Mello groaned angrily as Matt continued to play the PlayStation 2 he had gotten for Christmas.
"Mels, just go talk to him already!" Matt whined as he died. "You're screwing me up and I keep getting killed."
"What the hell are you even playing anyway?" Mello snapped, leaning over Matt's shoulder to look at the TV screen.
"Resident Evil, and the boss is a bitch, it'll help if your aura wasn't screwing me up." Mello scowled and hit Matt on the back of the head. "OW!"
"Shut up, ya big baby." Mello muttered, laying back down and tossing a ball in the air. Matt reached over and caught it easily, forcing Mello to sit up again. "Hey!"
"First off, I'm not a baby." Matt said, still holding the ball and playing the videogame (something only Matt was able to do---play a PS2 controller with one hand). "Second, Near obviously means a great deal to you. Just go talk to the guy and get it over with already." Mello scowled.
"Will you give me my ball back?" Matt grinned, never taking his eyes off of the TV.
"When you talk to Near, I will." Mello's scowl deepened and he pushed himself off of the floor, picked up his jacket, and walked to the door.
"I'm holding that to you." He warned. Then he slammed the door shut. Matt grinned, placing the ball down on the table next to him. He continued to play.
"About time!" He said happily, finally getting the best of the boss.
Near was walking home when he was fell down rather roughly from colliding with someone.
"My apolo---" He was cut off as he was grabbed by the front of his shirt and pulled up. He opened his eyes and found himself face-to-face with blonde hair and blue eyes. He blinked. "Mello."
"Near." Was all that was said. They stared at each other, neither looking away, until Mello put Near down on the floor again.
"Thanks." Near muttered, looking down and twirling a lock of his hair around his finger. Mello shrugged.
"It was my fault you fell." He said. "I was looking for you." Near shrugged.
"You found me." He said. Mello rolled his eyes.
"Thank you, Captain Obvious." He muttered. Near looked at him until he spoke again. "Look, the reason I was looking for you was---"
"Are you going to explain your strange behavior towards me?" Near asked. Mello stared at Near. "Are you going to explain your reasons for kissing me and running off?"
"I---" Mello stared at Near, at a loss for words. Near raised an eyebrow and looked expectantly at Mello.
"Well?"
Raito looked at Ryuzaki, still perched on top of him, as the latter held Ryuk. He blinked, shaking his head.
"So, your red thread is tied to me?" He asked. Ryuzaki raised an eyebrow and looked away from Ryuk to Raito.
"Is that so hard to believe?" Ryuzaki questioned, pushing himself off of the floor and Raito with the one hand still perched near Raito's head. He pushed himself into a sitting position, then stood up and sat on his bed, staring at Raito the entire time.
"But, I thought that red thread was only tied to those that one---" Raito trailed off as he realized that Ryuzaki just confessed love (more or less) for him. "Oh." An idea suddenly struck Raito. "Wait, then when you wouldn't tell me who was tied to me, was it because---"
"I am at the other end of it? Of course." Ryuzaki said simply, looking back at Ryuk. "Raito-kun was not ready to hear the information. Actually, he still isn't, but his stubborness insisted." Raito scowled.
"If you know who's tied to whom, why do you keep calling me Kira?" Ryuzaki looked at Raito, amusement glinting in his eyes.
"It was fun teasing Raito-kun about it in kindergarden. It's still fun teasing Raito-kun." Raito's scowl deepened, shaking his head.
"That makes you a jerk." Raito muttered. Ryuzaki shrugged and started playing with Ryuk. Silently, Raito turned and watched Ryuzaki play, thinking about what Ryuzaki just told him. He stood up, walking over to Ryuzaki and sitting next to him on the bed. Ryuzaki tilted his head slightly in Raito's direction but continued to play with Ryuk.
"Does Misa-Misa still have Rem?" Ryuzaki asked quietly.
"I think so." Raito said softly, still staring at Ryuzaki. Ryuzaki smiled.
"I think, perhaps, Misa-Misa and I should schedule a play date for Rem and Ryuk. She would be happy to see him well taken care of, even after all these years."
"Yea." Raito nodded. Ryuzaki looked at Raito out of the corner of his eye for a few seconds before turning to face the amber eyed teen fully.
"Perhaps, with the proximity with which Raito-kun is sitting, he was ready to hear who was tied to him." Raito blinked.
"Shut up, dammit." He muttered. Ryuzaki smirked.
"And if I don't...?" He asked quietly. Raito shook his head, smiling lightly.
"You call me stubborn---you are, too."
"Perhaps, but Raito-kun is more stubborn than I am." Raito rolled his eyes, then leaned forward slightly, so that their lips were barely touching.
"Ryuzaki..." Raito trailed off. Ryuzaki made a 'hmm?' noise and Raito almost laughed. "What's the chance of me wanting to hear that I was tied to you?"
"About 99%." Ryuzaki muttered lightly, eyes focused on Raito's. Raito smirked.
"Then, here's to 100%." He replied, leaning forward and placing his lips firmly on Ryuzaki's. Ryuzaki's eyes widened in surprise, before they slid shut and he reached up lightly, placing a hand in Raito's brown hair. Raito did the same, entangling in Ryuzaki's mop of hair.
"Raito-kun." Watari called through the closed door. Raito pulled away slightly, still leaning on Ryuzaki and his hand still lost in Ryuzaki's hair.
"Yes?"
"Your mother wants you to return to your home." Raito sighed lightly.
"All right." He called back. "I'll be down in a minute."
"Understandable, Raito-kun." Watari walked back downstairs and Raito looked at Ryuzaki again.
"Raito-kun needs to go home." Ryuzaki said blankly, mind still reeling from the kiss. Raito smirked.
"I do. But only because we have school tomorrow." He pulled his hand out from Ryuzaki's hair and placed it lightly on his cheek. Ryuzaki stared with wide eyes at Raito. "So I will come over after school." Ryuzaki nodded blankly. Raito smiled, leaned down and gave Ryuzaki another quick kiss, then left. Ryuzaki stared at the door and then turned to Ryuk.
"Shinigami-san, do you think that Raito-kun really means any of that?" Ryuk stared at Ryuzaki blindly and Ryuzaki shrugged. "Me, too."