A/N: Woot! Second chapter! But now I know that I'll have to do at least 3 more before its finished T_T… because I'm mildly OC and 4 is not a nice number… 5 is :D

Anyhoo… this is the chapter where the weirdness begins… chapter one is pretty much an prologue . meh.

~Something A Bit Unusual~

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"Damn, what the hell happened," I glance at the table-side alarm clock. 5:46 am, "…yesterday? I feel like I've been smacked in the head with a brick."

I lie in bed for a few minutes, feeling the front of my head throbbing. God damn that bloody hurts. I carefully slit open one eye and look around. White walls, clean, ironed sheets… this is not my room. Opening both eyes to add depth to what I was seeing, I saw a medicine cabinet full of crap next to a window facing into the nurse's office. Always thought it was kinda stupid having an indoor window, but more importantly, I now know where I am.

"Damn that Near, coming around the corner so suddenly… I bet he did it on purpose so I wouldn't be able to beat him at today's science test! Stupid, pale, friggin' cute little prick," rolling my eyes, I slowly sit up, holding my head in place so it doesn't fall off then think about what I just said, "Huh, that's weird… I sound almost… girly… I must have hit my head pretty hard against that wall."

I slip my feet over the edge of the bed and push my hair back… and stop. It's really tangled, but my hair is never tangled… and short… I stand up and stretch, arms high and just manage touch the bar above the bed… which I knew could wrap my hand around last week.

Okay, something is seriously fucked up. My hair is short, I am short and I sound girly… that can't be caused by a concussion- not even a bad one. I stalk over to the medicine cabinet- on strangely unsteady legs- and pull it open and look at the mirror.

"No. Fucking. Way."

There is absolutely no fucking way that whatever I'm seeing is real. Can't be. I must still be unconscious and this is just some sick nightmare. Because right now my eyes were sending completely impossible messages to my brain. Impossible. There is no fucking way in any messed up universe that I was Near. I stared at the mirror and it stared back. Short white messy hair, pale skin and cold grey eyes stared straight at me. I lifted my hand, and so did Near, reached up and touched my/his hair… no wonder it felt so short.

"Fucking shit." I whispered, as did the mirror, in Near's childish voice, and the sight of Near looking so confused and swearing sent me/him into peals of laughter which I/he couldn't stop and which didn't help the aching head much either.

Vaguely I recognised that I was in shock and sat on the floor, laughing for what seemed like hours, then catching a glimpse of Near lying on the floor, tears running down his face as he laughed, and it set me off again.

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Eventually I calmed down and stared at the mirror, waving my hand in front of it- it looked like I was waving at the mirror Near…

"Mirror Near?... If I am Mello, but also Near, then where is Near? Hell, for that matter where am I?" I jump up and open the door to my room. No one in the office, but I can hear someone in next room, so I open the door and peer in. Matt's on a chair just next to the door, swinging on the two back legs against the wall and playing pokemon. He looks up and sees me.

"Um… Near? What are you doing? You do know that if Mello wakes up and finds you here, he'll probably kill you," at first I don't pay attention, but then I realise that he is speaking to me, or at least my body, and I turn to the bed and see… me.

"Well isn't this fucking great? I'm trapped outside of my own body. Goddamit!" With this last I kick the doorframe in front of me. Matt stares at me, as if I've just grown a second head.

"Near… what the hell are you doing? You never swear, and since when do you just burst into rooms when the door is closed? If you're acting so weird, you should probably stay in bed," Matt is still staring at me like I've done something spectacular- but not in a good way, which is odd, since he's never looked at me with anything less than mild annoyance before… but what he's seeing right now is Near, swearing and kicking furniture. I can see how that would look weird.

"Matt, it's me, Mello. Somehow I am in Near's body, and I'm betting that he's in mine, so let's wake him up and figure out what the hell is going on," I walk over to the medicine cabinet in this room and get out a packet of Panadol, popping two of the pills with water from the sink underneath.

"Bullshit you're Mello, I can see you know, you're about as much Mello as I am Linda. And I am not in any way, Linda. Seriously Near, stay in bed until you lose your fever or whatever it is, you don't want to wake Mello up- especially when he didn't get any chocolate before he slept."

At the mention of chocolate, I froze. Suddenly all the tastebuds in my foreign mouth came to life with my memories of the delicious treat, and I stared at Matt… Matt, my friend who always had chocolate at hand somewhere in that goofy jacket of his, just in case I ran out- like right now.

"Matt, give me your chocolate. Now" I stare at him and at the front-right pocket where I can see a slight rectangular outline.

"Woah, Near you do know that there is no way in hell that I am gonna give you Mello's chocolate. What are you on, seriously? Since when do you even like chocolate? All I ever see you eat is bland crap like.. I dunno, cabbage or something stupid like that. If you want chocolate so much, go to the kitchen and ask the cook for some," he looks back down at his game and begins methodically pressing some combination, "I'm sure they'll be happy to help the darling child of Wammy's get what he wants."

All I got from that speech was 'there is no way in hell I am gonna give you chocolate', so that's what I acted on. Striding over to where Matt was sitting, I grab his jacket and pull open the front pocket containing the chocolate and yank it out.

"Hey, what the fuck Near! You can't have that!" he reaches over to grab the chocolate back and I move slightly out of the way and push him forward, so that he crashes to the ground, then kneel with one leg pinning him down, slowly unwrapping the victory chocolate. As an afterthought, I reach back to where Matt has dropped the game and flick the little 'pause' switch, then take a bite.

*Crack*

Ah, bliss. It's been at least 12 hours since my last block. At least 11 hours too long. I get off Matt who is lying there stunned. Not because he's actually hurt, but because he was taken down by Near, Near of all people. *smirk*

"I told you already, it's me, Mello. Idiot. Why would you think that Near would suddenly want chocolate? Anyway now that your not being amazingly stupid and withholding the chocolate, let's wake Near/me up."

I grab Matt's hand and pull him up. As soon as I set him on two feet, he lunges at me, punching at my head, near where I was already bruised.

"Oh, no you don't!" I yell as he almost knocks my chocolate to the ground, and quickly raise my arm to block his fist then spin-kick him to the floor again, sitting heavily on the chair as the fluid in my head spins 'round.

"Okay, I believe you. There is no way Near, or anyone one else here for that matter, could've stopped me like that," suddenly Matt grinned. "Uh, Mello… you do realise that… you're Near."

He ignores the death glare I send his way and starts chuckling and wiping his eyes in exaggerated amusement. While he continues to be a dick, I take another bite of chocolate, letting in slowly melt and coat my tongue, before walking over to the bed and putting it down on the bed-side table. I put my/Near's hand on my shoulder and start shaking it.

"Heeeellloo? Near? Are you in there?"

I turn back to Matt, "Do you know how creepy it is to be shaking yourself? Seriously screwing with my mind here," I grab both his/my shoulders and half lift him/me up and shake him, "Hey, you in there, wake the hell up and get out of my body before I have to hurt you!"

When I let go of him/me and he flopped back onto the bed, his eyes flickered open and looked at the ceiling, slowly waking up and waiting for his vision to become less fuzzy. After around 10 seconds he sat up and looked at the clock on the bedside table, gaze brushing past me. Then his face clouded slightly and he slowly turned back to face me.

"…"

He stared at me for at least a minute- sitting weirdly still even for Near, or maybe it was just that it was my body he was in. Then he looked down at himself- dressed in my black shirt, with my tan skin, and his mouth formed a small frown of confusion that looked almost silly on my face. He pushed back the covers and slipped out of the bed, taking slow, awkward steps as I had seen some girls who wear too-high heels do, until he reached the open medicine cabinet and stared at his reflection.

I smirked behind him and took another bite, looking over at Matt who was trying in vain not to laugh- at Near, me or just the situation in general, I don't know.

Near turns and walks to the chair, then sits down, pulling one leg up next to his body and letting the other brush against the floor. Then he lifts a hand and starts stroking his hair through his fingers, making Matt start actually rolling on the floor laughing.

Near glances down at him, then back to me.

"Well. This is an unusual situation, Mello."

A/N: well... yes... dont blame me, blame my brain. it started it *No, i believe you'll find, my dearest corporal being, that you started it, as i am simply a part of you.* O_o'
damn it. i have too much logic... or do i? *invisible beard stroke*.. hmmmm...
oh, yeah! no idea when the next chapter will be up, as it is neither written nor edited... or planned... or... anything....
should be less than a week though, so if you read this after June 14 or so, it might be up (yay!)...

songs that im listen too right now: still alive (the portal song)-jonathon coulton, Mellow-spacekats, Lollipop-aqua (L is my candyman *squeee!!*), i hate everything about you- three days grace and, (block your ears children!) fer sure- by medic droid (seriously, R rated song o-o.. more awesome because of it though XP)