped into Light.

"Oh Light!" She said and tried to keep the stupid grin off her face as she thought about how handsome he looked that day.

"Hello Violet. Heading somewhere in particular?" He raised his eyebrows at her and she shook her head.

"I was bored so I decided to... Explore."

"Ahh, well if you are finished exploring then I was going for a bite to eat, would you like to join me to the kitchen?"

He gave a dazzling smile which left Haley quite speechless, leaving her only the capability to nod. She turned to walk alongside him as they headed towards the kitchen.

Downstairs, curled up on a spinning chair and eating an ice cream sundae, L watched the surveillance TV screens with owly eyes. On the large flickering screen, he saw Haley and Light enter the kitchen area together, all smiles and friendliness. He cocked his head to one side slightly before reaching out a pale long finger to press a button allowing him to hear the sound. Lights voice came from the speakers,

"So how long have you known Ryuzaki?" He asked and L smiled. He had known that Light would have attempted to gain information about him through Haley. He calculated the percentage of Light being Kira as a raised 45%.

"Well, we were good friends as kids but we separated when we were about 15, this is the first I have seen of him since then."

Haley smiled and pulled herself onto the kitchen worktop, grasping at a jar of peanut butter from the cupboard. She unscrewed the lid and started to scoop up the peanut butter with her finger before sucking it off again. L remembered how she always used to do that back at Wammy's and how Roger was always telling her off for ruining the peanut butter for everyone else. She had always shrugged off his complaints, knowing that no one else in the orphange particularly cared for the spread. Lights voice brought L back to the present as he watched Light make himself a sandwich.

"Wow, so you and him were pretty close?"
Although the camera image was not the highest quality, L couldn't miss the flash of pain which crossed Haley's features and the slightly sad way her finger fell from her mouth.

"Yeah... He was my best friend."

L tightened the grip he had on his knees, trying to ignore the sadness he also felt biting away at his insides; he knew he had to stay focussed.

"It must have been hard for you then... When he left." Light had also picked up on her sadness and had moved closer to her, an affectionate hand resting on the side of her arm.

L frowned at the screen, not enjoying the way Light was touching her so easily, using all his charm and good looks to appeal to her, when L had none of such qualities.

"Yeah, I missed him." Haley had turned her gaze to Light and L guessed that he was probably giving her a full dose of those puppy dog eyes. L grunted slightly in disgust, trying to resist the urge to storm into the kitchen and break up the touching moment they were sharing.

However, it wasn't necessary because at that exact moment, Matsuda burst in, stopping suddenly when he saw the two of them.

"Light! And Violet! I was just looking for a snack!" He announced in his sing song voice, bounding towards them. "Violet, are you eating that peanut butter all by itself?" Matsuda pointed to the jar as Light slowly moved away from her. She smiled and nodded, offering the jar to Matsuda who recoiled slightly.

"No thanks, you have even stranger eating habits than L."

"Matsuda, I don't think anyone is stranger than L is." Light replied haughtily, turning back to his sandwich.

Observing the three of them, L frowned deeply, his pride kicking in at Light's statement.

"Yes, well that is why I like him. He's different to most guys. Guys like you two, for example." Haley gave them both a sweet smile before leaping from the worktop and exiting the room, jar of peanut butter in hand. L smiled at the screen, where the two men stared after her, slightly hurt looks on their faces.

"She must go for the weird looking guys then..." Matsuda frowned and L couldn't help the tingling sensation that had rooted itself inside his chest.

Light Yagami may have had the handsome looks and the sweet charm, but somehow L thought that in Haley's case, it didn't really matter all that much.
He ate another spoonful of ice cream ad savoured the sweetness on his tongue, his mind whirling with thoughts of her. Sweet Haley, pretty Haley, his Haley.

Firstly, I have to thank Kumixx for your review, and I have to agree with you, the death note characters are far too sexy for their own good ;P

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