#66 Bed

L didn't often sleep, especially not when he was on a case. Watari often wondered if the boy felt if he slept, he was letting the victims down.

The upshot of this was that when he finally did nod off, he was impossible to wake.

During the first few weeks after the Kira case came to its end, Misa had found this adorable. L tended to sleep curled up and sucking his thumb. He looked so innocent and cute, so unlike the Ryuzaki she knew in the waking world, with his dark, penetrating eyes and sharply handsome features.

She never would have pinned him for the same man who rescued her from Kira, who showed her that he loved her more than Light ever could.

About a month after the Kira case, he was sent out on another case, and though this one didn't take nearly as long as the Kira case, when the poor man finally made it home to England and to Misa, he was clearly exhausted.

So utterly tired was the detective that he barely managed to stutter out 'Hello' to his girlfriend before collapsing onto the bed, a tangle of limbs and cotton.

And now it was morning, the sun was shining and Misa could already hear the children of this orphanage that she now lived in starting to run around and play in the warm outdoors.

And L was laying there, snoring softly with a blanket curled around his legs and waist, effectively tying him into a knot.

Misa found this intensely annoying. She understood he needed his rest, but she was supposed to be his girlfriend, and yet all he had managed to stumble out before passing out was 'hello'. Would a little kiss have killed him? A hug maybe?

Misa blushed slightly as her thoughts wandered to how long it had been since he touched her. She was grateful that L was a gentleman, but sometimes she wanted him to just be a man and take her…

She sighed and looked down at his sleeping face. His nose twitched.

A small pout came to her lips and she prodded once at his cheek. He didn't even twitch. Somehow this cute little action annoyed Misa more.

And then a wicked idea came to her mind, and she slowly and carefully slipped out of their bed and towards the bathroom, returning a moment later with a can of shaving cream and an evil grin.

Silently and gently she removed one of L's arms from the cocoon of blankets he felt obliged to wrap himself up in and filled with hand with the white cream, biting her lip to stop herself from giggling.

She couldn't force back the giggle that trickled out as she started to once more start poking at his face, watching him twitch very slightly and his hand wriggle.

And then;

"Misa-chan, amusing as you seem to think this will be, I would advise against it." L said in a soft voice, eyes still closed in a perfect imitation of sleep.

Misa squeaked and pulled back as her boyfriend sat up, frowning at the mess on his hand and rubbing it into his shirt before pulling himself into his usual crouch.

"Misa-chan has been very naughty." He observed.

Misa blushed guiltily and mumbled, "Misa was lonely and bored while L was away and then you were too sleepy for cuddles." She looked away, pouting to herself.

When she dared to look up again, he was smiling adorably at her. With one movement he grasped her wrists and pinned her to the bed, leaning down to purr into her ear, "L will have to fix that."

A/N: :) thank you everyone who reviewed to cheer me up, you're all lovely. *hugs*