"...but I would like it if you came and lived with me..."

Shirley's eyes opened slowly. She pushed herself up with her elbows. She was on a bed...whose bed? She couldn't remember what had happened...the last thing she did remember was the detective, L, asking her to live with him...Why? What had happened after that? Where was she?

She placed her hand over her forehead.

"Are feeling alright?" A voice asked.

Shirley turned her head to the left; the direction the voice had come from. It was him. The detective...L. He was standing in front of a huge window...instead of there been a wall it was completely glass. Shirley could see the top of other buildings...which meant they were in a high storie building.

L was looking out of the window; facing away from her. "Are you feeling alright?" He repeated himself. Shirley opened her mouth to speak but shut it again, as if she was unsure what to say. "You were holding your head...I thought maybe you have a headache?" She shook her head slightly. "I see. Did you sleep well? At first you were stirring a bit...but you calmed down after a while."

"...I...w-w-where am-...where are we?" She asked, looking at his reflection in the window.

"Somewhere safe."

That was good enough. If this man was planning on hurting her...he would have done so already. Shirley opened her mouth to say something; but shut it and bit her bottom lip again.

L was watching her...her reflection in the window. "Is there something you want to say?...You don't have to be afraid...you can say whatever you want...nothing bad is going to happen to you here."

"...I...I..." Shirley looked down at her hands in her lap. 'I need to say this...after everything...' she thought. "I want...to...to thank-you."

L's eyes widened in shock. 'Thank me? But...why?'

Shirley looked up from her hands, hoping he had turned to face her. He hadn't; his head was facing down, so she couldn't even see the reflection of his face.

"I do not understand." L simply said.

"Huh?" Shirley was confused at first. "You mean about me thanking you?"

"Yes."

"Well..." Shirley shuffled her weight, moving so her legs were hanging off the bed. "I'm not quite sure what happened after you asked me to go with you...but, you obviously haven't locked me up for...going to shoot you so, I think...I have every reason to thank-you." Shirley told him, looking down at the floor.

"Why would I lock you up? You would never have actually shot me...you are not the kind of person who could have lived with yourself if you had."

"Yeah...you're probably right." She smiled a little.

L turned around to face her; his dark eyes locked with her big green ones. "...But you have a reason to hate me too."

She gave him a questioning look.

"Do you not remember the reason you held a gun at me?" He asked and walked closer to her.

'My farther...' She remembered.

"You remember. I sent your farther away. You. Hate. Me." He broke their eye contact and looked down at the floor. 'This is bad...I should never have asked her here...I...she is going to leave...I should never have...'

Her eyes widened. "No!" L's eyes widened; he looked up from the floor to look at Shirley. "I...I don't hate you. That sounds weird...erm...what I mean is...I mean..." Shirley put her hand over face. "What I'm trying to say is...I don't actually hate you...I did, but only because you sent my farther away...I-I know he's a bad guy, I do, I know that...but like I said, he's all I had...but when you said...you let me come with you...how am I supposed to hate someone, who's been so nice to me? After I held the gun at you...you were still been so nice to me. I-I err...I'm not making sense am I? Sorry."

L walked closer to Shirley and stood directly in front of her. She looked up at him. "Will you stay...here with...me?"

Shirley blinked a few times, before smiling widely at L. "I'd like that."

"So...I know you're a detective...well, I here the best in the world! But...what did you do before?" Shirley asked out of curiosity. Shirley had been staying with L for just over three weeks now. They had both found it a little difficult at first, but they were slowly finding their situation more comfortable...and Shirley was quickly warming to L. She enjoyed her place with him. Her place was to stay by his side...and she liked that.

"Before?"

"Yeah...before, y'know before you became a great detective." She smiled. "Like...erm...where did you go to school?"

"School? Wammy's."

"Wammy's?"

"Yes...well, it is my home too...it is an orphanage for...well, gifted children." L told her. She tilted her to the side. He sighed a little. "I...I was taken to Wammy's when I was four years old...after my family were...well, I lived at Wammy's and it was our school too. We live and learn there." He started.

"We?"

"Yes, me and the other kids. We have a list there...the smartest is the number one and the second smartest is number two and so on..."

"I bet you were number one!"

"Were?"

"Huh?" Shirley asked.

"I am still a part of Wammy's orphanage...so therefore I am number one. I have always been number one." He said a little smugly. "There were three kids I helped teach...Near, he is number two. Mello; is number three. And then there's Matt...he is number four...he could probably be number three, but he won't try hard enough."

"Why not?" Shirley shuffled closer to L.

"He doesn't want to beat Mello." He started, but after seeing the questioning look on her face he continued. "They are best friends. Matt would never want to do anything to upset Mello."

"What about you? Who was your best friend?"

"I stayed by myself mostly. Been number one, wasn't always easy..."

"So, you were alone?"

"Yes, well there was-I had one friend; Beyond. I suppose in the end he was my only friend...before he..." L paused for a moment. "Well, before he left. Anyway, I have always worked on cases...but when I turned fourteen, I was able to travel and solve cases all around the world...instead of solving them from my room at Whammy's. I..."

"Y-you lead a very lonely life...don't you?"Shirley said.

L turned to look at her; her head was tilted down. His eyes widened...he could see a tear running down her face. 'She's crying...for...me?' He wondered.

Shirley was running down the hallway on the eight floor. She had been told it was forbidden, but the elevator wasn't working. So she didn't have a choice. 'If L finds out...he's gonna be so mad!'

"Misa...I'll come see you later." An unfamiliar voice said.

Shirley stopped walking and looked down the hall. There was a young man talking to a blond girl in front of one of the rooms. The girl smiled and walked into the room. The man turned and started walking in Shirley's direction. He stopped all of a sudden. "Oh..." Shirley had been a lot closer to them than she thought. "You are Shirley-Chan, right?"

"...Huh...I...err...yes, I'm Shirley." Shirley couldn't help the feeling she had...fear. She was scared of this boy. She had no idea why...he was only a suspect for Kira...if he had been convicted, L would have told her...wait, he wouldn't be here if he was Kira.

"Ah...you know who I am...I mean, you know Ryuuzaki thinks I am Kira."

'Ryuuzaki...oh, L's alias...the one he uses the most.' She thought. "Y-yes...I know."

"I am Light..." He moved forward and held his hand out. Shirley quickly took a step back. "Oh...you are afraid of me..."

"Uh...n-no, it's not tha-..."

"It's alright. I understand. You are very close with Ryuuzaki, so of course you are cautious of someone he suspects."

"Yes. I mean I'm not as smart as L...so I can't possibly make an accusation and say that you are Kira...but...L has never been wrong...about anything." Shirley said almost smugly. She didn't mean it to come out as smug...she was just...proud of him.

"I see...well, I hope nothing happens to Ryuuzaki before he can prove who Kira is."

Shirley's eyes widened in fear. 'Something happen to Ryuu-L...what is he talking about? Nothing is going...'

"Shirley!" Shirley's green eyes widened as she heard the voice shout her name. She knew exactly who it was. How could she not, after living with him for so long? "Did I not tell you to stay away from this floor?" Light turned around to face L...and make L's view easier to see Shirley.

"Yes...b-but L-San, the lift isn't working and I couldn't get to the tenth floor any other wa-!"

L had quickly walked to Shirley. He snatched hold of her wrist and dragged her with him as he made his way quickly down the hall. "Excuse us Light."

"Sure..." Light said with smile. 'Huh...you really didn't want us to meet...it's already too late L, I knew as soon as I saw her...she is your only weakness!'

L was pulling Shirley down the stairs by her wrist. "L-San...L-San, stop a minute...L-San!"

L stopped walking and let go of her wrist, letting it fall to her side. "I told you to stay away from him! I told you to run! Not to stand and talk!" L yelled at her. Shirley's eyes widened as she took a step back. "You know who he is...yet you do not listen to anything I tell you!"

"I listen to everything you say!" Shirley shouted back. "I always listen. I always have. And always will! But what do you want me to do? Run away while he was just talking to me!"

"Yes! That is exactly what I want you to do! He could have killed you!" L continued to yell. He had never been so angry at someone for not listening to him before. Of course he knew if it was someone else and not Shirley, he wouldn't be half as angry as he was. He also knew that Light would never be so stupid as to kill Shirley while standing and talking to her...he would be caught too easily if he did that.

"And you would finally have enough evidence to prove he is Kira!"

'What?...What did she just say?' L thought; his eyes wide. His expression quickly changed from shock to anger. "You think that if he killed you it would be okay, because I would have my evidence!?!" She looked away. "Are you insane!?" L moved closer to her and grabbed her upper arm, pulling her close then moving her back. "You think that's what I want? That it would be okay if he killed you!? I have no idea what I would do without yo-!" L let go of Shirley's arm and took a step back.

"What were you going to say...?" Shirley asked; almost whispering.

"Forget it." L turned away and started to walk down the stairs.

"L-San! Tell me what you were going to say!"

L stopped; he didn't turn to face Shirley. "I said...forget it."

L was sat in his room looking at his computers as always; one of the computers was showing footage of the killings by Kira, the second was of Light with the other members of the team and the third of Shirley, she was asleep in bed.

'Maybe Light was right...' L thought as he watched Shirley sleeping.

L remembered the conversation he and Light had had earlier.

"L...I know it's none of my business but...maybe you should send Shirley-Chan away...someplace away from headquarters..."

L's eyes widened; he turned to face Light. "Who told you about Shirley-Chan?' L demanded.

"Matsuda turned on the wrong camera earlier and he told me who she was...and that you and her have been together for a long time..." Light started.

"That is true...she has been with me for a while...but where is this going, Light?"

"I was just thinking that...if she is so important to you...why haven't you sent her somewhere safe?"

"Somewhere safe? Are you implying that I can't keep her safe?"

"What? No. I didn't mean that...it's just you're working on the Kira case...and you think I'm Kira...I just don't understand why you would keep her here...that's all." Light told him.

L frowned and looked down to the floor. "Watari basically said the same thing to me a while ago...I'll tell you what I told him..." L started; he looked back up to Light. "I already realise how dangerous it is for her to be here...with me...but I can't stand for her to be away from me." Light's eyes widened as he realised that L was telling the truth.

"How could I be so stupid?...why on earth would I tell him that!" L said to himself.

End of chapter 2!

I didn't read through this properly, so if there is any major mistakes let me know and I'll change 'em. It's just my computer is running super super slow and it's doing my heading. Anyway thanks for reading and stuff.