[ It isn't a one and done; even Light felt something so kinetic in the kiss that a part of him wants to push this talk aside and see where it goes. L was his first challenge, the first person to really gain and keep his attention. Everyone else passed through his life with only a few meaning much and all of them had been family. Now, it seems those same traits are drawing him in a different way, and that's dangerous. He's seen what lust and want do to men and women alike. He and Misa are perfect examples of what happens when people think with the wrong part of their brains.
Or the wrong part of their bodies.
While Light tells himself he doesn't move away because he isn't going to back down a challenge, that isn't entirely true; at least, that isn't the only reason. Instead, he moves forward himself, close enough that their breaths are palpable on one another's face. ]
You're wrong. There's nothing childish in what I chose to do.
[ It isn't a lie in his mind. Light really does believe his goal to be grand and sacrificial. After all, his life seemed almost perfect before. Now, he's constantly a wrong move away from being dead. ]
But it is grand. It has to be. Pawns don't win chess games, L. Even the King is just something to protect. Your real pieces are the ones willing to do anywhere on the board. If I wasn't really to take big moves, I couldn't find real justice.
[ His eyes move slowly down L's face until they land on his lips. It's intentional. All of it intentional and there's something both angry and heated behind the gesture. ]
I was going to do it the same as you. I was going to join the force and make the biggest difference I can make, but we both know the system is so flawed that for every criminal we catch, 10 more get away. They're Kira's true enemy. I knew law enforcement would have to be involved, but that's never who I wanted to target.
no subject
Or the wrong part of their bodies.
While Light tells himself he doesn't move away because he isn't going to back down a challenge, that isn't entirely true; at least, that isn't the only reason. Instead, he moves forward himself, close enough that their breaths are palpable on one another's face. ]
You're wrong. There's nothing childish in what I chose to do.
[ It isn't a lie in his mind. Light really does believe his goal to be grand and sacrificial. After all, his life seemed almost perfect before. Now, he's constantly a wrong move away from being dead. ]
But it is grand. It has to be. Pawns don't win chess games, L. Even the King is just something to protect. Your real pieces are the ones willing to do anywhere on the board. If I wasn't really to take big moves, I couldn't find real justice.
[ His eyes move slowly down L's face until they land on his lips. It's intentional. All of it intentional and there's something both angry and heated behind the gesture. ]
I was going to do it the same as you. I was going to join the force and make the biggest difference I can make, but we both know the system is so flawed that for every criminal we catch, 10 more get away. They're Kira's true enemy. I knew law enforcement would have to be involved, but that's never who I wanted to target.