Written for a 50 Themes challenge way back in 2007. Just now posting it.

This is the last I wrote for Death Note. Oh, nostalgia.

#01 - Motion

Mostly, L only moves to reach forward to stir some tea or get a forkful of cake, but Matsuda still can't help but look at him.

#02 - Cool

Matsuda was too earnest in his attempts and L was weird and didn't even bother to attempt; while they might never be popular, the fact that their social standings were pretty much the same kept them from feeling alone.

#03 - Young

"I can't believe Ryuuzaki is a year younger than you," Aizawa complained loudly after L revealed his age one day during lunch. "I thought for sure you were three or four years younger than him, Matsuda!"

#04 - Last

Matsuda was always the last to understand things, but he was the first to get kissed by L.

#05 - Wrong

Matsuda had always thought that boys kissing each other was wrong, but when L kissed him, nothing had ever felt so right.

#06 - Gentle

As L stacked sugar cubes upon one another, Matsuda watched in amazement at how L seemed to treat each cube like a child.

#07 - One

"There's only one strawberry on my ca-" L said, blinking and then smiling when Matsuda scooped his own strawberry off his cake and onto L's plate.

#08 - Thousand

A picture is worth a thousand words, but making Matsuda blush is priceless.

#09 - King

"Check," Matsuda said as he moved his pawn diagonal to L's king.

#10 - Learn

Being quite the stud in college, Matsuda was glad that he was the one who taught L how to kiss, and was equally glad that L was such a fast learner.

#11 - Blur

"They're all blurry, Matsuda-kun," L commented as he looked at the pictures they had gotten from the photo booth. "You really shouldn't have moved; all I did was give you a kiss."

#12 - Wait

Because of the risks and protests it would raise from the rest of the team, L and Matsuda decided to keep their relationship a secret, and as such had to wait until the last member of the NPA left the headquarters.

#13 - Change

All Matsuda had at the time was some meager change that couldn't even buy him a bowl of ramen at the place down the street, but he still bought L a pastry on his way to work.

#14 - Command

L was always in command and that was just the way Matsuda liked it.

#15 - Hold

At night, they would cling to each other because neither knew if they would be awake in the morning.

#16 - Need

"Matsuda-san, I need a piece of paper," L said, staring at Matsuda and silently saying, I need you.

#17 - Vision

Shortly after they started dating, Matsuda started dreaming of L's death.

#18 - Attention

L was always in the spotlight and Matsuda was in the shadows, but that was okay because every light needs a shadow.

#19 - Soul

"Someone once said that lovers were two halves of the same soul," Matsuda laughed nervously. "But that's silly, isn't it?"

#20 - Picture

On November fifth, Matsuda takes out the photo and cries, because that's all he has left of L.

#21 - Fool

Matsuda may be an idiot, but he was L's idiot.

#22 - Mad

"Are you crazy? It might be sugar, but it'll explode in your mouth!" Matsuda exclaims as L pops a Mentos in his mouth and prepares to take a swig of Diet Coke.

#23 - Child

Sometimes, L wonders if Matsuda would be a protective and nurturing parent, or if he would remain as he was now.

#24 - Now

Since he started working on the Kira case, L looked only at the now, because the now has Matsuda and the future has L's death.

#25 - Shadow

Matsuda didn't laugh when L told him that he didn't like the dark because of the shadows; instead, Matsuda just smiled and admitted that he didn't care much for the dark either.

#26 - Goodbye

Deep down, Matsuda always knew that L would die during this case.

#27 - Hide

While L didn't necessarily like being out in public, sometimes he wished he could go out with Matsuda and not care who saw them.

#28 - Fortune

Matsuda might not be rich, but he always feels like he won the lottery whenever he kisses L.

#29 - Safe

"There's no such thing as safety, Matsuda-kun," L stated, "Just precautions."

#30 - Ghost

Occasionally Matsuda will see a man with messy black hair and will remind himself that there's no such thing as ghosts.

#31 - Book

L didn't even know Matsuda read until he went over to Matsuda's house for supper one night.

#32 - Eye

"There was something in my eye," Matsuda lied quickly when Misa walked in on him and L kissing.

#33 - Never

L knew there's no such thing as forever but he still wishes that this love would never end.

#34 - Sing

Despite the fact he can't sing, Matsuda still serenades L.

#35 - Sudden

The heart attack was so sudden that L couldn't even tell Matsuda "I love you" before he died.

#36 - Stop

"We should probably-" Matsuda mumbles, his face bright red, as L licks at his neck.

#37 - Time

For the last forty seconds of his life L could only see Light and that thought alone made L want to kill Yagami Light.

#38 - Wash

Though the bathtub was small Matsuda still insisted that they bathe together.

#39 - Tom

L had never seen a tomcat before, which was probably the reason why he let Matsuda keep it.

#40 - History

"History was my worst subject," L admitted, to which Matsuda replied, "Really? History was my best!"

#41 - Power

When the lights went out suddenly and they were plunged in darkness, L and Matsuda simply snuggled closer together.

#42 - Bother

"You can be so annoying," Matsuda complained loudly when L requested that Matsuda yet again go out to buy more donuts.

#43 - God

During this time, L began to wonder when God was replaced with Kira and when Matsuda began to practically worship L.

#44 - Wall

Matsuda had an annoying habit of pressing L right against the wall whenever they slept together.

#45 - Naked

Matsuda still blushes when he gets naked for L despite L having seen it before.

#46 - Drive

L never knew what made Matsuda stick with the investigation, but he was thankful for whatever did drive him.

#47 - Harm

Never before had Matsuda been so afraid of someone getting hurt.

#48 - Precious

Matsuda was L's precious person, and as such L made sure that Matsuda was never too far.

#49 - Hunger

Nothing tasted so good to L as strawberries and Matsuda.

#50 - Believe

"You're the only one I've ever believed in," Matsuda whispered as he pressed his forehead against L's and stared him in the eye.