L watched Gin approach, feeling an uncomfortable knot in his stomach that he pretended wasn't there. Gin had outsmarted him, and it still stung.
So when Gin seemed genuinely not to have known that Hojo was still alive and well and plying his trade, that knot loosened a little.
'Yes, Gin,' L thought, 'he was alive this whole time, and it was my doing.' L couldn't quite stop the tiniest, briefest flicker of a smirk, and he almost hoped Gin actually caught it before L wiped it from his face.
"Professor Hojo will be a permanent resident here, for the foreseeable future," he said, slightly unnecessarily, but it felt good to rub it in.
Unfortunately, the foreseeable future right now lasted until Hojo met the Arrancar and inevitably wanted to study them. Depending on how he acted then, the future might become a very short period of time, and L had no intention of stepping in if that was the case.
If someone did get him, it couldn't possibly happen to someone more deserving. Even if L probably needed him.
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Date: 2015-01-12 01:18 am (UTC)So when Gin seemed genuinely not to have known that Hojo was still alive and well and plying his trade, that knot loosened a little.
'Yes, Gin,' L thought, 'he was alive this whole time, and it was my doing.' L couldn't quite stop the tiniest, briefest flicker of a smirk, and he almost hoped Gin actually caught it before L wiped it from his face.
"Professor Hojo will be a permanent resident here, for the foreseeable future," he said, slightly unnecessarily, but it felt good to rub it in.
Unfortunately, the foreseeable future right now lasted until Hojo met the Arrancar and inevitably wanted to study them. Depending on how he acted then, the future might become a very short period of time, and L had no intention of stepping in if that was the case.
If someone did get him, it couldn't possibly happen to someone more deserving. Even if L probably needed him.