The news of Kyomi Takada's death spread like wildfire. Every news station was speculating about what happened and what could make a woman with so much going for herself commit suicide. From what they all knew she was perfectly happy. The Task Force however thought they knew exactly what happened. Light dreaded going to work that morning but knew he had to face them eventually and the longer he put it off the guiltier he looked.
The messed up thing about it was Light didn't kill her. Neither did Misa. As far as they knew Takada truly committed suicide without any outside force driving her or Mikami got ahold of her. He figured that was it. He just didn't know why he would kill her so suddenly.
As he walked through the doors to his computer he could feel the suspicious glances from everyone in the room, even Matsuda looked at him with distrust. It was going to be one long, horrible day. Aizawa cleared his throat at that moment confirming that it was in fact going to be a long, horrible day.
"So Light, have you heard about Takada?" he asked to gage Light's reaction.
Deciding it would be best to keep his mouth shut, Light just nodded his head. He knew everything he said could and would be used against him and he didn't want to add to an already horrible situation. However it only severed to piss Aizawa off further.
"Funny how she commits suicide after you break up with her," Aizawa started.
"Really because I'm not laughing!" Light snaps shutting him up. It was an outburst none of them expected, especially from Light. Matsuda actually jumped a little at it.
"That's not what I meant." Aizawa muttered in embarrassment.
"I know but I'm not really in the mood for smart ass comments from you. In case you forgot I actually liked Takada. If it wasn't for Misa getting pregnant I would have stayed with her." Ok so it was a bit of a white lie but if it got them off his back he didn't care.
"Sorry."
After that a heavy silence filled the room. No one wanted to speak in fear of setting Light off again and Light just wanted to go home and sleep. Maybe write a letter to Mikami asking him to take over so he didn't have to deal with this anymore. It was unrealistic but it gave him a slight comfort fantasizing about it.
An hour later the silence was broken by Near. Light was reluctant to answer but after a quick glance at everyone else in the room did. He sighed as he heard the mechanical voice fill the room. Light wanted L back! At least he was semi-reasonable and kind of fun to be around. Near on the other hand was just annoying.
"Hey can we not do this today?" Light asks interrupting what was sure to be some well thought out jab at him.
It was quiet for a minute before Near replied, "Why? Feeling guilty Kira?"
"Not really, I just don't feel like bothering with you today is all. Goodbye now."
With that he ended the connection and got up to leave. He was almost to the door when Matsuda stopped him. Light wanted to cry. He was way too overwhelmed to be dealing with him.
"Are you going to come back?"
"Dunno." Light said with a shrug as he left behind the stunned Task Force.
Misa was in the bedroom fussing over her appearance when Light came home. She was so surprised to hear the door that she ran out to the living room in nothing but her panties clenching a baseball bat. Relieved to find Light standing at the door she lowered the bat with a sigh before shooting him her biggest smile which quickly turned into a frown upon seeing his expression. He was looking at her oddly with a raised eyebrow. It wasn't everyday one got to see their pregnant fiancé come running from the other room holding a bat in nothing but their panties.
"I'm happy I wasn't someone else." Light says looking her up and down.
Misa blushed, "Why is that?"
"Because I don't want anyone else to see that much of you." He says wrapping his arms around her.
"Well sorry to have to tell you this love but my doctor sees a lot more than this during most of my checkups."
Light let out a playful growl before attacking her neck his kisses. She let out a loud shriek of surprise before giggling. She loved when he acted this way. He was just happy to be able to let loose. Their happiness was cut short however when Light heard the T.V once again talking about Takada. He sighed heavily in the crook of Misa's neck before grabbing the remote. After shutting it off he threw the remote to the other side of the room and pulled Misa closer.
"Did she really kill herself?" Misa asked.
"It's possible but I think Mikami did it. I don't know why but I'm almost sure he did."
"Well either way it's awful timing. Work must have been horrible today. No wonder you're home so early." She muses.
"I don't wanna think about it anymore."
"Then allow me to help you forget." She smirks as she pulls him towards the bedroom.
After a week everyone had forgotten about Takada completely. She was quickly replace as Kira's spokesperson and from then on never talked about again. It was almost sad.
Things at work didn't change though. Light still got suspicious glances from the others but had gotten better at ignoring them. Besides he had more important things to worry about like how in two days he was going to find out what gender his child was. It was strange to him how excited he was about that though it was nowhere near how happy Misa was. All she has been able to talk about the past few days was the baby, not that Light cared. It was such a carefree thing it made him feel normal again.
"This new spokesperson is horrible." Aizawa comments as the news came to a close.
"Eh maybe, but at least she's hot!" Matsuda adds.
"I think that's Kira's new aim." Ide says looking at Light as he did.
"Then Kira can't be Light. Not when he has such a beautiful woman at home." Matsuda jokes causing an awkward silence.
Light didn't know whether to be pissed at the comment or laugh. He chose to brush it off as a harmless statement. Deep down Light always expected that Matsuda was gay. In fact he had a strong suspicion that Matsuda liked him. He chose to ignore that suspicion however.
Aizawa cleared his throat breaking the silence, "Anyway back to business."
Matsuda groaned, "Do we have to? I mean really we're useless now, even Near said this. Just let him catch Kira as we pretend to help."
"Matsuda has a point. Why waste our energy on this?" Ide says resting his head on his arms.
"Because we've been working tirelessly on this case for over five years!" Light snaps, "Besides we've all lost too much to Kira just to let some kid take over."
"That's my point. We've worked so hard on this with nothing to show for it but a dead chief."
"Matsuda watch what you say!" Aizawa screams.
He looks over at Light apologetically, "Sorry Light. That was out of line."
"It's fine Matsuda, I understand your frustration but still we can't just give up."
"I don't know I have to agree with Matsuda on this." Ide mutters.
Mogi just grunts. None of them could tell if it was in agreement or not. Light looked at them all in mock disappointment. In reality he was happy they have all pretty much given up. It would make things much easier on him.
"I can't believe you guys!"
"Look how about this. You just admit you're Kira and promise to stop killing people and we won't throw you in jail? In fact we will let you live out the rest of your life in peace." Ide offers.
Light seriously debated it but knew better than to trust them. Otherwise he'd have jumped on that offer in an instant. That would have been perfect for him. He'd be able to raise his child in peace without having to worry about anyone ever finding out it was him all along.
"Like hell!" Aizawa says proving what Light thought.
"I think that's fair." Matsuda chimes in.
A huge argument broke out after that. It had escalated quickly to the point that a couple of them were close to throwing hits. It was obvious that they weren't going to get any work done today.
"Alright stop!" Light yells getting everyone's attention. "Since it's obvious if we spend any more time here we're going to end up killing each other let's just call it a day. We can come back tomorrow and pretend this never happened."
They mumble in agreement and leave. Thankful for the silence Light leans back in chair and just relaxes. He hasn't had much alone time so it was wonderful just to sit there in peace. Using the opportunity he began sorting through his thoughts trying to find the solution to his problems.
AN: I'm such a horrible person for not updating sooner. =[ So to make it up to you guys I'm going to let you choose the gender of Light and Misa's baby.