Alrighty! No one guessed the character but that's okay 'cause I can't wait any longer to update!
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This chapter is in Mello's point of view. I wrote this chapter like three times to get it right. If you think it's awkward, tell me and I'll fix it.
The next day, I got up before Matt and took a shower (And cursed him for my sore ass) and lay on the couch to watch TV. As Matt stumbled sleepily out of the bathroom, hair wet, I dragged him into the kitchen and forced him to make me breakfast. Even while he was half asleep, he made the best pancakes. Since we hated healthy things, we filled (or rather, Matt did) the pancakes with whatever we could find. Today, they had chocolate chips (duh), butterscotch chips, white chocolate chips, toffee bits, coconut and bacon bits. Don't even act disgusted, it's fucking delicious. (A/N- I've tried it before, it's yummy!)
Once we were full, we made our way to the living room and spent some silent time together, Matt playing his games and me reading a book. He sat in front of the couch and I spread out on it, stroking a hand through his hair while he swore about the "Noobs" on Halo 3. When he was done, he leaned his head back and I moved my book so he could rest his head on my stomach. It was a regular lazy day for us.
Then Matt wanted to go to the gaming store.
"Pleeease Melly? You never come with me! And the store got a new manager today, so I'm curious!"
"Why?" I asked incredulously. "You hate people!"
"Yeah, but I liked the last manager and if they hire an ass, I'll have to find a new store to go to." I rolled my eyes at him. "Please, baby?" I sighed and pushed him off of me.
"Fine! But I'm not going to like it." I got off the couch, took three Advil (God damn it Matt) and brought him his morning dose of antidepressants with a glass of water. He smiled gently and took his pill, getting off his ass and bending back, moaning in pain while he stretched his back. Shit, that was hot. I smacked his ass and he grinned cheekily.
We took the elevator instead of the stairs cause I was waiting for my pain pills to kick in. He hugged me from behind and leaned against the wall, letting me lie against him. He kissed my neck softly and hummed in content. I pushed away from him as the elevator doors opened and two young-ish girls got on. One of the two smiled at me and took the other girl's hand, kissing her cheek. I nodded, smiled a bit (Smiling in public was rare, and smiling at someone other than Matt in public was almost never heard of) and resumed my position against Matt, letting him kiss my neck again and laugh quietly.
Matt agreed to drive after I whined about my still sore ass (That was a lie. The pills had kicked in. I was just feeling lazy) and he held my hand with his right one, tapping the fingers of his left hand against the steering wheel as he drove. I kissed his scarred hand and examined it, noting that his scars were fading. I smiled and held his hand against my face, letting him stroke my cheek and hair. I closed my eyes and stayed like that until he parked and tilted my face towards his, kissing me.
"You go inside, I'm gonna have a smoke." I rolled my eyes and kissed him back, agreeing silently. I got out of the car with him and reached across the car to ruffle his hair before entering the game store.
It smelled like plastic and paper, and posters of video game characters (some I recognized, thank you very much) covered the walls, while high definition TVs hung from the ceiling, showing game trailers and other game footage. The walls were lined with a shit load of video games. Matt would be drooling. I worked my way to the X-Box section and busied myself with counting the games Matt already owned. It was almost all of them.
"Hey there." A guy's voice interrupted my activity, and I looked over to find a man leaning over the counter, eating jam out of the jar with a spoon. I made a face at him and replied with a confused-sounding
"Hi?" he smiled, showing off pointed teeth. His eyes were red, I noticed, and he had black spiky hair.
"You don't look like a gamer. Whatcha doin' in here?" I crossed my arms and leaned against one leg.
"My… uh… Partner dragged me here. They're having a smoke right now." The guy crinkled his nose in the same way Matt did on the rare occasion someone beat him in a game. I found it absolutely adorable on Matt, but it seemed out of place on this man's face.
"Ew. You should get them out of that habit." I relaxed a bit.
"Trust me, I've tried." The guy smiled and held out his hand.
"I'm Beyond Birthday, the new assistant manager." I stepped closer and shook his hand. I think we was expecting me to be weirded out by his name, but I used to know someone named Near, so I wasn't fazed. Hey, Near… Beyond… Ahaha!
"Mello." He grinned and shoved more jam in his mouth, licking the spoon clean. What a weird dude.
"So you have a gamer girlfriend, eh? You're a lucky guy." I blushed a bit.
"Actually, no. My boyfriend is addicted to games though, and he wanted to check out the new manager in case they were an ass." He smiled more.
"Hey, my boyfriend is the manager, so I assure you, he's not an ass." I relaxed even more, relived that the guy… Beyond… wasn't a homophobe. There was a clinking sound as Matt entered the store, nearly trampling me as he ran over to the section beside me. "Geez, Jay, could you be any slower?" Beyond said to Matt, rolling his eyes. Wait, what? Matt looked over at him and laughed.
"Wrong guy, dude. Oh, Mels, check out this one. It's the game I've been telling you about." He held up a game and smiled at me. I rolled my eyes and held back a grin.
"First, come here and meet the assistant manager. Isn't that why you came here?" Matt looked confused, then it snapped into his memory.
"Oh, yeah." He put the game back and came over to the counter, holding out his hand. "I'm Matt." He said happily. Beyond stared at him for a moment, then shook his head and took Matt's hand.
"Right. I'm Beyond. Sorry, you just look almost exactly like my boyfriend." Matt laughed and they started a conversation I was distracted from as another Matt walked through the door, his arms full of boxes.
"B, god damn it, help me with these fucking boxes." Beyond apologized to Matt and rushed over to Matt2, taking three of the boxes.
"Anyways," Beyond called over his shoulder. "Just look around, we haven't moved any games yet so you should be fine."
"Thanks." Matt grinned cutely and brought me over to a different section, crouching down to look through games. I pulled on his sleeve, getting his attention. "What's wrong?" he asked, standing up to look at me better.
"Matt, that guy looks just like you. It's crazy." He laughed and kissed me quickly.
"So I have a look alike. It's nothing to freak out about, Melly." I tapped my foot and tried to get it out of my mind. Matt got a new game for his X-box and bounced over to the counter, joyfully ringing the bell. He was always like this after his morning pill. The second Matt came over, apologizing and started ringing through Matt's purchase. I noticed that Matt had stopped bouncing and I kept an eye on the second Matt.
"Your total is $59.99." he said in a slightly deeper voice than Matt's and looked up, his smile slipping from his face. He was almost identical to Matt, but his hair was slightly brownish and his eyes were brown. He was a bit taller and had some stubble, whereas Matt was free of hair (I sometimes made fun of him for it) and he had some muscles going on, where Matt was a skinny guy.
"Jamie?" I heard Matt ask, his voice wavering. I noticed that he was shaking, and I rested my hand on the gun I kept in my pants, just in case.
"Mail?" Matt2 or I guess… Jamie replied. Matt dropped the game and backed away, grabbing my arm and turning to bolt out of the store, Jamie yelling after us, "Wait! Mail!" Matt ran to the car, jumping in. I quickly got in after him and he tried to start the car twice, but he was shaking too badly to do it. I started it for him and he screeched out of the parking lot, speeding down the street and nearly getting hit.
"JESUS FUCKING CHRIST!" I exclaimed, and flipped off the guy who nearly hit us. He laid on his horn. "What the fuck happened, Matty?" he was hyperventilating, shaking and trying to control tears all at once. I put a hand over his on the steering wheel. He kept his eyes forward, dodging cars and cutting people off as he got to our apartment building in a quarter of the time it took to get to the store. In the elevator, he took off his goggles, wiped tears off his face and took deep, shaky breaths in attempt to collect himself. I took his hand and he jumped, and then relaxed when he saw it was me. He rushed to our door and fumbled with the keys, swearing as he dropped them. I picked them up for him and unlocked the door, opening it for him.
Matt ran across the apartment and slammed our bedroom door without saying anything. I locked our front door and knocked timidly on the bedroom door. Matt hadn't got like this in a long time, and it scared me. I could hear him sobbing through the door. I bit my lip and called,
"Mail? Are you okay, baby?" Matt gasped a few times and replied,
"I never thought I'd see him again!" he sobbed for a while, and I opened the door, finding Matt curled up on the bed with a pillow over his head. I sat on the bed carefully and placed a hand on his side.
"Who is he?" I asked, pulling the pillow off. Matt hid his face and wailed into the mattress, breaking my heart. I lay down beside him and pulled him into my arms, letting him hide against my chest.
"He's my brother…" he finally got out, gripping my shirt like he used to when we were little. "I'm sorry I never told you, but I didn't think I would…" he looked up at me, his emerald eyes full of panic.
"If he's your brother, then why are you so scared of him?" I stroked his hair. His bottom lip quivered and I kissed his forehead. God, he's so cute. Why does everyone have to hurt him?
"Because, Mihael." He whispered. "He used to beat me too."
I PROMISE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE DEPRESSING! You'll see in the next chapter. I PROMISE YOU!