L ignores it.
Oggetto
| under the skin it's not so easy to swallow |
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The teacup is hot, steam spilling from top.
L knows he asked for coffee, remembers asking for coffee, thinks he asked for coffee and this, this is definitely not coffee, the sweet smell of bergamot permeating the room.
And while L would usually pout at the not quite mistake (because Wammy clearly knows he would like coffee and brought him tea, to calm his nerves or whatever excuse he found this week), he's too busy staring at the screen to have much of a reaction.
It's been almost twenty days, twenty days since the broadcast, twenty days since Kira should have killed L's imposter and revealed his location (because L is sure, L is sure he'll find Kira in the Kanto region, just like he's sure he's looking for someone young and immature).
And while L hasn't moved, hasn't moved in twenty days, eyes glued to the TV monitors, there hasn't been anything and L – L doesn't like to be wrong because he's never wrong.
So he recalculates, makes up new percentages, new probabilities. He takes theories and spins them round and round until they are completely backwards.
He knows Kira is in the Kanto region. He knows Kira is immature and young and rash. Which can only mean –
(L missed something).
There are two options then.
Option one, Kira isn't quite as immature and rash as L first thought him to be. No, instead he's dealing with someone far more clever and thoughtful, someone who would see L's plan for what it is and overlook it, continuing on without batting an eyelash.
But L isn't wrong.
Kira's personality is painted vividly in his mind and this description does not fit him at all (the percentage is too low to consider and the idea is dumped as quickly as it was picked up).
And then, the second option –
Kira isn't working alone.
L pictures someone older, less rash. Someone who is more detached and can think clearly, not quite invested in Kira's plans to the point where they are blinded by them – a mentor.
Someone who has power over him.
And while the thought of Kira allowing someone else to have a say in his plans sounds out of character, this is the most probable of all possibilities, which means that L would be looking for not one, but two suspects.
"L?" Wammy's forehead creases. "Perhaps we should air the broadcast in another region?"
L's eyes are still glued to the monitors, to the one that showcases Lind L. Taylor very much alive and detained.
"Watari." He says, blinking dry eyes. "We'll need to assemble a Task Force. Please contact the proper authorities in the Kanto region."
And while Wammy doesn't comment because he knows better, the lines of his forehead crease even more and L –
(L has to wonder what kind of character could hold Kira's interest and keep it)
L ignores it.
a/n : Here's L's POV. Next up, more Eden and Light. Hope you enjoyed and thanks for reading.