Anna's POV

I ran my fingertips down L's chest lightly, smiling into him. His hands caressing my own exposed skin around my waist, pulling me even closer than I already was in the process. "Hey, Anna?"

I glanced up at the sound of my name, "Yes?"

L was watching me carefully. He brought his hand up from my waist and tucked some of my hair behind my ear, "I'm sorry."

I frowned, "L, what are you-"

"Just hear me out for a second." His voice was gentle. When I didn't say anything for a moment, he continued, "Since I got back from the case, we've been acting like everything is okay, but it's not." I watched him carefully, trying to decipher where he was going with this. "We both said we were okay, but I know you aren't and I know I caused that and I'm sorry."

I bit my lip, "L-"

"Anna, don't tell me you're okay. You might be able to fool everyone else into thinking you're alright, but I know you and I can see you falling apart little by little. I know you're taking everything I say with a grain of salt and analyzing everything I ever said to you because I can see you doing it and that's fine. I deserve it." He rested his hand on the back on my neck, "I don't blame you for having a hard time believing me. I lie, I'm a selfish person and I do what I think needs to be done to get whatever I need done, but I need you to know I love you more than anything and you can stop worrying about me leaving again." He brought his lips to mine and cuddled me closer.

"More than anything, huh? Even sweets?"

L laughed and his grip on me tightened, "Yes, even sweets."

I smiled lightly, "Well, I love you too." I rested my head against his chest, "Hey, L? Can I tell you something?"

His hand rested on the small of my back, "Of course you can."

I sighed and my voice came out as a strained whisper, "I'm really scared."

L moved away from me so he could face me, turning on his side, "Of what?"

A bitter smile planted itself on my face, "Losing."

I brought my eyes up to meet his. A seriously expression was resting on his face, "Near's afraid of losing too."

I laughed once to myself, "He's afraid of monsters now too. I don't blame him though."

L's hand fell on mine, "You shouldn't be afraid of losing, Anna. You shouldn't be scared of anything. I've told you that before." I smiled to myself remembering the first time he told me that.

"Promise me, you'll be back soon." I requested, my arms around his neck and his about my waist. We were standing in the courtyard of Wammy's as L got ready to go away on his first case and I was worried sick already.

"I promise, don't worry so much," He smiled. We'd only been together a month at the time.

"I can't help but worry. What if you get hurt or worse? What would I do without my best friend?" I asked, worst case scenarios running through my mind.

"Nothing's going to happen. I'm the world's greatest detective."

I laughed, "Whatever you say, but you might want to work a case or two before you tell people that." I pressed my lips to his for a moment.

"Hey, you don't have to be scared of anything, okay? Everything will be fine. I love you, okay?"

I smiled up at him, "I love you too. Forever and always."

He laughed, "That sounds so cheesy."

I shoved him lightly, "Shut up, ruining a perfectly nice moment. You should be ashamed of yourself."

He kissed me quickly, "I've got a plane to catch, but I'll be home soon, alright?"

"Alright, be safe." I pleaded giving him a tight hug.

"I will." And then he was gone.

"You know, back then I wasn't. Not really, I knew you'd be back you promised." I reminded him, "I believed in you. I was worried about you, but I never doubted you no matter what you said. I was really naive, I mean I was only eighteen." I looked up at him and smiled sadly remembering how easy everything had been back then, "You know, I was never scared until we got in that fight during the Kira case. When I almost left."

"This isn't about the fucking journal, you prick! Although I'm sure you didn't forget to tell my replacement. Obviously I'm not needed here. Light's got it under control. So you know what? I'm just going to go." I turned on my heels to leave.

"Anna, where are you going?" L asked calm as ever.

I could feel myself shaking I was so angry, "I'm going home back to my boys. They actually need me, unlike someone." With that I left, slamming the door behind me and began to head down to the parking lot where Watari would be waiting with the car.

L looked down at me, obviously confused, "Why then?"

I knew this was a valid question, but to me the answer was an obvious one. I was never afraid when I worked cases with L, because I always knew that no matter what happened, no matter the physical danger, we were going to take it one together. We had always been a force to be reckoned with, whether as a couple or as friends. We'd always had an incredibly strong bond that seemed unbreakable. "Because I realized how fragile our relationship had become. We went from nothing could ever come between us to needing Wammy to fix everything before it shattered beyond repair. I guess that's why I'm still scared. I'm afraid of losing this thing we've worked on for six years because we can't fix things ourselves. And that is more terrifying to me than any monster that you and Near seem so dead set on being afraid of."

L's POV

I watched Anna for a moment after she finished her little rant. "Anna, we don't need Wammy to fix anything. Nothing's broken." I reminded her.

She laughed breathily and rested her forehead against my chest, "That's not the point, L. The point is, are we going to know how to fix it if it breaks." She looked up at me, meeting my eyes once again, "You said it yourself that everything wasn't fine. L, the last two times we've fought it escalated very, very quickly and resulted in one of us walking out. I'm afraid that if we don't fix something soon, the next time one of us walks out we won't come back."

I held her as close to me as possible and kissed the top of her head, "I'll always come back, Anna. You never have to worry about me leaving." I felt a tiny smile form on her lips, "Besides, I couldn't leave if I wanted too. You have eighteen years' worth of secrets. Who knows what you would do with that sort of information."

She pouted playfully and pushed away from me, "Oh, I see how it is. You're just worried I'll tell everyone your secrets. Like the time you-"

I covered her mouth with my palm, "I don't want to remember whatever it is. Now, go to sleep it's getting late." I glanced at the clock. It was already one in the morning. Anna said nothing, but nodded, cuddling closer into my chest once more.

Anna's POV

I opened my eyes slowly to find the bed empty. Confused, I pushed myself into a sitting position and looked around the room to find myself alone. "L?" I questioned, but as expected I got no answer. I sighed and got up dressing quickly before searching through HQ for L. I found myself back in the room we shared, "Where the hell is he?" Something orange caught my eye. I crawled across the bed and picked up the sticky note.

Anna,

I'll be back in an hour or so.

Forever,

L

I sighed. I was quickly growing tired of L using post-its as a form of communication. Unsure of what else to do, I started packing things away to head back to Wammy's in the morning.

L's POV

I flinched slightly as the buzzer went off that alerted me to the door opening. I looked up from the table to see Light entering the interview room. I pulled my knees closer to my chest, "Light." I greeted.

Light's eyes narrowed at me in a menacing fashion, "What are you doing here, L?"

"I'm going to request that you continue to refer to me as Ryuzaki and I came to offer you my condolences for your father's death. Anna and I noticed your absence at the funeral." I said casually.

Light's eyes narrowed further, "They don't exactly let people convicted of murder out for funerals."

I shrugged, "As they shouldn't. Allowing your loved ones murderer to attend the victim's funeral would cause quite a bit of pain for the family."

"Are you suggesting I murdered my father?" He asked coldly.

"Well, no, but you certainly contribute to his passing." I answered, placing my thumb to my lips.

"Why did you really come here, Ryuzaki?"

I shrugged again, "We came to Japan. I thought I would make sure that the boys really did bring you to justice. I'm actually quite proud of them."

"You keep saying Anna's here, but I don't see her." Light observed.

"You always were very observant, Light. Of course she's not here. I wouldn't want her and the unborn baby coming to a prison filled with criminals." I said matter-of-factly.

"Anna's pregnant? Is it yours?" Light asked curiously.

I frowned deeply, "Of course it's mine." What kind of stupid question was that?

"Are you sure? I've seen the way Anna would dress around school. She's kind of a slut." Light accused.

I felt anger bubble up in my stomach, but I refused to say anything. Light was trying to get a reaction out of me. Trying to hurt me in any way he could to get back at me for defeating him. After a few moments of tense silence, I trusted myself to speak. Standing I motioned for the guards to come in, "Goodbye, Light. Have fun with your death sentence." The guards came in and took him away before he could say anything else. I sighed to myself, "I suppose I'll have to come back to Japan to see his execution for that last comment of his."

Anna's POV

"Where the hell have you been?" I asked looking up from the suitcase I was packing.

L looked down at me and took a seat on the floor next to me, sitting in a similar to position to Near. "I went to go see Light."

I stopped packing for a minute, part of me wanted to be upset over him going to see Light, but I had no right to be. After all I had gone to see Beyond when he was in the hospital after the case.

"I didn't expect you to be visiting me, Anna." His eyes fell on me.

I shrugged at him staring down icily at my former friend, "I did knew you wouldn't be getting many. After all, you did murder three people."

Beyond seemed to be watching me carefully. His own voice was as monotone as L's but it didn't sound right, "I had my reasons."

"I doubt they're any good. Waging an unwinnable war against Wammy's is completely mental. We had you figured out the second the case landed in front of us." I informed staring at him carefully wondering when he'd went from being my best friend to being the vile creature before me.

"How did that go?" I asked before continuing to putting things away.

I felt L's eyes on me. He hesitated, "It was alright."

"You hesitated, how'd it really go?" I looked over to him. He watched me for a second, evidently trying to find the words to describe how his visit had gone.

Before I could fully comprehend what was happening, L's lips were on mine in a chaste kiss. He pulled away just as quickly and locked eyes with me, "We will be attending his execution." With that the subject was dropped and he picked up a shirt to help me fold.

L's POV

"Come back soon okay?" Misa requested hugging Anna tightly.

"Yeah, we'll be back." I said holding Anna close to me as soon as Misa released her.

"Let me know when the baby is born! I want to come out and see my little niece or nephew." Misa gushed and placed her hands on Anna's stomach, "I can't wait to meet you!" She said.

Anna laughed at her and glanced up at me, "We should get going. Keep in touch, Misa. You too, Matsuda." Anna smiled up at the young officer, who smiled back.

"I will." We finished up our goodbyes and I lead Anna over to where the plane would be taking off.

As soon as we were boarded, Anna crawled into my lap, wrapping her arms around my waist and resting her head on my shoulder, "Misa is absolutely insane." She laughed.

I looked down at her, she very rarely sat in my lap, "She's your friend." I pointed out holding her closer.

A smile adorned her features as she looked up at me, "She's a good person. She's just strange. She's not coming to Wammy's to see the baby or for any other reason." Anna insisted.

I smiled and kissed her, "Of course she isn't."

Anna started laughing to herself resting her forehead on my shoulder, "That means we'll have to bring the baby to her."

I shook my head thoughtfully, unsure if I wanted to bring the baby within fifty feet of Misa, "We'll talk about it."

A/N: Hey guys! I was going to update this last night but... well I'm sure everyone heard about the server thing. That was the worst 19 hours of my life! At any rate, I'm glad it's back and fixed so here you are! Also, I have a new oneshot up called Tell Me a Secret. That is all.

-Insaine