Matt had been gone for over a week. During this time Misa had become a wreck. She stopped showing up for her work, she hadn't showered in days, it was a miracle she even got off the couch to use the restroom. It was tragic really how useless she felt without him. He didn't even call!

Light attempted to get a hold of her more than Matt did. He would call every day just to make sure she was still breathing. It was obvious to him how hurt she was. It was worse than anything he ever done to her that's for sure and he knew he'd done some horrible things to her in the past. If only he knew the kids full name he'd be dead now. Nobody but him hurts his Misa. However Misa ignored most of this. The only time she really talked to him was to complain about how miserable she was.

After the second week of this Light couldn't take it anymore and just showed up at her house. Without even knocking he let himself in, lifted her legs up to take a seat, and then shoved a beer in her hands. She didn't have energy to refuse him so she just took the beer and drank up. The cool liquid felt wonderful as it drifted down her throat even though it tasted horrible. She downed it in three gulps and tossed it over the couch. Seeing this Light quietly handed her another, she accepted it with a small grateful smile. It was going to be nice to not have to think for a while.

"You're not trying to get me drunk to take advantage of me are you Light?" she asked playfully already feeling the effects of the alcohol.

"Of course not! I'm simply helping out a friend in need."

"Good because that won't work on me." She says taking another huge gulp.

Light eyed her wearily, "Hey maybe you should slow down a bit."

"Nonsense besides you're the one who brought them over for me."

"Well yeah I figured you needed it but I didn't think you would slam them all down so fast. If you keep this up we're going to run out. I only got a six pack." He tells half concerned, half amused.

"How did you even find out where I lived?" she demands before letting out a hiccup.

Light lets out a slight laugh, "I'm L, I can find out where anyone is if I look hard enough."

"Oh yeah."

It grew silent after that as they both sipped their beers contemplating what to do next. Misa wasn't sure if she should keep the beer and kick him out or try to enjoy his company. Light was just thinking of ways to bring up what he wanted without upsetting her. The only things he was coming up with involved more beer though and he was on sort supply.

"I'm going to go get more beer since you drank it all. While I'm gone you're going to shower." He commands.

Misa shot him a death glare, "I don't wanna!"

"Misa you really need it. It's not healthy for you to live like this. Besides you'll feel much better after."

"No!"

"If you don't get in that shower Misa I'll force you." He threatens.

Before she could form a comeback she got whiff of herself and stopped. She really did need to bathe. "Whatever you could have just asked me nicely."

"You should know me well enough to know I don't ask for things nicely." He smirks.

"That's true." She agrees heading towards the bathroom. "Hurry back kay."

"Alright, be back soon." He called as he walked out the door.

Matt was on his way back to the apartment he shared with Misa. He had finally calmed down enough to think straight and figured it was time for them to have a long talk. However as he approached the complex he saw none other than Light Yagami leaving. Anger coursed through his veins as he watched him get into a cab. He couldn't believe it's only been two weeks and she was already back with that asshole!

Deciding it would be better for him to calm down before confronting her he seated himself under a nearby tree. As he was blowing off steam killing zombies on his ds he noticed Light getting out of a cab and going back into the building. Matt found this strange so he turned off his game and followed Light in.

Once the door shut behind the older male Matt leaned up against the door and listened. For the first few minutes the only sound he heard was the shuffling of a bag and the opening of a can. Then finally he heard Misa's voice.

"Ahh that felt amazing!" Misa cheered as he stepped out of the bathroom in fresh clean clothes.

"See I told you that you would feel better after a shower."

"Yeah whatever smartass." She teases grabbing another drink. "Besides I'm still depressed."

"That's why I brought this." He says holding up the bag of liquor.

"I still think you're just trying to get me drunk to take advantage of me."

"I can't believe you think so lowly of me. I would never do something like that. Like I said before I'm simply here to cheer up a friend." He flashes her a charming smile.

"It's you Light, you don't simply do nice things. You want something."

"Yeah I want you to stop being so mopey, it's unbefitting of you. Whatever happened to the Misa that was always so annoying happy?" He asks playfully nudging her.

"She left you."

"That's not very nice." He pouts.

"Well you were never very nice to me."

"That's because you allowed me to believe I could get away with it." He replies solemnly.

"Doesn't matter, that's all in the past now." Misa tells him as she moves to leans against him.

"Yeah I'm just thankful you don't hate me. That's why I want you to cheer up. You don't deserve to be pouting about some guy. You put up with me for all those years so I know you're stronger than that."

Misa burst into a fit of laughter, "That's true I am pretty strong."

"Strongest woman I know."

They shared a couple of laughs as they downed beer after beer. They caught up on what the other has been doing since the breakup neither of them aware that they were being spied on. Matt listened as they chattered growing increasingly more pissed off.

Later that night a fully intoxicated Misa starting confessing to Light all of the messed up emotions she felt when she was with him. Like how right after she left his house the first night they met she wrote down the name of the friend she made the videos with because she thought he was uncomfortable with her being alive. And how when they were investigating Yotsuba she frequently had fantasies about have a threesome with him and L. Light laughed at this and admitted he and L had the same feelings but were too nervous to ever ask. Then she moved on to the more upsetting things like how she would cry herself to sleep almost nightly. How she had wanted to have his child more than anything else, besides becoming his wife that is, but was terrified about raising a child by herself since he was never home.

"Since I'm telling you all this I suppose I should tell you the real reason I left that night."

"Hmm, what do you mean? I thought you finally had enough and just left, is that not true?" he asks truly curious.

"No the truth is the night before I went to a club because I was upset you never went out with me. I just intended to go and dance then come home but while I was there I met Matt."

"What?" Light asked wide eyed. He didn't like where this was going.

"See he was just this cute boy offering to buy me a drink. I didn't think a little harmless flirting would be bad but he was interesting and I felt compelled to talk to him more so I left the club with him and went to this little diner. He made me laugh a lot and I was having so much fun that I was actually disappointed the place was closing. He was just going to take me home but I said I wanted to stay out so he invited me back to his place." She tells him shyly.

"Of course he did." Light mutters.

Misa ignore his comment and continued, "Now I will tell you when I went there I had no intentions of staying I swear! I was just going to play some video games then go home but one thing lead to another and we kind of….yeah. Then the next morning I figured since I had been gone so long and you haven't called that I may as well stay with him longer. We spent most of that day just running around the city making fools of ourselves. Before I knew it, it was nearing midnight so I went back to you and well you know what happened then."

"Wow…I…I honestly don't know what to say to that. I…I never thought you, you of all people, would do that to me."

Misa hung her head down in shame. He seriously sounded hurt, she felt awful about it. And the look on his face was even worse. She did everything she could to avoid eye contact.

"I know I always felt so awful for it but…but…but he made me feel wanted and beautiful and smart things I hadn't felt in a very long time. And then when I got there you really pissed me off so much that at that point I didn't care. It wasn't until I calmed down a bit that the guilt came back but at that time Matt had already found me and I was with him so it didn't seem to matter. "

"If we hadn't argued that night would you have still left?" he asks grabbing hold of her face so that she would look at him.

"No, I would have pretended I never met him. Hell I was willing to go back at any time if you made the attempt to come get me but you never did. I waited though hoping you would but you didn't. That's when I was finally able to convince myself that you didn't love me, that it was ok to move on, so I did. Everything was great too until we ran into you that day. Matt knew how much you meant to me and got jealous. Thinking back though I really can't blame him. I started acting weird after talking to you. That piece of me that will always love you decided to make a comeback but I never thought he would leave. I thought he trusted me more than that." With that Misa began crying.

Light unable to think of anything else quickly scooped her up into his arms. She wrapped her arms around his neck allowing him to comfort her. However the longer she stayed wrapped in his arms to the uneasy she grew. She was having an inner war. A part of her wanted to lift her head up and kiss him. To become Light's again, to take her rightful stop by his side. Things would be different this time; he would love her, now that he knew the pain of losing her. However another part, a much bigger part, of her wished it was Matt's arms locked closely around her, comforting her. Letting her know she was loved and cared for. The inner war only served to make her cry more. She was too mentally unstable to think about things like that clearly. So she pulled away wiping her tears away as she did so.

Outside the room Matt was having an inner war of his own. Having heard everything they've said he was now sure that Misa truly loved him. However at the same time he knew she was never going to be completely over Light. It was just something he'd have to live with if he wished to be with her. He just didn't know if he was willing to deal with that.

"Only one way to find out." He thought to himself as he got up and pulled out his keys before opening the door to fate.