collusion
When Light opened his eyes, Lawliet was standing over him, biting at his thumb.
'Well,' sighed Light, sitting up and brushing the ash from his hair, 'that was decidedly disappointing.'
'What did Kira expect?' asked Lawliet, moving back as Light stood up. 'You didn't actually expect to break anything, did you?'
'I thought at least the freefall might be exciting,' said Light, brushing the ash from his clothes.
'I warned you not to do it,' pointed out Lawliet.
'You said that because you knew I'd take it as a challenge and go through with it,' pointed out Light, stretching his arms over his head, as if he could actually still crack his back.
'True,' said Lawliet, thumb against his lips. 'But I still get to tell you that I told you so.'
Light lowered his arms, turning to look at Lawliet out of the corner of his eye, lips quirking. 'Who's acting childish now, L?'
'That would be me,' said Lawliet, looking out from behind his hair, thumb brushing over his lip. 'But I'm not the one who jumped off a ledge because I was bored.'
'No,' agreed Light, 'you're the one who pushed me.'
Lawliet's eyes were round and dark, his words mumbled around his thumb. 'I didn't push you.'
Light looked at him levelly, eyes achromatic in the gloom. 'And I didn't jump.'