LoVe: The Childhood of L and V

Chapter 6

Time passed and the outside world became covered with snow. Sage woke up to the

coldness of her room and shivered. She covered her head under her silk blanket and

felt the warmth of the rest of her body. She felt excited. Christmas was just

around the corner! Should she buy a present for L? She giggled. She would have to

go to a bookstore outside of town to find anything within interest for him.

Suddenly, she heard rustling. She perked up her ears like a cat with its prey. The

covers suddenly flew off and L's head appeared over her.

"Aaaaaah!" Sage screamed. She shivered as she covered her arms.

"Morning!" he greeted cheerfully.

"It's freezing!" she exclaimed, "why did you do that?"

"'Cause it's morning and Simon wants us to sweep the front of the building." he

stated simply. He quickly glanced away from her to hide a blush. She was wearing a

nightgown that accentuated her curves. He became involved in looking for his coat

and scarf in the closet.

She looked at him quizically.

He could feel her eyes burning into his head.

"How about I leave while you change into...you know, something!"

"Okay then."

L quickly shuffled out of the room.

That was strange, Sage thought in her head. L has been acting very strange

recently. Was it something she had done? She shrugged it off as she chose her

clothes for the day, a white sweater, white bow for her braid, and blue jeans. A

regular christmas caroler.

She went down the hall to the library to look for Simon. Maybe she could weasel out

of it somehow.

...

She sighed. Looking for Simon is like looking for a piece of food if you slept in.

she went outside with her coat, hat, and mittens on. white flakes fell from the big

marshmellow of a sky. She liked to imagine the colors. If only she could really see

them! She sometimes sees a flicker. A purple flash here. A red flash there. Not

entirely there, but she could see it when it showed itself. L popped in front of

her. A flash of red coated his cheeks. A blush? No, it's the cold.

"Finally! I've been waiting for ages. Here." he threw a shovel to her.

"Lets shovel together!" He grinned. Her face felt warm. She smiled back.

"Where should we start?" she asked.

"How about...over there?" he pointed near the forest.

"Looks good!" she agreed.

She saw another flash of red on his cheeks. Was she imagining things?

...

They shoveled farther and farther away from the group. When finally they left

behind their shovels and dashed into the forest.

"Hello Lumera!" Sage screamed to the oak tree. "You look older!"

L yelled along with her "How many winters have you seen!?"

"I bet she's seen a hundred!" Sage commented happily.

"How do you konw it's a she? It could be a he!" L said.

"I feel that the oak is a girl, therfore, she is a she!" Sage stated.

"Hmph!" he huffed.

She giggled. While his back was turned, she rolled a ball of snow and threw it at

his back! She giggled some more as he turned around slowly and angerly.

"Take this!" he yelled and chucked a fast one at her. She dodged.

"Oops! You missed didn't you!" she giggled. It then turned into an all out snowball

fight and they fell down giggling as they stared at each other covered head to toe

in snow. She was really happy. She then saw a very clear flash of all of him in

color. He was wearing a brown coat, and blue pants and he had a pink face! He was

in color for once! She was so happy she hugged him. He looked confused, but not

unhappy.

"What's going on?" he asked suspiciously.

"Nothing to concern yourself with!" she stated simply! She stood up and pulled him

up from the snow.

"Look! There is an imprint of you and me!"

"Yeah, It looks like we are holding hands." L said.

She stifled a giggle. Her face felt warm again. Why was she so warm today? She

didn't mind though. She grabbed one of L's hands and complained, "It's cold! Let's

go inside!"

"Fine," he agreed. They went back to the orphanage. Holding hands. And smiling. :)