Death Gods Only Eat Apples

[nokotchi]

Sakura frowned and stood. "I don't know.... I'll go look." She walked toward the kitchen with a sigh.

 

[.chasm.]

L watched Sakura go, staring at her with wide eyes, then turned and looked up at the screen again.

 

[nokotchi]

Sakura returned from the kitchen with the last cookie. It was covered in globs of frosting. "This is the last cookie." She sat down, holding it out for L.

 

[.chasm.]

L took the cookie, staring down at it, then broke it in half and offered some of it to Sakura.

 

[nokotchi]

Sakura smiled and took the bit that L had offered. "Thank you." She took a bite of the cookie half, looking back up at the monitors.

 

[.chasm.]

L looked back up at the screens. "Everyone's asleep," he said unnecessarily. "We don't have anything."

 

[nokotchi]

Sakura nodded, taking another bite. "Yeah.... Looks like it.." she replied, looking over the screen.

 

[.chasm.]

L nibbled on the corner of the cookie, still staring up at the screens. "Will you stay, then? After this case?"

 

[nokotchi]

Sakura turned to L and smiled. "Of course..."

 

[.chasm.]

L lifted his hand to his mouth, chewing on his thumb again. "You'd have to leave everyone from Wammy's..."

 

[nokotchi]

Sakura nodded. "I know... It's worth it though..." she told L quietly.

 

[.chasm.]

L glanced at Sakura, taking another bite of the cookie. "What's worth it? Catching criminals?"

 

[nokotchi]

"No, staying with you..." Sakura answered in a whisper.

 

[.chasm.]

L glanced at Sakura again, still chewing. "Oh, okay..." He stared back at the screens. "It would mean a lot of staying up at night to process files and watch cameras, and you'd have to be the way the world contacts mee."

 

[nokotchi]

Sakura turned to look at the monitors. "I'm sure I could manage."

 

[.chasm.]

"You could use your own alias or you could take Watari," L said, nibbling on the cookie. "Either one."

 

[nokotchi]

Sakura shrugged and glanced at L. "Whichever you prefer."

 

[.chasm.]

L thought for a second, placing the cookie on the desk and pushing his thumb to his lip. "It wouldn't be good for he world to know that soeone had taken over from Watari...then again, if you help me in the cases and not just as a contact point..."

 

[nokotchi]

Sakura pondered this for a moment. "I could just use both... Watari for when I'm the connection between you and the world, and when I'm simply helping on cases I'll go by Tala."

 

[.chasm.]

L nodded, picking up the cookie again. "We could do that. So we keep pretending that you're two people?"