He takes his last breaths of air.
This godly world that he strived for was shattered as sudden bullets pierced clean through him. He thought he wanted to gain power through pride – make this world a place where everyone and everything was safe. But he was wrong–
"Light." Ryuk takes the death note Light had been holding onto. "We had a nice run. But everything comes to an end. I'll save you from your misery." He opens the notebook and writes down the first letter to his name.
"Wait." Light grasps the death god's wrist. "Wait."
He isn't trying to cling onto life. Everything comes to an end. He just wants to observe the world like he never had before and have a sense of belonging. He misses watching the sun fade into the horizon, watching doves fly across the sky, the relaxation of warm yet chilling wind, and of course, the sound of nothingness. The serenity of complete silence with only visual – he misses it so much.
These things were always here, but he was too busy being devoured by corruption that he hadn't noticed. Never did he feel so much regret in making the world a better place.
"Ryuk," Light whispers.
"What is it?"
"Somehow." He reaches for the clouds in the hazy sky. "Everything is different – like a new person had emerged from me. I can see myself in a perspective that I've never seen before. No more ambitions, no worries. The first time I feel like I know where I belong. Nothing can stop me from being here, nothing and yet everything feels real. The world is underneath me, around me, above me. I can see everything and everything can see me."
Ryuk closes the death note and sits down next to Light. "It's a little late for your realization."
Thump.
"I think it's just the right time."
Thump.
The death god says nothing.
Thump.
Light smiles gratefully, starting up at the beauty of the world as it began to blur into darkness.
Thump.
"I found peace."
A/N: After watching Death Note's ending another thousand times, I wanted to see Light's story come to an end with more satisfaction. I will always be on Team Kira, but I felt there was something so sad - something missing within the story line. I didn't want Light to pass away as a villain who was discriminated for wanting to save humanity of its corruption, instead as someone who knew there was place of belonging for them in the world at last.