Chapter Six: Lollipop Chainsaw
Woot! Sixth chapter is out! I really like this one, like REALLY like it for some reason of which is beyond me. Think I got into Matt's nerdiness a bit more here, as I wasn't intending for him to be such a dickhead. XD It also shows how dorky I am, because Lollipop Chainsaw's release in June has got me all excited. Almost as excited when my copy of Beautiful Katamari came in the mail. Excitement was obvious in my pants.
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Anyway, enjoy. Hope it's not too...meh. XD;
"Agh! It's almost seven! Mello-how do I look?"
Mello looked up at me, his lower lip sticking out as he thought. "You 'wook 'weally d'wessed up and p'wetty,"
"Dressed up?" I looked in the mirror, turning slowly as I inspected my plaid button-up shirt and skinny jeans. "Y'think I'm trying too hard?"
"Whatchya mean, Daddy?"
"Hmmm..." I sighed, rolling up my sleeves to the elbows, "Better?"
"Ummmmm~... I dunno... I 'fink you always 'wook p'wetty..."
"Ugh...ok... I guess this'll do fine," I grumbled, messing with my hair and adjusting my googles.
"Wait wait wait! Daddy, take 'dose g'wasses off! 'Dat way she can see how p'wetty your eyes is!"
I could see a blush on my cheeks in the mirror, and I went up close to the reflection, looking through the lenses to inspect my eyes. "Yeah?"
"Yeah!" he grinned behind me, his arms still clasping the animal.
I slowly but surely reached up and took the goggles off, wincing as I was exposed to light.
"Hmmmm~...ok Daddy, check 'wist... y'gots your 'bideogames?"
"Yup..." I mumbled, letting the goggles fall around my neck.
"Ok...ummm... Gots your phone?"
"Mmhmm..." I led Mello to the living room which was left impeccably clean.
"Snacks?"
"Yes..." I sat down on the couch, trying to get calm.
"Chocolate?"
"I don't remember that being important..." I turned to Mello, one eye brow raised. He grinned sheepishly, holding onto his dinosaur.
With a small smile I went into the kitchen, retrieved Mello's precious chocolate bar and handed it to him. "Now don't eat all that, it's the only one for the next few days,"
"'Kay!" he grinned, used to the rule I had developed for him. Mello was quite a chocoholic, and could down several of these expensive chocolate bars in a day. Due to Mello's health, (yet admittedly my wallet was more of a worry), I had limited him to two a week.
There was a knock. I was so busy seeing as Mello nibbled on his chocolate bar I hadn't heard it at first.
"Daddy! 'Dat's your girlf'wiend!"
I gasped, jumping to my feet and feeling as my heart skipped a beat. Leaving my kid on the couch I ran to the front door. I had never gotten this worked up over something like this. It was quite strange as I opened the door and felt a bright red blush on my usually flushed cheeks.
"Hey Matt, you ok? You look out of breath..."
"Wha-" I was out of breath wasn't I, "Oh...yeah, I'm fine...was just... Mello...and..."
"Can I come in?"
"Oh, right! Sorry!" I felt my cheeks grow even redder as I stepped to the side, allowing my...'date' inside. I closed the door behind her, and took a moment to recognize just how beautiful she was. She wasn't quite as dressed up as me, (a fact that embarrassed me further) wearing a tight fitting t-shirt and jeans, yet it accentuated her curves and-
"Hi 'dere lady," I heard Mello's voice in the living room and followed, to where Diane stood there smiling down at the little boy.
"Hi Mello~..." she rustled a hand through his hair, receiving a small little giggle from the boy. Then she turned her attention to me, holding up a disc in a paper case.
"Hey Matt, I brought Lollipop Chainsaw since you-"
"Are you serious? Freaking Lollipop Chainsaw?" I ran over to her, swiping the disc out of her hands and staring at it in awe, "This doesn't come out until later this year! How did you get it?"
She smiled, brushing a hand through her brunette hair, "Employees at Game Stop got a demo version...it doesn't have all the features, but it's still pretty fun, thought we could try it out together."
"Hell-" my attention turned to Mello, sitting on the couch and watching us interested, "Heck yes!" I corrected myself, grinning nervously.
She smiled that gorgeous smile of her's once more, sitting down on the couch next to Mello. I stood there awkwardly staring at the disc, before I remembered how to be a host.
"Oh! Wanna drink or something?"
"Oh...um...sure...anything's fine..."
"Daddy! I wanna juice!"
With a happy sigh I retrieved the drinks and handed juice in a sippy cup to Mello and coke to Diane. She thanked me, taking a sip and I sat between Mello and her. Mello hummed lightly, sipping on his juice while Diane and I talked about random daily topics. Of course I wanted to play the new game, yet it was probably better if I showed interest in my date rather than her games.
"Daddy~! Whatchya talkin' about?"
"Not now Mello," I mumbled, in the middle of a full-fledged conversation about Valve and whether Portal held up to Half Life. I had lately been spending all my time with Mello, and needed some nice alone time, "go play with your toys or something,"
"Buuut..."
I ignored him, my heart racing as I watched the woman next to me. I heard Mello huff angrily, before he hopped off the couch and into another room.
"You sure he's ok?" Diane asked curiously, brushing a strand of long brown hair behind her ear.
"Yeah, he'll be fine. You wanna break into that new game?"
"Sure," I grinned and stood up, sliding the disc into the Xbox and handing her a controller.
We talked whilst we played, yet not really about anything important. Work and videogames mostly.
It ended pretty uneventfully. At about nine Diane stood from our game, (which had changed to Beautiful Katamari) and apologized.
"Sorry Matt, I've got to go, it's been fun," she smiled, "You should probably take Mello to bed anyway, don't you think?"
"Mello? Oh...right..." I hadn't seen him in a good long while now that she mentioned it. I stood up as well, shoving my hands in my pockets, "Maybe we could...um...go out to dinner or something?"
She didn't even blink before she had placed a soft kiss on my lips. It was quick, yet left chills running down my spine. "Yeah," she blushed, turning away nervously. She slid her jacket on and shoes, before turning back to me.
"Feel free keep that disc if you want,"
"R-Really?"
"Yeah, I've already gotten all the achievements on it anyway, and it's not really my type of game..."
"Alright...well...thanks," I mumbled, trying to figure out if I should kiss her once more or not. She seemed to have figured it out for me, leaning in for a soft, yet long, kiss. Out of habit I wrapped my arms around her form, pulling her closer. Yet this seemed to be too much contact for the female nerd, and she retracted, blushing brighter.
"Well... I'll talk to you later Matt,"
And then she was gone, leaving me with a sinking feeling in my stomach.
"Oh fuckfuckfuck..." I muttered, banging my head against the wall. Had I screwed it up with that simple action? Women were unreadable creatures, who knew what I'd done wrong?
With a sigh I sauntered upstairs to the bedrooms, unbuttoning my shirt as I went. I opened the door to my bedroom, intent on falling on my bed to sleep it off, yet a sight met my eyes I hadn't expected.
Mello lie on my bed, curled up with my pillow, asleep. We were not sleeping together anymore, after the incident yesterday we had moved Mello's furniture into his room. Mello hadn't slept in his room yet, but I hoped tonight would be the night I could get a full night's sleep with a bed to myself.
"Mello? You need to get to your own bed,"
He didn't move.
"Mello..." I sat down next to him, shaking his shoulder lightly. He didn't speak, but grabbed my hand suddenly. I jumped in surprise, but looked down at the child with curiosity.
"Mello?"
"Daddy...why don't 'cha 'wove me anymore?"
"What? What are you talking about Mello?"
To my surprise he wasn't crying, and he made no attempt to look at me, simply lying with his face shoved in the pillow.
"You don't 'wove me anymores! You only 'wike 'dat one lady!"
"Mello...why would you think that?"
He thought for a moment. Before long he sat up, his brown eyes pink with crying.
"B-Because...you to'wd me to go away when I tried to p'way 'bideogames wit' 'chyu!"
"...That's it? THAT's why you think I hate you?"
Mello nodded, pulling the sheets up to his nose and sniffling. I couldn't help but sigh, and pulled the little boy into my arms awkwardly. He situated himself more comfortably on me, sitting so those two brown eyes could stare up at me.
"Mello, I don't hate you. I thought you wanted me to have a good time on my date,"
"I did! But I wanted to ha'b a good time too!"
"Mello..." I bit back my lip from saying anything too terribly mean-spirited, and held Mello a little tighter to me, "I'm sorry, I should have paid more attention to you..."
Mello nodded with a pout, clinging to my shirt (that was still half open). "Is there any way I can make it up to you Mello?"
"Um..." he thought a moment, "Tell me you 'wove me,"
Tell him I loved him? I had never told anyone that...ever...
"I..."
Mello looked up at me with huge eyes, and there seemed to be an aura around him I couldn't describe.
"I love you, Mello..."
Mello's expression changed automatically, and he grinned ear to ear, falling on me and wrapping his arms around my neck.
"'Wove you too! 'Wots!"