DECISION: Matt/Ritsu. Unless you guys don't like that pairing, XP.

As soon as Ritsu grew aware that she was lying on a rag-tag couch with a blonde staring at her thoughtfully and his red-headed companion staring wistfully at his gameboy, she extracted a small knife from the inside of her shirt, she sawed off the ropes on her legs and bolted to the window. She flipped over the couch and crouched over the windowpane, smashing it out with her fist and found she was nearly thirty feet from the ground. Someone grabbed her shoulders, forcing her away from the window.

"Let go!" She hissed, slapping out behind her, as Mello drug her roughly to the couch and made her sit still.

"Shutup, dammit! You're just making it harder for yourself!" He growled as she tried to wrestle out of his grip on her shoulders. She stretched out with her legs, kicking anyone in reach. Mello suddenly dove for her and grabbed her arms, pinning them behind her back and dragging her to a room, throwing her inside and bolting the door.

"Tell me Matt, what the HELL was I thinking?" Mello snarled, Matt shrugged and went back to his game.

"When I get out, I'm going to find and kill you!" A voice hollered along with several thuds, like someone was throwing their bodyweight onto the wall.

"Yeah. If you ever GET OUT." Mello called back.

"Oh well, she'll come around." Matt sighed; digging a cigarette out of his pocket while Mello wasn't looking and lit it up.

:3

"Listen up, you little juvie!" Mello ordered, crouching by the door.

"WHAT?" Ritsu growled, throwing a knife where she thought Mello was. Mello stared at the point where the knife had impaled the wood.

"Are you going to escape if I let you out?" Mello demanded.

"…No…" Ritsu answered, crossing her fingers behind her back, childishly.

"Mello, I think she's lying!" Matt cried as Mello reached for the lock.

"Hey! I-I WAS telling the truth!" Ritsu yelled, cursing Matt silently. Matt's gameboy clicked off as he walked up to the door Mello was leaning carefully against as Ritsu hurled herself across the room, and at the door.

"Do you want to stay there for the rest of your life?" Matt asked impulsively.

"Nah." Ritsu answered.

"Then are you going to be good?" Matt questioned, taking the silence top follow as a 'yes'. Mello opened the door and steadied his gun as they entered the room they refereed to as the 'Guest Room', there were old bloodstains on the wall and a few chains attached to the wall for the stronger hostages. They looked around cautiously and turned when they heard a muted dash, turning, they saw Ritsu making a mad run to the apartment door.

"Matt!" Mello howled, hitting Matt's head repeatedly.

"Its not like she BELONGS to me!" Matt cried, running to escape from Mello pummeling him and to catch Ritsu, who had gotten to the hallway. She was hiding behind a corner as he ran past, she snatched yet another blade from the inside of her shirt and got his arm slashed. He cursed and followed her as she ran, ducking his gun. He finally tackled her when one of his bullets deflected off a brass door and whiz past her, causing her to freeze. Matt ran up and grabbed her, slinging her across his shoulder after searching her shirt for any more blades.

"Bet those hurt." He snapped, noticing the chest bindings

"ShutUP and go to hell. Do I want to look like a girl?!" Ritsu snapped shortly, as she continued to hit Matt.

"You know I'll pull the trigger, unless you behave." Matt suddenly told her. She immediately stiffened and gave a forced laugh.

"You think that matters? Matt, right? If I die, there won't be a funeral and I'm probably going to hell. End of story." She told him, arms crossed. They made a strange picture; the red haired boy with the slight, blonde girl slung haphazardly on his shoulders, the girl looking defiant.

"You know what, I'm really just keeping you alive for nothing, you little ingrate. Mello would enjoy murdering you." Matt retorted, setting her on her feet as he kicked the apartment door open and pulled her inside by the scruff of her neck and her collar.

"Mello! I got her!" Matt called, lighting up a cigarette with one hand while shoving Ritsu toward Mello.

"Good." Mello sniffed in the darkening light of the apartment, frowning at the rising moon outside the window.

"Matt. Put that out." Mello ordered, Matt threw up his hands.

"I'm going outside to smoke."

"Uh.." Ritsu muttered, feeling her nerves start jangling; She hadn't had a cigarette since she had started her job.

"I-I need a cigarette." She told Mello, feeling her hands starting to shake.

"Matt has them. You two are so depraved." Mello sneered, biting a chocolate bar viciously and sitting heavily on the couch. Ritsu made her way outside, looking for Matt. She found him leaning against the concrete wall; smoke circling up to the sky.

"Uh, can I have a cigarette?" She asked, putting out her hand and pitying herself for how dependent she was.

'Stupid! I could RUN right now, but oh God, I NEED that nicotine NOW.'

Matt started and turned, staring at her and accessing the situation.

"Yeah.' He replied, digging around in his pocket for the pack and his lighter. He handed a cigarette to her, along with the lighter. She hurriedly pushed the cigarette between her lips, lit it up and took a long drag.

"Yeah…Matt…Thank you."

He nodded.

"Sure."

:D

So, yeah. Did you guys like it? Was it..ROMANCEFUL!? HaHaHa, no really, though. I was hoping to work in the title, 'Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang' …Hmm, yep. I think Matt is a way cuter way to go on pairings cos Mello's so aggressive and is all

"Don't tell me I'm a man! I KNOW I'm a man!!" Yeah. What's your opinion? Anyhow, I'm bored now and have to go and draw Ritsu. Latah!

LUFFCHOO ALLHav