L's POV
Time had completely escaped my mind, Annika and I have been cuddling up talking and occasionally watching South Park. I learned more about her, she told me about the death of her parents and about her landlord who seemed to be a really nice guy. The show itself was quite interesting, and the humor was very unique in the way it portrayed itself. I liked it, but it still wasn't as interesting as Annika. I learned how mind consuming she is, I like to mess with her hair, it's very soft. I worried a couple of times because I thought I had pulled too hard, but she didn't seem to care. "I like that aspect!" It was little devil me, I just rolled my eyes, "Way to resit L you can do it." I hadn't heard from Angel me in awhile, I just smiled, and didn't say anything back.
My fingers were twirling Annika's hair when she turned to look at me, her eyes always stunned me, "You know we still have to go shopping." I couldn't help but frown, "I don't want to move, I'm just so comfortable." I expressed my statement by stretching my arms and I pulled her closer into my chest. She giggled, she then struggled her way out of my hold and she stood up. "Oh well! We have to go shopping so get up yeah assbutt and let's go!" she grabbed my arm and was trying to pull me up. I'm not going to budge, I was being stubborn. But she was just so adorable, she was pulling hard to get me to move, and her little grunts just added to her cuteness. So instead of being a dick I got up. That made her trust her fist in the air like she had just beat a level in a game she was stuck on. I was glad that she's proud of herself.
Annika's POV
It was a feat to get L off the couch, I was proud of myself it was an accomplishment. Cuddling with L had been calming but I seriously wanted to go shopping. I walked into my bedroom, and turned to go into my closet and turn on the light. I grabbed my black converse and then shut the door. I turned to go to my dresser and pull open the bottom drawer, I pulled out a pair of socks. I exited my room and looked for L, he had his head stuck in the fridge, I smiled and sat on the couch to put on my shoes. After that I walk over to L and pat his back. "What're you looking for, big guy." he somewhat straightened up. "I was looking if you had any candy, but apparently you don't." he sounded a bit upset and I watched as he stuck his thumb underneath his top lip. I watched as he stared off, obviously stuck in his thoughts.
"Come on big boy we've gotta go." he slowly blinked then looked at me. I was getting my phone out the front of my pants. It's already almost 2:00, we were cuddling for almost two hours. I slide my phone back in my pants. I turned to grab my keys off the counter when L's voice broke the silence, "Why do you put your phone in your most private of places?" L's question caught me off guard but my reply was quick "So I can feel if the fall out or something, I wouldn't want to lose my phone, you know how much it would cost to replace! Besides I don't like carrying a purse and women's pockets are too small."I glanced back at L and I tossed him a small smile with an added wink, "And besides why does it bother you?"
L looked a little flushed, "Its just weird that both times you've looked at your phone while in front of me you either reach into your shirt or into your pants, it can be misleading to other people you know." I just laughed it off and patted his back when I walked past him making my way down the hallway. I give a quick shout to the man standing in my kitchen "Anyhow come on let get going we have a grocery story just calling out our names." I waited for him to join me and I noticed his strong gaze and thought back to his question in the kitchen. I heard myself jokingly whisper "Prev." L quickly shot back a response, "I am not a perv, it's indecent of you to keep your phone in your private areas, at least that's what I've learned." His voice was gravelly and I thought I could pick out a tinge of frustration. I couldn't but imagine how funny he would be when mad.
Once we were down the stairs I immediately went to my car and unlocked the door, I heard a low whistle from L, "That's a nice car." I smiled, "I know she's my baby, bench seat to gas tank." I climbed in the drivers side and waited for L to get in. He sat down regularly. It would probably be dangerous for him to crouch in the car. I put my key in the ignition and started the engine. When my car came to life, I felt the usual shiver curl up my we pulled out of the parking space I chose a CD to play. I picked the Undertow album from Tool, I was slowly yet surely going to introduce L to my addiction, music. Soon enough I was in drive and we made our way towards the closest grocery store.
L's POV
Annika's car was a beast, the rumbling of the engine was loud yet satisfying. I saw Annika shiver when she turned it on, "You could probably make her shiver just like that." Devil L decided to make an appearance again. Of course he just had to be there when I watched her stick her hands in her pants, I was a little confused as to what she was doing f but her phone was not something I was thinking about thanks to the devil over here. I watched Annika fumble around with a bunch of small CD cases, she choses one with a red ribcage, she popped the CD into the radio and turned the radio to a decent volume, not too loud and not too quiet. The guitar and drums that filled the silence was interesting, and the voice that started to sing seemed very calming. I enjoyed the distortion of the voice during what I would assume is the chorus, a constant mantra of the same words, "You lie, cheat, steal," eventually ending with "I cannot tolerate you". I truly enjoyed the song and anticipated the next one, "What band is this?" I asked Annika confidently, I could see the smile on her face even though she never turned to see me, "It's Tool, they are one of my favorite bands, this specific album is called Undertow."
We made it to the store in no time, we only finished two full songs and we were half way through a song I was thoroughly enjoying. When we stepped out of the car I waited for Annika to start walking so that I could follow behind her, "So what are we getting?" I asked Annika once we were halfway to the door. "Well we have to get the vegetables that I've got to get you to try, then stuff for me to eat for like two weeks, and some sweets, I'll have to get the prize cake custom made. I'll get Jett to make it, his frosting is delicious."
The whole time she spoke my eyes were concentrated on her hips, they looked really soft, like pillows, as she walks she sways them so naturally. I look up to see the back of her hair bobbing as she walks, "This challenge better be worth it." I couldn't help but guak at her body, I heard her giggle and followed close behind as she looked for a cart. The store we stopped at was big but not that big, and to say it was packed was an understatement. We had to push our way through the door. I watched her struggle to find a cart and watched her walk over to the small baskets, Annika handed me two baskets and one for herself.
"Trust me it will be easier than looking around for a cart." She smiled at me, I continued to follow her to the produce section, she went to where the fresh vegetables were and looked around for a second. She grabbed three plastic bags, filled one with two handfuls of green beans, the other with two stalks of broccoli, and the last bag with a green and red bell pepper. She grabbed a few more things but I was lost in thought thinking about what she might try to feed me, I gulped, this challenge will be the last of me.
After all the bags are tied and in my one of my baskets we continued to walk down one of the aisles filled with different things from around the globe, she looked on the self for a moment the grabbed a Chinese stir fry mix and read the back of it, "See now this can include so many vegetables and some chicken and it would be delicious." Her statement held excitement and she saw my eyes widen, "But don't worry this is for me to make dinner one night, not for your challenge." She shook the bottle in my face and I just stuck my tongue out at her.
We shopped for what felt like 45 minutes and both my baskets were full yet we are still shopping. Finally we had made it to the sweets aisle, my mouth watered at all the different variety of sweets that I could have, "Hey Annika can we switch baskets?" She had no idea what I was going to do, she looked down at her empty one and to my full ones, she shrugged, "Yeah here," my inner child squealed. Once she had the full one and I had the empty one I surveyed my options, I grabbed every variety of cookies from one shelf and continued to the next quickly filling the basket, Annika looked shocked, "Why the hell are you grabbing all that shit?" I turned to her with my biggest smile, "I'm shopping too." She tried to snatch the basket from my hand but I was too quick. After watching her struggle I finally spoke "Reach into my front pocket and see what's inside." I tried to look as serious as possible, she blushed a little but reached in my pocket anyway and grabbed the cash. She looked mad but it drained from her face quickly "I told you not to bring any money!" I shrugged and explained "I need to shop, granted I usually don't do the shopping." She put down her basket and counted the money. The look on her face was priceless "Dude you have like 250 dollars on you what the hell. What are you even going to buy?" "I just grabbed a random amount but hey this guy eats a lot of sweets I should now I am the guy." She rolled her eyes at me and I watched intently as she slid the money into her bra, she caught my gaze and patted her breast, "This is for safe keeping so I don't have to reach into your pocket to help you pay." I just smirked at her small statement, Devil L popped up on my shoulder yet again, 'Maybe she'll let you reach in there so you can pay yourself.' I blushed at his statement. I did nothing to brush him off.
Annika's POV
We shopped for over an hour and now we were standing in the long lines, I suddenly realized how long the day had been. I felt tired. I couldn't help but look over at L and his one basket. It was filled with sweets and he had to grab another basket just so he could "Satisfy his stomach." He's so weird, that's probably why I like him. The line moved forward a smidge and we just shuffled our feet up. Both of our hands had baskets and we are about three people away from the check out. Today had been fun, especially the cuddling. The more I thought about it the more I remembered that the day would come to an end soon. It's almost over. I lean against L. He looked uncomfortable at first but he didn't move away from me, he actually leaned slightly closer to me as well. Eventually we were next in line, we had all the groceries rang up together, I pulled out L's cash from my bra and grabbed my card out my back pocket, I told the cashier that I was paying half in cash and half on card and proceeded with the transaction in a naturally fluid way.
Once we had checked out with all the groceries and loaded them into the car I pulled my phone out of my pants to check the time 4:30. Wow we had been there longer than I had thought. L looked and tried himself but he didn't seem to complain. The he spoke "I was thinking we could do the challenge at my hotel so Watari can see if I'll eat the vegetables, if you manage to get me to he plans to make them by your recipe." I smiled at him, "That seems fine, we'll do the challenge my next day off I think that would be Friday." I shrugged, and got into the car, L was in his seat shortly after me. He smiled at me, another song started and from the immediate chords I knew it was bottom. I couldn't help but bang my head to the rough music, I could feel L's eyes on me but I didn't mind. He seems to be accepting of everything else I do. "What is the name of this song?" I looked him in the eye happy that he seemed interested, "Uh its called Bottom." I continued to bang my head to the rhythm of the band, I played this album on the radio a lot. I wondered if he listened to any other music but I figured he didn't focus on much, I guess with the way he's a detective he needs to concentrate more. Hmm, he's a detective. "So your a detective." The question just slid out. He turned to me, "Yeah and I good at what I do, I-I made an agreement with Watari so I'm going to stay at this hotel and solve cases, I did it so we could hang out more." I was stunned. Two times we have actually met in person. Something different has blown my way, and I love it. I smile "You did that to hang out with me, no one has ever cared about me this much." He blushed. "I just thought that we clicked and I'd like to stay and get to know you better." I took one hand off the wheel, I held it out to him and he took it. "You're very interesting to say the least, and you're pretty so it's an added bonus." His statement made my face flushed, "Thanks." The ride back home was full of small moments, I enjoyed the music but I enjoyed L's presence more than anything.