No Escape-Part Three

"Ryuuzaki, the task force has arrived."

L opened his eyes just in time to see Watari's retreating figure. Ever since the death of his parents L had found that the best way to deal with his nightmares was by meditating. It worked best when he was in an area where most noises were drowned out by one sound. This in most cases was the wind. L got up and stretched his limbs and proceeded to make his way down from the spot he had thought would let him relax more. It did help but, L was wrong to think that just by meditating he had resolved his issues. As if to prove my point Light stood in the entryway of the building.

L's heart immediately sped up. "C-can I help you Light-kun?" L stammered, hoping Light could not hear the uneasiness in his voice.

"Oh, no, I was just going to walk down with you so we could discuss how you plan on announcing my involvement in the Kira case." They ended up not discussing anything.

The meeting had gone smoothly; Mr. Yagami had taken the news of his son joining the team fairly well. The matter of Light's place of residence was of course not on debate either. During the time of the investigation it would be best if Light assumed his regular life as if he had no connection to the case at all. Even though L had known this from the beginning he could not help feeling that he wanted to keep the young man near. Even though they had only known each other a short period of time it felt as if they had known each other a lifetime. Even Light had shown some form of protesting to where he would be staying but, they both knew what was best.

The suite was silent but, it was not the comforting silence that usually followed after sharing his information with others. Instead a somewhat eerie kind if feeling came over L. It felt as if he had been abandoned but, that was a ridiculous thought and L quickly pushed the feeling to the back of his mind to look over later. L was not used to having to deal with these sorts of feelings. He had always just done his work without having to worry about the trivial emotions inside a person but, he was only human. Not even L could deny nor escape this truth.

A Feeling Like No Other-Part Three End