LoVe: The Childhood of L and V

Chapter 5

Simon was watching from the window as L and Sage came out from the forest

chattering. He smiled. Plan succeeded.

...

"Is it lunchtime already?" Sage asked L.

"Probably, we were stuck there for a while." L answered.

"Good! I'm starving!" she yelled to the sky. She let go of L's hand and skipped

ahead while humming a folk song. "Ya coming?" she called behind her.

L smiled mischievously. "Yeah, sure." he waited while she skipped ahead a few, then

he shuffled his feet, sprinted toward her, and jumped on top of her.

The both fell softly on the ground. L cracked up! Sage pouted at him. "What was

that for!?"

"'Cause I felt like it!" He grinned. She cracked up! Sage stood up and dusted off

the soil from herself. She picked up L with one hand and screamed "Race Ya to the

door!"

The laughed as their feet grinded and crunched on the colorful leaves.

...

After they ate their lunch they chatted until Sage thought of an idea.

"Hey," she suggested, "How about we go and rake leaves?"

"Why?" L grimaced, "It is work."

"But then we can jump in the piles and have fun!"

"And then we'll have to rake them again!"

"Fun is earned by work," Sage quoted, "C'mon!" she grabbed L's hand to their closet

and grabbed their coats.

Sage then dragged L outside and paused for a second. "Where are the rakes?"

L smiled happily, "I don't know, and I don't care!" He dragged her back inside

happy with himself. "How about we just read a book, or play one of those games you

used to have back home?"

Sage sighed, "Why can't you be more fun?"

L froze, "I am plenty fun!"

Sage smirked, "Prove it!"

"Fine!" He dragged her back outside to the leaves and grabbed two rakes from the

storage cabin outside.

"And you said that you didn't know where they were." Sage smirked some more.

"Hiding something are we?"

Sage screamed as a rake was thrown at her. L giggled softly as she swiped leaves

from her hair. "Meanie!" she stuck out her tongue. They started to rake and she got

a plan for revenge. She snuck up behind him to sprinkle leaves on his head when he

turned around and tackled her to the ground. "Aah! Help me!" she screamed while

laughing.

Covered in leaves and soil, L casually spoke to Sage, " I never imagined that such

a trivial activity could cause such enjoyment."

"Shut up!"

L broke out in a grin and laughed along with Sage.

"Ugh," she grimaced at her dirty self in the closet mirror where they were hanging

up their jackets, "we are going to have to take a bath now."

He smiled. "Together?"

"Pervert!!!!" she screamed and ran to their room.

"Oh no! The pervert is going after Sage!" He yelled as he chased after her.

L ran past Simon who was emerging from the room. Simon smirked as he whispered to

L, "Don't get carried away know, toying with a girl's heart." and for once L didn't

have a clue what he was talking about. Running into the room, he saw Sage in front

of the window panting with her braid unwound. She seemed to sparkle, and he didn't

notice it, but his face was red as his eyes locked on her flushed form.