A/N: This came from a meme on LiveJournal where you put your iPod on shuffle, and write a ficlet for the first ten songs that popped up. It can be any fandom, any pairing, whatever you want, but you only have the length of the song to write it. This drabble was done using the song "Till Kingdom Come" by Coldplay.
Don't ever leave me. Those were the first words that Matt had uttered when he saw Mello packing up. Don't ever leave me, Mello, don't abandon me, don't run away like an idiot and leave me here surrounded by these strangers.
Grubby hands, tired faces, blank expressions in childish eyes. Matt doesn't want that. He wants Mello. He needs Mello to guide him, to hold his hands and whisper to him in the golden Wammy afternoons that he will never, ever go.
As he grows up, he's less naïve. Mello left. Mello abandoned him. Then Why did Matt still stand outside of that bedroom door, leaning on it, begging to be let inside?
Because he would do anything for Mello if it came down to it. He would die for Mello, forgive his sins, wipe away his tears… Love him, care for him, kiss him and hold him. He would wait for Mello when the end of the world drew near (which was becoming apparent in this case). He would sacrifice himself if it meant letting Mello go on.
He'd wait if he had to.
"Mello."
Sunshine on his tongue and arms around him, holding him in this single quiet moment. "Yes?"
"Would you wait for me… if the end of the world came?"
He needed the response. Needed to hear the words. That Mello wouldn't leave him again, wouldn't abandon him like he had so long ago, wouldn't vanish and leave Matt searching like that.
Mello pulls his chin and rests their foreheads together, the most tender thing Matt's ever experienced.
"Always, Matt. I'd wait."