Chapter 11

Matt's eyes closed and he pulled the blond closer. "Completely..." And that was all the initiative Mello needed. He opened his mouth and sank his fangs deep into the redhead's neck. Warm blood flowed into his waiting mouth, and suddenly, he didn't think he'd be able to stop himself from draining the boy of every last drop of blood.

Matt moaned quietly, and the blond bit down harder. More blood spilled into his mouth and he took it all greedily. Hands slid up his back and into his hair, tugging weakly. "S-stop..." Matt gasped out. Mello growled and sank his fangs in deeper causing the teen to yelp out in pain. He wrapped his arms around Matt's waist and pulled him closer. 'Damn it!...stop!' He thought to himself desperately. But he couldn't. The blood was so rich and warm, it was crazy. The redheads' breathing was labored and erratic.

'He'll die...stop or he'll die!' Mello pulled back and as soon as he did Matt fell forward unconscious into his waiting arms. "Matt?" Mello moved him so that he was sitting up. His eyes were closed, his face a deathly pale color, same with his lips. The blond cursed himself, growling through clenched teeth. Blood was still dripping from his lips but he ignored it. Instead, he picked up the unconscious redhead and carried him back to his bedroom.

Mello was still cursing himself as he laid Matt down on his bed. He had put the boy back in the condition he had found him in. Maybe worse. Wasn't he suppose to Protect him now? Mello sighed and sat down beside him on the bed. He leaned forward with his elbows on his knees, and his face in his hands. 'Fuck...that was too close...' The blond could just barely hear Matt's weak heartbeat. He had almost killed him and he felt guilty. It really wasn't just the blood he was lusting after...it was Matt as well. 'I might just love him...' Mello shuddered as he growled out curses in Russian, his native tongue. 'I love him, but I almost killed him! I'm a fuckin' monster...'

"Mello, you're doing it again"

Mello blinked and looked over at Matt who was lying upside down on the couch, his legs hanging off the back of the couch and his head hanging off the front. A crimson Nintendo D.S held up to his face. "Doing what?" Mello asked innocently. He knew though. Matt always scolded him for thinking back to the first taste he had of Matt's blood and nearly killed him.

He paused the game and moved it away from his face so he could see Mello better, even though he was upside down. "You weren't breathing, or blinking. That only means one thing" Matt replied before unpausing his game and moved it back in front of his face. "You didn't kill me. You're not a monster" he added.

The blond frowned. It did annoy him to some extent that the boy could read him like a book sometimes. It had been a year since he had found Matt out in that old alley near Marco's coffee shop. In that year he had learned so much of him. Like how he loved some guy named Mario. 'Stupid name by the way...' Mello thought bitterly to himself. He was jealous, but he hid it well. 'Stupid guy isn't even real...and he has a weird accent..' Mello pouted to himself. Matt didn't notice, he was busy "Kicking ass" as he usually put it.

He and Matt had formed a relationship over that year as well. They exchanged kisses from time to time. Rarely though because Matt didn't like being touched much. The redhead was always complaining about how cold he was, and that his fangs sometimes cut his lips when they made out. Mello didn't complain. He would just lick the blood off and keep going, but Matt...oh boy. The kid was worse than a girl.

"What if I had killed you?" Mello asked after a while. They had this argument every time Matt caught him thinking of past events.

"Then we wouldn't be here having this conversation" The usual response. Mello couldn't really argue with that. He sighed and took a large bite out of the chocolate bar he had been holding all this time. He let it melt on his tongue and swallowed. "I'm hungry, Mell..." Matt added. He shifted so he was sitting up straight. His hand rushed up to his forehead and he groaned. "Ugh...sat up too fast..."

Mello rolled his eyes and took another bite of his addiction. He would be taking one out of his other addiction later. "What do you want?"

"I want spaghetti..."

The blond chuckled. Matt was always craving pasta. It was probably just the Italian in him. "Fine, come help me" Mello slowly stood and made his way to the kitchen at a human speed.

Matt tossed the D.S onto the couch and stood up to follow him into the kitchen. "Why do you walk? You'd already be there before I had time to get up" he grumbled.

Mello shrugged. "Makes me feel human..." He stepped into the kitchen and started to pull things out of the cabinets.

Instead of going around to the kitchen, he climbed onto the granite counter top that separated the kitchen and the living room, and crawled across it so he could sit at the edge on the other side closer to Mello. "So..." Matt reached over and took the crucifix of Mello's rosary between his fingers and examined it. "Vampires can touch these things and not...you know, blow up?"

Mello smacked his hand away. "We've been over this brat. All of those things in the movies are myths. Do you honestly think I'd be in this damn kitchen making you Spaghetti if that was true?" The redhead shook his head, a grin spread across his lips and Mello frowned. Matt always reminded him of all the cheesy Vampire movies just to piss him off. It worked every time.

"I want to be a vampire..."

The blond had been currently snapping spaghetti noodles in half so that they would fit neatly into the pot but when he heard what Matt had said he froze. There were a few seconds of silence and then Mello said. "No, you don't" Before he went back to cooking.

Matt frowned at the blonds' response. "Yeah I do, and you can turn me, right?" The redhead wanted so bad to be turned into a creature of the night. Super strength and speed. Never aging, and living forever. The blood drinking was a little gross, but he guessed being a vampire it would taste good. Mello always told him his blood was delicious, but...he didn't see the big deal. It always tasted like metal to him.

"No" Mello replied coolly. He turned the stove on and let the noodles boil in the hot water.

"Yeah you can" Matt protested.

"But I won't"

"Why not?!"

Mello flashed the teen a glare that sent shivers down his spine. "Do you want to be condemned to eternal life?" He growled. In a blink of an eye he was standing directly in front of Matt, grasping the teen's thin wrists in an iron grip.

Only when Matt began to struggle did he realize what he was doing. Mello blinked and his expression quickly changed to that of concern. He loosened his grip on the boys' wrists and he reached up to brush his finger tips across his warm cheek. God, how he loved the warmth of Matt's body. "Sorry. Please...just...don't say things like that. I would never bring you into this life of damned unwanted monsters..." Matt nodded slowly. He would let it go for now.

"You're too pure. It wouldn't be...right, seeing you drinking blood." Mello pressed his ice cold lips lightly to the redhead's warm ones. "And besides," He said once he had pulled back enough. He placed his hand over Matt's heart. "I want to be able to listen to this for as long as possible" This made Matt smile. Mello was just so sweet sometimes.
Although he would never say that out loud for fear of being beheaded.

"Okay, Mell" Matt replied. He captured the vampire's lips in a soft kiss, which the other returned more than willingly.

Mellos arms slid around Matt's waist, pulling him close to him as the kiss deepened. He finally pulled back to let the redhead breathe and trailed his cold lips down to his neck. He could feel Matt's heartbeat pulsing under his lips. The sweet scent of his blood filled his senses and he groaned against his neck. "Matt?..."

Matt nodded quickly. His hands found their way into the blond's soft golden locks and he tangled his fingers tightly in them, bringing him closer. Mello licked at the sensitive spot he knew drove Matt wild. After softening the spot a little, he decided he could tease the redhead a little. Mello trailed his lips lower, down to his collarbone and flicked his tongue out against the flushed skin. Matt's breathing hitched and the blond smirked. He loved all the little noises Matt made. He would have fucked the boy already but he decided that he would wait until he was of legal age before doing that. Matt was now sixteen so two more years wasn't long.

The redhead's heart was beating wildly against his chest. Blood was pumping through his body faster now and the smell of blood was a lot stronger. Mello decided he had teased enough, really, he was only teasing himself. He ran his fangs up Matt's neck, loving the soft moan he got in response and bit into the spot he had chosen earlier.

A louder moan sounded from the teen's throat and Mello responded with a moan of his own as his sweet blood spilled into his mouth. Mello gradually bit down harder. More blood flowed into his mouth and he eagerly drank it up. He felt Matt's grip on his hair tighten and he took that as his cue to stop. Reluctantly, he pulled away from his neck, licking up the small amount of blood that was still slowly running down his neck.

The two had perfected the art of exchanging blood safely over the year. Matt would tell Mello to stop ahead of time in case Mello had any problems with stopping. He usually didn't. Not since the first time anyways. He had been scared half to death, so he had learned his lesson. He would discipline himself more with the redheads help.

"Are you ok?" Mello always asked that out of instinct. He couldn't help but be concerned. It was just that...as much as he hated to admit having such useless emotions, he loved the boy so much already. After a year of being with him, life without Matt was no longer an option. He needed him. Matt was his world now. His reason for being able to tolerate this cold world. Matt brought him warmth. He just loved him period. Never in his wildest dreams would he had ever pictured himself in the situation he was currently in. Vampire and human. Relationships like this were rare.

Matt nodded. "I'm fine..." His breathing had gone back to normal. A light pink blush was sprinkled over his pale cheeks. Mello reached up and cupped the redheads face in his hands. He was always so warm. Mello had missed the warmth of the sun, but now that he had Matt, he didn't mind it as much. Matt was his sun. His sunshine. 'Wow that was corny...' Mello thought to himself with a frown.

Mello gave Matt a quick peck on the lips before going to check on the spaghetti. Matt watched the blond from his perch on the granite counter top. "I'm hungryyyy" Matt whined.

The blond chuckled. "You weren't hungry a few minutes ago"

"Well, I am now..."

Mello turned the stove off and pulled a pasta strainer from one of the cabinets. He set it down on the sink and then went to go pick up the pot. He didn't use any oven mitts, he didn't need to. The heat didn't hurt him really. He poured the pasta and hot water into the strainer and watched as the water drained away. "Just need to add the sauce, Matt. No meat, right?" He looked over his shoulder at Matt who nodded and grinned at him.

He smiled and transferred the now dry squishy noodles back into the pot. Mello added Prego sauce to them and mixed everything around evenly. "There you go" He set the pot down back on the stove and let Matt have at it.

"Finally!" The redhead jumped off the counter and proceeded to rummage the cabinets for a bowl.

Mello laughed slightly. He took Matt's place on the counter and watched him. "You never say thank-" The blond was cut off by the sound of his telephone ringing. "Hold that thought..." He jumped off the counter and in a flash he was on the other side of the room with the phone in his hand. "Hello?" His voice was smooth and calm. His "Normal" voice as he liked to call it.

"I finally found you, Mello"

Mello's eyes went wide and they flashed to Matt in the kitchen for a brief second. His eyes narrowed slightly and he hissed into the phone. "What do you want?"

A/N: Ah, This chapter was easier to write. Dunno why...Oh well. I left a cliffy I see...you probably hate me right? Haha oh well. So, Matt and Mello have grown attached. Mello admits he loves Matty...just not out loud o.o weird...yes. Anyways. The action begins now. Don't worry, you'll get a lemon. Later, later. Not right now, right now though.

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