The explanation of everything that had lead up to this point, took until nightfall. But the mirror image versions of himself and Watari were now completely up to date.

And thankfully, you and L had a place to stay for the night. Quincy was the female version of Watari after all, she wasn't about to let the male version of her daughter go without a bed for the night. Thanks to them, you and L were able to gather some supplies you'd be needing to survive hopping universes. Food, charging cable for L's phone, batteries for the remote, water etc. But the conversation wasn't going to end with the offer of supplies, the girls had questions.

"If you're me but a guy, we've had the exact same lives right? Aside from the gendered stuff- you've never experienced cramps you lucky bastard" Girl L said.

"Pretty much. We had the same parental issues, abandonment, education and eventual detective work..." Your L replied.

"That's so weird to think about, someone out there has lived my exact life..."

"It was weird when I found out about it too"

You were used to the brain melting reactions mortals got from finding out these kinds of things, but the L's were oddly calm about it all. Even if it was melting their brains they were taking it well externally.

"So this Kira guy- or it'd be a girl for us. It happens in 2006, in Japan and the guy is called Light Yagami?" Girl L asked.

"Yes. Although I'm not sure what the swapped name would be... Light is written with the kanji for moon so I'd guess maybe... the kanji for sun? And some kind of name about darkness?" Your L replied.

"Hmm... I'll keep an eye out for Yagami's with solar or darkness names then..."

L turned to you, wondering if you had any idea what this universes version of Light would be. You shrugged, you'd not looked it up when you had the access too it.

"Dunno man, sorry. I only ever looked into your counterpart not Lights. But if she's got the information about Kira and the death note anyway, then she can stop the case before it even happens so you'd probably not even have to come into contact with Light" you pointed out.

"Oh yeah! Wow maybe it's a good thing you guys showed up here. I can stop the entire Kira case from happening in the first place now" Girl L said.

You nodded, and she tilted her head at you. You got the same look from your L when he first saw you, the analysis look.

"Are you in the wall? Or on it?" She asked.

"On it, I can move off it but I need to be anchored to something mostly flat or I'll just fold over like paper" you replied, taking your arm off the wall to demonstrate.

She, just like your L had, grabbed it and felt it's weight. Light as a feather. And looked at it from the side, so thin she couldn't even see it. She really was L's counterpart, she had the exact same reactions.

"Can you feel?" She asked.

"Yeah, but it's very faint in this form. I can't be in my true form outside of my time room, I'd probably explode..." you replied.

She winced at the thought, the image in her mind something like a star collapsing. All this new knowledge both intrigued and confused her to a degree, she wondered how her male counterpart was so used to this by now.

"I have to say, somehow I'm not surprised a version of L has gotten himself into this mess. You all seem to have a habit of getting yourselves into danger" Quincy said.

"I suppose your dad is always getting you out of trouble too huh?" Girl L asked.

"Oh yeah, all the time" your L replied.

"Just like me then" Quincy chuckled.

Strangely, the long conversation felt almost familial to L. As if these women were his family members. A twin sister and a mother figure in a way. Which did make sense, they were the gender swapped versions of himself and his dad. But something was warm and... joyful, talking to them. They were probably the only people that would ever understand him on such a deep personal level.

You'd observed the conversation, jumped in whenever you had to explain something about the multiverse. But mostly let them be, have their chat and get to be happy together for a while. But it seems that the interactions you had with your L didn't go unnoticed by the girls.

"You know, I get it. I get why you kept in touch with (y/n) after no clipping. I'd do it to, they're fascinating" Girl L said.

"They are aren't they? Not just the whole cosmic being thing, their personality and domineer too" your L replied.

If you could blush in this form, you would have. In fact you could faulty feel where your cheeks would be heat up a little. Maybe it was the fact your kind don't exactly have set genders or sexualities, you like what you like and identify however you want. But getting complimented by BOTH L's made you a little flustered.

"Ah- stop it you two" you chuckled.

"Honestly I take some kind of comfort knowing the guardian of the multiverse isn't some cruel god, but a rather chilled out bunch of stars who's just doing their best to do their job" Quincy said.

"Same, I know guy me can fix this whole thing if he's got (y/n) on his side" girl L added.

Well, it was a relief things ended up ok in this universe. Tomorrow morning you and L would jump to the next one, able to at least narrow the options down a bit more using what you'd learnt from this one. It'd become very late, and past lights out for the orphanages kids. While girl L obviously had her own room that was the equivalent of your L's back home, there was an empty room available for you and L to stay the night in. So when it finally got late enough for the long conversation to end, that's where you headed.

You'd not actually slept in this form before... it was hard to get comfortable spread out on the floor, but you weren't going to make L sleep on the floor when he was the one with a 3D body.

By 2am, you were laying awake in the dark, L half asleep in bed beside you. You just couldn't seem to get comfortable in this form, sitting up on a wall felt a lot different to lying down on a floor. You shifted, trying to get comfortable when the form of your arm accidentally interacted with the bedside table and knocked it slightly.

"Ow-" you muttered, forgetting you could still interact with objects in this form for a moment.

"(Y/n) just get in bed..." L's half asleep voice made you jump.

You looked over, he'd shifted over and left some space for you. The mattress was flat enough for you to attach to so... you definitely could.

"Dude it's your orphanage and you're the 3D one" you said.

"And you're struggling to sleep in a 2D form, you need to be rested for the next universe. Sure you can feel in this form but not as much as in your normal one. So if I accidentally whack you, you'll barely feel it right?" L replied.

He wasn't wrong. You know what, fuck it. You slipped from the floor, up the wall and then onto the bed. It was much softer, warmer and more comfortable. It still felt a bit weird to be trying to sleep in your 2D form, but it was better than the floor.

"Thanks L" you muttered.

"Goodnight, (y/n)" he smiled, pulling the blanket back up.

You couldn't exactly cuddle him well in this form, but at the very least you could wrap your arm around his and keep some peace of mind knowing he was right there next to you, and not lost in the multiverse without you.