Epilogue—ten years later

Sunako woke and pushed herself out of bed. Heading over to the window, she opened it and looked outside. It was raining sakura blossoms. Her husband groaned and covered his head with his pillow.

She yawned and headed downstairs to the kitchen where she began to make breakfast. She knew that he'd come down when the scent reached him. Not long after she set the rice on the table, Kyouhei trudged downstairs, yawning as bad as she was.

"Smell's good," he complimented, sitting down at the table. Sunako smiled at him.

"You always say that," she accused affectionately.

It seemed like yesterday that they were biting each other's heads off and neither believed that they would be married ten years later.

Kyouhei frowned sadly. Sunako gave him a puzzling look. "What is it?"

"I figured you'd want to go visit his grave today."

So it was true. She went to his grave on the anniversary of his death every year since he died. The last time she went, she told him that she was getting married to Kyouhei.

"Yes," she whispered. Kyouhei stretched. "That doesn't bother you, does it?"

"Why should it? You've been going there ever since he died. Remember that pretty much right after he died, you went there every day. You wouldn't talk, sometimes you'd do your homework, sometimes you just sat there and stared at his tomb stone."

"I remember," she said. "How could I not? Besides, it was you that would always come and get me after a while. If I'm correct, it was because you were hungry."

Kyouhei waved his hand as if to dismiss it, his mouth full of rice. "That was an excuse to go over. At first, yeah. But then I started to get worried about you," he said once he swallowed. A bit of rice grain remained on the corner of his mouth.

Sunako walked over and wiped it away. "And I have you to thank for that," she told him, sitting down next to him. Kyouhei finished the dish and stood, kissing the top of Sunako's head.

"Just be careful. I love you," he said before heading out the door for work. Later that day, once Sunako believed she was presentable, she headed over to the cemetery where L was buried.

Finding the marker, she laid a rose down on it. "It's been a while, hasn't it?" she asked. As if answering her, the trees shook from the wind and it seemed as if someone was hugging her.

"I guess I ought to have told Kyouhei first," she said, touching her stomach. "I found out recently after I started getting the symptoms. I'm going to have a baby."

The wind blew ever gently. Sakura blossoms flew towards her some touching her hair and it felt as though someone was touching her hair. One blossom touched her cheek and she could almost feel as though L had stroked it. When he first died, she would stay here for hours just wondering how it was possible that she still felt his touch. She still wondered even after ten years.

She wrung her hands. "I'll introduce you to my child next time I come, Ryouga. I promise."

Do you still love me, even though you married Kyouhei?

Sunako looked around, nothing. She looked at the grave. "Yes, I couldn't stop loving you if I tried. I love Kyouhei, but you have a piece of me. You should know that because you won't let me forget. A part of me is always with you."

I'm glad. A sakura blossom brushed past her lips, just barely. Thank you for telling me. I can't wait to meet your baby.

Sunako smiled and headed towards the exit. Now all she had to do was tell Kyouhei.

The End.

Yes, I know, I stuck with the origonal story line of Death Note and it still ended up ending as Kyouhei x Sunako, but oh well...

Maybe I'll write another L x Sunako fanfic later.

Thanks to all who reviewed and I was going to drag out my posting, but I decided that it would take too long.

Hope you all enjoyed it!

Silver Neko