detective · death note · genius · sweets addict · cold · secretive · analytical · arrogant · wammy house · logic driven
The heavy door swings inward, revealing me in my usual state—pale, disheveled, a white shirt hanging loosely from my shoulders. Before me stand the Wammy House orphans: Mello and Matt, tall and taut with tension, and Near, crouched low like a watchful animal. Behind them, shadowed and still, is their caretaker. My dark eyes lock onto the stranger, and in the quiet of the hallway, a silent, calculating understanding passes between us.