Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note.
A.N./ Okay, this is your last chapter. Let's end this with a positive note. ^^
[Five months later]
[Matt's point of view]
"Hey L, how's Light doing?" Matt questioned as the elder man walked into the room. It had been five months since... since the incident and he felt as though he could start to talk about it now. Of course, not with Near around so he was quite thankful that the kid was still in school.
"He's doing as fine as anyone in a mental facility." Matt nodded. Hell, he probably would have gone crazy too if he had seen what the other had seen.
"I can understand that."
"How is Near?" He looked up from washing the dishes to the other man.
"He's doing a whole lot better now that we have him in school. That whole ordeal with Mello really shook him up, but with the counseling and his friends he's been getting better." Matt thought back to just a few months earlier when Near refused to eat anything and could only cry on Mello's bed. He couldn't help the shiver that ran through him. Now wonder Mello fell for the kid. He was such a doll, but Matt's feelings were more parental than Mello's.
"That's good, that's good." He gave a curt nod as he finished drying a dish and put it away.
"I still can't believe that the woman turned Light in for murdering both Aiber and Mello." The words left his mouth and he almost wished he could take them back seeing the look on L's face.
"I can't believe that the jury actually believed her." The smile L gave him was forced and he almost wished he could smack off that man's face, but he restrained himself knowing how many smiles he gave exactly like that one.
"Well, at least he only received one year in prison and three in a mental facility." He tried to make it sound at least a bit like good news, but he knew that to be impossible remembering the look on L's face when Light had received his sentence. It was like the world came crashing down from his shoulders.
"Yes, at least only that. I should be going. Tell Near that I said hello." Matt nodded and continued the dishes as he turned his back from L not wanting to see the other walk away.
[L's point of view]
It took everything in L to go and visit Matt and Near. He almost didn't want to go, but he went through with it. He didn't even know why anymore. It felt like when he visited Light. He could barely stand to look at the other man, but he seemed to desperate and needy that L couldn't stand to not see him. He felt like some sort of sadist.
At any rate, he had to go to work like always and he should be going now.
"Yes, at least only that. I should be going. Tell Near that I said hello." With that he left the man doing the dishes. It looked as though the other would cry at any moment, but he couldn't stay if only for that reason. Tears made him feel so empty inside and he just couldn't do it. He settled with going to see Watari to see if that man could help him at least.
[Near's point of view]
Near smiled at a little girl as she handed him a cupcake. He felt like he needed to smile all the time now that Mello was gone. It wasn't for himself, but for Matt. He seemed like he had taken it harder than himself. All Near hoped was that Matt didn't try to kill himself while he was at school.
"Thank you." Near, himself, had already gotten past the whole incident with Mello dying and all of that. He just wished to move on with his life. Honestly, he was only seven. They couldn't expect him to dwell on what happened. Especially that counselor. That man wanted him to dwell on the fact he was 'violated' by some pedophile and he couldn't do that. He went along with it and even suggested it so that counselor could kiss his bottom.
"You're welcome." He smiled cheerfully at the girl and started on his cupcake. One of the mothers had bought them for her son's birthday and he couldn't' be more grateful. They were chocolate...
Shaking that thought from his head, he continued to eat with a smile on his face to ensure that nothing was wrong and that nothing would ever be wrong.
[18 years later]
[Near's point of view]
Near smiled at the little one at his feet as he opened a box of colored paper. It was his birthday today and his family wanted to make it special since it was his first one with his only son who just happened to like biting his ankles.
He didn't suppress his laughter as he picked up the little one and sat him in his lap.
"Happy birthday, honey." He smiled at the woman beside him he called his wife.
"Thank you." He could remember eighteen years earlier when she was handing him a cupcake.
"You're welcome." He could still see that little girl in her too an he hoped he could keep that image for the rest of his life.
A.N./ Okay, you can't get mad at me for making Near have a wife and child. Life goes on even after people die. Perfect example, Bowser killed himself three days before Thanks Giving. Life went on and I'm still here. Oh well. So, smile for a while 'cause we're all gonna die. ^^ Eventually... I'm going to become an embalmer.