"Where have you been?"

Misa just stared at him in a mixture of shock and fear. He looked so beautifully terrifying. She was frozen in her spot unable to speak. Never in all the time that she's known him has she seen him look so angry. But why he was she couldn't figure out. Surely it wasn't because she's been gone.

"Are you just going to stare at me with that stupid look on your face or are you going to answer my question?" He demands seconds before scrunching up his nose in disgust, "And why do you smell so strongly of cigarettes? It smells horrible!"

"Oh sorry you just surprised me is all. I wasn't expecting you to get home before me, I wasn't expecting you home at all really so I went out to have a bit of fun." She tells him shrugging as she made her way next to him. "I was at the nearby club."

"Why?"

"I was bored. Like I said I didn't think you would be home tonight and I got tired of being alone so I went out. Was I not supposed to?" she asks in mock innocence.

"No you weren't! I told you to stay in the room! Why do you always have to be so stupid?" he shouts getting off the bed, pacing back and forth afterwards.

"Why are you so angry?"

"Because you're so stupid Misa! You never listen to me! You're so selfish, all you think about is yourself! I can't even leave you alone for one day without you wondering off after I told you not to leave this room!" he screams.

Though his attitude terrified her it pissed her off even more. She was not going to taking him screaming at her for no reason. She couldn't even remember him ever telling her not to leave the hotel room or else she wouldn't have in the first place. Something was up with him and he was taking it out on her, of that she was sure.

"You never told me that! Just because you're pissed off about something doesn't mean you can take it out on me! I'm sick of you always doing that! One thing doesn't go your way and you blame me! It's not my fault so stop acting like it is!" she cries.

He glared at her venomously. How dare she speak to him that way! At the same time though he was impressed that she had the courage to stand up to him like that. And with that he gained an all new respect for her. However she would still have to be punished for her disobedience. He will not tolerate disrespect from her.

"Misa."

"No don't Misa me! I've had it Light! You're never home and when you are all you do is ignore or yell at me. I'm sick of it! How about you find someone else to put up with you because I'm done!" she shouts throwing a pillow at him.

He catches it before it made contact with his face. Calmly he sets the pillow back on the bed. Not once as he does this do his eyes leave Misa's.

"You're done huh?"

"Yes I'm done." She whispers looking away from him. Looking into his eyes now would destroy her resolve. He has a way of pulling her in with just a stare.

It was silent for a long time after. Light continued to watch Misa as she looked everywhere but at him. The quiet atmosphere was broken when Light began laughing hysterically. It was by far the cruelest and most frightening laugh Misa had ever heard. Which is saying a lot because she had heard some frightening laughs from him before but never like this. The sound alone was enough to make her cry again.

"What's so funny?" she tried to demand but it came out as more of a croak.

He didn't respond right away instead he continued with his cruel laughter. It took a long time for him to regain his composure. "You haha you, you really think you can leave me?"

"What are you not going to let me?"

"Oh no please leave if you want. I'll even help you pack." He mocks.

"I'm being serious Light. I'm leaving tonight. I'll come back tomorrow when you're gone to get the rest of my things here. I don't know when I'll get to the stuff at the house in Japan but I'll make sure it's before you get back home."

"You wouldn't last a day without me." He sneers.

"I did last night!" she snaps without thinking.

"There's a huge difference between me not coming home one night and being completely gone."

"I know that! Despite what you believe I'm not stupid!" she shrieks.

"Fine leave then," He shrugs before going over to the closet, pulling out her suitcase and throwing it at her feet. "Just know that before you go I need your death note."

"Of course because that's all you care about. I can't believe I loved you!" she cries picking the suitcase up and throwing all the clothes she could grab into it.

Light didn't say a word. He just stood there with his arms crossed watching. Never once making a move to stop her. Sometime during her packing frenzy Ryuk popped in. He stood behind Light watching Misa slam things around in amusement.

Once she was done she marched over to her vanity and pulled the death note out of its hiding place. Then she grabbed her suitcase and pushed past Light shoving the notebook in in his hands. Right as she opened the door to leave Light slammed it on her.

"You're forgetting something."

"Oh right I relinquish ownership of that stupid notebook! Have fun finding yourself new eyes." She retaliates pushing him out of the way and leaving.

It wasn't until she was outside of the hotel did she completely break down. She wasn't sure how long she stayed out there crying just that she did until no more tears would come. By then her head ached so bad and she was freezing. Still though she continued to dry sob. She may have been pissed at Light and to her breaking point but it still killed her to lose him. That part of her that will always love him was screaming at her to return to the room and beg him to forgive her, to pretend she never met Matt, to pretend once more that Light loves her. She was too stubborn for that though and besides after that scene she didn't think she could ever go back to pretending he loves her. He made it very clear to her that he doesn't care about her, he only cares about that stupid notebook. What made it worse was he didn't even try to stop her, didn't come looking for her. That broke her heart more than she would like to admit.

The only thing that kept her from hurting herself was knowing that she had the upper hand. What Light didn't know was that even though she gave up ownership she still kept her memories, still had her eyes. She never told him but after Rem died not only did Misa get the rest of her lifespan but she inherited her powers. She wasn't quite sure how she got them just that she did. Ryuk said it must have had something to do with two shinigami dying for her but that was just an educated guess.

Matt was feeling uneasy. Ever since he dropped Misa off at the hotel she shared with Kira he's had a knot in his stomach. As time ticked by slowly the knot twisted tighter. He was becoming restless, constantly getting up to pace. Since leaving her he had gone through three packs of cigarettes and it's only been a little over two hours. Figuring the worry was worth looking into he got back in the car and drove to the hotel.

As he got closer to the building he saw a small figure curled within itself. Instantly he knew it was Misa. Recklessly he pulled up to the curb and seconds after the car stopped he had rushed to her side.

"Misa?" he asks gently standing in front of the human ball. The blond looked up from her spot on the ground. Upon seeing Matt's face staring worriedly down on her she flung herself at him with so much force that he was pushed back to the wall of the other building.

"Oh Matt I'm so happy to see you!" she cries cuddling deeper in his arms.

He just crushed her tiny body closer to him. He didn't trust his voice right now. Within seconds his shirt was soaked with his tears but he didn't care, he just held her closer. It wasn't until she had calmed down and stopped crying did he finally speak.

"What happened? Did he hurt you? I swear if he laid a finger on you I'll kill him!" he swears holding her at arm's length to check for any bruises.

Misa shook her head violently, "No he didn't touch me."

"Oh thank god." He says pulling her back into his arms.

She smiled into his shirt. After being treated so horribly by Light it felt amazing to held so tenderly by Matt. At the same time though she felt a little sad. In one day Matt has shown her more compassion than Light had in six years. That's when she truly made up her mind about never returning to him. For now on she will only be with someone that loves her as much as she loves them. Never again will she makes excuses or live in the world of pretend.

"Thank you Matt, truly, for giving me the courage to finally leave him. If it weren't for you I'd still be with him and miserable. I finally see him for who he really is and it's all thanks to you." She says beaming up to him.

To him she looked beyond beautiful looking up at him with such a big grin. Even the tears glistening in her puffy eyes looked beautiful to him though they broke his heart. It was then he made a promise to himself to never see her cry again unless they were tears of joy. Returning her smile he leaned down to kiss the tears away. Once they were gone he turned his attention to her lips, placing a gentle kiss there.

"No need to thank me. I'm sure you would have been able to work up the courage without me."

She shook her head violently, "No it's because of you. Even if I would have found a way to leave I never would have thought myself capable of desiring another man. It's because of you I know I can because I desire you."

"Well that's good cause I kinda really, really like you."

"I really, really like you too Matt." She giggled standing on her tippy toes to kiss him.

Pulling away for air Matt notices the overstuffed suitcase behind Misa. "So do you have a place to go?"

Misa looked behind her at the suitcase and frowned. "Not really but I couldn't stay there."

He grinned. "Good then you're coming home with me." He tells her going over to the suitcase picking it up. He held his arm out for her to take, "Milady."

She giggled taking his held out arm. "You're such a gentleman."

"I try."

He opened the car door for her before tossing her suitcase in the backseat. After that was done he sped away back to his cheap hotel room which suddenly felt like a paradise to him, and as long as Misa was with him everything was.