* &. kiraeity, light yagami.
there has always been an oddity to the other man, one that has always felt foreign [ … 𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖊𝖓 ]. every movement ryuzaki makes is taken in by CURIOUS GLANCES, each one dedicated to make sense of the madness. but to you he is so understood while being an 𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚙𝚞𝚣𝚣𝚕𝚎. ( you don’t mind it he will be your lifelong case. ) these words of praise lick at an ego that already teeters, bound to fall back to this earthly realm at any minute. they are so RARE here, a mythological beast rearing it’s head &.* calling out catch me; though other places they are 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 just like that / you’re so good for me. for once, do you have the 𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅; do you know something he does not? or are you TWO STEPS BEHIND, always in such hot pursuit but never able to catch up? he pushes such harsh thoughts away roughly, basking in the shining light of the 𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, slight smile on his lips.
“ from the brief look i had since receiving this file last night, not really. i have some THEORIES, but i need to gather more evidence. i’m sure you already came to the same conclusion. “ he cannot ignore the way ryuzaki looks at him, the way he 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 with a simple glance; this is the price he pays, the toll of atoning at the feet of coeus. &.* so he digs for the route he knows, the one he has lived through. “ i’m sure you’ve already ordered for their houses to be tapped &.* wired, but i think that we have to focus on these three the most. “ digit moves between the pictures of three men, bound together by 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝖔𝖋 𝖆 𝖙𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖓. reiji namikawa / kyosuke higuchi / eiichi takahashi. not chosen without lack of judgement, records of strange behaviour starting from when KIRA resumed his reign anyone with morals would buckle under the lives taken at their hands. “ i think if someone were to contact one of them SECRETLY, we could find out more information. hey, is everything alright? you’re acting a little strange today. “
how s t r a n g e it feels to be 𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖈𝖊𝖎𝖛𝖊𝖉. to what strange behavior was light referring to? was it the way ryuzaki’s eyes can’t stop 𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐? is it the way his hands are starting to 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞 from too much 𝚌𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚎 and not enough 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱? or maybe it has to do with how his nose twitches when his eyes start to 𝗳𝗹𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 to a close as a way to . no one has ever known these things about him before, no one was able to get 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 to the man before. he hadn’t even been seen until now. piece by piece, he can feel his wall being torn down, he can feel more 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 breaking through, can feel warmth come to 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚢 skin. and it’s all thanks to the person sitting beside him, the one he’s bound to, whether it be by this clunky metal chain or some invisible string of fate that’s seemed to follow them. light yagami —— DO YOU KNOW HOW YOU’VE CHANGED ME?
“ i’m fine, don’t worry about me, light - kun. ” he’s exhausted, but when isn’t he? when does 𝔢𝔵𝔥𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 cease to follow him, to drag at his heels, to tug at his shirt and beg to be carried like some 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥. thumb rests gently against lower lip, eyes scan the screens in front of him, almost as if he were scanning for some kind of idea. infiltrate the yotsuba group. . . matsuda was occupied with misa, yagami - san wasn’t charismatic enough, and mogi. . . perhaps it would be best to 𝔬𝔲𝔱𝔰𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔠𝔢 for this one. some people come to mind, but the one that stands out the most —— aiber. he was the 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 con artist ryuzaki knew, 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 he’d be able to get close to yotsuba should the opportunity arise. in order to potentially save this man, however, he’d keep this information a 𝔰𝔢𝔠𝔯𝔢𝔱 until it became relevant. “ as for this. . . 𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖙𝖆𝖈𝖙. . . i have an idea, but you’ll just have to 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐞 until yotsuba makes a move. ”