I'm Still But a Man
Chapter 10
There was clicking of keys. Then Watari heard the door open and one pair of high heels. The other pair of feet didn't make much sound. Soon he saw Yu Ri dragging L who was clinging onto her shoulders. The detective reeked of alcohol and was obviously very drunk. The younger man kept whispering things into Yu Ri's ear in such a low voice that Watari couldn't make out the words. "Oh! I'm sorry Watari. I didn't mean to wake you up." Yu Ri stopped trying to make as little sound as possible. L looked up smiling and waved a cheery hello. "Where'd you find him?" Watari asked and tried to take L off of the lady. L clung onto her harder pressing his nose onto her collarbone, Watari gave up trying with a sigh. "Shall I make some coffee?" He asked. Yu Ri smiled, old man's proposal making her pleased. "Yes, please." While walking to the kitchen Watari worried if it was a very good idea to leave them together.
L smiled, completely happy with where he was, his nose pressed into the crook of Yu Ri's neck and hugging her close. "Let's get you to bed." Yu Ri sighed. She was tired. She had had long day and when Watari had called her and asked if she knew where L was and if she could try to call him the panic that had consumed her had also consumed the last bits of energy she had had left. L seemed quite happy with her words and actually started walking towards his bedroom. Yu Ri sighed for the second time. "I'll run you a bath!" She yelled after the detective.
Yu Ri sat at the edge of the bathtub waiting patiently for it to fill. The bubbles floated around her and the scent of something masculine pleased her nose. She shook her head. Of course L's bathing products wouldn't smell all girly and fruity like hers. He was a man after all, a fact that she had become more and more concious about lately. When they had met for the first time in England, he had been the goofy co-worker of hers. The fact that the said friend was a man had often slipped her mind but the more she spent time with him, the more he kept interacting with her...the harder it came to not love his touch, his voice, his scent.
"You are beautiful." Husky voice entered her senses, all five of them. She looked up into his eyes and smiled. L was still very much drunk but there was honesty and something in his eyes that made it clear he really thought so. "You, mister, you are drunk." She said smiling and tapped his nose with her finger. "Hmm..." Was the detective's nonchalant reply. He sat down on the chair next to the wall. Yu Ri watched him struggle with his shirt. She couldn't keep herself from smiling when L cursed lightly, his shirt stuck on his head.