Gods and Monsters [Sequel to Ethereal] L x Reader • Death Note ✔️

Chapter 30 | curiosity

Even though your bed down in the human realm wasn't as big and fancy as up in the highlands, it had L in it, so that was good enough for you. Although L was a menace of a bed partner, all his sleep issues carried over into his life as a kami and he was always in the strangest positions. His wings would whack you in the face, his arm would be hanging off the bed, he'd kick you in his sleep. Although after all these these years you got used to it, and you barely even shifted when you felt him knee you in the back.

Although tonight he'd somehow managed to end up with a death grip on your arm and a wing in your face, waking you up when you felt the urge to sneeze from breathing in his feathers. Stirring from your sleep you whacked his wing off your face and took a moment to adjust to the darkness. You looked over at him, sound asleep but completely tangled in his blanket. Halfway through the marriage you decided to just have separate blankets because he was such a menace and pulled them off all the time.

"Bloody hell L, how do you manage?" You muttered, wriggling your arm free from his grip and trying to de-tangle him.

You reached for the end of the blanket which has been kicked to the end of the bed, but as you did you were met with a figure standing in your room, through the darkness you could see something tall and looming.

Wondering if it was just a shadow, you turned the lamp on, only to be met with what was unmistakably a shinigami. Not expecting it at all, you jumped and screamed before immediately silencing yourself to not wake anyone up.

L woke up though, immediately.

"What the- (y/n) is ev-" he began, only to be met with the same sight as you.

The two of you just looked up at it for a moment, before realising it was the same one that you saw following Mikami when he was being questioned.

"Dude- what the fuck. You trying to be a sleep paralysis demon or some shit? This is creepy as hell!" You scolded.

The shinigami shrugged.

"Sorry not sorry" he said.

"What the hell are you doing here? How did you even find us?" L asked.

"I wanted to see the competition. I could feel you guys but couldn't see you, just wanted to know who this Kira is up against"

That's it? Gods, it's like a Ryuk clone. But way less 'bro vibes'. More strange creature vibes.

"That doesn't answer how you found us" L said.

"I can see everyone's names remember? I just looked for Mihael Kheel and Mail Jeevas from the interrogation room"

L tensed slightly hearing a shinigami say the real names of his kids. They were still alive so clearly this shinigami hadn't told Mikami their names, but the possibility still scared him.

"If you tell that maniac my children names, I'll turn you to dust. Mark my words" L threatened.

"Chill man, I'm just watching. I get why Ryuk was so fascinated with you guys now. Plus I don't wanna get grilled by Than and Anubis, Ryuk may not care if he gets his ass chewed out but I do. I ain't trying to have my human realm viewing privileges snatched from me" the shinigami said.

"Right... well, you know all our names and you can tell we're Devine so you better keep your beak shut. Yours is Shidoh right?" You replied.

"Yeah, I'm just watching everything. I didn't think my book would ever be picked up, I totally forgot about it until it was picked up. I'm simply observing, this whole situation is interesting to us too you know? How the humans turned Kira into some kind of idol even though he was just a guy. Mikami is... a character, that's for sure"

Well, at least he seemed to be no real threat. It was more Mikami manipulating information out of him that you were concerned of. Rem seemed to be the only shinigami with two brain cells to run together, this guy and Ryuk? No thoughts. Just vibes. Meaning someone with a mentality like Kira could definitely get information out of him if he played his cards right.

"So you're watching us sleep because you want to see who Mikami is up against?" You asked.

"Yeah" He replied.

What is it with shinigami and having zero concept of boundaries and personal space? He and Ryuk had a habit of just appearing unannounced no matter what you were doing. You could be naked in the shower and a shinigami would just pop up at this point.

The door to your room opened, and a half asleep Mello walked in. Hair a mess, nothing but pyjama pants and looking like he was sleeping hella hard. The creases in the sheets of his bed dented into his skin.

"What happened? Is everything ok?" He asked.

"Oh shit, you heard that? Sorry. There's a shinigami playing sleep paralysis demon" you said, gesturing to where Shidoh was.

"There's a... a fucking shinigami here? THE shinigami?"

Clearly he wasn't fully awake, because he just looked blankly at the spot where Shidoh would be if he could see him, and had no reaction at all.

"Yeah, we've got a Ryuk like character on our hands here. It's fine, we're grilling him. You can go back to sleep" L said.

"Right? Fuckin- I'm tired, talk about this tomorrow" Mello yawned.

He went to turn around only to run right into Near, who'd also woken up. Their long hair pulled back but falling out of the tie from moving in their sleep, one sock missing and oversized pyjama shirt hanging off their shoulders. Damn those successors sleep like rocks to be waking up a royal mess like this.

"Everything is fine, they're just grilling the shinigami" Mello sighed.

"The- huh? There's a shinigami" Near muttered, looking over Mellos shoulder, only to see nothing because they hadn't touched the book.

"We're handling it, it's fine. Explain everything in the morning, go back to sleep" you said.

Too tired to deal with it, Near just shrugged.

"Ok, how did Matt sleep through that?" They muttered.

"Dunno, that man sleeps like he's in a coma" Mello replied.

"Even with the energy drinks... Hypnos really blessed him"

Mello grabbed the door handle, turning back to you both for a moment.

"Night guys" he said.

"Goodnight again" Near added.

"Goodnight, sorry" you replied.

They left to go back to bed, closing the door behind them.

You sighed, turning back to Shidoh.

"You make us wake up the kids, you happy?" You said.

"Kids? They're adults" Shidoh replied.

"They're still my children. Now can you not be creepy and watch us sleep? If you want to talk magic or the case with us, do it in the morning" L said.

He shrugged again, absolutely nothing you said mattered to him at all.

"Yeah whatever, just curious" he said, turning to leave and phase through the wall.

"And DO NOT tell that psycho killer my kids names" L added.

"Yeah yeah"

And with that, he left.

You and L sat there for a moment, trying to process that the fuck just happened.

"Why are shinigami so... like that?" You sighed.

"I'm too tired for this, I'll mentally process it in the morning" L sighed, lying back down to go to sleep.

You turned off the lamp, laying back down too. He immediately grabbed you, pulling you in closer and snuggling against you.

"Weirdness just follows us wherever we go now where kami huh?" He said.

"It sure does honey, it sure does..."