Hello! Yes, I know I haven't updated this for a while, I'm sorry about that TT_TT But I'm continuing it now! I was debating on whether to continue this story or not, but then I read through it and realized it was kinda lame. :3 So I'm gonna keep going! :D Enjoy!

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Chapter 4 - Disappointment

Near's P.O.V

...I don't know how to feel.

It has been roughly a week since that...incident with Mello. I have kept myself confined to my bedroom, faking illness to avoid seeing him. Just the possibilty makes me feel strange. I don't quite understand how I feel right now... Disappointed? Yes, I think that would be it. I'll admit it to myself, I was disappointed when Mello left my room. And after what he said... I felt nothing short of rejected. Any hope I had of being with Mello... completely erased in that simple sentence. After he had left it took every ounce of my being not to run after him. Instead, I did what I always do.

I shut down. I blocked out everything, curling in on myself. But I can't do that anymore, I will drive myself insane if I continue to attempt to block out my feelings. It worked fine until I started feeling this way for the blonde chocolate addict. This very rarely happens, but... I truly don't know what to do.

Matt's P.O.V

I just found the weirdest thing. So I was just walking along the corridor, right? DS in hand, Mario onscreen flashing my top scores. And then I heard something. I turned my head to the door on my left and turned down the volume on my DS, and I pressed my ear to the door. Someone was crying in that room... I took a look around and realized that I was stood outside the albino's room... So then I was even more confused! NEAR was crying? I'd never heard such a sad noise before... It was weird and kinda creeped me out a little. The little nerd had never expressed emotion for ANYTHING before, so I was understandably puzzled. I knocked on the door with my free hand, calling out. "Hey, Near? You okay?" To which I got... No response. Of course. The crying abruptly stopped, and I couldn't hear anything. I shrugged and tried again. "Near...? It's just me, Matt. Are you okay in there?" After a minute or so, I got a small, quiet reply.

"I-I'm fine. Really..."