Mello dragged himself into his and Matt's apartment, and realized suddenly that the lights were off. It had been such a long day. They had been working so hard, and then he had gone out to the grocery- it was so funny, how he felt like he was slipping into someone else's life when he did it. He hated the stares he got at his scar but… he did it anyway. Such menial things like going to the grocery were… fun. He hardly ever got to just… go out. True, he felt so, so awkward pushing around a grocery cart and getting all the random shit Matt wanted but… it was amusing.
But the fact that the lights were off worried him.
He set the bags onto the counter, "Matt?" he whispered softly.
A flicker of light- Matt was-
Matt was lighting candles.
While he had been at the grocery and doing whatever else he had been doing lately… Matt had… Matt had made him a cake.
Matt was grinning so widely.
"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Mello… happy birthday to you," he sung softly as he finished lighting the nineteen candles. "It's not anything fancy, hell, I almost dropped it when I got it out of the oven but…"
"Matt you didn't-" Mello was speechless. He didn't know what to say. It was just the fact that Matt had taken the time to make this a surprise that was absolutely… he couldn't find the right words. He dropped everything he was holding and flung his arms around Matt in one of his rare moments of absolute gratitude, elated. "Thank you, thank you so much."
"It's even got chocolate icing," Matt chuckled, holding Mello tightly, "Now blow out the candles before they melt everywhere."
Mello turned and blew out the candles, and once again, they plunged into darkness.
He turned and placed his hands on Matt's shoulders and kissed him.
"Happy Birthday, Mello," Matt whispered.
"Thank you, Matt," he said, and just wrapped his arms around the redhead, and held him close. He didn't need anything else.
A/N: Holy shit I haven't written MattxMello in ages. o3o To anyone who actually still cares about Tattered Feathers... erm... I am so sorry I can't even say that I'm sorry enough. I just- I have no idea what happened. It will get finished it just... I lost my muse on that one. If you happen to see it... let me know, okay? T.T