Hello, Dale here… with the second part of this series. Have you noticed the sudden posting frenzy of drabbles Chip and I are in? Yeah, those are brought on by kicked puppyness, as I call it, and post-semester stress release. Enjoy them to the max!
This second drabble takes place the day following the capture of Higuchi, a.k.a the first drabble. Enjoy and review. Don't own, didn't happen in this particular manner.
Part 2 of 5.
2. Dissenter
It was a rather pleasant day outside, but L and Light had no way of knowing that, having locked themselves inside the building, working the daylight hours away in the main investigation room. They might have caught the Yotsuba Kira, as they all had come to call Higuchi, but the first and second Kiras were still at large, even if they had seemingly gone underground.
No longer wearing the handcuffs, Light was free to sit across the room from L, who paced slowly while he absentmindedly sucked on a teaspoon. Light watched L from his seat and thought about how close Kira was to killing the pacing detective. Part of him rejoiced in the thought; the other part of him felt conflicted due to his compromised feelings about L.
L caught Light staring at him and he stared right back, cutting Light open with the gaze and dissecting him with the sharp scrutiny his eyes held. Evert he great actor, Light managed to keep his face and body language from betraying all his convoluted thoughts. Regardless of his great act, Light still hoped L did not see through his façade, since the ravenette seemed to have a knack for doing it to everyone else.
The brunette could see the lover reflected in his eyes, but he could also see the dissenter who believed in Light's innocence as much as he believe that the earth was flat. The brunette youth felt unnerved by the weight of L's gaze across the room, but he opted for remaining quiet. He tried to think of things less compromising, but his thoughts always brought him to the withering intensity if the detective's gaze.
As much as Light didn't want L looking at him like that, there was a part of him that was secretly thrilled by L's attention. It was the same part that dreaded L's demise at the hands of Kira.
Light simply did not know how long he could behold those piercing obsidian orbs before they fizzled out and faded away like a dying heartbeat.
A/N: Yes! I mastered the art of the tiny drabble! I am proud. Anyway, more to come, hope you liked, review…yadda yadda. See ya later, peeps.
This series is dedicated to Chip. Without her inspiration I would have never written anything shorter than three novels. Lol. And to the readers, of course. Anything to amuse you, darlings.
-Das Dale