A.N: I know that this is an overdue chapter, I know, and for that I apologize. I'm not going to make any excuses for why this wasn't up sooner...but if you want a reason, check out my profile.

Besides that, enjoy the next installment. =D

True Feelings

Light's P.O.V.

It was dark...and for some reason...it was cold.

Too cold...

Just when the blackness was about to devour me...

I wake up.

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I sit up; panting heavily.

I hear a beeping noise...an oddly familiar beeping noise...

I look over; there is a heart monitor.

Again.

Why am I in a hospital...again?

Oh, that's right.

I fell off of the roof...and I remember crying...

I lay back down on the bed, sighing heavily.

Why do all the bad things happen to me...happen to US?

What did you ever do to deserve all this?

I've done plenty; killed thousands...for my own selfish purposes.

How more heartless can a person get?

Sacrifice peoples' lives just to acheive their own goals.

I don't deserve to be alive right now...I should've died...

'Do you have any idea what I would've done if you had died on me?! I would've...'

A small smile makes it's way onto my lips.

Ryuzaki...

I can't die...because you need me.

That is my only reason for living.

You are the breath that I need to survive.

You are...everything.

Without you...there is nothing.

My life would be pointless.

I know that is kind of pathetic; one person can't survive without the other...but that's just the game called love.

The one where you die if you lose.

That's what it would feel like to me if you ever left me.

I remember Misa saying to me once when we first met...

'Yeah, but to me...Light is more important then the world...'

Or it was something around that effect.

Well, to me, you are more important then the world, Ryuzaki.

Even more important then Kira.

Was Kira even important to begin with?

Sure, he got rid of criminals and all that bullshit...but was it really worth the pain and suffering that others had to go through?

No, it wasn't.

"Could it be that you have a human heart after all? I'm going to die of shock."

I look over...

And it's Ryuk.

"Well, hello to you as well." I say sarcastically. "And what the hell did you mean by that comment?"

"Don't get all defensive." Ryuk says, laughing. "It's just that the Light Yagami I know would never have thought such love struck and mushy thoughts."

"Well, that's what happens when you fall in love. Look it up, genius."

"Oooh...snippy. What's your problem?"

"My problem is that people can never leave me...us...alone! What did he ever do to deserve all this agony I'm putting him through?! Eh?!"

"Damn...you really love him, don't you?"

"Of course I love him...he means everything to me..." I look up at the ceiling, but for some reason, it's a little blurred...

"What are you crying about?" Ryuk sighed, handing me a napkin. "If it's about what I said, sorry. Jeez."

I take it from him; wiping my eyes. "It's not that...I just wish people would leave us alone. I mean, is loving someone of the same gender really that bad?"

"I dunno. A lot of people are homophobic in this country, aren't they? So I guess, to some people, it is bad..."

"Well they should learn how to accept people the way they are, or to leave them the fuck alone!" I scream, outraged.

"Yikes...calm down."

"Argh! This sucks!" I say, exhausted; sitting up in the hospital bed.

"Light-san, are you all right?" a nurse asks, walking into the room. "You screamed just now..."

"It's nothing...just tired, I suppose." I reply, smiling slightly. "Sorry for the trouble."

"Not a problem, Light-san." the nurse says, then winks. "I actually came in here to tell you that your boyfriend is here to see you."

"My...boyfriend...?" I ask, then my eyes widen. "He's here to see me? Me?"

"Yes; in fact, he's right here."

She moves out of the way...

And you're there, smiling at me.

Ryuzaki's P.O.V.

Seems every time I come to see you, you're shocked to see me.

Not that I'm surprised.

I rarely go out of the building to see anyone...but you are a different case, Light.

I couldn't get you out of my mind after the ambulance took you to the hospital.

I kept thinking 'What's if he's hurt worse than I thought? What if...'

Basically, a lot of 'What if' questions.

So I decided to come see you at the hospital...again.

This is the second time you were in the hospital...

For what?

You were Kira, I know that.

So what?

Does that give people the right to beat up on you?

Well, to me, it doesn't give them the right.

It just gives them the right to be mad at you...

I laugh mentally.

That doesn't sound like me at all.

It sounds like someone trying to protect the one that is most precious to them...the one they can't live without.

To me, that would be you, Light.

You are everything to me.

Without you, my life would be nothing...just living on, day by day; not caring what tomorrow is going to bring...

That was what my life was before I fell in love with you...nothing.

The nurse that led me here smiles. "Well, I'll leave you two alone for now. Take care of him, okay?" she says, winking at me.

I just nod. "Of course."

She smiles again and leaves...leaving us alone.

"Ryuzaki...what are you doing here again? Don't you have something better to do then see someone as cold hearted and heartless as me?"

I shake my head. "Light, you're seeing yourself in a negative way. I don't see you like that at all. All I see you as is a smart person who means the world to me. That's all I see. I don't see Kira; I don't see this cold and heartless person you see. I don't see any of that. I just see you, Light Yagami, my lover."

You stare at me, your eyes wide. "Really...? That's all you see? But Ryuzaki...you don't know what I've done. I've ruined god knows how many lives. I was using someone who loved me. I was planning to kill anybody and anyone. Even you..."

I smile slightly. "Tell me Light...do you feel remorse for that? Do you still want to kill me?"

"Yes...I feel remorse for ruining so many lives. No...I don't want to kill you. You...are everything to me. Why would I want to kill my reason for living?"

"Then you are not cold and heartless. A cold and heartless person would feel no remorse for doing what you did...and a cold and heartless person would still want to kill me. You know that, don't you?"

You close your eyes. "I do know that...yet..."

I sit on the bed beside you, pulling you into an embrace. "Light...one day you will not see yourself this way...and you will not be Kira. I know this and so do you. I'll always be here for you, no matter what happens. So you'll never be alone. I love you too much to leave you alone. All right?"

I hear a small sob. "Yes...I know. I also love you...more then you'll ever know...believe that..."

"I do believe it, Light."

Ending A.N: Well, there you have it. This story is nearing it's end...maybe twelve to fourteen chapters should do it. I hope that this chapter was worth the eleven day wait. =D