Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note or its characters. They belong to Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata.
Faith
A warm summer breeze brings a welcome moment of cool to the children of the orphanage who are at play outside. Under a tree with bible and chocolate bar in hand is a blonde haired youth who appears to be in deep concentration, reading through the bible's contents.
A little distance away is another young boy with reddish-brown hair with a lollipop in his mouth and playing with a rosary. He's looking at the object fondly for a long time before the blonde speaks up.
"Why would 'God' kill his only son? That's like… infanticide, isn't it? To kill your only kid to prove you exist only seems to send the message that killing is right if it's to make more believers."
The redheaded boy only looked with a mix of shock and something akin to dismissal, but he sat up from his location and looked to his friend.
"I guess that means that proving you truly love means sacrificing those you love until you can meet them again. I think God knew that one day there would be a time that his son would return and send the good word out."
The blonde only scoffed and rolled his eyes, snapping the bible shut and handing it back to his friend.
"Religion is honestly messed up. Why do you want to believe in anything like that?"
"Because… besides you… it's the only thing I truly have faith in anymore…"
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Blue eyes snapped open before the much older blonde boy slowly came to. He hurt everywhere and thought it a miracle he survived. He grit his jaw and sat up slowly before edging to his feet with a hiss. He gripped the only memory of his old friend tightly.
"I hope you haven't lost faith yet…"