#32 Planet

Everyone in the world knew Misa Amane's image by the time she was 20. The worlds eyes instantly recognised the pretty young blonde with pigtails and black lace that seemed to trim her entire body.

Yes, the world knew her face.

Only one person knew her for who she was.

And though on occasion she did annoy him, he couldn't deny her devotion was touching. Any man would feel the same, if he found someone so desirable was so madly in love with him that she had sacrificed half her life not once, but twice, just to make his work easier.

And for that he loved her back.

He loved her for being his first true follower. Others followed in her steps.

He loved her for the way she was always ready and waiting for him when he came home.

He loved the way she'd rub his shoulders and rest her head on his, whispering that he was all she needed in the world to be happy.

He loved the way her eyes went soft and warm when he talked of their future kingdom. He loved that there was someone he could talk to about all of this without fear of judgement.

He loved that even when she didn't understand his deeply intelligent statements, she pretended to. He loved that she didn't pretend to be any wiser than she was about the way the world worked.

He loved how bright she was.

He loved the way she'd often fall asleep with her head in his lap, inexplicably tired from a day of posing for the cameras.

He loved that she knew how to make his coffee just the way he liked, and that she'd instinctively known that sugar made him feel queasy lately.

He loved that she never doubted him for a second.

Yes, to Light Yagami the centre of the universe was in fact, himself, but Misa Amane was at the very least part of that universe.

Oh, though he'd never admit to it, he needed her. If only to validate his ego from time to time, to keep him going when he doubted himself.

Because she was his little star.

And as he lay dying on a warehouse floor, he spotted the sunlight streaming from the window, and oddly his thoughts turned to the little blonde angel who had stood by him through everything, whom he had betrayed for an ancient flame.

He had destroyed a pure and unselfish love.

And he thought that while he had been god, and the whole world, the very earth itself…

The Earth needed the sun to survive.

And the sun is a star.

And Kira needed something to make him sparkle.

And his starlight was gone.