*I don't know why, but I got really sad when writing this chapter. Though I think I hit my peak the next chapter coming... *Le Sigh*


Title: Accidental Silhouettes

Chapter Ninety-Eight: Bargaining


"Please…" He whispered against his neck, golden-brown eyes twitching closed as the other barely touched him where he needed him to, gasps escaping his lips without his consent. "Please, L…"

Tilting his head back with a pale finger, Raito blearily looked up into dazed charcoal-colored eyes as the plea lay undisclosed between them.

"This is the closest I'll ever get to you, isn't it?" L whispered, breathing stuttered and shallow.

If he hadn't known the other man so well, he would have missed the melancholic lilt in his voice before he laid his lips against his own.

But he didn't.