« neko l lawliet x assistant reader »
[ headcannon ; l gets kinda ooc with his assistant, as he spends a lot of time with them. maybe he falls in love too, who knows?~ ]
COMING IN SERIOUS terms with the fact that the world's greatest detective, L Lawliet, managed to sprout a pair of ears and tail one day, proved to be quite a hard task. Unfortunately for a personal assistant, it was impossible to unsee it after you saw him walk in his office one day with a (C)-colored tail swishing around freely from his pants. It brought forth two things that goes well hand in hand—entertainment, and distraction.
L was hunched on his chair and has not stopped chewing on his thumb yet, thinking, like he always does. Well, he had no intention to in the first place. While he was preoccupied with yet another case, you were busy staring at him from afar. You were a real looker to him. He was just so peculiar physically and personality-wise.
He seemed to notice your presence, as his eyes darted towards your direction with ease. You stood by the doorway, coffee tray in both hands with his daily dose in a dainty, little cup, and with a dazed expression, you stared right into the pair of fluffy (C) ears on both sides of his head. You've been so immersed on it you hardly took note of him calling your name for quite a while.
"Assistant (L/N)," he said a little too harshly. "Hello? Are you even listening?"
His tone seemed to work, because a deep shade of red flared both of your cheeks almost instantly. "Gah!—" Further increasing your embarrassment, you nearly tipped the cup of coffee on yourself, and managed to loose footing as a response with your damned heels as the one and only prime suspect. Ugh, you internally groaned, I shouldn't have worn heels today.
The detective sighed at your absentminded behavior. If this is how his assistant would always act around him and his cat tail and ears, he'd better hide them quick, and if possible, get rid of them once and for all. But since he himself doesn't have the slightest idea on what caused him to grow such attributes, it was very risky. He decided to set it aside until he could get enough information towards the unfortunate fate that landed on his shoulders.
You felt your face go thick. "I-I'm so sorry sir, it's just that your ears and tails, I can't stop staring at them!" Stooping down to caress your hurting ankle, the detective walked over to you and grabbed the now half-filled coffee from the tray.
He took a small sip and sighed in content. "Oh well," he walked back to his chair. "I can't say that you're easily distracted. I am too, especially with these—" he gave his ears a little wiggle, "—things sitting on top of my head. Seriously, it's kinda heavy."
"Really?" You asked, intrigued all of a sudden. "How does it feel to have a tail?"
L grabbed his tail and set it on his lap. He brought it closer to his face upon closer inspection, scrutinizing every detail and strand of fur in curiosity. He'd done it multiple times the day before, but he kept on analyzing it over and over like some major lead in an unsolved case. "It feels weird, too. And heavy," he muttered, loud enough for his assistant to hear. He looked back to you.
"Wanna pet it?" He asked, devoid of any emotion or whatsoever in his voice.
"What?" You took a step back, clearly flustered that he seemed to guess the exact same words you had in your head "P-Pet your super fluffy ears and tail?!"
He nodded. "Yeah."
You made your way over to him hesitantly, reaching out a hand to the direction of his (C) ear with a skeptical look. "Here goes,"
Woah, you thought. It was softer than I expected, holy cow. "It's really soft," you managed to curl your lips into a smile, and continued to pet it gently. "I like it."
L, who felt uncomfortable when flustered, was sweating profusely in his seat, unmoving. He went stiff the moment your hand came in contact with his ears, but soon loosened into your gentle touch. His shoulders relaxed, and he emits a low purr.
"I'll let you pet me even more then," he says to you after a moment into being petted. Realizing his words, he quickly takes it back. He could take the teasing of his own assistant, who was despicable enough to use his own words against him. "Just this once though. Just. Once."
It was a good day.
[ a/n ; this was requested by Jisukuu ! i wanna thank you for requesting this, as i never wrote a neko oneshot like woah technology lol
sorry for the long wait, too, but i tried to keep my promise on doing every single requests~ there are more to come, i tell you, so stay tuned!
also when i try to insert gifs like the one at the start it doesn't fucking mOVE why help me iphone users fuCK
also, if you enjoy my 'any character' oneshots, i have a short story with a format of 'any character x reader'. it's titled, 'rainy ramen', and i hope you'll like it! ilyyyy byeeer ]
