Mello's face burned where the explosion had hit him, but he didn't have time to whine about it. Matt drove Mello's car around "C'mon!" He said.
Mello had called Matt the night before and told him to come pick him up when he heard the Mafia building explode.
Mello and Matt hadn't seen each other in person since the day Mello left the orphanage. They had been good friends when they were there, and Matt had been sad when Mello left. Before he had left that day, Mello had wrote down Matt's phone number, and called him as soon as he got a phone.
As Matt drove Mello to the apartment Mello had told him to rent, he looked over at Mello, "It's good to see you, I missed you after you left. Um..." he looked through his vest pockets, while keeping an eye on the road. He pulled out a chocolate bar "Here, have this." He said.
Mello smiled and took the chocolate; Matt knew how much he loved chocolate. "Thanks," he said. "So you really don't mind helping me spy on the Japanese task force? It could get pretty dangerous..."
Matt nodded. "'Course I don't mind, besides, my life's been pretty boring lately." He smiled.
Matt and Mello lived at their one bedroom apartment for awhile; Mello was out a lot, spying on the task force, while Matt watched them from the apartment window. Well, he was supposed to, most of the time he just let the cameras record whatever was going on while he played his video games.
Matt and Mello had to be careful, Mello's real name, Mihael Keehl, had been leaked. And on top of that, the world had begun to accept Kira's judgement. Anyone who went against Kira could be considered a criminal.
...
One day Mello went up to Matt. "Matt," He said "I know I've already asked a lot of you, but could you help me out one more time?" He asked
"Of course Mel." Matt said smiling
Mello asked Matt to keep Takada-san's bodyguards busy while he kidnapped her with the help of Hal Ridner. "I'll give you some smoke screens you can throw and a couple guns..." He sighed. "You don't have to do this for me Matt, you know? It's dangerous... you could really get hurt..."
"Mello," Matt said. "This whole thing has been dangerous. If I wanted safety, well, I could have stayed with Rodger at the orphanage when L died, instead of looking for you." He said with a smile.
...
Mello was driving the delivery truck with Takada-san in back, He had one eye on the road and one on the small TV in the truck. He was watching the news report from where he had taken Takada-san, where Matt was. The screen flashed to show a dead body, shoot to death. The reporter said they were unable to identify the body. They couldn't but Mello could. He'd reconignize that bright messy red hair anywhere's. It was the hair of the very first person to really be nice to him at the orphanage, the first friend he ever had, the only one who was concerned when he left. The boy who had bought him a chocolate bar for every one of his birthdays since, even though he had very little money. The guy who had risked his life with Mello, Mello's best friend.
The body was Matt's. Mail Jeevas.
I'm sorry Matt... Mello thought. I never thought you'd be killed, please forgive me...