Chapter 10

L's POV

He held her close and managed to calm her down before she can scream for help or end up accidently hurting herself. Her black hair was smooth to the touch of the tips of his pale thin fingers.

"Are you better now Natsuki?."

He watched as her head slowly looked up at him and her brown eyes glistened as she stared into his dark eyes. Her shoulders gave a small shrug and he nodded and placed his hand on her soft cheek.

"L im sorry I worried you. The thing is that-."

She cut herself off and bit her lip and he watched as her eyes looked down. Her weight became a bit heavy as her body stiffened in his arms and he pulled her up a bit so that way he can look straight into her eyes.

"What?."

Natsuki's POV

"Nevermind...I don't want to talk about it...forget about it...,"she shut her eyes trying to forget the flashbacks she had when she saw that blood.

Her heart began to race with fear and she felt a warm hand rub her cheek to soothe her and she opened her eyes and looked at L. The corner of his lip lifted and Natsuki blushed distracted by his cute smile. She lifted her hand and moved a small strand of his dark hair away from his cheek. Her move suddenly made L blush and his eyes widened a bit. A giggle escaped her lips and she put her other hand over her mouth and L stared at her and smiled a sweet adorable smile.

(Next Day)

L's POV

She was finally at her apartment and in bed. L sat at the edge of the bed and stared at her and she slowly reached for his hand and held it gently.

"Thank you for staying with me at the hospital L," her smile appeared upon her soft delicate lips and she came close to him and he stayed still.

She brushed her lips against his cheek and kissed it and quickly moved back to look at his face. L didn't know what to say and his heart was beating quickly. The heat krept up his face and he knew that he was blushing and he turned away.

"I should get going. I have a case to work on."

He moved too stand, but her grip from his hand kept him seated at the edge of the bed.

"Remember the deal we made?."

L sighed remembering the deal they had made and he looked at their hands.

"Yes. One day of investigation and the next spending time with you."

"Mhm don't forget L. A deal is a deal and if you forget I'll just keep reminding you until you don't."

L gave her another sigh as a response.

"No sighs L you knew that I was going to bring it up."

"Yes I know that, but I really do wish that I can have more time looking into this case."

(two weeks later)

Natsuki's POV

She woke up screaming again. That has been the fourth time in a row this week and she hasn't gotten enough sleep lately. L had been sleeping in her apartment to keep an eye on her and he hasn't even left her side even after she came out of the hospital.

Knock Knock Knock

Natsuki looked at her door and told L to come in. The slouched dark figure of L walked in and sat at her bedside and switched on the light.

"Another nightmare wasn't it?."

She nodded and ran her fingers through her hair. She never exactly told him what the nightmare was about, but she knew that for some reason he figured out what it was. He just never asked, because she was never comfortable talking about it with him. Even the thought of remembering it made her skin crawl. L stood up to go get her a glass of water, but she grabbed the back of his baggy jeans and he stopped and turned.

"Please stay I don't want to be left alone."

L faced her completely and slowly got into bed with her and held her close to him. The scent of sweets creeped into her nose and she smiled and rubbed her forehead against his chest and dug her nose against his white long sleeved shirt and took in the smell again.