[At first, it doesn't sound so different from what Light might say at any other point in time. Then, it sounds jarring; it sounds daring.
It sounds insane; it sounds impossible. L's eyes widen as he doubts what he just heard, has to replay, and double-check, and question and reexamine.
He feels elation first. Then faintness, then anger, then something else in the pit of his stomach that tightens and aches and pulls at him.]
...I know.
[His voice is tense and quiet. He hates that he has to say it out loud; he hates that this had to be said, he hates what it might change now that it's out, and how did it come out? What is this potion, really?]
I've always known.
[He reaches out, grasping hard and desperate, a human handcuff closing around Light's wrist. Don't leave. Don't run. He's pulling Light closer as the words run through his mind like a skipping record, in his shock.]
Someday we're both going to die because we met each other, but... not here.
[The qualifier, "here", is the treaty, and binding. His breath quickens and he shifts forward, closes the gap between them in haste, leans in for a kiss as hungry as it is strange.
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It sounds insane; it sounds impossible. L's eyes widen as he doubts what he just heard, has to replay, and double-check, and question and reexamine.
He feels elation first. Then faintness, then anger, then something else in the pit of his stomach that tightens and aches and pulls at him.]
...I know.
[His voice is tense and quiet. He hates that he has to say it out loud; he hates that this had to be said, he hates what it might change now that it's out, and how did it come out? What is this potion, really?]
I've always known.
[He reaches out, grasping hard and desperate, a human handcuff closing around Light's wrist. Don't leave. Don't run. He's pulling Light closer as the words run through his mind like a skipping record, in his shock.]
Someday we're both going to die because we met each other, but... not here.
[The qualifier, "here", is the treaty, and binding. His breath quickens and he shifts forward, closes the gap between them in haste, leans in for a kiss as hungry as it is strange.
Here.
That's why I'm keeping you, here.]