Something seemed to be a little off today, L hadn't spoken a single word and he looked kind of gloomy. You couldn't help but look at him and wonder what was wrong. Eventually his gloomy state became too much to bare. You looked around to see the task force with their nose in papers and work so you quietly slid over to L and kept a quiet voice.

"Are you alright?" You asked, putting a hand on his shoulder.

He didn't say anything, just shake his head.

"What's wrong?" You said.

"I... just have bad memories on this day" he said.

You put and arm around him and gently rubbed his back.

"Do you want to talk about it?" You asked.

He shook his head slowly and looked over at you.

"Hold me... please..." he said barely beyond a whisper.

You wrapped your arms around him and gently and hugged him with all the love you had in you, he buried his face in your shirt and wrapped his arms awkwardly around you. This poor boy must have had a rough past... you listened as you heard his breath start to get shaky and before you knew it you could feel tears soak though your shirt.

You hugged him tighter and rubbed circles on his back.

"It'll be ok... whatever it is it's over now" you said.

He continued to try and hold in the tears but it didn't work.

"Come on, let's move somewhere quieter" you said.

He nodded and you both walked out into the lounge area and sat down. You wrapped your arms back around him and tried to comfort him as he started to sob.

"Just tell me what's wrong, maybe we can figure something out" you said.

"...well... today 4 years ago... I left my orphanage" he said in a small voice.

This was the first time L had opened up to someone. You had to make sure he was completely ok.

"I really miss everyone and I bet some of my close friends have been adopted into nice families... unlike me..."

L is an orphan? That explains a lot actually. Why he always has so much time on his hands... because he doesn't have a family.

'That's it, it's my personal mission to love and protect L' you thought to yourself.

"Do you think you could talk to the others over a Skype call or something?" You asked.

"I could, but I wouldn't be able to see any if them and their voices would be filtered. The orphanage is very secretive..." he explained.

You reached over and wiped his tears away with your sleeve.

"What about, we finish this case as soon as humanly possible and then you can go and visit the orphanage again?" You suggested.

"...that would be nice. I'll do it but this case could go on forever" he said.

"Then we'll search light again and prove that he's Kira"

"That sounds good..."

You opened your arms again and let L snuggle up to you as you wiped away the tears falling down his face.

"In the mean time... just stay in my arms and everything will be ok"

BONUS: 5 months later.

"This is the place?" You said holing you boyfriends hand.

"Yep, this is wammy's house" he said.

You smiled at L and wrapped your arms around him.

"Told you you'd make it back"

"Ready to meet the old gang?" He asked.

You took his hand again as you both walked up to the door.

"Let's do it" you said.

He knocked on the door and all of a sudden you heard children's voices.

"HES BACK!"