[L hadn't even looked back. And he's sorry for it, now; maybe if he had, he would have turned around and stayed. Maybe both of them wouldn't be unconscious in unsafe circumstances right now, if he had.
Shōyō, as gentle and affable as he is, occasionally misses being really seen by L, the way he sees other brooding geniuses like Light or Paul. It's his own shortcoming, he realizes; there is no shortage of things to see, just because they're different from what he knows. They deserve notice and recognition; they deserve soothing when they feel pain.
Whining is the least of what digs into L now, as he regards the redhead with a sort of respectful dismay. Maybe he hopes that he'll stay quiet, or that he'll finally break the tension with some lighthearted word of encouragement or jest.
In the end, it's just one word, and still a relief.]
Right... OK.
[He nods, gripping the handlebars and hopping up to perch precariously on them. He's absurdly light, more and more so as the waking world wastes his continuously sleeping body, but his limbs are long and gangly. He needs to tuck them close to avoid getting in the way of the spokes or the pedals.]
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Shōyō, as gentle and affable as he is, occasionally misses being really seen by L, the way he sees other brooding geniuses like Light or Paul. It's his own shortcoming, he realizes; there is no shortage of things to see, just because they're different from what he knows. They deserve notice and recognition; they deserve soothing when they feel pain.
Whining is the least of what digs into L now, as he regards the redhead with a sort of respectful dismay. Maybe he hopes that he'll stay quiet, or that he'll finally break the tension with some lighthearted word of encouragement or jest.
In the end, it's just one word, and still a relief.]
Right... OK.
[He nods, gripping the handlebars and hopping up to perch precariously on them. He's absurdly light, more and more so as the waking world wastes his continuously sleeping body, but his limbs are long and gangly. He needs to tuck them close to avoid getting in the way of the spokes or the pedals.]