AN: I'M BACK! I was gone much longer than I wanted to be, but that couldn't be helped. I've had a lot on my plate, both with my current school work and trying to get into art school… but of course you don't give a shit. Understandable, neither would I. Just… please don't throw things.

I love dear Mattie so very much 3

Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note or the amazing Billy Joel's "Only the Good Die Young" (If you do not like either of these things, I now ask you to imagine me glaring at you and telling you none too politely to GET OUT!) I also don't own Super Smash Bros Brawl. Well, I do, but I don't own the rights to it.

Warnings: Yaoi (but no lemons, I wouldn't be able to write that), swearing, and Mello (although he's Christian in this story)

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Built You A Temple

Matt POV

As I finished touching up my face so that my two black eyes looked socially acceptable, I had a long, difficult chat with myself.

Really, I did.

It went something like this (reasonable Matt, Regular Matt):

(Look, Matt, you and I both know this Mello guy is cute.

So, SO, cute!

Yes, yes, I know, but…. You have to let him be. Haven't you put him though enough?

NO

Yes, you have! It's time to let go. There are others. Plus….

Plus what?

Plus, if you guys are friends, then someday your friendship could blossom into a beautiful romance.

Ahh, I see your point. Ok we'll try it your way.

Good, I'm glad you agree.)

So, with my new decision, I slowly crept out of the bathroom, shielding my face, to talk to Mello.

"Hey, Mello?"

"What?" He spat back, clearly still pissed at me.

"I just…wanted to say….."

"Yes?"

"I'm sorry! I give up, I shouldn't have kissed you, or groped you, or anything I have done or was planning on doing in the near future!"

"Huh?"

"How about we call a truce, and just be friends?" I finished, holding my hand out to him.

He looked puzzled. "Is this a trick?" I shook my head.

"No, I swear it isn't." His face softened a bit, and he shook my hand. "I'm glad," I said.

"Me too," he replied, releasing my hand. And then he did something that would make this "friends" thing possibly the most difficult thing I would ever have to suffer through. He smiled. It was just a soft smile, but it was sweet enough to almost… cause a problem… down…south. "Well, it's the last day of the weekend, so I better go meet all my teachers so there are no surprises tomorrow when I start school. See ya!" And then Mello skipped out of the room.

Not gay my ass.

Mello POV

This is good. Life is good.

After almost tripping over that pale kid while he was stroking the floor (again) on my way back to room, I opened the door to find Matt on his bed, face down on an open textbook. "Matt, you've been doing homework all weekend. You need to relax!"

"Huh? Oh, actually, I just finished." He smiled, and then jumped off the bed and took two remotes from the entertainment center (AN: that I neglected to mention but has always existed, seriously), tossing me one. "Wanna play brawl?" He asked with a smile. "What's that?" I questioned, gaining an incredulous look from the redhead. "Seriously? You've never played?" I shook my head. He laughed, that same deep, throaty chuckle he had greeted me with when I first arrived, the sound that made my heart flutter when I heard it. "C'mon, I'll teach you," he said. I took a seat on the floor, scolding myself for acting like a school girl with a crush. I'm Mello, I'm straight, Matt's a guy.

We spent the night playing brawl, which I was surprisingly good at. I kicked his scrawny ass with Kirby (AN: Hellz Yeahz, Bitches! *cough* *cough* Excuse me….) late into the night, until II slowly drifted off to sleep on the soft carpet, TV still blaring in the background.

AN: This chapter should have been longer to make up for my excessive absences, but oh will. This was less of a funny chapter and more of a sweet, plot developey chapter. I feel like Mello is softening up a bit. I was going to end this chapter with an uber cliffie, but decided to put that in later in the story. So it's coming. BTW, for some odd reason, SSBB is THE game at my school right now, so I had to put it in here. Kirby is my character, and I will settle for nothing else. Hope you lurved the chapter as much as I lurve you. Reviews are greatly appreciated, and I hope you all had a Merry Christmas, or whatever assorted holidays you may celebrate.

Love you like you're Lindor Truffles (mmmm),

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