Here and Now by blackdragonflower
Chapter Six: Misfortune
Characters belong to Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata
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"Hey Sayu I'm going out." The brunette nodded and waved.
"Alright. See you when you get back Mello-kun!"
Mello smiled a bit and gently closed the Yagami family door behind him. He walked to their garage and grinned mischievously at the motorcycle he had rented. He straddled the bike and put the key in the engine. The blonde missed the familiar hum of a motorcycle engine. He missed it dearly. He grinned joyfully when the ignition started without a hitch. He tore out of the garage as fast as the speed limits would let him. He preferred riding without a helmet. It let him experience the truest feeling of speed. He wove through the streets and passed by a police car, a man sporting an afro driving. What looked like his partner had spikier hair. The blonde was crossing through an intersection when he noticed the car barreling towards him out of nowhere pursued by multiple cop cars. He rapidly turned left to avoid the car and did so, just barely. It sent his bike skidding and it fell to the side throwing him off.
Mello's face was on fire as he tumbled across pavement. The bike slammed into the side of a building and exploded into flames. It was just Mello's luck that his tumbling ended him right near the flames. He cussed feeling the burning embers lick up the side of his neck and face. He tried getting up to remove himself from harm's way but was too weak. He reached up to the prized possession around his neck and closed his hand around it tightly. Slowly he pulled himself towards safety. It was like he was a demon born from the pits of hell and he was trying desperately to escape the master's call. Mello didn't want to die; he had too much to live for. The smoke choked him, burned the insides of his nostrils and lungs and he finally passed out.
When he woke he was staring at white walls. The left side of his face and neck burned. The blonde turned onto his right side his body aching. 'Why can't I open my left eye?' The blonde tried to touch the left half of his face but only encountered bandages. "What's going on?" He muttered to himself trying to piece things together. He remembered the accident, going down, his body aching like hell -couldn't forget that-, and the flames. So, by easy calculations Mello assumed he was in the hospital and they were treating his wounds. He was left to wonder though, what wounds did he have?
Despite his body's pain he tried to get out of the bed. Just as he was getting sat up a nurse came in her expression shocked before she hurried to his side. "Really sir... Please relax... You're going to irritate the burns."
Mello hated being treated like a child. It was demeaning and aggravated the hell out of him. "Burns? What burns?"
"Well... you see when you arrived here you had burns all down the left side of your face, neck, and a tad bit across your left shoulder."
"I WHAT?!" Mello growled. As you could imagine he was quite angry. He did prize his looks after all and he had no idea how this would affect his handsomeness, or rather -in his opinion- sexiness. The nurse flinched clutching her clipboard tightly. It was as if she could just break into a thousand tiny pieces. "...Sorry..."
"Um sir... We need some information from you... since you're awake..." Mello held his head. How long had he been out?
"Yeah... fine... How long have I been out?"
"Well you were rushed here rather quickly so maybe about six or seven hours."
'Aw fuck.' Mello slumped back into his pillows. Sayu must be worried sick about him. "What information do you need?"
"First your name..."
Mello snickered to himself then replied, "Yagami Michael." The nurse wrote it down and nodded.
"And do you have a number we could contact?"
"Yes... it's a cell phone number though... is that alright?"
"That will do." The blonde sighed. He didn't realize how tired he was. He gave the nurse Sayu's cell phone number. After a few more questions about how he was and random information about his person Mello was given some painkillers. "Please take these they'll help you sleep."
"... Alright." Mello offered no fight and took the medicine. He was getting drowsy already. He managed to keep his eyes awake so he could mutter, "Please... when you call her... tell her I said I'm doing okay..."
The nurse smiled weakly and bowed her head. "I'll do that for you Yagami-san."
"Thank you."
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Ten points for those that guess the random police officers. Tee hee. I'm sorry this chapter is so short. I could have put this chapter and the next together but I wanted to split them into two so, sorry! Hee hee. Omg...chapter seven coming up already? It shall be called "Imperfection". Poor Mello-kun he must hurt, a lot. So yeah... see you when I update next chapter! Oh, how will Sayu react? Much more important... how will Mello react when he gets to see his own face? :-giggle-: I'm sure he won't be too happy...
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