The room was completely silent apart from Near's quiet sobs. The albino was surprised that the first time he would cry in ten years would be in front of his brother. Now don't get him wrong, he was happy that Matt was back here and happy, but apparently he didn't know the pain he had caused Near by leaving.
"Near, what happened after I had left," Matt asked, pushing Near off of himself, placing him back onto the pure white bed, "Did anything change when I was gone?"
"No, nothing..." Near wiped his eyes, trying to get rid of the tears with his sleeve.
"Near," Mello said scooting closer to him "By any chance, do you want to stay here with us for the night?"
Near nodded, climbing under the covers of the bed, "Is it okay if I sleep here?"
Mello's face started heating up so he forced his head down trying to keep away the blush, "W-Well that is my bed, b-but you can definitely sleep there..."
The corners of Near's mouth started curving upwards as he snuggled his head deeper into the pillow grabbing and hugging the big fluffy blankets, "Thank you, Mello."
Matt snickered into his elbow watching the two talk together, wanting Mello to suffer more he decided to joke around with him, "Hey Mells, if it's too uncomfortable for you I'll sleep with Near instead, he is my brother and all you know."
"No!" Mello yelled, "I mean... Your bed is well... it's your bed...you picked that one... it wouldn't be fair if I took it..."
Mello looked down at his pillow flattening out the wrinkles, the blonde new Matt was joking with him but he couldn't help but be the slightest bit embarrassed.
"Keep telling yourself that Mells," Matt pulled his shirt off as he walked over to his bed, "but it's still going to get you nowhere."
"Whatever Matt," Mello said turning off the light also sliding off his shirt, "goodnight."
The next morning Matt woke up first at around eleven and looked over to Mello's bed planning on waking him up. He got up off his mattress quietly and tiptoed to the end of the bed, swiftly pouncing onto his unknowing victim.
"Wake up, sleeping beauty." Matt sang jumping up and down on the mattress. It had been quite a while since the red head had woken up earlier than the blonde and he missed it, Mello on the other hand…
"If you don't shut up," Mello threatened, "I'm going to break your legs."
Mello's threats were ineffective as Matt continued to bounce around singing/yelling 'Twinkle, Twinkle, little star,' directly into his ear earning a phone call from the front desk. Being completely and utterly pissed off; Mello jumped out of the bed and stomped to the bathroom slamming the door.
"Well I guess it's somebody's time of the month," Matt and Near heard an angry, 'shut up' before the sound of the tap running filled their ears. The boys were left in a slightly, not so awkward silence waiting for the other to talk. Of course, neither of them really had anything to say so they just sat in peace atop Mello's bed.
But Matt, being bored as easily as he was, decided to get up and brew himself a cup of coffee from the coffee machine. As the red head got off the bed Near crawled off as well grabbing his cellphone out of his bag on the floor. He pressed the two button, calling Watari, Near never would have put him on speed dial but his parents didn't really leave him a choice in the matter.
Before Matt had left the house, their family hadn't been all that rich; you could even call them poor if you wished. But after a few long years of Near's dad's long hard work and sacrifice BING BANG BOOM the small albino boy had a butler and a limousine driving him wherever he pleased. You'd think that for any normal teenager they would have described it as living the dream, but not for Near. For Near, it was a bore some hassle filled with annoying cameras and people who never ran out of questions.
"Master Near," Watari said, his voice coming out of the phone in one of the helpless old people kind of tones.
"Watari I need you to tell me when my lessons are for the next song," Near heard the rustling of some papers being shuffled around through the other end of the phone, so he tapped his fingers on the dresser waiting patiently.
About a minute later Watari came back on the phone, "They're at 4:30pm."
"Great, thank you Watari." Before the old man could reply Near clicked the end button on the phone. As Near did so Mello walked out of the bathroom with a towel tied loosely around his waist.
The small boy turned away from Mello looking down at his cellphone to possibly hide his embarrassment, "I have to leave for my piano lesson at 4:30, would it be okay if Mello and Matt drove me."
Being too oblivious to notice Near's flushed cheeks Mello only nodded his head, "That leaves us just enough time to go swimming."
Matt jumped from under the bed in his swim trunks with his goggles hanging loosely around his neck. Matt's favourite activity to do in the world was swimming, explaining why he wore goggles all the time, "SWIMMING!"
Near was far less enthusiastic to the idea of doing some physical activity for a long amount of time, "Well, I guess it too bad that I don't have anything to swim in."
Mat jumped up and down again running to his suitcase, "Don't worry your little head Near, I brought ten different pairs in four different sizes!"
"Oh joy," Near grabbed the white pair of shorts from Matt's hand and sulked to the bathroom.
Mello questionably looked at Matt who was happily dancing around the room in his swim trunks waiting for Near to come out of the bathroom.
Matt cannon balled into the pool making a big splash which scared the younger children at the shallow end receiving glares from their parents. Near dipped his toes into the pool gently, not wanting to actually get in and get wet. What Near didn't know was that there was two snickering boys who were not named Mello or Matt behind him planning on pushing him into the water.
The boys crept closer to Near putting their arms onto his back and roughly pushed him in. While this was happening Mello was yelling at Matt who had forgotten the towels but looked over to Near the second he heard the spash.
"Near!" Mello yelled. All of the adults sitting along the side of the pool look up but still didn't bother to help the drowning child. Mello on the other hand ran full speed to the deep end, jumping in after Near.
Near was flailing his arms around in the pool grasping for air when his head would occasionally come above the water. He was screaming help every chance he could get until he felt a pair of arms wrap themselves around his waist dragging him to the edge of the pool.
Mello jumped out of the pool pulling Near along with him, hugging him close to his chest. The albino was shaking against the blonde holding onto him as if his life depended on it.
"M-Mello I'm really cold," Mello motioned for Matt to grab him a towel from the stand where the two boys who had pushed Near were standing. The only Matt could do for now was glare at them unpleasantly because he had to get back to Mello who was tending to Near.
Before Matt could hand Mello the towel, Mello had picked already Near up bridal style walking towards the exit. Matt ran towards them trying to keep up with the towel still in hand.
When they reached the room Mello slid Near under the white covers of the bed slipping in beside him. Matt had questioned him but Mello stated that it was only to give him his body heat.
Awhile later Near's phone started to ring on the desk, Matt looked over to Near and Mello who appeared to be fast asleep. So the only thing he thought to do was answer it. Matt flipped open the phone pressing the talk button.
"Hello," he said expecting it to be Watari.
"Near it's your father get home right now you're late for your lessons." Matt's breath caught in his throat when he heard the voice of the man who had thrown him out of his home.
"Dad?"
I'm terribly sorry for taking two months to come up with like 1,500 words. I'm not gonna lie and say I had to deal with school and crap, to be honest I just wasn't really feeling it. But now I'm in Winnipeg and had nothing better to do but write YAY! And tomorrow I get to go on my first airplane ride! Weoo. ^_^
