A/n: Wow. I know that it has been a lot longer than a month, and I apologise profusely for it! You probably hate me for ditching my loving readers for so long, but after I got back from my holiday in Sydney, my laptop blue-screened. Now I am a very impatient person, but decided to give it a chance to start up again. But then it blue-screened 18 more times and it had to be reimaged.
Then it got wiped. So I lost my completed but unposted chapter of BIOTB and also another fanfiction project called Spacebound which was going to be a Mello X Near-Mello X Matt –Light X L- Light X Misa/Takada. But no. It no longer exists. TT ^ TT
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Chapter 15: Awkward Silence
Tea.
The first thing to be offered in the increasingly awkward situation was tea, thanks to Light's flurried scuttling.
Watari, with his subtle gracefulness, settled into L's only plush armchair and beamed happily around the room as every other male stared at each other.
Nate, in his strange quirky way, sat on a chair (albeit a little grudgingly) and pulled one of his gangly legs to his chest. His silver-blue eyes scanned the room wearily, as if awaiting the very moment that Mello leapt at him as he seemed to be having trouble containing himself at that moment.
Lawliet, being the classy man he is, gratefully accepted his tea from his nervous lover and with trembling fingers dropped in twelve sugar cubes. Not that that action threw anybody off guard, due to the fact that it was only one more than usual.
"So," Matt broke the silence with a small cough, and within moments had everybody's attention. "how was your trip here?"
Watari's grey moustache shook happily as he sipped from the fragile white cup.
"It was pleasant, to say the least."
"There were no major issues." Nate added hastily and all eyes moved to the small white figure whose face was now plastered with a smug smirk. Light's honey eyes narrowed nastily at the teenager as he excused himself and left the room.
He didn't like that little shrimp. He was bound to be nasty and arrogant and rather distasteful and-
The popstar froze mid-thought and stared at the floor sheepishly. He was basically describing himself.
"Light?" A small voice interrupted him and Light glared back into the lounge. Nate's smile was wider before his small pink lips split to show perfect teeth.
"Yes?" Light muttered.
"I wouldn't mind a cup of tea as well, if you don't mind." Looking at the tray spitefully, the auburn haired teen saw that, indeed he had forgotten to give Nate his tea.
He looked around for help and saw that L's eyes were narrowed towards him.
Like a kicked puppy, Light shuffled towards the albino boy and passed the cup downwards.
"Thank you."
"Whatever."
Mello crossed his arms hatefully across his thin chest as his blue eyes watched the idol walk back through the doorway to hide in the kitchen again. He couldn't blame the good looking man for being so skittish-his life had just been invaded by his lover's father and one of the 'competition' in is line of work. Not that he was much competition in the first place.
The blonde's face flushed suddenly as he caught the silver-blue orbs staring at him.
God Nate's stare was creepy.
Matt nudged Mello's thin arms roughly.
"Oi Mels, you okay?"
"Yeah. Yeah I'm fine." Mello rubbed at his face, his long fingers brushing lightly over the small scar on his cheek. He startled as he felt a sudden weight fall across his shoulders roughly, Matt's red hair obscuring his view as the red-haired teen placed his head onto Mello's shoulder softly. Mello smiled at his younger lover until he caught sight of a surprised face across the room.
Near was staring. Again.
"W-what the hell are you looking at you little...creep." The blonde stumbled over his words stupidly, earning confused looks from L, Watari and Matt. Near however continued to watch.
"Bastard." Mello pushed himself away from Matt and before he stalked in the general direction of Lawliet's bedroom, threw his empty cup at the teen, before he had a frantic redhead running behind him. It was comedic almost, the way everybody seemed to stutter when it was cued, and the amusing reactions that every person gave.
Nate mentally applauded himself for this trickle of cleverness. All he needed now was a laugh reel in the background; he was smart enough to know that he would barely receive a polite laugh from L if he made a corny joke like that.
'back and forth, back and forth...I'm like a freaking servant!' Light muttered to himself weakly as he reentered the room, his arms empty and weightless as he sat down on the plump side of the chair that his raven haired boyfriend was currently seated on. There was another uncomfortable silence and Light braved himself, pushing his arrogance aside for a few moments to plaster a fake smile on his tanned face and turned his attention on the smirking albino.
"So...Nate." he coughed uneasily.
"Yes Light?"
"I...I have to ask...how is your errr...new album coming along?"
"It isn't a difficult process when you have the talent for it."
Light's whole face twitched. It took all of his effort not to flex his fingers and place them around the small boy's throat and squeeze the life out-
Light's thoughts were broken abruptly as he caught a glimpse of narrowed black eyes scowling at him.
"Light..." Lawliet whispered with a lovers familiarity. "I would appreciate it if you didn't think of murdering somebody so close to me."
"H-how-"
"Call it stupidity intuition."
Another dark glower covered Light's face before he let one last dark reflection trickle into his brain.
Nate River will DIE.
...
"Mello? C'mon Mels open the bloody door." Matt had given up on pounding his fists against the fist had begun to tire and sting so he fell to his last resort. Thumping his head against the wood every few seconds. He hoped it irritated Mello more than it did him. It did hurt after all.
"Leave me alone Matt!" Mello wailed, his voice muffled by the door and what sounded like a pillow in his mouth.
Matt bit his cigarette in angst and straightened his goggles that had begun to dig into his skin and tug at his hair. It was like dating a woman sometimes, the way his boyfriend would throw fits the way he did.
Matt gulped and reddened at the thought of Mello's reaction had he said that to the blondes face.
He shuddered. It was something he would rather not think about.
The door creaked open slowly, a bloodshot eye peeking through the crack. Matt stood back warily before he whispered.
"Have you been crying?"
"No!" Mello cried in outrage before the door slammed again. Matt twisted the knob and pushed it open to see his lover laying belly down on Lawliet's bed, his head covered with a pillow.
"Um are your alright?"
"No! Tell the albino freak to leave!"
"It's not our house, only L can tell him to-"
"FIGURE OUT A WAY!"
There was a heavy silence between the two and Matt sat himself down, feeling the bed sink under his weight. Mello sniffled softly. It could have been classed as romantic the way that the younger of the two men brushed the golden hair behind Mello's ear and slowly lay himself next to his partner.
And it made Matt's heart leap in his throat as Mello snuggled against him.
And it also set off alarm bells.
"There's something seriously wrong, isn't there!" Matt sat bolt upright, his goggles hiding the apprehension in his eyes.
The blonde's face contorted into confusion. "Why would it be Matt?" Mello spoke so innocently.
It was time to evacuate the building. Something was going to explode.
Matt frantically stood up and pointed at the blonde who was still lying on his belly, his eyes narrowed in bewilderment.
"What has happened to make you like this!"
"Noth-"
A timid knock broke into the situation. Near poked his white head in and observed the two, his long index finger twirling in his hair exasperatingly. Matt smiled half heartedly and Mello resumed his position with his pillow over his head.
"I heard shouting, is everything okay?" Nate smiled.
Before Matt could reassure the albino, the pillow that had previously sat on Mello's head was flung across the room and hit the smaller boy in the head. Near blinked rapidly and his almost non-existent eyebrows rose underneath his white fringe.
"That wasn't very charming Miheal, I thought you had more respect than that." Near said in a jaded tone, his eyebrows falling ever so slowly back to their original position.
"Don't fucking call me Miheal!" Matt gulped and turned to the infuriated leather clad man who had leapt from Lawliet's bed and lunged at the albino. Matt, with skills that should not be beholden by a man who plays video games and computers for a living, grasped the infuriated blonde around the waist.
"Mello! Calm the fuck down!"
"Not until he dies!" Mello reached his hands out wildly clawing in the general direction of the passive boy who still stood in the doorway. A loud sigh escaped the albino's mouth and he tugged at his hair wistfully.
"Miheal, why do you hate me calling you by your name? I thought lovers were allowed to call each other on a first name basis. It always struck me as strange how you insist on calling me 'Near'."
The quiet was mind-blowing.
Mello stiffened as his body went rigid and his eyes grew wide.
Matt froze and dropped his partner roughly to the carpeted floor.
Near stood in the exact same position, not moving or reacting at all.
"W-what the hell does he mean 'lovers'!" Matt yelped when his voice came back to him. Mello stayed silent, suddenly content with keeping his face hidden in the carpet.
"I mean that myself and Miheal have slept together, on a few occasions in fact." The way that the white haired teen was speaking was as if he was explaining a simple maths question to a young child.
And all he received was an uncomprehending look form the red head.
"Itonlyhappendsocnceheslyingg-" Mello mumbled into the carpet as he banged his fists into the rug.
Slowly, it dawned on Matt. It was impossible, right!
Oh my god, Near's slept with my boyfriend. OH MY GOD HE'S FUCKED MELLO!
Near smiled.
...
"I apologise for the lack of space." L said as he pushed open the second bedroom of his dingy apartment. He really didn't see a need for a second bedroom until now. His eyes brightened as he saw that it had been tidied thanks to the hard work of his loving boyfriend. He really didn't regret getting into a relationship with a neat freak. Well, not yet at least.
Wammy sighed, his grey moustache quivering unhappily. "L," He started and the raven haired manager stopped. "I know that you need money, why won't you come back to England and work for me again? You were so influential; I could have seen you going far. At least let me buy you a nice house here if you insist on staying in Japan.
And Nate has missed you terribly as well, he even put his work aside for the short while to visit you. Would you at least consider it?"
L shook his head furiously. He didn't dare to meet the wise gaze that burned into the back of his head.
"No, I'm rather happy where I am right where I am."
"You are working for your lover. I don't see how that is a good deal Lawliet."
"He was my boss before he was m lover." Wammy's eyebrow twitched and L reddened before he muttered something horrible under his breath and moved to collect his 'father's' belongings from the living room. Nate could sleep on the couch for all he cared right now.
"Lawliet."
Light's honeyed voice made L freeze as e looked into the loving eyes of his boyfriend and thunked his head against Light's toned chest. He could hear a wheeze of surprise escape Light's mouth.
"Yes Light?" L looked up apprehensively. Light seemed worried.
"I have a serious question to ask you."
"Mmm."
"What did you do before you came to Japan? I overheard you and your father's conversation while I was looking for the vacuum."
"Well I lived in England."
Light rolled his eyes. "I caught that much. I mean, what did you work as?"
L gulped.
"I-I was a..."
An extremely loud thump interrupted the discussion and the two men jumped.
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