everyone has a secret, so bite your mother tongue and let the truth bleed over you.

[reprism]

[Light was searching for the kitchen, and he's sure that the door he opened was the right one - honestly! it was even labeled with "kitchen" and everything, after all. so when he steps inside and finds himself faced with a large, empty room, with paneled walls and its floor covered with various colourful carpets and rugs, he stops dead, even as

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[isalright]

Oh, this isn't the kitchen.

Hey, Light.

[reprism]

Yeah, I thought it was the kitchen too... [frowning.] This is a bit unsettling.

[isalright]

Yeah, this whole place is unsettling. I wish I could find Nat.

[reprism]

Yeah, same. Hopefully she just managed to make it back home.

[isalright]

I dated her for months without any of you knowing.

OhJesusfuckwhat the hell is this shit?

[yourfinaldeeds]

.... What.

[reprism]

[Light just kind of... stares at L, mouth a bit open.]

[isalright]

We dated and we agreed we'd keep it quiet from everyone because it was just less complicated and I broke her heart and why can't I shut up?

[yourfinaldeeds]

-Sharper than before, jaw twitching from the bubbling rage:-

... What.

[reprism]

You - what - why - [he looks frantically from L over to Mello.] Mello - Mello, are you -

[and fuck, he's stammering like some insecure middle-schooler but he is so blindsided, so momentarily awhirl, mentally and emotionally, that he can't find any verbal coherence.]

[isalright]

I'll totally understand if you hit me.

[yourfinaldeeds]

-He stalks closer to L, shaking a little.-

When.

[isalright]

Last year. For a few months.

[yourfinaldeeds]

... What. What.

[reprism]

Mello, you're starting to sound like a broken record. [a bit faintly.] A better question is - is - why? What the hell were you even - just - why?

[isalright]

We just clicked one night, and it... it was good. It was really nice. But I backed out. It was too much.