Chapter 2

Hinata had just gotten the voicemail from Watari and bit her bottom lip as she stared down at her phone, unsure of what to do. What if he wasn't lying and he really was offering her a job to be able to work under L? But what if he was some crazy rapist who wanted to gang rape her? So many possibilities that little Hinata was having a hard time choosing.

"O-Okay… I'll simply toss a coin! H-Heads I go and T-Tails… I ignore it and move on w-with my life."

Sighing to herself, she pulled out a copper penny that seemed to be permanently dirty from old age. Placing it slightly on top of her thumb nail, she flicked it upward and watched it spin. Catching it and clutching it tightly in her pale petite hands, she watched as she slowly unfolded her shut fingers. Her eyes widened as she saw the face of Old Abe.

"W-Well… I g-guess I'm going. B-Better get ready."

Hinata happened to still be in her pajamas since it was a Saturday morning. Standing up, she lazily made her way to her bathroom to begin her morning as well as her day. Moments later, Hinata stepped out of her bathroom refreshed from the shower she had taken. Smiling to herself, she walked towards her dresser and pulled out some soft pink undergarments. Letting her towel drop around her feet, she pulled on her undergarments and shivered a bit. A white tank top with the words: "Rhinestone Eyes," spread across the chest area was placed carelessly onto the bed as well as some jean shorts that went slightly passed her knees. She pulled on her tank top and watched it slide with her curves, fitting her perfectly. She lifted her shorts and buttoned them up, staring into the mirror that hung on her wall. Beside the mirror was a black jacket that was baggy and a bit large. It hung from its hoodie. Hinata placed it on her and pushed her arms through, smiling as it loosely clung to her body. She brushed her straight black hair easily and pulled them into two low pigtails. Black converse were placed on her feet and she was ready to go, her phone it her back pocket and some extra money just in case in the other.

With determination, she stepped out of her room and downstairs, checking one of the clocks on the wall. It was about ten minutes before ten. She slid down with ease and stepped into the kitchen, making herself a hot warm bowl of Peach Oatmeal. After letting it cook, she forced the hot oatmeal down and started to step out the door when someone called out to her.

"Hinata, where on earth are you going?" Questioned Neji with his eyes narrowed slightly.

"I-I didn't h-have much time t-to explain to you, N-Nejinii-sama. I-I'm going to go check out a j-job that I might h-have to live at. I-I'll be sure to visit though, s-so don't worry."

Neji was about to respond but was thankfully silenced by a horn. Hinata smiled sheepishly and dashed out of the house, making her way to Watari's shiny black car and smiling sweetly. She opened the passenger's door and looked up to him.

"I-If you don't mind, I-I'd like to be able to check out where I'll be working then bring a-all my stuff n-now. You don't m-mind, D-Do you?"

Watari shook his head and smiled warmly, gesturing for her to get in the car. Hinata nodded and sat herself in the passenger's seat, feeling Watari beginning to move. She watched Neji stand at the doorway, watching her leave with a worried expression.

"Right well before you begin your job, L would like to meet you. He said he's like to have the last judgment on whether you were capable of making good sweets."

Hinata listened to her words as Watari drove among the different lanes, explaining himself. Was she really going to be able to meet the official L? Or was all this some sort of hoax, meant to prove Hinata's idiocy. Hinata wondered as Watari continued to speak. Completely missing everything, Hinata looked up to Watari with a curious expression as he stopped speaking. Eventually, Watari halted to a stop and stepped out of the car. Hinata stared at the five-starred restaurant, amazed at how beautiful it looked. The passengers door opened and it seemed to reveal a courteous Watari. He smiled and Hinata realized he was waiting on her. Scrambling off the seat, Hinata stood beside the door and smiled sheepishly.

"Y-You didn't have to open the d-door for me, W-Watari-san…"

"It's the right thing to do. Now, shall we go and meet L?"

Hinata heart raced as she nodded and both entered the hotel. Hinata's mind pounded with thoughts as she kept her eyes on the floor. Just what was she going to say? Watari seemed to be pretty official with all of this since it was a five-starred restaurant and all. The two stepped into an elevator and waited, the silence so thick that one might've been able to cut through it with a butter knife.

"Are you nervous, Hinata-san?" Watari questioned, being able to see her emotions through her face.

She stubbornly shook her head and took a deep breath, holding it in and letting it out as the elevator doors opened. She stepped through and stared at the door that lied at the very end of the hallway. Could that be L-sama's door…? Her questioning only kept even more thoughts in her head and before she knew it, she was walking into the room of L and standing behind his lean form.

His back arched and his fingers busily clicking, L sat in his weird position. He wore his usual attire, a long sleeved white sweatshirt with some normal blue jean pants. No socks or shoes so that basically summed up his whole outfit.

"Excuse me, L, but I have brought in the new baker. Would you like to meet her?"

The clicking stopped and Hinata was soon staring into the dark black abysses of his eyes. She struggled to not blush and stared into his, her lilac eyes flickering with so much emotion. He leaned back and stood up, still arched. He began to circle her with curious eyes.

It wasn't the first time he had seen a girl. It just happened to be the first time he was so interested. Her eyes were beautiful in his opinion on her body itself looked so petite and fragile.

Watari watched L examine his new little baker and bid his farewell, walking out to go tend to his own duties. Hinata was frozen on spot. Her heart pounded against her rib cage from being this close to a man. Not to mention how it was L's face who was this close to her face. Unable to keep it down, her face changed its color into a cherry red, making L take a step back and smile.

He gestured her to his coffee table and sat down. Hinata walked to the opposite side and sat down, folding her leg over her knee, looking down to the tea that had been prepared for them both.

"The tea has gone cold so it's best to just talk? You seem like you would be eligible to become my baker but I do not want an air head as a baker. So let me ask you… Are you an airhead?"

Hinata shook her head innocently. Sure, she had low self-esteem but she surely didn't think of herself as an airhead. L smiled to her response and picked up a little bear cookie, eating it. He offered Hinata some but she politely declined and continued to talk with L.

This sort of thing was nice… It wasn't as hard as she had thought to talk openly with L. He interested her and he seemed to be interested in him. She was now fully convinced that this was real L. Playful crimson eyes watched from the security eyes, growing angry.

Beyond Birthday watched the two, twisting his face with disgust. L now had a new toy and B.B. wanted to snatch it away and destroy it in front of him. His angered boiled inside him as he watched them both enjoying themselves. B.B. would take care of it. Oh, he would…

Time passed and Hinata bid her good bye to L and left the hotel earlier than expected. Because it was earlier, Watari wasn't able to take her home so she walked as the night grew close. Shadows crept against the surfaces of objects, frightening Hinata as she walked towards her large home. Upon passing by an old alley, Hinata felt two cold hands clasp themselves over her mouth and pull her inside.

Eyes widening, she struggled and fought against him but immediately stopped when she heard 4 words.

"This toy… Is mine."

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