My Name..? (OC X Near)

Land of Milk and Honey

Near's POV

It was just in a few hours I woke up exactly at midnight. My eyes widened when I saw a sleeping 11 right next to me.

"Oh right.." I thought and sat up, my knees close to my face as I held a dice in my hand and examined it. I glanced at 11 as I quickly blushed, shaking my head vigorously.

"You..you can't like her..," I thought and saw her face scrunch up. I could tell she was having one of those, nightmares.

"Go..away..," she said in her dream as I hesitated a bit and put my hand on her cheek, caressing it carefully.

"Relax, 11, your okay," I told her as the expression on her face softened up a little bit. She suddenly grabbed onto my arm and hugged it as if it were some sort of pillow.

"Don't...go away..," she said as she sort of smiled as if she was in those dreams that people exaggerate as "The Land of Milk and Honey". It was the first time seeing 11 having a good dream in her sleep, so I let her cling onto my arm for at least a while.

She eventually released me and slept soundly and peacefully. Now that I was awake, I could never fall back to sleep. I ran my fingers gently through her hair and sort of, looked at her for a bit.

"Don't go away, either," I told her and lightly kissed her nose and felt a weird feeling on my face. Almost as if, I was flaring up. I looked at myself in the mirror to see my cheeks were red. I took slow and steady breaths and left the room, finding Rester to manage the monitors on Amane's house and on the Mafia's hideout.

"Rester," I told his as he turned to face me. I took my seat in the chair and sipped on a cup of coffee that just seemed to be waiting for me.

"If I die..protect 11," I told Rester as his eyes widened in shock.

"Die? Near, I'm sure you wouldn't-" I cut Rester off with the clack of the cup of coffee I put down on the desk.

"I'm just saying. I don't want to see 11 suffering. Just do it as your duty as a police officer," I told him and picked up the coffee cup and took another sip.

"And, what about Ms. Linda?" Rester asked as I pointed to England on the map.

"She'll return there and be protected by the British police," I told him as I kicked my feet up on the table, setting the cup of coffee on my lap carefully balanced.

Rester's shocked expression softened up a bit and turned into a half grin.

"Please don't hit me, I know you warned Matsuda about this. But, you seem to care about her," Rester said.

I nodded and picked up my cup of coffee, taking a sip an staring at the screen.

"I care about her more than you think, Rester."

11's POV

It was 6:00 in the morning. I got up and yawned as I stretched my arms a bit. I looked out my window and saw that the sun was shining. I got up and looked at myself in the mirror, combing my hair to get rid of my bed head.

I was a bit shocked when I found breakfast by my side. I sat back on my bed and saw that there was a note attached to the chopsticks.

Eat up. We have an investigation to do.

"It's obviously Near.." I thought in my mind as I picked up the chopsticks and began to eat. The food was amazing so I quickly scarfed it down.

After I finished, I took my plate and glass to the kitchen where stacks of cups and plates including utensils were laying in the sink, uncleaned.

I had the sudden urged to start to wash the dishes in the kitchen as I turned the faucet one and started to wash them.

"That's my job," I heard Halle say as she hung her coat and put down her keys as she gave me a soft expression on her face. I shrugged a little and nervously chuckled.

"I'm sorry I didn't know," I told her as I turned off the water. She stepped forward and rolled her sleeves back to her elbow.

"I'll continue," she said as I nodded and I left the room. When I was there, I found Linda and Near sitting next together in front of the monitors as they conversed about the case.

Or, it could be more than that. I could hear Linda smiling and giggling as she often pinched Near's cheeks. I sat on the couches boredly and just sat there, staring at the scenery.

"Hey, Ms. 11," I heard Matsuda say as he sat next to me with a cup of coffee in his hands. I faced him and put a believable smile on my face.

"Hello," I said and looked around the room and folded my hand on my lap. Matsuda sighed and put his cup down on the countertop.

"I can tell the way you act when Linda's with Near. Jealous, huh?" Matsuda asked quietly and lightly punched my arm. I shook my head and shrugged my left shoulder.

"It's not like that, really. I just, feel a bit left out," I said and looked down on the lap. I fumbled with my two index fingers and bit the inside of by cheek.

"Hm? I can tell, Ms. 11,  you do care about him," Matsuda said as I sighed, nodding slowly and continuing to look down on the ground.

"No wonder Watari said you were an idiot," I said and crossed my arms and legs as I looked at the two, looking like it changed into a conversation.

"11," Near said as I faced up at them and nodded. "Could you, help us with the investigation?" Near asked.

I smiled a bit and stood up, nodding again. "Sure thing!"