Light reached the door at ten after two, expecting Mello to be gone for the day, but discovered the opposite when he heard a deep base beat coming from Mello's apartment.
Matt's phone rang, and he answered it as Mello ate the last of his chocolate.
"Yeah, sure, okay, bye."
"What's up?"
"They said I didn't need to come back in today."
"They fired you?"
"Yeah, I dunno I, I'll check it out tomorrow"
"That's depressing Matt, how can you be so relaxed about losing your job?"
Mello looked down at his empty candy wrapper.
"I need more chocolate."
As Mello got up and went to the drawer where he kept his chocolate bars, Matt stopped him.
"Lets have fondue like we used to."
Mello stopped and looked back at him, "No, I'm not going to get caught up in this again with you, have you forgotten about Light"
"Does Light eat chocolate fondue with you?"
Matt said leaning in and locking eyes with Mello.
Mello looked away, not wanting Matt to see he was losing his will to be stern and wanted to badly to give in and not kick Matt out.
Matt smiled "I'll go get the fondue pot, you start unwrapping the chocolate."
Mello hated to admit it, but Matt always knew him better then Light.
He thought about the two of them as he unwrapped the chocolate bars, they were two completely different personalities and could not be compared, Mello felt guilty for trying to compare them.
Mello looked across the fondue pot, laughing and telling stories of the old days, he took a deep breath and inhaled the intoxicating fumes of the warm chocolate and rum that relaxed every muscle in his body.
He closed his eyes to soak it all in and was rudely startled out of his chocolate happy place when he felt something warm smudged from his ear to his chin, the whole length of his jawline.
Mello's eyes popped open to see Matt holding a strawberry with half the chocolate it had been dipped in missing because it had just been rubbed on Mello's face.
Matt's body was shaking with his suppressed laughter,
"Oh, you think that's funny do you?"
"I couldn't resist, you just looked so... relaxed, y'know for you."
Mello scowled as he stabbed a large piece of pineapple and plunged it into the warm dark liquid.
"No, uh wait a minute Mello."
Matt stood and started backing away as Mello perused him with the chocolate fruit.
A chocolate cat fight ballet began which had them both covered in chocolate in a matter of minutes, at some point Matt bumped the stereo, turning it on.
Darren Hayes, Insatiable began to play and Mello refused to let him turn the stereo off with chocolate hands, so the music played.
"You listen to this stuff?"
"It's Lights CD."
"Yeah, but if its here you listen to it."
Matt dipped his strawberry in the fondue pot and began to dance around Mello to the music dabbing chocolate on him as he moved to the catchy rhythm.
"Stop that." Mello said indignantly
"No way man." Matt responded stubbornly.
Mello made to step around him and shut off the music when Matt threw out an arm to stop him.
"Oh no, you said no touching the stereo with chocolate on my hands."
Mello scowled with a sideways glance.
"Then I'll go wash them."
When Matt stopped him from doing that too the whole chocolate battle started over.
Light stood a foot from the door, too confused to know what to do.
"It sounds like he's not alone."
"Ooooooh, hehe want me to go check it out?"
"No Ryuk I don't."
"Ahh c'mon Light, just a peak."
Ryuk vanished through the wall before Light could say anything more, it's not like he could have stopped him anyway, Ryuk did whatever he wanted.
The Shinigami returned cackling hysterically.
Nothing ground on Lights nerves then when Ryuk laughed like that.
Light raised his eyebrows impatiently wondering if Ryuk had anything intelligent to say or if he was just going to keep cackling.
Finally calming down enough to speak, Ryuk cleared his throat and said,
"Mello's a bit busy"
"Doing what?"
Ryuk began laughing again instead of answering Light.
Light sighed with exasperation at the death gods lack of helpful information and dug in his pocket for his key.
"Are you sure you want to do that, Light?"
"Will you tell me whose in there?"
Ryuk laughed "Like you don't know."
Ryuk saw the fury creep into Lights normally composed features.
"Oooh this is going to be good" Ryuk said rubbing his spidery hands together.
"I haven't had much fun lately and what's more fun then a big lovers quarrel."
Light lost it and swung at Ryuk who dodged him easily as he floated in the air.
"Temper, Temper."
"Go away Ryuk." Light said angerly as he jammed the key into the lock.
Between the loud music and dodging Matt and the chocolate covered strawberry Mello was too distracted to hear Light come in.
Light stood in the doorway for a full minute, unnoticed, then he hurled the keys at Mello's head.
"Ow! what the ff, oh shit, Light!"
Matt and Mello stood dripping in chocolate, there badly battered fruit pieces barely clinging to their fondue sticks.
A long awkward silence stretched that was only broken by Ryuk who could only be heard by Light, he hovered from one person to the other taunting them not caring that they couldn't hear him.
"Whatcha gonna do now Light?"
Light stared daggers in Ryuk's direction as a brilliant plan formed in his mind.