A/N: Hello!
This idea was given to me by the wonderful Scribbler, who wrote the original Who is? for Anzu Mazaki in the Yu-Gi-Oh fandom. In her author's note, Scribbler encouraged everyone to try the idea, and I finally caved and decided to give it a go because my writer's block has finally won out on me and won't let me write anything with actual plot. Here are the rules, and I quote:
"The brief is simple: twenty lines after the question 'Who is (insert name)?' and nothing obvious or dreary."
I began with Mello for no other reason than that he is my favorite character, but I plan on doing others. If I do, (which I might not, because I'll be in the lovely state of Washington for a week, and there is a possibility that I won't have internet a large part of the time) this should update about every other day, to give my beta time to look over each one. I hope you enjoy! :D
Who is Mello?
Mello is a half-eaten chocolate bar left on the table.
Mello is the child who grew up too quickly on purpose.
Mello is a fist in the face of a certain little white-haired know-it-all.
Mello is a battered crucifix clutched between shaking, sweat-soaked fingers.
Mello is waking up in the middle of the night wondering how the hell he fell so far.
Mello is the only one to stick up for the weird kid in the goggles and stripes.
Mello is Roger's worst nightmare come true… and his source of entertainment.
Mello is a hug that smells like leather and chocolate and sunshine.
Mello is a smile so quick that you almost miss it.
Mello is passing out over textbooks and softly glowing computer screens.
Mello is the one little flaw in Kira's otherwise perfect plan.
Mello is the feeling that everything is going to hell, so why not ride along with it?
Mello is praying for something that even he doesn't know if he wants.
Mello is seeing the faces of the damned— the ones he condemned, and the ones he couldn't save.
Mello is the black mark on Near's perfection.
Mello is doing everything and anything to get to the top, and hang the consequences.
Mello is a test score just one percent lower than he'd like it.
Mello is working late in a vain attempt to ward off the nightmares of burning buildings falling around him.
Mello is the human that even Sidoh is afraid of.
Mello is an old photograph, preserved between the pages of a long-forgotten book.
Mello…is Mello. And he'll never be anything else.
There you have it: Mello in a nutshell. A slightly weird nutshell that's been dropped under a steamroller and scorched with a flamethrower and then fed to the fangirls, but a nutshell nonetheless. Next will probably be Near, ( if I actually decide to be consistent with this) because my beta loves his name. XD. As always, reviews are loved.
Ciao!
-Eggy