[Authors note:The last chapter had surprising things apparently for the readers. Everyone was saying that Matty is mean for leaving Mell. I don't personally think so but whatever floats your boat. Anyhow, here is the next installment. For all those rooting for a happy ending we'll see what happens. You know the deal.

Too late to apologize

Matt had been in his new room for hours and couldn't bring himself to unpack. Instead he busied himself by watching his phone and waiting for the eventual call of a wrathful Mello. He knew that the blond must have come home by now, or at least he thought that he would have. He typically came home just to check on him before leaving a while later but the phone hadn't rang yet. Maybe Mello didn't care that he was gone. Maybe Mello was happy. If he was then everything worked out in the end. The idea that the other was alright with him leaving brought pain to his chest.

He moved to stand when the phone began to vibrate angrily on the bed. He picked it up and didn't bother reading, 'Mell' because it had to be him calling at this time of day. The only other person to call him would be Roger and the older man hadn't called him since their visit. He clicked the screen, "Yeah."

"Yeah? Yeah? That's all you have to fucking say is yeah Matt?" Mell raged into the phone sounding like he was punching a wall in the background. "Where the fuck are you? You move out and you don't tell me. I don't know who the fuck you think you are but this shit isn't funny." Though he was raging he sounded as if he were stopping himself from screaming. It had cooled into a finely tuned crisp voice and he attempted again. "Matt, come home." He said his voice nearly dropping into a whisper. "I don't know where you decided to go but we can talk about this. I'm sorry for what I said to you. I'm sorry, okay. You win."

The red head paused unsure of what to say again. He had rehearsed so many lines in his head for hours before the blond called and they all failed him. He hadn't expected for the other to apologize. He expected for the man to rage but to actually admit that he wasn't right was unprecedented. "Mell, I can't do this anymore. I can't be your loyal lapdog forever. I think that it's time for us to take a break from each other. I'm working right now so…"

The blond was silent for several minutes, "You sound like you're breaking up with me." He replied quietly the crispness in his voice gone. "Matt, please don't do this. I already told you I didn't mean anything that I said to you. I just want you to forgive me. I really just need you to forgive me." He closed his eyes finally seating himself on the made bed in Matt's room. "Please, come home. We can talk about everything when you get here."

The red head shook his head even though he inwardly knew that the other couldn't see him. He knew that if he stepped foot back inside that apartment with Mello the blond would do anything and everything in his power to keep him there. His voice wasn't fooling Matt, he knew that if he met with Mello the blond would easily manipulate his emotions to get him to stay. "Mello, you know I can't do that." He took a deep breath knowing that he would instantly regret it if he backed down now. "Mello, I-I love you." He said it in an even tempered voice. "Mello, I've been in love with you for years. I've stayed by your side because I couldn't dare leave you but now…I know that there's no way that you'll give me a chance and there's no way that I can stay knowing that I'll never have you." He closed his eyes turning to look at the door to make sure that Raito hadn't returned. He knew that the other said that he would be checking on him later. "Mello, please don't make it harder for me. Let me do this. Please, let me do this."

Mello had his head in his hands. "Matt, what will I do without you?" He asked softly glancing around the room.

"I don't know Mell, but you survived without me before. We both did. Let's just be friends. Start over more or less." He knew that he must have sounded insane to the blond on the other end of the phone but he couldn't dare back off of the other now. "Please, Mell, let's start over."

He felt himself nodding slowly but he was unsure why. He felt like he had managed to lose more than just his best friend in the past few days. "Let's meet for dinner. I won't try anything, I just…to apologize. Like old times." He whispered all the anger deflated, leaving silence in its wake.

Matt sighed, "Okay Mell, I'll be there but I won't go home with you." He said seriously. "I've on a job right now and I can't be with you for something like this. No following, nothing." He waited for the other answer. After several seconds he glanced at the phone to make sure that the call wasn't dropped. The blond was still there, just silent.

"You have my word Matty." He replied seriously unsure what else to say. "You know where to meet. I'll see you there." He hung the phone up. It sat redundantly in his hands. Matt was the only person that he spoke to and without a reason to call or text him anymore for once he truly felt lonely.

~*xXx*~

Raito glanced towards the door again before raising an eyebrow. He had no idea that Matt was in a relationship with someone. Well, was in a relationship with that person. He couldn't very well walk in and ask him to go to dinner together but at the same time he did tell the red head that he would come and check up on him later. It had been hours and he wanted to see how well Matt was adjusting.

Matt. The name was false; he could very well tell that with his shinigamis amusement at the name. Unfortunately, the Being wasn't allied with him or anyone else and therefore wouldn't tell him the red heads actual name. Though, currently Matt had his usefulness. There would be no use getting rid of someone that was useful. Misa could easily be taken care of if the time came but right now he wanted Matt here to keep him company. Maybe he had finally found someone. No, it was too soon for that.

His hand stifled on the door as he stared forward as the door popped open showing the redhead shrugging in full gamer gear with the goggles pulled down over his face before he stopped almost running into Raito. He didn't look surprised; actually he stood there waiting for the other to speak. Raito managed a sweet smile, "I wanted to see if you were moving in well but it seems like you're on your way out the door."

The red head nodded slowly, "Yeah I have someone I need to go see. You didn't have to stand outside, you could have come in." He watched the slight surprise register on the man's face before settling quickly. A smirk appeared on the redheads face, "Don't worry about it. I'll be back later." He slipped past Raito gently closing the door behind himself before heading towards the lift.

When the red head had disappeared inside he inspected the door. How could he have known that he had been standing outside? Was that just natural paranoia? Did he have cameras hidden here already? He paused glancing down the hallway for several more seconds before returning to his room. There was more to Matt than met the eye and he was planning to find out just how far the secrets ran and how far he had to dig before he met the real Matt.