\/Matt\/

"Matt. I have a plan."

I looked sideways at the blond as we rounded a corner and slid into an empty classroom. Travis (the naked bloke who was chasing us for stealing his clothes) ran past the door we were hiding behind in a very predictable fashion.

"Does this plan involve us not getting beat up by Travis?" I asked as I put my hands on my knees to catch my breath.

"No. Even better. It involves payback. I can beat Near at something." Mello informed me.

"Yeah, at eating the most amount of chocolate humanly possible and still having a girlish….." Oh shit. "I mean… Uhh….A manly, muscular, physique. Yeah."

"Good thing you didn't finish that thought, Matty." Mello glared at me and then burst out laughing. "Good one, though. I might try that. Challenge Near to a chocolate eating contest. Anyway….What is the one thing that Near can't do?"

"Get laid." I said right away. We both cracked up at the thought of Near getting some, and then simultaneously shuddered. Near. Getting laid. Ew.

"Come now Matty, we both know very well that Near is asexual and reproduces by budding." Mello said in a perfect imitation of Rogers in a snit. Then we were both laughing again.

"So what's the one thing Near can't do" I asked. I figured the sooner Mello revealed his crazy scheme, the sooner I could talk him out of it. Or maybe go along with it if it was actually a good plan.

"Friends. Near has the social ability of a jock strap. Less probably."

"True that Mells, but how are we going to use that against him?" I wondered where Mello was going with this.

"We're going to make Rogers give us…." he paused for dramatic effect and I rolled my eyes. "A Prom. We both know that you'd win prom king. It'd be the girls' vote and they swoon over you all the time. And we could nominate Near and myself as prom queen. And I would win. Because Near has no friends. And I'm popular as fuck. In fact I would say I was more popular than fuck."

What? What has Mello been smoking to come up with such a ridiculous plan?

"A prom, Mello? You've been reading too many American novels. And why would you and I be prom king and queen? Doesn't that seem a little…? Uhh…." I trailed off in confusion and looked down at the ground. Mello knew I was gay, but he'd never shown any interest to anything but beating Near before now. I looked up in time to see Mello blush and look down.

/\Mello/\

Oh, fuck. What did I just say? I got carried away and didn't think. Shit, this is going to make everything awkward. "I just thought it could be an 'as friends' sort of thing." I hope he buys that.

"Mells, 'friends' don't try to get prom king and king. That's not a 'friends' type of thing. That's a' couples' type of thing. Mells…. Do you… Mells do you like me? In a more than 'friends' way I mean. "

Shit he didn't buy it. Oh well…Maybe this will work out for the good. "Matty….I…" But before I could finish my thought I was interrupted by Matt's soft lips against mine. Matt pulled back.

"Sorry." Matt whispered. "I had to try that." He made to turn away, but I caught his hand.

"Don't go. I didn't get the chance to enjoy that yet."

I pulled him closer and kissed him. He relaxed into the kiss as I gently pushed him against the closed door. This was more than I bargained for when we ran into this dark classroom. More than I'd bargained for, but that wasn't going to stop me from enjoying it.

"Mello… Why weren't we doing this a long time ago? If you liked me why didn't you say anything?" Matt wanted to know.

"Well… All I've been doing for years has been trying to beat Near. And I was…. afraid of changing that. And I guess I was…..afraid of it ruining my chances to be L's successor. And I was….afraid that you didn't like me this way. You've never shown any interest before…." Jesus that was hard for me to say.

Matt kissed me again. I wasn't sure how I felt about that; I was pretty sure that I should be the one doing the kissing, but overall I didn't mind. Matt simply said, "Let's be prom king and…. Uhh….queen."

I smacked Matt's arm lightly. "King and king."

A/N: Two chapters in a day. Whoa. That means I probably wont be updating again until after Christmas. Happy Holidays, then!