Chapter 1

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Hi this is a co-authored story between Butterfly's Shadow (who will write Matt) and Kari Twilight Mist (who will write Mello).

Run Away With Me

The Beginning

Mello POV

I wouldn't cry. No matter what happened I wouldn't cry. L may be dead and the sheep may be the one to replace L… but all of that was temporary. Soon he would pay. I would be one million times better and bring Kira to his knees before the sheep even knew who the bastard was. I went to the room I shared with Matt and got out a cargo bag and began stuffing it with chocolate, clothes, money, and the like. "Mells?" I turned and saw a confused Matt looking up from his green Gameboy. He cocked his head to the side in confusion and I turned back to my bag.

"I'm leaving Matt. L is dead and I'm leaving." I stuffed some more chocolate into the sack and put on my trainers and my jacket. I put my rosary on and stuffed it under my shirt. I looked around the room to make sure there was nothing of mine left. When there wasn't I turned to leave. I stopped at the doorway and said "I'm sorry Matt. I have to do this alone." I opened the door and walked out of the large main room. I glanced at the wooden floors and high white ceilings that held no purpose for me anymore. I adjusted my satchel and walked out the front too to the gates. I had just exited the main gates when I heard an uneven, heavy, thudding run following me.

"WAIIIIIIIIIT MELLLOOOOOO!" I heard a familiar geek yell. He got within four meters of the gate then did a wheezing faceplant. "M-ell-o d-d-don't-"

I dropped my bag and rolled my eyes then hoisted Matt up by the shoulders. He was red-faced and panting from his stupid cigarette addiction that he paid for with hacking money and I constantly nagged him about it but his puppy eyes kept me from alerting Roger. "Matt what do you think you're doing?" I demanded. He held up a finger telling me to give him a second. When he was ready I was rewarded with a sobbing tackle to the ground.

"Don't leave me! Please Mells, I couldn't handle it! You're all I have!" He was getting snot all over my shirt and he had to lift his goggles so they wouldn't get filled with water. His tiny sniffling noises and big puppy eyes were making him hard to resist.

I grit my teeth trying to resist. "Matt it's too dangerous. I'll have to turn to crime and I don't want you involved." He looked at me harder, knowing his eyes' affect on me. "Matt no." He stuck out a wobbly bottom lip. "Aw hell. Fine! But you better not be any trouble!"

He jumped up and pulled me into a hug. "Thanks Mells! This will be great! I can hack us plane tickets and we can go to Japan and-"

"No Matt. We are not going on a vacation. No… I was thinking America. There are lots of powerful groups I can own in no time there. I'll have tons of power under my fingertips to use against Near."

He cocked his head to the side. "You mean like the Mafia?"

I grinned evilly. "Exactly. We have to go to a powerful one as far away from Near as possible. Meaning on the West Coast."

"Ooh like L.A.! There are lots of gangs in L.A.! See?" He reached into his bag and withdrew an old-looking game where you were a cop going after gang members. "We both know how to shoot and I can drive like no one's business. It'll be sweet!"

I sighed. "Matt what exactly is in your bag?"

He looked down and scuffed the toe of his shoe on the gravel. "Just some gaming systems, games, my laptop, my hacking equipment, clothes, and money."

I lifted his bag and realized there was no way he would be able to carry it with his strength. "Here take my bag" I said tossing it to him. "I'll carry yours but you owe me. Now come on we need to find a place to stay until we are set up to head to America." He nodded and slung the bag over his shoulder then followed behind me chattering about random things I ignored like a loyal puppy.

Matt POV

I had managed to hack into the airline network from a motel me and Mello rented for the night, just until we could get our tickets anyway. I sighed once I was done, stretching out then lay back on the only bed in the room. "Hey Matt, get off the bed." I turned to the demanding voice, seeing a freshly showered Mello tapping his foot on the floor. "We discussed this before, I get the bed."

I paused as I tried to remember that time. "No we didn't!" Did we? I watched Mello sigh, then walk over to me. He shut my laptop, tossing it aside on the chair before taking me by the ankles then dragged me off the funny smelling sheets and mattress. "Mello!" I flinched once my butt hit the floor, frowning up to the blonde who moved to the side of the bed then slid himself under the covers.

Mello always needed so much 'beauty sleep'. I didn't know why though, Mello didn't need that beauty bit. B-Because he was a boy! Boys would need 'handsome sleep', right?

"Go to bed, Matt." I heard from the top of the bed, making me peer over the end edge with a heavy frown. Or the heaviest one a cute kid like me could make.

Mello didn't acknowledge me though, making my voice sound a little snippy when I did respond. "I can't! I don't have a bed!" I pouted immaturely, hands curling around the bits of sheets I could manage from Mello. He was always curled up like some sort of cocoon.

I could hear an irritated huff, the blonde then sitting up to glare at me, my frown faltering to a sad puppy look. Mello rolled his super blue eyes, looking so annoyed with me. "You know, one of these days I'm going to build up immunity to that." He informed me, laying back down on the bed then scooted forward a foot. "Get up here before I decide to make you sleep outside."

Sure Mello threatened me a lot but he never really went through with anything. A couple times he did, but I did learn important life lessons from his punishments! For one, don't bug Mello when he's in the tub. No asking him about anything until he was dried and out of the tub since that was his 'him time' as he called it. I had my rubber duck and I was happy.

It was weird that Mello's rules didn't apply the same way for me. Mello has walked in on me in the bath, playing with my rubber duckie, though he never paid direct attention to me, he was just there to rant and rave about Near, say I wasn't listening then leave when I threw a handful of bubbles at him. It was just how things went, sadly. Oh well, I was actually getting pretty used to it and he did act a lot better around me than the first time we met.

I jumped up from the floor, with the speed of The Flash, and then jumped on the bed. I bounced Mello up a foot before I got comfortable, setting my head down on the pillow with a light smile. My best friend's back gently brushed mine, but I wasn't thinking about that at all, I was ready to go to bed after a long day.

When I woke up I'd really need a cigarette. For now though, I'd just enjoy Mello's company.