6 years later

Matt

Everything was perfect, exactly the way it was meant to be. I had Mello, he had me, and there was nothing else we needed. Well, except cigarettes and chocolate and video games, but other than those few things, we had everything we wanted. Oh and books.

The funny thing was we had the time to read books, or beat every video game we wanted, or even just sit around and enjoy each others company. We did the last one in our own way…but still we had the time to.

The Kira case…was difficult. That's an extreme understatement but accurate as well I suppose. I honestly thought we were going to die at the end, but somehow we made it through, together. Mello believes it was God giving us a break. I still don't believe, despite the little coincidence with the rosary, but it's his opinion and he's entitled to it.

The only ones to die that day was Kira and Misa Amane. I feel…well, not bad, but not good, that they had to die. They were some OK people when they weren't trying to control the world. Well, Light Yagami was. Misa…she was a bit annoying as I found out during my time tailing her for Mello. Definitely not the most entertaining time of the last six years. But Mello had asked and everyone knows that I would give the world to him if he asked. I already give him a lifetime's supply of chocolate, how hard could an entire planet be?

I'm actually working on giving him the world. Not literally, but in a sense. I'm giving him whatever it is that will make him happy. He's still a bit touchy about not succeeding L, Near got that, but he always says he got something more important. I know he means me when he says that, even if he's too macho to say it out right, and I always hope I'm worth that kind of love.

We had bought a larger, much nicer apartment, and had been living together doing…odd jobs I guess, since everything ended. Like I said, we didn't need much other than each other. Near had thanked us for our help, which Mello, surprising everyone, had accepted with only a bit of resentment and even thanked him as well. It was a momentous day in our lives if there ever was one. Along with his thanks, he had given us several hundred thousand dollars, which was even more surprising, and had paid for the lifetime lease on the apartment. The odd jobs were for chocolate and cig money.

Mello burst in the door, throwing his keys on the small hall table before flopping next to me on the couch. He was moody because the detective job he had gotten was, for lack of a better word, elementary. Not surprisingly they all were to us. Kind of took the excitement out of life.

"I don't get why no one challenges us anymore!" he yelled, throwing his hands up in agitation. I smirked for my place next to him, knowing what was coming next. "I want cases like what Near has! The fucking puffball…" Everything always ended in wanting to be better than Near. Old habits die hard I suppose.

"Mells, you know very well that if anything happens to Near you take over, he said so himself." He opened his mouth to complain, probably about the fact Near was younger than him and therefore likely to die after him making my statement pointless. "Say another word about it and I'll hide all your chocolate and deny you sex for a month." He glowered but held his tongue all the same.

"Thank you." I smiled and leaned over to kiss his cheek sweetly.

He scoffed, mumbling about me being a girly boy. I refused to rise to the insult, which in some instances was entirely correct, until I finished at least four more levels of my game. Apparently he didn't have the same idea of time management.

He threw his leg over my waist, kindly pausing my game for me, and took my lips hungrily. I faked a sigh of annoyance and kissed back just as fiercely. It always started out as a fight but we both knew who would win in the end. Frankly I just gave up some nights, it wasn't worth the fight when we both knew what the other wanted.

"Mells, as much as I enjoy doing it on the couch, I suggest we use the bed today. It seemed kind of lonely last night…"

He considered it for a moment before leaping lightly off me and throwing me over his shoulder. I squealed, not that I would ever admit that in public, and punched his back, jokingly threatening him with no chocolate or sex again. He ignored me in favor of throwing me unceremoniously on the bed. He smirked and crawled over to duplicate out position on the couch, with me lying down instead so his blond locks tickled my cheeks as he leaned down to kiss me.

I sighed into his chest; this is the saddest part of the day to me. He's asleep and I sit awake thinking of how things might have been different. I wouldn't change anything, not for the world, but if not for a freak accident and an extreme amount of luck neither of us would be here. I still don't believe in any type of god, Kira killed me of ever even considering that, but there has to be something that was keeping us safe.

We may very well go through something just as bad, have to walk through the fires of Hell for each other, and I'm perfectly alright with that. As far as I'm concerned, wherever Mello is, that is Heaven.

A/N: yeah its kinda short...my mind blew up from near exhaustion. 5 hours of sleep in about 2 days just isn't good. but i still think it's short and sweet. kinda fruity but whatever. so this is the last chapter! i finally finished a fic that wasn't a one shot!!! im so proud right now!

thanks to everyone who read and reviewed and yesh!