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LBD: Gone
L was scared. He had never been so scared in his entire life. It had been eerily quiet in the Wammy Hous (as it normally was) but something seemed different. Something seemed wrong.
Normally on mornings such as these, B was found reading in the library and L often joined him. They spent endless hours reading in silence, never saying a word to one another but at the same time, seeming to say everything that was on their minds.
Today, L sat alone, staring blankly at a few crime reports in front of him. He was having a hard time focusing without the presence of B next to him. There was something out of the ordinary, he just could not put his finger on it.
"Watari, where is B?" L asked the man who was currently bringing him tea.
Watari shrugged, continuing to pour L's tea and set it next to him. "If he is not here then perhaps he is in his room? He is normally here at this time."
L nodded, thanking Watari, and left the library. He walked down the desolate hallway, barefoot as he normally was. B's room lied at the end of the hall, secluded from the other rooms. L arrived outside the door, lifting a hand to knock. He hesitated slightly, his hand a mere inch from the door. Was he overreacting? His own actions reminded him of that of a worried parent's. Or so he had always read.
Shaking his head, L rapped quietly on the door. No answer. Another knock and again no answer. Not even a sound emanating from the room. L knocked a bit more frantically, again to no avail. "B?" he asked in case the boy happened to be sleeping or could not hear the knocking. There was no response. L took a deep breath, trying the handle. The door opened and L stepped into the darkened room. The curtains were pulled and the lights were off so that the room was cloaked in darkness.
L stepped further into the room, his eyes adjusting to the lack of light slowly. The bed had been properly made and the room was surprisingly tidy. B was nowhere to be seen.
L walked around the entire room, making sure that B was actually gone. He checked in the closet and even under the bed only to find them completely empty. The bathroom had the same result. All of B's belongings were gone as well.
L felt as though he would be sick. Where could B have gone? His successor. What would he do? He knew he had others but for B to just be suddenly gone was just so bizarre. One minute he was studying in the library and the next, he was gone, all traces of his existence gone from the house.
Something caught his eye. There was something that lied at the bottom of the wastebasket by B's desk. L knelt down, staring intently at what seemed to be ash. Scooping it into his hand, L spread the contents on the desk, scrutinizing them. Among the ash was a single scrap that was slightly charred but otherwise legible. Picking it up, L looked carefully at it, attempting to read it. Scrawled on the paper were the words "I must leave. Forever." L stared long and hard at the paper, trying to register what it said. How was it that this was the only piece that was saved? Was it fate? Was B trying to tell him something more?
L dropped the piece of paper back with the ash, walking out of the room robotically, heading to find Watari to inform him of B's disappearance.
"Until we meet again, my Backup," he whispered to no one in particular.
~AN~
I have so run out of ideas... so I apologize in advance if updates aren't frequent. I just am not really motivated to write this right now especially with my Letters to Lovers and my Naruto fanfiction... but if anyone has any ideas they want done I would be ever so grateful... Thanks for reading and reviewing!