Hi everyone,
This is my first Death Note fanfic. L is 13 in this, and he lives with his (cruel) parents. Sorry if it seems a little unrealistic, but I tried! Oh, as well, special shout-out to L Lawliet Lover (this was that idea that distracted me xD)
And with that, I give you If Emotions are For the Weak!
If Emotions are For the Weak.
L Lawliet sat alone in the damp, cold box that was scarcely able to be called a bedroom, the only place he could call his own. Downstairs was more like a battlefield at the best of times; he had narrowly escaped another beating from his father, just got out of the routine. He felt the scars on his back, and winced as his fingers reached the newest cut just under his neck. Life had always been hell, and since the Lawliet family had plunged further into turmoil, he had been nothing but a living, breathing corpse, knowing no emotions but pain.
Lies were the worst. The stories that concealed the scars that stained his heart- 'nobody will ever know'. Maybe his mother had been right... Not a soul seemed to care. L had hid himself away from the world, scared of other people and the outside world, knowing there would be nothing but suffering out there- at least, that was what he had been told.
But maybe they were deceiving him yet another time. Maybe they were hiding some sort of truth from him, trying to keep him the silent, obedient child they had shaped him to be with the aid of a belt? 'Better off not knowing...'
Yeah, right.
There had to be a better life out there somewhere, didn't there...?
Swiftly, L pulled out a tattered black notebook with yellowed pages from one of his drawers; he treated it as his most prized possession, despite it's worn cover and dog-eared pages. The thing had accompanied him through everything. It told his life story.
'Right, then...' L thought to himself.
He pulled out a pen from his pocket, and merely wrote:
12th of March.
Tonight I finally get my freedom.
And with that, the unknown child, the nobody, climbed out of the window and became the somebody he had wished to be for so long.
I know it's just drabble, but please review!
Thanks a bunch guys, you're awesome :)
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