Sigh. Matt cast his gaze across the restaurant, looking at Mello through his tinted goggles as the blond stood at the counter and waited on their food. They hadn't gone anywhere special for breakfast; it was just McDonald's. He didn't mind, though, because honestly he liked the shitty little pancakes that they had here rather than most actual sit-down restaurants.

Ugh. He thought, adverting his gaze for a moment and slightly turning his body to the left to avoid the eyes of people nearby. If people are staring at me now, God knows how many stares I'll get when I'm fuckin' huge… He mentally cursed, momentarily curling one hand into a fist before calming himself and letting out a slow breath. Though, if he'd known that those girls were looking at him because he was cute and their male friend with them thought he was cool, he might be a bit more comfortable. Granted, in normal situations he wouldn't even care too much and would just brush off their looks… but now, right now he was extremely conscious of the fact that he was pregnant and every look he got made him feel like they knew. Like they knew he had this motherfucking—

"What's wrong?"

Matt paused his thoughts and looked up as he heard his friend's voice, his body slowly relaxing with a sigh. "Nothing. Those people over there are staring at me." He said with a breath of a laugh.

Mello rolled his eyes and pushed Matt's drink over to him, flipping his own bangs from his face with a quick flick of his head. "Newsflash Matt, you're attractive." He said simply as he looked over at the group and raised a brow, a smile pulling at his lips when they immediately looked away. Had this of been a normal situation where the two of them weren't uncomfortable, they would have played with them a little bit. Not today, though… Matt looked as if he was on the verge of depression at the moment.

They ate in silence for a while, which made Mello a bit uneasy. Sure, he loved silence and it usually didn't bother him… but… this silence was awkward and heavy. It made him feel extremely guilty and sorry for his friend. How could he break this silence and lighten the mood a little… he wasn't usually good at lightening moods…

"Matt, you're depressing me. Do you want an ice cream or something?" He asked, only receiving a shrug and a shake of the head. He sighed.

Matt quietly ate his food, purposely trying to seem overly sad so that he could drive guilt deep into the blonde's core. In all honesty, he wasn't that depressed. He definitely wasn't happy about his current state, but he wasn't tears over it. So, to keep his act up, he rejected each of his friend's attempts to cheer him up or make it up to him in the most pathetic way possible.

"Do you want to have sex?"

Matt flicked his eyes up to meet the blonde's momentarily before looking back down to his food, slipping another bite of pancake into his mouth. "…yes" he said quietly and pathetically, unable to hold back a playful smile as he looked back up at the other.

Mello only laughed in response, leaning back in his chair to look at the red head. "Too bad." He joked, taking a drink from his cup. Matt laughed as well and then sighed out, sitting up straighter and stretching. They stayed in the restaurant for a little while longer before throwing out their trash and making their way together back to Matt's car.

"Hey, let's go to the mall."

Matt furrowed his brows and sat down in the driver's seat, clicking his seatbelt into place as he voiced his thoughts. "What for?"

Mello did the same and stretched out in the seat, sighing out contently. "Because I feel like an asshole and want to buy stuff for you." He said honestly, shrugging.

What. Matt only stared at his friend as if he'd never heard more bullshit in his life. Mello usually never wanted to spend money like that. "…what."

With a breath of a laugh, Mello smiled at his friend. "What? I figure if you have to be pregnant because of me, I might as well let you go and buy whatever you want." He said with a shrug before adding; "Within reason… we're not buying a new TV or car or something. So don't even think about it."

The red head deadpanned as he realized that this may be a once-in-a-lifetime chance and quickly put the car into reverse, backed out of the space, and then drove off towards the mall. GameStop here I comeee.

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Mello watched with regret as his friend scanned through the new game releases, pulling out a few and looking them over. He thought Matt had already bought the new games he'd been wanting... but, apparently not. He sighed and looked over a few games himself, reading the descriptions on the back.

Descend into the World of Warcraft and join thousands of mighty heroes in an online world of myth, magic and limitless adventures.

Mello furrowed his brow and quickly glanced over at Matt, who was currently sitting on the floor, preoccupied with some other game. This game… "World of Warcraft"… Matt had played it years ago. Fffffack. He thought, quickly putting the box away before the red head could notice him looking it over. He didn't want Matt to play that again… mostly because it was harder for himself to watch him play and he didn't like it as much as the ones he played on Xbox. Mello liked guns. Big, loud guns. This World of Warcraft used swords and shit… that was less exciting for him.

"What're you looking at?" Matt called out, his focus now on the blonde rather than the game in his hands.

Mello raised his brows and casually strolled away from the area. "Nothing, just some random game."

He paused for a moment and then dismissed it, standing and walking over to the blonde. "I have what I'm buying." He said with a smile, looking genuinely happier than he had been in the past few days. He then made his way over to the counter, putting down the games and then sighing out. "I also want to preorder something…"

Mello watched his friend from across the store, noticing how he acts. Usually Matt was so… awkward and didn't want to talk to people. But here… here he seemed absolutely fine. He was talking with the cashier like any normal person would. He figured it was because he was surrounded by games and things he was comfortable with… and he knew that he had enough in common with the people working there. Regardless, Mello couldn't help but find it a bit cute.

"Ready to go?" He asked as the red head rejoined him by the exit. Matt nodded and the two of them left the store, casually walking through the mall, unsure of their next destination. Though, as they passed Hot Topic, the blonde couldn't help but to pull the other inside with him. Matt had bought things from here before, right? Besides, there were a few pairs of pants in here that he'd been wanting for himself…

"Why don't you get some clothes?"

Matt raised a brow at the suggestion, looking at the other as if he was mocking him. "Yeah, because I'm going to get huge in a few months and buying tight jeans is a great idea."

Mello shrugged and cast a smooth grin at his counterpart, trailing his hand down the red head's warm chest as he spoke. "You might as well look sexy until then, right?" He then walked off to a section of clothing and sorted through the options, pulling out the tight, black jeans that he'd been wanting to buy.

With a smile, Matt moved off to a different section and scanned through T-shirts. Mello was right… from what he'd read, he wouldn't even start to get fat until about four months in or so. Or… was it three months? Oh well. That was far enough away. He went through the store, pulling out shirts that he liked as well as hoodies. It was late August and it'd be getting a bit chilly soon enough so… he figured hoodies would be alright to buy now. Besides, he liked wearing them around the house while shirtless. The inside was always soft against his skin and he liked it. Maybe I could change after I buy it… he thought, feeling the inside of the soft hoodie. It was fleecy and extremely soft…

Either way, he draped it over his "to buy" arm and moved on to a glass case full of piercings. It'd been a while since he'd initially stretched his ears… maybe he could go up a size? Whatever, I'm gonna get 4's anyway. He thought, finding a pair of light blue, size four gauges. Once he's decided that yes, these were the ones he wanted for sure, he sought out Mello.

"Hey" he said, nudging the blonde's shoulder with his clothing-covered arm. "I'm buying gauges… can you ask the cashier to get them out of the case for me?"

Mello deadpanned as he heard the request, turning to look at his friend. "Why can't you—holy shit." He said with a laugh as he noticed the amount of clothing Matt had picked out. "Why can't you do it?" He finished, shifting his weight to one leg.

Matt sighed and looked over at the cashier, then back to Mello. "Because I'm awkward and don't want to…"

With a sigh, Mello put his hand on his friend's shoulder. "Matt. It is time to man-up and talk to a cashier by yourself." He said playfully, smiling afterwards. "Look, don't you have the shirt he's wearing? You obviously both like the same band so you're similar enough that you shouldn't feel awkward." He said, having to hold in a laugh at how ridiculous that logic was. "You got this."

Matt frowned and stalked over to the counter, breathing in deeply before speaking. "Heyyyy…" He started awkwardly, pausing before continuing with his request. "There is a pair of gauges that I want but they're in the… like… case." He said, gesturing over towards the cases and hoping that the man would understand what he was trying to get at.

When spoken to, the cashier looked up and smiled, listening to Matt's request and looking over at the case. "Oh! Sure. I'll have them out in just one second." He said politely as he pulled the keys from his pocket and made his way over to the case.

I think this is the gayest guy I've ever met in my life. Matt thought to himself as he followed the guy, unable to ignore the fact that there was a bit of a sway in his hips and that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't erase the odd look off of his face. He felt like he was getting a contact-gay from just being next to him.

"Uh, yeah, I want these blue ones." He said, pointing to his choice through the glass. "Thanks…"

The cashier smiled and unlocked the case, quickly pulling out the gauges and handing them over. "No problem!" He made a hand gesture and flipped his bangs, his voice coming out smooth and friendly-like. "Just pay for that whenever you're finished."

Matt nodded and breathed out. "Okay… thanks." He jogged off back to Mello, a grin slowly working its way onto his face. "Mello… Mello…" He said, laughter laced in his voice as he nudged up against the blonde. "That cashier is so gay… that it hurts me."

Mello paused and then breathed a laugh, turning his gaze back to the belts he was looking at. "What?"

"When he talks it's just like… 'POW I like penis.'"

At Matt's demonstration, Mello laughed a bit loudly, quickly quieting his voice and just grinning at his friend. He glanced over at the cashier and smiled again, shoving Matt playfully before picking out a belt. "Shut up."

"You'll see when you buy your stuff." He responded, grinning broadly. "And afterwards you'll never call me gay again."

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After a few hours of shopping and Matt buying ridiculous things that Mello knew they'd be completely fine without having, they could be found eating in the food court.

"Hey Mello, I know what I want my last thing for today to be."

Mello looked up from his food and raised his thin, perfect eyebrows in question.

Matt smirked. "You made me get this fuckin' SEX tattoo… I think you should get a tattoo."

"No." The blonde immediately retorted, looking back down to his food.

Matt kept his unfaltering gaze on his friend. "Iiiii think today is my day, isn't it?" His smirk grew and his eyes trailed over the other.

"No, Matt." He repeated, looking up to lock his eyes with the other. "I don't think your day covers permanent changes to my body."

At the sound of that argument, Matt frowned. "Oh? What about you making me pregnant without my consent? And how about you practically forcing me get that tattoo? I think it's your turn to ah…" He patted his hand down on the table, raising his brows at the blonde, "step up to the plate, Mello."

Fuck you Matt. Fuck you. He thought, keeping his eyes on his friend's green ones as he stayed silent, thinking over his possible responses. He sighed. "Do I have to get a tattoo?"

"What about a piercing? I think you'd look kinda hot with some piercings." He said with a soft smirk.

Mello gave him a sarcastic, unbelieving "seriously." look and took a long drink from his cup. "What kind of piercing?"

"Your… dick."

"Matt."

Matt only laughed in response, eating a bit more of his lunch before continuing his suggestion. "I don't know… maybe just your ears or something?"

The blonde sighed and thought over the idea for a moment. It'd only be fair, he figured… what Matt had said about the tattoo and pregnancy were very much true and if he got a piercing, he could always take it out later.

"Okay… fine. I'll get my ear pierced."

"Only one? That's pretty gay Mello."

"Not my earlobe, up here." He corrected, pinching the shell of his ear to show the red head. "I'll put a hoop in it or something."

Matt smiled and nodded a bit, finishing off his food. "I like that. Wanna do it at home with that piercing gun I bought a while back? Or are you gonna get it done here?"

With a snort of a laugh, Mello finished his food as well and put his trash with the red head's. "No, I'll have it done here."

With a playful pout, Matt stuck out his lower lip in a comical way before breathing a laugh at his own actions. "You don't want me to pierce it for you?"

"Well you're still mad at me right… I don't want you using this as your chance to get back at me…" He said with a little grin, sipping his drink as he watched the other.

Matt picked up the trash and quickly threw it away, coming back to the table and sitting with a sigh and smiling at the blonde. "I'm not gonna get revenge on you like that babe. Sure I don't forgive what you did and I'm still mad… but I'm letting it pass and you piercing your ear is just to get even with the tattoo thing." He paused and then added. "It'll save you twenty dollars?"

Mello breathed a soft laugh and twirled his Styrofoam cup around on the table, finally coming to his decision and shrugging. "Okay fine, you can pierce my ear."

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"Just… here." Matt said in slight frustration, breathing a laugh as he scooted closer to the blonde on the couch, pulling the other's legs up and over his lap to partially wrap around his own waist, Mello now sitting almost in his lap.

"Yes Matt let's make sure we sit as unnecessarily close to each other as we possibly can." Mello said, smiling as he moved himself a bit closer to make the arrangement more comfortable.

"Sorry… it's easier for me this way." He responded with a smile, picking up the loaded piercing gun off of the coffee table and then using his free hand to push his friend's soft blonde hair behind his equally soft ear. Afterwards he ran his fingertip softly up and down the area along Mello's ear, soon giving a gentle pinch to the area that he'd mentioned before.

"Here, right?"

Mello nodded and Matt flipped his bangs from his eyes, memorizing the spot before lining up the gun and making sure it's straight. After he's certain, he quickly pulls the trigger and with a click, the new earring is embedded in the blonde's ear. "There."

Damn, I have even less respect for those idiots that freak out about getting their ears pierced now. That didn't even hurt at all. Mello thought with a smile, bringing his hand up to softly fondle the new jewelry in his ear. "How's it look?"

"Uh… really bad. I fucked up Mello."

Mello's expression immediately became venomous, his eyes almost burning holes in Matt's skull as he glared at him. "What?"

The red head faked a nervous look before snorting a laugh and clapping his hands down on Mello's narrow cheeks. "I'm just kidding, chill out." He said with a playful grin, holding the blonde's face in his hands and just looking at him. "It looks awesome."

Mello lightened his glare and sighed, smiling afterwards and moving his hair back into place before resting his hands around the red head's waist. "Idiot."

In response, Matt only pressed his hands a bit more firmly on Mello's cheeks, causing his face to squish up and his lips to pucker. He then leaned foreword and kissed him, smiling afterwards. "Yeah, yeah… hey, let me up so I can go get my gauges. I wanna put them in." The blonde grunted and moved off of his friend's lap, letting him up and then relaxing on the couch as he watched him walk off.

He definitely was an idiot… but… he was glad that he was speaking to him again.

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Buuuuu finally updated, lol. My bad. Also, I should just name their kid Mattello to make everyone mad. XD Just kidding. Also, I totally used my own World of Warcraft box for that part in the story, rofl.

Speaking of the pregnancy, though, I guess I should clear a few things up. A recent review caused me to realize that it may possibly be a little unclear as to why I suddenly threw in MPREG without mentioning it beforehand.

I had been planning MPREG for a while and in all honesty, when I first started this fic I planned for it to be a one chapter one-shot. But, it's obviously grown from that and there is a reason why the MPREG was so sudden and 'random'. I wanted there to be MPREG but realistically, Matt and Mello would never decide and agree to having a child this way. It's just not in their characters. So there would be no possible way that I could write them planning on having a child since the beginning. Second, it was never mentioned because if you can't tell by now XD I like to keep every new chapter as a surprise. I would love to tell my plans to readers sometimes about what is in the next chapter, etc, but I think it's more fun for readers to be surprised with each chapter. It would have ruined the fun of revealing the MPREG if I would have been like "hey guys, Matt's getting pregnant lol".