In the Meantime. (MattXOC Death Note Fanfic)

Afterwards

      After Mello's departure and L's death, the two teens changed. They were mostly unemotional around other people, only letting their feelings come to the surface with each other. With no one but each other now, their bond became stronger and more passionate. They were family, best friends, and lovers.
      Once they'd recovered, they quickly began their research. Hacking into databases all across the United Kingdom in a desperate search for their friend. Their attempts, though, were in vain. They found no trace of him in the UK. He'd somehow managed to erase any evidence of his existence there as if he knew they'd find him easily if he did. As they realised how big a project this would be, they began to relax. If they pushed themselves too hard, they'd loose concentration and mess something up and worst case scenario - get caught. They did some hardcore investigation nights about 3 times a week.
      Christmas rolled over and it wasn't long before it was the beginning of a new year; 2005.

     "Matt-!" Guess shot up in bed again. The same dream as last year and the same time. Thankfully, she didn't shout as loud. She couldn't remember the dream that well, it was a bit fuzzy but she knew it was the same dream. She lay back down in her bed but still couldn't find sleep again. Getting out of bed, she decided to check on Matt. Creeping across the corridor, she knocked quietly on Matt's door. There wasn't a response so she slowly opened the door. Matt lay in bed, tangled up in his bed sheets. Guess smiled, glad to see he was okay. As she walked into the room she began to close the door. She winced as it creaked loudly as she shut it. 'Stupid door!' she cursed in her head, looking back at Matt to see if it had woken him up; it had. Guess's eyes quickly adjusted to the darkness and she saw Matt's eye crack open.
      "Hey," he mumbled, "What 'you doing here?"
      "Sorry, did I wake you?" she ignored his question and sat beside him, he was still watching her with one eye.
      "Nah, it's okay," he smiled.
      "Bad dream," she answered his question from before, "came to see if you were okay."
      "I'm better now," he chuckled, pulling her arm making her fall onto her side next to him and wrapped his arms around her waist. He buried his head into her neck and hair, "Mmmm, lavender," he whispered. Guess giggled as she put her hands on his, finally feeling sleepy again in his arms.

       Matt's birthday passed, as did Easter, and soon it was nearly Summer. Still, though, they weren't any closer to finding Mello. They figured their best bet would be to do more research into the Kira-case and perhaps that would put them in the right direction. The task force was based in Japan and from L's live broadcasted interrogation way back in the early days of the investigation, it appeared that Kira was based in the Kanto region. They quickly became accustomed to the new way in which they had to hack for the databases in Japan.
       "Wait, stop," Guess said as an image appeared on Matt's screen.
       "What? You see something?"
      Guess analysed the picture on the laptop. It was the CCTV on the outside of a shop in Japan. She was quiet for a moment, "No, the place just seems familiar... What are the coordinates?"
       "Umm..." Matt types a few things into his laptop before giving Guess a list of numbers which she types into her laptop. An address comes up on the screen which she makes a small mental note of. "You good?"
      "Uh, yeah, carry on, sorry."