Birthday
Disclaimer: I own Death Note. Yes, I am lying.
Ok, so I'll try to make this chapter longer than the last. And, I actually have a plane for this one! Yay! Oh, and if you haven't heard the song If You Were Gay, look it up on youtube. Any fangirls will love it. And, for anyone else, you should listen to it, too, cause it's hilarious.
'Why don't you two just start dating? It would save a lot of time, instead of doing the whole "I don't know if he likes me or not" thing.' Kat and Mello were walking down the hallway.
'I don't like him!'
'Shhh... not too loud, he may hear you.'
Mello just kept on walking. 'Kat, I'm not gay. So, please find some other guy to obsess about the fact that you think he's gay, and stop bugging me about it!'
'Mello...' then she started singing, 'If you were gay, that would be ok, I mean cause Hey!'
'Shut up!'
'I'd like you anyway.'
'Go away!'
'Because you see, if it were me, I would feel free to say that I was gay, but I'm not gay.'
'If you sing one more verse of that, I will kill you!'
'Fine! Have it your way! Continue to live in denial. I'll be here, in the realm of actually knowing your sexuality. You should visit sometime.'
'I know my sexuality very well, thank you.' He didn't tell her that his subconscious had doubts.
'So you know you're gay?'
.oOo.
Mello couldn't sleep. Not completely because he was afraid that he would have another dream, but that had something to do with it. It was mostly because he was freezing his ass off. The heater in their room was broken, and it was snowing outside. He was wearing a sweater, sweat pants, and had three blankets, but the cold was still getting in.
He got up and went over to Matt's bed and climbed in without a word to his roommate.
'Mel, what are you doing?'
'It's fucking cold.' It was warmer in Matt's bed, with two bodies instead of one. They both fell asleep easily.
.oOo.
There was a little confusion in the morning as Mello tried to remember why he was pressed against Matt and in his bed. When he remembered, he congratulated his subconscious on not having any weird dreams about that fact. Maybe he was over it. He had only had... four dreams in total. No big deal.
There was no real reason, therefore, to stay in bed with Matt. But, he reasoned, he was warm, so he could stay a little longer. He snuggled closer and fell back asleep.
He dreamt Matt was dying and he was holding him close to his body.
There was blood everywhere. Mello took out a gun and shot Matt's killer. Mello was crying into his hair.
'Mel... I... I love... love... y...' he never finished his sentence. Matt closed his eyes for the last time.
'I love you, too.'
Then Mello woke up. He looked at the gamer, still asleep. Mello put his arm around him and checked his pulse. Defiantly not dead. That was good. He lay back down, with his arm still around Matt, but he didn't go back to sleep. Stupid subconscious.
Mello vowed that the scene he saw in his dream would never happen in real life.
.oOo.
'And he crawled in bed with me!' Matt finished. Kat squealed, and Mello glared. Kat would be talking about that for weeks.
'You liked it!' Mello practically yelled at Matt.
'I liked the warmth, nothing more.'
Mello smiled. 'You're lying. I can tell from your eyes.'
Matt smirked. 'What if I wore sunglasses?'
'I could just look in the sides. Also, sunglasses are inconvenient in the dark.' They all continued eating, until Kat decided to use her mouth for talking.
'So, how was sleeping together? Everything you thought it would be?' Kat laughed as Mello tried to tackle her and Matt held him back. 'Oh, look, you just can't keep your hands off each other!'
Matt and Kat fell down laughing, and everyone in the cafeteria looked at them.
.oOo.
'Matt, what the hell are you wearing?' Mello asked, looking at his roommate.
Matt smiled. 'Goggles. You can't see my eyes, you can't see through the sides, and they're orange, so I can still see in the dark.' He had found them at a garage sale a while ago, and had gotten them because they were free. Now they would actually be used.
'All this because I could tell you were lying?'
'Yup.'
'You're so weird.' Mello lay down on his bed, placing his arms behind his head. He was still trying to figure out his dream. It had seemed so real, even the part when he had said I love you. But, Matt was just his roommate. Why would he be saying I love you to his roommate? Although, compared with his other dreams, this one wasn't that weird. At least they hadn't kissed or anything in this one.
The heater was fixed now, so they wouldn't have to sleep together again. Kat was devastated when she found out. He should make sure she didn't tamper with it.
Speaking of Kat... 'Hey Matty, it's Kat's birthday next week.'
'Really? What are you going to get her?'
'I'm just going to ask her what she wants. Probably a manga, but I don't know which ones she reads.' So they both went to find her to ask what she wanted for her birthday.
'Hmmm... what do I want for my birthday... Well, now that you mention it, I was making a list just yesterday. Now... if only I could remember what was on it.'
Mello sighed. 'Do you remember anything you wanted?'
'Well...' She started taping her finger on the table, looking like she was in deep thought. 'I seem to remember something about two of my guy friends kissing... now, who could ever do that?'
Mello glared at her. 'You can't be serious. I'm not making out with Matt.'
Kat looked at him and smiled. 'You and Matt making out? What a refreshing new concept!'
'Shut up and think of something else you want for your birthday!' Mello practically yelled.
'It's that, or nothing, and if you don't I will never talk to you again. But I'll talk to Matt, because he's gay and I could probably get him together with Near if it didn't work out with you.' Kat sat down on the floor. They were in an empty hallway.
Mello looked to Matt, who shrugged. 'Fine, one kiss on your birthday. That's it. Only one.'
'You want to do it on my birthday? With everyone watching? Probably cameras? Or you could do it right now, in this empty hallway where there isn't even any video cameras.'
Mello considered the situation and decided that it would be best to do it now. He looked at Matt. 'I guess we should just do it here.' He couldn't bring himself to say kiss. Damn, both Kat and his subconscious would have fun with the horror that was about to happen.
'Sure.'
Kat stood up. 'Ok, but here are the guidelines. Making out, not just kissing. Longer than twenty seconds. If you want to make me extremely happy, forty seconds. And, if you want to give me the best present out of anyone, there will be tongue, but that's not necessary. And, if you like it and start dating, then so be it!'
Mello decided this would be a good time to get some glaring in. This situation needed a lot of glaring, so he should start now so he wouldn't be glaring into the night.
He moved closer to Matt. Mello realized he was acting shy, so he took Matt's shoulders and brought their heads together for the kiss. He would kick himself if he was ever caught acting shy. Matt placed his hand on the back of Mello's head and ran it through his hair.
Mello decided that he wanted his present to be the best, so he slid his tongue into Matt's mouth, tasting cigarettes and coffee. Matt gave a feeble attempt at trying to gain dominance, but failed as Mello pinned him against the wall. They might as well give Kat a show!
How long had it been? He hadn't been counting... damn! He had been thinking about how they had kissed in his dreams, comparing them. He should have been counting!
Matt broke the kiss and said in a quiet voice, 'It's been forty seconds.'
Mello moved away quickly and looked at Kat, who was so happy she was practically melting. 'I love you guys! And, did you guys like it? Are you gonna get together? Please tell me you're gonna get together!'
'Kat, it was just a kiss. We're not gonna get together.' Matt said, moving away from the wall.
Mello was actually not sure if he agreed with Matt's words. Yes, it was just a kiss, but it was the best fucking kiss he had ever had, including when he was having sex. Was Matt just a good kisser, or was there the ever illusive 'spark' people always spoke so fondly about? But, even if it was, Matt obviously didn't feel the same.
And he was just being stupid! Just because Matt was a good kisser, and he had been having dreams about him, and in one of those he had said I love you, that didn't mean anything! It's not like they were going to spend the rest of their lives together or anything.
The bell rung, interrupting his thoughts. The last class on a Friday. Finally, it was almost the weekend. Just a boring history lesson to get through.
Matt wasn't in this class. It was just Mello and Kat. And, of course, the rest of the people in the class, including Near. He was in every one of Mello's classes.
An hour and a half later, it was almost time to go. The teacher just gave out the homework and had one last thing to say. 'Don't forget the big test, first thing on Monday!'
'WHAT?!' Mello said, jaw almost on the floor. Weren't they supposed to give notice for big tests?
'I told you last week, Mello. Don't you remember? On Tuesday?'
Mello thought back to that day, and this class. Kat was talking about him and Matt, he was yelling at her, then she started writing notes about him and Matt. Then they spent the rest of the class writing back and forth, so, no, he didn't remember anything about a test.
This meant that he would have to study the whole weekend. Near had had a whole week to prepare, even if he probably didn't do any studying, the little brat.
After lunch Mello went straight to his room to study. Matt was also there, on his computer. 'What are you doing?'
'Hacking competition. Can't talk.'
Mello didn't question it and instantly opened his binder. He looked for his notes and found the paper Kat and him had been writing on.
You know, I'm thinking about writing a story on Fiction Press about you and Matt. I'll call it 'Frustrated about love'. It will, of course, have to be rated R for the things you guys do after room checks...
You do, and you die!
Oh, is someone annoyed? Or is that sexual frustration? Do I have to draw a very naughty picture?
Kat, I will so enjoy killing you one day!
As long as you do it with Matt. That's the way I want to die, surrounded by cute gay guys. But I guess it won't be surrounded with just two... maybe you can invite some couples you meet at the gay bar you'll work at!
I'm not gay! And I will never work at a gay bar, so just leave it alone!
Fine. Anyway, you seem more worked up than usual. Anything you want to tell me?
Well, I've been having dreams that have been keeping me up. You can call them nightmares.
And is this lack of sleep making it difficult to concentrate?
Fuck, yes! It's so hard!
Is that what Matt said last night?
Kat! You said you gave up!
Come on, Melly-bean, you should know me better than that. Now I can tell Matt that you've been having sex dreams about him!
I never said that!
I can tell these things. Maybe I will teach you the secret one day, young grasshopper.
I hate you so much right now.
You love me and you know it. But you love Matt more!
Mello stopped reading at that point. He should be studying!
He decided to study through the whole night. It would be difficult, but worth it if it meant that he might beet Near for once. Matt also stayed up, doing the hacking thing.
Ok, so that wasn't the best ending, but it was getting really long! I hope you all liked the kiss scene! Came up for that when I was supposed to be sleeping. Oh well! Kat deserved something like that for all her hard work. And you all deserved it for reading!
