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Part 101
"This is my journey Lawli..." his voice had taken on a slightly dangerous edge. He really didn't want his friend potentially harming himself and would do anything to protect him from that, even if it meant threatening him. It was not hurting him in any way and he wanted it to stay that way.
"As you wish..." the elder mumbled, biting his thumb slightly.
"I don't want to hurt you with a means that is out of your control, that's all..." his tone went back to normal, but turned softer than before.
"I want to keep you safe. I don't want you to be hurt..." He petted the older raven's hair.
L nodded slowly burying his face into his friends chest and taking a deep breath.
"I love you..." he purred after some time, holding onto his friends shirt, "so much..."
"I love you too Lawli... The things we do are an extension of that, at least I like to think they are, but I love you more than the good feelings that come from it." He smiled softly and continued to pet his friend.
"People will think we're mad if we tell them that there are ravens who talk so we should keep that between us..." the elder mumbled, seemingly a little concerned.
"I really should not be telling you in the first place. I'm not mad though, I'm... gifted, but not mad. I'm not going to share though, you know that already."
"I just wanted to make sure..." the dark eyed raven mumbled, "you know even A would not believe us... she does not believe in anything she cannot analyze..."
"I know... I see her give me odd looks in the lab now and then. She knows my eyes are special, but she still refuses to believe the ability that comes from them. I've never told her anything pertaining to her lifespan, though I have hinted about the life of some of her specimens."
"I am sure it is because of what has happened to her," the elder mused, "that she now refuses to accept that there is anything out there that is so powerful it can affect our lives yet so... oblivious that it does nothing when an innocent child suffers..."
"We've all suffered in some way or another, but A seems to have been outright traumatized. She masks it well though... I truly hope that she can one day talk out her sorrows and pains with someone she trusts." B rolls to his back and pulls the older with him, still petting softly.
"I know she can be a better person if she does that... then again, so can we."
L nodded, a slight frown painting his features for a moment.
"I wish we knew more of A's past, if we did then there may be some way to help her more than simply being there... If we knew her demons, we could help her conquer them..."
"I know that A loves us both, but she still has her barriers. When she's ready to talk and feels comfortable around us to do so, then that's when she'll open up. Emotionally, she's still a bud that refuses to grow."
"Perhaps it will take one of us showing that where willing to share our emotions with her before she will be willing to do the same..." The dark eyed raven sighed, "she has done a lot for us..."
"No arguing there. She's a guardian angel, sent from above to do great things. The hardships are trials, but even she still needs guidance. Perhaps not one, but both. Not at the same time though, that would overwhelm her." He lets out a slow breath and closes his eyes.
"I would be so upset if something terrible happened to her at Wammy's. It's supposed to be a place of sanctuary and security, but for us at least, it has been unbearable."
"She does better there then we do..." L stated.
"She is far too kind for anyone to pick on or harass... They get nothing out of it and they are made to look like foolish cowards for teasing someone who would die in the defense of anyone..."
"Good point, but she should not have to..." He stops petting and uses his arms as a pillow.
"She should not have to put herself where others are defenseless. Watari took us and these other kids in for a second chance... people like H and his posse are not being very appreciative..."
"No, they are abusing our fresh start, but not everyone sees that..." the dark eyed raven rolls off of his friend, keeping his head on the others shoulder and spreading out to look up at the roof, a rare stretch for the normally hunched over detective.
"I am not sure what so many of the teachers see in them... they are smart, but we are smarter..."
"Watari is a sympathetic person. He took them in for a reason. I doubt none of us would be here still if it were not for him. That is what frustrates me the most about the ones who abuse their right to be there. A lack of appreciation is present."
L sighed softly and closed his eyes.
"Why can't someone teach them to be more appreciative..."
"You speak like there have not been any, but there has been plenty. Like us, they are ignored..." He gently moves his friend's head off him and rolls to his side, letting out an annoyed huff.
"It sickens me..."
"One day, Wammy's will be ours and we will have the power to change all of that..." the dark eyed raven assured his friend.
"For now, we must simply live with it or continue petitioning to leave..."
"Yeah... I know... It does not change my opinion on the matter..." He closed his eyes and took slow breaths, wanting to lessen the stress his growing annoyance was giving him.
L rolled over, putting his arms around his friend and cuddling into him.
The younger smiled and reached around to grip an arm.
"You're a great friend Lawli," he said softly, "and I love you all the more because of it."
The elder smiled and begun to hum that same old soft tune again, knowing that was the best way to make his friend happy and comfortable once more. Words, after all, were not always L's strong point.
B listened and felt the tones ease away his stress a little at a time. He rubbed the arm a little in appreciation and took slow breaths.
"I am going to ask Watari for a case in Japan..." the elder purred during his song.
"There are plenty of spiritual places there... perhaps this time you will be prepared to speak with one of these beings, now you know they are cryptic with their answers..."
"Yes... I need to know many things, but it's really up to me as to what answers I get..." He spoke softly, the tune relaxing him. He edged back a little and sighed softly.
"Perhaps I may know only what I need to know. Nothing more, nothing less..."
"They may be hiding things from you for your own good, or perhaps it is because they worry you will tell other people about them?" There where a lot of reasons in L's mind why any race of creatures would keep secrets from another.
"It could be to that they simply wish to confuse you..."
"I've already broken that rule by telling you... for that, I know not of the consequences when I should die. There are too many variables and at the same time they make sense, they do not..." He sighed again and curled into a ball.
"I don't want to think about that right now. I'm tired and a little stressed... I just want calm."
L nodded and started his little tune up once more, rubbing his friends chest comfortingly.
B enjoyed the soft tune and the gentle attentions, feeling himself return to that realm of peace and calm once more.
"I love you Lawli... always..." He whispered this and relaxed more.
"I love you too..." the darker purred back as just before the elderly gentlemen returned, this time followed by two playful puppies and a third in his arms which he put down upon the bed, trying to cheer his boys up.