"K…"
The single letter on the screen in a list of email contacts brought up conflicting emotions to the reader. At first he was confused, whenever he was thinking about someone named "K" he thought of KIRA. He felt stupid momentarily when he remembered that he knew someone else who went by "K." Someone he hadn't seen in almost 7 years.
He stared at the contact information, which was blank except for the letter and an email address, and clicked the box next to it. He sent off an email to the address and stared at the screen for some time after.
Moments later the email arrived to its owner's inbox, only a few miles away, unbeknownst to both the sender and recipient. It read:
K,
I am working on the KIRA case right now, as I'm sure you already know. I would appreciate it if you would help me work on the case.
L
The email's recipient, Kagami Momari, stared at the message in disbelief. She checked this address every so often, but hadn't received anything from it since she had left Wammy's House when she was 18. Getting a message from L now, asking her to help him solve the KIRA case was shocking. She gathered her thoughts and sent a reply.
I quit the detective work years ago L, you know that. I'm not cut out for it. I'm sorry.
She almost typed the letter "K" afterwards, but decided against it. She wasn't K, detective and colleague of the great detective L, she was just plain Kagami, a waitress at a small café who lived a normal life.
Within a few minutes Kagami received another email. It read:
I'm sorry too.
L
She tried to figure out what he meant by that, but couldn't decide if he was sorry because she wouldn't work with him, or sorry about why she wouldn't work with him, which was his fault, as she had let him know before she fled Wammy's House. She decided to not think about it further. It didn't matter now. She wasn't going to be going back to detective work alongside her old friend, she was going to keep living her normal, boring life.
She felt like chasing after a serial killer sounded like more fun.