A/N: Hi! Honestly I could have left this at 20 but I think this explains an important thing about Taichi for Light. And Hikari, actually. So, here's the last one, thanks for sticking it out with me! Please read and review and keep an eye out for the updates to come!
21.
In the police station, Hikari sits with her head on her knees. Taichi remains asleep in one of the plastic chairs. The whistle hangs around her neck, like it was meant to be there.
She ignores it, just stares at the wall. She waits.
She is tired, but she won't sleep.
Not until they get here.
Not until they are able to take care of Taichi.
And they will be here. They are not horrible people, just parents.
So she waits, and thinks of Koromon, and rubs her eyes.
When they arrive, Hikari doesn't move. She doesn't want to move. Now that her parents have Taichi, she wants to go back to the bridge. She wants to look for Koromon.
He didn't say goodbye. He said thank you. Why?
It shouldn't bother her. It was over now.
But it isn't.
She knows that when she sees the clock on the wall begin to go backwards.
When Taichi wakes up at home, he asks what happened to his pajamas, all torn at the bottom. He asks what happened to their room.
Hikari lies. A thief got into the house. Taichi only forgot.
He says he dreamed of dinosaurs in big eggs.
Hikari tells him he needs to eat more eggs.
Let it be a dream for Taichi. Let it be a bad dream for their parents.
That long night is over anyway.