I feel kind of weird using the titles of one of my fanfictions as a chapter title...(haha...)

Sorry it's so short...

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"Secrets"

The next day, Mello was surprised to see Matt back at school. The other boy greeted him with the usual cheerful hello, waiting at Mello's locker while he got his books.

"Morning." Mello blushed a little as he stood up and faced the other boy.

Matt's face turned a light pink as well, realizing the awkwardness that was now between them.

"So um...care if I come over tonight?" he asked.

"Yeah, just make sure my parents don't see you."

"Got it." Matt smiled a little.

"Last night...seems like a dream to me," Mello confided.

"Yeah, me too," Matt admitted. "My thoughts weren't really clear, and it wasn't really something I do every day..."

"Me neither."

"Do you...feel any differently about me now?" Matt asked.

Mello turned to look at him, thinking long and hard about his answer. "No, I don't think I do." He smiled. "I have the same feelings as I did last night."

A small breath of something that sounded like relief came from Matt. "Me too," he replied.

"I won't lie...and say it isn't awkward, though..."

"Yeah..." Matt laughed. "But I suppose it's that way with any two people after...you know."

"True... And anyway, we'll be the only ones that know about this... Right?"

"Of course," Matt said, and then shifted awkwardly. "I don't want to think about what the other boys would say if they knew about it..."

"Agreed." The smiled appeared on Mello's face again. "I'll see you later, then, okay?"

"'Kay."

The two boys headed in their separate ways, both with thoughts full of each other.

For two weeks, that was how things were. Matt would come to Mello's room – well, window – every night. They wouldn't do any more than just touch and kiss, though both secretly longed for more.

Every night, Matt would leave, before they got too tired and fell asleep. But he never told Mello where he was living; it was one of the topics Matt deemed 'off limits' and wasn't important. Mello finally lost curiosity after a while, realizing that Matt would never tell him. But Mello did notice that every night that Matt came by, the other boy looked thinner, and more exhausted than the previous night. Mello never said anything, however, figuring that Matt wouldn't tell him what was up with that either.

One night, after they had finished, and Matt was preparing to leave, Mello noticed something sticking out of the corner of Matt's jacket, which was laying on the window seat.

"Hey, what's this...?"

Just as Mello reached for it, Matt grabbed the jacket up off the window seat. "Uh, don't touch that!" he said, his face turning slightly pale.

"The hell – what are you hiding!?" Mello swiped for the jacket, and gave it a tug, at the same time Matt pulled it away. The force of the tug on both parts caused something to fall out of the pocket and land with a thud on the floor.

Mello stared at what was on the ground, his eyes widening. "Why do you have that?" he demanded, looking back up at Matt just as the other boy snatched it up from the floor

"I took it from my father's closet. In case I needed it."

"Why would you need a gun?" Mello said.

When Matt didn't reply, Mello grabbed his arm. "Matt, what aren't you telling me!? Where are you living?!"

"Don't worry about it," Matt said. "I can take care of myself."

Without another word, he was out of the window.

Mello stayed rooted to the spot for a few minute, before going and crawling back under the covers of his bed.

Unable to sleep, he simply laid awake, staring up at the ceiling. He would be lying if he said he wasn't worried; Matt hardly left his mind at all lately, especially with recent events. Matt had always confided in him, though, yet lately the other boy hadn't told him anything...

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