So here's my second L one-shot and please tell me what you think.
"Y/N, you must keep up if you want to see what we are heading towards."
Y/N grinned at the detective as she quickened her pace over the fallen leaves.
"Aren't you being mysterious. You do love your surprises, don't you, L?"
L shuffled his shoe covered feet -once Y/N had found out that (wherever it was that they were going) was outside, she had insisted he wear them.
"Yes I do and, if I am correct, you may like this one."
Y/N smiled at L, having caught up with him and now walking beside him.
"Oh now I'm excited but we should hurry back to the House soon. You know the kids like when you visit; they hardly let you out of their sight. I'm surprised we even made it out. Especially out of Near and Mello's sight."
L smiled softly, a fond look coming into his eyes as he reached out to put a thumb on his lip.
"They adore you as well. In fact, you may, ahem, baby them too much."
Y/N smiled, embarrassed but she shrugged.
"They're kids, L, they deserve the attention. And Mello is always fighting Near for that. Hm and Matt hardly wants to put down that game you got for him."
They walked in a comfortable silence until the detective murmured,
"You care very much for them Y/N. It is something that makes you very...beautiful."
Y/N felt warmth at his softly spoken words and her heart fluttered, not aware that L was feeling the same. But she could see that he suddenly became shy. He didn't look at her instead he tugged at her hand and he led the way through the trees.
Behind Wammy's House was a considerably large area of trees and that was where they were headed towards at the moment. They had been walking slowly until L said quietly,
"We're here."
And he watched Y/N's face closely as she saw what he had prepared.
"L, it's...wow. How long had it been here?"
Y/N had stepped away from L to admire the 'it' and it was a fountain.
L had it arranged to be fixed and cleaned in order to have it working again. It was stone and water burbled in it gently. Water fell from the two basins that collected the water once it fell from the top. Delicate designs decorated the fountain and L could see immediately that Y/N loved it.
Y/N turned back to look at L, her eyes shining. She waited for him to say something and she was not disappointed.
L stuffed his hands into his pockets and he, too, gazed at the fountain.
"You care very much for others...and me. I simply wanted to show you how much I care for you as well. I suspected that this would be something you would enjoy- oof!"
L had been cut off because Y/N had ran to him and thrown her arms around him. L smiled as he embraced her back and he thought about how he could stay that way forever if he could.
Without removing his arms he murmured into her ear,
"This fountain is now yours, Y/N. A place just for you."
Y/N pulled back and L felt his heart jumped as she smiled at him -just for him.
"Then share this place with me, L. Somewhere we can relax, with no cases, no computers, no worries. Just us -together."
L leaned his head down to touch Y/N's. One of his thumbs came up to his lips as he gazed into Y/N's deep eyes.
"A place just for us... the idea of no cases or computers seems almost impossible. But I suppose if we must escape, here is the closest to perfect."
L's eyes fluttered shut as Y/N's lips brushed over his. And there they stood, sharing each others warmth with the sound of the bubbling water behind them. And with Y/N, the detective could forget the cases and work and worries. He was happy.
At one point in his bliss, L noticed the growing darkness and he sighed softly. Untangling himself from Y/N he looked at the fountain.
"Perhaps its time to go, Y/N. They'll be wondering where we are."
Y/N nodded glumly her eyes also on the fountain.
"It's a shame we have to leave tomorrow."
L nodded as he placed his hands into his pockets once more.
"We'll be back soon," he promised.
Y/N walked to the fountain and she gently lowered her hand into the water, playing with the cool liquid with a smile on her face. L had never seen anything more beautiful.
Then suddenly, Y/N stood up and she ran to L, her hands patting at her pockets. L blinked when something small and cool was placed into the hand that Y/N had taken out of his pocket.
Looking away from Y/N's smiling face, L looked at his hand. It was a coin. Y/N was looking at him expectantly and he picked up the coin with two fingers. Y/N made a shoo-ing motion with her hands towards the fountain but L did not move.
"Go on, L."
The detective only tilted his head at her and she raised and eyebrow.
"Don't tell me you don't know what I'm talking about?"
L said nothing and Y/N laughed but not mockingly. She laughed in the way she did when L, for all his intelligence, was at loss for what to do. Y/N closed L's fingers over the coin.
"You hold on to it and you close your eyes."
L did so after and encouraging nod from Y/N.
"Then you make a wish."
L cracked open an eye to see if she was serious. Y/N rolled her eyes, smiling.
"Yes, L, a wish -something you want. You think of it then," she reached out and gently closed his eye.
"Then, you throw the coin into the water. If you get lucky, your wish will come true."
L considered telling Y/N how improbable that would be, but he instead focused on the coin that rested in his palm.
What do I wish for, he wondered.
L thought about the fountain, the water, the way he and Y/N had stood there -alone and quiet. He knew what he wished for.
L flicked his wrist and the coin went flying. PLOP. Then it was swallowed by the water. L smiled breifly.
Doing that was actually pretty fun, he thought.
On their way back to Wammy's House, Y/N asked quietly,
"What did you wish for, L?"
The detective shrugged casually, refusing to answer. Y/N chuckled as he took her hand.
"Alright don't tell me, might jinx it anyway."
Then Y/N stood up taller to kiss the detective.
"Thank you, L," she whispered then she walked into the orphanage. L stood outside for a moment, his fingers trailing over his lips. He smiled then he too headed inside.
And deep in the trees, at the bottom of the fountain, a coin glinted with L's wish.
So anybody think they know what L's wish was? Let me know what you think. And, as for a holiday one-shot, eh, that one may come out a bit late but I'll see what I can do.