The Flaw

AN: this is the last chapter, i hope you enjoy.

-Two-

"Mommy!" the little redheaded girl screamed, running across the lawn until she had been scooped up into Mello's arms, Isabella squealing in delight.

Matt could remember the very first time their daughter had called Mello that; Matt had had to stifle his laughter by clamping a hand over his mouth, nearly doubling over in mirth as Mello stared shocked at the toddler. Mello had tried numerous times as she had gotten older to explain to Isabella that, although he'd given birth to her, he was a boy. She was smart for her age, but even so, she was only three, and it had lead to comments of 'Mommy's a boy!' that had confused some of the neighbors. Matt had gotten a kick out of it; Mello... not so much.

The evening sun was setting after a long day of letting Isabella run amuck in the park. Matt tried his damnedest to ignore the red tinge her blue eyes held against the gold sun. He and Mello had noticed it after a few weeks, when her eyes had stayed open for more than the bottles nipple to be placed in her tiny mouth.

L, though potentially half crazy and affected by the notebook, had been right at least in part. While she was most definitely his and Mello's daughter, she was also the notebook's. She was something supernatural.

Neither of them knew what it might mean for the future, if she would start showing signs of aggression or violence or something worse, but for the moment, she was just a normal child.

And though they had promised, swore until they were blue in the face that they would kill her if she showed signs of not being completely human, they couldn't do it. She was theirs.

No matter what happened or what she did.

Isabella was their miracle...

"Papa!" the little girl struggled in Mello's arms and pouted when she couldn't get free. Matt strolled over with a small grin, his cigarette already in the trash, and planted a kiss on Mello's mouth before greeting his daughter who was carefully patting the small bump forming in Mello's stomach.

He and Mello shared a look as her eyes flashed ruby, but they did nothing more than hold her hands and swing her between them as they began the walk back to their apartment.

...and they would do whatever it took to protect Isabella and her unborn sister.

-End-

AN: how's that for an ending? XD