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*flashback* - This is taking a look back in time.

**flashback** - This is a flashback within a flashback.

"This is talking."

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This is a sound

This is authors notes.

This is chapter title

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It's the Flu What Can You Do?

On the upper floor of the cabin in one of the spare bedrooms Matt and Near were relaxing on a king-size bed. Outside the snow fall had increased and the room's only window was blocked by snow. Matt was seated on the left side of the bed with the laptop placed at his feet. He was currently reprogramming it. Near who was curled up at the foot of the bed had just finished up his dinner. He pushed the plate away from his face and sat up.

"I feel guilty about lying to Damir and his mother," Near sighed as he began to twirl a strand of his hair.

"If you're working with Mello you better get used to the feeling." Matt replied not even bothering to spare Near a glance.

"Mello is an evil genius." Near said as he pulled out a permanent marker that he collected from one of the desks in the other rooms and commenced to draw a face on the pillowcase. "Think his plan will work?"

"It already has." Matt pointed out.

"True," Near connected the mouth lines together giving the pillow a goofy grin, "But something could go wrong. Remember, we are going up against L."

"Yeah so? You and Mello together could surely outwit L, and besides with Light around to distract L we'll have no problem." Matt finished the program and rebooted the laptop.

Near capped his pen and tossed it onto the floor satisfied with the face. "I hope you're right Matt."

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"That was delicious," L said, wiping the crumbs off his mouth with the back of his hand.

"Oh thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it." Damir's mother gushed.

"It's really late," Damir noted after looking at the cuckoo bird clock on the dining room wall. "You should go to bed mother, I'll do the dishes."

"You will? Thanks sweetie!" The women wiggled out of her chair and gave one last look around the room, "Good night all!"

"Good night." Everyone replied except L who said, "Gute Nacht."

Damir's mother raised her eyebrows in surprise. "How did you know I've been studying the German Language?"

"I saw one of your books laying around." L shrugged.

"Do you know German?" She asked with child like awe.

"Fluently."

"Amazing!" Damir's mother clapped excitedly. She left after that in a very bubbly mood.

Damir began to stack plate on top of plate. Once he got an arm full he left to the kitchen.

"We should help him with the clean up." Light said as he stood up.

"We should." L agreed though made no move to get up as well.

Light rolled his eyes and went to the kitchen, on his way grabbing plates and cups. He swung through the kitchen door and saw Damir putting on rubber gloves.

"Is it usual for the President to be doing dishes?" Light asked as he joined the man at the sink.

"It is when we eat at our mothers house." Damir handed Light a scrub brush.

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"Mello," L called from across the table.

"Yes L?" Mello mocked innocence.

"What are you up to? Can you really not believe that Light would fall for me?" L almost sounded disappointed.

"It's not that. I think you're faking this "relationship"," Mello put air quotes around the word relationship, "We, Near and I, think you deserve better then being Light's pretend boyfriend. At the moment we only have ideas on why you're going along with this, and what you're trying to cover up."

L paused with his thumb in mid air. Mello was right! He was only doing this so no one found out that Light had been suspected of being Kira but also so they didn't find out he had been wrong. It was fun pretending with Light but that was all it was, pretend. He wanted more from this…

"Mello," L began, a plan already forming in his head. "You're right."

"I Knew it!" Mello jumped up in triumph.

"I was hoping on this trip Light and I could get closer but it seems that's not going to happen. With us pretending to date everything that transpires between us he'll feel is just acting." L bit the skin on his thumb in frustration.

"I see your dilemma and can help… for a price." Mello said with a straight face.

L looked up through his bangs and asked with a business like manner, "What would you like?"

Mello walked around the table and whispered into L's ear. When he was finished he backed away from L as he waited for him to consider.

"You don't ask for much," L mused out loud, "Okay."

"So it's agreed?" Mello asked to confirm.

"Yes." L watched as Mello smirked then he deadpanned, "I do believe I have just made a deal with the devil."

Just then Damir and Light walked out of the Kitchen. Lights hair had evidence of soap bubbles where he dragged his hand through his hair. Light's clothes were also housing water stains on his elbows where he had rested them on the counter.

"Guess it's time to go to sleep. We have to get up early tomorrow so we can drive to the nearest airport so we can fly to DC." Damir yawned as he ushered everyone upstairs. "Now because Near and Mello have come down with the flu I'm afraid two of you will have to bunk together. This room has the biggest bed that's not currently being occupied."

They stopped in front of a door with the name Anna painted in pink on it. Damir opened it up and they all got a good look of the inside. There was a queen-size bed with a pink canopy. There were about ten pillow at the top of the bed varying in color and size but all had a white lacy trim. The comforter had a flower print that could shame any six year old girl's. The floor was hardwood like most of the house but it was covered in a purple shag carpet. On the floor were hundreds of stuffed animals.

"I think I'm going to get sick." Mello said as he clutched his stomach with one hand and covered his mouth with the other.

"This used to be my sisters room," Damir offered as an explanation.

"Get out," Mello dropped the sick act and placed a hand on his chest in shock, "I thought for sure this had been yours!"

Damir's jaw dropped, "What are you implying?"

Mello shrugged with a smirk on his face.

"Anyways," Damir said slightly annoyed, "This will be your room for the night, hope you don't mind the frills."

"I'm used to it," That earned him a lot of blank stares. Light shuddered at the thought of Misa.

"You are used to frills and lace?" Damir asked, letting his amusement show on his face.

"Guess this tells us who's the bitch in the relationship." Mello cracked up laughing.

"No I didn't mean it like that!" Light frowned then gave up and went into the room.

"I guess this is good night then." L thanked Damir. He then turned to Mello and caught what the blond mouthed- You're welcome.

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"So Mello we have one more open room for you." Damir was saying as the two continued down the hall.

"It's not necessary." Mello responded quickly.

"Why is that?"

"I'm sleeping with Matt tonight." Mello answered but the realized what he had said and corrected himself. "He's sick and I thought I would look after him."

"That's really nice of you." Damir nodded his head in approval. "What about Near thought?"

"I have a feeling he's going to go through a miraculous recovery." Was all Mello said.

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"I wonder if Mello failed…" Near deliberated from his spot on the floor which he had congregated to after Matt had fallen asleep on the bed.

"Do I ever fail?" Mello asked with a glare on his face from the open doorway.

"Only when you're up against me." Near continued to play with his pillow.

"Why you little…" Mello made a move to tackle Near when he noticed the sleeping redhead and paused mid step. "Did Matt fall asleep?"

"Yes." Near stood up and brushed the wrinkles out of his clothes.

"Do me a favor Near and take the room across the hall tonight." Mello suddenly lost all of his hostility.

"Why?" Near's eyes widened at the odd but not totally unlike Mello request.

"Look you white haired albino brat you should just mind your own damn business and stay out of mine!" Mello placed his hands on his hips striking a pose which looked rather feminine.

"So basically you want to jump Matt as he sleeps." Near stated rather then asked as he grabbed his pillow and made his way to the door.

"Yeah basically." Mello shut the door behind Near and locked it. It would ruin everything if there was an unnecessary interruption.

Matt's head was resting on the laptop, his hair was strewn across the keys letters A though J, his goggles were over his closed eyes, and his lips were parted slightly open which allowed his soft breathing to escape. Mello just stood at the side of the bed watching Matt's chest rise and fall. Mello wondered if he was dreaming, and if he was what he was dreaming about. Finally under his breath he mumbled, "Only one way to find out."

First Mello turned off the lights then carefully pulled the laptop away from Matt, he didn't want it to get broken if things got… aggressive. Once the electronic was safely on the bedside table Mello got on the bed and crawled over to Matt's side. He shifted Matt so he was on his back instead of on his side. The sleeping boy didn't wake. Mello then straddled Matt's waist, making sure not to apply pressure just yet. He lifted Matt's arms and placed them on the above pillows and placed his own hands off to the side. Now that he was ready Mello leaned down and brushed his lips against Matt's in a light but firm kiss. At first nothing appeared to change and Mello was about to just screw being all romantic like and just slug Matt when he thought he saw Matt stir.

It started out as a tingly sensation on his lips and it traveled all though his body. After that Matt became aware that there was something on top of him. His first conclusion was that it was his laptop but then he didn't remember it weighing so much. Matt forced his eyes to open and was rewarded with darkness.

"What were you dreaming about?" The voice sounded just inches from his face and he instantly recognized it as Mello's.

"You." Matt managed to say before he became aware of the fact that he and Mello were alone in a room with the lights off.

"Really?" Mello sounded very pleased.

"Yeah, after all you're in all my dreams." Matt confessed.

"That's not creepy," Mello said with sarcasm and laughed which made Matt feel embarrassed.

"Well I-" Matt began to try and explain himself.

"Creepy yet flattering." Mello's smile could be seen through the darkness.

While Matt was thinking of something to say, which was really hard because Mello was sitting on top of him and it resulted in him feeling brain-dead, Mello pulled off his goggles.

"You know you really shouldn't fall asleep with these things on." Mello commented then chucked them to the floor.

"Why is that?"

"Because, stupid, they leave imprints around your eyes." Mello said as he traced the lines on Matt's face.

"Oh." Matt said lamely.

After a few minutes of neither saying anything Matt knew he would regret it but he had to ask, "Mello why are you on top of me?"

"Because you don't have the balls to make the first move." Mello replied in a matter of fact way.

"Do you want me to get up?" Matt asked, confusion obvious in his voice.

"I'm not talking about that kind of move." Mello lowered his head next to Matt's face and blew into his ear.

Matt's blush appeared as quickly as he could type and he instantly tried scooting away from Mello. Unfortunately for him Mello had foreseen this reaction and grabbed Matt's wrists, which were still resting on the pillow, and tightened the hold he had on his waist. Matt, seeing he was trapped, gave up trying to escape and decided to try and reason with Mello.

"What the hell are you doing Mello?" Matt tried to keep his voice down.

"Playing the role as the dominate one in our relationship."

Matt, sounding slightly hurt by that remark, replied, "I don't think this is a good idea!"

"You never think any of my ideas are good," Mello pointed out, "Yet most of the time you go a long with them anyways. Why is that?"

"Why is what?" Matt was glad that the topic had changed.

"Why is it that every scheme I come up with you're more or less willing to tag along and help me with it?" Mello had for the moment laid off the attack.

"I never really thought about why I do those stupid things with you…" Matt said slowly, "But if I had to come up with a reason I would have to say it's because I-"

"Mello! Matt!" Near was banging on their bedroom door.

"I'm going to kill him!" Mello hissed under his breath. He got up from Matt reluctantly and stomped over to the door.

Mello unlocked the door and yanked it open. Standing outside was Near with his hands over his eyes. Matt joined Mello at the door, "What's with him?"

"Probably expecting to see us naked." Mello answered before he grabbed Near's shirt and pulled him forward. "What the fuck is your problem?"

Near, used to Mello's temper, let his hands drop and replied anxiously, "L and Light are gone."

To be continued…

I noticed this chapter had a lot of Mello in it… which I hadn't planned, it just sort of happened that way. I'm not complaining though!

I finished watching Death Note (I had only read the manga before) and I just fell in love with Mello, Near, and Matt all over again! ^^

Don't worry fans of the L and Light couple I have not forgotten this is a LxLight fanfic.

I hope you guys liked this chapter but whether you did or didn't please tell me what you think!

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~~ Addicted to Dreams