More than just cake - Lawliet x OC -

Flowers

I've based this fanfic mostly on the Manga. I liked it more than the anime version, and I've read it multiple times. Overall, there is just so much more depth in the manga than in the anime, and so much more detail. 

There were a couple of things in the anime, that stuck with me though. First one was L being outside in the rain with Light the day he died (it was a beautiful scene), and the other one was the sound of bells he kept hearing. I thought it was great symbolism - the bells being of course the sound of his nearing death.

So, here we have the bells again. What do you think is going to happen?

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January 28th, 2010.

Fay woke up to the sound of the bells.

It was so clear, so loud, that it easily pierced her restless sleep, and in a heartbeat she was awake. She sat up, blinking her eyes, trying to catch her breath. Her heart was racing.

Nothing. The sound was gone, but she was sure it had been there just a moment ago.

The sound of the bell.

It triggered memories of her last days with L. She remembered him, standing on the rooftop, Tokyo at his feet, staring at the horizon, beautiful and ethereal as an angel. A few days later he had been dead.

I wonder if this is it. If this is the day I die.

Fay glanced around in the room, but it was empty. L had been there the night before, like he had been every night lately. He had sat on her bedside, silently watching her until she had fallen asleep, but now he was nowhere to be seen. Fay was alone, and in her bones she still felt the resonating sound of the bell.

With a sigh she got out of the bed, and glanced at the clock. It was barely 6am, but she knew she couldn't sleep anymore.

She showered, washed her hair, put on the set of clean clothes she had laid out last night. It had taken her an eternity to pick the outfit. It had to be something classy and professional - she would be standing next to Gevanni and Halle Linder after all - but it had to be practical and comfortable too, in case something went wrong and she'd have to shoot or to run. And most importantly - it had to be something, she could die wearing.

Somehow that felt important. To feel pretty on her last day.

She had settled on the black floral dress she had worn for her date with Matsuda. Not because of him, though, but because it reminded her of her daughter. Lilies and roses, it had, embroidered in the hem, their leaves and tendrils wreathing up towards her waist.

Lily-Rose Elizabeth Lawliet. My sweetest flower, my sun, my heart.

Fay's soul ached when she thought of Lily, missing her felt like her heart was carved out of her chest. It had been too long, six weeks, since she had seen Lily's sweet face last time, felt her slender arms around her neck. She felt like the worst mother in the universe, abandoning Lily like this - but what other choice did she have? Kira had to be dealt with, and Fay knew she'd never have peace if she wasn't there to witness Light die.

Soon I'll see Lily again. I have to. I can't let myself think about the other option.

But still she thought about it. About the fact that if Near lost this game, it wasn't only Lily who lost a mother. It was the whole world doomed into fear and tyranny. Compared to that, her own life, her own fears, suddenly felt meaningless.

With these heavy thoughts, she made herself an extra large coffee - with a shot of whisky - for breakfast, then sat down on the floor, opened her laptop and called Lily.