the new addition Chapter 8
A/N: Hola~ chapter 8 here! I'm here to tell you that Mello will be a badass mafia dude still but will be working for L as an undercover agent and basically is lisencensed to kill and do whatever is nessiccary. Luka is gonna be with him and is gonna be posing as his body guard person type thing even though he doesn't need one it's just to make things more believable and Mello will have back up if he needs it, Noa and matt do not get involved with the mafia but matt keeps a line going between L and the others. And Noa of course is the one who always patches every one up and Rollo ... well Rollo is adorable and vicious and very distracting at times...along with always being with Luka no matter what. This stuff might not happen for another few chapters but I figured I might as well get this info out in the open. Anyway on with the chapter.
1year and some odd months.~
Mello frowned as he carried a sleeping and bruised Luka to the elevators in their apartment complex, Rollo following closely behind without needing to be told. Having his hands full Mello looked at the now large red Akita. "Rollo, up." the dog blinked at him uneven ears twitching forward, before hopping up against the wall next to the elevator and pressing the up button with his nose. "Good boy." Mello smiled at the unnaturally intelligent dog and followed him into the now open elevator. "Rollo twelve." The dog repeated previous actions and pressed the glowing twelve button with his nose then sat at Mello's feet and watched the doors close.
He kicked the apartment door multiple times before it opened revealing an extremely annoyed busty brunette. Noa's blue eyes widened at the sight of Luka and then narrowed when they saw Mello's own black eye and cut lip. "get in." she hissed at him pulling the door wider letting the two teens enter along with the dog. she closed the door behind them and turned on Mello viciously "I swear if you too were picking fights again you can forget about me fixing you up."
Mello shook his head "No, we got jumped. Same guys though, they ambushed us and we still won." Mello smirked "Luka wore herself out though; I don't think it's anything serious. Just some bruises and scrapes?" he spoke as he laid her down on the couch so Noa could check her over. After a few moments Noa nodded.
"Go put her to bed please, and then get back out here I want to check you too." Mello nodded with a scowl at the last part. He carried Luka to bed and told Rollo to stay with her and bark when she was awake. The Akita simply twitched his uneven ears and flopped at the foot of Luka's bed. Assuming that was the most affirmation he was going to receive he turned and left the room.
When he approached the common room Noa gave him a look that promised much pain if he didn't comply "Shirt and pants Mello." the blond sighed and stripped out of his leather pants and torn black t-shirt. He stood in front of Noa in nothing but his rosary and grey boxer-briefs (thankful now that he had decided to where boxers at all today). It wasn't really embarrassing anymore, it actually felt pretty normal considering this was standard procedure and it happened every time one of them was in some sort of brawl/life threatening situation (which had become increasing frequent in the past few months).
Noa carefully checked him over gently running her fingers along cuts and over bruises. She felt carefully along his heavily bruised ribs, slowing to a stop at the worst area when she felt him wince sharply and bite back a groan of pain. "I think you might have a fractured rib or two. They're at least heavily bruised and breathing will probably be painful for at least a week." he showed her his hand where his knuckles were bloodied and she sighed before cleaning and wrapping his hand.
She stood and ran her fingers gently under his bruised eye and making eye contact with pale blue. "Be more careful idiot!" she whispered and smacked him gently upside the head before pulling him down and kissing him softly so as not to worsen his split lip.
Just as Luka had predicted that first day in the apartment Mello and Noa rooming together had turned out for the better. After the initial awkward phase everything just fell into place. Mello and Noa became very comfortable with each other and everything else just kind of flowed after that. Their first kiss was not overly surprising and the following relationship didn't change much either, just gave a name to what they already knew they were. Matt and Luka came together in a much similar manner though slightly more explosive, much like their first kiss.
"Sorry?" he smirked not sounding the least bit apologetic.
Noa smacked him again less gently this time "Don't be an ass Mell," she pushed him gently back onto the sofa and handed him his shirt. "Rest, I'm going to start dinner. Matty should be back soon he went out about an hour ago to pick up some candy for Luka and a few computer parts."
Mello nodded. He would probably need to sit out during his mixed martial arts class for the next few days... Mello groaned, he was going to fall behind! "If I hadn't already beaten the hell out of those assholes twice, I'd do it again." He heard Noa give an amused huff in the kitchen followed by a rhythmic chopping.
It was only a couple more minutes before there was a single loud bark from Luka's room. Rollo exited the room at a trot and hopped onto the sofa next to Mello, just as Luka groggily stumbled her way from the bed room and into the common room and flopped down next to her dog with a moan. "God there are so many video-game analogies I could use for how I feel right now..." Mello rolled his eyes and started to respond when the apartment door opened and shut drawing their attention. "Matty your home!" As soon as Matt saw the bruises on Mello and Luka he rushed to them dropping his bags on the way.
"Who." he asked darkly as he carefully examined Luka's bruised cheek (not on the scarred side).
Luka just grinned "Don't worry about it Matt we took care of it."
Matt just stared her down for another few moments before nodding and backing off. "Do you want some aspirin? Water? Anything?"
Luka looked at Mello to see him wince as he shifted, she looked back at Matt. "Some aspirin for both of us? Please?"
"Okay Princess." Matt leaned over the back of the sofa and kissed her forehead before moving off to the kitchen to check in with Noa about pain meds.
L stood in front of his charges and gave them a disapproving look. "I was going to ask for your assistance on my current case, but seeing the physical state of Luka and Mello I seem to have come at a bad time."
Mello and Luka looked at their feet and didn't answer. "There was a bit of an incident a few days ago…" Noa started not exactly sure what else to say.
L sighed, "I unfortunately need Mello and Luka looking their best for this case. The American and Japanese Mafia have been getting out of hand as of late and I desperately need someone I trust on the inside."
Mello and Luka stared at L with wide eyes. "You want us to infiltrate the Mafia?" Mello asked in a clearly shocked tone.
Their mentor shook his head, "No, I want you to infiltrate the Mafia Mello, and work your way to the top, Luka will be posing as your personal Bodyguard. Unfortunately she does not exactly have the right look to be a Mafia boss." Luka lowered her head instantly knowing he meant the scarring. "But she does look right to be a bodyguard, an easily underestimated bodyguard, which will work to our advantage."
Luka gave L a small smile, and Noa stepped forward. "The bruising should have faded enough in a couple days, to be covered with makeup. But Mello still has cracked ribs and…"
Mello cut her off abruptly. "No we'll be fine, and if Luka is posing as my bodyguard then no one will be getting close enough to touch me anyway." Luka smirked and cracked her knuckles.
L nodded and looked at Matt. "I will need you on this one as well. I need you to put together equipment for them to use." Matt nodded and wandered off to his and Luka's room." The detective turned his attention back on the blond and ravenette "You are sure you are up for this? We absolutely cannot afford any screw ups." The pair nodded and Noa scowled knowing she'd be patching the pair up near constantly in the coming weeks.
TBC…