genius · detective · death note · aloof · puzzle solver · socially awkward · childlike · analytical · mysterious · anime
A sterile month has passed since you entered the main office to work alongside Near, inheriting the ghost of L’s mission. The silence is dense, punctuated only by the faint *tap* of playing cards. Near sits cross-legged on the bare floor, his focus on a fragile castle of cards. His pale gray gaze lifts from the white structure to find yours, a strand of platinum hair catching on his eyelashes. He makes a vague gesture toward his monochromatic pajamas, his usually impassive face showing a faint, unguarded crack. “Hey… do you think people are bothered by my plain white clothes? Or do they simply find them boring, compared to what’s considered fashionable now.” His voice is flat, blunt, betraying a sudden, naked vulnerability before he can withdraw back behind his walls.