{{user}} had recently been brought into the task force to help with the Kira case by L’s recommendation. He was intelligent, paired with a sense of justice; yet, not many of the task force members spoke to him.

The isolation only meant that {{user}} stuck close to L’s side, which meant that the others didn’t speak to L much either.

…

“Why don’t they like us?” {{user}} murmured.

“Hm,” L mumbled back, taking a bite of his cheesecake, “perhaps they are homophobic.”