End Games

Chapter 8: Unraveling

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Misa was happy that she would not be eating alone tonight. She waited for L to walk into the apartment before she closed the door behind him and kicked off her high heeled shoes by the couch. L waited silently for her to get comfortable. Once she was free of her heels, she led him into the dining room, where most of the food was already set up. As she walked in front, L ran an appreciative glance over Misa's figure. He hadn't gotten the chance to take a good look at her in that dress, and he had to admit that she looked amazing in it, although, he thought she looked stunning in anything she wore. Misa suddenly turned around and caught him checking her out, which caused her to blush.
"Well this is it!" She announced, motioning to the three-course meal she had made. "I know it's not your usual meal of cake, chocolates and coffee but I promise it's really good!"
"Everything looks great," Said L, nibbling on his thumb, observing the food. He couldn't even recall the last time he had a wholesome dinner like this one.
Misa walked up to her radio and put on some soft piano background music. L looked at her curiously.
"Oh, do you not like this music?" She asked, frowning.
"No, this music is fine, I just didn't know you listened to classical music." He said simply.
"I don't. I just put it on in the background occasionally to help me relax" She said. "What's your favorite type of music?" She asked.
"I don't have one" Said L honestly, scratching his head. "I could probably name most famous musicians, but I never formed an opinion about any particular type of music" He explained.
Misa looked incredulous. "What?! So you don't listen to music?!" She yelled. L shook his head. "We MUST fix that" She said as she sat down at the table. L sat across from her in his usual position. The two ate dinner while chatting about music and movies, which Misa had a blast doing because she, for once, had the upper hand in the conversation. L held his own just fine, but Misa was a walking plethora of media knowledge, movies and pop culture.
"Try me, ask me ANYTHING about ANY movie!" She said laughing as L asked her a question.
"Alright. In the movie 3.14 Years Later: A New World, what were Captain Sen's first words to Queen Landa?" He asked with an amused look on his face.
"That's easy!" She said teasingly before she said in a mock seductive voice "Maybe you'd like it back in your cell, Your Highness." She winked as she delivered the correct line, making L smile and blush slightly.
"That was too easy! You'll have to come up with something harder than that!" She remarked playfully. Immediately L created a mental list of the most obscure movie references he could think of in hopes of throwing her off. 'Maybe I should ask her calculus questions instead...that will most certainly put her at a disadvantage...' He considered with a hint of mischief.
Their little game went until it was time for dessert and the moment L had been waiting for. Misa brought out a delicious strawberry and marmalade-covered cheesecake that was to die for. L was almost fidgety with anticipation. Misa barely had any, but L had a second piece, and then a third, all the while raving about how good it was.
"Misa, do you recall the night that I came here to ask you to join the investigation?" He asked her, unexpectedly. Misa tensed a little. Of course she remembered that night. It was the night that she had drunkenly tried to make out with him.
"...yeah" She muttered hesitantly.
"You also recall that I had asked you if you loved Light, to which you gave the affirmative, correct?"
"...yeah. I remember that" She answered, unsure of where he was going with this.
"Well, I never asked you why you loved Light. I'm curious to know" He said. For some reason, that question fell on her like a bucket of cold water.
"Why...do I love Light?" She repeated slowly, trying to buy some time to think of an answer. 'I love Light because...I love Light because...' She thought but nothing was coming to her. I...I don't know...I don't know why...' She secretly admitted to herself.
"I have often wondered where such devotion for Light came from because as I recall, the day I met you, Light introduced you as just a friend. It appeared that you two were not dating yet, and had only met recently. Yet, that very same day, you were brought in for questioning and you showed such devotion to Light that you were even willing to sacrifice your life for him. I would like to hear what it is about him that compelled you to do such a thing" He said, carefully studying her expression.
Misa was speechless, surprised at her own difficulty in answering such a simple question. She was trying to keep her composure, but inside she was in complete turmoil. She knew he spoke the truth but she did not have an answer to his question. At some point she had been sure of her feelings toward Light, but now it was as though there were some gap in her memory, preventing her from recalling why she felt so strongly about him in the first place. It felt as though what happened in the days leading up to her incarceration had been just a dream, far removed from the reality that faced her now.
"Well...Ryuzaki...love is...unexplainable! I can't tell you why I love Light, because I just...do. It's that simple!" She said laughing nervously. She knew it probably did not sound convincing, but it was better than saying nothing. L stayed quiet for a moment, weighing her answer. Misa eyed him nervously, hoping that he would just leave it at that and move on to a different topic. Of course, he didn't, and what he asked next caught her completely off-guard.
"How would you feel if I asked you to go out with me instead?" He asked her as if it were just an ordinary question. At his words Misa felt a tingly feeling of excitement course through her body. 'Misa, compose yourself dammit' She thought, containing the unwelcome feeling.
"Um...WHAT?!"
"If given the chance, would you end your relationship with Light to start a new one with me?" He asked her. Misa stared at him open-jawed and wide-eyed.
"Are you crazy?! I could never do that to Light! That's more terrible than cheating on him, which by the way, I know that what's happened between us was kind of like me cheating on Light but I am taking responsibility for my actions and apologizing to him!" She said, crossing her arms over her chest.
"That's a shame... I actually think it should be him who apologizes." Said L, hovering his spoon over the remainder of his cheesecake.
"And why is that, huh? For being so busy all the time?" She asked, getting aggravated. "Ah! I just thought of a reason why I love Light. I love him because he's perfect! He's smart, handsome, hard-working, and noble. There you have it" She said triumphantly.
"Yes, let's not forget that he's also a pathological liar and a cheater" Said L, taking a bite out of his cheesecake. Misa gaped at him and the way he just threw that accusation out there as though it were no big deal. This dinner was going downhill fast.
"What are you saying, Ryuzaki?" She asked, dead serious now.
"Her name is Kiyomi Takada, I am 99% sure he's with her right as we speak." He told her calmly.
Misa was furious now, though a part of her deep down knew it was probably true. There had been numerous times in the past when Light had brought up the possibility of dating other women so as to not make it seem that he's too involved with the alleged Second Kira. Misa flatly rejected his proposition, and Light had called her "unreasonable" for it. Then one night Light had showed up with a love mark on his neck. She had confronted him about it, but he denied the origins of the mark. She cried about it for hours until finally he threatened to leave her if she continued to press the issue, so she stopped.
"You're a liar Ryuzaki. Light's not here because he's busy!" She said, getting up from her chair
"Oh he's busy, alright...with another woman." He finished, cutting her off. Then, she slapped him.
It was a clean slap that made L's face turn slightly. He touched his stinging cheek and looked at her, surprised. Misa met his gaze and, for the first time, she saw a hint of hurt in his eyes.
"No matter what happens between us, you will always come second to Light. Do you understand that?" She said, regretting the words right as they had escaped her lips. There was a long silence as the two stared at each other.
"I don't believe that, and I don't think you do either." He said boldly, dropping his hand from his reddened cheek. Misa looked at him, surprised again by his boldness.
"Do you want me to leave?" He asked her.
"Yes..." She answered feebly. Without saying any more about it, L got up from his chair, thanked her for the dinner, and walked out of her apartment.
She felt a certain desperation when she saw him go. She didn't think he would really leave, not after the hell he'd just raised. 'He's really walking out and leaving me here with all these questions?!' She thought as she stood in place.
L waited for the elevator on the elevator lobby down the hall from Misa's apartment. He stood with his hands in his pockets looking melancholy. He wished he could have pressed the conversation further but he had said everything she needed to hear. He hoped that their conversation made her reconsider her feelings toward Light and maybe...just maybe made her think about the possibility of dating him instead. 'I could have been clearer in my approach but I think she understood the message' He thought as he looked pensively at the floor. His thoughts were interrupted by the elevator's arrival. Before he could board it, however, he heard her voice calling out to him.
"Hey! Wait! Don't go yet!" She called as she marched toward him. L turned to her, and waited.
Misa reached him and without any warning, she kissed him on the lips. L looked perplexed.
"I don't want you to leave" She said sheepishly. "I'm sorry!" She said, hugging him.
"But, you said-" L started saying, only to be stopped by Misa's lips as she planted a kiss on him.
"I know what I said, L. If we're going to do this, then you should learn that sometimes, when I say "no," I really mean "yes," and this time, I meant "yes. Stay." She said, closing the gap between them with another full kiss.
This time L received her gesture and returned it eagerly. Exhilarated by his response, Misa cornered him against the wall by the elevator while planting a trail of kisses on his neck. L's heart raced as he ran his hands across her back and eventually recaptured her mouth with his. With shy caresses, the two lovers explored each others' bodies over their clothes, filling the hallway with the sound of kisses, heavy breaths, and errant gasps. Misa ran her hands down L's chest, all the while relishing the way he tensed up the further down she went. She kept her hand at the waistband of his jeans, lightly running her fingers over it and feeling L's unmistakable arousal pressing against her. He stopped and shifted his stance, as if trying to hide the obvious bulge in his pants. In response, she mischeviously moved her hips against it, blatantly teasing him.
"Misa..." He breathed against her lips.
"...yes?" She asked innocently, suckling on his bottom lip. He didn't say anything, but he swallowed nervously as his hands slowly roamed further down to feel her bottom, testing the waters. She smiled and in return let her hand finally cross the line of his waistband and brush over the erection tenting his pants. L's breath caught in his throat when she fully cupped his arousal, caressing it over the fabric of his jeans. That shattered the detective's reserve, and before she knew it, he'd flipped their positions so that Misa was now pinned against the wall. He grabbed her bottom firmly, surprising her, and she raised her legs to wrap around his waist with her back supported against the wall. L bucked his hips into her own and she returned the motion, liking the way he felt against the inside of her thighs.
"Let's go...inside" She requested breathlessly as she nibbled on his earlobe.
L pressed his forehead against her shoulder, as if giving it some thought, until finally she felt him nod slightly. With a single, lustful goal in mind, he took Misa off the wall and together they tumbled into her apartment while making out furiously. She pushed him to sit onto the couch and straddled him, causing her already short dress ride all the way up to reveal black panties. L stared at the exposed lingerie and ran his hands up her thighs, stopping right at the fabric of the soft material. He could practically feel the moist heat radiating off her, enticing him more. Misa saw the want in his dark eyes, and discarded the dress, leaving her in nothing but her lingerie.
Fixated on her near nakedness, he wasted no opportunity and quickly pressed his mouth against the newly revealed skin of her breasts, as he licked and nibbled on them gently. His fingers grazed the soft mounds in small circles, right over where he knew her nipples would be. Misa exhaled loudly at his firm touch through the fabric of her bra, as he stimulated the buds on her breasts with slow caresses.
She was quickly unraveling for him and just as he was coming undone for her. He trailed his hands down to her panties, still exploring her breasts over her bra. Breaching the elastic waistband, he slipped his hand inside and ran his fingers over the sensitive mound of flesh between her legs. Misa moaned loudly and L continued to rub the spot, lost in the sounds she made as she rolled her hips against his caressing hand. He felt the extreme heat and moisture from her core and he moved his hand further down to her very slick opening. When he inserted his fingers, Misa shut her eyes tightly and gasped. There wasn't much more she could take at this rate.
"L...I want you...now." She hissed with urgency. She tugged at his shirt and he quickly disposed of it, along with his pants and boxers as they made out on the way to the bedroom. They fell back on the bed clumsily, tangled in each other. She was breathless as she looked at him, his thin figure now fully exposed to her for the first time. He climbed over her and she wrapped her legs around him, feeling his stiff member dangerously close to her wet opening.
He took off her bra and drank in the sight of her fully exposed chest. He slowly removed her panties, sliding them off her and then kissing his way back up her legs, his face lingering over her sex, exploring the area with his tongue. He pressed kisses on the sensitive bundle of nerves above it and Misa gripped the sheets of her bed, resisting the urge to buck her hips. She grabbed a fistful of his black hair as L swirled his tongue over her most sensitive spot before he slowly, made his way back up, kissing tenderly over her stomach, and in between her supple breasts, where again, he lingered, licking circles over them. Misa arched her back in response, aching to feel him inside her at last.
"L...please" She said breathlessly and delirious from pleasure. "I'm ready..."
The way she whispered his name sent sensual shivers through him and he wanted to hear her say it again and again. Breathless and wild with lust, L finished kissing his way back up her neck, positioning himself between her legs. She could feel the tip of his hardened length teasing her wet folds. Upon feeling her hot opening on his member, L groaned against her neck. Finally he caught her lips in a passionate kiss, wrapped his arms around her and pushed himself inside her with a groan as he felt her slick, hot walls tightening around his length. Misa gave a small cry of pain, relief, and pleasure at their union.
"Yes..." She said deliriously, as L slowly pumped into her. As ready as her body was, he could feel her walls were strong with tension, and while it felt insanely pleasurable, he wanted to ease into it for both their sakes. They kissed passionately, caressing and embracing as much of each other as possible. Their moans echoed throughout the room as the bed swayed slightly, following their movement. Misa felt that she was in heaven with this man working himself between her legs. Likewise, L felt like this was the most wonderful place, entangled in her arms, lost inside her. She would be his undoing. Kira or no Kira, he was a lost cause at the moment and he admitted then and there that she had trapped him. And he liked it. He felt Misa gripping him tightly, her free hand entangling itself in his hair. Her sounds of pleasure grew louder and more feral as he felt her walls tightening even more around him, sending him closer to his own end. Confident with his actions, his pace quickened and his thrusts intensified with each passing moment. Their breathing was getting rugged. Misa's legs were getting weak as she felt the tense ball of pleasure quickly building up inside her, threatening to release. Then finally she was there. She threw her head back and cried out as wave, after wave of pent up pleasure suddenly washed over her, sweeping her from the inside out. L felt her coming and quickened his pace, feeling the force of his own orgasm starting to hit him. She firmly wrapped her legs around him and hugged him to her as she felt him tense. He gripped Misa tightly under him and buried his face against her neck, stifling a loud moan as he came inside of her.
They remained joined for a few moments. L was panting, his forehead pressed against her shoulder. Misa could feel her walls still throbbing pleasurably around his shaft, her inner thighs coated in her own slickness. She did not make a move, letting herself enjoy the closeness while it lasted.
A minute later, L recovered and moved out of Misa. Both were now covered in their intermixed release, but neither minded. He rolled over next to her and collapsed there, his breathing returning to normal. He stared up at the ceiling taking in what had just happened between them. Misa looked at him and adjusted herself so that she was snuggled right against his side and her head rested on his chest. She threw her arm over his torso and hugged him to her. L put his arm around her and lightly caressed her bare shoulder as they both lazily dozed off.
-Very early the following morning-
Misa woke several hours later to find the raven-haired man next to her, lightly toying with a strand of her blonde hair. They were still in the same position that they had fallen asleep in, with her leg over his and her head on his chest. She looked up at him and saw he looked lost in thought.
"Do you ever sleep? It's like 6 am" She informed him groggily.
"I slept quite a lot, much more than I usually do. I just woke up five minutes ago" He told her. She looked up at him again and noticed something very different about him.
"L...your eyes. You don't have dark circles under them any more!" She said, astounded.
"I told you, I slept." He said, giving her a small smile. She couldn't tear her eyes off of him. She thought he was oddly cute before, but with proper sleep, the man looked quite handsome. Misa could not resist the urge to lean over and kiss him lightly. L received the kiss contently, thinking that he hadn't been this relaxed in a long time. He found amusement in the irony of the situation because this case was his most dangerous one to date, and yet here he was, well-rested and content as could be. Misa laid her head on his chest again and nestled her body right against his. Judging by the slow rythm of her breathing, he was certain she would fall asleep again within seconds. However, she surprised him when she suddenly asked him something.
"Hey, I wanted to ask you...was that your first time? I'm only asking out of curiosity" She inquired. L continued to twirl a strand of her hair around one of his fingers.
"No. That was not my first time" He told her, not betraying a hint of emotion.
"Oh! Before yesterday, I never would have guessed it because it's you, and you don't seem like the type to be with women...but that explains a lot. It felt really good, actually." She admitted blushing furiously at the memory. "So who was your first?" She asked him.
That was a topic that L never discussed with anyone, for good reasons. The only other person in the world who knew about his love affair was Watari. However, he was debating discussing it with Misa. He figured it was ok to do so because there was nothing in that story that could compromise his identity.
"Her name was Naomi Misora" He said finally.
"Naomi Misora...who is she?" Asked Misa, intrigued by this woman who had managed to capture L's heart at some point.
"She was one of the sharpest, most capable, and promising detectives I have ever had the pleasure of working with" He told her. Misa knew it was petty of her, but the way L described this woman made her feel a tad jealous.
"It sounds like you really cared about her. So you met through work? What happened between you two?" She asked, hoping he would tell her.
"I met Naomi three years ago, while working on an important case in America. She was an FBI agent that was assigned to work under me. As to what happened between us, we were together for a year, most of which I spent half-way across the globe from her, heading investigations, while she was permanently stationed in America and could not come with me. She wanted to settle down some place permanent and start a family. I could not give her that, so I ended things between us" He said, looking toward the ceiling.
"I see...that's sad. So what happened to her?" Asked Misa, wondering where this Naomi Misora was now, and hoping that wherever that was, she would stay there, away from L.
"A year after I ended things with her, she became engaged to another FBI agent. His name was Ray Penber, and it just so happened that he was one of the FBI agents that was killed by Kira early on in the investigation." He said seriously. "Shortly after his death, I received notice that Naomi had come to Japan with her fiancee, but that she had gone missing. Some believe she may have ended her life..." He finished with a hint of melancholy in his voice.
Misa gasped, genuinely surprised by the news, and mortified by her previous thoughts about Namoi possibly coming back to steal L.
"...do you really think she...?"
"No. The Naomi I knew was headstrong and she would most likely try to find Kira and avenge her fiancee's death. I am more inclined to believe that Kira got to her first" he said, his voice betraying a hint of anger.
"That's awful...I believed in Kira only because he stood up for the innocents and punished only evil-doers..." She said shamefully.
"Kira isn't the Messiah that he pretends to be, Misa. Mark my words, I will catch him." He said, resolutely. 'Keep that in mind for when it's time choose sides...'
Misa put her head back down on his chest and hugged him to her again but before she could get comfortable, he shifted from her. She looked up at him to see what he was doing.
"There's something I have to do before everyone on taskforce arrives. I'm sure I don't need to explain that it will be very shocking for them to look at the cameras and see us lying in bed together, in the nude" He said getting up from the bed and walking to the living room, retrieving his discarded articles of clothing.
"Oh right! But L what about the last night?! Damn, we're on cameras!" Misa said panicking at her realization. 'I completely forgot about those! Light's gonna kill me if he sees what I did with L!' She thought.
"That's why I'm going to go downstairs and edit the videos," he told her matter-of-factly "No need to worry about Light seeing what happened, although...I might be tempted to keep a copy of the unedited video for myself for future reference..." He said, considering it.
"L! You pervert!" Said Misa, blushing as she threw a pillow in his direction.
"It was meant to be a joke, I'm not actually going to do it." He said as he threw his hands up defensively, a half-smile on his face. 'At least I wouldn't be so careless as to tell you about it if I did' He thought as he gathered his things.
Once he was fully clothed, L headed for the door. Misa moved on the bed, noticing that she felt a mild ache between her legs, like when a muscle is used for the first time. She ignored it, wrapped herself in a blanket and came up behind him just as he was leaving.
"Will you please come back for a little while longer?" She asked, looking him in the eyes. How could he say no to that?
He looked thoughtful for a moment. "Hmm, that will require me looping the video of your bedroom for a couple more hours but, it can be done. I'll see you back here in half an hour," he told her, kissing her briefly on the lips.
"Alright, I'll wait for you!" She chirped, and with that, he was gone. Misa went back to her bedroom, grinning to herself, and threw herself on her bed, relishing his scent still fresh upon it. That was definitely a night to remember. 'Ah...I should change this sheet' She thought, looking at the spot of blood on it, a testament to her lost virginity.
Like he'd promised, he was back within half an hour. He entered the room and noticed that she had thrown on some pajama pants and a tank top. 'Probably better that she's clothed for when the video starts giving live feeds again' he thought. She noticed him standing there and she sat up to greet him. He went over to her on the bed and she welcomed him back with open arms. She cuddled against him while L put his arm around her, and once more, they dozed off happily together.