Spring/Summer 2004
Sunday sermon. Roger (65) is having a terrible day, terrible week, terrible year. He’s irritable, sleep-deprived and on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Mello (14) is sitting in the bench directly behind him (the annoying kids always get a seat in immediate proximity of Roger so he can control them better), stimming loudly with his rosary. Running his fingers along the beads so it makes a rrrrrtt sound. Every rrrrrtttt tugging at Roger’s nerves until he turns around full of hate, muttering
“Mello. Boy. If you don’t stop playing with that damn necklace, I’ll strange you with it.”
Mello pauses, stares him dead in the eyes, puts on his ugliest grin and whispers back ”I would like to see you try” >:) and keeps stimming.
Rrrrrt.
Rrrrtt.
Rrrrrrtttt.
Roger is fuming. He mutters some very questionable things to Mello (bf and I had a teacher blowing up in front of a class because they were all mocking him and he was saying things that don't make much sense in English but in German were very ambiguous - translated literally "I'll bang you all" and "You need some pressure from behind").
Mello listens calmly, grinning, stimming, Matt (14) at his side going :0c oooooooooooooooooo, Mello going
"Mhm mhm, that’s some very unchristian things you’re letting off right now. What will the vicar think if he knew you want to bang children, Roger?"
Roger is turning bright red. He has to force himself to shut up and in his head he screams "I HATE CHILDREN I HATE THIS FUCKING JOB SO MUCH". Roger has the biggest hate kick on Mello. The kids in Wammy's already drive him crazy with their whole attitude, but Mello -- he does it all on purpose. The little shit.
At the next inter-house sports match, Roger decides to get a little revenge. House Christie (Mello and Matt’s house) plays basketball against House Beale. Before the match, Roger takes aside a really beefy kid offering him a deal to “accidentally” smash Mello in the face with a basketball for a joyride in Roger’s prized Bentley (sleek, black, and absolutely overcompensating . the thing Crowley from Good Omens drives). The kid vigorously shakes hands, it’s a win-win for them.
(maybe he can get the kid to crash the car so Roger can be like oh noooo guess Wammy will have to get me that rolls Royce I’ve been asking for lol)
When the hit lands and Mello storms off with a bleeding nose, Roger quietly pumps a fist but quickly goes pretentiously all "NO NO NO TIME OUT” to the guy he bribed. Roger storms onto the edge of the court, voice rising for the whole gym to hear.
“That was completely uncalled for, young man! You’re off. I won’t have that sort of behaviour under my watch.”
He grabs the boy by the shoulder, steers him off like a scolding priest, and hisses under his breath:
“Good aim.”
As they leave, they pass Mello and Roger gives him a look. A look like Light gave L when L died in his arms. Maybe Mello even turns to see them pass the corner fist bumping and something clicks in Mello’s head. >:0cccc and he quietly whispers to himself