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Review answer to Lala the Screaming Fangirl (I love your name xD) that I think the rest want to know too~: I have an idea about how long this story will be. This story is not yet over the middlepoint of the story (when the real action happens you'll know it's the middle), but it's getting there. I've already planned some points that I have to work to in this story.

Also, I began on a new school this year and I have way more homework then I had the last four years... (*insert internal screaming*). I write as much as I can, but I hate to say my homework has to be finished first (and then we still have my kpop obsession... oh god...).

So now you know all that... let's go on with the story! :)

Chapter 7

Most of the time Matt was glad those four guys went out to try and kill him. If it wasn't for that accident, Mello wouldn't have jumped down from Heaven to save him. He never really noticed, but in all those years living on his own he became lonely. Luckily Matt had the blond Angel staying with him now. At least he was never bored. Even if he nagged a lot about how he lived his life, it's still nice to know someone cares enough to nag to you in concern in the first place.

But… they discovered something about living together in their new apartment very quickly. The upstairs neighbours on the highest floor above them appeared to be very noisy.

Thump, thump, thump.

It was only in the afternoon and the upstairs neighbours were at it again. The bed thumping against the wall was loud enough to hear it a floor down.

Matt was playing Mario Kart on his Nintendo DS and tried not to think about the noises. He shot a glance at Mello who was sitting on the armchair, reading a book. He seemed to try to ignore the noises too, but Matt saw a his eyebrow twitching slightly in annoyance.

'Ngh… ah… ah~'

As if the blond felt his gaze, ice blue eyes shot up and met his own emerald green ones. The goggles hung around his neck and didn't hide his eyes.

Matt quickly looked down at his DS again and felt a light blush forming on his cheeks. Oh god, this couldn't be getting more awkward…

'Yes, yes... uh… ungh, ungh, uh uh uh, AUGH!'

Nope, never mind. It can get a lot more awkward…

Mello slammed his book shut and threw it on the coffee table. 'I've had enough!' he exclaimed. He stood up and paced through the living room to the front door. 'I'm going to take a walk for a while.'

Matt saw how he quickly left the room and shut the door behind him. Without much thinking he threw –very carefully- his DS next to Mello's book and followed his friend. He had to jog through the hallway to catch up with Mello.

He stopped next to him as Mello waited for the elevator to come to the third floor.

'I'm going to take a walk too,' Matt announced.

Mello shrugged. 'Fine with me.'

Suddenly a question came to him. 'Say Mels…'

He saw the corner of Mello's lips curl up just enough to know that he liked his new pet name.

'Yeah?'

'Do Guardian Angels watch people having sex? When their human who they have to protect is doing it?'

Mello's half smile fell off his face and made way for shock on his features. 'What?!'

'I asked if-'

Mello put a hand up to stop him. 'Yes, Matt. I heard what you said. Just why do you ask?'

Matt shrugged. 'Just curious. You did watch me shower…'

'I DID NOT-!'

Ding

The elevator doors opened and Matt nonchalantly walked in the small space. He raised an eyebrow and watched amused how Mello still stood in shock. 'You coming, Mels?' he grinned.

Mello had no idea where he was walking to, but it was better than staying at their apartment.

He walked with Matt without real purpose through many streets. After a while he saw many green trees appearing in the distance. It was a park! Matt trudged behind him by now.

'Mello… can we sit down? I'm tired of walking,' Matt complained.

He turned his head. 'We'll sit down somewhere in that park. How are you tired already?'

'I'm not used to walk for so long,' Matt sighed.

Mello smirked. 'Well, then I'm happy to know I improve your condition. Keep walking and you'll get used to it eventually.'

Matt groaned, but kept walking.

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When they finally found a bench in the park, Mello sat down and enjoyed the view. While sitting on the park bench you had a beautiful view over a large pond. The sun was shining and the water shimmered brightly.

Matt plopped next to him and let out a sigh of relieve. 'Finally some rest!'

'I like it here,' Mello said. 'The park here is quiet, there are not many people here, and there's a beautiful pond!'

Matt eyed the lake and frowned. 'I don't care much about large puddles of water.'

'Why not?' Mello asked surprised. 'Is it because you have to walk all the way here to see it?'

'Mmm, yeah, that's part of it,' Matt mumbled.

Mello shrugged off Matt's weird mood and enjoyed the silence. Much better sitting here than sitting in an apartment with noisy neighbours.

An orange shimmer caught his eye and he turned to see it were the glasses of the orange tinted goggles that still hung around Matt's neck.

Hmm… I always see him with those goggles. Only when showering -not that I'm looking- or going to bed is the only time he takes them off. Their just normal goggles used for swimming, if I'm right.

'Matt, why are you wearing those goggles all the time? I never see you without.'

'Don't you know why? As my Guardian Angel you watched over me, right?' Matt asked.

'I'm not your Guardian Angel that has watched you since you lived,' Mello explained. 'I got you as my human to protect not long ago.'

'Ah…' Matt fell silent.

Mello frowned at the redhead's reaction and felt worried about his friend. 'Did something bad happened that's connected to those goggles?'

Matt sighed, but nodded eventually. 'Yeah, there's a story to it… but it's not a very happy story.' Matt watched him with sad eyes. 'Do you want to know?'

'You don't have to if you don't want to tell…'

He smiled, sadness still lingering in his gaze. 'No, I want to tell you the story.'

Matt knew Mello would ask about the goggles eventually. He would've done the same if he was him.

'My mom died when I was a little kid. She got cancer, but we didn't have enough money to pay for the hospital bills. My dad was workless for many years already and drank way too much alcohol. Even more after my mom died. He always said it was my fault she got sick, but I know it's not true. It still hurt though.

One night my dad was especially drunk and not in a good mood. He went on and on that everything bad happened to him after I came. I wasn't much older than seven years and I wasn't strong. My dad picked me up and stumbled outside, and he kept telling me that he'd show me what happened to bad puppies if they were bad. I was old enough to understand something was very wrong. I tried to struggle against my father's grip, but just as I said I was too weak back then.
By the time he held me above the channel a few blocks from our home, I was screaming for help.'

Matt touched his goggles in reflex and said softly. 'I couldn't swim. I never learned how.'

Mello gasped in disbelief. Matt waited for a comment to be made, but Mello seemed speechless.

'My dad knew this, but threw me into the channel anyway,' Matt continued. 'I even heard him laugh when I fell down. Luckily someone who lived in one of the houses next to the channel heard my screaming for help and she opened her front door just in time to see me get thrown in the channel.'

Matt smiled. 'The young woman jumped without hesitation and swam towards me. If she was a few seconds later I wouldn't be able to keep my head above the water.

She was a kind young woman. A brunette with warm brown eyes. I remember her saying to me that everything was going to be okay. I believed her and lost consciousness after that, because of the shock I went through.

When I woke up in the hospital she was sitting in a chair next to my bed. She told me that she went to the police and that my father was going to jail for attempted murder. I would be going to an orphanage after I was discharged from the hospital.

He looked at the orange tinted goggles. 'She gave me these goggles before she left the hospital. She couldn't give me a home since she was poor as well, but she could give me these as a gift and a reminder to her.'

He sighed. 'After that I stayed at an orphanage that was boring as hell. There came couples looking for a child to adopt, but I was never chosen. So I stayed there for years and when I finally became eighteen I was old enough to get away from that place. I had already made some money with hacking and bought a house for myself.'

'Matt…'

Matt held up his hand and stopped his sentence. 'You don't have to say how awful it sounds. I know that already.'

Mello nodded and asked: 'Did you see that woman ever again?'

'No… I haven't.' Matt looked sadly at his goggles. 'But wherever she is I'm thankful she jumped into the water to save me.'

'Did you learn how to swim afterwards?' Mello asked curiously.

Matt shook his head. 'No… I don't like the idea of having to swim where I can't touch the ground with my feet.'

There was a short moment no one said something. Then Matt felt a comforting hand on his shoulder. When he turned his head he saw Mello smiling softly.

'Next time if something like that happens, I'll be here for you to save you.'

Matt smiled back. 'I'm happy to hear that.' He laid his own hand on top of Mello's. Together they sat there for a while. In the park on a bench staring at the shimmering water.

Yes, I'm very happy to have met someone like you, Mello.