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Misa wants to help Light clean out his room. "Or at least visit with your family!" she says, all bright eyes and enthusiasm, dyed hair and revealing clothes. Light knows what his mother must think of her. He knows what he thinks of her.
"You can get the apartment ready for me, Misa," he says.
Sachiko greets him at the door to her house—his house too, once—with a hug and sad eyes. He returns her hug one-armed, holding the suitcases he's brought in his other. "Is Sayu home?" he asks, not sure which answer he hopes for.
"No, she's at a friend's. Can I get you something to eat, Light?" She holds him at arm's length. "Have you gotten taller?"
He smiles at her. "I'm just here to get my things, I'm afraid. Next time."
She lets him go, with visible reluctance. "All right. Go on up, then."
He does.
His room is just how he left it, spotless, with no trace of dust. Sachiko has been here. Light is glad he disarmed the trap in his desk before he left. He allows himself a quick glance around, no more, before he goes to his closet. Empty of the death note, his bedroom is a monument to the dullness of his life before Kira, and he wants to spend as little time in it as possible.
Now that L is dead, he thinks sometimes that he can feel that dullness trying to seep back in around the edges of his mind. But it won't return. He's sure of it. He has everything he wants now, after all.
He takes his clothes out of the closet piece by piece and folds them, placing them neatly in the suitcase, pressed together to make the most of the space. Occasionally he finds pieces of clothing that he's outgrown, or no longer wants, and these he tosses in a trash bag, destined for a charity of his mother's choosing.
He's almost finished when he sees them, lying forgotten on the floor of the closet.
A plush helicopter, and a blanket with a duck on it. Bird and Ducky. He hasn't even thought of them in years. He reaches down and picks them up, turning them over in his hands, remembering.
And then he shakes himself, and presses his lips together, and tosses Ducky and Bird into the trash.