Worth the Wait (Death Note Fan Fiction-Aizawa x Matsuda)

Chapter 9: One More

Chapter Summary: Told from Ide's POV. His perspective of the relationship between Aizawa and Matsuda. One more person learns about their relationship as well, when they also suggest that Ide tell Mogi about them. 

A couple of weeks later, Ide and Mogi were finishing up another overnight shift. They were still trying, in vain, to learn more about Kenchi Yamoto, the man that Aizawa and Matsuda had found in that old building. They also didn't have any more luck contacting the witness that ultimately led them to Yamoto either.

Just then, Ide heard the voices of Aizawa and Matsuda coming down the stairs. While he could not be sure, Ide was pretty certain that they had spent every night together since the night they first kissed, two weeks ago.

Yet they showed no sign of anything out of the ordinary for them, as they greeted Ide and Mogi, but probably because Mogi was there. Since Ide and L were the only ones who knew about Aizawa and Matsuda, they would not show any indication of something going on between them in the presence of anyone else. Ide wondered if they planned on telling Mogi at all. The four of them worked together a lot, but maybe they still didn't want anyone else to know yet. Nonetheless, he could not ask them anything with Mogi sitting at the computer beside him.

Aizawa and Matsuda probably seemed like nothing more than colleagues and friends to Mogi, but Ide noticed how much closer they had become just over the past couple of weeks. He was also certain that his assumptions about their nights together were correct as well.

Five minutes later, Mogi left the room to get some more coffee. Ide took this chance to ask the other two whether they planned to tell Mogi about them or not. Aizawa and Matsuda looked like they were about to head out to begin that day's investigation. Ide approached them before they left.

"Hey guys, I was thinking about it, and do you think Mogi should know about you?" Ide asked. "It's completely up to you two, of course. And I still won't say anything to him if you don't want me to. But the four of us do a lot of work together. It might be easier if you didn't have to hide it from Mogi."

"You know, it does seem a bit unfair to keep Mogi in the dark when Ide already knows about us," Matsuda said to Aizawa.

"Yeah, you're right," Aizawa said. "We might as well tell him."

"Aiza and I have witnesses we need to talk to, but you can go ahead and tell him," Matsuda said. "Just don't tell anyone else yet. And make sure Mogi doesn't either."

"I don't think Mogi gossipping about us is something we really need to worry about," Aizawa said.

"You want me to tell him, though?" Ide said. "Are you sure?"

"Of course," Matsuda said. "We have an appointment to meet with our first witness in fifteen minutes. So we have to leave right now to get there on time."

"We don't mind if Mogi knows about us," Aizawa said.

Ide agreed and the two of them left. He wondered what Mogi's reaction would be. Ide himself had been surprised. First, when Aizawa confessed to him that he liked Matsuda, and then to learn what had occurred during their overnight shift two weeks ago.

Yet they were clearly infatuated with one another and they had such opposite personalities, that they actually seemed to balance each other out. Individually, they were each still himself, but the influence of the other was also evident.

Matsuda was still the same happy-go-lucky, friendly guy that he had always been. He was still the fun-loving and easygoing person that they had all come to know. But since being with Aizawa, Ide noticed that Matsuda was a bit more grounded and serious about his work.