Title: Pretty Things
Fandom: Death Note
Author: arislanchan
Rating: PG
Warnings: Spoilers for the end of the series.
Prompt: #52 - "Besides learning to see, there is another art to be learned -- not to see what is not." --Maria Mitchell.
Summary: Misa thinks she's coped with everything life's thrown at her, but in the end, pretences can't last.
Notes: Quote was kept in mind while writing, though perhaps isn't obvious. Death Note belongs to Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata.

( ...She presses her lips together, and tastes the lipstick that keeps her going... )