Tuesday, January 13th
"Halle thinks we're making out," Matt informed his boyfriend as he sat down.
"We're not?" Mello faked a disappointed expression.
"You know what I mean," Matt rolled his eyes, but couldn't suppress a grin. "When two people eat alone in a secluded area everyone assumes that they're doing something dirty."
"Sorry, but I'd rather not get past first base in our school hallway," Mello told him.
"Yeah."
Matt leaned against the wall, shamelessly staring at his companion. He took in a care free smile that spread across Mello's face, the way that he casually rested his head on his hand. This was the side of Mello that most did not have the pleasure of seeing. The relaxed, walls down, side of Mello that Matt had only met after his confession on Christmas.
"What?" Mello gave him a questioning look.
"What?" Matt asked back, beaming like a fool.
"You're a love sick idiot," Mello told him.
"That's the pot calling the kettle black," Matt retorted.
"I always thought that expression was kind of racist," Mello mused.
"And there goes your train of thought," Matt muttered.
"Don't worry," Mello mustered a serious expression. "It'll focus back on you as soon as you give me your puppy-dog eyes."
"Not happening," Matt crossed his arms.
"Worth a shot." Mello shrugged before leaning in to give Matt a peck on the cheek.
"I thought we had a no PDA rule?"
"We're not technically in public," Mello stretched the word 'technically.' "Are you complaining?"
"No," Matt replied, quickly kissing Mello's forehead.
"How are things going?" Mello asked in serious tone.
"You mean with my evil parents?" Matt asked with no small degree of bitterness.
"Yeah," Mello's voice was drenched in concern. "With the evil parents."
"They haven't kicked me out yet, if that's what you're asking," Matt's eyes traced the floor. "I think their still in shock from me screaming 'I'm gay and in love with another guy' the other day. But Linda's mom gave them a bunch of weird parenting books, and I don't think I'm going to be disowned."
Mello threaded his figures through Matt's.
"And you're okay?"
"For the most part," Matt shrugged. "I mean, in two and a half years I can move out, so I'll just hang on until then."
"I'll help with the hanging," Mello gently kissed his palm.
"I know you will."
They were silent for a few seconds. Although, quiet for the two of them came in short supply, and it didn't take long for Mello to break it.
"So you're in love with me?" A slight smirk played it's way onto this lips.
"I, um—crap, I just said that, didn't I?" Matt proceeded to turn as red as his hair.
"Yeah, you kind of did."
"That's not how I planned to say it," Matt stammered. "And I don't really know, I mean I've never been in love before so it's not like I can recognize the feeling, and I know we've barely been together so I shouldn't really label it so quickly—"
"Me too," Mello cut him off.
"About what part?" Matt asked sheepishly.
"All of it."
They kissed.
Saturday, January 17th
"Does this count as a double date?" Matt wondered, leaning slightly into Mello so that the computer monitor could catch the both of them.
"I think a date has to involve some sort of activity," Mello reasoned.
"Or cake," they heard Light mutter through the computer.
"What?" Matt asked.
"L will only go on dates that involve me buying him cake," Light clarified.
"You usually offer to buy it," L pointed out.
It had become normal for Matt to spend as much of his time at Mello's house as possible. This was both because the two wanted to spend time together and the fact that he preferred to stay away from his own house. When L had Skype called Mello, Matt had offered to leave the room, but Mello didn't see the point in it. In response to Matt's presence Mello had told L that he didn't need to kick Light out of their room. It didn't take long for both Matt and Mello to realize how bad of an idea this was.
"Just because the camera can't show it doesn't meant I can't tell where your hand is," Mello agitatedly informed them. This was his third comment on the subject in a manner of ten minutes.
"There is nothing suggestive about me putting my hand on his leg," Light defended himself.
"Upper thigh," Mello corrected. "And I don't want to know about it."
"I don't understand why it bothers you so much," L spoke now.
"It would be like Matt and I having sex in front of you," Mello attempted to put things in perspective.
"What is that logic?" Light exclaimed.
"So you two are that far along." L mused gleefully before Mello could answer Light.
"No," Matt could feel his face turning red. "We are not that far along at all."
"Did you hear from B recently?" L abruptly changed the subject.
"Yeah," Mello looked slightly uncomfortable. "He's doing good."
"No reckless behavior?"
"Why don't you call him?" Mello asked back. "It's weird when you pass information through me."
"I do call him," L sounded a little offended. "But we only talk about you and Near."
"What?"
"He wants to meet Mail," L continued, ignoring Mello's shock.
"Should I be scared?" Everything that Matt had heard about Mello's brother B was a mixture of terrifying and too odd to be true.
"No," L answered before Mello could. "He told me that you sound like a good fit for Mello."
"Really? What makes him think that?" Mello joked.
"Hair color mainly," L looked serious.
"He said Light sounded interesting," Mello smirked slightly. "And you should be scared."
"I'll see how long I can delay that meeting," L muttered.
"If I can survive Mello and Near's interrogation, I think I can hold my own against your crazy brother," Light stated, he confidently rested his arm around L's shoulders.
Matt spent the next three minutes listening to Mello explain to Light how B was definitely worse than him and Near, while L proceeded to stare at his boyfriend with an expression that Matt had no idea how to read. Frankly, Mello's description of B's insanity did make him slightly uneasy, even if his hair color was protecting him. That part still didn't make any sense...
L broke his eye contact with Light to turn back to the computer.
"We are going to go have sex now," L stated.
"I don't need to know that!" Mello exclaimed.
"Goodbye," Light ended the Skype call.
"Well, that was interesting," Mail observed.
"Welcome to my family," Mello sighed. "You wanna play a game or something?"
"Okay," Matt jumped at the idea. "But I'm not going easy on you."
"Of course," Mello agreed.
Matt flopped onto Mello's bed, waiting for Mello to join him. He stared at Mello's ceiling for five seconds before realizing that Mello wasn't moving.
"Something wrong?" he asked, looking up.
"It's just," Mello looked down at the laptop in his hands. "The only games we've played are on that site."
Oh.
"We can do something else," Mello started.
"No, we're starting over," Matt reminded him.
"So it's fine?" Mello the worried look remained on Mello's face.
"It's fine," Matt told him.
"Okay," Mello sank down onto the bed next to him.
Matt watched Mello log in, but covered his hand with his own before he could choose a game. Mello look up at him with questioning eyes. Slowly, Matt leaned in until his lips met Mello's. He closed his eyes, but didn't deepen this kiss. Mello's hand twisted to lace their fingers together, wrapping his other arm around Matt's waist. Matt gently pulled back, taking in the pleasantly surprise look that painted Mello's face. His eyes wandered to the silky blonde hair that fell perfectly around Mello shoulders.
I want to mess it up, Matt thought to himself. Is that sexual or just weird?
Before Matt could question this, Mello was pulling their faces back together. Matt's eyes closed again. This time neither hesitated to deepen this kiss. Matt's free hand blindly found Mello's cheek, and he softly ran his thumb over the boy's soft skin.
"I could get used to that," Mello's face adopted a goofy smile after they broke apart.
"I think already am."
With that Matt flung his arms around Mello. This caused him to fall backwards onto the bed, Matt's torso slightly overlapping Mello's. He took this moment too curl one of his fingers in that soft blonde hair. Mello hung his arms around Matt, gently kissing his jaw as he did so.
"You know what?" Matt could hear how dream-swept his voice was, but couldn't find it in him to be embarrassed.
"What?" Mello hummed.
"I'm glad that we met in person."
WARNING: Long author's note.
Well Corliss, there is that make out scene you've been begging for. Be a happy Kat. (Everyone else, don't worry. We're sisters IRL so I'm aloud to make fun of her).
BY THE WAY, Corliss Kat and I are going to make an audio book for this fic (she'll be doing the Mello chapter's and I'll be reading the Matt chapters) on our youtube channel RainbowEmoji Cosplay. Check my profile for details.
On the subject of a sequel or continuation (thank's for asking Cyinamas) I am considering writing another fic set in the same universe as this one. This story would be set mainly in Light and L's point of views and go through how they got together and what happens with them before and after In Person. Originally I was not going to write this, but recently I realized that a lot of the information I created for L, Light, and even Beyond never made it into this story. I also wanted to play more with L and B's odd sibling relationship and maybe add A to the mix. I would include some more follow ups on Mattie and Mels in this story as well.
Now, I will admit that I have a history of promising sequels and not following through, but there is a large possibility that this one will happen. That being said, this is something that I would like to write when I have the time. If I decide to write it, I will do it regardless of followers, but I would like to know if any of you would be interested in this.
Should I write a companion fic to this, I expect it will be posted late December to early January. Right now all of my writing time is going into a Mystery/Suspense/Romance fic that I'm writing for NaNoWriMo. This contains both LxLight and MattxMello for those who have been wondering if I'll be writing anymore for either ship. I expect to be posting this around early or mid December, so please keep an eye out if you're interested!
TooManyFandoms, thanks for wanting this to continue so much! I know this fic is pretty short, but I wanted to end it with them getting together instead of drawing it out. If I write a companion fic, I hope you read an enjoy that as much as you liked this.
Thanks to everyone who's reviewed favorite or followed! Knowing people are reading an enjoying definitely boosts my motivation to write more Death Note stories. Thank you to Corliss Kat, Cyinamas, brightnight003, Bummer, Carely-Carely-Carley, Ern Estine 13624, and TooManyFandoms for reviewing on the last chapter!
Goody-bye!