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Conference

-Near's POV-

"The last case required more organised work than ever before. I had some... trouble at times lately. Therefore, I should probably recommend all of you to try to be more orderly than me."

Laughter filled the room.

It was a conference day again at Wammy's.
Whereas most of the orphans sat in front of the laptop depicting the letter 'L' and listened excitedly, Mello pretended to be rather bored by the procedure every time, he was leaning by the windows as always, nibbling at another bar of chocolate.

A smile nearly formed my lips as I heard L continue making unintended jokes. Calmly, I put my puzzle aside and took a rubik's cube instead.

"...come to talk about those of you present, is ~ there as well?", L suddenly asked, attempting not to sound curious albeit making it obvious.

Some of the other orphans turned to look at each other and grinned knowingly.

I sighed.
I wish she was, L. She is gone so often nowadays. Just like you.

"No she isn't!"

"Ah, I see...", L replied in obvious disappointment, mentally gesturing the others to elaborate.

"~ still lives with us of course! She is just outside today to take an exam at university!", Linda replied.

L remained silent for a minute.

"I will try to catch her then."

Everyone suddenly gasped.

"What do you mean? You are half a globe away!"

"Actually, I am very close. Watari and I took the plane to England this morning. I planned to meet you all again later."

Cheers started to go around the room. As the others calmed down, Linda raised her voice again.

"L, I have another question!"

"Go ahead."

"How long have you both known each other now?"

L paused again.
"It must have been thirteen years, yes."

"Are you officially a couple?"

"What are you asking me?, L asked, now suddenly shocked, leading to everyone laughing again. "Anyway, I will see you all tonight. I believe that, if ~ agrees, we will give you a lesson together this evening or... no, maybe rather the morning of tomorrow."

"Why tomorrow?"

"You'll see if everything goes well..."

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-Reader's POV-

Ugh! Am I glad that this is over.
I had studied so tough for months and had rarely allowed myself to even rest or sleep. Even though it was hardly visible, I could already seem to feel the eyebags beneath my eyes. Was I turning into L?

L... I had missed him so much. In fact, I still did. Despite him visiting Wammy's 'regularly', as in 'once in one or two years', what was between us had left me with so many questions.
L was such a complex person. I often failed to interpret his actions towards me- very often, they were signs of love and I had missed them. Perhaps I had missed so much that he lost interest in me.

We had known for so long. For what I knew, it was a strong friendship we had, but I knew that for neither of us, it was merely that in a platonic way. How serious was it to him? Did he even still think of me during his time in Japan or were his eyes already fixed on something entirely else?

I started to fall back into a depressive mindset with that possibility in mind. For now, there was nothing I could do even though I knew that I really loved him. Understandably, neither Roger nor Watari would allow me to talk to him directly, the only way I was able to talk to him was during the conferences with the other orphans but L was attempting to be markedly monotonous and neutral during those so no emotions between us could be expressed in any way.

Prospectively, it could not go well this way. L had been raised to work and to be alone. But I did not really care. Love would certainly be a weakness for people like L but there was nothing I could do. And every time he came to Winchester to visit us, spending time with him teaching the children made me happy as nothing else could even though the time we had was very limited. Still, a relationship for us was like an unwritten prohibition.

I was still lost in thought when I seemed to hear someone call my name.
This has probably just been a hallucination. I did not know many people at university... incidentally, the voice had reminded me of L's who was investigating murder cases in Japan now.
Nonetheless, I could hear it again. Either this is not really a hallucination or I am finally losing my mind...

As I turned around, my heart seemed to stop beating. A rather disheveled and tired looking young man with a curved back was excitedly approaching me. It was him.

I cannot believe he is actually back again.

Much to the surprise of L, I immediately attacked him with a hug.

"L!! I can't believe you're back!", I exclaimed as I stroked his hair carefully, "...really back! I am still tired of Beyond trying to trick me that one time!"

As he let go of the hug, I could see that L's face was adorned with a gentle, silent smile, leading me to continue.

"Have you solved your last case so quickly or why have you already come to visit us?", I asked with a curious smile.

L's expression suddenly changed into one depicting tension. Lowering his head, he scratched the back of his head nervously. "There is something I finally had to ask you."

Finally, L looked at me in determination as he slouched down on the floor in the frog way, albeit correcting it to the pose that is usually held before he dug a little box out of his pocket, opening it to reveal the engagement ring he had gotten for me.