@meroniaevent day 3: Furby + Rebirth
What if, when Mello died and went to heaven, God said “you need to make amends with your rival before you can proceed,” and sent his spirit back to Earth?
However, he needs a vessel. Conveniently, Near is in possession of a body perfectly suited to the task, with manipulable electricity and capacity for speech, in the form of a beautiful tentacled custom furby.
Mello is horrified. Near is delighted.
It takes a while for Mello to make peace with his new form - by all accounts, sparks fly (more literally than metaphorically, at least at the beginning) But eventually, he learns to exist within it.
Near prepares for him a new outfit, suited to his aesthetic preferences, and gets assistance on cases (more competitive on Mello’s end, pointing out flaws in Near’s work, but Near appreciates it all the same)
Their relationship grows. Evolves. Blossoms into something strange and beautiful. All who witness it are scarred for life. But they don’t care. What they have is special. Wonderful and unnerving and special. This is heaven now.
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(Text description flowed out of my fingers while half asleep the other morning, and it’s only just now I’m rereading it. This goes up nearly unedited. Half asleep / fully asleep brain, my best friend forever. Your words will remain unsullied)
(I have several wips for this concept laying around and have grown awfully attached to furby!Mello au. 💘 Thanking everyone who has listened to me talk about it and given inspiration 🥹🥹🥹 You know who you are)
