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"Hey you two." Roger asked the two boys, one sitting on the floor playing a DS and the other on the couch gleefully eating chocolate.
"What." Mello snapped.
"Have you seen Near? I haven't seen him all day."
"Probably in his room." Matt replied not looking up from his game.
"I checked there already. Just tell me if you see him." Roger turned and left to ask some other children.
"Mello…" Matt said turning to face his chocolate eating friend.
"Relax Mat. He's probably studying or playing with his stupid toys somewhere." Mello said referring to Near.
Matt glanced out the window. It was slightly passed midday. They had buried Near over three hours ago.
Over the next few minutes, they both seemed nervous and kept glancing out the window.
"What if we really killed him!?" Matt thought worried.
"Ok! I'm going to see if he's still there." Matt said and got up, leaving his game still running. Matt never abandons his games.
"I'm coming to." Mello said and chucked his chocolate on the couch. They were both worrying. They had never worried before, but this was the first time Near had gone missing and even Roger didn't know where he was.
They didn't even bother to put their jackets on. They just raced out the door in their running shoes and towards the bench by the pond. The snow was still falling and their footprints from earlier that day were covered by snow and could not be seen.
They could see that there was still a mound of snow on the ground. They prayed it wasn't Near under there and that he was just hiding somewhere. The sun reflected off the snow and practically blinded Mello (Matt was fine because of his goggles).
Mello dropped down on his knees next to the mound of snow and started to dig. Matt followed suit. They dug through the cold snow, their fingers turning numb and blue.
"Why are we trying to find him?" Matt asked Mello. They were both tired of digging and sweating.
"Because we would never forgive ourselves if we were the ones to actually kill him, no matter how many times we've joked about it." Mello answered while still digging. He was beginning to wonder if Near was even there under the thick layer of snow.
"Mello. Here." Matt said pointing to the spot he had been digging. His fingers had brushed against something soft and cold.
Mello began helping Matt dig in that spot. Soon they uncovered a very cold, very wet Near. He was unconscious but he was still breathing, but very faintly.
"Help me you idiot!" Mello told Matt sharply while he tried to lift the small cold boy out of the hole they had dug.
Matt grabbed Nears legs and helped Mello lift him up. Mello ended up carrying Near back into the Wammy House.
"We're going to get in so much shit." Matt said when they got back inside the warm building. They kicked their shoes off.
"No we aren't. We can't be seen or we will. Let's get up to our room and warm him up then we can say we found him sleeping outside. As long as he isn't as cold and wet as he is now. We'll be fine. Come on." Mello checked the hallway to make sure there wasn't anyone there before heading up the stairs. Matt followed him.
They got inside the bedroom Matt and Mello shared. Mello laid Near on his bed.
"Matt go get some towels and if you can, get some of Nears' clothes from his room." Mello told Matt before taking off Near's sopping wet shirt. The small boy shivered.
Matt was off running in an instance.
Mello continued to take off Near's clothes, only leaving his underwear. Mello did not want to go there. He threw a blanket over the white haired boy. It was them that Near started shivering very violently.
Mello knew the blanket wasn't doing much good since Near didn't have the body heat to heat the blanket up and keep him warm. Mello wondered what he was supposed to do. Well actually, he did know what to do, he just didn't want to do it.
Near's shivers were uncontrollable. Mello could see his face was all screwed up into this weird expression of pain and every so often Near would jerk slightly. Shivering meant he was starting to warm up but it also meant he was feeling pain. He was still very cold.
Mello was getting scared. For some reason, watching Near in pain wasn't as enjoyable as he had previously thought.
He went over to Near and pulled the blanket away. He sat on the bed and pulled Near up into his lap and wrapped his arms around him. Mello flinched at the contact of Near's cold skin against the skin of his arms.
Near continued shivering and Mello continued holding him.
When Matt came back he just dropped the towels and clothes beside Mello and Near on the bed.
"Getting quite cozy I see." Matt teased Mello.
"Shut up, you ass hole." Mello replied but didn't let go of Near.
"You should probably get Near dressed." Matt said and picked up Near's shirt and shoved it in Mello's face, fully aware that Mello couldn't do anything about it unless he dropped Near.
Mello made a face but didn't say anything back. Matt helped Mello get Near into his clothes. Mello was about to throw the blanket over Near again when Matt stopped him.
"What the fuck do you think are you doing?" Mello asked when Matt had grabbed the blanket from him.
"Near still needs body heat Mels." Matt said seriously. "Look at him. He's still shivering like mad even though we dressed him in clean dry clothes. This is our fault you know, so we should fix it."
"Fuck you Matt." Mello spat at him.
"You can do that later Mello." Mello's eyes widened at that comment. "You should probably go back to what you were doing before I came in." Mello just looked at Matt.
"You fucker. That was not what I fucking meant you fucking ass hole!" Mello said and punched his best friend in the shoulder.
"Um. Ow. That hurt Mels." Matt said fake pouting.
"Shut up." Mello said and went back to Near. "And come here. I am not the only one who's fault it is. Your going to help Near just as much as I do."
"What?!" Matt exclaimed.
"Get you ass over here before I make you." Mello said threw gritted teeth.
Matt went over to Mello and sat on the other side of the unconscious Near. Mello and Matt both laid on either side of Near and close as they could comfortable get.
They could slowly start to feel Near's body warm up. His breathing was now normal and he was no longer shivering violently. By this time, the sun was down and dinner would be soon. Mello and Matt were bored out of their skulls.
Mello sat up. "Oh my fucking god. I haven't had any chocolate for over an hour! I need chocolate!" Mello ran out of the bedroom and within seconds he was back with about half a dozen chocolate bars.
"Uh huh. And I haven't been with my DS for over an hour. Your point?" Matt said yawning. Doing nothing might have bored him out of his skull but it also made him very, very tired. Matt closed his eyes and Mello sighed.
"You know we have to tell Roger where Near is." Matt said with his eyes still closed.
"I already did. 'told him that Near had fell in the snow and we found him while wandering outside and that we brought him here to warm up." Mello said noticeably proud of himself.
"Good." Matt said and fell asleep beside Near.
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