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Chapter 14

New Developments

"Oh my god," Noriko breathed eyes still glued to the ring that had been placed on her finger.

"Well," Light asked.

"Seriously," she asked, looking up at him.

He nodded.

"Holy crap," she muttered still not quite believing what was going on.

"Noriko, focus," Light said to her with a chuckle.

"Huh, oh right. Uhhhhh, seriously," she asked again.

"Seriously, now will you marry me or not? I might change my mind if-"

"Yes," she squealed in delight, as she threw her arms around him, causing them to nearly topple off the bench.

"Good, but I can't breathe," Light choked as he embraced her.

"Sorry," Noriko said, blushing slightly as she released him from her death grip.

"Don't worry about it," Light replied, pretending to be gasping for air.

"So this is what you've been hiding," Noriko asked.

"Yes, I was going to wait until after the entrance exams when we would be celebrating making it in to To-Oh but I just can't seem to hide anything from you," Light said with a sheepish grin.

"I wasn't expecting this," she said wiggling her fingers around happily.

"Really, it wasn't obvious or anything," he teased.

Noriko pouted slightly before laughing and leaning onto Light's shoulder.

"Are you happy Noriko," Light asked.

"Of course, why wouldn't I be?"

"I remember you telling your dad we would never get married," he said.

"Yeah, well I was wrong apparently," she replied.

"What was that?"

"I said that I was apparently wrong," she repeated.

"I still didn't-"

"Oh, knock it off you," Noriko replied sitting up and playfully punching his shoulder with a smile.

"Couldn't resist," Light said placing a soft kiss on her head.

She leaned over on his shoulder again and sighed. She was perfectly content in that moment and never wanted it to end. So of course that's when her phone began to ring.

"What the hell," she mumbled as she felt around in her purse.

Finally finding the phone, she stared at the blank caller I.D in confusion.

'Strange,' she thought as she flipped it open.

"Hello."

"Oh I'm sooo happy," a voice screeched in her ear. Noriko winced and held the phone away from her ear.

"You've got to be kidding," Noriko groaned into the phone.

"Why would I be kidding dear," her dad asked.

"You know what I'll talk to you later because, well, just because," she said before pulling the phone away from her ear and beginning to hang it up.

"Wait," her dad called.

Noriko sighed. "What is it?"

"Can I walk you down the aisle," he asked innocently.

Noriko rolled her eyes, and sighed in exasperation. "Bye."

"Hey, but-"

Noriko flipped the phone shut, abruptly ending the call.

"Who was that," Light asked curiously.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you," she said.

Light raised an eyebrow at her, but decided not to ask questions at the moment. He figured the chuckling shinigami behind him might be bribed into telling him why he always seemed so amused whenever he was around Noriko. It hadn't started out as amusement, at first the shinigami seemed a bit perturbed by the girl, as if there was something he just couldn't understand about her.

"Let's go back to my house, it's a bit cold out here," Light said as he stood up.

"Ok," Noriko agreed standing up and quickly kissing Light on the cheek before grabbing his arm.

"Promise me one thing though," Light said to her as they walked.

"What?"

"No more worrying about this Kira stuff, you're stressing yourself out. You need to focus on school, and planning our wedding," Light told her, a small grin on his face.

"Agreed," she sighed. "I don't really want to think about it anyways. Just be careful."

"What do you mean," Light asked, confused.

"I know you well enough to know that you probably want to help capture Kira and that being the case, I'm sure you'll manage to finangle your way into the task force sooner or later," she replied.

Light smiled. 'At least she won't be surprised when that happens,' he thought.

"I'll be careful," he said kissing the top of her head.

"Good. Now no more of that," she chirped.

They reached Light's house and just as they walked in the front door Sayu came running out of the kitchen to announce that Light was late. When she saw Noriko she smiled and ran back to the kitchen to tell her mom that Noriko would be joining them for dinner.

"No actually I'm not-"

"As long as you don't mind mom," Light said as he walked past Noriko who was trying to object, but was being ignored.

"Not at all," Mrs Yagami said happily as she came out of the kitchen wiping her hands on a cloth.

"Thank you Mrs Yagami," Noriko told the woman.

"We haven't seen you around much lately, how are you feeling," the kind woman asked.

"Fine, thank you," she answered as she took off her jacket and hung it on the rack near the door.

"Oh, Noriko what happened," Sayu called worriedly.

"To what," Noriko asked looking around in confusion.

"Your arm," Sayu answered pointing at Noriko's right arm.

"Oh, just had a little accident," she replied quickly. "You know me, I'm a klutz."

Noriko mentally cursed herself. She had been in such a rush to get of the house she hadn't thought about changing into a long sleeved shirt to hide the obvious healing cut on her arm. It had mostly healed, but the skin was still bright pink and raised. There was going to be a definite scar on her arm, and she wasn't too pleased with the idea.

"Oh dear, how on earth did you do that," Mrs Yagami asked concerned as she came out of the kitchen having heard Sayu's remark.

Noriko glanced up at Light for help, but he was just standing there looking rather frustrated.

"I had a mishap in the kitchen, I was trying to make coffee while half asleep and I accidentally dropped the pot, which just so happened to made of glass. Needless to say the coffee spilled and being as graceful as I am, I slipped and sliced my arm. It's fine though really," Noriko tried assuring them. She placed her left hand over the scar to try and hide it, but then realized that might have been a bad idea when Sayu squealed in delight and Mrs Yagami gasped before looking at Light who was now smiling at her, and then back to Noriko who was turning bright red.

"Oh my god, you're engaged," Sayu cried in delight, running at Light and hugging him tightly.

"When did this happen," Mrs Yagami asked surprised, but not angry.

"About a half an hour ago," Noriko replied as she nervously rubbed at her neck with her right hand since her left was currently trapped in Mrs Yagami's grasp.

"I would have told you guys my plans, but figured Sayu wouldn't be able to keep her mouth shut," Light said with a shrug.

"Hey!" Sayu cried in offense.

"Well congratulations dear," Mrs Yagami said to her, hugging her affectionately. "Your father would be so happy."

Noriko smiled. "I don't doubt it."

"Come on let's eat. Then we should call Mr Yagami and tell him the good news," Mrs Yagami said happily.

"We're going to be sisters," Sayu cheered as she grabbed Noriko's arm and began tugging her towards the kitchen.

She smiled down at the girl and glanced back to see Light following along behind them smiling happily.

L watched the monitors before him and frowned. He knew the girl was lying about the cut on her arm. It looked fairly recent, which she hadn't denied, but if what she said was true and she slipped and fell, how would she have cut the inside of her arm? It just wasn't likely, that and she had no burns from the hot coffee that had caused her to slip.

'What is she hiding,' he thought.

He continued to watch the monitors before him as the Yagami's daughter noticed the ring on Noriko's hand.

Mr Yagami was smiling happily at the sight of his family and the flustered Noriko that was being tugged towards his kitchen by his overly excited daughter.

"I believe congratulations are in order Mr Yagami," L said blandly to the police chief besides him as he reached for a sugar cube out of the little bowl beside him.

"Thank you Ryuzaki. I'm happy for both of them. Noriko needs some more happiness in her life, I'm glad she's found that with Light," the man replied.

"Yes, it's a very good thing," L mumbled as he placed yet another sugar cube on his tongue and licked at his fingers.

'I don't think this will be as easy as I was hoping. With them being engaged she'll be less likely to trust anyone else, she doesn't need to now after all,' he thought sourly as the sugar cube dissolved.

"Please excuse me," L said as he stood up from his crouched position in the padded office chair he had been occupying.

He wandered down the hall before opening a door that lead to yet another room in the large suite.

"Ryuzaki what is it," Watari asked as he glanced up the young man before him.

"Light Yagami is engaged," he stated monotonously, while he slouched and stuffed his hands into his pockets.

"I see. It'll be more difficult to get close to her if that's the case," Watari replied.

"Yes, yes it will," L said thoughtfully as he rocked himself slowly on the heels of his feet.

"What are you going to do," Watari asked.

L appeared to be thoughtful for a moment, removing one hand from his pocket to scratch at the top of his head.

"Win," he replied with a shrug before turning and slouching out of the room.

The next week and a half passed quickly for Noriko. She spent most of her time holed up in Light's room or her own preparing to take the college entrance exams that were now only one day away.

"Seriously, I can't wait for all this studying to be over," Noriko groaned dramatically.

Light smiled at her. "Just wait until we get into To-Oh, then what will you do?"

Noriko moaned and covered her face with her hand. Light laughed at her overly dramatic responses.

"Come on, it's getting late and you need to get some rest for tomorrow," Light said as he stood up from his desk and walked to were Noriko was sprawled out across his bed.

"You mean you're kicking your future wife out," she asked in mock disbelief.

"No, I'm kicking out the future college student that should rest before the exams tomorrow."

"Do I have to," Noriko whined.

"Yes, now come on I'll walk you home."

"Fine," she drawled before lifting her arms and smiling at him.

With a sigh, Light grabbed her outstretched hands and pulled her up off his bed with a little more force than necessary. Noriko hadn't expected the extra amount of force and found herself pressed tightly against Light who now had her held around the waist possessively.

She looked up into his brown eyes, curious as to what he was doing.

He slowly bent his head down and kissed her tenderly. Noriko's eyes fluttered closed as she forgot about everything else but them and the single passionate kiss they were sharing.

Light pulled away and leaned his forehead against hers, hers eyes were still closed and a soft smile was on her face.

"I love you Noriko. I will never let you go," Light whispered.

"You had better not," she replied quietly.

Thanks to xValeskax for pointing out the fact that I had a line mix up in the last chapter, and then dealing with my sleep deprived brain when I thought she meant something else entirely!

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