[Now L does drink, just a small sip, but it's strong stuff, and he's already in far.]

Commitment's not for everyone.

[It's for him in a warped sort of way. He doesn't say so, but he doesn't do casual; he does deathmatch obsession, until the end, until forever's silent tomb.]

Does she? I had thought it was a one-time thing, under unusually inviting circumstances.

[A kindness for Mello, maybe. He knows in his bones that it would have happened again if she hadn't felt bad about it on his account, if L hadn't set a boundary for his sake.]

Don't walk. She cares for you, and that's not easy to find.