After his death, nobody could ever find Raito within the building during a downpour.

It was as if storms were connected with his disappearance.

But just as soon as the clouds separated, he would be back. Sometimes wet, sometimes freshly changed.

He stayed out much, much longer when the storms were particularly fierce. When they were like on L's final day; wind forceful, droplets harsh and biting. The mist whipping around everything in sight, dragging its partner Memories along with it.

And then, one day, it stopped.

No more sudden absences and unexplained behavior. The other task force members could only speculate wildly, and speculate they did. Maybe he had let go, maybe he had given up, maybe he had given in. Maybe he had just outgrown all the things that he once loathed.

Or maybe he had just outgrown all the things that he once loved.

Eventually, the speculating stopped too, as everything and every heart stops eventually.

They never would know.















(sometimes you need to take a break from real life before the aftermath of elation attacks)
PS; should I leave it as 'After his death,' or change it to 'After L's death'?