Characters: Sachiko, Sayu
Genre: Hurt/comfort
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Soichiro had been a father and a husband.
Light had been a brother and a son.
Neither of the Yagami women were stupid people. Apart from the obvious "this is the Kira case, of course there are some things we can't tell you" that Matsuda and Aizawa would try to placate them with, they knew there was more that they really didn't know.
This case had, after all, extended far longer than any other taken by L, at least to public knowledge.
Sachiko had faith in her husband, but seeing him change in the last years of his life she knew she had been sidelined. There was something about this case that was personal for him- a reason he couldn't come home to her every night.
Soichiro had always been absorbed in his work, but from the very beginning he'd always made time for his family.
There had been no fundamental change in him as time went on, this had simply always been his way.
In the end she saw him so tired. He had been giving everything to that case.
In the very end, he finally looked at peace. For that one reason she could never ask her questions of Matsuda-san. Sachiko wanted the wounds to heal and needed Soichiro to rest.
Sayu, on the other hand, had not lived a life of stress. She was young still, flexible, durable. Though she had been devastated by the kidnapping, it had awoken an awareness inside of her. She had a new sense of sight that she couldn't ignore.
She knew both her father and Light had been far deeper into the Kira than her mother suspected. Especially Light...
What kind of work wouldn't allow him to come home for nearly two months straight? He hadn't even been allowed to contact them. Yes, allowed. She didn't buy it that he was simply too busy. The Light she knew would have found the time. The Light she knew was dependable- he wouldn't leave them hanging.
Whatever part Light had to play in that case, she could see that it was affecting her father greatly. He almost came home as much as Light did, and when he was home it was only physically. It was as though his mind was trying to work out some big mystery. The big mystery.
Sayu had kept her mouth shut for her mother's sake. She didn't want to stir the pot and upset what little peace existed in their somber, little household.
They were both gone now though. And from what she could put together, the Kira taskforce had quietly backed away from the spotlight.
Of course Mogi and Matsuda and all of them were still working together, but that dark cloud that seemed ever present when her family was whole was no longer hanging over them.
Their wounds had long since healed. So had hers.
She would let her mother retain her peace, but for herself- she wanted to know.