No more than a half hour had passed when Mello once again broke the silence, "Hey Matt," he said quietly looking down at his hands, "Having kids could be…..nice."

"You think?" Matt said pausing the game and looking up at the blonde smirking, "It's got to be a lot of work." Mello nodded but stretched across his features was an uncharacteristic smile. He looked over at the gamer,

"Yeah but wouldn't it be worth it?" Upon meeting Matt's eyes the grin disappeared replaced by a blush, "Forget it," he hastily continued, "It can't happen. "Why did you start this stupid conversation anyway?"

Matt shrugged and returned to his game "Dunno. Seemed interesting."

"We're guys, we cant have a kid." Said Mello intending to shut down the conversation once and for all.

"Yeah, true. But, gay marriage isn't legal in Japan, so I started thinking about other stuff." Replied Matt turning back to his game. Mello, however didn't miss the significance of what the gamer had just said.

'Gay marriage, why would he be thinking about that unless…. between….' Mello's eyes went wide and a blush passed over his features "You" he started the meaning of what Matt said sinking in, "....you would marry me?"

Matt simply nodded and looked up at the blonde once again.

"w-why?" Stuttered Mello.

Matt quirked a brow, "I can't really list all the reasons why."

"All? There's more than one?"

"Well, duh, Mell.."

"Oh." Was all Mello could say, but nothing could have prepared him for when Matt smirked and asked--

"Why? Would you say yes?"

At this Mello turned a shade of red so bright it seemed to challenge the gamer's hair. He stuttered some-what incoherently before choking out some comment about the weather to which Matt simply smirked and said "Don't dodge my question."

Mello buried his face in his notes and Matt, still lying on his back, tilted his head back looking at the blonde upside-down. "Aw, c'mon. I asked you a question."

"Its not legal." Said Mello turning his face away desperately.

"Not here, I know that." Said Matt rolling his eyes.

"So why go on thinking and hoping about things that are not possible?"

Matt just shrugged, "I'm a dreamer, Mell."

"I don't hope or put stock in dreams." Said Mello getting up and walking into the kitchen.

"Bull." Snorts Matt.

Mello twitched and pretends not to have heard, "Hopeing just makes you expect things. Never expect good things. Always expect the worst. Then you get to be surprised if something ok ever happens."

"Aww, but that's so negative." Whined Matt, "If you didn't have dreams, you wouldn't work to achieve them."

"Dreams are different than goals. I didn't dream of becoming mafia boss. It was a goal and bang (quite literally), here I am."

"You can't tell me you never dreamed about it before you achieved it."

"I dreamt of becoming L and..." At this Mello froze his features stiffening in agitation.

"C'mon. Just once, you never pictured it in your mind's eye?"

"Shut up."

"I know I dreamt about my Wii before I got enough cash to go and get one."

"You're such a dick."

"I know." Grinned Matt at Mello who leaned in the doorway glaring.

"The only thing I ever fucking pictured, by the way, was my fucking name on the top of that fucking list at that fucking place."

"Yeah? That's it?"

"I've pictured other things, yeah I have. But none have ever come..." Mello's eyes rested on the gamer who grinned widely.

"None?" asked Matt of the blonde who just stared at him before blushing and retiring into the kitchen and sitting on the counter.

"Must be hard to get off on such a sucky imagination!" Called Matt "Especially before we were together!" But Mello, didn't hear. He was too wrapped up in his own thoughts. "One came true, Matt."

"Mhm?" Said Matt hearing his name.

"Oh, nothing, talking to myself. So did you ever have a dream come true."

Matt rolled his eyes disbelievingly but ignored it. "Sure. Lots of times."

"Wii." Snorted Mello.

"Yeah, that's one." Said Matt snickering. "But like I said, I dream a lot, so. I guess it's inevitable."

"When you dream of such trivial things, yes its inevitable."

"Not all my dreams are trivial."

Mello snorted, "Yeah right, you probably just dream about beating the next boss."

"Please Mell," Matt rolled his eyes "I don't need to dream about that. If I want it done, it gets done."