Hi again! This chapter's going to FrigidSnow, Uzura-chan, jesus-of-suburbia2o2o, yumekiba and animefan9294; who were the first people to review/favourite this story! Huge thanks to them and anyone who has read it so far, please tell me your thoughts on this, or any ideas for new stories! :D
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I never thought I would see the day when L cried. Yet then, in the darkness, I could see him silhouetted against the window, tears glistening like liquid diamonds as they silently slid down his cheeks. His pale skin seemed to glow in the light of the stars; he looked so vulnerable, so alone.
I longed to reach out and hold him, comfort him and tell him I would keep him safe. But that was wrong! I couldn't, I hated him, didn't I? Hated him for suspecting me, imprisoning me, for making me question my sexuality…No! I wasn't, couldn't be... These feelings must be something else; maybe stress, or lack of sleep or…
…because he looked so childlike and innocent, curled up on himself to protect himself from the world. Raw pain ran through his sobs, and it killed me inside to know I was the cause. At that moment, filled with guilt and regret, I realised I had done what I always detested in other people: hide from the truth. Without thinking about it, I had rejected him, not even stopping to think if, through the ignorance, the prejudice, the sheer stupidity, I might feel the same.
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