Note: Promise done, but this is the second to last chapter, so a liiiiiiittle twist coming up that some may not like... Sorry in advance to all fangirls and/or fanboys! *hides in the corner*


L stared silently to give time for the information to sink in again. BB could feel himself breaking from the lack of response but knew that to make such a big decision, it would take some time. His body began to shake from the nervousness, much like how it had the previous night in the storm. Dark eyes met light again as Lawliet's mind whirred over the possibilities.

"Beyond, I-"
"N-no, it's okay! I know that we've only been together for a short while and I'm trying to move too fast, but I-" His sentence was cut short as soft lips pressed firmly against his. The kiss was held until the younger had completely relaxed, then L pulled away slowly.
"What I was going to say was that for the first time in my life, I'm going to do the irresponsible thing and accept your proposal."

BB could feel his heart skip a few beats at the sound of the acceptance. No time was wasted in slipping the silver band onto the slim finger and pulling his fiance down into a tight hug. Their lips met again in another soft kiss which L could have sworn stopped time. As they parted, the younger's eyes sparkled a little. "I love you, Lawlie," he whispered quietly. Said person smiled slightly.
"I... I love you too, Beyond, more than you could imagine me to. More than I could imagine myself to."

Both slowly sat back up to look into each other's eyes, and the room was filled with silence for a moment more until they finally decided that it would be best to dress after the whole night without any material to cover them. Once both had clothing again, they pressed in one more tight hug before taking each other's hands and walking back towards the kitchen.

"Cake for breakfast, I'm guessing?" The elder nodded a little and smiled at how the younger knew by heart exactly what he liked. Breakfast was quickly prepared for both of them, then both males sat at the table to eat. A few mouthfuls into the meal and BB stopped, causing full confusion for L.
"Are you okay?" he asked quietly as he searched around the room for whatever had caused the distraction.
"I could have sworn I heard something," the red eyed male whispered before shrugging it off and eating a few more mouthfuls.

Bang! The younger stood. There was no way that he had imagined that and from the slight look of fear on Lawliet's face, he had heard it too. "What was that, Beyond?" he whispered as he shrunk further into the chair. Before BB could answer, the door was flung open and the Japenese police ran in with guns and tazers. The youngest looking one, who was probably around BB's age, instantly tazed the red eyed male upon entering the room. He instantly fell to the ground but did everything in his strength not to scream at the pains running through his body.

"L, we've come to rescue you so you can continue with all of your cases, especially the Kira one," one of the older males called out. Lawliet barely recognised the man in front of him after the time that he had spent away from the case, even before the abduction. His brain told him that the police were there to protect him, but as two officers grabbed at his fiance's now cuffed wrists and tried to take him away, the elder let his natural instincts take over. Without thinking at all, he pulled open the nearest draw, took the gun out of it and shakily pressed the end of the barrel to the side of his head.

"Y-you let Beyond go or I'll pull the trigger. It's always loaded just in case, and you won't have anyone to take over!" he yelled, knowing exactly how crazy he sounded but not at all caring what anyone thought of him.
"Stockholm syndrome," one mumbled quietly. "Keep taking the murderer out, L won't have the guts to shoot himself after everything he's succeeded in doing in life."

"Please don't kill yourself, Lawlie, you can visit me as often as you like and we can still marry when I'm out!" the younger begged through panicked sobs.
"Then get them to stop!" said person yelled out. Honestly he was scared too, but if they were going to take the one good thing in his life away he'd take the one person who was needed for their case away from them.

"They're not going to stop, L, it's obvious that he would've killed you soon if we hadn't arrived-" Whoever was talking was quickly silenced by the sound of the gunshot. Lawliet's body fell limpy to the ground as the bullet shot through his temple.
"You fucking idiots! You've killed him," Beyond screamed as tears blurred his vision and flooded down his cheeks. Even so, he found himself unable to gather the strength to fight back and instead let himself be dragged away from the corpse of his partner.

His whole life had built up and crashed back down in under an hour. Naturally, BB knew that he deserved to be in prison, but there was now nothing to help him through his sentence and nothing to look forward to after.