Chapter Four

The friend named Near

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'Oh no, who could that be at a time like this?!' "M-Mello you gotta l-let go. I have to answer the door!" Matt whispered so the person on the other side of the door wouldn't be able to hear.

"Why?" Mello asked.

"W-why!?! Because there's someone here, we can't do this sort of thing with someone at the door! M-Mello please!" He begged, still whispering.

Mello pushed against Matt. "Mel-!" He started but realised he was looking through the peep hole in the door. "Who is it?"

"Don't know."

"Well what do they look like?" Matt asked trying to look through the hole himself. "I-It's Near!"

"Who is that?"

-Knock- -Knock-

"Huh? Oh, he's a friend. I have to see if he's mad at me... but first you gotta move." Matt whispered trying to push Mello backwards so he could answer the door.

"Why? So you can talk to your friend and not to Mello?"

"Wha-what?"

-Knock- -Knock-

"Matt, open the damn door! I know you're in there! Open up!" Near yelled through the door.

Matt's eyes widened. "He must be mad. He never raises his voice... Mello move!"

"..." Mello let go of Matt and moved back.

"Matt!" Near shouted.

"Go wait in the bedroom or something..." Matt said and unlocked the door before he opened it he looked around to check if Mello was there. He wasn't.

Matt opened the door to see his friend stood in front of him. Before he knew it, Near had grabbed hold of him and went to move him backwards but instead pushed him too hard and they both fell over. Near landing on top of Matt; the door slamming shut behind them.

"N-Nea..." Matt started but was interrupted.

"Are you okay!? Why did you leave early? What took you so long to open the door!?" Near asked frantically as he looked down at his friends face.

"W-w-what's up with you?"

"What-what's up!? You didn't tell me you were going home! I thought something was wrong, you always tell me when you leave early a-and then it took you so long to open the door!" Near yelled moving his face closer to Matt's; his face turning pink. "I was worried!"

"W-why? And what are you so mad about? You never act like this... you never yell at me o-or even get mad at me or anything..."

"I'm not mad!!! Don't you get it? I was worried about you!" Near yelled; his face turning red.

"W-why... I'm okay, thanks for worrying about me." Matt told him rubbing Near's head.

Near opened his mouth to say something but stopped and let his head fall onto Matt's chest.

"Y-you wanna stay for a while?" Matt asked.

Near sat up on Matt's lap. "Y-yeah... erm, why are your trousers unzipped."

"Huh?" Matt used his arms to prop himself up. He remembered his situation before he opened the door for Near. 'Shit! How could I not of zipped them back up before opening the door!?' "Err...err..." Matt started trying to think of an excuse.

"Never mind, I don't think I wanna know..." Near said. He grabbed hold of the zip and part of the trouser material and pulled the zip up.

"What-?"

"I could leave them open if you want? I don't mind..." Near said, moving his face closer to Matt's and placing a hand on his crotch. Near noticed Matt's face go red and smirked. "I'm just kidding..." He said moving his hand away.

"I-I wish you wouldn't do things like that..." Matt said looking down towards the floor.

"Why? You know I won't do anything..."

"Get off!" Said a voice Near didn't recognize. He looked up to see a blond man stood next to the two boys, he had two pointy ears on the top of his head, a tail and nothing on but a pair of black boxers.

"Who're you?" Near asked in a dark tone of voice.

"Get. Off." Mello said in a threatening tone.

"N-Near it's okay, h-he lives here..."

"He lives here? Who is he?" Near asked moving his face closer to Matt's. 'Who the fuck- no what is he?'

"H-he's M-Mello..." Matt started but stopped when Mello yanked Near to his feet and shoved him against the wall.

"M-Mello! What the hell're you doing!?!" Matt yelled.

"He was on Matt!" Mello yelled turning his head to look at Matt.

"What has it got to do with you?" Near asked, bringing Mello's attention back to Near.

Mello gritted his teeth and clenched his fist. Matt shot to his feet and grabbed hold of Mello's arm. "It's okay! He's a friend! Mello stop it! Let him go, please!" Matt begged tightening his grip on Mello's arm.

Mello looked down at Matt; he had a confused look on his face. "Why?"

"Get off of me! Matt I don't know who this guy is but..." Near started.

Matt couldn't hold Mello's arm any longer. Mello got lose of Matt's grip and threw his fist towards Near's face, but the face his fist collided with wasn't Near's. Matt had stood in between them.

"Matt!" Near shouted.

"You can't t-treat my f-friends like this Mello, I-It's not r-right..." Matt said as he grabbed hold of Mello's fist and un-clenched it.

Mello let go of Near. Near grabbed hold of Matt's shoulders and turned him to face himself. "Are you okay!? It doesn't look broken... let's go to the bathroom, I'll sort it out." Near told him. 'Huh? Matt's still holding his hand...'

Mello grabbed hold of Matt and picked him up. "M-Mello?"

"Put him down!"

Mello said nothing and continued walking towards the bathroom. "What're you doing!?" Near yelled; he was walking behind them.

Mello slammed the door shut in Near's face. "Hey! Open the door!" He yelled and started pounding his fists against the door.

"M-Mello what're you doing?" Matt asked. Mello placed Matt on the floor against the bath. He grabbed a flannel and shoved it under the cold water tap. "M-Mello-?"

"Mello used to belong to a doctor..." He said and walked back over to Matt. He knelt down in front of Matt and started to wipe away the blood. "Mello didn't mean to hit Matt..." He said with a sad look on his face.

"I-I know... you m-meant to hit Near. That's w-wrong too, though."

"Hey! Open the door!"

Mello frowned and gritted his teeth. "But he was touching Matt!"

"And I said it was okay... didn't I? I told you he was my friend. He's always doing this like that, but he doesn't go any further because he knows I don't want him to..." Matt told him. "I don't think I'm explaining it right... erm..."

Mello moved to sit at the top of Matt's legs and continued wiping his face. He stopped wiping Matt's face and put his hands on the floor beside Matt. He moved his face closer to Matt's, "Mello is sorry. Mello didn't mean to hit Matt! He would never hurt Matt!" Mello yelled frantically.

Matt's eyes were wide for a second and then softened, with a smile. "I know." He said and placed a hand on top of Mello's. "But you're not allowed to hurt Near either... he's important to me."

Near turned around to face away from the door and slumped down to the floor to listen to what they were saying.

"Important? Why?" Mello asked.

"...I don't know really..." He said smiling. "He's always been important to me. He's been my friend for years, for as long as I can remember and hopefully he always will be... no matter what happens..."

Near smiled at what Matt said.

"Mello doesn't understand..."

"Never mind. Just leave him alone, okay?"

"Is Mello important?" He asked changing the subject and not answering his question.

"Of course." Matt told him placing a hand on Mello's face.

Mello moved his face closer to Matt's and pressed his mouth against Matt's gently.

Near glared and clenched his fists as he heard what Matt had said. 'Why? Who is he? And why is Matt letting him kiss him!?'

Matt heard foot steps and then the front door slam. Matt pulled away. "Near?"

"He's left." Mello said.

"How do you know?"

"I can hear him walking down the street..."

Matt's eyes widened and then saddened as he tilted his head forward. "I guess he's mad at me..."

'I can't believe its ten thirty at night and were outside taking a walk... I guess Near really is mad, he won't answer his phone...'

"Is something wrong, with Matt?"

"Huh? No I'm okay... we should go back soon, okay?" Matt asked standing in front of the bench. Mello nodded.

Matt sat down on the bench and looked up at the sky. "Uh?" Matt looked back down. Mello was sat on Matt's legs.

"What is wrong?"

"... I think Near's mad at me..."

Mello put his hands on top of Matt's, so he couldn't move them. Mello pressed his mouth against Matt's. He pulled away.

"We can't do that kind of thing out here!" Matt said trying to get Mello off his lap.

"Why? No one is around..."

"B-but... l-let's go home..." Matt said his face bright red.

"We can do it at home?"

Matt hesitated a moment before nodding. Mello smiled and leant forward kissing Matt.

"Come on you two, do things like that at home..." Someone said walking towards the two.

Mello pulled away and both of them looked at the man. It was copper. He took another look at them. "Two men!? Wait a man and a child?" He said walking closer.

"N-no it's not like that." Matt said quickly. Mello just had a clueless look on his face.

The copper grabbed his gun and held it in Mello's direction. "It's alright kid. You don't have to worry. You get off the kid, now!" He demanded.

"W-wait please! It's not like that. I'm not as young as I look!" Matt yelled. 'There's no way he'll believe me!'

"Get off the kid!" he shouted at Mello.

"You're not listening!" Matt yelled.

Mello climbed off of Matt's lap and started to walk towards the cop. "Mello?" The cop walked closer to Mello. "Mello, what are you-?" Before Matt could finish, Mello had grabbed the gun and thrown it to the floor. The cop took a step back but had clenched a fist, as Mello moved forward he went to hit Mello. Mello moved out of the way but quickly hit the cop in the head, he fell to the floor.

"Are we going home?" Mello asked and walked over to Matt.

"Err... y-yeah." Matt said and got up to walk away with Mello not looking back at the cop.

End of chapter 4!

Okay, I'm not really shore about the last part. It sounded good when I was writting it but...

Over the next few chapters I think the story is going to explain how Mello is a human and things like that.

Thanx for reading and stuff.