"I'm off to the library. Don't bug me," Mello said, grabbing his messenger bag from the hook beside the door. "And don't do anything illegal or gross in here while I'm gone, okay?" The blonde set his hips and glared at the two kids sitting on the bottom bunk. Matt and Linda glanced at each other, eyebrows raising together.

Linda turned and smirked at Mello anyway. "No guarantees." She winked, twitching her brow.

With a warning growl, Mello took an angry bite of his chocolate bar with a pointed snap. He fell back, spinning on his heels out the door without any further replies.

Matt sighed, twisting his lips around on his face wistfully. Linda's eyes trailed Mello until the door slammed behind him, and then flicked over to Matt. Seeing his lustful gaze, Linda snorted and shook her head disbelievingly. A knowing grin overtook her lips. "Okay, this is getting to be too much."

The redhead's face flushed like a radish. He tried to spit out some sort of defense in his favor, but it only managed to come out in a flurry of hums and coughs.

Linda dropped her head, looking at him seriously. "I know you're gay. It's nothing new. Remember?"

"How can I not?" He rolled his eyes, thinking of the time Linda forcefully made him admit that he was head over heels
for his somewhat bipolar but sexy blonde roommate.

"Exactly. I think it's been long enough," the brunette girl crossed her arms and set her chin matter-of-factly, dropping one ankle over the other in her best friend's lap. She monopolized the head of Matt's bed and lounged comfortably on his collection of pillows, pushing Matt to the foot of the bed where he was condemned to play the role of ottoman. Linda bounced her eyebrows seductively. "I think it's time you come out of the closet."

"Orrrrrrrr," Matt drew out the word, picking a piece of lint off of Linda's neon blue socks, "I could not."

She only tilted her head and bounced her eyebrows a few more times.

"Okay, do you have a nervous disorder or something?" The hacker shook head, frowning.

Linda leaned forward, pulling her feet out of Matt's lap. "You need to."

"I do not."

"Yes, you do."

"No, I don't."

Linda dropped her feet to the ground and stood. Immediately, she whipped around, holding herself over Matt with her hands pressed against the top bunk. "Get the fuck out of the closet, Mattie, before I have to go in there after you and drag you out!"

"Uh..."

They froze. Simultaneously, their eyes wide as deer in the headlights, their heads cranked to the door, which was now open. The offending sexy blonde leaned against the doorway, observing his two fellow genii otherwise wordlessly. There was an amused smirk on his face, arms tucked into each other.

Linda took a deep breath, popping up onto her tiptoes. "Well," She said in a breathy voice. A smile broke out on her lips, the happiness and success obvious in her expression. She nodded and said with unmasked pleasure, "My work here is done." She slipped by Mello, their shoulders brushing as they moved in opposite directions.

"I wouldn't believe a thing she says - " Matt began, but was cut off.

"Really? Because I would." He stepped slowly into the room, clicking the door shut quietly behind him. He meandered over to his desk and dropped his flash drive into the pocket of his bag. He must have forgotten it, Matt understood.

The redhead stood up and pushed his head against the top bunk behind him. The blonde just stared him down and "I really, really wouldn't do -"

The last word was lost as Mello crashed his lips against his roommate's. Matt opened his eyes wide, stunned. Mello pushed themselves together as if trying to inhabit the same space. He pulled back with a smack.

Matt remained astounded, jaw dropped as far as it would go. Mello lifted his brow, smirking. He tapped Matt's chin, snapping it closed. "Shut your mouth before you start catching flies." He turned around, hitching his bag back up on his shoulder.

"W-wait!" The redhead lunged forward, hand falling short as Mello walked away.

The blonde stopped and turned around, tilting his head impatiently. "What?"

"Uh..." He pressed his lips together, the tingling sensation still blazing. "That's it?"

Mello threw his head back and laughed. "I've got to study," he said, as if nothing had happened at all. "I don't have time to explain things that should be blatantly obvious to a genius of your caliber." He turned again, leaving the room without another word.

Matt just stared.


A/N: Well daaaamn, I'm just on a writing spree~! I guess I just like writing Matt and Mello coming out to each other.

I need to come up with a couple involving Mello more than Matt. Matt's just such a great character to write in awkward situations. :3

I'm thinking I might replace NaNoWriMo with this story, as I'm having much more fun writing this than I have with my story... I'm failing NaNo so badly. :o

Expect a short update every day, but don't rely on it, I guess I might say! :D

Hope you enjoyed yet another rapid update! And you know that reviews make my day so much better and make me smile like an idiot at a computer screen no matter when I read them. :3

~Rachel