Okay, yes. I know. It's a bit of a stupid title, but you're just going to have to deal with that. It's better than "Death Note Drabbles," or at least I think it is.
Like I said, these will be a whole bunch of drabbles. A lot of them will be for the "Wammy's House Union" 10 themes challenge. (the irhome.fc2web.c om take out the spaces.)
This particular drabble is one of the themes, "Mark." I wrote this quite a while ago, shortly after I got volume ten.
Character(s): Mello
Setting: page.85 or thereabouts.
Spoilers: mild, page.76
Mark
The woman was going out again.
Quickly, Mello prepared to follow her. He shrugged on his jacket and slid wide sunglasses onto his face. Loosed a section of hair from behind his ear.
Just like always.
It had become instinct now: stay inside as much as possible. Hide face when venturing outside.
Even the miniscule jerks and flicks of his head that allowed more hair to fall in front of his face had become second nature.
Mello hated it. It left a bitter taste in his mouth and stomach, even more because he knew how necessary it was. If he wanted to stay alive, if he wanted to retain a heart that worked correctly, he had to hide his face. Especially his scar, which Mello thought stood out far too much, conspicuously screaming "explosion victim."
The scar and the necessity of hiding his face were reminders (as if he'd ever forget) of his failure against Kira. They were reminders that Kira had something on him, Kira had his name, and that Mello was already in a desperately dangerous situation. They were reminders that Mello skirmished with Kira and lost.
Mello hated losing.
But he had to hide his face.