Chapter 18

A/N: So, my writers block is done with. Good, right? I couldnt type the whole chapter in one sitting because I dont have my own computer yet, and even though I work here now I started typing this like 20 minutes before closing, soo..yeah. Ill make it into two chapters, the rest will be up tomorrow when I come into work. Bare with me.

On with the Story...

Matt woke to the sound of absolute silence. Something he thought was more than a little strange. In the week that he had been back, he was always woken up to Mello and Near playing chess (they had their own way of playing that was not of the norm.) or debating different topics. Topics such as, what type of blood went best with what type of wine. Yeah...topics that made Matt want to puke, or scream. Or both.

Matt sat up and swung his legs over the side of the bed, yawning lazily. After stretching and slipping on a t-shirt he got up and crossed the room towards the door.

Odd.

"Mell?..." The blond vampire was nowhere in sight. Both he and Near usually sat around on the couch for the remainder of the night, but as Matt stepped closer to the dark leather couch he was surprised to find that the living room area was at normal room temperature. Meaning that niether vampire had been out there at all.

"Where in the hell?..." Matt slowly, cautiously almost, made his way towards the kitchen. That whole area was normal room temperature as well, so they hadnt been there at all during the night, either. An annoyed sigh left the redheads lips. There was only one other place he could be.

He went over to the small hallway, hidden beside the kitchen, and was quite pleased to find it nice and cool. "Bingo." Matt grinned and walked down to the only room at the end of the narrow hallway. The door was open, but the room was dark. Mello always kept this room darker than the rest of the loft apartment, simply because he liked to hang out there from time to time without the morning and afternoon sun to bother him.

With practiced skill, he reached in and switched on the lights.

The room brightened in an instant, revealing both Near and Mello. Whom hadnt even blinked or moved when the light came on. They just sat there, staring at each other. Matt knew what they were doing. They were having one of their silent conversations.

Annoyed, Matt crossed his arms over his chest and cleared his throat. "Good morning to you, too."

Both vampires turned to look at him at the exact same time, their expressions blank. This made the redhead a little nervous. Nervousness that didn´t fade even with Mello´s arms wrapped around him.

"Did we wake you?" He asked before placing a soft but lingering kiss to Matt´s forehead.

Matt rolled his eyes. "Yeah, what with all that noise you were making. I mean, shit..."

"Sarcasm," Mello chuckled. "It suits you. Are you hungry? ´Course you´re hungry, come." Before Matt could protest, or even answer at all for that matter, he was dragged out of the hallway and into the kitchen.

He blinked and he was already sitting on the kitchen counter top. "Um...Mell, whats going on?" Matt watched his vampire boyfriend move around the kitchen, pulling things out of cabinets and messing with the stove like he was just trying to keep himself busy.

"What makes you think something is going on, Matt?"

Was he serious? "I´m not an idiot."

Mello stopped to look at him. "No, youre not. Who said you were?"

"Jesus fuckin´ christ on the cross! Youre insulting my intelligence, Mello! Theres something you´re fuckin´not telling me and I want to know what it is!"

"Matt...why are you yelling?"

The redhead looked over towards the kitchen enterance. Near stood there, looking shocked at the young teen´s potty mouth.

Matt scowled. "Mellos being a dick, thats why."

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"Matt..."

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"He wont tell me whats wrong."

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"Matt." Mello said with a little more authority.

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"And he has the balls to pretend like nothings wrong, when clearly something is very wrong."

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"MATT!"

Both he and Near stared at the blond vampire with wide eyes. Mello took a deep calming breath and crossed the space between himself and Matt. He placed his hands on the redeads shoulders and pressed his forehead against his. "Look," He sighed. "Ill tell you about everything in time, okay? Its nothing you need to worry about for the time being."

This was not sitting well with Matt. He hated being left out in the dark. "Near?...Will you tell me whats going on then?"

Mello let go of his impatient human boyfriend and sent a glare in the younger vampires direction.

Near jumped a little. "Um...Sorry, Can´t talk now, I have somewhere I need to go. See you two soon." With a nod as a response to something Mello must have asked in his head, he was out the door.

"Great..." Matt said with an exasperated sigh. What the hell was up with them? "Mellooooo..."

"Scrambled?"

"What?..."

The vampire chuckled. "Your eggs, Matt."

"Ohh...um..yeah." Well that had set off his train of thought. He sighed and proceeded to close his eyes in an attempt to ignore everything around him. This was his way of throwing a tantrum.

His tantrum didn´t last long though. Cold lips pressed against his throat and his eyes snapped open. "Mell?..."

A/N: Cliffy, I suppose, again. Though it wasn´t intentional this time, oh well. It´s short, I know I already explained above why that is. I´m so glad I´m over my writers block, I´ve even started a new fic called Memoirs of a Mirror. Check it out, please it would mean a lot to me.

So, Mello and Near are up to something. What? Hm...well, I of course know, youll just have to keep reading to find out. Matts punishment will go unmentioned in the story, well...it will be brought up but there wont be much of a descreption, sorry -grins- Ah, well...next chapter should be interesting. Anyone up for a Vampire Masquerade Ball?

REVIEW or I will stop writing. Haha I mean it this time. -shifty eyes- maybe...but still. REVIEW!

Matt.