"Oh, right, it's already 2004." He shifts his gaze to the window for a moment, as if that would allow him to understand the calendar change, before turning back to me.
"For a couple of hours now..." I say quietly. "Happy New Year, L."
He watches me for a few seconds in silence. His gaze seems to soften slightly, or maybe it's fatigue setting in, but it doesn't change the fact that my heart is in my throat. However, I can't look away and quell that feeling, because this has always been the way I wanted to start my year: alone with him. Now, I have to start hoping that I can end it the same way.
"Yes... Let's ensure it is by catching Kira together," he replies and I can't hold back a smile as I nod.
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While FBI agent Jessica Parker had by now resigned herself to the idea that her plan would proceed as planned, D. D. waited impatiently for that phone call that would pull her out from her grave for one last desperate honeymoon in the company of her favourite stranger.
Temari and Sayako's parents were former members of the FBI sent out on a secret mission to investigate members of the Japanese task force and close comrades with Watari and L. Unfortunately they were killed by Kira before their investigation was over. With no other family to turn to, the children are placed under Watari's care and now live at the headquarters with the rest of the task force.
Impressed with her intelligence and shogi skills, L is eager to let Temari help with the investigation. But as the evidence starts to get more and more clear she is put in enough danger to last her a lifetime.....that is if Kira doesn't get to her first.
^^COMPLETED AUGUST 2017^^