Author's Note: I'm trying to figure out characterization…And drabble writing…
9/27/08: Moved this from my old account, so if it looks familiar, that's why.
Disclaimer. –fan--fiction. Meaning that it's not mine. Inspired by 'Getting Along' (dA) and by the amv 'Mirror (NearxMelloxMatt)' (youtube).
White Chocolate
Well, this is a first…
Snap, and Mello has broken off a piece of the chocolate and is chewing on it noisily. Near ignores this, keeps his face turned down, eyes on his puzzle, even as Mello looms over him.
"I'm catching up to you, Near." This was true, and seemed to have given Mello a confidence boost. But the fact that Mello was in the mood to be confrontational did not mean that Near had to meet him at the same level.
"Yes." Still, he did not look up. He knew this would cut Mello deeply, perhaps chip away Mello's renewed self-assurance. Near knew that he interpreted it as disinterest and disrespect. That it fed his inferiority complex.
And Near intended to pour as much salt into the wound as he could before it healed.
Right now Mello defined himself by Near. Completely understandable, Near was the only one (better than Mello) on Mello's level but still ridiculous, and possibly his only Achilles' heel. Whammy's house was not the place to let someone else shape you. Near was not the person to be shaped by. Especially since he was Near's only real threat, his only real challenger.
"That's it, then." Crack, another piece was in Mello's mouth, and he was walking away, not nearly victorious but not nearly broken either.
That was good, because despite Near's contradictory body language and needling, he truly respected the other, as an equal, as a rival.
As a definition.
As long as Mello didn't think that eating white chocolate would frighten him, that is.
A/N: Again, inspired (plotbunny) by 'Getting Along' by Anime-2000 of dA. Mello had white chocolate. Also inspired by the amv 'Mirror (NearxMelloxMatt)' by MattxGameboy of youtube.
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