Hahahaha, hehehe - Please don't kill me! About time! Unfortunately the updates for this story are going to stop for a while because of school but be patient because I will not abandon this story. I'm actually writing the end of the story because I had extra inspiration, so you're gonna have to wait a while for anything. Unless you just want the end. Which wouldn't be good, 'cause you wouldn't understand it. Stories need a beginning, middle and an end so... Oh i'm waffling. SORRY.

March 3rd was the 10th anniversary of Death Note, that's why I posted it on that day :)

Anyhoo, please review!

-Ela

Kiss The Girl

Noriko served herself and Rin and then put the spoon back in the bowl, so I could dish out some food for Panda and I. We ate in companionable silence for all of two minutes. That is until my aunt exploded, her mouth never ceasing in movement, torrents of sentences flowing out and mingling to such an extent that I was unsure what she was saying. I used to block her out after a while, as she doesn't really ever give you the chance to answer anyway. Unluckily she had just asked me a question and I had been thinking about Doctor Who. 'What did she say?' I thought quickly. A small reassuring smile was on her lips, waiting for me to answer. Suddenly L started talking.

"We met at a coffee shop, I was sitting at a table by myself and there were no other places to sit. She asked to sit with me and I said yes, we started talking and found that we had lots of common ground. Such as we both have lived in England." 'Wow, did he make that all up on the spot? But it is plausible.'

"Which cafe was this?" Said Noriko, nosey as ever.

"It's the one in the shopping centre, near the book shop where Michiko works, actually she was on her break." I remember feeling so thankful that he was answering the question for me. "She stole some of my cake, so she owes me."

"Hey, I don't owe you anything!"

"She can pay you back with a kiss!" Exclaimed Rin.

Oh shite.

Queue the awkward silence.

Arghhh. Even now, after everything, I cannot comprehend the amount of awkward that was radiating around that room. Of course, being who I was I tried to break that silence.

"Uhhh... no thank you." 'What the hell, Michiko? What kind of answer is that! Oh no, now Rin is going to say that we should kiss in front of them. Oh Shite. No. No. No. That would be my first kiss. Probably L's as well. I think L hasn't been kissed before either, I mean he has no social skills, how would he ever meet anyone. I am not doing this. I am not going to kiss him.'

"I do not believe that will be necessary. She has baked me several cakes and that is payment enough." Said L, maintaining his cool.

"You may not believe it to be necessary, but I do!" Noriko almost shrieked. Was she so desperate to marry me off? With her idealistic notions of romance she probably thought that we were 'meant to be'. Now that I think about it, she may have held those beliefs because she never had anyone to really love her. Rin's father was a git. He cheated on Noriko so often, but every time, regardless of how much he had done wrong, she would forgive him. And then he became an alcoholic, and she'd give him the money she earned from the little work she managed to do, to fuel his addiction. Also to top it off, at that time she was pregnant with Rin, he started beating her. Once he hit her stomach, that's when she realised that what she had with him wasn't love. He was manipulating her. So she left. She brought up Rin, found a good job and also helped me get over my past. She was so strong.

Still, she was also very annoying.

"Now kiss already!" Noriko shrieked like a giddy little fangirl.

"Uhhh, no." I replied quietly.

"It is unneeded for us to engage in any display of affection, let alone contact of our lips." Said L matter-of-factly.

"Do you think that I care if it's 'unneeded' it's needed for me!" Noriko said angrily, I could see a small look of fear cross over the world's greatest detective's face. Noriko could scare the hell out of me, even still the memory of her still creeps me out a bit (well more than a bit, but I don't really want to admit that to myself).

"You kiss, or I cry!" Said Rin.

No one could stop Rin from crying when she started. The two of them put together could make you do anything. Either by scaring you or making you feel guilty. Remember the names, Noriko Fujibayashi and Rin Fujibayashi; if they want something, they'll get it.

"Do it now!" Rin said stubbornly, balling her fists up and stomping her foot on the ground, making a resounding 'thump'.

Reluctantly I slowly walked up to L, he looked slightly spooked. 'I don't really want to do this! This is peer pressure, but from your family, not your peers. L doesn't like physical contact. He's probably freaking out behind his mask.'

We weren't really sure what to do, so we shuffled closer to each other. Both of us were apprehensive. I saw L shut his eyes in preparation, I leaned in slowly, shut my eyes, and...

Hehehe *nervous laughter* cliffhanger, tada! *cowers in corner* please don't hurt me!