A/n: GUYS. I'VE BEEN IN THIS FANDOM FOR LITERALLY ALMOST 4 YEARS. I KNOW LAWLIET IS MEANT TO BE PRONOUNCED LOW-LIGHT. I PREFER LAW-LEE-ET BC I'M AUSSIE AND THATS HOW WE SAY IT. YOU CAN STOP COMMENTING NOW.

Edit: it's been 7 years in this fandom and people still tell me this.

Relationships. Something pretty new to both you and L, considering you only just started one last night.

That night before you went to bed, you pulled out your case file from under the floorboards and wrote down everything that had happened in the time you were handcuffed to L.

The realisation of feelings and the start of a relationship, the clues that flew over your head, everything.

But now there was a bit of a new question to be answered. You started the file when you were 5 with the intention of finding out why you found L so interesting. And now that you knew it should be case closed right? Wrong.

This case wouldn't be closed until you knew everything there was to know about L and every single one of your questions was answered. Of course you had small questions that you could just ask him point blank, but there was one bigger question that started to but you while you were handcuffed to him.

You know that you love each other... but what was he hiding?

You'd been around him for over 10 years. You knew he was hiding something... or perhaps he didn't even know what it was yet. So this file would still be ongoing until you found that out.

The next morning, you awoke to the sun shining on your face and rudely waking you up. You'd gone back to sleeping in your own rooms and it was strange not having L at the end of a pair of handcuffs. But hey, you were dating now weren't you? If he was comfortable enough you could straight up cuddle with him and fall asleep together.

You never actually did that when you were handcuffed because for some reason he was always awake when you burned out, and when he burned out you were awake. If the two of you weren't already awake one would be up and one would be asleep. This relationship was only a night old, so maybe it was too soon. Small steps. That's all you needed.

You got up and walked out into the halls, going to get L up for breakfast. You knocked on his door and paused to yawn before speaking.

"Oi eyebags, get up its time for breakfast" you said.

"Hold on" he replied from behind the door.

You could hear him get up and almost trip over a computer chord, making you sigh and just shake your head. Typical. He opened the door and you gave him a tired smile.

"Good morning" you said.

"Good morning" he replied.

It was silent for a moment, he seemed like he was contemplating something. You suddenly felt him place a quick kiss on your cheek, making you giggle. He was so naive when it came to love. You could tell he was thinking 'that's what you're meant to do right?' You stood up on your tip toes to reach his height and returned the action by placing a kiss on his cheek.

"Come on, I wanna get the pancakes before anyone else does" you said, grabbing his hand and pulling him toward the kitchen-dining area where you saw a few kids already up and eating.

Including B.

You walked over and went to go sit with him.

"Hey demon boy" You joked.

"What's popin loser" he replied.

"I'm guessing you were up all night studying?"

"Yep, you two were up all night too huh?"

"Yep, justice never sleeps" L replied.

It was silent for a moment, you could see B giving you both a sly smirk.

"What?" You asked.

"So... you two snuck out to the park last night huh?"

How the fuck did he-

Jeez, B knows everything around this place.

"Yeah, and? we go to the park all the time"

"You're aware the park is in full view of my window right? Don't think I didn't see you two smooching on the swings"

L's face went red, but you just laughed.

"Creep" you giggled.

"Your fault for not doing it in pain view. It's about freaking time too like damn! Do you know how long A and I have had a bet going? He owes me $20 now"

"W-was it really that obvious?" L stammered.

"Obvious to the whole damn orphanage apart from yourselves"

"Ok, enough about that. Save our spots I'm getting pancakes" you said.

You dragged L over to the kitchen, making him eat something for breakfast that wasn't candy. He ended up with three pancakes and a whole truckload of whipped cream and you ended up with two pancakes and a waffle. Just as you say back down to eat, A entered the room.

"Morning guys" he said, sleepily.

"Morning" both you and L said in unison.

"Mor...ning..."

You looked over at B who seemed to pause his words. He was doing the thing again... looking above A's head in terror... you never understood why he did that... and he never really gave you an explanation.

A sat down next to B.

"Dude you ok?" He asked.

"Huh? Oh yeah, I'm fine"

You and L exchanged confused glances, the both of you seeing what B kept on doing.

"L, how did we do on the last practice cases?" A asked.

"Both of you solved it correctly but you did miss one piece of evidence that would have solved everything quicker" L said.

"What was it?" B asked.

"The hatchet found down the side of the house"

"I TOLD YOU B!"

B just laughed.

"I'm sorry! I seriously thought it was the knife!"

A shook his head.

"I guess I'm kind of to blame for not convincing you otherwise" he said.

"Nah man, it's my fault. Don't go beating yourself up over it" B replied.

"Don't stress it, you guys still passed" you added.

"Yeah... I guess you're right"

It was silent for a moment as everyone ate their food, until B remembered something and put his fork down.

"Oh by the way, you owe me $20" he said.

"20 dol- wait..."

A turned to you and L.

"Last night?"

"Yep" you smirked.

"FINALLY! You have no idea how painful it was to watch you two be so oblivious"

You giggled, man, you were kind of dumb about that weren't you?

"Look at L going all red" B teased.

You looked over at L to find him hiding his face in his hands.

"Stoooppp it's embarrassing. I get it I was stupid!" He whined.

You laughed and wrapped an arm around him.

"Don't worry I was stupid too. You're not the only one"

You finished up your breakfast just as the class bell went, meaning A and B had to go off the class. You said your goodbyes and decided to kill some time since L was still waiting on case information. You yet again ended up at the park, but this time you were sitting on top of the tunnels instead of the swings.

"So... I have no idea what I'm doing in a relationship so... is there anything you want me to do?" L asked.

"Anything you're comfortable with. I'm not going to force anything onto you. But cuddles are nice" you replied.

"Cuddles? Isn't that just hugging?"

"Cuddles and hugs are different. Hugs are shorter and usually standing up and done as a hello or goodbye or comfort move. Cuddles are longer, usually sitting or lying down and easy to fall asleep doing. Spooning is a type of cuddling"

"Spooning?"

Wow he really has no idea didn't he?

"That's when you lie down together and one person wraps their arms around the other from behind. The one wrapping their arms around the other is the big spoon and the one being cuddled is the little spoon. It's mainly done for down time or to fall asleep together"

"Right. So basically you're wanting lots of... Uh... physical affection?"

"Yeah, I'll be giving you tons of it, ok?"

He thought for a moment, then a small smile broke across his lips.

"I... I can live with that..."