Ryuuzaki sat on his chair with his legs folded in front of him. It was ten minutes before 4 AM and yet sleep wasn't able to conquer him. After all, he's not fond of sleeping and it clearly explains the dark rings below his eyes. He always looked groggy from day and night. He walks with a slouched body and he sits in a very odd manner. His droopy eyes look as if they haven't actually been closed for straight months. And his hair? It was dark, awfully long and messy. He speaks in a very pensive and inanimate manner. He had maintained a balanced figure though he seemed not to end his intake of food. He has a very plain get-up and usually wears loose white cotton long-sleeved shirts and plain denims. He seemed to be a freak but beyond what can be seen by the naked eye is his great logic and gift of deduction. His mind soared beyond ordinary. And even in his young age, he had already been known as L, the best detective in the face of Japan.

He never actually had much interaction with people particularly those of the opposite sex. He virtually communicated with people and seldom had physical contact to the outside world. He considered Raito and Misa the very first friends he actually had.

"All is well…" Ryuuzaki said to himself reassuringly as he munched a doughnut. Drawing his knees up his chest, he reached for the magazine on the table. He raised it in the air and fixed his gaze on the figure in the front cover.

The pretty face seemed to be smiling at him and the scene where Misa kissed his check flashed before his eyes. He was a bit taken aback by his weird thoughts and feelings the past few days. Most of the time he'd find himself thinking about Misa; her smiles, her laughter, and even her bickering and stubbornness. He felt physical attraction to Misa the very first time he saw her. Being someone who never actually experienced being loved; he never was aware of the extent of his feelings for her.

Ryuuzaki licked the traces of confectioner's sugar on his finger tips and scratched the back of his head. He stood up from his chair and placed the magazine inside a drawer. He sat back to his chair and shut his eyes to a slumber.

-oOo-

Ryuuzaki shifted on his chair. His eyelids twitched a bit and finally flew open. It was already 6 AM and his regular 2 – no hour of sleep had finally ended. He jumped out of his chair and gave out a big yawn. He placed his hands in his pockets and walked barefooted to the bathroom to take a shower.

-oOo-

Misa cautiously took out the muffin pan from the oven. The aroma of freshly baked strawberry muffins filled the kitchen.

Everything was smoothly going according to her plans. Or so she thought.

-oOo-

Ryuuzaki looked up at the shower as the water softly pricked his pale face. He turned off the water and got out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his waist. His hair was dripping wet. He wildly shook his head to get rid of the water accumulated by his hair.

-oOo-

"Minna-san!" Misa exclaimed joyously as she entered the room where Raito and Ryuuzaki were. She was carrying a small white carton box in her hand.

'How I wish those are apples!!' Ryuk exclaimed as his dead eyes sparked with anticipation. He hadn't have apples for almost a straight week now and he felt like he's a dying death-god.

Ryuuzaki reached for a bowl of marshmallows across the table.

"Ryuuzaki, for you." Misa said handing Ryuuzaki the box.

Ryuuzaki eyed at her in question.

"I just feel like baking these days. I am practicing my baking skills but I have no person to critic on what I bake. So, Ryuuzaki will tell Misa-misa what he thinks of her baking." Misa explained smartly as she winked at Ryuuzaki.

Ryuuzaki nodded in agreement as he opened the box. A sight of delicious looking strawberry muffins with strawberry frostings welcomed him. He glanced backed at Misa. The girl just gave him warm smile as she moved to sit beside Raito.

'No! It could've been better if they were backed apples! Or do you actually bake those juicy stuffs? Nah! Basic apples would do for me.' Ryuk butted out.

"Light-kun--" Misa started with a regular conversation.

Ryuuzaki stared long enough at the muffins until he finally decided to nibble on one.

-oOo-

"Hello," Raito said to the person at the other end of the line.

"What?!" Raito said in dismay after a long pause as he waited for the other person in the line speak.

"I'd be there." Raito said dismissingly as he punched a button on his cell phone.

"Ryuuzaki, Sayu… she's in the hospital." He said worriedly. His eyes were filled with anxiety.

"Light-kun…" Misa hastily stood up from her seat upon hearing the news.

'Good acting Raito… you'd surely win an award for that. It's not as if you really cared about your sister.' Ryuk said mockingly as he gave out a devilish laughter.

Ryuuzaki turned and jumped from his seat. "Let's go." He said blandly as the three of them exited the room.

-oOo-

Ryuuzaki scanned the hospital room where Sayu, Raito's sister was. Sayu was pale and she was cold sweating.

"What happened?" Raito asked anxiously as he sat beside his mother.

"She passed out and then her temperature rose. The result of her laboratory tests will be here in a while." Mrs. Sachiko Yagami said trying her best to compose herself as she wiped her tears with the back of her hand.

"She'll soon be alright." Misa said compassionately.

Mrs. Yagami gave her a thoughtful smile.

'It's not yet her time. False alarm! False alarm! We better head off now, pack some apples and never come back to this place again. I've never seen too much white in my whole existence.' Ryuk said boringly.

'This is where most of the dying humans are." Rem said flatly.

'Blah blah… I know that. But aren't you given the creeps of being in such a one-dimensional place? All this white is in contrasting to our color.' Ryuk said obnoxiously as he glanced around the place. 'Disgusting… It's all antiseptic in here.'

Rem decided not to further on with the nonsense and chose to remain silent as she observed Sayu. 'Still too much time to live…' She thought to herself.

Several taps were heard from the door.

"Come in," Mrs. Yagami said kindly. The door opened revealing several men in black suits.

Raito stood from his chair. "What do you need?"

Ryuuzaki tapped his feet on his seat. "They're here to have cameras and bugs installed all over the place."

It was too much for Mrs. Yagami to take in. Her daughter was in danger and now men would barge in the hospital's private room and invade what was intended to be private. But she cannot do anything to oppose in the matter. Her son was still under surveillance and was suspected to be Kira. It was too much for a loving mother to digest. But she can't do anything about it. It was also for the better.

"Light, would you mind if you stay here with your sister for a while? I'd just head back home to get some stuff and maybe have your father here as well." Mrs. Yagami asked as she stood from her seat.

"No problem."

His mother gave him a loving smile and headed out of the room.

The men started to rummage the room and fixed cameras and bugs in different places.

-OoO-

"You won't even notice that they're here." One of the men said as they exited the room.

Raito laughed maliciously in his thoughts. 'Pointless steps L. Very pointless.'

Feeling that his presence was already senseless, Ryuuzaki wavered a hand as he stood from the chair and exited the room.

"Misa. Go home." Raito said dryly the moment Ryuuzaki was already out.

"But… Misa-misa still wants to stay wi-"

"I said go home!" Raito exclaimed raising his voice.

Misa shuddered a bit. She blinked back the tears forming in her eyes and rushed out of the room. She walked with her head down in gloom along the white corridor of the hospital. Rem was alongside her and was silent. Suddenly she bumped on someone ahead of her and she accidentally fell on her butt.

A hand extended to help her up. She took it without hesitation and dusted out the back of her black and white polka dotted checkered Lolita dress.

"Misa-misa," The guy whom she bumped into said in a very familiar voice. "Are you alright?"

"Ryuuzaki. Well yes… I'm… I'm sorry for bumping into you… I guess Misa-misa wasn't looking to where she was actually going." Misa said as she jovially laughed at the scene she made.

Ryuuzaki felt a bit of his adoration for the girl steam out of him. He had always admired how she smiled and laughed. He placed the hand which had held Misa's inside his pocket as if safekeeping it as an important keepsake.

Misa and Ryuuzaki instinctively walked together down the hall to the elevator bank. They took the elevator down to the first floor. They were the only ones inside and so an uncomfortable silence fell between them. Misa observed as the floor numbers on top of the elevator door lighted red.

"Misa-san. Wouldn't you stay with Raito?" Ryuuzaki said as he sat in corner of the elevator.

Misa leaned her back for support. She clearly remembered how Raito's words pierced her heart like shards of sharp glass.

"I said go home!" Raito exclaimed raising his voice.

She shook her head and smiled. "I think Light should have this moment alone with her sister."

Again the place fell silent until they finally reached the first floor. They stepped out into the hospital lobby. The glass doors automatically flew open as they approached it. Misa inhaled the fresh air outside the hospital.

"Hey Ryuuzaki!"Misa called on the guy who was already walking away to the other side of the road.

"Would you mind grabbing some snacks?"