Death doesn't scare me [L x Reader] • Death Note

Chapter 44 | talking under the stars

Up on the rooftop under the stars, you sat on one of the seats up there. Donning your nightly black gown and slippers you were off in your own world.

Suppose it was the amount of twists this case took that had you pondering. You definitely weren't expecting befriending a shinigami and making a mortal enemy on this case, it was definitely interesting but very tiring. It'd been going on a lot longer than you'd anticipated as well, so you were understandably a little homesick for England and your fathers graveyard. Japan was pretty, and very fun. But it wasn't home.

Behind you L stood in the doorway of the rooftop, having just finished work for the night. Ryuk loomed over him watching as well.

"Look at her... I'd die for her..." L said.

"I gathered that" Ryuk replied.

"I'd kill for her..."

"Oh? The detective would kill for his lover? You are dedicated"

It was more of a figure of speech, but in a dire circumstance L wouldn't hesitate to save you over someone else, even if it meant the other persons death.

"She's like a goddess of the night itself, I got so so lucky" L swooned over you.

"You're down bad" Ryuk laughed.

"Hey I married her for a reason, now you can either stand there and watch our boring talk about case matters or you can go do something else"

"I've heard enough about the case today, later"

Ok, he wasn't actually going to talk about case matters. You'd already gone over that, but L just wanted to get rid of Ryuk for a bit to be alone with you. He walked over to the bench where you sat, climbing over the back of it to sit beside you.

"Basking in the moonlight I see" he commented.

"Thinking..." you replied.

"About?"

"... everything"

He'd done that a lot recently as well, in this case he couldn't blame you. This was probably he closest you'd ever be to death before your time is actually up many years in the future. The case was interesting yes, but the risk of dying early was scary and bound to make anyone a bit anxious. With your deal made with Ryuk in place, you could rest easy knowing L was safe. Now you had to worry about the risk Light would try and kill you instead.

"I get that, this case isn't exactly what we expected" L sighed.

"You can say that again, I can't wait until it's over and we can go home. I miss the graveyard, I miss the orphanage" You replied.

Your words made L a little sentimental, he too missed the orphanage. He'd spent time away from it before but never this long. He worried for his successors and how they were getting on without you and him. He too, wanted this case as thrilling as it was to be over safely and to spend a night sitting amongst the gravestones of your fathers graveyard again.

"It's probably snowing over there at the moment, I'm sure the boys will be enjoying making snow demons and having ruthless snowball fights" L said.

"My father is probably spending his days brushing snow off headstones at this time of year" you chimed in.

All the sentimental talk of home got L wondering. What would you be doing after this case? Obviously taking more cases after a little break. But... other than that. Was your life going to be just cases and that's it? You'd known each other since childhood, fell in love, had rambunctious teen years, grew up and gotten married and now what? Cases and that's it?