Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note! However, I do own L! Jk, jk! But seriously, he IS mine! (lol)
Wishing
By: Sparxyu
Chapter 9
Five days later, L went into surgery to have the glass embedded in his skin removed. While the surgery was performed, Ruki sat in a waiting room patiently. She was only slightly worried, though and knew that L would be just fine.
When the operation was over, she went back into L's room and sat silently, waiting for him to wake up. She watched him sleep and wondered what he was dreaming about. He slept like the dead.
After three hours, the doctor came into the room. "I have great news," he whispered to Ruki. "Watari finally woke up. You'll tell Hideki when he wakes up, won't you?"
Ruki nodded.
"Hai."
"Good. By the way, Hideki will be able to go home
tomorrow." The doctor nodded and left.
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One Month Later:
Beep, beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.
Ruki slipped out of bed, her feet delicately touching the floor. Padding over to her desk, she picked up her alarm clock, turned it around in her hands and hit the off button.
She smiled to herself as she pulled a short black mini skirt out of her closet along with a tank top. 'L's coming back to school today,' she thought, unable to stop grinning from ear to ear.
She pulled her knee-high, black boots on over a pair of black fishnet tights. She stepped over to her full-length mirror, glancing at her reflection. She gotten her hair cut in a new, shorter style and she looked ever the Gothic queen. Carefully, so it wouldn't smudge, she applied her eyeliner heavily after burning the tip of the pencil. She looked stunning.
Every day after school, since L had come home from the hospital, she had been over to visit. When L told her that he would be able to comeback to school the next day, she had been so happy that she had to restrain herself from glomping him happily.
The glass had been removed successfully from L's skin and his cuts were healing amazingly. As for L's ribs, three of them were completely healed, but the fourth still had yet to finish healing.
Snapping out of her reverie, Ruki picked up her messenger bag and made her way into the main corridor of her house and into her kitchen. Taking a few ingredients out of the fridge, she quickly made her meal for later and secured it with the latch on her lunch box.
Slipping on her jacket and opening the front door, she made her way outside into the cold air. Her messenger bag tapped against her calf as she walked. Someone came up behind her and tapped her shoulder lightly.
"Ruki," Light said softly. "How are you?"
Ruki jumped slightly. "Light-kun! You startled me!"
"Sorry. Where have you been lately? I haven't seen you in ages."
"Do you remember about a month ago when there was that car crash in front of the Ryuzaki ramen shop?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"Well, Watari and L were involved in that crash," Ruki explained.
"Oh." Light looked concerned. "I heard that both of them went to the Saint Shinigami hospital and the sensei received a not saying that L was in the hospital. Are they okay?"
"Hai,"
Ruki replied. "They're fine. But…" She stopped.
"But
what?" Light prompted.
"I was never so scared in my entire life," Ruki finished. "I stayed with L in the hospital, too."
"Oh. Why?" Light asked.
Ruki looked up from the spot on the ground she'd been staring at. "That's what you do when you care about someone," she replied. "You look out for each other."
The two of them had reached the school. They walked inside, both going to their lockers. As Ruki was putting away her things, she felt two hands grab her quickly from behind, but this time, she knew exactly who it was.
She turned around with a grin on her face. "Hello, Hideki-kun."
A/N: Yey! L's back! But don't worry, people, the story still has yet to be finished. There's still a 'certain something' L might ask Ruki to join him in. (cough, Dance, cough, cough) o.O I just gave it away! Uh-oh! Anywho, please review.
