Disclaimer: if i owned Death Note, mello wouldnt wear a shirt at all. does he? then i dont own it

warning: there is a VERY pissed mello in this fic O_O

"This is the worst day of my fucking life!" yelled my blonde best friend as he slammed the door to our shared room.

"Really, Mels? I thought yesterday was." I said without looking up from my game.

"Well then I lied. Today is, asshole," he snapped, throwing his textbook at the wall across the room.

"What happened?" I asked, pausing the game in my hands. I was ninety-nine percent sure I already knew.

"Near! That smartass, albino-fucking-sheep is what happened, idiot!" Mello spat back. I sighed. This happened almost every day, usually when I'm not in the mood for another one of Mello's rants.

"I hate him! I hate him, I hate him, I fucking HATE him!"

"Yes, we're all aware of this info."

"I don't care! He beat me on another test, and then made some stupid, smartass comment on how he'll always be smarter and better than me!"

There were angry tears running down his face and he had sat on his bed. I put my DS down and walked to sit beside him. Once sitting down, I hugged him close and stroked his long hair. "Shh" I told him. "It'll be alright."

"No it won't, Matt. Do you have any fucking idea what it's like to have some one always telling you that they're better than you? That they'll always be better than you?" He still had silent tears coming down his face, but they had slowed slightly since I had started gently petting him.

"Yes it will, Mels. I know it will," I purred. "You'll always be the best to me. Don't forget that."

The tears had slowed even more until they stopped. He looked at me with his big, beautiful eyes from his spot against my chest. He looked so innocent. So needy. So beautiful. "Really, Matt?" he asked, sniffling ever so slightly.

"Really, Mello," I answered. "That and either way, you're still smarter than me," I joked and kissed the top of his blonde head.

He laughed and said, "Always will be, Matty." I love that laugh. Almost as much as I loved him.

review? please? *pulls goggles off of eyes to make puppy eyes*