Author's Note: aaaaaaand BY NO ONE'S REQUEST! CHAPTER 2!
Matt looked up from his game as Mello walked through the door of their apartment. His roommate/boyfriend looked worried about something. He set down his game, careful to pause it first, and walked over to wrap his arms around Mello. He expected Mello to push him away, like he usually did when Matt tried to do something like this. Instead, Mello wrapped his arms around Matt, pulling him closer.
They stayed like that for a while. Wow, whatever's bothering him must be really bad, Matt thought.
Finally Mello decided to push Matt away. "What's wrong?" Matt asked him.
"How could you tell?" Mello looked down at the ground.
"I just could," Matt took Mello's hand and led him over to the sofa. Mello sat down and curled against Matt. Matt tensed a little, surprised that Mello was allowing himself to "show weakness," not something he usually did. "Now what happened?"
"I... just... I..." Mello didn't know how to confess his crime. Matt looked down at Mello's blonde hair as he felt his jeans getting wet with tears. What the hell did he DO?
"I killed -" Mello was interrupted by their apartment door slamming open.
"YOU KILLED HIM!" The uninvited visitor screamed. His 14 year old face was twisted into a mask of agony and hatred so thick that Matt almost forgot what Near's face had looked like without emotion.
"Mello?" Matt looked down at where Mello should have been, finding that he had moved farther away from the door, seemingly hiding behind Matt. "Who did you..."
"L!" Near screamed.
The room was silent, except for Near's panting.
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"What the hell, Mello?" Matt looked at Mello, whose eyes widened. He looked back and forth between Near and Matt, finally standing up and running to his bedroom.
"COME BACK HERE, YOU -" Near screamed and tried to chase after him, but Matt grabbed his shirt and held him back.
"Can't you see he wants to be alone?"
"HE DOESN'T DESERVE THAT! HE SHOULD BE LOCKED UP AND NEVER LET GO!" Near went limp and started sobbing. Matt felt awkward about this situation, he was perfectly fine comforting Mello, but Near...
Matt picked up Near and dropped him on the sofa.
Near looked up with a scared look on his face, which was covered when Matt laid a blanket over his whole body.
"Wha-?" Near pushed the blanket off his face. He looked at Matt, who smiled weakly, and sat down on a chair, pulling out his PSP and unpausing his game.
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