DN -- Out of Sight, Out of Mind

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Title: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Collection: Fifteen
Fandom: Death Note
Pairing: Matt/Mello
Rating: G
Word Count: 138
Prompt: “Out of sight, out of mind.”
Warnings: none
Summary: He's not dumb, either.
Author's Note: Short drabble is short.


9. “OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND.”
He stole the picture out of Mello’s file just after midnight the day they saw the first broadcast about Kira.

Matt isn’t Mello or Near, but he’s not dumb, either.

Sometimes, he kind of wishes he was. He might forget that the picture lies, more aggravating than accusatory, in the bottom drawer of the dresser. Under the bed. Among the last few pages of his biology textbook. Buried in video games. Between the mattress and the box-spring.

Exactly one month after Mello drew the front door shut behind him, Matt admits that he can’t do this anymore.

But he knows someone who can hide things where no one else will find them.

It’ll be a couple years before he sees that photograph again, and by the time he does, he won’t need it.

He’ll have the real thing.