[L really doesn't believe that he's reading too much into the situation. He also knows that Mello's aversion to losing face goes beyond what most people could live with, so he's willing to let the boy have this one. Much the way he'd put his mouth on Mello, when the boy all but begged for sexual contact, but never removed his own pants.
He wonders, distantly, if that "four or five percent" will involve more of the same, or if Mello is too proud to ever ask again, drunk or sober.]
What things?
[Because he's genuinely curious, about how Mello is going to try to turn this around on him.]
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He wonders, distantly, if that "four or five percent" will involve more of the same, or if Mello is too proud to ever ask again, drunk or sober.]
What things?
[Because he's genuinely curious, about how Mello is going to try to turn this around on him.]