Thanks to everyone that reviewed! Sorry if his chapter seems a little choppy and split up, normally I write a whole chapter at once then just edit it... this one i wrote at two seperete times. Anyway! Gomen if I hint at a MattxMello, I admit I am a fan girl and I do not plan on making this that type of fic, but in my mind they are always together. I plead guilty on that count! Anyway, I do not own Death Note... Matty and Mell's wouldn't have died otherwise... There is a loophole in my mind! Hmm Maybe I will write that one day... Anyhoo On with the story! (Oh... Yes I am still trying to decide what to name the puppy x.x)
It wasn't till noon that Mello stirred from his sleep, he didn't remember falling asleep on the bed, but when he turned to find the newest addition to their household sleeping against him once again, the toy Matt had brought home the night before beside her. He rubbed his eyes slowly and watched the little thing breathe softly as she slept. He was finding a new appreciation for life in watching the carefree happiness in the puppy with no worries except to play. He reached a hand out and stroked along the pup's head, fingers trailing down one of its ears and playing with the tip of the soft ear.
Across the bed on the other side of the pup the redheaded gamer began to stir slowly, he'd been up most of the night getting his games out of the puppy's reach, after all some of those games were classics. He groaned and turned over in his sleep.
Mello looked up to watch Matt turn over, and shook his head. It really did serve him right for never cleaning up his stuff. As Mello watched the light dance off of Matt's bed head, he became aware of his hand becoming covered in saliva. He looked down at the puppy and smiled at the half awake eyes, that watched him. "Good morning to you too… Come on let's let Matt sleep a little longer." He lifted the puppy, and grabbed the new toy for safe measure before leaving the bedroom as quiet as possible.
After making a trip outside to give her a chance to go, the website of dog care for dummies had said taking a new puppy out as often as possible was the best way to keep carpets from smelling of feces and urine, he brought her inside to look at the feeding instructions on the food Matt had brought home. He'd figure out exactly what he should be feeding her later, but for now at least he had something he could be confident wouldn't poison the innocent little thing.
He put the food down and watched her sniff it before tasting it and spitting it out, giving him a look like he was trying to poison her. "You be grateful you're getting anything at all after the run around you gave us last night…You little lunatic…" He turned away to ignore her for a few minutes, and to his surprise once the little thing decided he wasn't eating anything better she started to eat the chunks of dog food slowly.
Mello shook his head and picked up his abandoned chocolate bar from the night before and took a bite out of it, grabbing a phone book and sitting at the kitchen table to look up veterinarian's offices. He did have to get the dog it's shots to keep the land lord happy. He couldn't imagine the little dog he'd had over night ever staying in a cage at some pound. He found one that wasn't too far away and one that didn't have a huge add in the phone book. He dialed the number and waited.
"Good Afternoon Faithful Friends Veterinary, this is Lori speaking cat I help you?"
"Uh… Yeah… I recently brought home a puppy and I need to get her shots and what ever else puppies need…" Mello hated sounding so stupid on the phone, he should have woken Matt up and made him call, he was used to sounding like an idiot.
"Ok… Can I get your Last name?"
"Uh… I've never been there before…"
"Alright… I still need your name…"
Mello bit his lip, giving out his name was not something he did freely. He gave the most generic name he could come up with. "Mello…M.E.L.L.O…."
"And is that your first name or your last name?"
"First… "
"Last name?"
"Uh…King…" He lied.
"Alright, and your puppy's name?"
"She doesn't have one yet…"
"Alright… Well we have an opening this afternoon… Would you like to come in at 3:30?"
"Yeah… That'll work…"
"Alright we'll see you then!"
Mello hung up the phone and rolled his eyes. "You better be worth it…" His eyes looked down towards the puppy to find her out of sight. "Shit… What are you into now…" He stood up and found a little tail wagging from halfway under the couch, he reached under to pull her out and found her chewing on the leg of the couch. "No furniture…" He tapped her nose and walked over to the bag looking through it and finding a tennis ball. "Hmm…" He squeezed it and it squeaked, this caused the little head in his arms to tilt. "I think we have a winner with anything that squeaks…" He sat her down and rolled the tennis ball, watching her run after it, pawing the ball with her paws and batting it around the kitchen floor.
It was about then that Matt came out of the bedroom, dressed only in his jeans. He walked over eyes closed to the coffee machine and began to make the coffee out of memory, and Mello shook his head, best not to waste his breath till Matt at least smelled the coffee.
As soon as the red head had sat down at the table and looked over at Mello, Mello spoke. "We have to take her to the vet in a few… So get your butt in gear you're driving us."
"… Oh the dog…" He says after a moment.
"Who did you think I was talking about?" Mello shook his head. "Dumb Ass…"
"I kind of forgot about her for a few minutes… I thought you were talking about some girl I didn't realize was here last night." He rubbed his head a bit.
"You drank beer while you were cleaning up last night…"
"At least I wasn't so buzzed that I left you asleep on the floor with the Midget over there… Give me a break Mel's."
"Don't call me that…" Mello said automatically and stood up, taking out some frozen chocolate chip waffles and putting them in the toaster.
"But Mel's… Its just so cute watching your face get all red from it!"
"Do you want me to press my gun to your head this early in the morning?"
"What a grouch huh?" Matt says to the puppy who had by now captured the ball and was trying to carry it around, but it was a little big for her yet. Matt reached down and picked up the pup, the pup play biting around his hand a bit as he pet her.
A little later that day, Matt was parking the car and Mello was holding their newest addition to the family. The pup had decided that it wanted to sit on Matt's lap and put its head through the steering wheel while he was driving more the once so now it was sentenced to sit in Mello's lap, while Mello held the squirming all to excited puppy in his arms.
"That pup is trying to get us killed…" Matt said as he put the car in park finally and sat back.
"She doesn't know that…"
"I think she knows more then she lets on… She's a little Lunatic…" Matt mumbles.
"You're just mad because you almost crashed your precious car… Honestly Matt what's more important your stupid car or a living puppy… How can you stay mad at the little Lunatic?" Mello held the cute faced puppy out to Matt. Matt's eyes stayed angry for a moment before he pulled the pup from Mello's grasp and hugged it. "There is just no staying mad at you… You are just too cute… Almost like Mello." He hugged the pup as it licked his face and he sighed.
Mello shook his head and got out of the old car stretching and looking up at the veterinarian's office. He was still self conscious about the scar on his face, plus he was still hiding from the Mafia. He hated going out in public anymore, but he supposed that the likelihood of anyone recognizing him were slim to none.
Matt then got out of the car, puppy under his arm. "We really need to stop calling her dog and give her a name Mello…"
"We will… Eventually…" Mello sighed and looked up and down the street before entering the Vet's Matt followed behind him. The waiting room was small, but welcoming. A TV sat to one side with lady and the tramp playing. A woman behind the desk smiled. "Can I help you?"
"Uh yeah… I called earlier about bringing the puppy in… Mello?"
The woman nodded. "Yes sir, sit down and the doctor will be right with you."
Mello sat down on one of the benches, and Matt sat beside him. Matt put the pup down and watched the little thing begin to walk around sniffing the ground, the pup looked up at the TV scene as the cocker spaniel puppy that was Lady began to cry after being locked in the kitchen her first night home.
Their yellow puppy began to cry and look at the TV sadly. Matt got down on the floor and pulled their puppy close, However Matt had brought along her squeaky camel in his vest pocket and when he hugged her close it squeaked and the puppy began to run around him trying to nose under him and find where her beloved camel was hiding, little paws trying to dig under Matt.
"Matt stop teasing her… Give her the Camel already…"
"But its fun Mello!" Matt laughed and produced the camel, watching the pup run around him with it in her mouth.
The vet came out at that point. "Ah we got a Loony Lab huh? You must be Mello, I'm Dr. Brook, please come with me." The woman smiled and motioned for them to come with her. Matt scooped up the yellow dog and followed Mello into the exam room.