Y/n got up this morning, had a shower and put on clothes for work. She settled on a sweater and a black skirt. It wasn't too short nor was it that long.

Once downstairs in the kitchen, she took out a couple eggs from the fridge to make scrambled eggs with toast for her parents who were still asleep.

She cracked the eggs, put them in a bowl, whisk them up, added whatever additional ingredients she wanted to before putting them in a pan that was on the stove.

The sizzling of the eggs filled her silence. Whilst that was cooking up, she placed the sliced bread into the toaster and waited for the 'ding' sound she would hear, signaling it was ready.

Y/n forgot the eggs on the stove and rushed to them quickly before they burned, almost tripping on her own feet as she did so.

Sighing out of relief, she scraped it from the pan onto a plate. She laughed to herself, internally glad no one was there to see that

Unknowingly to her, the detective saw the whole thing. Letting his lips curl upwards for a couple seconds as he watched her.

L had sent Mr. Yagami and Aizawa both home as they hadn't seen their family in days. He alone would look at both the families.

He needed to improve his multitasking skill anyways. If in the small 6% chance he had missed something, he had planned to watch the footage over again anyway.

Y/n covered her parents' food and went out the door, heading to work. L had noticed she doesn't eat, it concerned him deeply.

The female took the train and headed to work, as she always does from Monday to Friday.

One of the reasons working at a candy store is somewhat great is seeing excited kids that run in, eyeing everything as if they were in heaven.

She could tell the parents enjoyed it as well but one thing they didn't like was dealing with the tantrum their kids made if they didn't let the youngster have a certain piece of candy they wanted.

She'd seen it happen daily.

"Mommy! Mommy! Can I have this?"

"I want this!"

"I wonder what this would taste like!"

"This place is so yummy!"

This lady with the short black hair had four kids who was running up and down the store, looking at what they wanted.

"Remember, two pieces each!" she said loud enough for them to hear over their loud excited voices. They nodded and went back to loudly conversing on what they should get.

"I'm sorry, sometimes I can't control them." she laughed

Y/n smiled at the mother, " No need to apologize, every kid that come into here is the same." she assured. She looked at them happy and giggling with one another, " They're adorable."

"Aren't they? I'm so lucky to have them."

Three boys and one girl.

"Mommy, we're finished." one of the sweet little boys spoke for all of them. She cashed them out and handed it back to her kids.

Once the lady paid, the little girl was crying.

"What happened, Aiko?" She stooped to her daughter's level, Y/n wondered the same thing.

"Aiya stole one of my candies and ate it!" she cried even more.

Typical.

The mom looked at the guilty boy with disappointment. Whilst she was talking to the little boy, asking why he did it and such, Y/n left behind the counter and picked up the exact piece of candy the little girl was crying for but instead picked up three.

She gently tapped the little girl's shoulder and stooped to her level as well. She turned around and with a smile plastered on Y/n's face, she handed the girl the candy.

Akio's face lit up and she giggled, wiping her tears.

The little girl hugged her tightly and of course Y/n returned the hug, wrapping her arms around her small figure.

After she let go, Y/n whispered, " You should hide that from the rest of your brothers."

The girl giggled and nodded vigorously, " Thank you."

"No problem sweetheart."

The mother of four gathered all her kids then left.

Y/n laughed quietly to herself when she felt someone tap her shoulder. She jumped as she quickly turned around.

It was the man she hoped would return

"I am truly sorry; I didn't mean to startle you."

She breathed out of relief, "I didn't even hear you come in."

"Those kids were unbelievably loud, so it is understandable." he pushed his hands in his pockets, look at nowhere other than her face.

She laughed, "I've worked here for months after a while the noisy kids kind of grow on you."

"So, you always give out free candy?" he asked with a slight smile.

Y/n giggled, " Unless you are under the age of 6, I suppose."

Everyone thought that the man's voice was odd because of the lack of tone it had but she thought his monotone voice was soothing.

She thought how tall he was, if he had straightened his posture, he could be much taller.

" I can't help but notice that..um, under your eyes isn't as dark as the last time I saw you."

He was surprised she had seen that when he himself hadn't realized it.

"Thought I'd try the stranger's advice." this caused her to laugh slightly, "What is your name?"

"Y/n. Y/n l/n. Pleasure to meet you."

L/n? Did she give a fake last name? It made the detective think.

"Pleasure to meet you as well Y/n."

"Well, what about you?" She tucked a strain of hair behind her ears.

"I thought you knew my name already." he tilted his head slightly.

"I do?"

"My name is." he paused for a second, "Pandas." he squinted his eyes.

The female gasp and put a hand over her heart, " He makes jokes?" she laughed, "This can't get any better."

He held back a much needed smile

"You can call me Ryuzaki."

She nodded in response. A blanket of silence covered the two for a couple seconds.

He thought about how she was treated and how she treated them and other people, you would think that she had the best influence for the way she turned out.

"Would you mind if I asked for your assistance?"

She looked up from the ground to meet his eyes that were already on her, " No, not at all. What can I help you with?"

"Candy."

"Candy?"

He squinted once again, "Yes, Candy." She couldn't help but giggle at his actions, "What do you recommend?"

Y/n's eyes drift to all the sweets around and started thinking, her eye met a box, and she lit up, "Have you tried Pocky?"

"I have not."

"I'm pretty sure you'll love it." she reassured

"How sure are you?" to be fair the detective was just playing with her, not expecting a actual response from her.

"Like 89%" she nodded.

So different but yet so similar L thought

She went ahead and picked up a box and gave him it, "Here, you can have it."

L stared at her, feeling a smiling inching up on his face, " I thought I had to be under the age of 6 to get free candy?"

"So, you're a smart ass, huh?" she laughed.

Y/n wasn't done, however.

"I doubt you're into sour candy, are you?"

Ryuzaki thought for a second, "Not really but I am willing to try it."

Y/n didn't want Ryuzaki to spend his money if there was a chance he wasn't going to like it so she took his arm and carefully took him the candy she had her eye on.

L was tense because of the sudden contact but eased into it.

Y/n found herself smiling way too much when this man was here, but she allowed it because she felt as if she deserved to be happy, which she did.

She took a pack of sour worms from the shelf and opened it. L wonder what on earth she was doing.

"Can you do that?" L asked.

"My boss says I can have whatever I want as long as I don't eat out everything in here." she laughed.

She stretched her hand out for L to take a piece which he did. He held it with his pointer and thumb finger.

"Try it with me."

Y/n saw no harm in that, so she took one and ate it, she didn't really have a reaction besides squinting her eyes to help handle the sourness.

Ryuzaki however took a step back, his whole face was twisted up. He closed his eyes tightly, increasing the lines around his eyes causing her to laugh at him.

"Are you...are you okay?" she tried to say while laughing still.

After a while, he was good and was able to think about anything but the sourness, "I don't like that." he said softly, in a way that Y/n found kind of cute.

"Awe, you don't like it? At least you can say you had one."

Ryuzaki opened his mouth to say something but was interrupted. He fished his phone out of his pocket, looking at the caller ID before answering.

Y/n had saw it was well.

Soichiro?

It sounded familiar but didn't think about it because it was none of her business anyways.

" Please excuse me."

She nodded and walked to behind the register, giving him his privacy but still heard bits of what he said.

It didn't take too long before he hung up and walked to where she was.

"To my displeasure I have to be going now." he stuffed his hands in his pockets.

She raised her head to meet his dark eyes.

She smiled and nodded, "I understand."

He turned his head and walked to the glass door

"Ryuzaki?" She had called, he stopped immediately and turned to face her.

"Yes?"

They held each other gaze.

"You have to come back to tell me how that Pocky was."

"I was coming back whether I had it or not."