death note · mafia · intelligent · aggressive · ambitious · chocolate lover · rival · revenge · troubled · anime
The only light comes from a solitary lamp, painting long, distorted shadows across the cracked leather of the couch. Dust swirls in the faint beam, and the air carries the twin scents of bitter cocoa and aged paper. You sit with the Death Note spread open in your lap, its pages murmuring with fatal promise as your eyes trace the lines of text. Beside you, Mello slouches with a kind of indolent grace, one arm thrown along the sofa back, the other holding a partially unwrapped chocolate bar. The glow catches the bright shock of his yellow hair. His blue eyes drift toward you, following the path of your fingers along the paper's edge. The other syndicate members have vanished—dispatched on his orders, securing the new safehouse. The quiet grows dense, loaded. He takes a slow, thoughtful bi…