"The Master is the soul survivor of his family therefore he is the air to the throne and will be king when he becomes twenty years of age. The Master, is still only young, but I am to believe he is two years your senior. You will do as the Master instructs you, no matter what it is he wants of you, you will do it! You are not to talk to the Master unless you are given permission." Said a man as he walked down the long corridor. "I don't know why I'm telling you this; you probably can't understand a word I'm saying!"

-Knock- -Knock-

"Master Miheal, Are you in? I have something for you." Said the man.

"How many times must you be told not to call me by that name!?" Snapped a voice from the other side of the door.

The man opened the door and bowed down. "I'm sorry, Master."

"Very well. You said you have something for me?" Said the boy. He had short blonde hair, blue eyes and was dressed in black. He was stood near the window; he turned round to face his butler.

The butler pulled on a chain he had in his hand, throwing it to the floor quickly followed by the redheaded boy attached to it. The boy was on his knees in the middle of the floor, a metal dog collar around his neck and nothing on but a white sheet he held tightly wrapped around him. "W-what is the meaning of this!?" The blonde boy shouted at the elder man.

"He is a pet for your twelfth birthday. I know he is a week or two late but none the less he is a present for you." The man said.

"But he's a human being not a dog! You can't just take someone from their home and keep them as a dog!!" He yelled angrily.

"Master he was bought. Not stolen. He doesn't have any home to go back to. If you don't want him I can take him back, where he will more than likely be killed for been useless." The man told the boy. The man walked over to the red head boy and grabbed hold of the chain attached to his collar; he started to pull on the chain. The boy was scared; he tried to pull away from the butler.

"Leave him."

"Master?"

"I said leave him! Drop the chain and get out!!" He shouted.

"I shall send your dinner up when it is done, Master." The butler said and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him.

The blonde stood and watched the redhead grab hold of the sheet that had fallen off, and covered himself up with it. "Um, are y...err...I." The blonde muttered. He took a deep breath and knelt down in front of the other boy; he was scared and shaking. "I'm sorry about this. My name is Mello. Do you have a name? Wait of course you have a name. I mean why wouldn't you..." Mello babbled.

"Mail."

"Of course you have a...huh, what?" Mello asked realising the other boy was talking.

"My name, it's Mail." He said, with a slightly sad look.

"Well you can have a new name! Your new name will be...it will be...aha! Your new name is Inu-Matt!" He smirked, holding his hand, as if to shake his. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!" Mello screamed. Mello's hand was in Matt's mouth; Matt was biting him. Mello pushed Matt and he fell to the floor. "What was that for!?" Mello shouted, looking at his other hand; he could see Matt's teeth marks and it was bleeding slightly.

"I...I'm not a dog! I'm not! I...I'm Matt!" He told Mello, as he started to cry.

Mello's eyes widened. "I...I was only..." Mello started but stopped when the door flew open.

"Master, are you alright? We heard you..." The butler man from before looked at Mello's hand and then looked to Matt. He grabbed hold of Matt and threw him to the wall. He started to hit Matt.

Mello didn't register what was going on, until he saw Matt's white sheet on the floor. "No! Stop it! Stop it!" Mello shouted at the top of his voice. The butler 

ignored him and kept hitting Matt. "I order you to stop!!" Mello ran over to the man and tried pull him off of Matt. The butler swung his hand back smacking Mello in the face.

The man stopped hitting Matt and looked at Mello. "I'm so sorry, are you...?"

"Get out! I will deal with you later! Get out! Get out!" He practically screamed. The man left as fast as he could. Mello ran to Matt and knelt down in front of him. "Are you...are you okay?" Matt didn't say anything. He got on to his hands and knees and started to crawl towards his white sheet, he fell down. Matt tried to get up and grab it but kept falling on his face. Mello picked up the sheet and covered Matt up. Mello pulled him to his feet and helped him walk into the bathroom. "I know there are two in here but this one's easier to fill, so you can get in this one." Mello told him. Matt didn't answer him again.

Mello put Matt in the bath. "Huh, why are there bruises on the inside part of your leg?" Mello asked.

Matt looked at where Mello was about to clean. "W-wait! You can't clean down there!" Matt said his face bright red as he moved Mello's hands.

"Wha-? Were both boys!"

"It's not that! Y...you just can't!" Matt exclaimed. Mello ignored him and tried to anyway. They were both pulling on the flannel. Mello slipped forward and fell into the bath. Mello sat up and wiped his face with his hand.

"I...I...I'm sorry!" Matt said.

"Hahahaha!" Mello laughed. "I thought you'd have given up but you didn't!" Mello smiled and started to laugh again. Matt smiled a little.

"There we go!" Mello said as he pulled the bottoms up on Matt. "I know there kinda small but you're taller than me...so my pyjamas will be small on you, but 

we'll get you some that fit you tomorrow, okay?" Mello climbed into bed. He looked over at Matt; he was laid on the floor. "What're you doing?"

"S-sleeping." Matt said quietly.

"Get up here!" Mello told him. Matt climbed in next to Mello. He looked at Matt; his red hair was covering most of his face. "You can stay here with me for as long as you want, Matt." Mello smiled softly at him.

Matt's face turned red. He put his arms around Mello and buried his head into chest. "What if I wanna stay with you forever?"

Mello nodded. "Then you can." He smiled at Matt.

"Really?"

Mello put his arms round Matt and hugged him. "Yep. Even if something happens to this home, we'll find a new one together!" Mello yawned and they both fell asleep.

End of chapter 1. Please review. Thanx for reading. As soon as I've finished this story I will...I will be writting a second part to 'the readheaded thief' I will! I just need to think of a decnt plot for it :p