Kitchen was filled with an aroma of beef roast and a table was carefully set for three people. Young boy was just taking cherry pie out of the oven when he heard keys turning in the door. He placed it on the kitchen counter and hurried to the door.

''Welcome home, father.''

Yagami Soichiro continued taking off his shoes and coat as if he haven't heard his son. Then he headed towards the kitchen. Light wasn't surprised by his father's behavior, as a matter of fact being ignored by him was rather pleasant, at least compared with other options.

''Sayu, come down, father is home and dinner is ready!'' Light shouted. Soon a 9 year old girl came running from the stairs into the kitchen. She hugged her father.

Yagami family sat down around the table and started to eat. The food Light made was delicious, but none of them really cared. Since it was just the three of them, Light had to learn to cook, it didn't matter he was just three years older then Sayu. His father had to go to work in order to bring money home and there was no one else. They didn't want to hire a house keeper. Their home was broken enough without a stranger in it. And then there were the secrets, they didn't want anybody to find out about them.

When something was too far for Sayu to reach, Light helped her getting it and smiled at her. She almost smiled back. She didn't eat much, she was too thin for a girl her age. When they finished the beef and vegetable, Light served the cherry pie. They ate the pie and then Sayu went to her room.

Light was alone at home and he was bored. He wanted to go out, but he wasn't allowed to leave house without telling anyone where he wanted to go. Light struggled what to do for a while but then he decided that if he left a note, it would be okay to go out. It wasn't as if he was stupid. He wouldn't get lost or something like that and their neighborhood wasn't a dangerous place.

So he wrote the note: 'I went to the park, I will be home soon. Light'

He was wandering through the park for a while and then he found a bench that was hidden behind bushes. It was a little cold so there weren't that many people in the park and this spot was so remote that Light decided nobody would mind if he lied down for a while. He liked watching the sky on days like this. It was grey but the clouds made the most spectacular shapes.

Sometimes he pretended to be studying but he was just staring out of the window at the sky. He didn't need that much time to prepare for school, he had photographic memory, remembering everything he looked at. He just didn't like hanging with his mother that much. She was nice and he loved her but she wasn't at his intelligence level. Neither were his classmates. He was popular at school but he didn't have any real friends. He sighed.

He was contemplating his life. Was there any point in living like this? He wanted to contribute to society somehow, but he couldn't, not yet. He was too young to be allowed to do anything. He wanted to be a police officer like his father when he will be older.

He was feeling tired so he closed his eyes. It wouldn't mind If he slept for a while.

...

''Light! We are home! Come down!'' Sachiko shouted and waited for the reply. There was none.

''Light, darling, can't you hear me?'' she shouted again. Again there was no reply. He must be listening to music, she thought.

''Sayu, could go to your brothers room and tell him to come down to help me set the table?''

''Of course mum!'' Sayu said and went to her brothers room. She knocked and opened the door but the room was empty.

''He is not there.'' Sayu said when she went back to kitchen. Her mum read the note that Light left there: 'I went to the park, I will be home soon. Light'. Sachiko sighed, she hated when Light did this. He was very mature for his age, he didn't act as 11 year old at all, he was more like a miniature adult but she didn't want him outside alone. He was always attracting too much attention with his unusual hair color, his skin tone was lighter then that of most Japanese and hazelnut eyes didn't help him fitting in either. He was too different and too pretty.

She dialed her husband.

Yagami Soichiro's cellphone rang. He looked at the display - 'Home', he picked it up.

''Hello dear.'' his wife said.

''Hello Sachiko. Is everything alright?''

''Light went out when I was shopping with Sayu. He left note a note that he went to the park but...''

''Don't worry Sachiko, maybe you are sheltering him too much, don't you think?''

''Maybe you are right, dear...''

''Anyway, I will be working late today, so don't wait for me with the dinner.''

''Sure. Take care.'' said Sachiko.

''I will talk to Light later about worrying his mum. Good bye.'' said Soichiro and ended call.

It was already dark and Light haven't come back home. Sachiko was seriously worried about her son. She tried calling Soichiro again but he didn't pick up. So she send him a message: 'Light still isn't home, I'm going to look for him in the park. I will ask the neighbor lady, Watabe-san, to look after Sayu.'

Sayu was watching her mum pacing through the home, looking very nervous. Onii-chan wasn't at home and that was rather strange.

''Sayu, do you want to go to Watabe-san to play with her cat?'' her mum asked.

''Okay. Where is onii-chan? He also likes the cat.'' the little girl said.

''I'm not sure darling but I will go look for him. Let's get you to Watabe-san. Put on your shoes.''

Girl obeyed and soon they were ringing on Watabe-san's door.

''Hello, I wasn't expecting visitors but come in anyway, I will make a tea.'' said the old lady and smiled kindly.

''Actually, I would like to ask you if you could look over Sayu for a while... Light went to the park and didn't come back. I want to go looking for him and I will be faster alone.'' Sachiko explained. Her distress was obvious.

''Don't worry, of course I will take care of her. Sayu-chan, come in.'' said Watabe san.

''Thank you Watabe-san.'' Sachiko said and started running towards park.

Light awoke. Fuck, it was already dark. His parents must be terrified, he never stayed so long outside alone. His father will be so angry. He started walking home.

The park didn't seem as welcoming as during the day. She was walking down main path, which was the only path with streetlamps, and looking for Light.

''Light! Light, are you here?'' Sachiko shouted. There wasn't any reply. She ran some more.

''Light!'' she tried shouting again. She heard laughter from one of the sidewalks.

''Who is there?'' she asked.

''Come and take a look.'' replied man and some other laughed again.

So she did, she walked towards the voice. Soon she could see two men. They were drinking some cans. She could smell alcohol but decided to ask anyways.

''Sorry for interrupting you. I'm looking for my son, his name is Light. He is 12 years old with honey brown hair, have you seen him?'' Sachiko asked. Men looked at each other.

''I saw some brown haired kid sitting on the bench close to the east gate.'' said a man wearing hoodie, he looked a little bit drunk.

''East gate?'' Sachiko asked. She wasn't sure which gate was which.

''We can take you there if you want to, right?'' the same man as before said and the other nodded. They started walking further from the lit path.

''Thank you, thank you so much.'' she bowed and hurried after them. Soon Sachiko would be completely lost if she were alone. But those man seemed to know the way. Suddenly she bumped into one of the man, he must have stopped.

''We are here.'' he said.

''But I can't see Light anywhere.'' Sachiko said, confused.

''Of course, he went home a while before you came, you must have missed him.'' the man explained.

''What? Then why did we came all the way here?'' she asked.

''Why did we indeed.'' said the man and the two other chuckled. Then he caught Sachiko's wrists and the other one put a sellotape on over her mouth. Then he taped her hands together. Sachiko was terrified. She was being maneuvered towards a bench but she tried resisting and she hit her head. She lost consciousness.

...

Light arrived home, it was dark, nobody was home. That was uncommon. He went for the phone and called his father. It was ringing but nobody picked up. He tried his mother's cell, ringing, nobody picking up either. What's going on? His father doesn't pick up phone often, if it's important case and he works in terrain. But his mum too? She went shopping with Sayu earlier but it's highly improbable she was still shopping. She must be looking for him. He is definitely going to be grounded. He buried his face in his hands.

...

Soichiro came back to the police station. It was already morning. Tonight they had taken into whole gang of drug dealers and nobody was hurt, he had really good feeling from it, it was well done work, perfectly planned and executed. But he was so tired. He sank into chair, he had to sign a few papers before he could go home.

''Yagami-san, I'm very sorry for what I have to tell you. But we found your wife dead in the park.'' one of the lower ranked officers told him.

Soichiro was almost falling asleep but now he was wide awake.

''WHAT?'' No, no, no, that's couldn't be true. Something like that couldn't happen to his Sachiko.

''I'm sorry for your loss.'' said the officer.

''Wait, that's not possible. I talked with her yesterday, she was okay, waiting at home for our son.''

''Yagami-san, it's definitely your wife's body, she had her ID with her and we checked her fingerprints.'' explained the officer.

''What about my son and daughter?'' Soichiro asked.

''We don't know.'' said the officer.

Soichiro checked his private cell phone. There was a message from his wife: 'Light still isn't home, I'm going to look for him in the park. I will ask the neighbor lady, Watabe-san, to look after Sayu.' and many missed calls. He immediately ringed the neighbor.

''Yes?'' woman's voice said.

''It's Yagami Soichiro, is my daughter at your place?''

''Yes, she is sleeping. Is everything okay Yagami-san?'' she asked.

''What about my son? Have you seen him?''

''No, but..''

He hung up. He dialed his home. It didn't even ring twice and somebody picked it up.

''Father?'' Light asked.

''Are you okay Light?''

''Yes, father. Where is mum and Sayu?'' the boy asked.

''Sayu is at Watabe-sans home. And your mother...'' there was a moment of silence.

''What's with mum?Is she sick? Did something happen to her?'' Light demanded.

''She... she is dead...'' Soichiro said and from his tone of voice Light was sure it was true. He burst into tears.

They exchanged no words during the dinner. Was it uncomfortable? Definitely, but they were used to it. After all, it was already a year since Sachiko, Yagami Soichiro's wife and their mother died.

Light cleaned the table and washed the dishes. He worked effectively because he wanted to get to his room soon. He didn't like being in the same room as him, when his father was watching him, he felt overwhelming guilt for his mother's dead. His thoughts were elsewhere, he broke one of the glasses. There was a sharp pain in his hand, he looked at it and saw that is was badly cut. He heard a footsteps behind and then he was slapped on the head.

''Who gave you a permission to break my property you useless child?'' his father hissed, grabbed his hair and dragged him to the living room. Soichiro tossed him on the floor and Light hit his knees, he was going to have bruises tomorrow. He didn't dare to look in his father's eyes because he was aware that it could make him even more angry.

''Weren't you supposed to be intelligent?'' Soichiro said.

''I'm sorry.'' Light muttered. Suddenly he was kicked and he fell on his right elbow, it started to tingle. Then he slapped Light's face.

''Go to your room, I don't want to see your face.'' Soichiro said. Before Light got out of the room Soichiro asked him: ''Do you know why I'm doing this Light?''

''Because of me, bad things happened to my mother.''

''Exactly. Your mother is dead because of you.''

Light felt horrible both physically and mentally but the worst thing was that the boy actually thought he deserved all of it and more. After all he really was the reason behind his mother's death.

''I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.'' Light whispered. He looked at his father. Soichiro was actually looking back at him, with tears in his eyes.

''Get out! Go to your room! Didn't you hear me?''

And Light did.