I had fun writing this chappie, Mello and Matt are juz so amusing to write about!

Chapter 5 : Experiment

"Mello, what's wrong?" I sat on the couch and pet him. "I probably should ask you at midnight, hey?"

"What is it, Matt?" Stripes walked in and sat beside me. "Mello looks scared."

"I'll ask him at midnight."

"Midnight? Do you mean... your wet dream?" He narrowed his eyes.

"NO! I told you it is not a lie." I insisted. "You can wait till midnight!"

"I won't bother. I have to go now, anyway." Stripes put his clothes on and walked out the front door, leaving me sighing.

"MATT!" Light burst out, naked.

"That's it, Light-kun." Ryuuzaki walked outside the bathroom, Light's boxers on his hand. "Matt, we have to get going now." He was fully dressed.

"Ah, sure, thanks for dropping by." I smiled while putting my clothes on, Light too. Soon, they left. "Want milk, Mel?" Mello nodded slowly, I smiled slightly. I walked to the kitchen with Mello on my shoulder. I poured some milk and he jumped to drink it. I stared at him.

I jumped on my bed at 10 PM and tried not to sleep, waiting for midnight to come. I played Pokemon continuously, kicking Elite Four butts over and over again until my Typhlosion reached level 99. I felt really sleepy because I looked at the screen too much and ended up closing my eyes. I don't know how many hours passed since then, all I know next is someone fell on my bed panting heavily. I opened my eyes to see the guy that I'd been waiting for, Mello.

"Mello." I called, he looked at me straightaway and hugged me. "A-ah!"

"Matt, please protect me." He said with desperate voice. "Don't let that guy take me."

"What? Mr Ethan?"

"Yeah, he's trying to take me back to that lab. He'll turn me into a 100% cat for sure..." He buried his face on my chest. I could feel my face heat up. Mello looked so scared, I want to help him. "He is one of the scientists that did this."

"Wha?" I pushed Mello back. "He is?" He nodded slowly.

"He will do anything to get me back, he looked so sure that the secret of his experiment had been spilled. The secret that he used humans for this experiment is vital. He'll get captured for sure if the police know."

"What did he do back then when he held you?"

"He said that he'll get me back, for sure." He paused. "What I'm scared of is..." Mello released his hands from mine, "that he might hurt you if you tried to protect me. I don't want you to get hurt because of me."

I smiled, grabbed his hand, and kissed it. "And I don't want him to hurt you either."

Mello's expression softened and he leaned forward to capture my lips. I did not object. I don't know why but, I want to help him. I don't know why, but I let him kiss me.

"Mello..." I whispered. He put his finger on my lips.

"Mihael Keehl." He kissed my lips again. "Matt, can you tell me why are we kissing?"

"I'm afraid I can't." I smiled and came back to capture his lips again. "And I don't care."

"We're both guys, is that okay?" He smirked, the smirk that got me when I first met him.

"Really? I didn't know that."

"Thanks, Matt." He rested his head on my shoulder.

"Mail Jeevas." I stroke his hair. "Tell me the story, Mello."

"The experiment?" He asked, I nodded. "Okay. This experiment started in around a year ago. A group of scientists started capturing humans that they thought would be a good object to do this. So many people died yet, they haven't found the right combination to do what they intended to. At least, they killed ten people a day, for three months until they found an answer for their experiment. I was the first person that they thought was a success, I'm not dead, I turned into a kitty but, I still had my human mind."

"They did not use any drugs back then, remembering the high price so, every object of experiment has to go through some really painful steps that will slowly lead them to their death. Firstly, they have to be branded on their left shoulder, showing the object numbers. Then, they were sent to the lab where those scientists poured certain acids on their body, the acids that peeled their outer skins off, without drugs, if I have to remind you again. Then, they have to go inside a tablet where their body will be fused with a body of an animal. It feels like your bones were crushed and electrocuted. It feels like hell."

"Y-you... experienced that?" I asked.

Mello nodded and shivered, he closed his eyes, looked like he was remembering the pain he had been through.

"You don't have to continue if you don't want to."

"N-no, I'll continue." Mello said. "Most objects who were failed, died. The ones who passed, was sold as animals with human faces. I was the only test object that was a failure but looked like a success. I stayed quiet until the night when they left me in quite a big cage. Without my knowing, I turned back into a human and I realized that that was the time I had to escape. I broke the cage easily and ran away as far as I could, I didn't care where the direction took me. Some hours later, I turned back into a cat, ended up inside the garbage bin because I was so hungry and I met you." He finished.

"I promise you one thing." I paused. "I will not let him get you..."

Mello smiled slightly and hugged me. "Thanks, Matt." He kissed me again.

I don't know why I let him kiss me. I'm quite sure neither me nor Mello is gay and best friends do not fucking kiss each other on their lips! Some part of me wanted to admit that I had fallen for him but, the rest is just to solve this problem and get over it. Mello clung to me just like a cat. Every strand of his golden hair fell nicely on my face. It's so soft. I feel that I'm refreshed.

"I'm glad you're the one who picked me up." He whispered on my ear, sending shivers down my spine. "Some people bought these types of animals just for their own amusement. They wanted to touch them because they had human organs. But you're different."

It's obviously because you scratched me when I was going to do that. But... "I'm glad I picked you up. You enlighten my boring life." With that, I stroked his soft hair and kissed his cheek caringly. One thing I should admit...

Mello is too tempting to resist.

-TBC

YAY finally chapter 5!

Beta-ed by Blackdragonflower :) thankkkss :3