Oh my, I was blown away with the reviews I got in just a few days! Thank you guys so much, I appreciate everyone of them. So because of that, I decided to get writing right away. Chapter four, away!

Disclaimer: Guess what? I still own nothing but Self-Destruct.


"Hello everyone, this is Misa-Misa! I'm live from the red carpet premier of the newest movie Self-Destruct. This star studded cast includes Wedy Kitseru, Linda Thompson, A Sezwec and more. They are all here tonight, along with many other contributing and non-contributing celebrities. Back to you Matsuda!"

Matsuda nodded his head cheerfully and smiled. He was sitting in a silver and white studio in an orange chair placed to the left of a huge monitor. "Thank you Misa! She will be covering more for us later, but for now I have some hot news. Rumors are swirling that both Mello and Near are in attendance tonight. Do they know this? Is it planned? Stay tuned!"


Near smiled a vague half-smile, staring beyond the flashing cameras and microphones. He pulled nervously at the sleeve of his white shirt. Instead of his usual pajamas, Halle had forced him into crisp white pants, a white button up shirt with a cream colored vest over it and a pair of off-white tennis shoes. Standing near any other star, in their flashy downs and tuxedos made him seem to fade into the background. But Near didn't mind.

Nodding his head one last time at the paparazzi, he made to head a little closer to the entrance of the grand building housing the actual movie showing. And then he caught sight of Mello. He was standing there, in his traditional black leather laughing and smiling. Near stood still, not quite fully observing what was going on. Mello was here, at the premier? At least he didn't have a date with him... Turning ever so slightly to the side, Mello unwitting revealed actually, yes he did. Near didn't know her exact name, but he remembered seeing her in a movie before. She really was quite pretty, with dark brown hair curled gently around her face and a purple and white floor length dress. Near's world started to spin. He could feel his breath come in short, shaky gasps, An ill feeling rose in his stomach and black started to creep around the edges of his vision.


Flashing smile after smile, Mello gently unwrapped his arm from Naomi's waist. Light had told him that mostly everyone brought dates to these things, so Mello had called up one of his friends from college who was now an actress. Everything just felt... off though. He had never imagined that he would be attending a red carpet event without Near. No Mello, he scolded himself mentally Near is ancient history. You never liked him much any way. Just forget him. Laughing at something Naomi had said, Mello leaned in to hear what a bubbly blonde reporter was asking him.

"Hi Mello! I'm Misa-Misa from Entertainment Tonight. Want to answer some questions?"

"Why not? There's still a while before the movie starts."

"Great. So, where you involved in this movie at all?"

"Actually no," Mello replied. "My manager, Light, suggested I come and it looked like a fascinating movie and wonderful opportunity to meet some people so I decided to."

Misa nodded excitedly. "Well, I'm glad your here! Tell me a little about your date here. Naomi right?"

Christine smiled angelically. "Yes, this is Naomi. We met in college. The movie premier was a great excuse to call her up and ask her out."

Misa squealed. "Aw, that's so cute! So, Naomi..."

"I'm going to go inside and look around okay?" Mello whispered in her ear before gracefully slipping behind her and up towards the building.


"Breaking news! Near has collapsed on the red carpet not two minutes ago, landing face down and shocking hundreds of people." L groaned softly and hit the power button. Placing his sock clad feet on the ground, he stood up from the plush velvet chair. He knew this was coming ever since Light had called him not soon after the premier had begun.

"L?"

"Who else would it be? Your reasoning skills have fallen 12.86% since your last call."

"Well, I'm kind of in a bad mood. See, I just found out that Near happens to be attending the premier tonight."

"And this is bad how?"

"Um, you see, Mello will kind of be there too."

"WHAT? You couldn't have told me this in advance Light? Near is very emotionally fragile right now!"

"...Halle told you to say that didn't she. And besides I didn't know Near was going." Light said defensively.

"Yeah she did. Personally, I'm all for seeing them meet up again. I know it hasn't been that long since the break-up, but I think they should get back together."

"My thoughts exactly. Mello's been pathetic. I'll call you later. I just wanted to warn you of any potential trouble." And with that, Light hung up.

He should have known Near wouldn't have been ready. Also, the small problem of Mello bringing a date. He was 62% sure Light had not been aware of this fact.


Light was proud of himself. Generally, everything went his way. When it did, he could cross it off his to-do list with a mutter of his favorite phrase, "Just as planned." Because who doesn't have a favorite phrase? Anyway, life was pretty sweet for Light. He was a famous talent scout and manager known all over the world for the many stars he had brought to the top.

Then there was L. He eternal rival, although lately, it didn't feel much like that. More like a strange companionship and almost a feeling of want, but now wasn't the time to dwell on such things.

Light sighed, spinning around in his desk chair. His latest talent was Mello. Lots of fire, spunk, a good singing voice and it didn't hurt that he was cute too. Light almost couldn't believe his luck when he found out Mello was dating super famous Near. What better way to get noticed? But then, Mello had to go and screw it up.

Light grimaced, wishing Mello was right there so he could yell at him. Instead he had to settle for turning the small TV on his desk. It was one in the morning, and the movie premier had been over for some time, but many stars were just leaving the after party. Light switched the channel to the entertainment news just in time to see a clip of Mello kissing Naomi heatedly.


A/N: Don't shoot! There is a good reason for the cliff hanger, I swear. Like I really wanted to do one. So yeah. Sorry it took so long to get posted, but Fanfiction was being mean and wouldn't let me post. Review please!