"What was he going to say?" Shirley wondered out loud.
"...I have no idea what I would do without yo-!"
"He couldn't have been going to say you...he..." Shirley sighed and continued to walk down the street.
Shirley had left headquarters earlier in the day and had been wondering around the town's centre...doing nothing but thinking of L and what she could mean to him...and what he means to her.
'I know exactly what he is to me...he's the one who...he's the one I'm in lo...' Shirley's face turned bright red at the thought. 'No! He...I can't...I shouldn't even think that!...N-never mind tell him that...' Shirley sighed again. "I suppose I should get going home now." Shirley headed down the street.
L hadn't seen Shirley around all day. He had been up to her room...she wasn't there. He had checked the levels she was allowed onto...she wasn't there. He even checked the levels she wasn't allowed on...she wasn't there. He was starting to worry. He always worried when she went out...even if she was just going to school, but something felt different today...something wasn't right.
"Matsuda...please bring the live-feeds of the whole headquarters up on the screens." L said.
"Huh? Sure...but why?" Matsuda asked as he started to bring the screens up.
"Just do it." L snapped. Matsuda didn't say anything else; he just brought up all of the screens. L sat there and quickly looked over the screens; looking for Shirley. 'She's in the building...' L thought as he watched the screen with Shirley on it. She was on the lowest level of the building; she was walking slowly through it. "That's enough. Matsuda, you can shut them off now." L looked down to the papers on his desk.
"Matsuda wait. L, I think you should watch this...something is wrong with Shirley-Chan." Light told him urgently.
L's head shot up to look back at the screen with Shirley.
Shirley's eyes widened. She gripped at her chest; over her heart; it felt as if it was trying to burst out of her chest. She gripped tighter as she fell down to her knees. 'K-Kira?'
L's eyes widened as he watched Shirley fall down to the floor. 'No...Shirley!'
Shirley tried to crawl towards the elevators doors. 'I...I have to...get to him...' She felt another sharp pain shoot through her. She fell face forward down onto the ground. 'Please...I have to...' She reached her hand out towards the elevator. "Please...please..." her voice was croaky as she tried to shout out. 'Dammit!' Shirley tried to reach out again and looked up towards the elevator doors. She saw the camera above them.
'That's it...I can tell him...' Shirley pushed herself onto her back. Another pain shot through her. "...L...L-San..." She cried out.
Shirley was laid on her back in a pool of blood. 'It's not just a heart attack? I need to go to her...but...' L leaned closer to the monitor, when he heard Shirley speaking.
"L-San...I know you'll...see this eventually..." Shirley had to stop as she coughed; as she did blood spat out of her mouth. She breathed deeply before talking again. "...So...I need...to tell you this...please don't...don't be mad...I..."
'Say it already...I'm going to...to die here...I want him to know!'
"...L-San I...I love you..."
L's eyes widened more than ever before. Everyone in the room looked over at L.
"L...shouldn't we do..." Matsuda started but was quieted by Light.
L couldn't answer Matsuda. He couldn't move. All he could do was sit and watch the screen.
"...I think I...always have..." Shirley tried to smile, but another pain shot through her. "...and I'm sorry for...causing you trouble...please forgive me..." Shirley coughed again. 'My time's almost up...there's so much I haven't told him...' Tears started to roll down her face. "I wanted to...do so many things...I wanted to...see so many places...like that Orphanage...you told me about...and meet those kids you told me...about too..." Shirley started to breathe deeply. "L-San...I don't..."
'I don't want to die!...I wanna stay with you!' Shirley thought. She didn't want to say it out loud...she didn't want L to watch this tape and end up blaming himself for her death...or something like that.
Another pain shot through Shirley. Shirley's vision became blurry. "...I can't...can't see...right...I wanna...say it one...more time..." One final pain shot through her and her eyes started to close slowly. "...I...love...you..." Shirley's eyes closed and she slowly stopped breathing.
L reached his hand out to touch the monitor. "S-Shirley?" He said quietly.
End of chapter 3!
I know it's a lot shorter but I wanted to have their deaths seperate. Again thanks for reading and stuff.