Hello! I 've decided that even if a lot of people don't review, I will still go on with the story. I think it's to good to give up. ) But I would still like reviews!
So yeah, the fourth chapter of the infamous MxM series that does not have any yaoi YET. Keep on reading and you will get what you have been waiting for.
I do NOT own this anime, which is called Death Note!
Mello sat up and started to take off his shirt. Matt tried to look away and started to blush, trying to ignore the fact that Mello just threw his shirt on him. It smelt like ginger…. and chocolate.
"Okay, I'm gonna hit the snooze button now." Mello got under his covers as Matt started to change into his pajamas and snidely agreed. "Yeah, 2:00 isn't for 8 year-olds."
Mello didn't wait for his friend to change, he was too tired. He started to try to go to sleep and this gave Matt the opportunity to see Near.
Matt got into his own bed and he waited. He waited until he knew Mello was fast asleep. This was when the gamer started to think, 'would Near even be up at this hour? He is pretty young…'
A loud snore broke into his thoughts, and that told Matt that Mello indeed was asleep.
'Oh well, wouldn't hurt to see.'
Matt, quietly as possible, stood out of his bed, and started to walk soft steps. Creeeak. Creeeak. Matt gave the floor a death glare, as if staring at it would make it stop creaking. Why can't that old hag Roger just fix the bloody floors?
He slowly opened the blue wooden door, and quickly, but quietly, started to Nears' room.
As he finally reached the desired room, he knocked on it softly, afraid of waking any of the other orphans. No reply. He knocked again, only a tiny bit louder, so if Near was awake, he would hear him. He put his ear to the door in search of a sound, and heard a faint reply of 'Come in.' Hopefully he didn't wake N- wait, he was actually awake.
Shocker.
He opened the door, which creaked more than the door to his room, and saw the pale boy sitting in the middle of his room, working on an all black puzzle.
"Hi Near…" Matt paused to see if Near was looking at him. He wasn't. "Um…do you think you could look at me?"
Automatically, the younger boy looked up at him. Matt could feel the boy stare at him, as if he was looking through him, or even reading his mind. He started to wish that Near wasn't looking at him. This made the talk all the more uncomfortable.
He started to recite all the words that he practiced this afternoon, after the incident with the book. Linda got into trouble, which was funny, but he still felt bad about Near not having his book. The physics test was actually tomorrow, and the albinos' studies were declined because of him…but mostly Mellos' fault.
"Near, I'm terribly sorry about today…" crap. He messed up. "Um, I mean that it was Mello who actually took it, and he told me to lie about it…" He paused dramatically, so Near could tell he was sorry. Near showed no sympathy.
"Sooooo….yeah." That was all Matt was able to come up with. Mello fell asleep quick.
Near took a deep sigh and told his visitor, "Don't beat yourself up about it…" he started to fiddle with a piece of the black puzzle. "I already knew you were lying, I don't believe stuff as easily as Mr.Roger does…"
Matt was surprised, and then again, not surprised. Near was number one in Wammys'. He was only third in line to be the successor of the famous L. It wasn't as bad as Mello thought of it to be, but then again, if you're second in line, you always think of yourself to be a loser, only because you are so close to being first.
Near just finished his puzzle as he started to ask. "So Matt, is that all you have to say?" He looked up at the gamer and then added on, "Or the better thing to say is, is that all you want to say?"
The older boy gave the albino a confused look, and it took him a while to understand what he meant.
Near wanted Matt to stay and talk with him. This also confused Matt. He never actually pictured Near of all people to have an actual conversation with him…or anyone for that matter.
Matt paused and thought of a reply that would get him out of the little boys room, and back into his bed, because he was tired. The snide remark he made later was true. 8 year- olds shouldn't be up at 2:00.
"Oh no! I don't have a lot to saaaayy…" he gave a fake (or real) yawn and stretched out his arms over his head. "Besides, I'm kinda tired tonight, y' know?"
Near looked at him skeptically and started to play with some dice as soon as the puzzle was done. Then he started to question. "Matt, you are Mello's best friend. You might even be his only friend. You even share a room with him. You're telling me you have nothing to talk about?"
Matt let Nears words sink in and tried to ignore them at the same time. Nothing was wrong. He shared a room with his best friend, why would anything be wrong?
He quit thinking as he noticed Near smiling to Matt. This made Matt even more uncomfortable than the stare he was given a few minutes ago.
"F.Y.I, nothing, is wrong. IN fact, everything with Mello and I is absolutely grand. Like an all you can eat buffet, except the food is friendship and kind…nes..s" Matt stopped going on as soon as he realized what he was saying. Even Roger wouldn't believe that shit, so why the hell would number one, Near, believe it?
The look Near was giving the redhead was a little different than to what he usually looked like, but he still looked emotionless at the same time. Matt then noticed Nears' mouth moving. He started to pay attention.
"Matt…I know him. You can't be so foolish as to think that I would believe that nonsense."
Matt felt stupid to actually think that he could outwit Near. No way he could. Besides, it wasn't like Mello was all sugar n' dumplins' either, so why couldn't he just…vent to someone else too? Mello did it all the time, so Matt thought he could use a little venting.
"Okay, I lied, you already know I lied so lets get right to it…" he crouched down next to Near so he wouldn't have to talk loud. Then he began.
"Mello is my greatest, most bestest friend in the whole frickin' world, and everyone should know that nothing would ever, never ever ever," he put emphasis on the last 'ever'. "come between, or separate us. But…."
A quiet moment. Near egged Matt on. "But…"
Matt swallowed. "But he isn't exactly number one friend of the year. I mean, I know he would be very…very upset if he ever had to leave me, or if I ever left him, but he treated me like dirt." He quickly added onto the sentence, "Sometimes."
Near nodded his head, as if he were in the same situation as Matt was. He kinda was but not completely.
Matt started to feel good letting it all out. Especially to such a good listener. He continued on.
"And you know how he always knocks down your dice, or chews up your puzzle pieces?" Near gave a sad nod, as if it was happening right then and there. "Well Mello will sometimes throw my gameboy at the wall, or I'll have to start telling him how much better he is than me. I hate that the most because my self esteem goes right out the window." He leaned in closer to the pale boy and whispered to him, as if Mello was right there. "And get this, he's only done this 2 or 3 times, but he will start to beat on me if he gets really pissed."
Near gave a look of pity, or surprise? Matt couldn't tell.
"Well, Matt. I am very sorry to hear that." He put his hand in Matts' lap and said, "It is sad that such terrible things could be done to such nice people."
Matt felt good about getting a compliment, yet he also felt kinda bad that he just spilled about Mello… to his rival.
Near gave a small smile and slide his hand off of Matts lap and told him, "If you ever need someone to vent to, or just to talk to…" He gave the gamer a little dice with only one dot on each side. "…come visit me."
Matt nodded and put the strange dice in his other hand. He stood up, yawned, stretched, and headed for the door as he said to the other boy, "Thanks Near. Oh, and please don't tell Mello I said those things…" and in a moment he was gone.
Near sat on his bed and murmured to himself as he got under the covers "I can't make that promise…"
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