Chapter 6

L's POV

It's been four hours since he heard any noise at all outside of his door. It was awfully quiet and peaceful now. L had been slowly gaining some progress in ways on how the kidnapper avoided leaving a single fingerprint or any piece of evidence at all.

"Hmm...," L rubbed his feet together slowly and nibbled on his thumb thinking deeper and deeper about his conclusions.

He sighed and finally gave it a rest and looked towards the untouched bed then looked back at the computer.

'I should really get some rest,' he thought about what decision he should make whether to turn the computer off and just head to bed or to keep working on the investigation.

"L get some rest it's not good for you to be staying up all night just to work on an investigation,"Natsuki had told him back when they were at Wammy's House. "Come on L give it a break your human you need rest."

L smiled a bit and turned off the computer and headed to bed.

Natsuki's POV

Natsuki woke up sweaty and afraid of the nightmare.

'It felt so am I kidding it was real...once," she wrapped her arms around her and looked out the window by her bed.

Scenes from what she had witnessed came rushing back into her mind and she shut her eyes and shook her head trying to clear it out. Her mother and father's face came into the picture in her head and she clenched the sheets.

"Mom...Dad."

(1:00 pm)

Natsuki roamed the halls of the hotel in silence and looked at the paintings and decorated vases. The smell of sweets then creeped into her nostrils and she turned around to find a man with black hair and pale skin. She went still in complete shock and her jaw dropped a bit.

'L is that you!?.'

The slouched man examined her showing neither excitement nor surprise he only put his hands in his pockets and stared and didn't even bother to say a simple hello or anything.

L's POV

L was obviously uncomfortable as her eyes looked straight through him. He cleared his throat and greeted her with a simple "Hello Natsuki, it's been quite awhile my friend."

She didn't respond and L moved a bit feeling the atmosphere begin to get very awkward now.

"Well...aren't you going to say anything?," he asked and she finally snapped out of it as she moved her head a bit and blinked quickly.

Natsuki's POV

"Oh hi L. Yes it has been awhile since I last saw you. I'm sorry for not responding quickly it's just that you're here in person. I never thought that you would even be here in the first place,"

Her words were rushed when she said the last sentence and she blushed with complete embarassement and looked down and toyed with her hands.

"It's quite alright don't apologize," he responded then looked away.

All of a sudden she had her arms around him and she held him close and hid her face against his chest and L was surprised at first, but he just relaxed and returned the hug.

"I missed you L," her voice cracked as she said it.

'Oh no! Am I about to cry? No I shouldn't cry at all. Eyes don't betray me or else you'll embarrass me by letting L know how much he means to me. Keep calm it's no big deal he's here in my arms now,' she said to herself in her head and swallowed the tears of happiness back.

L's POV

Everything went so fast at that moment. At one point Natsuki is a few feet away from him and the second she is holding him close to her with so much energy and emotion before he was even able to react at all. L stroked her hair a bit and held her close and with every heart beat second her hug would only get closer and tighter as if his best friend were afraid that if she ended up releasing him he would just turn into dust and disappear forever.

"I missed you aswell. I'm glad that I am able to see you once again. How has everything been for you?."

Her eyes filled with sadness, but she hid it away with a quick smile.

"It's been okay. So how's it going with you and the investigations you have been looking into?."

"It's been going well for me and as for the investigations well they have been solved successfully also."

She smiled more and her eyes lit up.

"You're L whenever you are given an investigation to solve you always end each case with a success."

The sides of his lips lifted up when he heard her say that and he didn't notice until she pointed it out causing him to blush.