LXReader Sweet Dreams

If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you not the loss of sleep.  
-Dale Carnegie


     "What are you doing?" a male voice asked and you spun around, the refrigerator door slammed shut as you did so. The guilty look on your face quickly vanished as you studied the guy in front of you. This particular person has messy black hair, onyx colored eyes, wore a white baggy sweater with blue jeans, hand bags under his eyes, and was currently scratching his left foot with his right foot. You had never seen him before but you grew very curious about him very quickly. "I couldn't sleep," you told him with a glare You didn't know who he was but you didn't want him knowing your business. "Watari would be disappointed in you ____, you shouldn't eat sweets at such a late hour. I, on the other hand, am allowed too," the messy, odd looking boy told you and walked over to the refrigerator. Gently the stranger placed a hand on your shoulder and brushed you aside before opening the door and studying the sweet contents in the fridge. The older boy pulled out a container of strawberries and a cake. "We will keep this our little secret," he whispered to you with a mischievous smirk. He motioned you to follow him and you did. L led you to a room in the back of the Wammy house, secluded from all the other rooms. "I don't come here often but when I do this is where I stay," he explained and let you into his office. L walked over to his desk and set the stolen treats onto his desk before sitting on his desk chair with his knees lightly pulled to his chest. "Who are you?" you asked and glanced about the room. The guy smirked again and picked up a strawberry. "I am L," he said and studied the shocked look on your face.

     Never had L been allowed to see any of the Wammy children personally, he had talked to the students multiple times through a computer but he had never talked to any of the students personally until tonight. "Y-You… can't be serious," you said slowly and dropped down in a chair across from his at the desk. L blinked and lightly ran his fingers through his black hair before picking up another strawberry. "I am quite serious, I don't know why you would think I was joking. Would you like a strawberry?" he replied, holding out the container. You eyed the strawberries then slowly raised a hand up and pulled out a strawberry.  "So that is why you are allowed to have sweets this late," you mumbled and took a small bite out of the strawberry. L simply nodded and studied you, Watari had spoken of your great progress and work here at the Wammy house and how you would be a good possible backup for him if he were ever to fail or die.

     "Why can't you sleep?" L asked. You finished the strawberry and reached out of his cake, but he lightly brushed your hand aside so that you couldn't get the cake. "I don't think you could really ask that question when you look like you haven't slept in years," you replied with a pout. L chuckled at this comment and twirled a strawberry around. "I don't like to sleep, I have lots of work to do as L, I am justice," he replied simply and flashed you a smile. L stuck his finger into the cake and then licked the icing off his finger. You glanced up from the strawberry in your hand and you frowned at his habits. "I don't think that is completely true, your smile faltered a bit. Also your tone of voice had changed a bit, and your toes twitched. That is not the reason that you don't go to sleep, at least that isn't the only reason you don't sleep," you told him and raised your eye brows. L blinked his onyx colored orbs at you, he was surprised even though he should have expected this from someone who studies here at Watari's orphanage. L placed his thumb against his lower lip and stuck his fingers into the cake again to gain more icing. "This is true, but I had been inquiring as to why you couldn't sleep so that I could help you," he told you. 'Help me?' you thought and fidgeted a bit in your seat. "I just can seem to relax, there is a lot of pressure here in Wammy House, a lot of work," you admitted and a shade of red danced across your cheeks. L nodded and stood from his desk while eating icing off of his face. He stood and walked over to his book shelf before pulling one of the books off the shelf.

     "How about I read you a bedtime story? Watari used to read to me when I was younger , I never did fall asleep when he was reading but I have heard that reading bedtime stories can quite effectively put people to sleep," L said thoughtfully and motioned to a couch over on the other side of the room. 'He wants to put me to sleep?' you thought in disbelief. You looked at him hesitantly, not sure whether or not you would actually go along with his idea. Nervously, you stood from the chair and you plopped down onto the couch. "Lay down, it is possible to sleep sitting up but I have heard it is more comfortable to sleep while lying down," L instructed. You lay back on the couch and rest your head against a pillow as L draped a blanket over your body. L squatted down beside you and opened the book before he started to read. You hadn't thought it would be possible but L's reading was very soothing and you found yourself falling asleep, despite the strawberries you had eaten.

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     "L, what is ____ doing in your room?" Watari asked as he entered the room with a tray full of sweets. The detective looked up from his feverous typing on his computer. "Sleeping," L responded with a mischievous smirk. He happily eyed the tray that Watari had placed on his desk, not surprised that Watari didn't push the point or continue to ask questions. "Perhaps you could lighten ____'s work load for a couple of days," he suggested as he picked up a cookie. L took a bite of his cookie then looked up at Watari who simply nodded without questioning the remarkable guy. "I will, don't worry about it. Focus on your case," Watari informed the detective as he placed some paperwork onto L's desk. L watched the man leave before studying your features. The detective stood with his usual hunched over figure and he walked over to you before lightly brushing some of your ____ colored hair out of your face. "Sweet Dreams ____. Dream of cupcakes, cakes, strawberries, cookies, and any other delicious sweets," he whispered.

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     It had been years since the last time you hand seen L, in fact you thought you would never see him again, but you were wrong. One night you had stayed up late and you barely heard it… a 'pitter patter' of bare feet on the floor. It isn't odd to hear this sound, quite a few of the kids walk around without shoes but your heart skipped a beat as you hoped that it was L. Watari had informed all the Wammy children that L had come back to the orphanage to work on a case and that he wasn't to be bothered. You stood from your bed after setting your papers aside and you walked over to your door. Gently you pushed the door open and peeked out the door so see a white sweat shirt and blue jeans turn the corner. A grin spread across your face and you quietly followed him towards the kitchen. When he opened the fridge and examined each sweet. "What are you doing?" you asked, using the same words he had used on you only a year ago. L smirked at the sound of your voice and he glanced over at you. "I am getting a midnight snack ____, I have been working on a case," he said and pulled out a couple cookies. He held out a cookie to you which you gladly accepted. "Maybe I can help you go to sleep," you replied and blushed slightly. L opened his mouth to reply then shut it again. "I think I shall take you up on that offer," L said and walked back towards his office once again. You followed the familiar path to L's office. 'He actually wants to sleep? You wouldn't know that by looking at him,' you thought questionably. The detective placed his stack of sweets on his desk before lying down on his couch much like you had done before. "Did you know another way to help someone fall asleep is to sing them a lullaby?" you asked and pulled a chair over to the couch before sitting down. Lightly you pulled a blanket over the detective and you placed a soft kiss on his forehead.

     "That will help to," you told him and looked down at your lap, avoiding his black eyes. A light shade of pink spread across L's face and he looked up at you. "I think it would help more if you kissed me here," he said and tapped his lips lightly. Your ____ colored eyes widened in shock and you laughed softly at his request. After nodding, you placed a soft kiss to lips before ruffling his hair. "Now go to sleep L, we can't have you being tired when so many people depend on you," you told your crush and lightly started to hum a tune. L closed his onyx colored eyes as he listened to you hum. "Thank you ____, you are very nice," he mumbled as dreams of sweets danced around in his head. The usual dreams… no, nightmares of B that usually haunted his dreams weren't there that night thanks to you. Perhaps L always stands hunched over because of the burden of all the work and people that depend on him make even L's shoulders sag. Perhaps even L can't handle everything that is given to him, you wished you could lighten the burden like he had done for you. "I'll work harder L, we have been trained to surpass you. I will work harder to be who you need me to be," you murmured and rested your head against the burdened detective's chest. You closed your ____ colored eyes and you listened to his steady heartbeat. "No need, I'm okay with your help, you don't have to surpass me," L replied, half asleep but not completely asleep just yet. You smiled lightly against his chest and you glanced up at his face. "Oh L, just go to sleep, seriously," you scolded. Now you waited until you heard L's soft snores before falling asleep.

     Watari stepped into L's office and draped a blanket over your shoulders. "Sweet dreams, the two of you," the caring old man said and smiled softly at the two that he knew would continue to grow closer and closer even if they weren't supposed to. Watari normally wouldn't allow this but the two of you needed the sweet dreams and sleep… and L seemed to take a liking to this one particular Wammy student. The old man picked up the treats L had stolen and left untouched before leaving the room to leave the two of you with your desperately needed and earned peace.

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There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.
-Homer