A/N: ASDFGHJKL?!?!?!?! DID Y'ALL SEE HOW GOOD JANE LOOKED IN HER LATEST SELCA??? WELL IF YOU HAVEN'T HERE IT IS! I am not over it, and kindly feel free to imagine her looking like that in this chapter. I just found our L likes One Piece too? And idk, I thought that'd be something cute for him and Dabin to bond over. Disclaimer though - I don't watch (and never have) One Piece, so I've been pulling stuff out of articles, I hope I didn't get anything too wrong. Also, I hope y'all have the STARPLE App, and have been voting for the girls everyday! Let's get them to the highest rank we can, my fellow Merries!
 

Jane ran her fingers through her freshly cut bangs, pushing them back with the rest of her newly trimmed hair. She knew she looked bangin’ in her new haircut, so she decided to rock it with a white shirt under a black leather jacket, and matched it with a dark pair of skinny denims. After the mess she found herself in last week, getting a haircut to change things up a bit really did her wonders. She couldn’t have asked for a better way to start the last day of her exhibit. She had received numerous requests for portrait commissions and some more editorial collaboration offers over the duration of her exhibit, and had even sold a good number of the photos she put on display, which surprised even her as she never really thought of her chosen concept as…commercial. The heels of her black stiletto pumps clicked on the marble floors as she breezed past the gallery’s doors. She felt unstoppable really, she felt like she was ready to take on the world. What she saw next however, stopped her dead in her tracks.

It was L was biting his lower lip while staring down at one of his burgundy brogues, his left foot crossed behind his right – showing off how well his tapered navy dress pants accented his strong legs. His white button-up shirt’s sleeves folded up to his elbows, hugging his sturdy upper arms, and his forearms hidden behind him. As if on cue, he snapped his head up and instantly met Jane’s eyes.

‘Well…so much for my great day’ she squeezed her eyes shut, trying not to roll her eyes all the way to the back of her head. She knew this was probably going to be a long, painful, and awkward conversation. ‘At least he’s still never bad to look at’ She always did like to look for silver linings.

She cautiously made her way made her way towards her old friend, as he slowly walked to meet her halfway. “Look, L…”

He cut her off by presenting her with a bouquet of Baby’s Breath that he had hidden behind him “Jane, I’m sorry. I was way out of line last week. I haven’t seen you in over a decade, and I really didn’t have any business prying so suddenly like that.” He rambled on, his face still full of worry “I was such an for making assumptions the way I did and…I really don’t know what else to say. I’m just really, really sorry. Can we start over, please?” L furrowed his brows as he tried to read her eyes.

Jane gently glanced down at the bouquet in front of her and curled into a soft smile “You remembered...” He clumsily extended his arms towards her, offering the flowers for the taking. As she took the bouquet from L, she continued in a whisper “You know I could never stay mad at you…”

He couldn’t help but break into a wide, dimpled grin. It made her cover the lower half of her face with the flowers as she tried to stifle a giggle. “Thank heavens” he started “and here I thought I spent every single day of the entire week with a new bunch of spit-smelling flowers for nothing” he ended with a chuckle.

“They do not smell like spit!” the strawberry blonde lightly jabbed his shoulder. “You came here every day for the past week?”

“Yeah…” he lightly scratched the space behind his ear “I wasn’t exactly sure how to get a hold of you anymore, so…yeah.”

She presented him with her open palm “Give me your phone” he quickly picked the device out from his back pocket, unlocking it in one fell swoop, and put it on her hand. She quickly entered her digits and gave herself a ring. As she felt her phone buzz, she dropped the call and slid L’s phone back into his rear pocket. She shuffled to around her bag to grab her phone, flashing him her screen to show one missed call before tossing the device back into the jumbled mess that it came from “Proof that I didn’t wrong-number you”

“Cool!” the veteran stuffed his hands into his pockets “So…maybe, let’s catch up over drinks some time?”

“Yeah, I’d like that.” She gave him a nod.

“Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaane~~” the younger photographer couldn’t even react before she felt a soft body crash into her back, flannel-clad arms suddenly wrapped around hers, with hands locking in front of her chest, fencing her in one tight embrace.

“Jeez, L. You don’t see your old girl for ten years, and the first thing you do is give her such a drab bouquet!” Jane heard the voice coming in from a few feet behind her. She couldn’t help but stiffen.

“Yo!!! Dabin! It’s been too long! How ya been, squirt?” Jane witnessed L reaching out to try and ruffle Yeonwoo’s hair as she approached them, only to have his efforts blocked by the vixen’s quick grip to twist his wrist away. Her friend’s white sweater under an oversized black shirt made her friend’s flashy moves seem even more dramatic. “Ah, still have those lightning reflexes like Zoro, I see” L complimented his other junior “You mean more like Luffy in Gear Second” the dark-haired girl smirked back.

If Yeonwoo was here, then that could only mean…

“Hey, Jane” she heard her name called out again “you look absolutely stunning