[THREAD] Don't want to be a bad guy

[vigilancy]

Who: Light Yagami [vigilancy], Shikamara Naru [lazyish], and Tohru Adachi [cabbagecop]
Where: NGPD HQ
When: Tuesday afternoon
Summary: ... Let's talk.
Rating: Let's say R.
Other: This is not precisely as intended.

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[lazyish]

Shikamaru hadn't let his guard down. Grief hadn't blinded him to the possibility that he might still be suspected of murder. If anything, the risk was much higher now. His father couldn't protect him the way he'd protected Yosuke from the law, and the timing of Vargret's disappearance... If he was anyone else, he'd be suspecting himself too.

He was confident though. Just like he'd told Yosuke, they could suspect him all they wanted... In the end, there was no proof that could hold him. Circumstantial evidence never won a trial alone. He just needed to keep on living as if he'd never killed the man who had replaced his father as Chief of Police.

So when he finished his coffee and exited the break room to find Light waiting for him, he paused and said casually, "Hey, what's up, Light?"

[cabbagecop]

Really, Adachi could care less about the investigation of Shikamaru. As long as they didn't figure out what had happened with Deidara, he wasn't involved. After all, he hadn't been the one to fuck up the tranny fag, although he had certainly considered the idea once or twice.

But, well, Shikamaru was a smart kid. Maybe a bit too smart. It wouldn't hurt to find out what he knew. So when Light suggested the interrogation Adachi happily went along with it, and here he came down the hall, a bright smile on his face and his arms loaded with paperwork.

"Oh, hey, guys!" he said cheerfully.

[vigilancy]

"Hey, Shikamaru." Light flashed the boy a small, polite smile as he entered the hallway. If this questioning were to succeed, Light would need to rely heavily on the element of surprise - catch Shika off guard - so Light now took extra care not to let on that anything was amiss.

Adachi arrived just as Light had been preparing to begin delivering the explanation to Shika he'd mentally rehearsed while waiting in the hallway. Light turned to his partner with that same small, polite smile and greeted him with a nod - "Hey, Adachi." He then turned his attention back to Shikamaru, shifting the file to his other hand.

"Shikamaru, glad we caught you here. We actually came across something relevant to the investigation into your father's disappearance and we were hoping you might have some insight that could help us out." Light gestured for Shikamaru to walk with him down the hallway, toward the interview rooms.

[lazyish]

Shikamaru wasn't fooled. Sure, there was the possibility that this was really about his dad, but if that was true, then why would they bother with the interrogation room?

He didn't let his suspicion show, which was easy with a face that never expressed much beyond sleepiness. Shikamaru nodded twice, once to Tohru in greeting and again to Light in agreement. Light was bringing in backup too? Along with leading him in with a lie? Maybe they actually had something.

"Guessing you guys haven't found him though, huh," he murmured with disappointment, starting to walk where he'd been directed.