Sifting through all the profiles took weeks, it was just you, L and the successors sitting at computers non stop going through every single person living in our nearby Osaka that had interacted with the mass message.

But finally, you had a batch of suspects. Those who'd displayed worship to Kira and after a background check on all public information about them fit the profile for a potential Kira. But there was one guy that caught your attention.

Teru Mikami.

On the surface he seemed like a very normal person. Worked a salaryman job, regularly went to the gym, graduated with decent marks, lived in an apartment complex in Osaka... all normal stuff. But what really caught your attention was the rigid schedule he followed. His social media presence was small, and most of it was work related. That gave you a very small insight into who this guy was, but from every account you could find of him he seemed to be almost obsessive compulsive with his schedules. Friends and family joked about it online in each other's comments, his employee records showed he was extremely punctual too.

And who else has a very rigid schedule? This Kira did.

If someone like Light could masquerade as a top student and have no one bay an eye, then this guy could easily be masking his true nature as well.

"Still looking at that one guy?" L asked, pushing his chair over to you.

"Yep, I've dug up everything that's public about him. He seems to fit the Kira bill, almost too well" you replied.

L had left his desk to make tea for everyone while ago and in that time you'd organised everything you could find into a profile. Handing the computer mouse over to L and shifting your chair slightly so he could move in and take a look, you took your tea from him and gave him a kiss as thank you.

He scrolled though everything, detective brain analysing it. L had this habit of complete and utter hyper focus when he was doing detective related work, he'd stare at the screen or file unblinking and silent the whole time. Blank expression but lively eyes telling you he was sifting through the data in his mind.

"This is him?" He asked, highlighting a picture of the man you'd taken from a family Facebook page.

"That's him, he looks pretty normal but I dunno... there's something about him" you said.

"... he looks an awful lot like that man Morpheus has been dreaming about..."

You looked at the picture again, this time you made the connection now L had mentioned it.

"Oh wait... you're right..." you muttered.

Black hair, work suit, glasses, briefcase, tall... sure that was a lot of men in Japan but the fact he was on the suspect list made you see more of a connection.

"Hmm... that godling may be onto something here..." L said.

"Should we look further into him? See if we can get our hands on private records?" You asked.

"Absolutely, Matt's our resident hacker I'll send this to him and he can do some digging"

L looked over the top of the monitor, the successors were across the room. Mello still half asleep having only woken up recently, brotherly bickering with Near as usual. Matt was nose deep into a game on his switch as he always was when he wasn't working.

"Matt, I'm sending you a suspect. Dig up everything you possibly can" L called out.

Matt simply gave a thumbs up, still engrossed in his game.

"Typical" you laughed.

"He's always loved his games..."

Despite the three being adults now, they still interacted with each other like kids at times. Even with Near and Mello having matured and put their rivalry behind them, they still got into play fights and long debates over dumb topics. And whenever Near got sick of arguing with the ever so stubborn Mello, they'd just jokingly go 'if you disagree with me you're transphobic'. And Mello would shut your and glare at them, getting the message.

"As much as I'm proud of them for growing into the people they are now... I kind of miss watching them play as kids" you said.

"I know, they were so cute..." L smiled.

"Gossiping about us?" Mello spoke up, realising you and L were doing the reminiscent parent gaze.

"Yeah, you guys were such cute kids" you teased.

Mello rolled his eyes, he'd heard this ramble a million times before.

"I'm still cute thank you very much. I'm still the same height I was when I was 12" Near replied.

"How's it feel to be my personal leaning post shorty?" Mello joked.

"How's it feel to hit your head on every doorframe you walk though, giant?"

Such sibling behaviour... typical. Mello wasn't even that tall he was average, but it Near average WAS tall. The relationship between the trio was an interesting one that's for sure, L was their dad to all of them and you their other parent. But Mello and Near had more of an 'annoying brother' bond while Matt was more of the 'brother in law'.

Matt was the glue that held them together whenever they argued as kids, he was the friend who made sure not to play favourites and spend equal time with both of them. He was just a naturally nice kid. But rather than taking on an older brother role to the other two, he took on more of a family friend role. You and L were never sure why the relationship between the three formed that way, they'd all come into the orphanage at around the same time and grew up together. They were all successors and in the same classes.

You had a hunch that it may have been because as a kid Matt probably had a bit of a crush on the both of them and didn't know it at the time. Being a kid, especially an orphaned kid, love is a complicated thing to feel and he probably didn't understand it was a crush until he looked back in it as an adult.

So rather than taking on the older brother, he took on the family friend, the in law, the 'I don't know who to kiss'.

You and L didn't pry into their personal lives without their permission, they were adults now and deserved more privacy of course. So what exactly Matt felt for the two now was a mystery to you, either way it was clear he deeply cared for Mello and Near.

They all deeply cared for each other, even if Mello was too stubborn to admit it. He can dress himself in as much leather as he wants, that wouldn't hide the fact you and L knew he was soft on the inside.

"Classic M and N bickering aside, you think this could be our guy?" You asked.

"Definitely might be. Especially of those dreams have anything to do with it... I spoke to Hypnos the other day and he's keeping a close eye on his godlings dreams, they're looking more and more like prophetic ones every day" L explained.

"Wouldn't be surprised honestly, you know us Kami we have a million mysterious powers up our sleeves"

"That's true, I still have no idea what magic happened to get someone like you to fall for someone like me"

You gave him a sigh and a smile, wrapping an arm around him and kissing his cheek.

"All you had to do was exist my dear, no magic about it" you said.

"I love you darling" he smiled.

"I love you too sweetheart"